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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1977
Page
9
Cheyenne won 17-4 and 11-2 in a doubleheader as rain paused play and altered the lineup. Highlights include Trowbridge and Schmidt driving in runs in the first inning, and a late grand slam by Trowbridge among Cheyenne’s late-inning explosions. Sidney managed three hits in the top of the first but could not sustain offense.
Cheyenne wins second game as Sidney Juniors struggle with short roster and five errors. Sidney scores in the fourth and sixth innings, but Cheyenne explodes with three, four, one, and two runs across early frames. Swanstrom debuts on the mound for Sidney, allowing two runs in two innings, while catcher Johnson recovers from flu and Peetz suits up for his first Legion game.
A Dallas family bid $15,000 for the golf ball used by former President Gerald Ford to ace the par-3 fifth hole at the Memphis Golf Classic. The ball, hit June 8 at Colonial Country Club, will benefit St Jude Children’s Research Hospital. bid placed by the Hagger family, Joe Hagger among Ford’s playing partners.
Dodgers beat Mets 5-3 after Davey Lopes belted a three run homer with two out in the bottom of the ninth. Tom Lasorda and Reggie Smith fought tears as Los Angeles snapped a three game skid and widened its NL West lead over the Reds.
Talladega Ala UPI 40 cars chosen from 58 entries for the 205000 Talladega 500 Grand National race set for Aug 7 at Alabama International Motor Speedway. Favorites include Cale Yarborough and Richard Petty. Also notes baseball results Giants Expos 3-0 and 5-4. AL and other NL games.
Baltimore defeats Milwaukee 3-2 in the opener as Mike Flanagan hurls a four hit game and earns his sixth straight win. Eddie Murray drives in the deciding run with a double in the eighth. The nightcap goes to Baltimore 4-3 after Elliot Maddox’s eighth inning sacrifice fly.
Arden Chapman 24 of Northeast Louisiana University is listed as the No 1 grape catcher in the Guinness Book of World Records. He practiced since junior high using grapes, popcorn, and marshmallows tossed from concession stands, aided by Benny Jones who proved the best thrower.
Sidney High Girls Basketball Coach Bill Willburn led 11 players to Lind say All-Star Basketball Camp in Pueblo Colorado. The event hosted 280 girls from 9 states from July 17 to 22. Players attending included Kathy O Halloran Dewann Dinkel Shari Kelley Paula Kelley and Diane Whitefoot with several others advancing in class levels.
Sidney’s Greg Schilreff pitched all nine innings allowing three hits and 12 strikeouts but suffered two errors as the Southern Colorado All-Stars edged the Sidney Juniors 2 1 in a nine inning game. Lenny Adams scored on a wild sequence for the first run. Nick Swanstrom hit a fourth inning triple to bring in Steve Cook, and Darrell Wagner scored the second run in the fifth on a throwing error by Schilreff.
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