Midget Legion Batting Leaders Led by Curless and Schilreff
Sidney Midget Legion ends regular season with Curless at .400 from 85 at bats and 34 hits. Schilreff adds .395 from 71 at bats with 28 hits, while Tim Schilreff tops with 34 hits in 90 appearances. Frankie Solano leads pitching at 10-2 with 123 strikeouts in 73 1/3 innings and nine earned runs allowed. The Midgets are 17 wins in 27 games and head to district action this weekend.
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Marks Curless
Sidney Midget Legion
Tom Schilreff
Tim Schilreff
Frankie Solano
Solano
Legion
Ralston
Sidney Midgets
Bob Schilreff
Mark Curless
Rich Peetz
Roger McConnell
Nate Bret
Dean Rood
Jay Curiess
Larry Young
Steve Ruybal
Steve Runion
Juniors Fall 4-3 In McCook Legion Tilt
McCook edges Sidney 4-3 after a three run fifth inning. Monty Trobough loses starter role, Charlie Solano closes four innings with 10 strikeouts. Tim Austin earns win with 10 K across nine frames. Tim Schilreff paces Sidney with three hits and a run, Frankie Solano adds a double and a single. District 7 Legion Tournament set to start Friday. coach Maynard Weisser absent, Bill Willburn fills in.
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Sidney
Tim Schilreff
Schilreff
McCook
Frankie Solano
Legion
Maynard Weisser
Bill Willburn
R H Thompson
Game Commission Office Stays Put in Lincoln
Lincoln district news reports that LB 576 passed 34-7 on final reading, keeping the State Game Commission headquarters in Lincoln. The bill authorizes an agreement with Lincoln for construction of a proposed headquarters complex, using the city’s bonding powers, similar to the state office building project.
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Lincoln
Ord
Nebraska
State Game Commission
Noone
Game Commission
Rudolf Kokes
City of
Midgets End Regular Season With 10 6 Win Over Kimball
Sidney Midgets close the season at home with a 10 6 victory over Kimball to finish 17 10. Rich Peetz hit a two run homer in the second inning after Mark Curless and Jay Curless scored on errors. Dean Rood started, replaced by Bob Schilreff who earned the win. The team opens Legion Area 7 Tournament on Saturday against the winner of Alliance versus Scottsbluff at 1 30 p m.
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Sidney Midgets
Kimball
Legion Area
Rich Peetz
Sidney
Mark Curless
Jay Curless
Nate Brei
Bob Schilreff
Peetz
Dean Rood
Frankie Solano
Tim Schilreff
Rood
Reod
Schilreff
Cal Bartels
Mitch Kolar
Kimball AB Christiansen
Cain
E Klipp
Parish
Robinson Insurance Caps T Ball Team Crown
Robinson Insurance won the B-Minor title in the Sidney Junior Baseball Association. The team finished the season with a 14-2 record. Players listed include Randy Weiser Joe Pringle Mark Rowe Steve Loghry and others with coaches Jack Robinson and Bill Robinson.
Midgets Shut Out McCook For 7-4 Victory
Sidney Kiwanis Midgets topped McCook 7-4 Saturday night at McCook. Tim Schilreff started and Frank Solano earned the win with Solano fanning 10 over seven innings. McCook’s Russ Conroy took the loss as McCook built a 4-1 lead before Sidney tied and pulled away with a four-run fourth. The win advances Sidney toward District 7 Legion action this week.
Pro Baseball Anniversary Clarifies 100th Season
The piece explains the 100th anniversary label for the 1969 season. It traces origins to 1839 and 1845 rule establishments, noting Cooperstown Hall of Fame opened in 1939 and framing 1939 as the 100th anniversary of baseball but clarifies the 100th anniversary refers to professional baseball overall.
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National Baseball Museum and Hall of Fame
Cooperstown
New York
Abner Doubleday
Alexander Cartwright
Juniors Face Cheyenne in Regular Season Finale
The Fort Sidney Juniors host Cheyenne Legion in a nine inning contest at 7 30 p m on Monday. No Midget Legion game precedes the feature. The Juniors open tournament play Friday August 1 at 8 p m against Alliance, ahead of the August 8 1969 Class A Nebraska Junior Legion Tournament in North Platte.
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Fort Sidney
Cheyenne Legion
Legion
Sidney
Alliance
Nebraska Junior Legion
North Platte
Ernst to Bank Job in Omaha
Tom Ernst Sidney High football coach for five years resigns to become manager of the training department for the U S National Bank of Omaha. He will start the new role August 8 and says he seeks a more permanent, secure future for himself and family after guiding Sidney to a 7 1 1 season. He has coached at Fullerton Lincoln Southeast Norfolk and Sidney and earned a master's in guidance and counseling.
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Tom Ernst
Sidney High
U.S. National Bank of Omaha
Norfolk
Columbus
Ernst
Lincoln Southeast
Fullerton
Raiders
University of Nebraska
Sidney
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Lambert Morton
Lakeview
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Randy
Keith County
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Steve Norel
R H Solano
B. Schilreff
M.curless
T. Schilreff
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J. Curless
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