Stuart Leads Dodgers To Top NL Spot In Sprint
Dick Stuart powered the Dodgers to first place with three hits and three RBIs in a 6-4 win over St Louis. Cepeda climbed to the NL batting lead with a three-hit day, while White fueled Philadelphia with five RBIs in a doubleheader split against Pittsburgh.
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Back in the Swing of Southern Illinois Sports
Sports talk notes a busy stretch with travel to Dade Park near Evansville and Henderson Kentucky, praising Allah the horse, recounting heat at Busch Stadium, and saluting SIU coachs and local teams while previewing all-star events and upcoming pennant races.
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Cardinals
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St. Louis
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du Quoin
Allan Deppe
Jerry Glenn Wins Midland Hills Open in Sudden Death
Jerry Glenn of Carterville captured the Midland Hills Open on the Southern Illinois Golf Association tour with a playoff victory over Bill Koeneman of Chester. Both finished regulation at 144 after two 18 hole rounds. Glenn sealed the win with a birdie on the first playoff hole as Koeneman bogeyed on 17 and missed a late birdie putt.
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Carterville
Southern Illinois Golf Association Tour
Glenn
Bill Koeneman
Chester
Koeneman
Jan Jansco
Johnston City
Jansco
Dave Reininger
Mt. Vernon
Dave Reed
Carbondale
Reininger
Keeneman
Orioles Hold Lead As Bauer Celebrates Birthday Victory
The Orioles beat the Minnesota Twins 4 0 to extend their American League lead over Detroit to a wide margin. Brooks Robinson declared the pennant near while Hank Bauer celebrated his 44th birthday as Eddie Watt and Eddie Fisher held the Twins to five hits. Detroit swept Kansas City 5 4 and 7 1 with an offense led by Norm Cash. Nash of the A’s allowed two runs in eight innings before Detroit’s late surge. The White Sox swept the Yankees 4 1 and 5 0 while Cleveland beat California 3 2 and Boston topped Washington 5 2.
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Hole in One by Mrs Vest at Marion Country Club
Mrs Garnet Vest of 1012 Castellano Ave Marion achieved a hole in one at the Southern Illinois Golf and Country Club on the 170 yard No 6 hole using a two wood. The 50 for nine holes marked her feat as the first woman to accomplish this at the 1964 opened course. She played with Mrs Opal Finnegan and Mrs Robert Holbrook of Marion.
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Castellano Ave
Marion
Ilinois
Vest
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Robert Holbrook
Roosevelt Kinship Details Highlight Family Ties
The piece notes that Franklin D Roosevelt the 32nd president was a fifth cousin and his wife Eleanor was a niece of Theodore Roosevelt the 26th president, outlining shared bloodlines within the Roosevelt family.
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