Frankfort Little Leaguers win sectional, head for state tourney
Hancock and Willmore star as West Frankfort’s Giants defeat Taylorville 4 0 4 in Springfield sectional finals at Clear Ridge. Willmore dominates on mound with 15 strikeouts in 6 2 innings while also homering in first inning to erase 1 0 Taylorville lead.
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Jeff Hancock
John Willmore
Giants
West Frankfort
Frankfort
Taylorville
Springfield
Clear Ridge
Chicago
Oak Lawn
Hancock
Willmore
Moline
Equity
German 18yearold to light Olympic flame in Munich
Guenther Zahn an 18 year old West German police officer will light the flame inaugurating the Munich Summer Games on Aug 26. He will circle the stadium with the torch then ignite the opening flame atop 162 steps before 80,000 spectators and billions of viewers. Zahn, 1,500 meter junior champion, was selected for his running style and will complete a 3200 mile relay journey from Olympia Greece.
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Munich
Germany
Guenther Zahn
Olympic Stadium
Zahn
Willi Daume
Track and Field Federation
Frankfort defeats Taylorville 10 to 4 in softball tourney
Frankfort scored seven runs in the third inning to pull away from Taylorville and win 10 to 4. Willmore drove in five, Hancock and Duntson contributed key hits, and Davey left with an injury after being hit. Frankfort advances from earlier tournament wins in Herrin and Carmi.
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Frankfort
Willmore
Hancock
Brett Duntson
Joey Baldi
Dan Davey
Dayton Wall
Davey
Taylorville
Duntson
Griffith
Wall
Herrin
Carmi
Springfield
W.P. Hancock
L/P. Donnelson
Cubs Rally Past Mets 3 2 on Hickman Late Single
Jim Hickman delivered a two run single in the eighth inning to turn a 2 0 deficit into a 3 2 Chicago Cubs victory over the New York Mets. Ron Santo and Carmen Fanzone produced the Cubs lone earlier run. Steve Hamilton earned the win in relief. In Carbondale the All Americans advance to the Propolis softball final after Mt Carmel forfeits.
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New York
Jim Hickman
Chicago Cubs
New York Mets
Cubs
Danny Frisella
Jon Matlack
Ron Santo
Bill North
Frisella
Hickman
Cleon Jones
Mets
Jones
Carmen Fanzone
Steve Hamilton
Carbondale Girls
Carbondale All - Americans
Fairfield
Mt. Vernon
Propolis
Mt. Carmel
Carbondale
Carbondale-Siu
Tojnight
Ex-SIU boss ponders future baseball legacy and Joe Lutz
Former Southern Illinois University coach Joe Lutz built a record of 130-50 over four teams with high post season activity and two College World Series trips. Now in his third season back in pro baseball, Lutz works as a Cleveland Indians first base coach and studies hitters with detailed charts while his life remains devoted to the game.
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Joe Lutz
Southern Illinois University
Black Top
SIU
Omaha
Neb
Southern California
SSU
Lutz
Cleveland
Lutz Dharts
Los Angeles Dodgers
Sandy Koufax
NBC
Chicago
Marion
Ray Fosse
Stargell Power Sends Pirates Past Expos in NL Clash
Willie Stargell belted a three run homer to spark a four run sixth inning as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Montreal Expos 7-4. Gene Alley added a run scoring single, capping a rally after Montreal built a 4-2 lead behind Bill Stoneman and wild Pittsburgh pitching.
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Willie Stargell
Pittsburgh Pirates
Montreal Expos
Stargell
Montreal
Bill Stoneman
Gene Alley
Tom Walker
Pirates
Expos
Pittsburgh
Nelson Briles
Terry Humphrey
Hector Torres
Stoneman
Humphrey
Bob Bailey
Torres
Tim Foli
Ken Singleton
Ron
Clyde Mashore
al Oliver
Richie Hebner
Southern Illinois Sunday August 6, 1972 brief
Local front page item notes a Sunday edition of the Southern Illinois newspaper dated August 6, 1972. Feature content likely covers community events and regional notices.
Lutz weighs future after final SIU season in 1969
Former SIU coach Joe Lutz reflects on leaving collegiate baseball after 1969 and his move toward full time professional aims. He discusses missing college life, the lure of coaching youngsters in Carbondale Little League, and his plan to return to professional baseball if advancement doors reopen. He praises Itchy Jones at SIU and hints at possible future coaching opportunities.
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Lutz
Carbondale
SIU
Jane
Joe Lutz
Koufax to Join Hall as Youngest Inductee in 1960s Class
Sandy Koufax will be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame along with Lefty Gomez Yogi Berra Early Wynn Buck Leonard and posthumous honorees Ross Youngs William Harridge and Josh Gibson. Koufax at 36 becomes the youngest ever elected.
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Ken Rappoport
Cooperstown
N.Y
Sandy Koufax
Lefty Gomez
National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
New York
Los Angeles Dodgers
New York Yankees
Koufax
Gomez
Yogi Berra
Early Wynn
Buck Leonard
Ross Youngs
William Harridge
Josh Gibson
Dodgers
Brooklyn
Los Angeles
Yankees
Coal Belt League schedules six games amid several forfeits
Six Coal Belt League games are set across six sites today though several forfeits from last Sunday leave how many will be played uncertain. Lesser hosts Herrin in a key doubleheader as Carbondale and Grand Tower also feature, with Anna, Du Quoin, Cobden, Crainville and West Frankfort in action alongside the U.S. Prison open date.
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Cobden
du Quoin
Herrin
Olive Branch
Grand Tower
Carbondale Braves
Lesser
U.S
Propolis
Carbondale
Anna
Crainville
West Frankfort
Finley Fined by Kuhn for Blue Signing Remarks
Oakland owner Charles O Finley said he was reprimanded and fined 500 by commissioner Bowie Kuhn for remarks about the Blue signing. Finley plans to pay under protest if he pays, while Kuhn said the fine cited remarks not in baseballs best interests.
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Chicago
Charles O. Finley
Bowie Kuhn
Oakland Athletics
Vida Blue
Finley
A’s
Kuhn
New York
Blue
Commissioner of Baseball
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Olympia
Greece
Southern Illinois Softball League
Murphysboro
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West Frankfort U.S. Prison
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McDonalds
Royalton
O’dale Merchants
St. Louis Browns
Brooklyn Dodgers
Cleveland Indians
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Fla
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White Sox
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Veland
Monday Koufax
Berra
Early Wynn Wynn
Washington Senators
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Youngs
New York Giants
Bright
Harridge
Leonard
Gibson
Jackie Robinson
Coal Belt
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