Murphysboro Star Jim Reeves Shines In 1972 Legion Season
Jim Reeves of Murphysboro stood out as a top hitter in the 1972 American Legion season, batting .469 with 53 hits in 113 at bats and helping Murphysboro win the District tournament of the 25th district. He later went 6 for 18 in the Fifth Divisional tourney at Carbondale, where the team finished second to Belleville. Reeves also plays tight end for the Murphy High Red Devils in football this fall.
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American Legion
Jim Reeves
Murphysboro
Carbondale
Belleville
Reeves
Murphy
High Red Devils
Bob Riseling
Mike Abegg
Belleville American Legion
Abegg
Belle
Carbondale to Host Southern Illinois Coaches Clinic August 18
The annual Southern Illinois Coaches Clinic set for Carbondale August 18 features football and basketball tracks. Football program director Vern Pollock spearheads sessions with coaches from Carbondale HS and SIU including Gary Brandt Salem, Bill Dodd SIU, and Jim Levin Glenbard East, plus a golf tourney and dinner at Midland Hills. Basketball director Dave Lee from CCHS leads a day starting with coffee and ending with a group Q and A with SIU staff and area coaches.
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Southern Illinois Coaches Clinic
Carbondale
Bleyer
Chuck Koerner
Herrin High
Salem
Gary Brandt
Salem High
Veer
Bill Dodd
SIU
Jim Levin
Glenbard East
Sports Mart
Dick Towers
CCHS
Vern Pollock
Midland Hills Golf Club
Midland Hills
Dave Lee
Tigers
Jeff Ferguson
Tom Ashman
Murphysboro
Paul Lambert
Rich Herrin
Benton High
Ron Felling
Lawrenceville High
Carbondale Community High
Du Quoin Ladies Plan Hambletonian Invitational Golf Tourney
Entries are open for the Ladies Hambletonian Invitational Golf Tournament to be held August 15 and 16 at Elks Country Club between Du Quoin and Pinckneyville. Prizes are merchandise gift certificates with $80 first and $60 second. Flights include Championship and A, B, C. Entry fee $15 includes breakfast and a Wednesday cocktail hour. Free practice rounds offered August 9, 11 or 14. Entry deadline Tuesday to Annabelle Eisenhauer, 728 S Madison, Du Quoin. Evelyn Maloney is tournament director.
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Elks Country Club
Route 154
du Quoin
Pinckneyville
Annabelle Eisenhauer
S. Madison
Evelyn Maloney
Box 36
Mounds
Murphysboro and Herrin win opening night in Marion Colt Tourney
Murphysboro defeats Paducah Ky 3 1 on three first inning runs while Herrin beats Marion 14 9. The double elimination event continues with scheduled 1 30 p m games including Marion Paducah and a final between the winners and the day’s other loser.
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Murphysboro
Herrin
Marion
Paducah
Calandro
Renzaglia
Stewart
Eric Kruse
Herrin Frankfort
Ilinoison
Dennis Morgan
Carbondale
Jim Crouch
Frankfort
Crouch
Phil Waters
Mike Yeshin
Regional Class B softball regionals begin Monday
Class B regional softball tournaments start Monday night in Marion and Zeigler with eight teams at each site. Marion uses single elimination and Zeigler doubles, feeding the state tournament in Danville August 11 to 20. Finalists advance to meet other regional champions on August 19 and 20.
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Marion
Zeigler
Danville
Mattoon
West Frankfort No-Hitter Secures Little League Semi
John Willmore pitched a no hitter and fanned 15 as West Frankfort overwhelmed Moline 6 to 1 in a Springfield sectional game. Willmore struck out 15 of 17 outs, walked two, and contributed two hits while Greg Tharp and Joe Baldi sparked a 3-0 second inning push. Frankfort advances to Saturday’s championship game with seven hits and solid defense.
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Anna Jonesboro
Southern Illinois
A J
Joppa
Ron Woolridge
Woolridge
Don Schoate
A-J
John Willmore
West Frankfort
Moline
Springfield
Frankfort
Southern Illinois An
Willmore
Joe Baldi
Greg Tharp
Brett Dunston
Curt Griffith
Baldi
Tharp
Dunston
Griffith
Scotty Giles
W. P. Willmore
L. P. Wright
John A. Logan
John Sala
Steve Toler
du Quoin
Greg Mitchell
Logan
Mitchell
Pinckneyville
Toler
Louis Baxter
Meridian
Oilers to play two at Carbondale in final park date
The Martin Oilers host the St. Louis Mics in a 2 p.m. doubleheader at the new Carbondale Ever green Park marking their final appearance there this season. Coach Don Brewer touts Roy Burlison of the Mics as a standout pitcher with a long major league resume, while noting Carbondale’s facility as among the state’s best.
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Martin Oilers
Carbondale Evergreen Park
St. Louis Mics
New Carbondale Park
Marva
Decatur Riley’s
Springfield
Gillespie
Oilers
Riverside Park
Murphysboro
St. Louis
Music City
Nashville
Tenn
Mics
Roy Burlison
Burlison
Southern
Linois
Don Brewer
Mountain View
Calif
California
Chicago
Chicago Anxter
Cedar Rapids
Carbondale
SIU
Abe Martin
Reservoir Road
Oilers Zeigler reach Zeigler invitational final in softball
Oilers and Zeigler advanced to the championship of the Zeigler invitational softball tournament with one hit pitching wins Friday night. Gary Endres allowed one hit and struck out 16 as West Frankfort Merchants fell 5-0. Terry Linton blanked Marion Bryan-Wides 7-0 with 12 strikeouts to reach the final.
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Marion
Carbondale
Herrin
West Frankfort
Gary Samples
Zeigler
Martin Oilers
Gary Endres
West Frankfort Merchants
Terry Linton
Marion Bryan- Wides
Frankfort- Marion
Endres
Linton
Oilers
Frankfort
Pierson
Hammers
Fitzgerald
Williams Homer
Quillman
Belleville Wins Fifth Division Legion Tournament in Carbondale
Belleville earns berth to state meet in Wheeling after defeating Carbondale 7-4 Carlyle 6-5 Murphysboro 2-1 and 8-2 in a five team double elimination event at Carbondale. State field to include Arlington Heights Barrington and Peoria Limestone with others yet to be announced.
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Belleville
American Legion
Carbondale
Wheeling
Arlington Heights
Barrington
Peoria
Althoff FB Prospect Abegg Commits to Southern Illinois
Football-minded Althoff star Abegg has accepted a football scholarship to attend Southern Illinois University as a freshman. LIU coach Dick Towers watched Abegg pitch Belleville to a 6-5 win over Carlyle last week, a game in which he carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning.
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Ville Althoff
Southern Illinois University
LIU
Dick Towers
Abegg
Belleville
Carlyle
Bob Riseling
Easter Seals Little Giant Baseball Tourney set Aug 13 18
Eighteen Southern Illinois towns join the Easter Seal Society in their 14th annual Little Giant Baseball Tournament for crippled children. Carbondale and Cairo open Aug 14 with semi finals and finals at Lewis Park Aug 17 18. gate donations support Easter Seal Society programs for physically handicapped children in 21 counties.
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Illinois
Easter Seal Society
Carbondale
Lewis Park
Harrisburg
West Frankfort
Chester
Norris City
Johnston City
Herrin
Pinckneyville
Cairo
Carterville
Elkville
Anna
Rain Delays Steeleville Class B Regional Tournament
Rain postpones the Steeleville Class B regional games for a second night. Nashville Gordons and Pinckneyville Farm Bureau loser bracket contests move to Saturday night with winners meeting the remaining unbeaten teams Steeleville and Du Quoin in the 7 p.m. opener. The regional winner faces the Kankakee Kardinals at 5 p.m. August 20 in the state tournament. Kankakee was the 1971 Class B runner-up.
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Steeleville
Nashville Gordons
Pinckneyville Farm Bureau
du Quoin
Kankakee Kardinals
Danville
Kankakee
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Gibson City
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Anna-Jonesboro
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Steelee
Buffalo
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Los Angeles
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Emery
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