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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1978
Page
14
Dr C W Elder of Marion posted an even par 70 to win the Egyptian Seniors Golf Association tournament at Crab Orchard Country Club near Carterville. Frank Sanders of Marion was runner up with 71 in the 104 player field.
Weekend NFL preseason opened with standout rookie showings by Jimmy Cefalo and Dave Kraageveld. Kraageveld bolted 61 yards for a TD on a pick, Cowboys beat 49ers 41-24 as Kraageveld drew praise from Tom Landry. Cefalo hauled two TDs for the Dolphins in a 28-7 win over the Cardinals, while Earl Campbell and Oilers struggled in a 17-12 loss to the Broncos. Jim Plunkett impressed for the 49ers with 160 passing yards and two TDs in the loss to coach Pete McCulley’s squad.
Du gout of Carbondale placed fourth in the Amateur Softball Association Class A slow pitch state tournament at Macomb. They reached the final four by beating Ridgway Peewees 11-7 and New Beverly Inn 10-4 before losing to Depot No. 2 of Troy 11-6. Nelson's Hauling of Champaign won the title 7-5 in eight innings over Depot No. 2, while Victory and Voloski of Madison finished third for the second straight year.
Tournament favorite Marissa swept host Carlyle 9-8 and 10-3 to seize the 5th Division American Legion baseball championship. After an opening loss 14-1 on Thursday, Marissa rebounded through the losers bracket to advance to the state tournament this weekend at Highland.
The West Frankfort Coal Belt tournament rained out Sunday with Herrin leading Harrisburg 5-2 in the top of the fourth. The game resumes at 6 p.m. today in the fourth inning with the same score. Cobden Marion follows 30 minutes after. All games shift back one day with the championship Friday.
Paul Mitchell of East Alton won the super pro event Saturday night at I-57 raceway near West Frankfort defeating Gary Duckworth of Collinsville. Bob Grubb of Flora was third, with Bennett and Veatch of Mayfield Kentucky fourth in the $1,200 race. Don Murphy of West Frankfort won the pro car division, beating Rodney Meadows. Chester Prusaczyk of West Frankfort took the trophy eliminator race by defeating his son Don Prusaczyk.
Chicago Cubs split a doubleheader with Montreal Expos, then beat them 3 to 1 in the nightcap as Greg Gross sparked a three run rally with a double in the eighth. Andre Dawson and Gary Carter homered in the opener for Montreal.
Major league action features Montreal and Chicago games with wins for Rogers and McGlothen, St Louis defeating New York 38, and Detroit beating Chicago 8-4 as Staub and Kemp homer. Jacob leads Monroe Division contenders with Centralia at 1-0 and Jacob 4-3 after 1–8-0.
In Jonesboro the White Horse softball team beat Dongola 7 to 0 and 6 to 0 to clinch the Lick Creek Invitational championship. Bob Clark of Jonesboro earned the win in both games pitching two hitters each game. Roger Garner of Lick Creek earned MVP runner up, while Garner from Cobden struck out five hitters across five games.
Football scores show Seattle 17 over San Diego 9 in Friday action. Saturday results include New Orleans 14 over Philadelphia 7 and Dallas 41 over San Francisco 24, with multiple other preseason games noted and standings evolving.
In the Hobie Cat class 18 the top three finishers were Grant Hicks Ed Workman and Lowell Patterson. Hobie Cat 16 finished with Jim Smith Clyde Swanson and Tom Evans in top positions. Hobie Cat 14 saw Chuck Ford Tom Gardner and Stan Smith lead. C-Scow results listed Barbie Cluts Bill Hayes and Ladd Cameron. Flying Scot results headed by Leon Strieger Paul McRoy and Dave Pasicheil. Flying Jr. top three were Steve Karstrand Allen Brewer and Rolland Hawks.
Tonight at 6 30 on Channel 2 Bowling for Dollars airs followed by Channel 2 and Channel 3 baseball coverage featuring Atlanta and Cincinnati games.
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