Du Quoin Night Spurs Mets Cardinals Game at Busch
Bill Hayes of Hayes Fair Acres and the Du Quoin State Fair, with broadcaster Jack Buck, discuss the Hambletonian while Du Quoin fans cheer the Cardinals 3 2 in 13 innings. Hayes notes Buck and partner Mike Shannon are horse people and involved with Hambletonian Society.
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Bill Hayes
Hayes Fair Acres
du Quoin
St. Louis
Jack Buck
Cardinal
New York Mets
Busch Stadium
Hayes
Buck
Hambletonian
Fairgrounds
KMOX
Mike Shannon
Shannon
The
Hambletonian Society
Redbirds
Mets
Ballpark
Jack Griggs
Christopher, West Frankfort win regional softball games
Christopher remains unbeaten after shutting out Royalton 5 0 in the Zeigler Class B regional. West Frankfort eliminates Zeigler 3 0 as Whitey Fitzgerald tosses a perfect game with 16 strikeouts, giving West Frankfort its 60th win this season.
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Christopher
Zeigler
Royalton
West Frankfort Merchants
Whitey Fitzgerald
West Frankfort
Frankfort
Fitzgerald
Boskydell and McDonalds Reach Marion Class B Finals
Boskydell defeated Union County Merchants 2 0 to reach the regional final while Carbondale McDonalds edged Jones Clayton 1 0. Sipe and Lipe shut down their opponents with strong pitching as Maddox drove in the decisive run for McDonalds. The two winners set up a Saturday title game with state meet implications.
Carlen says faith guides his life and coaching
Texas Tech football coach Jim Carlen tells the Fellowship of Christian Athletes in Fort Collins that leadership comes from Jesus Christ and living his faith. He downplays public piety and emphasizes personal example to influence players and employers. Randy Lively of Herrin High School attends the conference.
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Jim Carlen
Texas Tech
Jesus Christ
Carlen
Fort Collins
Colo
Fellowship of Christian Athletes Conference
Randy Lively
Herrin High School
Giant meet schedule altered for 14th annual Little Giant Tournament
The Easter Seal Society for Crippled Children and Adults of Southern Illinois announces a revised schedule for the 14th Little Giant Baseball Tournament. Monday games feature Harrisburg versus Carrier Mills, Du Quoin at Chester, Anna hosting Christopher, Murphysboro vs Pinckneyville, with Carbondale receiving a first round bye and slated to face the Murphysboro Pinckneyville winner on Wednesday. Tuesday lines include Carterville hosting Cairo, Elkville at Johnston City, and Jive Branch at Herrin. Semi finals and finals occur at Lewis Field, Carbondale, Thursday and Friday, with two games nightly at 6:30 and 8:30. Carbondale Jaycees run concessions, splitting proceeds with the Easter Seal Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Easter Seal Society For
Southern Illinois
Harrisburg
Carrier Mills
du Quoin
Chester
Anna
Christopher
Murphysboro
Pinckneyville
Carbondale
Carbondale Jaycees
Easter Seal Society
Shawnee and Logan announce 1972-73 junior college hoops schedules
Logan College and Shawnee College unveil their 1972-73 JC basketball schedules in the Southern Illinois Conference. Both schools lack campus gyms and will use area high schools. Logan plays eight Carterville games plus others at Frankfort and Du Quoin, opening Nov. 25 versus Henderson Community College. Shawnee, opening Nov. 18 at home against St Meinard College, will play 18 games with nine at neutral sites and one four-year opponent scheduled for Jan 15 at Cape Girardeau. The article notes color choices red and white for Shawnee and mentions future site announcements for home games.
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John A. Logan College
Shawnee College
Shawnee
Southern Illinois College
Logan
Rend Lake
Mt. Vernon
Kaskaskia
Centralia
Southeastern
Harrisburg
Wabash Valley
Mt. Carmel
Carterville High
Frankfort
du Quoin
Loganites
Henderson Community College
Carterville
St. Meinard College
Indiana
Henderson
Lewis & Clark
Bend Lake College
Southeast Missouri State
Cape Girardeau
Cape
Carlen defends idealistic recruiting at Texas Tech
Texas Tech coach Jim Carlen, in his third year, pushes a strict set of rules and vigorous recruiting aimed at winning the Southwest Conference title. He notes his church and anti-drug rules trigger controversy but appeals to families, and he monitors prospective players with personal home visits. He also criticizes lavish SWC recruiting practices and plans late night calls as signing day approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Cochran
Associated Press
Lubbock, Tex
Houston
Jim Carlen
Vince Lombardi
Carlen
Texas Tech
Tech
Fats
SWC
Regional softball regionals postponed by rain in Marion Zeigler
Regionals in Marion and Zeigler were postponed Saturday night due to rain and wet grounds. The Zeigler tournament will resume today with a 2 p.m. survival game between West Frankfort Merchants and Royalton, then require Christopher to beat them twice to win. Marion action resumes Monday night with a 7:30 p.m. third place game Anna Jones Clayton against Union County Merchants, followed by Boskydell Carbondale McDonalds. Winners advance to the August state meet in Danville.
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Marion
Zeigler
West Frankort Merchants
Royalton
Christopher
Tittle
Jones Clayton
Anna
Union County
Boskydell-Carbondale
Carbondale
McDonalds
Danville
West Lawn shuts out Frankfort to win state tournament game
West Lawn pitcher Mike Powers dominated Frankfort Little League, striking out 17 in six innings and allowing only a single by John Willmore. West Lawn took a 3-0 lead after a third inning score and added a late double for insurance as Frankfort’s hopes ended in Clear Ridge. Willmore suffered the loss despite six strikeouts and a lone hit.
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West Frankfort
Frankfort
West Lawn
Clear Ridge
John Willmore
Mike Powers
Scotty Giles
Joey Baldi
Powers
Willmore
Dick Langdon
Tony Olson
Joe Baldi
Giles
Perfect
Herrin
Carmi
Springfield
W. Frankfort
W.P. Powers
L.P. Willmore
Mt Vernon Star Jim Smith heads to Europe to play basketball
Mt Verno n s Jim Smith captain of Illinois State University basketball will join the Poezze Lyra club in Lier Belgium joining Joe Sutter after a tryout in Chicago. Belgium coaches praised him despite a hand injury. He aims to watch the Munich Olympic Games to see teammate Doug Collins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Jim Smith
Illinois State University
Europe
Smith
Lier
Belgium
Joe Sutter
Davidson Smith
Lllinois State
Chicago
Herbert Rudoy
Rudoy
1972 grid rule changes for area football teams
Area high schools begin practice August 23 with 1972 rule changes. Key points include: fair catch signal only with one hand, down replay if whistle sounds during a kick or pass, clock stoppage when ball dead near line to gain, restricting blocks below the waist, multiple coaches may confer during timeouts, and dead ball fouls treated separately. Rule interpretation meetings start August 29 and September 13. meeting at Herrin High School September 6 led by Ted Search with Dick Henley as manager. About 555 high schools in the Illinois School Association will participate. first games set for September 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Search
Chester
Herrin High
Dick Henley
Illinois School Association
SIU Athletics Maintains Slo-Pitch Lead With 16 3 Win
SIU Athletics defeated LKH&H 16 3 to stay atop the YMCA slo-pitch standings. Penney’s fell to First Christian Church 13 2 as Bodkin Electric trails with an 8 2 record and a .800 pace.
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SIU
Lkh&h
YMCA
Penney’s
First Christian Church
Bodkin Electric
Pet Siu
Bodkin Elect
First Baptist
Stu Airport
St. Francis
First Christian
Walt Baptist
Oo Penney’s
First Methodist
U. Baptist
Lyeeee Kiwanis
SIU Ath
Free golf exhibition at Green Acres on Tuesday
Green Acres Golf Club of Energy hosts a free show and clinic in appreciation of area golfers. Count Yogi of Beverly Hills will perform a one hole exhibition and then challenge club pro Jerry Glenn and Ben Gelman to a links duel. The 4:30 p.m. start leads to a 6:30 p.m. exhibition with 72 pieces of equipment.
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Green Acres Golf Club of Energy
Yogi
Beverly Hills
Calif
Valgene Gould
Green Acres
Golf
Green Acres Golf Club
Jerry Glenn
Miihoisan
Ben Gelman
Count Yogi
New Jackson County Club crowns champions in annual tournament
Denny Kortkamp of Murphysboro wins his first men s title by defeating Burt Kagell of Carbondale five and three in the final. June Brown retains the women s title defeating Sallie Zimmer in Carbondale final. Brown shoots 73. Various class winners include Stan Hoyle in Class A, Jim Wilkinson in Class B, Don Evers versus Jack Wills pending, and multiple ladies and boys divisions won by Carbondale and Murphysboro players.
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Jackson Country Club
Denny Kortkamp
Murphysboro
Burt Kagell
Carbondale
June Brown
Sallie Zimmer
Mrs. Brown
Kortkamp
Bob Williams
Kageff
Bill Blewett
Stan Hoye
Bill Stevens
Hoyle
Doyle Volner
Stevens
Fred McKissie
Jim Wilkinson
Steve Glodo
Wilkinson
Neal Foland
Glodo
Bill Casper
Don Evers
Jack Wills
Ray Essick
Ray Wiley
Coletta Cherry
Ike Spear
Southern Illinois Sends 30 to Special Olympics in Los Angeles
The Southern Illinois delegation of 30 athletes travels to Los Angeles for the Special Olympics at the UCLA Coliseum. Murphysboro representatives are Joe Clemons and Jerry Davis, with other members Jeff Knibbs Jo Ellen Ralston La Donna Stations Wanda Eyman and Sandra Koch from the A L Bowen Center Harrisburg. Illinois second largest group with 102 athletes, 2,500 entrants expected from 50 states, Canada and France.
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Southern Illinois
Los Angeles
Murphysboro
Benton
A. L. Bowen Children’s Center
Harrisburg
Coliseum
Ucla
Canada
France
Illinois
Joe Clemons
Jerry Davis
Pam Rusher
Bowen Center
Jeff Knibbs
Jo Ellen Ralston
la Donna
Wanda Eyman
Sandra Koch
Chicago Park District
Southern Illinois Special Olympian Inc
United Airlines
California
Special Olympic Program Assoc
Joseph P. Kennedy Jr
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Boskydell
Union County Merchants of Anna
Carbondale McDonalds
Clark
Sipe
Vern Maddox
Scott Cleaver
Union Co
Lipe and
Deusch
Clark and Rawls
Leslie and
Tripp
Hott and
Stewart
Herrinite
Shawnee Cage
Southern Illinois University
University of Illinois
Allin
Tom Jones
Metropolis
Jones
George Floyd
Villa Ridge
New
Jackson County
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