Essick Praises Pan Am Swimmers and Pat Miles
Ray Essick SIU swimming boss lauds the U S Pan Am team dominance in Cali and highlights Pat Miles from Hall High Little Rock as an 18 year old distance sensation who won the 1500 meters in 16 32 03 Miles has signed to attend SIU and join Munich Crew training for potential 1972 Olympic spots The Saluki coach envisions Miles as a versatile contributor and part of a strong SIU swimming program with Rob Dickson Dale Korner Bill Tingley Rob McGinley and Geoff Ferreira.
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Ray Essick
Southern Illinois University
United States
Cali
U.S
Pat Miles
Hall High
Little Rock
Ark
Miles
SIU
Essick
Columbia
Ft. Lauderdale
Saluki
Littl Rock
Pat
Munich
Rob Dickson
Dale Korner
Bill Tingley
Rob McGinley
Geoff Ferriera
Bold Reason wins Travers at Saratoga in 2 02 25
Bold Reason led after the turn and held off West Coast Scout to win the $110,700 Travers Stakes at Saratoga. Jockey Laffit Pincay Jr. guided Bold Reason through 1 3/16 miles in 2:02 25, a three quarter length margins over West Coast Scout. Good Counsel finished third, with Epic Journey fourth, as Bold Reason paid 4.80 3.40 2.60.
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Saratoga Springs
N.Y
Bold Reason
West Coast Scout
Saratoga
Laffit Pincay Jr
Good Counsel
Epic Journey
Reason
Finals set at Marion Invitational Softball Tourney
Sandoval rallied from a 5-0 deficit to beat Bryan Wides 7-5 as Sandoval ace Whitey Fitzgerald left in the fourth. Joe Brady led a 10 hit Marion attack. Carbondale Spoilers defeated Herrin RC 2-1 behind Gary Hott three hitters to reach the title game. RC and Bryan Wides play for third.
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Sandoval
Carbondale Spoilers
Bryan Wides
Marion
Whitey Fitzgerald
Niebalski
Joe Bradley
Jim McElroy
Carbondale
Rend Lake Softball Tourney crowns up for grabs
Sixteen teams compete in Rend Lake tournament at Whittington starting Monday with 6 30 p m start times. First round opens with Nashville Johnston City McLeansboro Du Quoin Royalton Dinguid Farm Bureau and others through Wednesday. Rain postponements affect Carterville girls game with a 7 p m benefit on Monday and trophies for top four finishers to be awarded that night.
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Rend Lake
Whittington
Nashville
Johnston City
McLeansboro - du Quoin
Royalton
Dinguid Farm Bureau
Carterville
Southwest Egyptian prep camps kick off for football hopefuls
About 600 players report to Southwest Egyptian Conference camps as two-a-day plans begin. Gibbons leads a 65 to 70 man A1 group at 2:30 p.m. while Murphysboro and Du Quoin expect large turnouts. Teams begin practice across the league with Sept. 17 openers and two Saturday night games on Sept. 18.
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Anna Jonesboro
Anna
Glenn Gibbons
Gibbons
Wildcats
Carterville
Nashville
Pinckneyville
Murphysboro
du Quoin
Chester
Ken Paulus
Red Devils
Gary Glenzy
Glenzy
Mike Taylor
Taylor
Sparta
Chuck Keene
Keene
Bob Karnes
Karnes
Zeigler-Royalton
Anna-Jonesboro
Christopher
Beaton
Herrin
Cairo
West Frankfort
White Sox Attendance Dips By Nearly 35 Thousand In 1970
The Chicago White Sox drew 495,355 fans in 1970, down 34,919 from 1969's 590,274 total. The decline reflects lower attendance despite ongoing team play and season schedules.
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Chicago White Sox
Roy Face Sparks Pirates With 18 Relief Wins
Roy Face earned 18 relief victories for the 1959 Pittsburgh Pirates, delivering standout bullpen moments as a key contributor to the team’s success that season.
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Roy Face
Pittsburgh Pirates
Southern Illinois Coaches Clinic Draws 300 Attendees
About three hundred coaches attended the Southern Illinois Coaches Clinic at Carbondale East High School. Speakers included Vern Pollock and Dave Lee for football and basketball topics with named coaches from Mt. Vernon Cahokia Southeast Missouri State Illinois State Murray State SIU Edwardsville and others. Door prize drawings occurred at lunch followed by a hole in one golf event at Jackson Country Club won by Wally Westbrook.
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Southern Illinois Coaches
Carbondale East High School
Bleyer
Carbondale
Frank F. Bleyer
Vern Pollock
CCHS
Dave Lee
Les Feuquay
Mt. Vernon
Wally Westbrook
Cahokia
Tom Thrower
Southeast Missouri State
Gerry Hart
Oilers remain unbeaten in Illinois Class A tourney with 8 2 win
Martin Oilers beat Attwood 8 to 2 as Gary Endres pitched a five hit, ten strikeout game. Don Brewer led with four hits including three doubles. Lin dell Martie and Gary Rosendahl contributed key hits for a 13 hit attack. Four teams stayed unbeaten after Friday, including Bloomington Decatur Rileys and Peoria.
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Martin Oilers
Illinois
Maron
Attwood
Gary Endres
Oilers
Don Brewer
Gary Rosendahl
Lindell Martie
Bloomington
Decatur Rileys
Peoria
Mardale
Altwood
Walters
Page
Bruckert Endres
Pierson
Billie Jean King and Francoise Durr Reach Clay Final
Top seed Billie Jean King of Long Beach California and third seed Francoise Durr of France win semifinal matches at the $20,000 clay court tournament to advance to the final. King outlasts Nancy Richie Gunter Sarasota 7 6 7 6 and Durr defeats Rosemary Casals San Francisco 7 6 6 4. Also note brief MLB move as Luis Aparicio leaves White Sox for Red Sox for 1971 season.
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Lake Bluff
Billie Jean King
Long Beach
Calif
Francoise Durr
France
Mrs. King
Nancy Richie Gunter
Sarasota
Fla
Miss Durr
Rosemary Casals
San Francisco
Taylor Says John’s Turn as Murphysboro Faces Nashville
Murphysboro and Nashville are top Southwest Egyptian Conference rivals with historical wins. Taylor predicts a lean 1971 Hornets season but notes Nashville beat Murphysboro 14-6 in two losses for John Wittenborn and foresees a potential rival bout when Murphysboro hosts Nashville on October 8.
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Murphysboro
Nashville
Murphy
Red Devils
Taylor
John Wittenborn
Hornets
Chester
Local coaches name highlights at Carbondale clinic
The 1971 clinic hosted by Bleyer Sports Mart in Carbondale drew praise as the finest yet with coaches noting open dates, conference changes, and new hires. Mentions include Cahokia entering a Metro East conference, Du Quoin coach Bob Karnes at 28, and Lee McRoy guiding Enfield basketball. De Wayne Kelly praised by Carbondale High’s Dave Lee as highly coachable.
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Bleyer Sports Mart
Carbondale
Centralia
Cahokia
du Quoin
Bob Karnes
Dupo
Breese Mater Dei
Benton
Marion
Chester
Anna
Wildcats
Herrin
Murphysboro
Collinsville
Kahoks
Nei
Carbondale High
Lee McRoy
Enfield
Meridian
Jim Byassee
Sparta
Cape Girardeau
Notre Dame
Mt Vernon unveils new football field for South Seven opener
Mt Vernon prepares for the South Seven season at home against Herrin on Sept 24 on a new field south of the high school. The facility features improved lights, underground drainage, two new practice fields, press box and toilets, seating about 2,500 with plans for 3,009 stadium seating on Mt Vernon’s side and 2,000 on the visitor side. Rams are favored to defend their title.
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Mt. Vernon
Herrin
Illinois
Vernois
Les Feuquay
Feuquay
Rams
Carbondale Junior Football League Tryouts Held
Carbondale hosts tryouts at Bleyer Field with about 100 boys grading 6 to 8 for the tackle segment and 125 to 150 boys in the flag portion. The flag program starts after school begins. About 75 participants attended a week long clinic at the same field.
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Carbondale
Bleyer Field
Wade and Heldman split Wightman Cup match in London
Great Britain's Virginia Wade outlasted Julie Heldman of New York 7 5 7 5 to tie the Wightman Cup at 1 1 after the first round in Cleveland. Teen star Chris Evert upset Winnie Shaw 6 0 6 4 in the opener.
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Great Britain
Virginia Wade
Julie Heldman
New York
Chris Evert
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Britain
Winnie Shaw
Christine Pigeon
Danville
Calif
Joyce Williams
Valerie Ziegenfuss
San Diego
Mary Ann Eisele
Rival coaches discuss coming season at SIU clinic
Three conference rivals from Du Quoin Pinckneyville and Nashville gather at the Southern Illinois Coaches Clinic in Carbondale to preview the prep season. They note Karnes has 1968 league title and Glenzy pursues a second crown with Pincks while Taylor leads defending champ Nashville. Start of drills set for Sept 17 as 19 other area coaches join.
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Southern Illinois Coaches Clinic
Bondale
du Quoin
Bob Karnes
Pinckneyville
Gary Glenzy
Mike Taylor
Nashville
Ence
Jack Griggs
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Travers
HR — Kobler
Spoilers
Emery and Dabroski Hott and Stearns
Ron Perranoski
Minnesota
Franklin County
Benton Ketterman
W. Frankfort
Frankfort
McLeansboro Gholsons
Christopher Village Inn
Frank Bleyer
Billie Jean
SOX
Luis Aparicio
Boston Red Sox
John
DeWayne Kelly
DeWayne
Kelly
Lee
Larry Odell
Wightman
Cleveland
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