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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1979
Page
14
Tom Watson defeated Johnny Miller in a sudden-death playoff at Pinehurst No.2 to defend his Hall of Fame Classic title. Miller, returning from a long slump, narrowly missed victory as Watson praised his triumph and locked in a potential third Player of the Year award.
Montreal Rogers tops Cincinnati 14-5 with Christenson 4-9 in a decisive win while LaCoss loses for Cincinnati. Chicago Krukow improves to 9-9 as Pittsburgh Bibby is tagged. Baltimore suffers split games with notable homers by DeCinces and Roenicke. Cubs drop a 4-1 decision to Giants. Monroe Division at Jacob sees Jacob beat Cahokia 12-6. Various league scores include Pinch Penny Pub 3-13 loss to Kirgan Construction and multiple city tournament results across leagues.
The Associated Press reports exhibition results with Friday's games Cleveland beating Washington 21 9, Miami 14 Philadelphia 13, Baltimore 17 Detroit 7, New Orleans 10 Houston 7, Denver 20 New England 17 OT, Seattle 55 San Francisco 20. Saturday's games St Louis 10 Chicago 7, Tampa Bay 24 Cincinnati 13, New York Jets 14 New York Giants 6, Green Bay 45 Atlanta 35, Oakland 48 Buffalo 21, Dallas 16 Pittsburgh 14, Los Angeles 23 San Diego 7.
The Hall of Fame Golf Classic at Pinehurst No. 2 completed with Tom Watson winning the playoff and earning 45000 dollars. Johnny Miller and Keith Fergus tied for second with 27000 and 17000 dollars respectively, while a field of veteran pros and amateurs collected shares ranging from 12763 to 4500 dollars based on four round totals.
Hobie 18 race winners Grant Hicks Gordy Isco and Ed Workman led the class. Hobie 16 results show Clyde Swanson John Gross kopf and Tom Stewart. Flying Scot was paced by Paul McCroy Ted Glass and Clark Ashby in a tight fleet.
Final standings show Brewers topping Christian Brothers and Hanger Nine, with Rudd Ford and True Value placing mid table. Match results include Rudd Ford 18 Smith Dodge 7 and 16 7, Hanger Nine 16 True Value 6 and 9 8, Christian Brothers 10 Kirgan Const. 5, Kirgan Const. 2 Christian Brothers, 20, and Brewers 12 Pinch Penny Pub 3.
TV listing notes a 6:30 program Bowling for Dollars on Channel 2 followed by Baseball Houston at Montreal on Channels 2 and 3 at 7:00 PM.
Jim and Marge Qualls of Chester built a large lead on the outgoing nine Sunday and rolled to their third Braves and Squaws golf title at Chester Country Club. They shot 68 69 137, seven under par, two strokes ahead of Murphysboro duo Butch and Sandy Stiegman who finished 69 70 139.
Marion native Dale Ratermann, 23, was named an assistant sports information director at the University of Illinois. A 1974 Marion High School graduate and 1978 UI graduate, he previously worked as a part-time assistant in the UI sports information department and will assist Tab Bennett alongside John Rosenthal, replacing Mike Pearson who moved to Western Michigan University.
The Jackson County Area YMCA will host an organizational meeting for its seventh to ninth grade soccer program at 7 30 p.m. Tuesday at the Carbondale YMCA. The grades one through six program starts Sept 8. Call 549 5359 for details.
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