Eastern Beats Southern 71-66 to Lead LLA.C.
Roger Dettro scored 28 points to pace Eastern Panthers past Southern 71-66 at Carbondale. Dettro hit 9 of 18 shots and 10 of 11 free throws as Eastern moved to 3-0 in the conference while Southern fell to 2-1. Martin Chilovich added strong guard work, helping build a 9-1 start and a 33-24 lead, with Eastern holding off a Saluki rally in the second half.
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Chuck Thate
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Tamaroa and Coulterville Triumph To Reach Tamaroa Final
Tamaroa defeats Royalton 60 to 55 to advance to the finals. Coulterville wins 42 to 27 over Steeleville, setting up a Tamaroa versus Coulterville final in the Tamaroa tournament. Galbraith scores 21 for Tamaroa. Redman 18 for Royalton.
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Average Fan Heads Indians in Cleveland Power Shift
Myron H. Wilson, labeled an average fan with minor stock, became Cleveland Indians president amid clashes with Ellis Ryan. Wilson backed GM Hank Greenberg, citing utmost confidence, after Ryan faced criticism over policy directions and a Phoenix meeting dispute over Indianapolis team acquisition.
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Beavers Damage Government Boat at Westerkoon Lake
Beavers at the Westerkoon Lake forestry station chopped a 14 inch poplar tree that fell across a moored government boat, smashing it beyond repair.
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Westerkoon Lake
Prep Schedule Highlights Across Five Matchups
Lawrenceville visits Salem Mills and Prairie hosts St Francisville in a busy prep week. Vergennes travels to Gorham while Joppa visits Goreville and Nashville meets Trico for key early-season tests.
Eastern vs Salukis skirmish ends in late control game
In the early fourth period Eastern led 61 57 after a Salukis turnover. Bob Nicolaus stole mid court and setup a play that Dettro converted, widening the lead to six. The result aided Eastern to dictate late game tempo in a Southern Eastern clash. The Panthers won the opener 64 59 in Carbondale.
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Salukis
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Johnston City Hurst Win Opening Coal Cities Tourney
Johnston City defeated Benton 50 30 in the opening game. Hurst Bush edged West Frankfort 57 55 in overtime with Fann scoring 31 for Hurst Bush. Marion beat Carterville 54 36 and Carbondale crushed Lesser 56 23.
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Open Forum Recaps Early Southwest Egyptian Conference Hoops Race
The Southwest Egyptian Conference produced tight early basketball action with final standings from Carbondale Coach Bill McBride. Du Quoin won the 1940 title. Belleville went 8-2, Murphysboro eight wins, Sparta tied. Murphysboro to face six league foes for a nine game slate. The Murphysboro Carbondale Armistice Day clash may return to home grids rather than S I U stadium.
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Karnak, Shawnee Reach Karnak Invitation Final
Karnak and Shawnee advanced to the title game after beating Vienna 74 53 and Cobden 61 56 in the semifinals. Shawnee, winless before Tuesday, faces Karnak who remained unbeaten in nine games.
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Cobden
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Johnson
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Raiders
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Mound City
US Land For Hunting Near Mississippi Dams Considered
Between 50 000 and 75 000 acres of government land along 26 dams and locks on the upper Mississippi River may be opened for hunting next season an Army official said Col Delbert B Freeman St Louis division engineer announced a meeting with federal and state officials to authorize hunting and wildlife propagation rules will be drawn up by the wildlife agency and states Illinois Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa and Missouri are involved.
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Murphysboro to Battle Strong Grid Foes in 1953 Schedule
Coach Doc Bencini unveils Murphysboro football schedule for 1953 starting with Harrisburg at Harrisburg. The Red Devils then travel Oct 9 to Centralia to face the South Seven power, with Centralia frosh-sophs riding a two season undefeated streak. Belleville visits Murphysboro Oct 16 led by Hubert Tabor.
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Tabor
Levi Casey and the 1932 Olympic tryout gin tale
A faded clipping recalls Levi Casey of Los Angeles competing in the 1932 Stanford tryouts for the hop, step and jump. After drinking gin to boost his jump, he reportedly improved by two feet, but was not listed on the Olympic team. The piece also notes a Johnston City Harrisburg basketball matchup between former coaches Ralph Davison and Wendell Starrick, with Starrick leading 8-2 in the series.
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Levi Casey
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Stanford
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Ralph Davison
Wendell Starrick
Starrick
Ralph
Illini Host Butler In Saturday Night Basketball Showdown
Illinois athletic publicist Chuck Flynn says many tickets go on sale at the gym at game time 8 p.m. Saturday as Illinois welcomes Butler. Butler arrives off wins over Purdue 67-61 and Ohio State 63-60.
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Ilinois Athletic Publicizor
Illinois
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