New back nine at West Frankfort course to open 1974
West Frankfort will add a back nine at Franklin County Country Club built by Ted Locke. Seeding starts August 20 with play planned for spring 1974. The course will feature larger tees greens plus a lake on No 11 and a water-parallel risk on No 13.
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Jimmy Dean
Southern
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Cke
Gene Carello
Carello
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Harold Kaiser
SIU
Len Hopkins
Kaiser
Ted Locke
Jerry Locke
Franklin Coun
Ty Country Club
Rookie QB Reed Leads 49ers Past Patriots in Hall of Fame Game
Joe Reed, in only his second NFL season, directed San Francisco to two second quarter scores and a 20-7 win over New England before 19,685 at Fawcett Stadium. Reed threw a 29 yard TD pass to Nick Witcher and Jimmy Thomas added a 2 yard run as the 49ers pulled away by halftime.
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Ohio
Joe Reed
San Francisco
New England Patriots
Fawcett Stadium
National Football Conference
American Football Conference
NFL
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Joe Schmidt
Raymond Berry
Pro Football Hall of Fame
New England
Tom Wittum
Reed
Nick Witcher
Jimmy Thomas
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Brian Dowling
Tom Rynolds
Chuck Fairbanks
Oklahoma
Bass tournament set for Rend Lake by Lunkers Unlimited
Mokena based Lunkers Unlimited plans a Rend Lake bass contest September 21 22 23 with cash prizes up to 10000 depending on entrants Entry fee 30 per person and trophies awarded to 50 places First prize trophy over six feet tall on display at Rend Lake Sportsman shop Wayne Wendling a Rend Lake guide will not fish due to professional status The draw could yield up to 2000 in tackle prizes Entries close September 17 Send to James Olson 9522 Hickory St Mokena IL 60448 Calls to 312 479 5540 for questions Deer and squirrel seasons and permits are also noted with locations and prices
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Lunkers Unlimited
Rend Lake
James Olson
Olson
Sportsman's
Wayne Wendling
Wendling
Murphysboro
NBA season opens with five games on Oct 9 1973
The NBA announces the 28th season starts October 9 with five games and ends March 27 1974. The East West All Star Game is set for February 15 in Seattle. Hall of Fame Game features Los Angeles and Buffalo in Springfield. New coaches include Gene Shue to Philadelphia and K C Jones to the Bullets who become Capital Bullets at the Capital Centre.
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New York
National Basketball Association
NBA
Walter Sopers
Seattle Center
Gene Shue
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
K.C. Jones
Shue
Bullets
Capital Bullets
Capital Centre
Nagelson Upsets Evert In National Girls Sweet 16 Tennis
Betsy Nagelson of St. Petersburg Florida defeated top seed Jeanne Evert of Fort Lauderdale Florida 4 6 6 2 7 6 in a nine point tiebreaker to win the National Girls Sweet 16 Tournament. The 16 year old eliminated the second and third seeds using a powerful serve and sharp overheads to counter Evert’s lob and drop game.
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Charleston
W. Va
Betsy Nagelson
St. Petersburg
Fla
Jeanne Evert
Miss Nagelson
Miss Evert
Fort Lauderdale
Chris Evert
A's Rally Beats Rangers 6-4 for 4th Straight Win
Billy Conigliaro delivered a go ahead single as Oakland scored four in the fifth to defeat Texas 6-4. The win ends Oakland’s three game skid and closes the gap to 14.2 games behind Kansas City in the American League West, while Texas had its six game win streak snapped.
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Oakland AP
Billy Conigliaro
Oakland A’s
Texas Rangers
Oakland
A’s
Kansas City Royals
Rangers
Meoli, Robinson pace Angels in 19 run surge over Royals
Rudy Meoli drives in six runs and Frank Robinson adds five as the California Angels explode for six runs in the first inning and five in the second to rout Kansas City 19 8. Richie Scheinblum doubles in two, Meoli plates two more with a fifth inning inside the park homer, while Robinson belts a two run homer and a three run shot. Hank Aaron is noted for a 1954 homer in St Louis.
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Kansas City
Rudy Meoli
Frank Robinson
California Angels
Kansas City Royals
Angels
Ken Wright
Bruce Dal Canton
Richie Scheinblum
Meoli
Rick Stelmaszek
Robinson
Bob Oliver
John Mayberry
Cambridge Boat Club Wins North America Lightweight Eight
The Cambridge Boat Club of Boston earned the right to represent North America in the European rowing championships. They finished 1%s-lengths ahead of Canada in the 150-pound final, clocking 6 minutes 1.4 seconds after overcoming Mexico and Canada across a three day series.
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St. Catherines, Ont
Cambridge Boat Club
Boston
North America
Cambridge
Canada
Mexico
U.S
Virgin Team Sweeps Soviet Dual in Odessa Meet
The American junior men routed the Soviet squad 123-108 at Central Stadium Odessa in a young national team tour, led by Craig Virgin in the 500 meters and Cig Brigham edging Vimir Buryakov in the decathlon. The junior women fell 74-71 as Maureen Abare strained a leg, costing crucial second-place points.
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Odessa
Central Stadium
Cig Brigham
Vimir Buryakov
U.S
Maureen Abare
Rosalyn Bryant
Craig Virgin
West Germany
Poland
Foyt Leads Star Studded Pocono 500 Field
A. J. Foyt Richard Petty Bobby Allison and Roger McCluskey headline a 40 car Pennsylvania 500 mile race at Pocono International Raceway on a noon start for about 65000 in prize money. Foyt set a front row track record 148.982 mph after initial pit stop repair.
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Mount Pocono, Pa
A. J. Foyt
Richard Petty
Bobby Allison
Roger McCluskey
Butch Hartman
Pennsylvania
Pocono International Raceway
Foyt
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H. Petty
H. Hartman
Verlin Baker
Plymouth
Gordon Johncock
Briggs 11th homer powers Brewers past Yankees 5 4
John Briggs hit his 11th homer as Milwaukee scored three in the third to beat the New York Yankees 5-4 and snap a Brewers’ skid. George Scott Darrell Porter Tim Johnson and John Vukovich added singles to move ahead 5-3 before Bobby Murcer’s infield RBI narrowed the gap. Bill Champion held the Yanks in the eighth and Chris Short finished the ninth for Milwaukee.
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New York Yankees
Brewers
Briggs
George Scott
Darrell Porter
Tim Johnson
John Vukovich
Chase Yank
George Medich
New York
Bobby Murcer
Bill Champion
Brewer
Skip Lockwood
Yanks
Chris Short
Pinch hitter Duffy Lewis recalls Ruth first and last homer
At 85 Duffy Lewis recalls pinch hitting for Babe Ruth in 1914 or 1915 and watching Ruth's first and 714th homers. He notes Hank Aaron's chase, recalls Ruth’s 1915 shot against Jack Warhop, and reflects on his own career and Hall of Fame voting.
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Associated Press
Salem, N.H
George E. “Duffy” Lewis
Hank Aaron
Babe Ruth
Duffy
Babe
Ruth
George Herman Ruth
Lewis
Red Sox
New York Yankees
Washington
Bill Carrigan
Swat
Yankees
New York
Jack Warhop
Boston Braves
Pittsburgh
Hammerin
Hank
Henry
Eleanor
Connors and Amritraj Reach Volvo Final in New Hampshire
Second seed Jimmy Connors of Belleville and seventh seed Vijay Amritraj of India won semifinals at Mt. Washington Hotel advancing to the Volvo International final. Connors beat Ian Fletcher 6 1 6 4 and Amritraj defeated John Alexander 6 4 6 3. The title winner earns 5000 plus a 6000 car. Separately the Martin Oilers beat the Murphysboro Merchants 17 0 to claim Zeigler tournament softball crown after Merchants earlier beat Zeigler 4-2 in eight innings.
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Bretton Woods
N.H
Jimmy Connors
Belleville
Vijay Amritraj
India
Mt. Washington
Connors
U.S
Ian Fletcher
Australia
Amritraj
Rod Laver
John Alexander
Martin Oilers
Murphysboro Merchants
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