Belleville, Murphy unbeatens in Southern Illinois Legion tourney
Belleville beat Carbondale 7-4 and then Carlyle 6-2 to stay atop the Fifth Division bracket at Carbondale. Murphy-Harrisburg and Belleville both won while Harrisburg was eliminated, with Jim Hill delivering key blows for Belleville and Tony Korando driving in the winning run for Murphy.
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Belleville
Harrisburg
American Legion
Carbondale
Carlyle
Belleville- Murphysboro
Jim Hill
Murphysboro
Steve Hertlein
Hill
Scott Schwartz
Dennis English
Bob Knight
Mike Abegg
Siu
Dave Davis
Jack Musgrave
Jeff Hayden
Zarley and Hiskey end Palmer Nicklaus era in team golf
Zarley and Hiskey won the National Team Championship at Laurel Valley with a 22-under 262, ending Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus era. The pair, college friends from Houston, finished two strokes ahead of Johnny Miller and Grier Jones who shot 265.
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Zarley
Palmer
Nicklaus
Bob Green
Associated Press
Ligonier
Kermit Zarley
Babe Hiskey
Arnold Palmer
Jack Nicklaus
Professional Golfers Association
University of Houston
Laurel Valley Golf Club
Ger. Palmer
Jack Lewis
Hiskey
Johnny Miller
Grier Jones
Gibby Gilbert
Lanny Wadkins
Tommy Aaron
Charles Coody
Hiskey and
Riley's Reign: Oilers Sweep Series Over Decatur Teams
Riley's of Decatur avenges past two state tournament losses by defeating the Martin Oilers twice 8-0 and 12-2. The Oilers, 55-19 entering Zeigler tournament, split with Taylorville Sunday at Jerseyville, with Lew Schweiz er getting an infield single in the 8-0 loss and Jeff Ferguson hitting the only homer in the 12-2 game. Ron Thuvenin pitched in place of unavailable Gary Endres.
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Riley’s
Decatur
Martin Oilers
Oilers
Taylorville
Jerseyville
Zeigler
Royalton
Lew Schweizer
Monclair at Lebano baseball game summary
In a high school baseball matchup Lebanon beat Monclair 6 to 5 behind Koenh and Hoffman. Feine and Eovaldi contributed for Lebanon while Neunert and Hoffman added key moments for Monclair.
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Lebano
Neunert Lebanon
Reeder and
and Hoffman
Neunert
Lebanon
Feine
Eovaldi
Koehn
Neal
Hofffman
Stanhouse Earns First Major League Victory
Don Stanhouse of Du Quoin earned his first big league win as the Texas Rangers swept the Oakland Athletics with 2-1 and 4-2 victories in Oakland. Stanhouse started the second game, allowing two runs in the first inning before the Rangers rallied for two seventh inning runs. He pitched eight innings with six hits, four walks, and six strikeouts, and Horacio Pina secured the save. Former Saluki hurler Jim Panther was listed as starter in the other game but did not pitch.
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Don Stanhouse
du Quoin
Texas Rangers
Oakland Athletics
Oakland
Stanhouse
Rangers
Horacio Pina
Saluki
Jim Panther
Panther
Leonard and McCluskey win Schaefer 500 at Pocono
Leonard, the San Jose grandfather driving a Viceroy Special, won Saturdays Schaefer 500 at Pocono International Raceway with an $83,530 first prize after a close finish with timers rechecking lap cards. McCluskey claimed the Pennsylvania 500 stock car race a four‑plus lap margin ahead of Butch Hartman earning $10,000. Rutherford and Unser were moved in the final standings due to a yellow flag scoring issue.
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Bloys Britt
Associated Press
Mt. Pocono
Joe Leonard
San Jose
Calif
Roger McCluskey
Tucson
Ariz
Pennsylvania
McCluskey
Leonard
Pocono International Raceway
Butch Hartman
North Zanesville
Ohio
United States
Johnny Rutherford
Ft. Worth
Tex
Rutherford
Indianapolis
Sam Hanks
Jimmy Caruthers
Anaheim
al Unser
Unser
Jackie Ickx
Belgium
Adenau
Eppie Wietzel
Brainerd
Minn
Lee Kunzman
Auto Club
Winchester
Ind
Ickx
Bobby Isaac
Buddy Shuman
Hickory
N.C., Motor Speedway
Cale Yarborough
Blewett Wins Benton Gold Cup With 139 For 36 Holes
Blewett Bill Blewett of Carbondale captured the Benton Gold Cup with a three under par total of 139 for 36 holes. Pursie Pipes Mt Vernon ran second at 141 and Geoffrey Young SIU was third at 142. numerous division leaders followed across classes A B C seniors and super seniors.
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Bill Blewett
Carbondale
SIGA
Southern Illinois
Pursie Pipes
Mt. Vernon
Geoffrey Young
SIU
Jan Jansco
Johnston City
Charles Dale
St. Louis
Wayne Bollinger
Carterville
Hugh Frailey
Benton
Bob Tierney
Eldorado
U S diving team to Munich with limited female entry
The United States will send five men and three women to Munich for diving. Mike Finneran heads a strong men’s squad while Janet Ely Cindy Potter and Micki King lead the women. Trials at Oakton Pool produced three women berths and four other male qualifiers.
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Chicago
United States
Mike Finneran
Hobie Billingsley
Indiana University
U.S
Munich
Oakton Pool
Park Ridge
Janet Ely
Albuquerque
N.M
Cindy Potter
Houston
Tex
Micki King
U.S. Air Force
Rick Earley
Fresno, Calif
David Bush
University of Wisconsin
Lesley
Padres end long drought in 14th but split doubleheader
San Diego Padres push across three runs in the 14th to win the opener against Houston 10-7 after a 17 inning stretch previously, then lose the nightcap 4-3. Nate Colbert homered, Derrel Thomas delivered the tying run, while Jesus Alou was ruled out on a controversial interference call. Meanwhile the Pirates rout Philadelphia 7-1 as Richie Hebner hits a three run homer and Bruce Kison shines on the mound.
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Hertlein
Carbondale
Harrisburg
Doug Vaughn
DeWayne
Kelly
Vaughn
Belleville
Schwartz
Nolen
Toenjes
Schmidt
English Homer
Hill
Boro
Cottom
Arbeiter
Colandro
Flanigan
Associated Press
Pittsburgh Pirates
San Diego Padres
Pirates
Philadelphia
New York Mets
Montreal
Richie Hebner
Padres
Cincinnati
Houston
Reds
San Francisco
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Chicago Cubs
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Bruce Kison
Barry Lersch
Phillies
Greg Luzinski
Willie Montanez
Gene Clines
al Oliver
Dick Selma
Lersch
Manny Sanguillen
Hebner
Bucks
Selma
Gene Alley
Clines
Dave Cash
Vic Davalillo
San Diego
Derrel Thomas
Dave Roberts
Jimmy Stewart
Nate Colbert
Jesus Alou
Mike Caldwell
Ross Grimsley
Juan Marichal
Giants
Clay Carroll
Earl Williams
Mike Lum
Ralph Garr
Jim Brewer
Williams
Braves
Frank Robinson
Dodgers
Hank Aaron
Ty Cobb
Babe Ruth
Willie Mays
Steeleville Triumphs In Baseball Regional Opener
Steeleville defeated Ruma 11 to 2 as the Steeleville Class B softball regional opened. Bruce Fiene homered twice to pace Steeleville. Bert collected four hits. The Farm Bureau edged Nashville 4 to 3 with a two-out seventh inning rally highlighted by a wild pitch that brought in the winning run.
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Steeleville
Ruma
Farm Bureau
Nashville
Pinckneyville
du Quoin
Gordons
Walsh
Bruce Fiene
Bert
Karm Bureau
Draves
R. Vollmann
Melliere
Greer
Deppe
Fiene
Herrin Rider Wins Paducah Cycle Race
Mike Phillips of Herrin wins the 500 cc D-street class at Paducah International Raceway. He clocks 12.98 seconds for the quarter mile at 102 mph, posting the fastest time of the night across all classes.
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Herrin
Paducah
Mike Phillips
International Raceway
Gary Sanders Wins Western Amateur in Sudden Death
Gary Sanders a 22 year old Californian parred the first hole of sudden death to win the Western Amateur at Point O Woods Country Club in Benton Harbor Michigan on Sunday.
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Gary Sanders
Benton Harbor, Mich
Point
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