Marion winners and sectional loss highlight local speedsway and baseball
Bob Jones of Danville and Bob Melvin of Logan topped the Williamson County Speedway program near Marion with feature wins in super sprints and modified coupes while Roger Parks and Gary Easton won hobby and fastest qualifier honors. In Springfield sectional play Collinsville fell 6 4 to Raymond Lincolnwood ending its bid for state tournament entry as Belleville West advances from the Marion sectional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Jones
Danville
Bob Melvin
Logan
Williamson County Speedway
Marion
Miller
Jones
Gene Henson
Paris
Cliff Johns
Evansville
Cliff Cockrum
Benton
Ronnie Milton
Jacksonville
Poe
Jerry Camfield
Argenta
Eddie Stearns
Boskydell
Johns
Henson
Milton
Murphy
Richard Rogers
Anna
John Kemp
Belle
Collinsville
Raymond Lincolnwood
Springfield
Scouts Out in Numbers at NCAA District Four Opener
Major league scouts roamed the Carbondale opening round of the NCAA District Four college baseball tournament with names such as Belz Mathes Melvin Tappe Willey Montgomery Williams Bartley Cleis Klaus Unser Meyers Harvey among those observed. An even larger crowd was anticipated for Thursday’s Marion prep sectional finals between Belleville West and Murphysboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kahok
Belleville West
Murphysboro
Carbondale
Jim Belz
Joe Mathes
Virgil Melvin
St. Louis Cardinals
Ed Tappe
Chicago Cubs
Carlton Willey
Philadelphia Phillies
Chet Montgomery
Cincinnati
Marion
Salukis place three on NCAA District Four all stars
Southern Illinois University and Ohio University dominate the District Four all star baseball team chosen by District Chairman Danny Lit Whiler. The Salukis have three first team selections, Ohio University two, with Illinois and others each placing one. The first team includes LIU Joe Wallis Stan Mann Rick Ware and others from Illinois Central Michigan Eastern Michigan and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois. University
Ohio University
LIU
Joe Wallis
Stan Mann
Rick Ware
Ohio
Bob Makoskie
Steve Swisher
From youth in Michigan Winter recalls young Johncock
Charles Adair recalls Gordon Johncock growing up in Hastings Michigan and pursuing cars from boyhood. The article paints a portrait of a future Indy 500 winner who tinkered long before racing professionally, with local scenes of neighborhood driveways, park program days, and a dramatic early engine roar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Johncock
Charles Adair
Michelsan
Adair
Gordon Johncock
United States Auto Club
USAC
Lonnie
Park District
Gordy
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Melvin
John Powell
Fairfield
Joe Rider
Mulkeytown
Merv Lence
Lick Creek
Let Whitener
Jackson
Kmucha
Mike Russell
Vegennes
Feature
Kimucha
Boston
Kemp
Rogers
Mike Hecker
Kahoks
Bill Hands
Cardinals
Reggie Cleveland
Hands
Cubs
Don Williams
San Diego Padres
Boyd Bartley
Los Angeles Dodgers
Bill Cleis
Houston Astros
Rick Klaus
San Francisco Giants
al Unser
Cleveland Indians
Ray Meyers
Detroit Tigers
Red Harvey
Oakland Athletics
Salukis
Bob Pollock
Illinois
Mike Ferguson
Eastern Michigan
Terry Lynch
Central Michigan
Dennis Smith
Miami
Mark Pohoney
Marshall
Ilinois
The
Birds
Mike Wilkins
Larry Home
Calufetti
Philip Carey
Lumber City Lighting Center
Boise- Cascade
Willow
Call
Hastings
Mich
Environmental Protection Agency
Gordy Johncock
Carbondale Loan & Improvement Assn
N.llinois Carbondale, Ill
City
State
Rin
Carbondale Lioan Emprovement Assn
North Illinois
Weller
Westinghouse
Missouri
Mississippi
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Weller’s, Inc
W. Main
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