Pirates Dodgers Weekend Rivalry Sets Tone in NL Race
Pirates explode for 11-2 over Padres while Dodgers rally to beat Cubs 2-1 on a wild eighth inning. Cincinnati tops Mets 5-3 as NL West gap narrows. Braves Phillies Expos and others win. Milwaukee and Texas win in American League. Oiler softball team extends win streak to 15 as they prep for state-class doubleheaders.
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Belmont Stakes Day set with Key To The Mint in return bid
Belmont Saturday features Key To The Mint trained by Elliott Burch with Jockey Braulio Baeza and owner Paul Mellon. They chase the 144 mile Belmont Stakes on a motif loaded field without Preakness winner Bee Bee Bee as entries closed and post time set for 4 35 p m on CBS radio and TV coverage. Also notes Taylorville soft ball doubleheader at Zeigler with 7 30 p m first game.
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Spor t talk Merle Jones Racing resumes after strike
Racing at Fairmount Park resumed after a one day strike by Local 729 tractor crews over Memorial Day pay. Arbitration was agreed to Thursday, with chaotic midcard races as handlers controlled starts and Land Yes, ridden by Lee Hooker’s stable, won the sixth by 10 lengths paying 13 to 1.
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Meridian pair sign two players for Robert Morris College
Calvin Johnson and Cleve Maborn from Meridian will attend Robert Morris College in Carthage on basketball scholarships. Johnson earned a Southern Illinois all star nod last year while Maborn, age ineligible for prep ball last season, completed high school and heads to college.
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Segui’s NL debut fuels Cardinals late rally for 6-4 win
Diego Segui, acquired from Oakland, tossed three innings of one hit ball for his first NL win. Cards erase a 4-1 deficit with a five-run eighth, including Ted Sizemore, Matty Alou, Joe Torre walks and a three-run triple by Ted Sizemore and a Donn Clendenon two-run homer to beat the Giants 6-4.
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Elks Sponsor Flag Day Golf at Midland Hills
The 11th annual Flag Day golf tournament will be sponsored by the Carbondale Elks Club at Midland Hills on Sunday. About 40 players are expected for the handicap event starting at 7 am. Defending low gross champions are Jim Barrett and Fred McKissic. Frank Muhich set the 1971 low net with handicap. All competitors are Carbondale men and trophies will be awarded to Sunday’s winners.
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