Morris UL ready to transfer to Saint Louis University
Former prep All-American Billy Morris announced his plan to transfer from Illinois to Saint Louis University after friction with Illinois coach Harv Schmidt. The six foot nine forward averaged 15.2 points and 9.4 rebounds as a sophomore and would sit out a season before competing for the Billikens, who welcomed him as a program addition.
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Illinois
St. Louis University
Morris
Illini
Harv Schmidt
Schmidt
Bill
Beaumont High School
St. Louis
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Billikens
Larry Albus
Legion of Carbondale Drops Two of Three in Weekend Play
The Carbondale American Legion baseball club went 1-2 over the weekend, losing to Owensboro 5 0, to Du Quoin 9 2, and beating Marion 5 1 in a district league. Davis homered for Carbondale, which also committed eight errors. Owensboro, the 1971 Kentucky state runner up, defeated Carbondale 5-0 at Williams Field.
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Marion
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Carbondale
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Owensboro
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Rudi Extends A's Streak With Tie-Breaking Homer
Joe Rudi stretched his team record hitting streak to 17 games with a two run homer off Mickey Lolich to lift the Oakland A's to a 5-2 win over the Detroit Tigers. Reggie Jackson added a two run single as Oakland won their eighth straight, Sal Bando homered, and Dave Hamilton earned the win with Bob Locker finishing.
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Mickey Lolich
Reggie Jackson
Oakland A’s
Detroit Tigers
Rudi
Lolich
Bert Campaneris
Danny Cater
Sal Bando
Oakland
Dave Hamilton
Bob Locker
Yankees breezy win over Royals 8 4 in Saturday night
Ron Blomberg doubled in two runs in the first inning and Johnny Callison and Bobby Murcer connected on two run singles in the second as the New York Yankees built a seven run lead and defeated the Kansas City Royals 8 4 on Saturday night.
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Ron Blomberg
Johnny Callison
Bobby Murcer
New York Yankees
Kansas City Royals
Orioles Top Rangers 5 2 Behind McNally Five-Hitter
Dave McNally pitched a five hitter and Brooks Robinson drove in Baltimore's first three runs with a homer, a single and a double as the Orioles beat the Texas Rangers 5-2 on Saturday night. Hank Aaron hit his 649th career homer and 14th grand slam as the Atlanta Braves crushed the Philadelphia Phillies 15-3, moving into a tie for second on the all time list with Willie Mays and Gil Hodges.
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Arlington
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Brooks Robinson
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Hank Aaron
Atlanta Braves
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New York
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Dodgers edge Pirates 2-1 on Mota go-a-ahead hit
Manny Mota lined a run-scoring single in the eighth to lift the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 2-1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Pirates tied 1-1 until the decisive eighth inning.
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Los Angeles Dodgers
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Paul Smith leads Jackson Invitational with 69 at Jackson CC
The weatherman could not derail Paul Smith a 21 year old University of Illinois student from Pinckneyville who shot 69 to lead after the first day at the Jackson Invitational Golf Tournament at Jackson Country Club. Strong winds and rain produced high scores with five players at 71 and a large logjam across classes A to E. Final rounds scheduled for Sunday with pairings listed for 7:30 am through 3:00 pm.
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Mt. Vernon
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West Frankfort
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Murphysboro
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Vern Fox
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Bill Pyle
Dick O’brien
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Dox Bixby
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Jim Hauptmann
Ray Reynolds
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Blackie Wolver
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Elza Brantley
Jim Best
Barney Williams
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Ron Davis
Doug Devor
F. W. Boriske
Zeigler Rout Taylorville Behind Two Seven-Run Innings
Zeigler Raiders earned an 85 71 home sweep over Taylorville with two seven run innings. Manus Goins improved to nine wins in 10 decisions as Zeigler moved to 184 for the season and will visit Murphysboro Elks Monday night. Taylorville led 3-1 late in the opener before Zeigler broke through with a big rally.
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Benton Raceway weekend features thrill with multiple winners
Uninjured Amati flips his car but returns as Dean Shirley and Jim Eaves win Benton Raceway events. Shirley wins heat and super modified feature with Jerry Wiggs taking second. Chuck Amati flips in trophy dash but is not admitted. Other winners include Jim Hall Richard Rider Camfield and Terry Allen Po wel Kmucha. Waterbury of Marion misses eighth inning run as Daytona Beach tops St. Petersburg 4 3.
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Lincoln
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Lick Creek
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Benton
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Logan
Jerry Camfield
Argenta
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du Quoin
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Charleston
Richard Rider
Dowell
Camfield
Terry Allen
Marion
John Powell
Fairfield
Frank Kmucha
Oroville
Steve Waterbury
St. Petersburg
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Cardinals
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Waterbury
Billie Jean King Wins Rain-Delayed John Player Prize
Billie Jean King of Long Beach Calif was awarded the first prize in the women’s singles after rain washed out the final. Officials awarded the $2,600 first prize to King on percentage. Evonne Goolagong was to meet King for the title. In a separate note, Lesser Coal Belt League beat Marissa 4-2 with two ninth inning runs at Pinckneyville.
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Billie Jean King
Long Beach
Calif
John Player
Marissa
Pinckneyville
Rodriguez Leads After Windy Round at Philadelphia Classic
Rodriguez carded a two under par 70 to move into the third round of the IVB Philadelphia Golf Classic with a 54 hole total of 209 as Bob Murphy faced disqualification and reinstatement over a misread scorecard while J C Snead climbed to solo second with a 69.
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Whitemarsh Valley County Club
Rodriguez
Bob Murphy
Murphy
J.C. Snead
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