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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1976
Page
13
Mike Reid, 21, an amateur from Brigham Young University, led the 76th U S Open after a three under par 67 at Atlanta Athletic Club. He said he expected trouble but nothing did, while many top pros fumed over tough conditions and posted mostly higher scores.
Oakland owner Charles O. Finley told a hearing with Commissioner Bowie Kuhn that he had no alternative but to sell Joe Rudi Rollie Fingers and Vida Blue after failed trades. Finley criticized the baseball system saying it has no stability and no permanence and that selling unsigned stars was necessary to avoid losing them for nothing.
The Chicago White Sox lost their seventh straight, 5 4 to the New York Yankees. A two run error opened an eighth inning rally before Bucky Dent’s fly and a late tag play doomed Chicago. Sparky Lyle earned his 10th save.
Eldorado basketball coach and AD Bob Brown lines up Pinckneyville Madison and a Benton Invitational return for mid January while courting Breese Mater Dei as season opener. Football adds Madison and Cairo. coach Al Way restores a 10 game slate. Joe C Meriweather visited Carbondale before joining the Hawks in Atlanta.
DeWayne Kelly once a versatile CCHS star will student teach at Murphysboro High School this fall. He heads to DeKalb and Northern Illinois University for summer school after hitting .285 as a regular first baseman for NIU's 17-25 club this spring. Metropolis’ Dwayne Wall earned a Western Illinois University track and field letter as a freshman. SIU C hurler Dewey Robinson, 9-0, 2.83 ERA as a junior, begins with Charleston-Mattoon’s Central Collegiate League entry, throwing a shutout in his first start for SIU-C coach J. W. Sander’s club, caught by his brother Craig who also aims for SIU-C as catcher.
SIGA schedules three weekend events in southern Illinois. Keeneman Insurance Tournament at Chester Country Club runs Saturday and Sunday. The Greater Mt Vernon Open returns at Ellis Family Center, formerly Green Hills. Crab Orchard Open tennis at John A. Logan College has about 45 entries with finals Sunday. Also a Carbondale Park District net tourney June 25 27 at SIU tennis courts. Kay’s Sports Park hosts Super Sunday of softball with slo pitch and fast pitch games. Dr Charles Elder bags his second hole in one at Crab Orchard Golf Club.
AP Sports Analysis notes Charley Finley’s selloff of Oakland A's stars mirrors early 20th century moves by Connie Mack. Mack dumped key players from 1914 to 1929 to cut costs as attendance and debts rose, turning a championship juggernaut into a business lesson about profits over glory. Mack justified selling top players in 1933 saying costs forced cuts.
The Chicago Bulls and Atlanta Hawks, coming off weak seasons, stand to gain most from a special dispersal draft of four ABA franchises. Chicago holds the No. 1 pick and is expected to select Artis Gilmore, while Atlanta may take Moses Malone. The June 1976 merger will add the Denver Nuggets Indiana Pacers New York Nets and San Antonio Spurs to the NBA, expanding to 22 teams.
Live bait shop at 308 E Oak Carbondale offers crickets red wigglers nite crawlers red worms drift worms minnows and catfish bait with early and late hours and a contact number 549 3906 for lowest prices in the area.
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