Dobson earns 100th win with sixth straight for Yankees
Pat Dobson fired a seven hitter to win his sixth straight and the 100th of his career as New York defeated Detroit 4-1. He improved to 8-5 with four strikeouts and one walk, aided by three double plays. A misplayed ball in the ninth broke the shutout. Ed Brinkman, Bobby Bonds and Graig Nettles sparked the offense with a second inning fluke single and a seventh inning triple setting up Chambliss's sacrifice fly for the go ahead run.
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Pat Dobson
New York Yankees
Detroit
New York
Ed Brinkman
Bobby Bonds
Bonds
Yanks
Rich Coggins
Chris Chambliss
Former players coach this summer in John A. Logan program
The John A. Logan Summer Basketball Program completed its second week with former players from participating high schools serving as coaches. ISU Carbondale, Herrin, Marion, Murphysboro, West Frankfort, Trico Artie DesRocher Carterville, Johnston City, Elverado, Crab Orchard, and Du Quoin are represented. Regular season coaches watch from the stands amid early scouting and coaching changes for three communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larry Odell
Southern Illinoisan
John A. Logan
Illinois High School Association
Ger
Larry Hornick
Rick Pautler
West Frankfort
Tim Ricci
Leonard Hopkins
Trico
Artie
School Week Schedule For Illinois Night Matches
This week lists boys junior high or high school basketball games across Herrin West Frankfort Marion Carbondale Du Quoin Carterville Crab Orchard Murphysboro Trico and Elkville with matches on Tuesday June 24 and Thursday June 26 starting at 6 p.m. through 9 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
West Frankfort
Marion
Murphysboro
Carbondale
du Quoin
Twins Triumph Over White Sox as Ford Homers Twice
Dan Ford slugged two homers and Danny Thompson and Steve Brye added timely two run doubles to power the Minnesota Twins to an 8-3 win over Chicago. Thompson's two run hit capped a sixth inning rally, giving Minnesota the lead for good as Campbell improves to 1-3. Brye added a key bases loaded double in the seventh as Ford connected for his sixth homer of the season.
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Chicago
Dan Ford
Danny Thompson
Steve Brye
Minnesota Twins
White Sox
Ford
Tom Kelly
Bill Campbell
Thompson
Jim Kaat
Minnesota
Twins
Brye
Bucky Dent
Pete Varney
Pat Kelly
Orta
Carlos May
Deron Johnson
Kelly
Kaat
Rod Carew
Rich Gossage
Soderholm
Oliva
Royals Beat A's 4-1 as Busby Excelled on Five-Hitter
Steve Busby allowed five hits and struck out eight in a strong complete game effort for Kansas City. George Brett and Hal McRae homered, giving the Royals a 4-1 win over Oakland, snapping the A’s five-game run and closing to within two games of first in the AL West. Bert Campaneris doubled and Claudell Washington singled for Oakland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakland
Steve Busby
George Brett
Hal McRae
Kansas City Royals
Busby
Royals
A’s
Bert Campaneris
Claudell Washington
Brett
Kansas City
Ken Holtzman
Local High School Card Scores From Tuesday and Thursday
Tuesday results show Johnston City Boosters 51 over Elkville Bedar Amoco 35 while West Frankfort Professional Pharmacy topped Herrin Boosters 62 to 57 and Marion Homemaker News beat Trico Lions Rednour Steel 42 to 41. Carbondale B upset Murphysboro B 37 to 35. Thursday action features Du Quoin Boosters 57 over Car terville 42 Crab Orchard Mining Supply 73 over Carbondale A 53 Murphysboro A 45 over Herrin Merchants 42 and West Frankfort Barker Drugs 49 over Marion IGA 48.
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Johnston City Boosters
Elkville
Bedar Amoco
West Frankfort Professional Pharmacy
Herrin Boosters
Marion Homemaker
Trico Lions
Rednour Steel
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Lim Long conducts first SIU-C wrestling clinic
Thirty four boys aged 10 to 17 attended Lim Long's one week SIU-C wrestling clinic ending Friday. Participants were videotaped to track progress in down and up wrestling, holds, takedowns through pins and conditioning.
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Lim Long
Connors Heads Wimbledon Field as Favorite Faces Newcomers
Jimmy Connors, favored to defend his Wimbledon title, opens Monday in England as the top betting choice ahead of Arthur Ashe and Bjorn Borg. Seeding reflects a star-dominated field with Connors leading, Rosewall, Borg, Vilas, Nastase, and Ashe. The prize money totals $260,000 with $24,000 to the men's winner and $16,800 to the women's champion.
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Wimbledon
England
Jimmy Connors
Rod Laver
Belleville
Bookies
Arthur Ashe
Miami
Fla
Sweden
Wonder Boy
Bjorn Borg
Connors
Ashe
Borg
Paris
Ken Rosewall
Australia
Guillermo Vilas
Argentina
Ilie Nastase
Romania
Wimbleon
Stan Smith
Sea Pines
S. C
Jan Kodes
Czechoslovakia
John Newcombe
Chris Evert
Fort Lauderdale
Billie Jean King
Chris
Evonne Goolagong
Martina Navratilova
Chamspion
Ruffian Wins Triple Crown Fillies Sweep at Belmont Park
Ruffian defeats Foolish Pleasure in a prep for a $350000 July 6 match race at Belmont Park. The victory completes a sweep of the Triple Crown for fillies and matches Magazine's 1973 stakes record of 2 27 4 5 for 114 miles.
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New York
Ruffian
Belmont Park
Magazine
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Dobson
Tigers
Gary Sutherland
Willie Horton
Graig Nettles
Brinkman
New York Yankee
Elston Howard
Bill Virdon
Armando Rodriguez
Mike Curtis
Jon Lam
DeWayne Kelly
Carl Favreau
Bill Green
Mike Newbold
Tim Dougherty
Joe Hosman
J. J. de Mattei
Tim Buchanan
Dan Calandro
Ronnie Bar
Doug Woolard
Jon Michels
Carterville
Ernie Crain
Southern Illinois University-Carbondaire
Paul Lambert
John Sala
John A. Logan College
John A.logan College
Crab Orchard
Johnston City
Eric Soderholm
Tony Oliva
Jorge Orta
Frank White
Phil Garner
Jim Wohlford
White
Amos Otis
McRae
Murphysboro Iron & Metal
Gartside
du Quoin Boosters
Crab Orchard Mining Supply
Herrin Merchants
Marion Iga
Cadillac
Jim Pearl
E. Walnut St
All-England
Association of Tennis Professionals
Matlox
Viaalox
Antacid
Puan H Rome
Moco, Inc
N. Washington
Ill
Paul Michaels
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