Antoine to Play for East in Lubbock All American Game
LIU lineman Antoine, the No. 1 Bears draft choice, will play for the East against the West in Lubbock Texas Saturday night to open the 1972 season. Bryant and Fairbanks coach the squads as the 12th annual Coaches All America game, with Antoine also slated to face the Cowboys in Chicago July 28.
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LIU
Chicago Bears
Lubbock
Texas
Bear’ Bryant
Alabama
Chuck Fairbanks
Oklahoma
Antoine
Dallas Cowboys
Chicago
the Tribune
Cardinals
St. Louis
Cardinal
Joe Pollack
Pollack
Sparta High to hire basketball coach again with change in plans
New Sparta High coach search resumes as Bill Killen, who planned to move from Breese Mater Dei to Sparta, will instead take the job at Quincy Catholic Boys High. Killen, 44, Quincy native, has coached at Joppa and Mater Dei and becomes basketball coach and athletic director at Quincy.
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Sparta High
Bill Killen
Breese Mater Dei
Sparta
Quincy Catholic Boys High
Killen
Quincy
Joppa
Mater Dei
Quincy Post
Bob Bender
Bloomington
Don Stanton
Pinckneyville
Canton
Mt. Vernon
Ind
Carroll Belcher
Anna Jonesboro
Cletus Green
Ron Dates
Dave Shannahan
Ralph Davison
Russ DeBose
Koeneman Insurance Classic Draws Strong Field at Chester
A large field of scratch handicap players will tee off at the Koeneman Insurance Classic at Chester Country Club. The event runs 8:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. shotgun starts Saturday and Sunday with 110 players, including defending champion Terry Rohlfing and other past winners from the Southern Illinois Golf Association circuit and the St. Louis area.
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Chester Country Club
Bill Koeneman
Koeneman
I Ilinois Golf Association
St. Louis
Terry Rohlfing
Sparta
Rohlfing
Smith Faces Kimpel In Illinois Women's Amateur Final
Paula Smith of O Fallon tangles with Urbana High School graduate Janice Kimpel in a 36 hole match play finale for the Illinois women's amateur golf championship at Bloomington. Smith is the defending champion and a former Mt. Vernon resident under his father Paul a former Southern Illinois amateur champion.
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Janice Kimpel
Urbana
Paula Smith
O’fallon
Inois
Bloomington
Miss Smith
Mt. Vernon
Paul
Southern Illinois
Finalists Set in 39th Illinois Women's Amateur Golf Showdown
In Bloomington Paula Smith the defending champion meets Urbana 16 year old Janice Kimpel in the 36 hole finals. Kimpel reached the final by defeating Lois Drarke LaGrange 1 up in the semifinals. Smith beat Melanie Schiller Paros Park 3 and 2 to reach the final.
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Paula Smith
O’fallon
Janice Kimpel
Urbana
Paula
Jack Shearer
U.S
Illinois
Miss Kimpel
Lois Drarke
LaGrange
Bloomington Country Club
Miss Smith
University of Ialines
Melanie Schiller
Paros Park
Miss Schiller
Iowa
Miss Drarke
NLRB decision on NFL labor dispute due in months
Minneapolis AP report says the National Labor Relations Board plans a decision in three or four months on a AFL NFL owners bargaining dispute over artificial turf and player fines. NLRB Examiner Melvin Wees set July 27 as the deadline for briefs after closing arguments.
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Minneapolis
National Labor Relations Board
National Football League Players Association
NFL
NLRB
Melvin Wees
Duck blind draw at Mermet wildlife area clarified
Hunters at Mermet Wildlife Area will only need a 1971 or 1972 Illinois hunting license to draw for a duck hunting site. Federal migratory waterfowl stamps will be required later when available to legally take waterfowl. Jim Lockart of the Department of Conservation notes the change avoids earlier stamp shortages.
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Mermet Wildlife Area
Mermet
Jim Lockart
Wildlife Resources
Dempsey Remains a Bright Light at 77 in New York
Longtime boxing idol Jack Dempsey, now 77, still draws fans at the Broadway restaurant named for him. He reflects on his era, notes today’s fighters, and laments fewer small clubs while praising Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali.
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Earl Gerheim
Associated Press
New York
Jack Dempsey
Dempsey
Joe Frazier
Clay
Muhammad Ali
Schaeffer qualifying rounds moved to June 29 30 at Pocono
Severe flooding in eastern Pennsylvania forces postponement of Saturday and Sunday qualifying for the Schaefer 500 at Pocono Raceway. Dr. Joseph Mattioli says rounds will be held Thursday and Friday June 29 and 30, with the race set for Sunday July 2. Kareem Abdul Jabbar becomes a father as Habiba gives birth to a daughter May 15.
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Mount Poco
Pennsylvania
Pocono International Raceway
Joseph Mattioli
Milwaukee
Kareem Abdul- Jabbar
Milwaukee Bucks
Nationa Basketball Association
Bucks
Habiba
Petty grabs pole for Lone Star 500 at Texas World Speedway
Richard Petty, 34, from Radleman North Carolina, wins the pole for Sunday's Lone Star 500 by posting a 169.412 mph lap at Texas World Speedway. He will start first with Bobby Allison, Bob Isaac, and Joe Frasson on the front rows, all driving factory Dodge or Chevrolet cars.
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College Station
Petty
Bobby Allison
Hueytown
Ala
Bob Isaac
Catawba
N. C
Joe Frasson
Golden Valley
Minn
Isaac
Frasson
Elder golfer shoots 82 in Southern Illinois seniors outing
An 83-year-old VilLa Ridge member Fred Wheeler carded 43 39 82 at Crab Orchard Golf Club as 170 golfers enjoyed the Southern Illinois Seniors event. Louie Bahr and his son Bob won father son honors with Louie at 74 and Bob 72. Low gross scores included Fred Myers 71, Bob Bahr 72, Joe E Wright 72. Low nets listed Gil Wood 58 George Blazina 60 and W H Redeker 60.5.
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Southern Illinois
Crab Orchard
Fred Wheeler
Villa Ridge
Louie Bahr
Carbondale
Bob
Louie
Fred Myers
Centralia
Bob Bahr
Joe E. Wright
Shawneetown
Gil Wood
Mt. Vernon
George Blazina
Murphysboro
W. H. Redeker
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