White Sox surge from cellar with 8-3 rout of Rangers
Chicago wins fifth straight as Wilbur Wood and Jorge Orta spark the attack. Bill Melton belts a grand slam, Pat Kelly makes a sensational one handed catch to save a run, and Chicago coins in on Rangers miscues to seal the victory.
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Campground Cooking book released by Digest Books
Digest Books, Inc. of Northfield Illinois offers Campground Cooking edited by Charles and Kathy Farmer with contributors like Bradford Angier Mark Sosin Byron Dalrymple and Curt Gowdy. The 288 page guide costs 6.95 and ships details list 540 Frontage Road Northfield IL 60093. Treasure Hunter's Digest also features from sea sunken ships to park coin and jewelry hunts using metal detectors.
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Kathy Farmer
Bradford Angier
Mark Sosin
Byron Dalrymple
Curt Gowdy
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Treasure Hunters Digest sparks interest in metal detecting
Outdoors with Art Reid notes gold pan and metal detectors. Treasure Hunter's Digest outlines how hobbyists find small hoards on beaches playgrounds and old homesteads. Priced at 7.95 it promises a shortcut to treasure traveling in your own backyard.
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Hunter’s Digest
Parsons Seeks Pocono Win In Family Racing Spotlight
Johnny Parsons, 30, aims to move up from 16th in the 33-car Pocono 500 field as he builds a independent reputation beyond his famous racing lineage. He recalls Indy plans and engine troubles, notes better equipment this year, and discusses pressure from second generation drivers including Pancho Carter and his sons.
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Long Pond
Johnny Parsons
Johnnie
Pancho Carter
Parsons
Los Angeles
Pocono International Raceway
Indianapolis
Milwaukee
A. J. Foyt
Handsome Parsons
Pancho
Indy
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Unplanned women's mini tourney set in De Soto
A two team women's fast pitch regional tournament will be held in De Soto tonight. The Anna Stars face Zeigler at 6 30 p m, with a second game to follow and a possible third if tied. The winner advances to the Canton state meet July 15 20. Don Brewer notes local interest and low entry fee may have limited teams.
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Anna Stars
Zeigler
Canton
Don Brewer
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Southern Illinois
Illinois Amateur Softball Association
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Carbondale
Keller Named Athletic Director at Geneseo School
John Keller, former Trico assistant to Loris Lambert, becomes athletic director at Geneseo near Moline. He posted a 64-35 record at Mt. Zion and a 91-21 mark at St. Anthony, including a 28-3 1969-70 squad that lost in the state quarterfinals to La Grange.
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Trico High School
Effingham St. Anthony
Mt. Zion
Loris Lambert
Trico
Keller
Northwestern Illinois
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Decatur
St. Anthony
Champaign
la Grange
Clem Quillman
Lambert
Mulvaney leaves Centralia for Odin High School posts
Jim Mulvaney, Centralia High School head baseball coach and assistant basketball coach, accepts similar roles at Odin High School. Southern Illinois University Carbondale marching Salukis director Mike Hanes will lead the band at the St. Louis Cardinal game for the eleventh straight year, performing during the Nov 2 Big Red contest against New England.
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Odin High School
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St. Louis Cardinal
New England
Hodges rider Hodges joins Giants system after charity tourney win
Ron Hodges, praised by Carbondale American Legion players, received a 35 prize from a four team Harrisburg tourney. Hodges, SIUC two year 21 3 pitcher, signed this weekend as a Giants free agent after not being drafted. The Little Egypt Khoury Baseball Association expands its annual fundraiser with barbecue auction flea market lawn carnival and raffle at Crossroads School on July Fourth to fund rural youth baseball. Danny Adams of Route 3 Marion leads the group as association president.
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Carbondale American Legion
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Carbondale
Hodges
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Crossroads
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Route 3
Marion
Association
Legion softball wins Freeman Spur over Sparta 7 6
Freeman Spur trailed early but held on for a 7 to 6 win over Sparta as Cripps hit a home run for Florida and rival DL Brad Piper tied the game with a two run shot for Du Quoin in the seventh and ninth. Dukes top Carbondale 10 to 5 as Glisson and Lovely homer. Huselsmann and Glisson drive runs for Murphysboro. Next games slate includes Sparta at Murphysboro and Carmi at Freeman Spur.
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Major League Standings Snapshot and This Weekends Schedule
Standings show Detroit at Baltimore and New York at Boston with listed pitchers and records. Weekend games include Cleveland at Milwaukee and Oakland at California with slated matchups and venues across the league.
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Graham to play in Western Open next year
Soft spoken Lou Graham, the 1975 U S Open champion, will skip this weekend's Western Open but has accepted an invitation to play next year. The Nashville veteran waited an extra day at Medinah to win the Open in a playoff with John Mahaffey.
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Town City
Iowa
Lou Graham
Nashville
Tenn
Medinah Country Club
Chicago
Chicago hires Popp as offensive coach for Winds
Babe Parilli announced Joe Popp, graduate of Catawba College, will serve as offensive coach for the World Football League Chicago Winds. Popp has been an assistant coach at UNC GW Wake Forest and Georgia Tech since the early 1960s, a team spokesman said.
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Chicago Winds
Joe Popp
Catawba College
Popp
University of North Carolina
George Washington University
Wake Forest
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