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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1977
Page
14
Steve Cauthen, 17, from Walton Kentucky, wins at Belmont Park ending apprenticeship and losing his bug weight. He also promotes his Country Western album And Steve Cauthen Sings, Too as his season totals reach 284 wins and about 3.05 million in purses.
Metropolis High School will split from Metropolis Community High to become Metropolis High as Brookport joins to form Massac County High. The district plans athletic realignments with Class A status for Metropolis this fall and a likely 3A coaching role for the new football mentor. Schedule changes include three Kentucky games, four home dates, and a revised slate featuring Carterville Harrisburg Ballard County Reidland Marion and more.
In Metropolis area action the Cubs and Cardinals posted strong attendance as they prepared for a series in St Louis. The Cubs attracted 96,452 over a three game daytime home sweep of the Mets, while the Cardinals drew 82,266 for two night games and one day game with the Phillies, winning two of three.
Kahok Collinsville, longtime Metro-East power, meets St. Louis Central in Kiel Auditorium on December 1 as a prelude to a St. Louis Billiken game. Collinsville seeks its 12th trip in 13 Carbondale Holiday Tournament appearances. last year the champs were 30 1 while Central logged 20 4.
The record lists multiple games across leagues with players such as Holtzman Clay Lemanczyk Willis and details of lineups and results. It includes Tuesday and Monday results for teams like Chicago Montreal San Francisco Cincinnati Philadelphia New York and Houston, and a weather-affected doubleheader with Shiloh and Neunert.
Over the weekend at Star Dust Course near Johnston City the George Jansco Memorial golf tourney finished with top scores by class. Notables include Championship class leaders Larry Giacone and Marty Kelly with 140 and Pursie Pipes at 141, followed by Jan Jansco and John Ellis at 142.
Zeigler defeats Du Bois 9 1 in a high scoring game after a late surge. Guthrie hits a homer for BD while Barczewski adds a long ball for DU. Zeigler pitcher Conker gets win with Setzekorn and Vorhees contributing on offense.
West Frankfort native Bob Brown will return to his alma mater to coach the 1977-78 prep season. The 1962 Frankfort graduate led Eldorado Eagles to 121-30 over five seasons with three state finals appearances. Brown previously coached Illinois freshmen and Murray State.
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