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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1975
Page
12
Madeline Manning Jackson representing Cleveland Track Club won the 800 meters at the National AAU Senior Women's championships in White Plains. She clocked 2 minutes 0.5 seconds, beating her 1968 record by 0.4 seconds and marking a return era after motherhood and a track hiatus.
Detroit Tigers manager Ralph Houk was released on his own recognizance after being charged with one count of assault stemming from an alleged slap to Baltimore Evening Sun sportswriter Phil Hersh. He was ordered to appear in state district court September 24 during the club’s Baltimore road trip.
President Ford welcomes Pele at the White House in a brief ceremony. Pele shows skill by bouncing a soccer ball on his foot then passes to Ford who cannot replicate the move. The New York Cosmos star then demonstrates on the White House lawn as cameras roll.
Lynn Hastie of Carterville loses 4 2 to Kay Rossmiller in the Illinois Women’s State Amateur semifinal at Decatur Country Club. Rossmiller then loses 1 up to Desi Alley of Waukegan in the title playoff.
This week lists games across three towns with matchups including Steeleville at Marion and Sparta at Carbondale. The schedule runs through Tuesday and Wednesday with multiple regional pairings and home and away venues.
Sparta defeated Murphysboro 3 to 0 in seven innings with three runs in the fourth and five others unscored. Carmi beat Spur 14 to 1 with a five run fourth inning and home runs by none.
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