Proviso West wins 74th Illinois track title at Champaign
Proviso West led by Rich Elliott and Dick Vallicelli captured the state team crown at Illinois Memorial Stadium. Elliott won the two mile in 9 08.6 and Vallicelli swept the 220 with 21.9 while Johnson excelled in multiple sprints.
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Proviso West Cops
Champaign
Rich Elliott
Dick Vallicelli
Panthers
Hillside
Chicago
Elliott
Jan Johnson
Bloom
Doug MaComber
Maine South
Dave Butz
Illinois Memorial Stadium
Greg Johnson
East St. Louis
Lincoln
Vallicelli
Paul Gans
Niles West
Johnson
Forward Pass wins Preakness as Dancer's Image disqualified
Forward Pass captured the $195,200 Preakness stakes with Ismael Valenzuela aboard Calumet Farm's horse finishing 1:56 4-5 for 13 16 miles. Dancer's Image, the Derby winner, was disqualified after a postrace test found illegal medication, moving Nodouble and Yankee Lad up in the order. Out of the Way ran second, with Yankee Lad fourth as the field faced a 15 minute mutuel price delay.
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Ed Schuyler Jr
Associated Press Baltimore
Forward Pass
Dancer’s Image
John L. Rotz
Warrensburg
Dancer
Yankee Lad
Ismael Valenzuela
Calumet Farm
Citation
Dancer’s
Peter Fuller
Boston Sportsman
Bobby Ussery
Martin
Nodouble
Robert J. Kleberg
Gene Goss
Calument Farm
Fuller
Colonial Golfers Tie For Lead At Colonial National
Gary Player rapped a birdie putt on the final hole to tie Billy Casper at 207 after three rounds of the Colonial National Invitation. Casper matched his 68 with three birdies while Player started strong but bogeyed 10 and 11 to slip from the lead as others trailed at 211 and 212. The field includes Stockton at 213 and names like Montgomer y, Trevino, and Jacklin in the pack.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Gary Player
Billy Casper
Casper
Earl Stewart Jr
Tommy Aaron
Gene Littler
Lee Trevino
Dave Stockton
Player
Mets topple Braves 5 2 in Scarborough ink
Art Shamsky and Cleon Jones each had three hits for the New York Mets as Dick Selma won his third straight decision. Jones and Shamsky opened the scoring with run drives in the first and fourth, and a Shamsky double sparked a two run sixth inning. Bob Tillman and Felix Millan delivered Braves runs in the seventh, but Selma held on for the win.
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New York
Art Shamsky
Cleon Jones
Dick Selma
New York Mets
Atlanta Braves
Jones
Shamsky
Ron Swoboda
J.C. Martin
Mets
Martin
Braves
Selma
Tommie Aaron
Bob Tillman
Felix iMillan
Okker Wins Italian International Singles Title
Tom Okker, 22, of the Netherlands defeated Bob Hewitt 10-8, 6-8, 6-1, 3-6, 6-0 to capture the Italian International tennis singles championship in Rome.
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Okker Downs Hewitt
Rome
Tom Okker
South Africa
Bob Hewitt
Ron Santo Tops Cubs in Hitting and Power
Ron Santo led the Chicago Cubs in batting with a .300 average and drove in 98 runs while leading in homers with 31 last season.
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Ron Santo
Chicago Cubs
Kirkland Smith homer give Salukis 30th win over Tennessee
Don Kirkland and Jerry Smith hit solo homers as Southern Illinois University posted a 3-0 victory over Martin Tennessee. John Susce pitched four hitter ball with eight strikeouts and one walk to earn his ninth win. The win improves LIU to 30-12 and sets up Friday finale at Carbondale against Illinois College.
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Don Kirkland
Jerry Smith
John Susce
Southern Illinois University
Martin
Tennessee
Kirkland
Susce
Vols
Liu
Illinois College
Carbondale
Southern Abrh
T Blakely
Brumfield
Smith
Eont Coker
Martin Abrh ‘Welch
Horn
Steele
Armstrong
Hancock
Brubaugh
Bunn
Walker
Marshall
Frame
Southern
RBI
Sullivan
Welch
Regional prep baseball regional opens Monday
The 16 survivors from area district tournaments begin four regionals Monday at Carmi Pinckneyville Joppa and Marissa. Regional champions advance to Marion sectional May 27 29 to seek one of eight state finals berths at Peoria June 6 7.
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Carmi
Pinckneyville
Joppa
Marissa
Peoria
Carmi - Pinckneyville
Joppa - Marissa
Marion
DeKalb
Bishop wins single title at Illinois tennis meet
Top seed Mark Bishop of Skokie Niles East captured the singles crown in the Illinois state high school tennis tournament by defeating Evanston’s Mike Madura 6-3 6-4. Hinsdale Central took the team title with nine points, Evanston second with seven.
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Champaign
Mark Bishop
Skokie Niles East
Mike Madura
Evanston
DeArmond Briggs
John Mordhurst
Rock Island
Doug Conant
Brian Hewitt
Winnetka New Trier East
Hinsdale Central
Bishop
Bob Risi
Danville
Madura
John van Buskirk
Granite City
Briggs-Mordhurst
Roy Hart
Greg Lawton
Conant Hewitt
Tom Snyder
Howie Conant
Glenview
Glenbrook South
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Pekin
Proviso West
Alton
Chicago Dunbar
Chicago Phillips
Moline
Charles McGrath
Tom Likens
Bob Pincham
Harlan
Nathan Allen
Dunbar
Willie Thomas
Englewood
Tom Swan
Princeton
George Tyms
Lane Tech
Avery Wallace
Randy Crady
Chillicothe
Phillips
Park Ridge
Ed Rogers
Bloomington
Preakness
Coal Belt League
Coal Belt Baseball League
Marion du Quoin
Benton Hurst
Mustangs
Carbondale Pharoahs
Herrin
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Royals
National Basketball Association
Don Smith
Iowa State College
Illinois
Jack Montgomery
Gardner Dickinson
Tony Jacklin
Julius Boros
Harold Henning
Ken Still
Kel Nagle
Steve Spray Raged Wysong
Tommy St
Atlanta
W. Main
Wes Carbondale
University
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Salukis
Siu
Martin-Walker
Nashville
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Flora
Wayne City
Valmeyer
Waterloo
Centralia
Salem
Harrisburg
Carrier Mills
Dick Lockerby
Homer Ward
Homer
Murphysboro
Olds
Pont
Cad
F. E. Wagner
Johner
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Steeleville
Jim Hartman
Jim
Cairo
Ill
Oldsmobile
Swindell
Uniroyal
Jake
Recap, Inc
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Herrinema
E. Main
C’dale
Arrow, de White Shirt Company
Walkers
N. Park Ave
W. Jackson
Benton
du Quein
Mt. Vernon
West Frankfort
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