Jones Favored To Win 500 Mile Race At Indy
Parnelli Jones opens as strong favorite for the 47th Memorial Day Classic at Indianapolis. He tops trials with speeds over 151 mph, sharing front row with Jim Hurtubise and Don Branson. A J Foyt starts his bid from the second row amid high pace and team entries.
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North Tonawanda
N.Y
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Associated Press
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Billy Vukovich
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Torrance
Calif
River
A. J. Foyt
Houston
Tex
Clark
Humphreys
Jim McElreath
Arlington
Jerage
Foyt
Chimrol
Carterville Hires Coaches For Next School Year
Carterville High School names five 26 year old area men as coaches for football basketball and track. Dick Struve of Christopher will head football. Don Dingworth, formerly at Steeleville and pro baseball, will head basketball and track. They will share coaching duties across three sports. Dingworth starred in high school basketball at Okanville and played three sports at Murray before pro baseball.
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Carterville High School
Fivo
Dick Struvel
Christopher
Zeigler-Royalton
Don Dingworth
Steeleville
Dingworth
Okanville
Leuchtefeld Brothers
Murray
Red Sox
Koufax Dominates Braves In Fourth Shutout Of Season
Dodgers star Sandy Koufax blanked Milwaukee 7-0 on six hits, his fourth shutout this year, moving LA within one game of NL leaders San Francisco. O'Toole won for Cincinnati as the win leaders rose, while Giants, Cardinals, Cubs, and Phillies each posted victories amid a busy night of National League action.
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Houston
Chicago
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Pittsburgh
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Braves
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Jim O'Toole
Marty Keough
Frank Robinson
Vada Pinson
Orlando Cepeda
Curt Plood
St. Louis J
Gene Oliver
Charley James
Colts
Howie Coss
Sectional finals set with Steeleville Mound City clash at Du Quoin
Steeleville and Mound City advanced to face off at Du Quoin at 3 30 PM to decide the Southern Illinois berth in the state tournament. Mound City beat Carmi 6 4 while Steeleville edged Nashville 3 2 in 10 innings, Nagel driving in Lindenberg for the winning run in the 10th.
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Steeleville
du Quoin
Southern Illinois
Illinois
Carmin
Nashville
Alan Nagel
Jimmy Lindenberg
Hayes to miss Indy 500 as firstborn nears arrival
Southern Illinois coverage notes Bill Hayes will skip the Indianapolis 500 to await the birth of his first child. Hayes, adopted promoter role at Du Quoin after Buck Kidd’s death, calls Indy the world’s greatest sport and predicts a year of new car types and strong manufacturer effort to beat the Offenhausers. He also outlines Labor Day weekend plans for Du Quoin with sprint, stock car, and big car events.
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du Quoin State Fair
Buck Kidd
Indianapolis
Hayes
Offenhausers
Mayes
du Quoin
Tourney opens as Herrin Legion Play begins Thursday
American Legion baseball in Nasth District opens Thursday with all 10 league teams in action. Opening day features three league games Benson at Zeigler Anna at Chester and Du Quoin at Marion Herrin hosts Carbondale in a 9 am Memorial Park elimination tournament Murphysboro steeleville game status unclear while Steeleville eyes state tournament action against Mound City Top five teams in each division advance to a double elimination district tournament slated for July 12-15 in Murphysboro
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Paul Wicker
Wicker
Nashville
Loris Lamberts
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Lindenburg
Brent Vines
Jim Mansberg
Mound City
Sev
Tigers
Carmi
Wariors
Terry Renken
Strik
Mickey Lawler
Renken
Pat McCowen
Darrell Burd
McCowen
Rodney Britt
Vines
Saion mi Caribe
Burd
Larken
Indianapolis
Louis Humble
Man Bratton
Goj
Bulldogs
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AB Rhipren
John Runion
Lawler
Sroco Wen
Ken Winter
Tiger
Stan Cutchin
Larry Owen
Owen
Bagley
Dennis O'Neal
Edwards
J. Q. Carrington
John Evers
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Hake
Walker
Kemper
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Lindenberg
Ennis
Maasburg
Fiene
Bollman
Gerlach
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Benson
Zeigler
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Chester
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Memorial Park
Carbondale
Murphysboro
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Downstate
Legion
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Benton
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Bud) Walton
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