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Names in SportsFormer PhilsmakereturnFour players from the 1964 PHILLIES club head a list of infielders and outfielders returning to play in the Phils' annual Old-Timers game on Saturday night. AugSIThe four Phils of 10 years ago. who will be playing for EDDIE SAWYER'S 1960s club, include the pair of slick-fielding shortstops. RUBEN AMARO and BOBBY WINE and two left-handed hitting outfielders, JOHNNY CALLISON and TONY GONZALEZ, who lives in Huntingdon Valley.The other 1960s plavers include infielders. PANCHOHERRERA DICK STUART and BOBBY MALKMUS and outfielder BOBBY DEL GRECO JAMES G SWOPE. JR of Warminster recently scored a hole in-one at Squires Golf Club, qualifying him for the annual Rusty Nail Hole-In-One Sweepstakes, sponsored bv the Drambuie Co of Edinburgh. Scotland First prize in the national competition is a free trip to Scotland and $1,000. The winner will be announced next vearHalfback BILL JOHNSTON, a William Tennent grad, will co-captain a corps of 23 lettermen returning to the La Salle College varsity soccer team this fall The explorer hooters, who finished with a 9-5-1 mark last season, open the '74 season Sept. 24 at home against nationally ranked University of PennsylvaniaJIMMY POWELL, a 6-5 forward from MiddleTennessee State University, recently inked a contract to play with the Philadelphia ?6ers this season Powell, an eighth-round draft pick, will report to the club's Ursinus College training camp in Collegeville next month along with other rookies. DON SMITH of Dayton. GARY CROWTHERS of Hardin-Simmons. and DAVE STOCZYNSKI of Gannon Well-known softball hurler EDDIE FEINCER willlead his King and His Court four-man team against the full-sized Court Jesters team at Penndale Junior HighSchool in Lansdale Thursday. Aug 22. at 6:30 p m The game, co-sponsored bv the Lansdale Javcees and the Jos P Schmidt Brewing Co of Philadelphia, will benefit the Lansdale Javcees Tickets are $2 for adults and $1 for children under 12Coac h and general manager GREGG PILLING recently announced that Philadelphia's new entry in the North American Hockey League will be known as thePHILADELPHIA FIREBIRDSThe winning name in a week long “Name the- Team contest was submitted bv HENRY J BRODLO. JR of Norristown, who will be awarded his choice of four season tickets to the team's 37 home1 games at Philadelphia's Civic Center or $500.The name was selected bv a panel of judges composedof PILLING. ED NICHT ERLEIN. president of thePhiladelphia Sports Writers Assn. and former PhillieROBIN ROBERTS, co-owner of the new team VIC STANLEY, head w restling coach at Council RockH S . submitted the following to the June issue of Pennsylvania Wrestling Roundup: I would like to submit this as a state record. The council Rock Junior Varsity defeated Central Bucks West JVs 72-0 There* were 12 matches and we had 12 pins This match w as wrestled onDec 15. 1971 Norristown Mayor JOHN MARRAY has declared Saturday Valiev Forge Minutemen Pro Football Dav The special day will feature a parade beginning at 4 p m at 400 E Main Street and culminating at RooseveltF leld on Markeley Street where the Minutemen will kic k off then league opener with the Bridgeport Connecticut Jets at 8 p.m.Applications for the UPPER MORELAND TOUCH FOOTBALL LEAGUE mav be obtained from theTow nship Parks and R(“creation Office.Applications for the Department of Parks and Recreation sfmn.sored league must Ix* submitted by Friday. Theleague will consist of 16 teams with games featuring six plavers to a side.The first annual OIC FOOTBALL CLASSIC, betweenJackson State and Morgan State College, will be played in Philadelphia's Veterans Stadium on Sept 7.Kickofl is at 2 p.m and proceeds from the game will bem lit the Philadelphia Opportunities Industrialization Center founded bv REV LEON SULLIVAN
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Doylestown Intelligencer
Doylestown, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Aug 16, 1974
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