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Freeport Americans Top Rock Falls-O-6District Little League Action;Sterling-Freeport Nationals To PlayBy JIM WRIGHTFlam beck finished strong asRill PI am beck scattered six he fanned Ed Moeller, got Blairhits and was backed by a tena- on a roller to first, and slippednous defense as Freeport Amer a third strike past Coppotelli ican dropped the Rock Falls All- to retire Rock Falls in orderling National. 7-3 winners overhe Stars 4 to 2 in District 19 Little in the sixth to gam the 4-2 vic-i€ League Tourney action at Gart- tory. Tonight at 6 p.m., Ster-ill ner Park Wednesday i r By winning, the Freeport Morrison, and Freeport Nation-ao team earned a semi-final berth al. who eliminated .Sterling pt and will face the Erie entry on American 12-11. face each other y Friday nightRock Falls starter Tim Cairns irt pitched himself m early trouble ith by walking the first three hit-as ters he faced, but Freeportjst could push across only a single run. A walk, an error.in the semi-final round opener.nSports ShortsSEALS ARE BUSYOAKLAND (AP - The Cali-and forma Golden Seals of the Na-as bade - to - back singles by tional Hockey League signed ,jj. Strohecker and Homan produced defensemen Dick Redmond and ^ another Freeport tally in the Ken Baud Wednesday to one-second. After Cairns issued two year contracts.bringing theanin-an?irpasses following a pair of number of signed players to singles which blossomed into General Manager Garry iYoung, said.Terms of the contracts werei ntwo more runs for a 4-0 Freeport lead, leftv Al Blair spelled Caims for Rock Fall, and hold ^_ Freeport at bay for the rest of the game with a classy relief stint.Rock Falls fmallv reached2 “CLmer£f ~ *« ™l»veras wind with the bases empty tojRichmond and .shortstop IaeockBRAVES MAKE CHANGESATLANTA lt;API - The Atlanta Braves announcedF*Port Amir,ABRH IGlUe 3b300Strohecker rf211 1Homan If312 1Behren cf40oPlambeck p41IJacobs c100Heck lb200Bohnsack lb10IPontius ss300Totals2545Rock FallsABRHBell If302 IFionni ss201 |Boliman c300Cairns p, lb212KeUy 2b301Moeller 3b300Blair lb. p300Coppotelli rf210Surratt cf100Masmi cf100Totals2326Rock Falls000 110—2 6 4Freeport110 200—4 5 0■FIRST ROUND LEADER.ASHEVILLE,N.C. (AP»*1IKtlWaaiPe’tccftFoster to Savannah, effectiveynOutfielder Oscar Brown, whoa two-weeker. spoil the Freeport nghthander’sa shutout bid. Rock Falls mustered a serious threat again in „ -ad the fifth when a walk to MikeCoppotelli and singles by Doug km* serving:ed Bell and Tim Flonm cut the tour of military duty, will beof Freeport lead to 4-2, but after reactivated Saturday, the clubair Marty Bollman bounced to the said.■he mound. Caims was given an a intentional pass, and Brian ar„ Kelly was caught looking at aJames Black, the defending champ from Charlotte, shot a six-under-par 66 Tuesday for the first-round lead in the 54-hole Sky View Open Golf Tournament.bTheAPFcopies wasthird strike as the Rock Falls “Vesti la Giubba rally died.First record to sell a millionEnrico Carusos’” It was recorded in November. 1902America’s first husband-and- v wife ambassadorial team con- ^ sLsted of Ellsworth R u n k e r, d ambassador to Vietnam and c Mrs Bunker (Miss Carol C. BLaise), ambassador to Nepal, a
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Sterling Daily Gazette
Sterling, Illinois, US
Thu, Jul 22, 1971
Page 16
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