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D-2THE STAR: Thursday, June 10,1971Park Forest Boys BaseballTre(Contstate. 0 Jim Boi HometoMUR1 hurdle lt;SouthernD. FansMajorI-AHouser No-Hitter 15, Pokes Gentile DeliversWollam,#in an e Edwari timed i and thii Villa P;BlooIncludes17 Whiffs Three Hits Giants Stay in LeadRv Rirw RF1I AND #ApachesBy SHARON RANDLEKenny Houser pitched a no-hit game as Miami heat Augusta 7-2. Houser preserved his shutout until the sixth whenAugusta scored their two runs. It was a beautifully pitchedgame and Houser struck out 17 hatters. Dave Robinson supplied theBv RICH REILANDBelleville and Decatur remained tied for second place asthey battled to a 5-5 tie.*Carl Nelson hit a home run to lead the Decatur attack andBY DALE SINKBeat VikesHenry Chicap place iskippequarteThe Giants met the Dodgers in a battle for first place inthe National division of the Major league and emerged ontop with a thrilling, come-from-behind 3 to 2 victory.offensive power with two home runs followed by a triple by Houser. For Augusta, Dean Harris and Tom Olsen played well and Ted Miller caught an excellent game.MidwestHouston'sTroesterBobby Stump and Scott Lanum turned in good defensive games. For Belleville, Bill Schuler tripled and drove in two runs, Leigh Williams added two hits and John Honnold and DaveThe hitting of Ken McCabe, Kevin Murray and Dean Harris plus good defensive play by Bob Louden led Augusta to a 10-6DoesAllvictory over Birmingham. Ken and Barry Silverman shared pitching duties for the victors. For Birmingham, Tom Babcock hit a home run and AllenBy MAIT COSTELOWHouston continued to dominate the American division ofEngelberg and John Tucker contributed extra base hits.the Midwest league in besting Shreveport, 11-6.Greg Troester was the winning pitcher and contributed four hits to the Houston attack.Mensch played good games afield.Rockford 15-0) kept their record untarnished by blanking Aurora 9-0. Winning pitcher J. I). Lewis struck out 15 batters and gave up only three hits. He also added a single and two doubles to the Rockford attack.The Dodgers grabbed a 2 to 1 lead in the top of the sixth on a home run by Steve Pesick and singles by Perry Vogelsang, Steve Kroll and Steve Sweeney. The Giants roared right back to win as they loaded the bases on singles by Jerry Jungles and Mike Greenwood and a walk to3-ABy JIM WRIGHTOpening day in the 1-A league saw the Apaches beat the Vikings, the Cougars slip past the Ponies and the Owls nudge the220 aiwesterthe tiRobertsGophers.The Apaches had an all-out team effort as thev took a 14 to 6seconc was 2‘Scott Thornr the 220PowersBrian Long. Jungles scored on an infield out and then, with two out, Tony Gentile delivered the winning tally with a single to center.SpartansBy BERT SCHRAM Jamie Roberts pitched the Spartans to an opening day win over the Warriors in the 3-Awin over the Vikes. Paul Wollam led with four RBI and Steve Beicos and Tim Cosgrove had two each. Tom Bartley, Dan Schmittgens, Dave Copple, Andy Arms, Steve Lee, and Bob Warren helped Wollam gain the first win of the season.Highwas thlt;the hig of FiGranaRogers Gills fiMIKE WALSH allowed fourhits and collected one in leading Savannah to a 15-9 win over Little Rock. Brian Honold had twoBill Ashburn and Ross Roggen-sack bolstered the Houston defense, while Joey Kolb’s two hits led Shreveport.Paul Womack and PaulGreg Tomsho and Dave Asulin had a home run apiece. Ed Beggs collected the only extra base hit for Aurora with a dou-John Bauer accounted for the first Giant run in the third afterleague, 6 to 1.Roberts struck out nine andbelting a triple.DAVE BROWN and Bill Ran-and batted thewalked only two. Len Robinson and Randy Piacenti contributedble, Dave Weir and Ray Taylor added singles.die pitchedBraves past the Cardinals 11 to 2. Brown homered and Randlehits while Brad Hoffman, Tony Wesley and Dan Knispel each had one for Savannah. For Lit-Lumpp combined pitching talents to pace Buffalo to a 6-0 shutout over Denver.SALEM came up with three runs in the last inning to down Joliet 7-6. Bob Threlkeld andtie Rock, Tom Vuspiano had two hits.HIGH-FLYING LouisvilleNew Orleans pulled away from Jacksonville 22-12, asheld off upset - minded Dallas to remain unbeaten and atop the National division, 10-6.Tim Garrett paced Salem with home runs and Ken Hyry doubled. Tom Dearden drove in thechipped in with a pair of singles to go with Randy Williams’ triple, double and two singles. Curt Billig scored one of the Cardinals’ runs and Bruce Mer-two hits apiece, while SteveRadloff led the Spartans with three. John Kowaleski pitched well in relief for the Warriors.The Cougars were led by Randy Cook who pitched six and one-third innings, striking out 13 while walking only four and allowing three earned runs. Matt Tomsho led the team inIN T up Lee Rich CEric Lindblom’s five - hitterhitting with a single and a double, batting in two runs. The Cougars were also helped by Mike Wright with two hits.at sta fouls « throwinches,ArtThomHis blt;helped the Panthers best the Mustangs, 12-2. I^arry Pollack had three hits and Scott Boboriman socked a home run forTom Stephenson pitched a one hitter and held them toThe fourth inning was the turning point. After Dallas had narrowed Louisville'swinning run in the fifth inning. Joliet cracked four home runs, a pair by Tod Mast and one each from Mark Nobbe and Mitchellthe other.Frank Thomas’ bunt single with two out in the bottom of the fifth scored Bill Lutz withwhacked a triple for the winners. For the Mustangs, Wayne Scher and Dick Wright delivered doubles and Lou SolarteTHE IXJSING Ponies were led by their pitcher, Ralph Adams, who had two hits and two RBI, and Tom Furr who also had twowasplacestarred on defense.Dimitri.one run in the last three innings. Big bats were Richard Gust, Chris Motley and Terrylead to 5-4 and had a man on base with one out, John Hillis lined a shot over first baseNemeroff.Atlanta, leader of the American division with 5-0 record,that Greg May backhanded and turned into an unassisteddowned Memphis 20-4. Atlanta’s strong offense got 10 hits led by Bill Matre, three-for-three and five RBI, along with Chris Decker and Harold Mims.double play. Louisville then came back with four runs be-Memphis’ only two hits of the game were chalked up by Steve Hay, a triple, and Mike Rice. Jeff Gruen, with relief fromhind pitcher Greg Lee.Minneapolis’ power topped St. Paul, 11-5. Mike Weidman had two triples and drove in five runs, and Tom Booth went 4-for-4. Tom Tomsho went the dis-Danvillc got back on the winning trail with a 7-2 victory over Springfield. Dan Phillips struck out eight Springfield batters and hit three triples. Other extra base hits by Danville were Bill O’Connor’s double andthe winning run as the Cubs (3-2) rallied to edge the Phillies (1V34) 3 to 2.Lutz had tripled home Dave Hallerman moments earlierBrian O’Malley, with help from Bert Meyers and John Schroeder, pitched the Badgers to a 7-3 win over the Falcons.hits while scoring two runs.Mike Pusching, starting for the Owls, pitched seven strong innings, struck outeight, contributed a double and scored a run to help his own eause in a 9 to 8 win overWellvault, winnir State i LaGra well.the Gophers.Jeff placed meet a of Chwith the tying run. Shortstop Mahmood Khan closed out theAndy Sturges’ triple. Roy Godosar collected one of thePhillies in the final frame with asensational catch of a loopingliner to left.BOB REA continued his assault on the record books as heJohn Herr, led Savannah to a 20-10 win over Chattanooga. Brad Hoffman, Tony Wesley and Dan Knispel each collected two hits for Savannah. Alan Weedtance for the win. Mark Hoye’shome run paced St. Paul.Omaha edged Wichita 11-10 as Chuck Sabey, Ralph Parker and Tim Nelson all had three hits.hits for Springfield and made a sparkling catch in the outfield.Peoria won their thirdwonstraight game as they came up with three runs in the last inbelted a pair of homers, went 4-for-4 and pitched a two-hitter, striking out 13, in the Yankees’ 13 to 1 pasting of the Tigers.David Beckham had twohits, including a perfectlyning to edge Bloomington 3 to 2. Jay Friedman won the game with a three-run homer andexecuted squeeze bunt, in the4-Acaught a good game for Savannah. Jeff Cox had four RBI.Dave Ager starred on defense for Chattanooga.Pellegrinocombined with Mike Fisher to pitch a fine game. Mike Tielke struck out seven batters for11-hit Yankee barrage. I.ane Blatchford and Gerry Stutz-riem were the only Tigers to hit safely.The Red Sox scored sevenAFTER SIX innings of play itPuts EaglesBloomington and Jim Polk hit a home run.runs in the top of the sixth to break a 5-all tie and held on toKankakee remained unde- defeat the White Sox 12 to 8. Thewas a tie game between Chattanooga and Mobile but in the seventh Rajiv Jain hit a triple to knock in the all important run and start a rally that led to Mobile’s defeat by Chattanooga 12-9.In Chargefeated by downing Champaign 8 to 5. A six-run third inning did the trick. Scott Miller hit aPhil Mayer made his only hit of the game a good one as he knocked in an insurance run inBy CARSON ZANDER The season opener for the 4-A league was an exciting one, as the Eagles were extended into two extra innings before down-homer in the inning and for the game had three hits and four RBI. Mike Hill swatted one forRed Sox sent 11 men to the plate in that inning with Ron Eisner’s two-run triple the big blow.In the bottom of the inning, the Pale Hose mounted a rally which died when Dave Solarte,Champaign.added two hits.ing the Packers 4-3.Nick Pellegrino was the hit-thethe seventh with a long double and scored Chattanooga’s finalrun.Chattanooga center fielderPaul Taylor made a game-saving catch in the sixth to put it into extra innings. Chattanoo-ting star for the Eagles, going 3-for-4 and making several outstanding plays on defense.In the second game, the Redskins defeated the Steelers 9 to 7PAT TIELKE paced Steeler attack with a double, a single and some exciting basewho earlier had homered, was out trying to stretch his bases-loaded double into a triple.Homers by Steve Todd and Chris Conroyd powered the Indians over the Athletics 7 to 5. Aga’s big bats were carried by Jeff Cox, Steve Frederickson, Jeff Pacque and Steve Clapp. Bob Hughes did an excellent job of catching.in a wild and wooly affair. John Sutliff doubled with the bags loaded in the second inningrunning.The Eagles won their second in a row by downing the Colts 5-1 behind the pitching of Mike Radloff.three-run rally by the A’s in the final inning fell short as the Indians held onto their one-third share of first dace in the'place American division.3/aff7V4itdriving in three runs to get the Redskins off and running. Jack Conroyd had two singles and a double, while Earl Stutzriem8 REASONS WHY OUR NAMEDRILL KIT CIRCULAR SAWlt;%IS ON THIS NEW LAWN MOWERGreat gift for dad. 26 pieces for hobby orhome use.Real time and work saver. Great generalpurpose saw.e3Why did we put International* on these new lawn mowers? Because they measure up to the quality of
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