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BY BILL NIEPOETTERPostscript to Chicago Trip:Brick Young, veteran sports editor from Bloomington, was in attendance and asked about many Centralians. His fondest memories were of Arthur Trout and Billy Humes.He also expressed sympathy in the death of C. L. '“Fuzz” Harris of Carlyle. “We referreed ball games together,” he said.The Associated Press is in a quandary over the two-class basketball system for next year. •First indications show two polls will be run, but only one all-star team.Rumors are the state will soon ask for a third system for the mini-enrollment schools, wh i 1 e many schools, especially along the western border, are asking for a girls athletic program. The boys third class sytem is expected to get an okay by the IMSA, but the girls program appears doomed because of added school expense.The wire services are gradually getting backed into the corner on coverage of junior college sports, something they have shied away from for years. For many years Auld Niep has made an annual request for junior college scores, etc., on the wire, but no one was interested. Now many of the northern Illinois schools have junior colleges and they are applying pressure.The wire services feel, they know their own problems, that for each new thing added on the wire, such as junior college scores, something else must be discarded because of the saturation point sending the information. Let’s hope rowing, yachting, daily horse racing stor. ies and even foreign tennis tournaments can be eliminated for some things that you would like to read.Wrestling TourneyThe wrestling staff at Granite City High School is sponsoring an Olympic Development Wrestling tournament July 17 at 10:30 a.m. in the high school gym. The meet is open to all wrestlers 14-'18 years of age who reside in Illinois Wrestling Federation District No. 7, and who have not had college experience. District 7 is the area of the state south of Illinois highway 16.All matches will be conducted under intern ational freestyle rules with competition in 10 weight classes: 106, 115, 123, 132, 143, 154, 165, 178, 192, and heavyweight. A rules clinic will be conducted at 10 a.m. for allcontestants.Winners and runner-ups in each weight class will qualify for the state championship tournament at Hersey High School, Arlington Heights, July 24.Entries will be accepted up to weigh-in time, 8-10 a.m. July 17. Entry fee is 50 cents and all wrestlers must be registered amateurs. Entrants may register with the U.S.W.F. at the weigh-in. Fee is $2.Blanks for advance entries are available from Coach Bill Schmitt, Granite City Senior High School, Granite City, 111. 62040.Tryout CampThe Pittsburgh Pirates will conduct a tryout camp at Columbia on June 24- 25- 26. TheLegion players need written permission from coach or commander of Legion Post.Players must bring shoes, gloves and personal gear. Softball TourneyThe Amateur Softball Association District Men's Slow Pitch Softball Tournament will be held at Waterloo on July 9J11 and July 16-18.Teams interested in participating should contact ASA District Commissioner Donald F. Naumann, Route 2, Columbia, as soon as possible. (Phone: 281-4898).At least two teams from the local tournament will advance to the Illinois state tournament.camp will be held at the city park baseball field.Players report at 10 a.m., ag-and es between 16-21 and American
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Centralia Sunday Sentinel
Centralia, Illinois, US
Sun, Jun 20, 1971
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