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Cards Hector Cruz singled to left .Little League Kiwanis bags no-hitter over fanning Exchange team In Little League baseball action Friday Exchange suffered a 4-7 no-hitter defeat to Your XL Good NeigHßor DICK HYATT 523 East Taylor St. Phone 227-2168 iSee him lor all your family insurance needs Uko A ( Good Neighbor, Stole Font N&& h There c l State Farm Insurance Companies Hpme Offices: Bloomington, Illinois DRY CLEANING SPECIALS MONDAY-TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY 2 MEN’S OR LADIES’ C/l Os) 2-PC. SUITS V JOU PLAIN DRESSES £ CASH & CARRY ONLY (All garments moth-proofed) WOODWARD CLEANERS r COLLEGE AT BTH STREET (ACROSS FROM BIG STAR) Down again the powerful Kiwanis team of the National League. Jimmy Hill lead his team to the victory with 12 strike outs and eight walks which accounted for the only four runs scored by the Exchange team. Pitchers for the Exchange team were Mawl Preston and Ben Morales. Kiwanis hitters were: Keith Beeland with a double and a single; Jimmy Hill with a double and a single; Tommy Jones with a double; Keith Roberts with a triple and Billy Carter with a single. In American League action, the Elks defeated the Moose by a score of 5 to 4. The winning Elks team scored two hits and five runs against the pitching of Randy Chadwick and Jay Burford. Elks pitchers George Kelvin Allen scored six strike outs and five walks and Russ Greeway pitched five strike outs and three walks. George Allen got the only Elks hits with a double and a field to bring Templeton in from second base. Braves Tom Paciorek received an error when he threw off target to the plate. Neikro came in to cover the plate while Biff Pocoroba chased the ball. (AP) single. Moose hitters were: Jess Capel with a single; Merideth Beck with a single ; Randy Chadwick with one single and Jay Burford with a homerun, and two doubles. In the Continental League, the Colonels bowed to Grandma’s Pig with a score of 1-8. Scottie Henry went all the way for Grandma’s Pig with ten strike outs and five walks. Mike Newman, losing pitcher for the Colonels, and Avery McCune pitched a total of 10 strike outs and three walks. Winning hitters were: Randy Colwell with a single; Ken Gosman with a double; Howard Smith with a single; Brian Powers with a single; Ted Harris with a double and a single and Scottie Henry with a single. Colonels hitters were: Victor Everheart with two singles; Greg Phillips with a single and Avery McCune with a single. Parkwood defeated American Mills 13-8. Perry Hallmark started at the mound for Parkwood and pitched two innings with no strike outs and three walks. Pop Ellis followed him in the third with one strike out and five walks. Billy Shirah finished the last two innings for Parkwood with six strike outs and three walks. Joel Cox, Bobby Grant, Keith Anderson and Eddie McLain totaled one strike out and 10 walks at the mound for American Mills. American Mills hitters were: Eddie McLain with a single; Timothy Sim with a triple; Bobby Grant with a double; Keith Anderson with a single and David Mcßroom with a single. WGRI, Ringers win matches WGRI defeated the Perks in two straight games in the Griffin Horseshoe League Thursday. WGRI won the first game 21- 12 and took the second 21-5. Winning hitters were: Chris Hunter with a single and Athony Mitchell with a triple. Griffin Federal defeated May’s Printing 14-8 under the pitching of Barry Arnett who went all the way for Griffin Federal with five strike outs and nine walks. Timmy Peeples, Scott Jones and Greg Thompson pitched for May’s Printing. Winning hitters were: Greg Brooks with three singles; Jeff Polk with two singles; Preston Capel with one hit and Dennis English with one triple and one single. May’s Printing hitters were: Mark Smith with a single and two doubles; Greg Fischer with a single; Timmy Peeples with a double and a single and Kent O’Neal with a double. G&H Glass trailed 5-8 in an unfinished battle with Spalding Gas. The game was called because of darkness. Eric Coates started at the mound for Spalding Gas with five strike outs and no walks. Jeff Roberts followed him with five strike outs and five walks. Kenneth Byrd and Allan Hardwick were at the controls for G&H Glass with 10 strike outs and seven walks. Spalding Gas hitters were: David Murphy with a triple and a single; Ronnie Wells with a double; Doug Eskins with a double; Jeff Roberts with a single and Taylor Murray with a single. Hitting for G&H Glass were: Teddy Meeks with a double; Alan Hardwick with a double and Todd Bethune with a double. The contest will be completed later. The Ringers needed three games to set the Winners. The Winners took the first game 21- 19 and the Ringers bounced back to take the next two, 21-17 and 21-11. 14-13 Griffin plagued by 13-itis loses last season game The Griffin High baseball team lost its first. encounter with Newton County yesterday with a score of 14-13. Coach Bobby Pierce said, “It was the worse game Griffin has played in years. They were not mentally prepared for the game.” Griffin used four pitchers. Ricky Faulkner started and pitched two innings giving up two runs on two hits and walked three. He struck out four. Mark Gilreath pitched for one-third inning giving up six runs on three hits and three Track Barkley sets tri-jump record in defeat of North Clayton The Griffin High School track team met little opposition from North Clayton. The result was Griffin, 109-North Clayton, 26. First places for Griffin were: Charles Barkley in the long jump at 21 feet, two inches; Charles Barkley in the triple jump with 41 feet and 3 inches (a new Griffin High School record); Chuck Hudson in the discus throw with 125 feet and 10 inches; Chuck Hudson in the shot put with 51 feet and one and one-half inches; Russell Miller in the pole vault with a height of nine feet and six inches; Russell Miller in the 100 yard dash with a time of 9.9 seconds; Tores Smith, Russell Miller, Ricky Williams and Alton Riggins in the 440 relay with a time of 44 flat. Curtis Dennis in the 880 run with a time of 2 minutes and 5.1 seconds; Willie Gault in the 120 hurtles with a time of 14.9 seconds; Alton Riggins in the 220 dash with a time of 22.6 seconds; Keith Cook in the two mile run with a time of four minutes and 42.4 seconds and Craig Nelms in the 440 yard run I GAS WAR! | I PRICES SUBJECT TO : J CHANGE AT : ? 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Placing second were: Rod Taylor in the high jump with a height of 5 feet and 4 inches; Russell Miller in the long jump with a length of 20 feet and 8 inches; Creig Nelms in the triple jump with 44 feet and 5.5 inches; Jonathan Nelms, Willie Gault, Tony Vaughn and Craig Nelms with a time of 44.9 seconds; Freddie Gilbert in the 120 high hurtjes with a time of 15.4 seconds; Ricky Williams in the 100 yard dash with a time of 10 flat; Curtis Riggins in the 88 yard run with a time of 2 minutes and six seconds; Freddie Gilbert in the 330 intermediate hurtles with a time of 43.6 seconds and Cameron Fisher in pole vault with a height of 9 feet and 6 inches. In third place were: Russell Kennedy in the high jump at 5 feet, 4 inches; Tores Smith in the 100 yard dash at 10.2 seconds; Freddie Gilbert in the triple jump at 41 feet and 7 inches; Alan Cawthon in the discus throw at 102 feet and 1 inch; Jonathan Nelms in the Page 7 — Griffin Daily News Saturday, April 30,1977 By innings, Griffin scored one in the first, two in the second, two in the third, one in the fourth, five in the fifth, none in the sixth, and one in the seventh. Newton County scored one in the first, one in the second, six in the third, three in the fourth, one in the fifth, one in the sixth and one in the seventh. The final run scored came as a result of a wild pitch in a heavy down pour. The umpire had stopped the game once but failed to stop it again. Griffin hitters were: Brian Upson and Jeff Treadway with 440 yard run with a time of 51.2 recorded. seconds and James Brooks in The Griffin team will face the 2-mile run, no time was Jefferson next. > * • • 1 h • • • • | Russell’s RESTAURANT • * < i “Good Food Today | Aod Everyday” 1-75 at Locust Grove, Ga. i; • • Phone 957-4827 • • ' 1 • • • • < • • • Russell Oldag • • J . • • V three hits each; Curtis Holmes with two; Lewis Famard, Henry Miller, Jeff Harpe, Daryle Jeffcoat and Bubba Andrews with one each. The game with Newton County marked the end of the regular season and left Griffin with a 13-1 record. Region playoffs will begin Monday at West Minster. North Clayton will meet R.E. Lee at 2 p.m. and Griffin will play Rockdale at 4 p.m.
