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journal JiclMivillt JonHwt IS coruii-R By BVFORD GREEN SyrnUEOm STATE TOURNEY GOOD FOR PIASA PiasQ Southwestern coach Richard Well was for from being a man after his Birds had dropped a 2-1 decision to Chicago Lone Tech in the quorterfinols of the state bosebaii tournament in Peoria Thursday morning, but two hours eorlier talked freely about how much making the final eight hod meant to the school. "'We hod a parade in Shipman yesterday when we were leaving, and the people from three towns really gave us a sendoff," recalled Well while waiting for the Piasa-Lone Tech game to get underway. ''Reaching the state tournament has really been great for the school and community. It really started during this lost basketball season (Southwestern has its best-ever season with a 24-3 mark), and It carried over to the baseball season. There been considerable school spirit this year and this has really helped to pull the three towns together." WELL GRADUATED from Brighton in 1955, with Shipman, Medoro and Brighton going together to form the consolidated Southwestern school that has Pioso as Its mailing address.

"Back when I was in school there was a terrific rivalry between Shipman and Brighton and such rivalries can't be forgotten overnight," soys Well. "We hove a good following here today and the people ond players hove really been high for the tournament. It would probably hove been even better if our school hod not ended lost week." Well was still calling his praise for the Birds after their eliminating loss two hours but didn't leave the field any more awed by the 5,200 enrollment Tech club than he and his teom were before taking the field. "WE WON everything but the commented a disappointed Well, "but statistics ore for losers. They (Lone Tech) got every break in the book, including the umpiring.

If they ore the best team in Chicago, then those teams must be overrated. "They definitely were not the best team we hove ployed. Alton and Lincoln, for two, were tougher. And their pitcher (Fred Graham) wasn't the best we hove faced. I would soy that Tim Reitermon of Jacksonville (a 1-0 loser to Pioso in the Sectional) was the best I hove seen.

We just didn't put our hits together, which has been our trouble oil year." Well also added that the pre-tourney favorites role nabbed by Lone Tech and the size of the Chicago school os compared to Southwestern's 585 students, os well as being behiixl from the first pitch of the game on got his club down. "We sot by them (Lone Tech) at dinner lost night and they hove some loudmouths. That only served to get us up more. As for being behind, we were behind in our lost three gomes before getting here, so that didn't bother us that much." HERE 'N' THERE: Pioso coach Richord Well Isn't a believer in starting preparing for the spring high school baseball season too early. "I don't think you can learn or Improve that much storting in the gymnasium in January," soys Well.

"I feel a lot of teams bum themselves out before the tournament ever starts. We waited unti' after the basketball tournament before we ever broughi out the bolls and bats and we were at our best once the tournament started." LANE TECH has on enrollment of 5,200 students, greater than the three Macoupin County communities of Brighton, Medoro and Shipman that moke up the consolidated Piosos school. QUINCY HIGH, which hadn't mode the state finals since 1945 before this year's trip, nearly mode it in 1963. Quincy led Peoria Central in the seventh inning thcrt year before their second baseman lost a one-hopper Inside his shirt and the tying run scored from second. Central wen on to win and zippers have replaced buttons on Quincy, uniforms.

THE PIASA Southwestern nickname of Pioso Birds comes from the legendary wide-winged creature which supposedly mode its home around the Alton Bluffs above the Mississippi River. NO AREA school has ever finished in the top two in the state baseball tourney, which started in 1940. The closest to thii area were champion Springfield Griffin in 1964 orK chomp Decatur Eisenhower in 1962. Area schools nKikinc the finol eight ore Beordstown in 1946, Bluffs In 1940 and in 1965. AN INTlklSTlO Qt Thursday's first round action was Southern Illinois University baseball coach Rich "Itchy" Jones, former Jacksonville High and MocMurroy College mentor and one of many college and professionol scouts on hand to eye the prep talent on display.

Jones' Southern team reached the NCAA finals again this seosori will Pan American in the first round next week. SlU holds a 40-7 mark to dote. "In many ways this is the best team we've hod," commented Jones. "We hove speed, as shown by our W)7 stolen bases in 47 gomes, and power and some good arms. We hove a pretty young team we will lose at least six players in the professional draft this year.

We had three drafted last yeor and seven the year before that." Jones says that Sprirjgfield Griffin Bob Blakely will be one of those drafted by the pros. Culp Pitches, Hits Red Sox Past Yanks 3-2 NEW YORK (AP) PHcher Ray run-scoring single two out in the nintb inning carried the Boston Red Sox to a 3-2 victory over the New Ywk Yankees that snapped their losing streak at five games. single scored Duane Josephson, who had doubled, to give the Red Sox a and Sey withstood a New York rally in the bottom of the ninth a one-half game lead over idle BaltimcHre in the American League East. Reliever Bob Bolin gcrt the last two out in the game after Ihe Yankee ckised the gap on a run-scoring single by Bobby Murcer. Joephon cracked a leadoff single off Mel Stottlemyre in the moved around to ttord on a sacrifice bunt and wild pitdi and soored the tie- ran with twooixt on single by lump-ridden Car YastrzemMd.

Ihurman liiinaon tagged oap for a sixth iimiiig hsme run, giving the Yankee a lead, blit Reggie Smith got the run bad: for Boston in the seventh with his 10th homer ot the seascm. Dokon OOO 000 Ul-3 9 New York 000001001-2 9 Cupl, Lyle (9), Bolin (9) and Joephon; Stotfimnyre, Aker (9), McDaniel (9), and Mtmaon 6-4. 3. Smith (10). York, Munson (2).

IN SAFELY: Dsnell Orbati of Pioso Southwestern pulls into third boso offtor odvoncing from socond on on inffiold oround boll in third inning. Drbon wos stionded thoro, howevor, one of threo Pioso runners left at third during 2-1 loss to Chicogo Lono Tech in sloto hosoholl finols ot Poorio Thursdoy. Plato cooch Rtehord Well ond third bosomon Dolo Wiotocho look on. Lane Tech Ousts Piasa At State 2-1 BRSEniL IBKS AaMTkan LoagM East Ptt. GB Boston 30 20 .60 BaHim.

2819 .606 Detroit 27 23 .540 3 New York 22 28 .440 Cleveland 21 27 .438 8 Wash. 19 30 .388 West Oakl. 34 18 .854 Kans. City 24 22 .522 7 Minn. 26 25 AlO Calif.

24 28 .462 10 Milw. 30 28 .435 11 Chicago 18 27 .400 Second Career Gem In Cubs' T-0 Victory CINCINNATI Ken Holtxmiin of the Chicago the first rio4iltter of the 1971 bosobatl OOQsori Thursday night boating the Cincinnati Rods 1-0. Holtzmon, who pitched no-hittor for the Cubs two years ago against the Atlonta Braves, overcame periods of wildness for his classic, and stifled the Reds, mostly on ground bails. six. Natioiial League East Pet.

GB St. Louis 33 19 .635 New York 29 18 .817 Pittsburgh 31 20 .608 Chicago 24 27 .471 Montreal 19 25 .432 Philad. 17 31 West 37 18 27 25 28 26 24 29 20 32 18 35 S.Franc. Loo Angeles Houston Atlanta Cindn. San Diego By BUFORD GREEN Sports Bdilor PEORIA Piasa Southwestern, one of three small schools to join the giants in the state baseboll tourixi- ment, went to the well once 00 often and dropped a well-played, eliminating 2-1 decision to pre-toumey favorite Chicago Lone Tech Thursday morning.

Southwestern, the first area school to mdce the final eight teams in the state since first-ever appearance in 1966, got its usual pitdiing job from ace im Rathgeb and outhit Lane Tech 8-3, but failed to score hree times with a runner on third base. The Piasa Birds, with an enrollment of onhr 585 as compared to Lane 5,200, entered the state tourney with a laddiister mark of 12-7 after starting District play with an 8-7 rating, gave the now 32-5 Chicago ontfit a scare in four of the sevMi innings, indud- ng threatening to luill it out in the final at bat. Lane Tech dwcked the even- ual losers early when leadoff wtter Jack Rockwell ripped first serving some feet over the Idt field 350 barrier. Rathgeb, a hard-throw- mg junior righthander, shook of the early blapt by refcirkig the next seven batters. Rathgeb gave his first of three free rides to Nick Ow- charuk with one away in the bird following a solid single winning hurler Fred Gralam.

Leftfielder Jim Flammang oUowed with a single to right center to score what to be the winning ran. After that stayed in command. An error and stolen base put a runner on third with none out in the Lane Toch fifth, but Rathgeb fanned batter and got out of the am with a pair of infield founders. Walks in the sixth and seventh were the only other runners allowed by Rathgeb, who whiffed six batters. Southwestern got Darrell to third on a two-base error and Jay one-out single in the seventh but failed score.

Randy Thaxton doubled and advanced to third on an infield out in the third Hit Duane Orban bounced out. Thaxton got to third with two out in the fifih on an error, stolen base and wild pitch, but Don Orban bounced to third. Southwestern threatened in le final chance. Jim Austin started it with a single to left, but catcher Dave Bruns was called out on a close play at rst on a drMler back to Rathgeb bounced to third but Thaxton reached on another Lane finding boot, let- ng Austin break the shutout. Jon Orban ended it by bouncing to second.

Lane TOeh AB Rockwell, 2b 3 1 1 Owcharuk, cf 2 0 0 If 2 1 Wronkiewicz, lb 3 0 0 Tryklywec, 3 0 0 Cotoman, rf 3 0 0 Wietecha, 3b 2 0 0 Yachhokier, ss 3 0 0 Graham, 3 1 1 TRY A CLASSIFIED Fisher Claims Latest Victory Assures Crown B.C. (AP) Bobby Fiscbmr, fresh from onesided here over grandmaster Mark Talma nov, says he is confident he will go on to win the world chess tiUe. The Russian Wednesday without fiirtber play in the adjourned sixth game oi their quartv-final match to seek a challenger for the world crown, giving Fischer 84) sweep of the best-of-10- match. Soviets have hem pitting up for me for years, big I know Pm the sdd the 28-year-old Fischer, of Brooklyn, N.Y. should have been world champion 10 years He said be stands to make $100,000 a year as a if he wins the world title, now by Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union.

He recdved IIJBO in prize money for his victory 1 while Tahnanov got $750. Fischmr, a grandmaster since he was 15, nest meets Bent Larsmi of Denmaik in a aeml- final scheduled to stait JaSy at a site yet to be determined. The other semifinal starts July 4 in Moeem between llgr- am Petrosian and Ifiktor chnoi both of the U.S.S.R. The winner of the chaltoige round will meet Spassky in .354 .898 .519 .500 .453 .385 1 1 8 10 14 10 13 .314 20 sixth. Joe Rajzevich singled, took second on Mike sacrifice and tallied on single.

Rajzevich also scored the winning run in the eighth inning He moved to third on an infield out and an error, and Bereczky doubled him home. Paul Waidzunas pushed his season pitching record to 7-0 on a The junior right-hander struck out seven and walked three. Waukegan 000 00101-2 6 1 Quincy 000 100 00-1 5 3 Waidzunas and Urenovich; Vogel and Kreeter. PEORIA, m. (AP) Jim Benz and George Feeley hit back-to-back doubles with two out in the last of the elevmith inning Thursday to give Rock- ord West a 1-0 victory over ankakee Eastridge and pre- 24 Southwestern AB Thaxton, lb 4 )o.

orban, ab 4 Du. Orban, 2b 3 )a. Orban, kdiannon, cf Reese, If Austin, rf Brans, Rathgeb, TOTALS jane Tech 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 serve Dan 19th pitching victory without a loss. The triumph, the 25th in 29 starts this season, sent them into Friday morn- semi-finals against aukegan in the Illinois State High School Baseball Tourna ment. Domski, a chunky 10-pound senior lefty, tamed Eastridge on five hits and 18 strikeouts in the game that went four extra innings.

His opponent, Jeff Scott, a juntor ghthander, yielded only four is while striking out thirteen. Two of the hits, however, were big blows by Benz and Feeley which decided the outcome. Eastridge loaded the bases with none out in the first inning 29 1 8 101000 0-2 3 2 Southwestern 000 6 Do. Urban, Flammaug, Wietecha IXJB Lane Tech Southwestern 6 RBI Rockwell, Flammang 2b Thaxton (S) HR Rodradl (L) Graham (12-1) Rathgeb (10-7) PEORIA (AP) Junior Steve Shartzer hurled a four-hitter Thursday as Macon blanked Nashville 5-0 and advanced to the of toe Illinois State Higfa School basebal champtondiips. Sharizer fanned eight and walked oidy one, boosting his record to 9-1.

John Heneberry singled home a ran in the second inning anc the fronmen salted the game away with four runs off Doug BItofaael in toe third inzihg. Jeff Gian douUed in two runs Stewart Arnold in anr otha: and Brian Snitker brough in one with a single. Macon boosted its record to 17-3 with tti 11-gamt winning sfreak. Nasfavilte 0000000-0 4 Macon Ql406ox-5 8 Michael and Kania; Shartzer and Otta. but Domski made Scott fly out and then fanned Bob Leek and Rick Prouty.

Eatridge 000 000 00000-0 5 1 lockford W. 000 000 000 01-1 4 0 Scott and Nutall; Domski and Benz. PEORU (AP) Bert Ber eczky drove in both runs Thursday as Waukegan defeated Quincy 2-1 in an extra-innin; game to move into toe sem finals of toe Illinois State High School baseball tournament. (Quincy took a 1-0 lead in toe fourth inning of a tight pitchin duel when Bill Kuhlman singlec stole second and scored on Randy doitole. WaiAegan, padding its record to 17-8, tied toe game in toe Resaltt Americaa Boston 3, New York 2 Only game scheduled Nattonal Chicago 1, Cincinnati 0 St.

Louis 7, Pittsburgh 1 Atlanta 5, Houston 2 Only games scheduled Results American New York 8, Boston 1 California 2, Washington 1 (8 innings, rain) HoUzman struck out walked four and kept Cindn- fearsome Big Red Machine pounding the ball to infielders as he weaved his way out of jams caused by control problems. In order to nail down his hitter in the idnto, HoRzman had to face the top of the powerful batting order. Hal McRae made the first out, flying out to John Callison on a 1-0 pKch. Then Tammy Helms struck out on a 1-2 pitch after fouling off one ball. That brought up slugger Lee May who rm the count to two Mils and two strikes before stirring out to end the game.

Holtzman scored the only run in the third inning when he led off and reached on Tony throwing error The pitcher moved up on Don infiekl out and then scored on Glenn line single to right center. Detroit 5, Minnesota 4 4, Milwaukee 2 Baltimore 3, Chicago 2 innings) (1 Only games scheduled NatioMl Pittsburgh 10, St. Louis 1 Chicago 8-4, Cincinnati 3-1 Atlanta 3, Houston 1 New York 5, San Francisco 2 San Diego 8, Philadelphia 0 Los Angeles 7, Montreal 1 SPORTSMAyS CLUB TRAPSHOOT DERBY Robert Meyer 50 Adrian L. Read 49 Robert Foster 48 Donnie Mart 47 Phil Harrison 46 Ivan nibble 48 Blackie Tribble 46 Virgil Smith 45 Gary Randall 45 Terry Newton 45 LITTLE RED BOOK NEW YORK (AP) The Little Red Book of Baseball keeps on getting bigger. The 46fli annual edition published by Elias Bureau is 168 and costs $2.

Scores of all World Series and AU-Star games are recorded in the book. then went to tidrd as Dave Conception grounded out. That brought vp pitcher Gary Nolan, who bounced in front of toe plate. Catcher Danny Breedan pounced im the bidl and tagged Nolan for the out, Bradford remaining at third. Holtzman then got McRae to fly to center, stranding the runner.

May walked in the fourth but waa erased on Johnny double-iday bounoor. Bradford drew a two-oiA waft in the fifth Mit atruck out to end that inning. In the sixth, McRae wafted with one out and stole second. But Helms lined out and May Munced out. Then Hbltzman took contnd, retiring the Reds Holtzman got into hit toughest jam in the bottom of the bird when he wafted Buddy Bradford leading off.

Bradfon moved up on a wild pitch am Holtzman Cut Down Final Reds CINCINNATT (AP) Dripping with perspiratko, his lU- form soaked, Ken Holtzman collected his second major league no-hitter as a Chicago Cub Thursday night by mowing down toe last three (bndnnati Reds and striking out two of them. let it aU out in toe last said Holtzman of the 10 He pitchid his first no-hitter apiinst toe Afiusta Braves on Aug. 19, 1989. Hal McRae filed to Johnny Callison and Tommy and Lee May fanned as 23,000 fans in Riverfront Stadium in order over the last three innings and the last 11 men in order. Holtzman, a 25-year-old native of Oeve Coeur, had been struggling this season, dropping rix of his first decisions.

He took an earned run average of 5.40 for 73 1-5 innings fdtched into Thursday gave Holtzman a standing ovation. "I laM about the same now as afim the last oos," said Holtzman. "A little in shock and awfully tired. knew I had a no-hitter going from about the fourth or fifth inning. Nobody on the bench said anything but the fans behind the dugout kept saying the Reds would break up toe game.

17-game winner in each of the last two seasons, tha is in his sixth season with tha Cubs. There were four major league noJiitters last two ionn each league. Chicago OOlOOOOtD-lfO dndiinati OOOOOOOtXMiOl Holtzman and D. Breeden; Nolan, Gibbon (9) and Bencli. 3-8.

8 Veteran Howell Set To Retire PHILADELPHU (AP) Bailey Howell, a 12-year veteran in the Nsftional Basketball Associate, haa dedded to csR it a career. The S4-3rear-okl HoweU informed the Phiiiddphia 78ers Thursday he is rethring from basketball and returning to his Starfcville, home to a fulNime job in insumce. who bdped the Boston Celtics win two of their NBA titles, came to the 78ers last year from Buffalo where he had landed in an expansion draft. HoweU was on six NBA AU- Stsr teams in a career which techided 17,770 points in 951 games. He is fourth in total games played in toe NBA.

Carlton Bags 10th As Cards Win, 7-1 PEORIA, m. (AP) semi-final pairings in the state high school baseball tournament: 9:30 a.m. Macon (17-3) vs. Chicago Lane Tech (32-5) 11.30 a.m. Waukegan (17-8) vs.

Rockford West (25.4) Winners meet championship Friday at 4:30 p.m. Pittsburgh (AP) ftevt CarlUm w(m his lOth game of the season and helped his cause with a two-run double as the St. Cardinsls defeated Pitts- Mirgb 7-1 Tburadsy night, halting toe five-game winning streak. Matty Akw, a fcnmer Pirate hit his first homer of the season and added two shnHes, driving Sports Menu UTTLE LEAGUE Jane 4 Tigers vs Orioles Dodgers vs Braves Chaidi Slo-Pttch Jane 4 Methodist vs BfurrayvUle vs Our Sav Lutheran vs Cen- iomry Methodist PONY LEAGUE June 4 vs Firemen Electric vs Fanning OU June 5 vs Langdon Insurance vs PoUcemen SP0RT8-0N-THE-A1R WEAI-FM June 4 at Atlanta Jane 5 at Atlanta in three runs. Carlton, was in early trouble at the Pirstes got four of their seven hHs in the first three innings and scored a run.

But he Ineezed fivough the next 13 batters until Jose Pa- san niwffioH in the eiriith. The Cardinals, with the victory, moved games in front of the Pfrates, tied for aecood place with the idle New York Mets. St. Louis 000 212 020-7 11 1 OOLOOO 000-1 7 1 Carltei and Simmon; Johnon, Brite (5), Grant (8) and SanguiUen. W-Uarlton, 10-2.

4-2. Louis, Alou (1). Deadline 'Learn To Nears Swim' how to swim is the irst rule for enjoying yourself and around the says Randy Weber, Associate Executive Director ol toe Sherwood Eddy Memorial YMCA as toe is set to launch its third Journsl-Courier YMCA Free Learn To Swim Campaign on June 7. 'Swimming is easy, relaxing and enjoyable, and the best time to learn is now. National statistics show that over 40 miF lion Americans will seek fUn in the sun through water sports this summer, but tost oidy a fraction of them will know how to get the most out of swim ming.

This is why there are 7,000 needless drownings annually, many of which do not involve swimmers, but people who fall into the water One in every 14 fatal accidents is a drowning, making this type of fatality rank number four nationally. Therefore, it is an essential part of the education of every to learn to take care himself in and around the water. For Free Program Parents haye the ty io eee that their children gain this protection, as well as seeing that they themselves have the skin to react in an emergency situation. The Journal-Courier and the YMCA are combining forces to see that all greater Jacksimville area residents have the opportunity' to learn to swim this summer. EnroUment to the Learn to Swim campaign can be made by simply completing toe attached blank and it to toe YMCA desk.

The one wed: free gram will offer daaeea everyday with toe goal of water adjustment, swunming skills, and water safety. Journal Courkr-YMCA Froo loam To Swim CompoigM June 7-11 I To be filled In by parent and brought in person td the YMCA registration desk. Nome The above named does not know how swim and has mv permission to take Learn-To-Sedi lessons at the CA. Signature.