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'i v-v VT vj t- 1' 'r rVrr1 I 10 IIRMINGHAM FOST-HERAID Monday April 26 1971 sxsm State playoffs won't conclude prep baseball season Greg Homager who pitched Erwin past Berry with a two-hitter looks like the best bet to start for the Eagles Homager is now 64 on the season Huffman has its work cut nut for it this week The Vikings play Western at 4 pm today and Leeds at 7 tonight Then the Vikings take on West End Tuesday night at 6:30 all at Huffman They need only to win either the Western or West End game to clinch the berth Huffman coach Phil' English can boast of three fine pitchers Buddy Choat Mike Turner and Mike Carraway Each one will start in the three games scheduled Choat probably the flashiest of the three will start Tuesday night 27-hole district eliminations at Roebuck Golf Course for the state high school golf championship was canceled because of thunder and rain and has been rescheduled today The course will be closed to the public The final of the city track meet at Lawson Field also called off Friday because of rain will begin at 3 pm today at Lawson Field of teams from the Anniston area As it stands now Saks will meet Anniston High for that right The City representative from Area 11 is paired against Bessemer The opening round starts Friday and the second round is set for Saturday These two rounds are single elimination The semi-final round is May 7-8 The teams in the semis will meet in a best two-of-three series The same best two-of-three will hold true in the finals which will be May 14-15 There are two divisions one composed of 3A and 4A schools and the other of 2A and 1A teams how Bubba Scott secretary of the Alabama High School Athletic Association has planned it But a hitch Saks is hosting a sectional track meet Friday the first day of the playoffs This will put the diamond in Anniston out of commission that day Scott probably will be asked to move the playoff game between Erwin and the Area 10 winner to Thursday No definite action has been taken yet but Erwin coach Skip Bundy said that sounds fine to him Usually when playoff time rolls around it means the season is about over Not so in baseball The state playoffs commence during the season and Alabama champions are crowned while the teams still have regular schedules to complete There's an explanation and a simple one The reason is to finish the eliminations taking in account the possibility of postponements before school terms end Jefferson County teams already are preparing for tlie beginning of state play and here's how it'll go The Birmingham club with the most victories will represent Area 11 It'll probably be Huffman In the county it's a little different Jcfrco schools are split up into Area 9 and 10 The winners of these two berths are determined by a playoff between the four top teams Bessemer nipped Graysville 5-4 for the championship in Area 12 while Krwin took Berry 4-3 for Area 9 honors Saturday Huffman has virtually clinched the Area 11 title The Vikings need only to win one of its two games scheduled this week They play Western today and West End Tuesday The Vikings are 9-0 in the city and 14-2 overall Erwin will now play an opponent from Area 10 made up Strawberry Bowl deadline nears The Strawberry Bowl larg- Six head Derby Trials field RANCHO LA COSTA Calif Jack Nicklaus the only man powerful enough to handle the deep' clinging rouge coasted In with a two-under-par 70 in the final round Sunday and scored a stunning eight-stroke victory in the MONY Tournament of day Mexican Pedro Rodriguez and Jack Oliver of Britain drove a 5006 CC Porsche sports car to an expected victory in the 600-mile Race of Monza which was' the fourth triumph for Porsche in the international manufacturers championship Roebuck in 4-3 The field includes seven Walker Cup players The Chicago Black Hawks exploded for three second period goals breaking open a tight game and went on to a 7-1 victory over the New York Rangers Murray Oliver rammed in two goals and Parise scored the tie-breaker to thrust the Cinderella Minnesota North Stars to a stunning 5-2 triumph over the Montreal Canadiens: and tie up their Stanley Cup semifinal series at two games apiece Heine Wiscll of Sweden drove a Lotus to victory in the 31st Grand Prix for Formula II cars in Pau France Sun that it takes to enter Derby it could mean the largest field in the history of the race perhaps 25 Villanova's relay teams ran into some problems Saturday and lost two events at the 77th annual Penn Relays It was the first defeat for the team in 18 Penn events dating to 1967 They finished second in the spring medley and fourth in the mile They lost each for the first time in four years Canadian Gary Cowan opens his defense of the North and South Amateur golf title Monday against one of the strongest fields in the 71-year est stationary bowling tournament in the South is extend-Bowl announced over the weekend The entry deadline was originally scheduled for midnight Saturday but it has been moved to midnight Tuesday already have more entries in than last year but we felt there werfe still quite a few people who would like to get in but missed the original deadline" said Holiday mana-ger and tournament director Neil Partlow Partlow said entry blanks could be obtained at most bowling houses FROM PRESS REPORTS A field of at least six shaped up Sunday for the Derby Trial Stakes which is the final lap in the lineup trial for the 87th Kentucky Derby Arrowhead got the go-ahead for a shot at a berth in the 5125000-added Derby by Sports briefs running him in trial at one mile If all six earn at least 82006 Pro-hockey SUNDAY 'RESULTS HmHIaoH Chlcaao 7 Now Yrk 1 MrM Ho 31 um iibi MhweMfa If It! tMl fri Roebuck Flaza struck for all its runs in a big sixth inning for a 44 victory over Avondale in Birmingham Amateur Baseball Federation action Sunday In other opening-season games Northeast Jefferson blistered Pinson' 124 Huffman stopped Ketona 7-4 and Graysville powdered Sugar Creek 144 Troy Spinks went the route in win as he scattered three hits and fanned 10 The big blows in the sixth (QMIL winners from the last 12 months -Nicklaus started the cool slightly overcast day with a five-stroke margin birdied three of the first four holes and it was all over 4371-49-73-179 217 72- 70-72-71-27 72-71-74-71-211 71-75-72-71-29 Jock Nlckloui 33000 Devlin 13740 Llttlfr 14770 Bobby Nkholt 45940 Chorlrt Coody 4j930 Frank Baard 4930 Glbbv Gilbert 4330 Davt Hill 4030 Georad Knunon 3700 Millar Borber 3700 Tommy Aaron 3400 Arnold Palmar 13100 JC Snead 13100 Mown Rudolph 2720 Dow Sander 2720 Bob Lunn 2720 Kormlt Zorlty 12520 Homero Banco 2320 Baba Hlikoy 2400 Bob Murohv 2320 Gooroo Archer SU70 Huah Royer 2320 Tony Jacklln 2220 Cnar Sanudo 2 220 Harold Henning 52070 Tom Shaw 2070 Bruce Crompton 24)1 70-74-71-74-293 49-71-7477-293 747473-73-394 71-74-77-73-295 71-75-74-295 71-7473-294 74747373-294 77-7371-74-297 M7 7-747373-290 77-747374-299 77-71-7370-299 77-75-7374-301 77-737375-302 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Lopez replace Big Bad John against George Strickland In the third bout Tojo Yamamato and Jerry Jarrett will clash with the Alaskans The popular team of Dennis Hall and Jim Golden face the Samoans in the third match The Von Brauner a German team managed by Saul Wcingeroff returns to Birmingham after a long absence The promoters said they came back with the intention of winning th? world tag team championship They have been chalking up victories in Europe Japan and Hawaii The team of Yamamato and Jarrett has been involved in some wild melees with the Alaskans here in the past In hopes of settling the feud the promoters said match will be on a no time limit basis Petty Continued from Page brushed together as they battled for the lead The race slowed for only three laps by one caution flag was run at a track record average speed of 77815 miles an hour Petty won $6225 for his eighth victory of the season and the 127th of his career increasing his 1971 winnings to more than 8112006 Bobby Isaac finished third in a 1971 Dodge eight laps behind the winner and Dave Marcis was fourth in a 1969 Dodge Allison who started in tlie pole position led 367 of the 560 lai (2625 miles) around the 525-mile asphalt track After a fender-to-fendcr duel with Petty during the middle portion of the race Allison had moved away to comfortable lead when engine failure sent his 1971 Mercury to the sidelines after 412 laps you buy before May 1 1971 23500 It's like having central air conditioning If yen buy before May 1f 1971 IS 000 $7)M95 bwfoh PROFESSIONAL EXTERMINATORS Auburn Trained lapert Manager FRANK KIRBY ANNISTON electronic center mtinndNaM Anniston 237-5401 Houston Kinnamii aectrorec center fluS MVN RITfVT GUNTIRSVHLf 582-5421 PARKER PARKER-MORRIS aectrorec center ilSIlHAv SW CMHOERSIURO 378-7266 POSTLE electronic cenTer 521 15th Sira! 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Continued from Page 6 er Cecil Upshaw picked up his sixth victory in six decisions Dick McAuliffe drove in five runs with a three-run tic-breaking homer and double and Bill Freehan and Willie Horton also hit homers as Detroit slammed Oakland The defeat snapped a seven-game Oakland win streak Jim Palmer pitched a six-hitter at Califor- nia drove in two runs with a bases-loadcd single and ran his unbeaten record to 34 Jim Maloney making his first American League start caught the loss The Orioles had 13 hits including Merv Rettenmund's first homer of the season Mowery new leader at BowLo-Mac Moose Mowery averaging a whopping 223 per game rolled 892 scratch and 958 handicap Sunday to take over the lead in both divisions in the annual Spring Classic at BowI-fl-Mac Mowery jumped off to a quick shot at the lead when he rolled back-to-back games of 222 and 268 He followed with games of 188 and 217 His 268 also leads the tournament which still has two more weeks to run Margaret Smith was also a new leader in the' division taking over -the handicap high with an 880 Current standings: MEN'S M97w2' fji Maki hmIWjWJ jwiMjW kmv 194 Jm KcnmtfVf IfJft in- SCRATCM-Mtott MHftnfr Caraivfi Srinni 139 BMbwi Mu-Urlckl 139 SC HATCH Mwwil Coin J'J Dw Dtt Win 7t Mwtflt Smilh JIT HIGH GAME-CorilVH rwlt 124 HIGH SP0NS0H-D9VM Betdiar 134 West Grove tkes tv'inbl Wesl Grove swot a double-header from Pea Ridge 164 and 7-1 yesterday in Bessemer All-American Baseball Association play In anodthei- BAABA game Powderly took Centerville 164 In the first game for West Grove Jerry Vines had a trinlc and a single for three RBIs and Duke Glaze had a double and a single for 3 more RBIs In the second game Billy Pitts hud a double and (wo singles for three RBIs For Powderly Ricky Phillips and 3 singles and Sandy Frederick had two doubles Jimmy Hall came in in the third and struck out 13 in the six innings he pitched WMl Grtvt 11-7 P9 EMM 1-1 First Gsm PM RMst 404 49- I 1 Weil Grivff 42 1 14 I WMl Ml CfcMmil LIVMV tMl iNM MM WMl Gfjv 4M 1-t If Twwjsy jsiMWII 01 AM VMM I USltSW REGULAR IN-SEASON PRICE 34995 Conditioners EXCLUSIVE ANTI-POLLUTION OPTION Only Ftddcrs ivts you th option of the MtdicAir Electronic Air Cbonor Renans up to 95 of polluted particles 99 of pones Add it now or when you wish your Fedders air cos-ditiener i prewired for it You cm ivei use it yur-nund REGULAR IN-SEASON PRICE 41995 FEDDERS Hurry Hurry Largest Selling Air Don't miss this once a year opportunity to buy the World's Largest Selling Air Conditioners at such FANTASTIC in Fedders quality with qualified 1 1 ROBERT HALL JOHN COLVIN BIU WHITE ROBERTHALL CAC NLLWRTE eiecironic center electronic centir electronic center JJODIFOUO A Chambliss JOE GAYLES JOE KINCAID CARDENDALE HUFFMAN GAYLES VESTAVIA aectrorac cenTer eiectronc center electronic center electronic center v- 1021 PwGitdGl 6M 200 Swili 2lM St 7HM I44G kwMMf WfiwtiZffh fe 100 Owiy Aw- hiitoM 322-6602 425-2457: 674-3312 1221 MinSmrt 427 Hwffiwn Rwd -mi-iini 111-0421 237 Sill Aw 322-043 4 14 9 IS -I 99 ni t-v 4: (4 W4j9VMto J'1 Jti -V- i MW i VV- 1.