When Springfield shoe merchants J.F. Miller and P.P. Powell offered a grand piano as top prize in the jelly-cake bakeoff at the Sangamon Fair and Springfield Exposition in 1891, they expected a bushel of free publicity.
MINNEAPOLIS - Eddy Piñeiro's fourth field goal of the game for Chicago came from 22 yards with 10 seconds left, giving the Bears a 21-19 victory over Minnesota on Sunday with the Vikings resting their regulars for the playoffs.
CARBONDALE - Lunden Cook totaled 37 points Sunday and the Jacksonville High School boys basketball team picked up two wins to wrap up the Paul Bates Memorial Holiday Tournament.