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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1973
Page
4
A sports editor admits gaps in reporting covering baseball, golf, softball, and standings. He promises daily lake reports for fishing and upcoming motorcycle racing news, inviting reader tips to improve coverage of athletic competition.
Bob Goalby shot seven under par 65 to lead the Greater Milwaukee Open by one stroke over Larry Ziegler Buddy Allin and Mike Morley. Homero Blancas was two back at 67 with a large group at 68. The 7,010-yard Tuckaway course yielded low scores under warm sunny conditions.
Chris Evert, 18, awaits history as Wimbledon youngest champion contender against Billie Jean King, 29, in a bid to claim her first title. The men’s final pits Alex Metreveli and Jan Kodes, with Mayer’s upset run ending in the semis before a royal audience. Mayer vows to return next year.
In Boston the standings show New York leading 9 4 with Detroit 7 and Cleveland 5. Texas 7 Chicago 2 Kansas City 12 Minnesota 10. Only games scheduled appear on the docket.
The Kansas City Royals beat the Minnesota Twins 12 to 10 to pull within 1 game of idle Oakland in the American League West. Cookie Rojas hit a three run homer and drove in five as Paul Splittorff won his 11th, with help from Doug Bird and Gene Garber. The loss drops St Louis to 3 2 to the Pirates as Richie Hebner homered in the sixth.
Kansas Chancellor Archie Dykes will pick one of four nominees for KU athletic director and present the choice to the state Board of Regents next week. The pool includes Ray Nagel, Tom Butters, Chuck Roche, and Clyde Walker. Wade Stinson’s replacement is pending until terms are discussed.
ABC and Madison Square Garden launch a seven bout Saturday telecast series at Felt Forum New York marking a tentative return to national boxing on TV. Sammy Goss faces Jose Fernandez in a 12 round opener with follow ups on select Saturdays through Sept 1, 1965.
AP dispatch notes Denver coverage around a Little League motorcycle league and promoter Andy Granatelli with his wife advertising engine additives for trail bikes. It mentions a two month motorcycle family and two of the nation's top racers on Thursday.
In Wichita the kansas baseball tournament begins with Liberal Bee Jays as top seed and defending champions. Last year’s runner up Hutchinson is No 2, followed by Dodge City Kansas City Giants Wichita Rowers and others in the top 10.
The Pub defeated H K Porter 15 to 2 before rainouts halted the rest of Thursday’s Industrial League slate. The Pub exploded 5 runs in the first and built a 12-0 lead through three innings while Porter managed six hits and scored only in the final frame.
Glen Stone, former sports information director at Southern Illinois University, is named to a Kansas State University post effective July 24. He succeeds Dev Nelson and brings Big Eight sports knowledge. Nelson will continue to do play-by-play broadcasts, while Charles Eppler is promoted to associate sports information director.
Dean Pryor, former Kansas State assistant coach, will return to the school to replace Dick Peters as administrative assistant. Pryor joined Kansas State with Vince Gibson in 1967, later led South Dakota State as head coach, then worked in Bella Vista Arkansas as a sales rep. He has coaching stints atArkansas Coffeyville junior college Lakeland High Wichita State and Hastings College.
Johnny Bench suffered a muddy track fall in his first start at River Downs. The 2 year-old racehorse finished fifth in the third race, and his jockey Clarence Diehl was unharmed.
All baseball and softball games at Santa Fe Park diamonds tonight are canceled due to a train derailment that dumped acid into Santa Fe Lake. The Park will remain closed for an undetermined period.
Sixty eight women golfers tee off in the $40,000 Mare Equity Classic in Buffalo as rookie Laura Baugh, coming off a second-place tie in Atlanta, seeks a breakthrough. Rosemary Wilson and Helen Cramer win balls for low gross and low net at Safari Ladies Day Golf. Ruth Zimmerman set to chair next week.
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