Maltbie Opens Narrow British Open Lead at Halfway Mark
Maltbie, 26 and from San Jose, held a one shot edge at 137 after a 66 in the British Open second round. Nicklaus Trevino Watson Green Hayes all chased within one stroke, with Hayes posting a record 63 and cross handed putting noted as a factor.
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Foster and Resuschel Named Players of the Month
George Foster of the Cincinnati Reds earned the National League Player of the Month for June after a 333 batting average with nine homers and 38 RBIs in 28 games. Rick Reuschel of the Chicago Cubs was named Pitcher of the Month after a 5-0 June with a 0.90 ERA in eight games.
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Froebe Shuts Out Chanute Legion B 4-0
Rod Froebe pitched a five hit shutout allowing Cherryvale to defeat Chanute American Legion B 4-0 at City Park. The visitors scored all four runs in the fourth inning on six hits while Craig Frazell took the loss. Froebe walked one and struck out eight. Frazell issued five walks and struck out six. Weekend schedule listed Chanute at Eureka Saturday 8 p.m. and Chanute at Sedan Sunday 1:30 p.m. doubleheader.
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Kansas juniors tournament set at Wichita State course
Ten golfers from Chanute and one from Humboldt compete in the Kansas State Junior Tournament at Wichita State University golf course next week. Ages 13 to 15 tee off Tuesday and 16 to 17 Wednesday with listed start times, amid 247 players across five divisions and practice limited to Monday.
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Herb Swender
Clark Boone
Craig Newman
WSU
Major League Standings and Thursday Games Details
Major League standings update with results from Thursdays games Milwaukee at Kansas City rained out Boston beat Toronto 5 to 2 New York defeated Cleveland 6 to 2 Minnesota 8 tied California 6 Texas 8 Oak at Oakland 3 Today's probable pitchers list includes Chicago Knapp at Detroit Fidrych Leamanczyk at Cleveland Garland and others The schedule shows multiple 7 30 p m starts and a night slate with California Texas Oakland Kansas City Seattle Minnesota and others.
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Ash Grove routs Thayer State Bank in Babe Ruth action
Ash Grove improved to 3 4 6 by routing Thayer State Bank 10 to 2 at Santa Fe Park. Ned Druart and Brad Fairchild hit two RBI triples as Vester Reed and Kurt Richwine pitched well for the winners. Thayer State Bank drops to 6-2 with losses on the day while Bank of Commerce won 10-6 over Home Savings behind mixed pitching by Kevin Bell Jon Johnson and Kevin Golay.
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Girls softball roundup in Ponytail and Flyweight leagues
In the Ponytail League Yellow edged Purple 10 to 9 after trailing 9-7, scoring twice in the seventh to win. Marsha McCoy and Eugenia Stierwalt were the winning battery while Nicha Olson pitched for Purple. In the Flyweight League Orange beat Green 10 to 7 to rise to 3-1 with Susan Taylor on mound and Nancy Merritt plus Shel Spire homering. Green also used Vicki Starr and Nick Rodriguez on the mound. Purple defeated Blue 16 to 2 to move to 3-2. Nancy Strack and Maria Dewey formed the winning battery.
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Cowens Eyes All Star Break While Royals Push West
Kansas City outfielder Al Cowens says he would have liked to make the All Star ballot but focuses on the Royals. He notes KC has won 10 of 13, his 305 average, 54 RBIs and 13 home runs as the team heads into the midseason break.
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Industrial league softball results at Santa Fe Park Coliseum
Rideau Insurance moved to 9 2 in the A League with a 28 8 rout of Cardinal Drug after Santa Fe Park Coliseum opened a 17 5 win for the industrial slow pitch leaders. Sunshine Mantle dropped to 5 3 while Cardinal fell to 1 10. Spradley Trucking won twice in B League, moving to 8 3 behind DeMeritt 9 3 and La Rosa 9 2 as Mid-America idle at 9 2 in a four team scramble.
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Ward's Bootery tops First National Bank in Rookie League
Ward's Bootery erased a 4-3 deficit with four runs in the bottom of the fourth to win 7-4 over First National Bank. Chanute Lumber beat Wrestler's Beats 6-5 to improve to 6-1. Danny Cooper and Scott Serpan shared mound duties for Chanute while Victor Hernandez and Danny Johnson pitched for Wrestler's.
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Blues drop opener in Farlington debut loss
Chanute Blues semi pro team fell 10 to 4 to the Farlington Lakers in its first game. Manager Monty Barnett said pitching was solid but the club is rusty from limited practice. Vinze and Madill each pitched four innings. The Blues plan a summer build and league entry next season with a 10 game schedule set at various Missouri towns this July and August.
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Fur Bearer Seasons Trimmed in Kansas Over Fur Price Rise
Kansas fur seasons for mink muskrat oppossum raccoon striped skunk weasel red and gray fox badger and bobcat run Dec 1 1977 to Jan 31 1978 shortened by 11 days from last year Badger bobcat raccoon opossum red and gray foxes hunting period cuts 21 days Beaver season Jan 1 1978 to Jan 31 1978 trimmed 15 days Quail Lee Queal Kansas Fish and Game Commission notes demand high fur prices pressure on furbearers and 10 870 trapping licenses sold last year up from 2 154 six years ago.
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