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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1971
Page
4
The piece argues that fan voting narrowed by popularity has produced unfair All-Star starting lineups in baseball. It highlights Luis Aparicio Boog Powell Willie McCovey Willie Mays Willie Davis as examples and urges a return to player voting as before Commissioner Kuhn intervened.
Harper Insurance Wells Clothiers and J C Penney won first round games in the VFW Minor League post season double elimination tourney Monday night. Harper beat Swimming Pool 11 to 1 aided by a Mike Miller triple and Joe Harper double while Harper and Miller combined on a no hit effort. Wells Clothiers defeated OCAW 6 to 1 behind a three run first inning and solid pitching from Oehlert and House. J C Penney outscored Busy Bee Cafe 6 to 5 with three run rallies in the second and third frames as Young and Audiss pitched for the winners.
John Woods sparked a four run second inning with a bases loaded hit as Thayer State Bank defeated Bank of Commerce 11 to 5 in VFW Major League action. Woods, Galemore, Sutcliffe and Wilmot led pitching while Metzen and Mik provided early RBI hits for Bank of Commerce.
Chanute Blues meet Farlington at 8:00 in SEMI PRO action at City Park. AMERICAN LEGION games include Chanute at Neodsha 7:30 Garnett at Humboldt 8:00. Major League features Orley's Cafe against Ash Grove 6:30 and Bank of Commerce versus Consolidated Oil 8:00 at Santa Fe Park.
Chanute Country Club hosts the SEKJGA meet with Chanute leading nine-hole results as Robbie Johnson posts 40 to win. Independence dominates 18-hole scoring led by Marty Searcy 81 and Kathy Webb 85 for a 344 team total, with Crestwood and Chanute following.
Darkness halted play in the eighth inning with Hull's Barber Shop leading Naff & Bolze Hardware 19 to 12. The game will be completed tonight, weather permitting, with no final score recorded yet.
Liberal defeated Wichita McConnell Air Force Base 8-0 to start the National Baseball Congress Kansas state tournament in Wichita. In other first round games Dodge City beat El Dorado 83 and Farlington defeated Newton 32.
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