Legion Begins District Tourney In Arkansas City
Chanute American Legion carries a 15-10 season record into the district tourney in Arkansas City Kansas. Coach Lee Wilkins says the record is misleading and will use a larger roster for the playoff push starting against Columbus at 1 p.m. with Craig Harris on the mound.
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Chanute American Legion
Arkansas City
Kan
Legion
Wilkins
Columbus
Craig Harris
Craig
Winfield
Kansas
Chanute
Ligon
Jon Leatherman
Leatherman
Willie Troutman
Kim Hendrix
Joe Ward
Steve Rausch
Tim Allen
Larry Rogers
C. C. Harris
Dan Weilert
Earl Larson
Tim Redburn
Kim Childers
Jim Basher
Tim Fairchild
Pittsburg
Coffeyville
Independence
KKOY
Daugherty Pushes College Playoffs Plan
Daugherty proposes a national football playoff starting with an earlier prep season and moving every regular game up by two weeks. The top eight teams from major conferences would compete on campuses to decide a national champion in late November.
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Chicago
Duffy Daugherty
Michigan State University
Football Writers Association
Daugherty
Spartan
Michigan State
One Homer Got Away from Aaron
AP reports Hank Aaron earlier in his career narrowly missed a homer when Bob Uecker, then catcher for the Cardinals, signaled a ruled out call after Aaron connected on a ball that cleared the roof at Busch Stadium. Uecker recalls the incident as a rare burst of Aaron anger, and predicts Aaron could reach 800 home runs.
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New York
Hank Aaron
Babe Ruth
Bob Uecker
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Milwaukee Brewers
Hank
Uecker
Aaron
Cardinals
Atlanta Braves
Milwaukee
Busch Stadium
Curt Simmons
Curt
Chris Pelekoudas
Pelekoudas
Divers to Initiate About 30 People into Scuba World
Mike Farrell and Dennis Stein will lead open water dives to inaugurate roughly 30 students from Parsons Iola and Chanute. The two day open water event ends a two month PADI course, with over 40 divers from southeast Kansas expected to attend at a quarry lake north of Joplin Missouri.
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Mike Farrell
Dennis Steinman
Parsons
Iola
Chanute
Professional Association of Diving Instructors
PADI
Kansas
Joplin
Bench powers Reds past Braves with six runs and two homers
Johnny Bench drove in six runs including a bases loaded walk as Cincinnati defeated Atlanta 12-2. Jack Billingham earned his 11th win scattering five hits, boosting his record in games started by Billingham to 25 of Bench 77 RBIs. Bench opened with his 19th homer in the first and added a 20th in the third, giving Cincinnati a 3-0 lead.
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Cincinnati
Johnny Bench
Jack Billingham
Atlanta
Bench
Billingham
Koch Furniture Wins Rookie League Title Runaway Victory
Koch Furniture claimed first place in the Rookie League with a 123 run win over Chanute Lumber on Friday night. Koch improved to 11-1, scoring eight runs in the final two innings to erase a 43 deficit as Gordon and Frederick shared pitching duties and Cumings caught, with Gordon and Byers each homering for Chanute Lumber.
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Koch Furniture
Chanute Lumber
Koch
Gary Frederick
Ronald Gordon
Rusty Cumings
Gordon
David Byers
Orley's Case Upset Banks to Reach Tourney Lead
Orley's Wins Orley's Case eliminated Bank of Commerce from the Major League Tournament with a 147 victory. Mike Worley and Mike Miller allowed two hits. Mike Bowman and Jack Ellis homered for Orley's. Commerce led 74 in the fourth before Orley's eight-run rally in the fifth, moving to 1-1 in tourney play. In New York Roy White opened the eighth with a triple and scored on Ron Blomberg's single as the Yankees beat the Brewers 7 46.
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Orley
Bank of Commerce
Mike Worley
Mike Miller
Commerce
Mike Bowman
Jack Ellis
NEW York
Roy White
Ron Blomberg
New York Yankees
Milwaukee Brewers
First Kansas Wild Turkey Season Set for Southwest
The Kansas Fish and Game Commission authorized the first spring gobbler hunt since 1900, April 20 through 28, in a limited southwest Kansas area. Four hundred permits will be issued in two units with 300 in the west and 100 in the east, with application due Nov 12 to Dec 14 and a $10 permit fee for successful hunters.
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Pratt
Kansas
Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
U.S. 50
Colorado State Line
Newton
Wichita
U.S. 54
Augusta
U.S. 77
Oklahoma Line
Colorado
Oklahoma
U.S. 281
Peabody
Turkey
Commission
Forestry Regulation Meeting Set for Pratt Hearing
Pratt August 15 at 1 30 p m the Forestry Fish and Game Commission will hold a public hearing at the Pratt headquarters to seek public sentiment on three proposed regulation changes. Director Dick Wettersten said ample time will be given for comments on life saving devices on boats restricted shooting areas and fish snagging rules.
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PRATT
Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Commission
Dick Wettersten
Country Club Golf Finals End Season With Duo Wins
The Chanute Country Club capped the summer league with a rain shortened final. Dan and Jack Haight won the Parent-Child Scotch Foursomes overall gross score of 28 while Lisa Sutcliffe and June Sutcliffe led women at 37.
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Chanute Country Club
Dan
Jack Haight
Lisa
June Sutcliffe
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