Alonzo tosses one-hitter as Chanute Oilers steam past Labette
Chanute pitcher Bernie Alonzo dazzled with 16 strikeouts in a one hit game at City Park. The Chanute Babe Ruth Oilers built a 15 run lead through a four run first inning and four more in the second, aided by errors and timely hits. Alonzo retired the first nine and struck out the side three times, boosting the Oilers to an opening home win and setting up a league start against Pittsburg.
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Joe Harper
Don Grogan
Alonzo Chanute
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Grogan
Dave Shepherd
Fanning Ybarra Alonzo
Pittsburg
City Park
Galena
Industrial league softball results prompt weekend standings
In A League action Bideau Insurance routed Thayer 16-2 while Coliseum beat Kustom 85 and Foodtown downed Gibson 8-4. Coliseum and Bideau remain unbeaten at 7-0 and 6-0 with Thayer 4-2, Kustom 2-3, Foodtown 3-4, Gibson 1-5. In B League, Greg Hanna's seventh inning homer gave Churchill a 9-8 win over DeMeritt. Orchid buffet 10-2 Data Comm and Micro Lite 13-7 Ashcraft Pest Control. Churchill and DeMeritt at 3-3. Orchid 3-2. Data Comm 0-7. Micro Lite 4-1. Ashcraft 2-3.
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Kustom
Foodtown
Gibson
Bideau
Greg Hanna
Churchill
DeMeritt
Orchid Buffet
Data Comm
Micro Lite
Orchid
Ashcraft
Crenshaw Opens Memphis Classic With Pro-Am
Ben Crenshaw, playing with former President Gerald Ford, posted a two over par 74 in the Memphis Classic pro-am. He said the event serves as a proving ground for the U.S. Open starting June 16 in Tulsa, while noting a quiet year despite earning $100,000 and sitting among PGA money leaders. Gibby Gilbert did not compete in the field of 151.
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UPI
Ben Crenshaw
Tulsa
Okla
Gerald Ford
Mike Hill
Chi Chi Rodriguez
Austin
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Crenshaw
Gibby Gilbert
Chanute Fast-Pitch Team Sets Weekend Schedule
Chanute fields a summer fast-pitch softball team led by Don Friederich with a 4-1 start. Games are set at Santa Fe Park against Caney Valley Mobile Homes Saturday and Neodesha IMCO Sunday both at 4 30 p m. Team includes Chanute players Matlock Honas Cox Boaz Jones Ward Tucker McVey Dunlap Peter Gant Remsberg Meier and Thayer imports Holtzman Minor.
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Caney Valley Mobile Homes
Santa Fe Park
Neodesha Imco
Friederich
Don Everly
Clarence Matlock
Norman Honas
Gene Cox
Mike Boaz
Larry Jones
Joe Ward
Roger Tucker
Rex McVey
Milt Dunlap
Dave Peter
Dave Gant
Bruce Remsberg
Fred Meier
George Holtzman
Vern Minor
Thayer
T-Ball League opening night showcases high scoring games
Dodgers outscored Cardinals 17 to 11, Braves defeated Giants 23 to 10, and Yankees bested Royals 39 to 20 at Otterbein Methodist diamonds and Santa Fe Park. Ten home runs were hit in the Royals vs Yankees game with seven by Yankees and three by Royals. Yankee standouts included Horn Roush Pippitt Rickart Wiltse Dillman and Dannenberg. Royals homers came from Whitworth Barker and Young.
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Shockley tops Kansas Amateur medalists with 135 total
Stewart Shockley of Milburn Country Club Kansas City shot 66 after a 69 to finish 7 under par at Salina Country Club. He led by two shots over Eric Mork, with Odie Wilson shooting 69 in a practice round as match play begins. The field features 32 in the championship flight and a six-way tie at 150 to reach it.
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Rod Nuckolls
Scott Bunker
Manhattan
Ed Law
Robert Lind
Hutchinson
Don Quint
Scott Phillips
Mark Crow
Byron Norton
Jim Vickers
Trent
Ladies Day Golf At Chanute Country Club
Thirty-one women competed in the ladies day golf event at Chanute Country Club. Evelyn Kelly won the 18 hole competition while balls went to Marsha Eldridge Ann Johnson Lorna Morris June Sutcliffe Alma McCune Cleo Congdon and Norma Powell. Mary Burris took the low net for nine holes and Mary Kay Murphy had high putts.
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Dot
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Marsha Eldridge
Ann Johnson
Lorna Morris
June Sutcliffe
Alma McCune
Cleo Congdon
Norma Powell
Mary Burris
Mary Kay Murphy
Hisle Key HR Lifts Twins Past Royals in 10th
Larry Hisle belted a 10th inning solo homer to cap a 9-8 Minnesota win over Kansas City after a 1st inning three run blast. Glenn Borgmann added a tying two run shot in the 9th as Rod Carew, Dave Johnson and others contributed multi hit nights in Bloomington.
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Bloomington
Fort Scott Midwestern Legion tops Chanute 9 to 7
Fort Scott opened a 50 leading Fort Scott Midwestern Legion beat Chanute American Legion 9 to 7. Ward McClure left the mound in the second with an elbow problem. Doug Vogel pitched the final four innings allowing five runs on six hits. Chanute hosts Thayer next Friday at 7 30 p.m.
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Fort Scott
Midwestern Legion
Chanute American Legion
Chanute
Ward McClure
McClure
Jack Ellis
Doug Vogel
Vogel
Thayer
Munson Hospitalized With Hand Infection
Thurman Munson, last season's AL MVP, is in satisfactory condition at Lenox Hill Hospital with a staphylococcus infection in his right hand. Doctors expect a week out. he is on IV antibiotics under team physician Dr. Maurice Cowen.
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Elrod Hendricks
Syracuse
Knight Dies Former KU Star Knight
Danny Knight a Hutchinson High and Kansas University basketball alumnus died in a California hospital after an aneurysm left him unconscious since May 19 He had been preparing to play basketball in Manila He was KU leading scorer 1974 with 12.4 ppg and top rebounder with 213 boards Survivors include his wife Arlene and parents Mr and Mrs Bobby Knight of Salina formerly of Hutchinson
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Salina
Hutchinson
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Ruth winners spark Babe Ruth routs at Santa Fe Park
Thayer State Bank crushed Mid- America 27-3 and Bank of Commerce defeated Ash Grove 13-3 at Santa Fe Park. Murky first inning surge set Thayer’s 2-1 record. Mid- America sits 2-2. Bank of Commerce earned its third straight win behind Bell and Frederick.
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Phil King
Hibbs
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Larry Washburn
David German
Delbert Shields
David Elder
Brad Parish
Darryn Young
Kevin Bell
Gary Frederick
Mike Nelson
Kurt Richwine
Vester Reed
Bruce Myers
Brad Fairchild
Welch takes second in bass tournament at Melvern Lake
Melvern Lake hosted the Kansas State Top Six Bass Tournament over two days. J B Welch of Walnut Valley Bass Club Winfield captured second with a seven pound eleven ounce bass earning a trip to the national tournament in August and tourney prizes. He and his wife Sherry Cook reside in Winfield.
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Drawing at Safari for Open Tickets
A pair of tickets to the U.S. Open golf tournament for Sunday June 19 will be given away Saturday at Safari Golf Course. Ethel Conn announces the drawing, sponsored by Tom Spencer of La Rose Motel. Golfers who play Saturday at Safari are eligible for the 5 p.m. drawing. The U S Open will be held at Tulsa Southern Hills June 16 19.
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Tom Spencer
la Rose Motel
Safari
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Southern Hills Country Club
Major League Standings and Wednesday Baseball Results
Results show Los Angeles 4 Chicago 2 Montreal 6 Atlanta 0 San Francisco 3 Pittsburgh 2 Philadelphia 3 Houston 2 Cincinnati 5 New York 0 St. Louis 3 San Diego 0. Upcoming pitchers and Friday games listed for multiple matchups across the league.
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City Tennis Tournament Entry Deadline Noted
Chanute Recreation and Parks Commission reminds players the noon Friday deadline applies for the sixth annual City Tennis Tournament set for June 13 to 19. Six divisions include open singles doubles and mixed plus 35 and over and 30 and over events. entry blanks are at 17 S. Highland.
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Chanute Recreation and Parks Commission
S. Highland
VFW League Baseball Reports Close Scores at Santa Fe Park
In Santa Fe Park games Dairy Queen held off Kustom 8-7 as DQ built an early 8-0 lead. OCAW beat Dewey’s 7-2. Kustom’s Tom Lounsbury and James Craft homered, while Monte Bailey Doug Tucker and Phil Haight pitched for CCAW in a 2-1 win. Dewey’s pitchers included Rusty Alger Jeff Hutton Kevin Green and Paul Young caught.
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Todd Taylor
Chris Crepinsek
Greg Tallent
Tony Morgan
Scott Goodevan
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