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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1971
Page
4
Jack Nicklaus and Lee Trevino tied at 280 after 72 holes in the 71st U S Open at Merion Golf Club. The playoff to decide the champion was set for 1 45 p m EDT with Trevino trailing Nicklaus by two strokes on the final day.
The Royals entertained a record crowd of 3 295 in Kansas City as they split with the California Angels. Bruce Dal Canton pitched well in game one for a 5-1 KC win. Tom Murphy drove in two runs for LA in game two as the Angels took a 6 4 loss. In Chicago, the Cardinals spoiled the Cubs 5-4 with Jim Beauchamp tripling in Joe Torre for the tying run and Torre contributing four hits in the series, including a homer and an RBI single.
Bob Gibson is activated from the 21 day disabled list by the St. Louis Cardinals. The right hander 4-5 with a 4.27 ERA this season and 23-7 with 23 complete games last year is set to start Monday against the Dodgers rookie Bobby O'Brien who will make his first major league start.
Standings show Pittsburgh 7-7 Montreal 1-3 New York 7-7 Philadelphia 6-9 St Louis 5 Cincinnati 5-2 Atlanta 40 Houston 6-2 San Diego 2-0. Monday games include New York at Pittsburgh and Montreal at Atlanta with night and twi night starts. Sunday results list Boston over Washington, Cleveland over Detroit, Baltimore over New York, Kansas City over California, and Oakland at Minnesota.
Six Chanute entrants earned eleven medals at Cessna Stadium in the Wichita AllComers meet. Kent Crownover won two firsts in discus and shot put, Brad Bright tied for first in high jump and placed in hurdles, with other top finishes by Tommy Borjas Jeff Cox David Rideau Kathy Myers. Most plan to run again at the July 10 meet under UTFF sanction.
Humboldt and Kansas City American Legion clubs split the doubleheader with Humboldt winning 4 3 in game one and Kansas City taking game two 6 1. Vern Bruenger starred with a homer on the first pitch and scored on a passed ball to clinch game one. Kendall Wood pitched well for Humboldt. Kansas City erupted for five runs in the sixth of game two, while Humboldt scored once on Bruenger’s triple.
ChanuteAmerican Legion defeated Coffeyville 11-9 in a high scoring game. Chanute erupted for six runs in the seventh aided by Roger Tucker who went 3-for-3 with a three run homer. Alonzo earned the win after relieving Morrison as Chanute improved to 5-5. They host Neodesha Tuesday at City Park in a 7 p.m. start.
Chanute Blues endured a 15-2 defeat to Welda at City Park as nine Welda hits and two long homers powered the Pirates. The next day Chanute redeemed with a 14 hit, rain delayed victory at El Dorado behind Steve Collins’ mixed pitching and solid defense.
Galesburg and St Patrick’s earned wins in Chanute Church Softball League play at Santa Fe Park. Galesburg built a 4-1 lead, then held off United Brethren 4-3 as John Kramer pitched against Max Grogan. St Patrick’s surged from 2-2 to 7-2 over Iola behind strong pitching from Danny Zaragosa.
Local leagues schedule games at Santa Fe Park across multiple divisions. VFW Major League features Orley's Cafe against First National Bank at 6:30 and Consolidated Oil against Thayer State Bank at 8:00. Senior Girls play Rascals and Hustlers versus Tigers at 6:00.
An advisory instructs readers to contact their Tribune carrier and provides a fallback number 431 3400 for 5 30 p m.
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