Cowboys Trade Centres Obtain Lance Alworth
Dallas completed a seven player series of NFL swaps sending Lance Rentzel to the Los Angeles Rams for Billy Truax and Wendell Tucker. The Cowboys acquired Lance Alworth from San Diego in exchange for Pettis Norman Tony Liscio and Ron East to bolster receiver depth alongside Steve Hayes and Gloster Richardson. Alworth has 81 touchdowns and 9,584 yards on 9 seasons while Rentzel faced legal trouble and was traded to resolve the public relations issue.
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Major League Standings and Wednesday Results
Major league results show Atlanta over Montreal 10-4 and Philadelphia over New York 4-1. San Diego beat Houston 2-1 in 10 innings and Chicago defeated San Francisco 9-5. Standings include Baltimore 4 Washington 1 and Detroit 12 Cleveland 1 with several night games listed and multiple matchups rotated across cities. Players noted include Grimsley, Marichal, Singer, Carlton, Wise, Renko, Niekro, Kirby, Blasingame, Bahnsen, Krausse and others in various numbered records.
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Edge to McLarens On Memorial Day Race
Indianapolis race notes compare the McLarens and STP turbine entries to 1967. Revson won the pole at 178.695 mph ahead of Donohue 177.087 and Unser 175.816 in a turbo car. Granatelli criticizes Jones for perceived sandbagging as turbine limits shrink in USAC. In another lede, Jackson Todd guides Oklahoma past Iowa State for an early Big Eight lead.
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Vida Blue Dominates Brewers In Ninth Win Of Season
Vida Blue pitched a three hit shutout to extend his win streak to nine, guiding the Oakland A’s past Milwaukee 3-0. Blue struggled early with control but finished strong, aided by catcher Dave Duncan as a steadying influence with manager Dick Williams praising his rapid improvement. Roberto Pena and Ron Theobald had Milwaukee’s only hits.
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Bright to Lead Chanute Contingent at Royster Regional Meet
Part 2 of the AAU Junior Olympics regional track meet comes to Royster Stadium with national AAU champion Brad Bright of Chanute among competitors. About 200 entrants are expected as field events start at 10 a.m. with prelims an hour later and finals in the afternoon.
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Chanute Semi-Pro Team Prepares For Season
Chanute’s semi pro squad shows solid pitching and defense per manager Bob Cavins. The team aims for speed and aggressive baserunning with likely use of the squeeze and hit and run. Chanute opens Friday at Welda in an eight team invitational, then hosts Purcell in a Memorial Day double header at City Park.
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Lothamer Returns to Chiefs Training Camp
Kansas City AP reports Ed Lothamer ends one year retirement to rejoin the Chiefs for 1971 training camp. Coach Hank Stram says Lothamer will try at defensive end and back at defensive tackle. Lothamer anticipates a great season with the team.
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Christian Athletes Banquet set for May 26 in Kansas City
The second annual Christian Athletes recognition banquet in Kansas City will attract many sports figures. Rex Kern and others are finalists for college division and professional athlete of the year honors. Over 350 nominations are under review. Low net winner Elva Johnson posted 41 with runners up Ethyl Conn and Helen Cramer at 43. Helen Cramer also earned longest drive. Peggy Ray chairs next week's event.
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Jerry Stovall
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Sam Wyche
Cincinnati Bengals
Carroll Dale
Green Bay Packers
Elva Johnson
Ethyl Conn
Helen Cramer
Phil Zimmerman
Peggy Ray
Major League Leaders National and American League Batting
The leaders list from the Associated Press covers American League batting led by Oliva with 403 at bats and a .403 average, runs by Yastrzemski and Buford, RBIs led by Killebrew, hits by Oliva, and pitching leaders including Blue and Lolich. It also lists National League leaders with Garr and Davis atop batting averages, Stargell and Aaron in RBIs, Stargell with home runs, and Seaver headlining strikeouts.
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Rookie Valen tine Delivers Game Winning Single
Bobby Valentine clouted a high slider in the eighth inning to drive in the decisive run as the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied past the St. Louis Cardinals 6 5. Pitcher Bob Gibson limited the Dodgers earlier but Valentine’s hit sealed the win with pinch runner Wes Joshua aboard after Duke Sims doubled.
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Royals Hedlund Shuts Out ChiSox In Weather-Delayed Win
Mike Hedlund pitched a four hitter through eight innings before two White Sox singles in the ninth, as the Kansas City Royals beat Chicago 2 to 6 despite a 28 minute delay caused by severe thunderstorms. Amos Otis homered in the seventh and Ed Kirkpatrick scored on Paul Schaal's fourth triple. The Royals idle tomorrow before a three game series with Milwaukee in Kansas City.
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PH and T Contest Saturday at Santa Fe Park
The Pitch Hit and Throw contest is sponsored nationally by Phillips Petroleum Co. and locally by Chanute Recreation and Parks Department. It starts at 1 p.m. at the lighted diamond in Santa Fe Park with local winners earning plaques and advancing to the Wichita district competition.
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