Seven Comets Compete In State Track Meet In Wichita
Chanute sends seven tracksters to the sixth annual girls and 67th annual boys state meet at Wichita State University. Class 4A boys include Mike Bowman Raymond Love and Doug Oehlert. girls include Prisca Thuston Denice Ratliff Ruth Crawford and Jamie Haines. Preliminaries begin today with finals Saturday. field events start Friday.
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Jamie Haines
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Ark City
Ratliff
Crawford
Haines
Ramsay Returns Home For NBA Finals Clash
Philadelphia hosts Game 1 of the best of seven series with Jack Ramsay back in town to lead the Portland Trail Blazers against his former club the 76ers. Ramsay emphasizes shutting down Julius Erving George McGinnis and Doug Collins as Philadelphia’s all star trio. Both teams use rest days to recover from injuries ahead of Game 2 at the Spectrum.
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Nissalke Named Coach of the Year by NBA
Houston Rockets coach Tom Nissalke won the NBA Coach of the Year with 26 votes from 66 voters beating Jerry West. The award followed a Central Division title for the Rockets but came after a playoff loss to the 76ers amid officiating controversy. Nissalke described the moment as a tremendous thrill especially on his wife Nancy Nissalke’s birthday.
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Williams eliminated in national juco meet
Jeff Williams of Neosho County Community College failed to reach the finals in the pole vault at the National Junior College track meet in San Jacinto Texas. Williams and coach Ralph Barclay return to Chanute today. The women's 440 relay team led by Karen Childers Brenda Klauman Carla Shrimplin and Liz Huerter departed for Dodge City for the national meet. Nissalke notes the consolidation of leagues brings top players and coaches into one league. He also recalls coaching stints with the Dallas Chaparrals San Antonio Spurs Utah Stars and Seattle SuperSonics.
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Houston
Gossage Dominates as Pirates Rally in 10th Inning
Rich Gossage delivered a stellar relief showing allowing one hit and eight strikeouts in 10 batters faced as Pittsburgh beat Los Angeles 6-5 in 10 innings. Rennie Stennett drove in Ed Kirkpatrick with two outs in the 10th to give the Pirates a two game NL East lead.
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Randolph Leads Yankees Past Orioles In Five Game Set
Willie Randolph went 4 for 4 with four runs as New York beat Baltimore 9-1 opening a crucial series. Thurman Munson homered and Randolph set the tone with a leadoff walk and scoring on Chambliss’ hit. Jed Figueroa allowed six hits for his 5-2 record, dropping ERA to 1.23.
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Busby makes shaky debut in minors after shoulder surgery
Steve Busby, two no hitters veteran with the Kansas City Royals, returned from rotator cuff surgery with the Daytona Beach Islanders in the Florida State League. He pitched 60 pitches in a 5-3 loss to Cocoa, saying the outing was shaky but no shoulder pain, and he hopes to contribute to Kansas City in about six weeks.
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Industrial league softball results at Santa Fe Park
Bideau Agency and Comfort Contractor led high scoring A League games with big innings and many home runs. Bideau improving to 1-0 beat Gibson is 0-2 16-8 as Marc Ruggles hit a grand slam. Comfort Contractor blasted six homers in a 32-11 win over H. K. Porter as Jim Sandage homered three times. Coliseum outslugged Sunshine Mantle 20-17 for its third straight win with Lyle Hurst three homers and Larry Chaney two. Sunshine Mantle is now 1-1 while Coliseum improves to 3-0.
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Major League Standings and Thursday Results Snapshot
The chart shows standings with New York leading the American East and Milwaukee near the top in the West. Thursday results include Milwaukee 5 Toronto 3, Seattle 3 Oakland 0, New York 9 Baltimore 8, Chicago 8 Kansas City 3, California 5 Minnesota 3.
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Legion baseball meeting sets up summer A and B squads
City Park hosts an organizational meeting at 7 p.m. chaired by Lee Wilkins to form an A team and B team for this summer. If turnout is sufficient, Herb Swender will manage the squad which will begin practice Sunday at City Park at 1 30 p.m.
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Wadkins Cards 29 On Back Nine To Share First Round Lead
Bobby Wadkins eagled the 7th and sank seven birdies on the back nine to roll to a 29 and tie Mark Lye for the Memorial Tournament lead at four under 68. Lye shot a 68 with four birdies on the front nine while several stars faltered down the stretch.
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