Juniors top West Point in Wakefield baseball clash
Columbus American Legion Juniors edged West Point 5-2 at Wakefield City Park in a thickly contested game. Strong defense from West Point and key hits by Valasek, Walters, and Ziola fueled Columbus rallies, while McGill and Randall produced late scoring for West Point.
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Valasdief
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Peppler
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Ea Kroplek
Wordinger
Egger
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Wagnére
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Les Adams
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Zula
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Wyraieger
Lon
Nebraskan pursues costly dream of pro sports car racing
Clayton Petersen Jr. of Grand Island pursues amateur to professional racing despite steep costs. He spent about 5000 dollars last year and hopes for sponsors while testing in Kansas and Colorado tracks to advance in the Midwest SCCA standings. He notes finances often block true professional advancement.
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Indianapolis
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Texas
New Cage Coach Named at Boston College
Boston College announces Drayton Miller, previously Jacksonville State assistant, as the new basketball assistant. Miller will replace Dave Fritchett, who left BC for Maryland. Miller, an Eastern Illinois alum, has coached at Wasl University and served as chief recruiter at Eastern Illinois.
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Drayton Miller
Jacksonville State University
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Was! University
St. Louis
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Official Indy prize list for Indianapolis 500 payouts
AP reports the official prize list for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway offering a total of 1,000,105 dollars. Top earners include Gordon Jolmeanek of Frank- tin, Indiana with 258,002.02, and BH Vukovich of Mresiky Cis WE with 97,512.82, among many drivers from various states and countries receiving checks for laps led and final standings.
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Indianapolia Monile Yace
Gordon Jolmeanek
Mrank- Tin
Ind
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Mresiky Cis WE
Roger McChiskey
Tucson
Aria
Mel Kenyon
Lebanon
Tues
Gary Bellynhauson
Tinleyark
Scotus Athletes Up in Junior Olympic Meet
Scotus Central Catholic sent three athletes to the district Junior Olympics in Fremont. Joe McMeekin won the senior high jump at 3-10, Tom Sobotka won the intermediate 12 yard high hurdles in 1.16.8, and Dan Steiner placed second in shot put 46-6. All three earned regional berths for Omaha on June 6. McMeekin will be a senior, Sobotka a sophomore, Steiner a junior.
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Jim Puetz
Fremont
Omaha
Scotus
Joe McMeekin
Tom Sobotka
Cardinals topple Eagles in Major League action 85
Cardinals topped Eagles 85 in Major League play while Dodgers beat Chibs 141. Falcons downed Tigers 132 in Minor League action. Line scores mention Mike Stars and John Prosaski with wins and losses, plus WP and LP notes.
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Eagles
Dodgers
Chibs
Falcons
Tigers
Mike Starms
John Prosaski
Kalbaugh named assistant basketball coach at St Bonaventure
Kalbaugh, 1970 St Bonaventure graduate from Olean New York, is appointed assistant coach for the freshman team and will assist head coach Jim Satalin. Satalin became head coach last month after Larry Weige. Kalbaugh, a Troy native, has coached and taught at LaSalle Institute since graduation and played three years for St Bonaventure.
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N.Y
Billy Kalbaugh
St. Bonaventure University
University
Kalbaugh
Leam
Jim Satalin
Satalin
Larry Weige
Kulvaugh
Troy
LaSalle Institute
St. Bonaventure
Warns Against Eating Oahe Reservoir Fish
South Dakota Health Department warns no more than one half pourts of fish from the Cheyenne River arm of Lake Oahe due to mercury contamination. EPA survey found 36 percent of sport fish high in mercury. officials will post warning signs at access points and public use areas.
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Bechers homer pace Bears to 6 0 win over Redlegs
Becher belted a home run and added three other hits to lift the Bears to a 6 0 shutout of the Redlegs in Pony League action. Jet limited the losers to two hits as the Pirates blanked the Athletics 4 0 in the second game. Bears 6100 Redlegs or Church WP Mule 1 1 Philes Athletics i bb Heimann Wi Moukeh LP
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Redlegs
Jet
Pirates
Athletics
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Mule
Philes
Heimann Wi
Moukeh LP
Holtzman Right Hart Hits Him In Suchley Hit
Ken Holtzman pitched a strong game for the Athletics, retiring the first 20 as he and Oakland shut down the Yankees. Royce Hart provided offense with a solo homer and fits of support from teammates helped end the A’s five-game skid. Across the league, Cal Angels beat Red Sox 7-6, Royals topped Orioles, White Sox routed Tigers, and multiple other AL games featured homers and multi-run innings. Notably, Harmon Killebrew and Jeff Burroughs supplied key hits for their clubs.
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Associated Press
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Rotlie
New York
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Stoggie Dackson
le Kanting City Royals
Baltimore Grotes
Netwall Tigers
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Stargell Delivers Three Run Homer Lifts Pirates Over Braves
Willie Stargell belted a three run homer in the bottom of the eighth, lifting the Pirates to a 3-1 win over the Atlanta Braves as Gary Gentry pitched well. Stargell's blast was his league leading 11th of the season, landing in the upper deck at Three Rivers. Nellie Briles earned the win with a three hitter in support of the Pirates. In other NL action, Chicago beat Houston 16-8 and Cincinnati edged St. Louis 5-2 on Joe Morgan’s homer and a pair of earlier Reds tallies. Lou Brock homered for St. Louis. Cubs exploded in Houston with a first inning rally including Doug Rader error, Rick Monday homer, and Randy Hundley RBI single.
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Wakefield
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West Point
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Yaing
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Scott Slocum
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Rick Monday
Dous Alou
Tommie Agae
Nouston
UNO to join NCAA in 1973, ends NATA affiliation
UNO announced it will withdraw from the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics and join the NCAA starting fall term 1973. Chancellor Raskus cited academic eligibility and procedural differences as the main obstacles to continued dual adherence. The university noted its forthcoming competition will be almost exclusively NCAA, with most teams in the Uni Division.
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University of Nebraska At Omaha
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Reskeng
Kramland dominates scratch league at Boulevard Lanes meet
Harold Kramland led a high scoring night at Boulevard Lanes with games of 233 311 200 and 200, posting a 456 series and 1 618 total in Interact League alongside Hudy Gallo. Several bowlers matched 200s or higher including Muth Arnberger and Ardean Stone, as teams and individuals posted strong counts in SeniorCi and High School divisions.
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Boulevard Lanes
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Jenn Miller
Gary Muth
Bob Arnberger
Gallo
Craig Brestel
Jerry Kroeker
Muth
Duane Ste
Bill Price
Hecky Rains
Paul Matson
Larry Guenther
Bob Wiese
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