Busse Drives Merchants Past Garland in Tight 3-2 Win
Bruce Busse delivered two clutch hits including a go ahead double in the eighth as the Columbus Merchants edge Garland 3-2 at Pawnee Park. Doug Wardinger earned his third win with 11 strikeouts, while Langes and Coalman led Garland with two hits each. The game featured a hitless stretch by Columbus Juniors until late rallies and a rescheduled-from-rainout status, with upcoming games against Garland and Beatrice highlighted.
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North Platte Blues unbeaten as they host Norfolk
Columbus Midget Blues rallied to beat Norfolk Midgets 7 2 in the Cornhusker Conference opener. The Blues forged four runs in the fifth and two in the seventh to stretch their season to six straight victories. Blues manager Al Brandt was ejected after disputing a home plate call as Scott Lasche tried to steal home. Ken Robinson led off with a single for a first inning Blues run.
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Columbus 7 Telegram Sports recap of gameday errors
Norfolk built a 2-1 lead in the second with two singles two errors a walk and two fielder choices. Bryan Kearney walked and doubled in the fifth as Robinson and Placzek contributed fielder’s choices with Novicki living on another, Laseke tripled. In the seventh Novicki Czapla Cruickshank delivered hits as Norfolk added runs amid an error and balk. Cielocha relieved Kearney pitching 6 18 innings with 12 strikeouts. Columbus had nine hits, then hosts North Platte at Pawnee Park Saturday at 9:30 for a league game.
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Dent Powers Yanks To First In AL Race
Yankee slugger Bucky Dent led a 9-2 win over Milwaukee, with Roy White and Reggie Jackson hitting back to back homers as New York moved into sole possession of the AL East lead. Mike Torrez pitched a five hitter and Dent collected four RBI despite later claiming he is not a pure power hitter.
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Munson Out With Hand Infection
New York Yankee catcher Thurman Munson, last season's AL MVP, is listed in satisfactory condition at Knox Hill Hospital with a staphylococcus infection in his right hand. He flew home from Texas for treatment as the Yankees prepared to face the Brewers.
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Fraka leads Big 1 Youth Golf Classic with 74
Mike Fraka, a Columbus Senior High junior, shot 35 on the front and finished with an 18 hole total of 74 to win the Big 1 Insurance Youth Golf Classic. Jan Struck was runner up at 75, Cathy Curry at 76, and Fraka advances with Struck to the state meet at Riverside. Local qualifiers and other results reflect a statewide program with multiple age groups and upcoming events.
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Okie Wrestler Signs to Wrestle at Nebraska
Ray Payne of Putam City West High School in Oklahoma signs a national letter of intent to wrestle for the University of Nebraska in Lincoln.
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