Strong pitching leads Juniors to doubleheader sweep over Eagles
Columbus American Legion Juniors hot with two solid pitching performances as they beat Grand Island Eagles 4-2 and 5-2. Larry Guenther held GI to five hits after a rough first two innings while Columbus rallied from early deficit to take both games and improve to 10-6. The team hosts Central City tonight at Pawnee Park before Cornhusker Conference play at Hastings on Sunday.
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Grand — Island Columbus American Legion
Grand Island Eagles
Grand Island
Jim Bernt
Mike Zastera
Columbus
Central City
Pawnee Park
Cornhusker
Hastings
Larry Guenther
Don Denhardt
Steve Schweiger
Guenther
Eagles
Dave Steiner
Don Determan
Bruce Busse
Steiner
Keen Korner tops Co-op in Division II clash and C-K routs Countryside
C-K 10-0 gains Division I win as Rick Jablonski homers and doubles with Mike Wozny adding two more doubles in a 12-2 five inning victory over Countryside Mobile Homes. Keen Korner moves into Division II third with a 4-3 win over Platte Center Co-op.
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C-K
Mill
Columbus
Keen Korner
Platte Center Co-op
Rick Jablonski
Mike Wozny
Ken Johannes
Burt Brazee
Rich Preister
Gary Oakeson
Frank Mielak
Larry Saalfeld
Dale Gonka
Kurt Wilke
Person's Sport Shop
Ski Lounge
Oasis
Budweiser
Fremont
Loop leaders celebrate at Columbus Pro-Ams bowling
Pro-Ams team of Gary Muth Tim Wunderlich and Pat Force won the Two Plus One League at Columbus Bowl. Harry Carlson claimed the high game with 257 while Muth took the series with 663. Tuesday leaders included Rod Kroeker Dee Hack Dave Anderson and others with scores and totals. Space League winners were The Rockets Brenda Harry Wunch Arlene Dave Blessen. Final night saw Carl Ryba 193 557 and Gloria Muth 167 476, Splash downs topping pin counts with 661 and 1837.
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Pro-Ams
Gary Muth
Tim Wunderlich
Pat Force
Columbus Bowl
Harry Carlson
Muth
Rod Kroeker
Dee Hack
Dave Anderson
Eric Johnson
Gary Badie
Rex Adair
Stooges
Junkies
Rockets
Brenda
Harry Wunch
Arlene
Dave Blessen
Carl Ryba
Gloria Muth
Splashdowns
Team champs at Columbus Bowl in Family Fun League
Eldie Stahl led scoring with a 226 high game and 564 series for Columbus Team in Family Fun League at Columbus Bowl. Becher and Force families posted multiple high scores while the Borowiaks claimed league winners trophies followed by the Graces and Freemans in runner up and Becher squad in third.
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Eldie Stahl
Columbus Bowl
Monica Becher
Grace Force
Dan Force
Lennie Fyfe
Forces
Borowiaks
Danny
Genny
Gladys
Don Netting
Grace
Harold
Jenny Freeman
Becher
Michelle
Jeff
Monica
Lowell
Ken Bolton
Gloria Muth
Cee Hack
Illinois
Terry
Janet Scott
Gary
Bunny Hops
Chris Brockmeier
Lori Wardinger
Jan Schacher
Kathy Nolan
Mary Christensen
Jean Gerber
Plan tieup with Texas Rangers solidified in San Antonio
San Antonio Brewers officials confirmed plans to affiliate with the Texas Rangers. The Cleveland Indians presently own the Texas League club while the Rangers own the San Antonio team.
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San Antonio, Tex
Seabees win dual meet at Columbus with pool record win
Seabees defeated Norms Columbus 671 to 317 at the Columbus Family Pool in a dual meet. Twelve Seabees competed at the Fremont Open with 405 swimmers from 16 teams, earning 14 individual medals and 12 relay awards.
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Columbus Seabees
Grand Island
Columbus Family
Jenny Lee
Nancy Gehring
Chris Lee
Kathy Lee
Sandi Davis
Kathy Gehring
Craig Gehring
J. Lee
K. Lee
C. Lee
N. Gehring
S. Davis
L. Davis
K. Gehring
B. Bixenmann
Columbus
Karen Miller
Mike Davis
Kathy Seabees
Blues 12 1 routs York as 15-hit attack ends skid
Columbus Midget Blues win 12-1 at York to halt a two-game slide. Mark Jilek earns the win with five innings of four earned runs allowed. Craig Person completes the final inning. Heimann and Becher lead the offense with multiple hits, and Ken Ryba adds a pinch-hit triple.
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Don Determan
Eagles
Gary Gannan
Randy Johnson
Mike Hansen
Platte County
Hansen
Eagle
Columbus
Fremont
Hastings
Dave Steiner
Determan
Busse
Zastera
Randy Wieser
Dan Steiner
Jeff Schumacher
Mike Brandt
York
York Blues
Central City
Mark Jilek
Craig Person
Steve Heimann
Travis Jackson
Greg Becher
Rick Curtis
Gary Becher
Denny Ryba
Hager
John Wheeler
Heimann
Ryba
Jilek
Ken Ryba
Midget Reds rout York for 8 3 leg
Columbus Midget Reds overwhelmed York with an 8 3 victory as Braithwait fanned 10 in a strong start. Key hits by Peterson Braithwait Liebschwager and Oppliger fueled a seven run second inning and a five run fourth. The 12 hit attack left York with five runs and a rough night on the mound.
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York
Columbus
Reds
Greg Bullington
Doug Wardinger
Wahoo
Madison
Brian Oppliger
Scott Foutch
Tim
Arlt
John Peterson
Brian Conway
Steve Ziola
John Justice
Bob Braithwait
Peterson
Mike Liebschwager
Braithwait
Kevin Snell
U S uses big seventh to clinch series in Omaha win
The United States exploded for eight runs in the seventh inning to beat Japan 11 to 3 at Rosenblatt Stadium in the fifth game of the college baseball championship. Pete Redfern earned the win as Duane Gustafson and Steve Kemp led with extra base hits.
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Omaha
UPI
United States
Rosenblatt Stadium
Los Angeles
Japan
Ken Landreaux
Duane Gustafson
Steve Kemp
Southern California
Pete Redfern
Steve Powers
Arizona
Redfern
Italian in prelim win sparks Tour de France pursuit
Francesco Moser won the Tour de France prologue in Charleroi beating Eddy Merckx by under two seconds. Moser timed 8 minutes 49.83 seconds over 3.75 miles with 28 bends, Merckx at 8:51.27. Meanwhile Sparky Lyle set a Yankee record by appearing in 66 games with a 1.66 ERA.
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Charleroi
Belgium
UPI
Francesco Moser
Eddy Merckx
Moser
Merckx
Sparky Lyle
New York Yankee
Columbus hosts Indiana All-Star wrestling dual
Columbus High prepares for a 8 p.m. Saturday duel with Indiana All-Stars at the Columbus Senior High Gym. The Columbus lineup features McAndrew, Ball, Sackett, Marsh, Florendo, Ferguson, Hansen, Glur, Rice, Quinn, Korcek, Settlemeyer and guests Schmidt and Schwindt. Indiana squad includes Maile, Koalis, Johnson, Starvick, Flickinger, Proctor, Nabois, Davis, Witter, Dutton and Wilson.
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Collyn Florendo
Craig Marsh
Jim Sackett
Mike Rice
Mike Quinn
Kirk McAndrew
Mike Glur
Indiana
Columbus Senior High Gymnasium
Colman Bieber
Lindsay Ball
Jamie Ferguson
Bruce Hansen
Don Korcek
Charles Settlemeyer
Ron Schmidt
Columbus High
Columbus Wrestling Club
United States Wrestling Federation
John Maile
Crown Point
Greg Koalis
Warsaw
U. S. Federation
Doug Johnson
Knightsman
Gary Burkhart
Jim Hurst
Jim Starvick
New Castle
John Flickinger
Paul Proctor
Brazil
Dave Nabois
Hagerstown
Mike Davis
Danville
Jeff Witter
Indianapolis
Rusty Dutton
Ellettsville
Steve Wilson
South Sioux City High School
Murphy sinks 4 after unorthodox par at Western Open
Bob Murphy a Brooklyn born golfer now residing in Florida carded an unusual par at Butler National Golf Club in Oak Brook Ill. He struck his second shot 427 yards with a three iron reversed into a tree and knocked the ball onto the green within three feet before tapping in for four Pattent.
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Oak Brook, Ill
UPI
Bob Murphy
Florida
Butler National Golf Club
Murphy
U S Archers Set World Records At Championship
In Interlaken Switzerland the U S archery team set two world marks in mid competition. Darrell Pace raised the 50 meter record from 326 to 328 points and led over Santo Spigarelli of Italy. Richard McKinney and Rodney Boston aided to lift the team to 3687 points, 11 ahead of Italy.
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Interlaken
Switzerland
UPI
U.S
Darrell Pace
Italy
Santo Spigarelli
Richard McKinney
Rodney Boston
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