Blue Philosophical in KC Defeat A's 5-2
Vidal Blue reflects on a tough night as Kansas City sweeps Oakland 3 games to none. Royals score three in the fourth and two in the seventh to beat Blue and the A's, while Reggie Jackson, Dave Duncan, and Cookie Rojas contribute for Oakland in a hard loss.
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Richie Scheinblum
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Cookie Rojas
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Amos Otis
Scheinblum
Bob Locker
Otis
Mike Epstein
Oakland
Mike Hedlund
Reggie Jackson
Dave Duncan
Darold Knowles
Fred Patek
Standings and results from the baseball leagues
The Associated Press standings show National League leaders with Pittsburgh at 65 39 and New York 55 51. Montreal beat Chicago 8 2, and Philadelphia defeated Pittsburgh 2 0. In the American League East Detroit leads at 58 47 with Baltimore 47 48, New York 54 49. Wednesday results include Texas 3 Minnesota 2 and Boston 5 Cleveland 2.
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Hays Clinches Championship in Uphill El Dorado Win
Hays uses a late surge from the losers bracket to defeat El Dorado 5-0 for the 1972 state Class A American Legion junior baseball title. Dan Schmidt earned the win with 4 strikeouts, while El Dorado pitchers Martinez and Wallace were tagged for seven walks and eight hits. Hays advances to regional play at Hastings, Neb., with potential Memph is World Series action if successful.
Dinkel earns state Class A sportsmanship award
Terry Dinkel of Hays won the state Class A American Legion Junior baseball sportsmanship award at the five day eight team tournament. Hays won the crown with El Dorado runner up and Garden City third. Larned finished fourth after returning to Legion play this summer. Tom Vera of Manhattan was batting champion at .500 with 10 at bats in three games. Dinkel was runner up with a .479 average in six games, collecting 11 hits in 23 plate appearances and delivering a no hit no run game plus a homer in the same contest. Six tournament games saw Hays score 47 to 16 for opponents. Five Hays pitchers won games. Dinkel, Augstine, Schmidt, Groff, and Sander. Umpires credited overall sportsmanship with no ejections. The field hosted the East West game August 12-13 in Lincoln. 12 scouts observed players. Next year’s site to be announced October 29 in Newton.
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al Bolte
Stan Werner
Walt Weber
Clint Humboldt
Ron Isham
Vand Les Logan
Duane Hays
Gertrude Walker
First Round Wins in Midwest Plains Babe Ruth Tourney
Teams from Brooklyn Center Minnesota Olathe Kansas Pueblo Colorado and Sedalia Missouri won first round games in the Midwest Plains Babe Ruth Baseball tournament. Brooklyn Center edged Fargo 21 Olathe shut out Gering 50 Pueblo defeated Brookings 4 1 Sedalia beat Minot 5 0.
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Sedalia
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San Diego Conquistadors to pick 18 players in ABA draft
The ABA expansion draft will see San Diego select 18 players, two from each of the nine existing teams. Each club may protect six players plus rookies, and can pull back a released player after each selection. The Conquistadors will play home games next season at San Diego State University’s 5,000 seat arena.
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San Diego Conquistadors
American Basketball Association
San Diego
Conquistadors
Leonard Bloom
San Diego State University
1976 Olympic Sailing Moves to Lake Ontario near Kingston
Kingston Ontario AP reports the 1976 Olympic sailing events will be held on Lake Ontario near Kingston while most other events take place in Montreal. Mayor E. V. Swain says Portsmouth Harbor will be developed for the Olympics over the next four years.
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Montreal
E. V. Swain
Kingston
Portsmouth Harbor
Carlton Dominates Pirates as Phillies Win 2-0
Phillies ace Steve Carlton extended his unbeaten streak to 54 innings and his 13th straight win, striking out 12 for a 2-0 Phillies victory over Pittsburgh. Carlton also hit his first homer of the season as Willie Montanez scored on a misplayed ball.
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Kinney Glass Set For Friday State Slow-Pitch Opener
Kinney Glass of Garden City opens play Friday night at Hutchinson in the state slow pitch softball tournament for men. They face Triton Oil of Wichita at 8 p.m. in their opener. The Glassers compile a 74 10 record, were second in the Garden City sub state, and have been in the state tourney each year since 1965 except once.
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Lee Installed As WBA Proxy
HONOLULU AP Bobby Lee of Hawaii was installed as president of the WBA at its annual convention. He urged unification of world ratings and recognition of a single champion in each division and said greater cooperation with the WBC is needed. He is executive secretary of the Hawaii State Boxing Commission.
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Named LSU gymnastics coach Armando Vega chosen
Armando Vega a Penn State graduate and former U S Olympics team member was named on Wednesday as gymnastics coach at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge AP reports Vega succeeds current coach and brings Olympic experience to LSU's program
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Penn State
Louisiana State University
16 Pounder Catch At Lake McKinney
Bob Hemmert of 1607 East Fulton hauled a 16 pound channel catfish from Lake McKinney Monday night. He used a sponge soaked with stink bait on a No 2 hook and fought the fish for about 15 minutes before bringing it ashore.
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Trade Cross Kojis To NBA Kansas City
Seattle announces a deal sending center Pete Cross and forward Don Kojis to Kansas City for guard Jim Fox and future considerations. The trade disclosed Wednesday involves the Super Sonics and the two teams in the National Basketball Association.
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Don Kojis
National Basketball Association
Couter
Jim Fox
Seattle SuperSonics
K States Lynn Dickey To Start For Oilers
Houston Oilers and Chicago Bears meet in an NFL exhibition in the Astrodome with Lynn Dickey set to start for Houston after a split between Dan Pastovini and Dickey in the previous game. Bears’ Bobby Douglass and Kent Nix to share quarterback duties as Dick Butkus vows for more action.
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Chiafs
Western Cattle Co. Seeks Stocker and Feeder Cattle Purchases
Western Cattle Co. Inc specializes in order buying all classes of stocker and feeder cattle and will sell fat cattle on commission. Contacts include Pete Hutchins in Scoff City, Jim Jasper in Dighton, Dennis Schroeder in Dighton, Jack Daly in Garden City, Harold Woods in Dighton, with the main office in Dighton at 397-2424.
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Jim Jasper
Dennis Schroeder
Dighton
Jack Daly
Garden City
Harold Woods
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