Illinois Beejays Opponent Liberals In Exhibition Baseball
Liberal Beejays host Midlothian Illinois in a one night exhibition at Clint Lightner Field. Kansas champs meet Illinois rivals as Liberal and Midlothian bring strong records 42-9 and 57-13. Game at 8 p.m. underwritten by Fansler Tires girls softball. Bryce Roderick leads promotion with tickets at four downtown spots.
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Midlothian
Winois
Beejays
Clint Lightner
Fansler ‘Tires
Bryce Roderick
Liberal
Wichita
Sloan
N.Y
Valdosta
Liberal Women Win Tournament In District Slow Pitch
Kemper Enterprises of Liberal won the district women's slow pitch softball title at Fansler Field over Farm Bureau of Garden City 14-8 in extra innings after tying 8-8 in seven. Liberal and Farm Bureau earned berths to the state tourney starting Thursday. Standard Supply and Dodge City posted wins Saturday. Standard Supply placed third.
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Kemper Enterprises
Liberal
Fansler Field
Kemper
Farm Bureau of
Garden City
Farm Bureau
Standard Supply
Dodge City
Liberal Farm
Rematch at Scott City in women’s slow-pitch finals
The Scott City district women slow-pitch tournament heads to an 8 p.m. championship rematch between BMW and Bud's Vickers after BMW upset Vickers 18-15 Sunday night to force the double-elimination final. BMW advanced from the losers bracket, with Ness City Leiker and Newsom IGA Store of Dighton also earning state berths.
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Scott City
BMW
Bud
Vickers
Bud's
Garden City
Bud’s
Leiker
Ness City
Newsom Iga Store
Dighton
Dighton Hhad
Nelda Heinz
Norma Janzen
Ness City Leiker
Scott Cillams
Man Swindles Zoo Out of Cubs
A Birmingham man, David Barber, 36, was charged in New Orleans with obtaining two lion cubs and a serval from the Louisville zoo under false pretenses. The zoo director identified Barber after a trade proposal involving Canadian lynx and an otter, which Wisconsin authorities denied. Police awaited Barber’s arrival to collect two tigers.
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Zoo
New Orleans
Birmingham
Ala
Louisville, Ky
David Barber
Louisville
Ivo Poglayen
Poglayen
Lron
Wisconsin
Poghayen
Texas
Barber
Patriots Steal Spotlight In New Stadium Debut
Carl Garrett stars for the Patriots in a 20 14 exhibition win over the Giants at the new Foxboro stadium as 60 423 fans pack the first night. Garrett delivers three long runs including a 53 yard kickoff return and a 44 yard scamper to spark the scoring. Fran Tarkenton praises his form while Dallas and Minnesota peers push for starting gigs in late exhibition play. Staubach and Snead compete for QB duties as Stenerud racks up four field goals in another throughly football fueled weekend.
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Foxboro
Mass
Carl Garrett
New England
Patriots
New York Giants
Mage
Jim Nance
Nance
Orate
Fran Tarkenton
Roger Staubach
Norm Snead
Dallas Cowboys
Minnesota Vikings
Staubach
Navy
Craig Morton
Bob Hayes
Margene Adkins
Dallas
Saints
Snead
Minnesota
San Diego
Washington
Philadelphia
Eagles
Gary Cuozzo
Vikings
Jan Stenerud
Cimarron Lions Club tourney halted by rain delays
The first annual Cimarron Lions Club invitational slow pitch tourney was halted Sunday afternoon by heavy rain after four games Saturday and two more Sunday. Eight teams competed in a double elimination with leaders Jones Packing of Dodge City and Newsom IGA Store of Dighton undefeated, while Montezuma and Minneola Fowler each had one loss.
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Cimarron
Lions Club
Jones Packing
Dodge City
Newsom Iga Store
Dighton
Montezuma
Minneola Fowler
Kramer
Minneola-Fowler
Richardson
Cimarron Crossing Park
WAGE PRICE FREEZE PROMPTS FURTHER QUESTIONS
Nixon’s largely voluntary nine day wage price and rent freeze raised more questions than answers. Officials hoped for clarity at a noon news conference by Secretary Connally, but firm guidance on negotiations automatic wage raises and preexisting contracts remained pending.
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Washington
Nixon
Secretary of the Treasury
John B
Triple-S Steel Wins Deerfield Invitational Tourney
Triple-S Steel rose from the losers bracket to win the Deerfield Invitational for men slow-pitch softball. Twelve teams competed over four days in a double-elimination format, with Triple-S defeating Lakin CIG 5-4 in the final after earlier losses and comebacks. An all-tourney team of ten was named, including players from Lakin CIG and Deerfield.
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Lakin Cig
Deibbert Construction
Triple-S
Lakin All-Stars
Lakin
Triple-S Steel
Oswalt
Garden Belle
Deibert Construction
Deerfield
Spor
Service
NFL Preseason Highlights From Key Week Standings
Kansas City edged Atlanta 12-10 in a tight game. St Louis beat Houston 16-34 with field goals by Bakken and Jakowski. Washington defeated Denver 17-13 thanks to Knight's boot. Terry Bradshaw connected for 33 yards to Dave Smith as Pittsburgh beat Green Bay 16-13. Earl Marvell’s 87 yard pass to Ray Perkins helped Baltimore topple Chicago 21-13. Ken Anderson and Jess Phillips led Cincinnati past Detroit 31-24. Clarence Davis returned a kickoff 100 yards for Oakland in a 41-20 win over the Jets.
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Kansas City
Atlanta
Jim Bakken
George Jakowski
St. Louis
Houston Oilers
Amd Cunt Knight
Washington Redskins
Denver Broncos
Terry Bradshaw
Dave Smith
Pittsburgh Steelers
Green Bay
Earl Marvell
Ray ‘Perkins
Baltimore Colts
Chicago Bears
Ken Anderson
Jess Phillips
Cincinnati
Detroit
Oakland
Clarence Davis
Raiders
New York Jets
GC Eliminated From State Meet
All three Garden City entries in the annual state men's slow pitch softball tournament at Hutchinson were eliminated Saturday. The four-day double-elimination event ended Sunday night with Pizza Hut of Wichita winning the state title 7-6 over Don's Apco Service Station of Manhattan. Gene's Shoes of Newton and B&J Mixers of Dodge City placed fourth. Wichita and Manhattan advance to the eight-team, four-state regional in St. Joseph, Missouri.
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Garden City
Hutchinson
Pizza Hut
Wichita
Don's
Apco
Manhattan
Gene’s Shoes
Newton
B&j Mixers
Dodge City
St. Joseph
Ehresman Packing
Packens
Hutch
Packers
Jenny’s Tavern
Baldwin
Ehresman
Cliff
Emporia
Davis-Child Roto-Rooter
Ganien /Cittans
Golfer Stockton Wins Massachusetts Classic Amid Controversy
Dave Stockton won the Massachusetts Golf Classic at Pleasant Valley CC, finishing 13 under par 275 for the $165,000 event. He edged Ray Floyd by one stroke as a girl was struck by his errant ball on the 60th hole but was unhurt and later received the ball he holed. Floyd earned $18,810 for second, with Rod Funseth and Bruce Crampton following in the top four.
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Dave O'Hara
Associated Press
Sutton, Mass
Dave Stockton
Massachusetts
Stockton
Ray Floyd
Pleasant Valley Country Club
Howard
Southern California
Floyd
Rod Funseth
Bruce Crampton
Funseth
Pleasant Valley
Arnold Palmer
Crampton
Charles Coody
Jonel ‘Hebert
Mike Reasor
Mike’ Hill
Homero Blancas
Graham
Liberal Beejays to Play Wednesday at Lightner Field
The Liberal Beejays headline Wednesday at Clint Lightner Field at 8 p.m. as Garden City mulls reviving town‑team baseball. The column argues for a compromise: hosting Beejays games several times a summer to boost local interest without forming a full town team.
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Bob
Garden City
Clint Lightner Field
Beejays
Southwest Kansas
Lightner Field
Fence Kansas
Football Parents Night at Garden City HS
Garden City High hosts annual football parents night Tuesday in the senior high lecture room at 7 p.m. Payne Henson, in his second season as head coach, oversees a one hour program including a 15 minute video of the 1970 Buffalo season. All parents of players are invited to meet the GSCH coaching staff and learn about the gridiron program.
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Garden City High
Payne Henson
GSCH
Buffalo
Henson
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