Casper Stages Western Victory Dance at 72nd Hole
Billy Casper clinched the Western Open with a six-foot par putt on the 72nd hole after a final round 69 to finish 11 under 272 at Midlothian. Hale Irwin and Larry Hinson tied for second at 273, with Casper earning $35,000 and joining golf legends in the millionaires club as Art Buffalo Bill won his fourth Western Open title history notes say.
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Chicago
Billy Casper
Casper
Kaiser International
Aml
J.C. Snead
Art Buffalo Bill
Willie Anderson
Midlothian
Larry Hinson
Hale Irwin
Caspar
Hinson
Irwin
Bruce Crampton
Bert Green
Art Wall
Arnold Palmer
John Mahaffey
Crampton
Jack Nicklaus
Palmer
Lee Trevino
Standings From A Busy Baseball Weekend
Summary of multiple games across days with teams Pittsburgh New York Chicago Los Angeles Cincinnati Saint Louis San Francisco Philadelphia Houston Montreal Atlanta San Diego and others. Results include high scoring wins and split results across Saturday Sunday Tuesday and Wednesday, noting scores and partial rain delays.
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Pittsburgh
Montreal
New York
Chicago
Los Angeles
Cincinnati
Atlanta
San Francisco
St. Louis
Philadelphia
San Diego
Houston
Cleveland
Milwaukee
Boston
Detroit
Baltimore
Oakland
Kansas City
Texas
Minnesota
California
Associated Press
Wa. L. Pet. G.B. Chicago
ADS
Frank Robinson
Jimmie Foxx
Bill Sudakis
New York Mets
Chicago Cubs
Braves
Bison Lose Two in Elkhart Invitational Tourney
Garden City youth baseballers finished fourth in the Elkhart Invitational. They lost to Hutchinson 60 in the winners bracket semi final and to Hugoton 3-1 in the third place game. Hutchinson swept Garden City 8-0 in a June 3 twin bill and won the tourney. Garden hosts a 2 p.m. non league game with Larned on Clint Lightner Field in Garden City.
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Elkhart
Garden City
Bill Clement
Garden
Eldhart
Bison
Hutchinson
Hutch
Hugoton
Larned
Clint Lightmer
Hatch
Clyde Harmon
Terry Lucas
Ent
Gorden
Stan Erwine
T. Barrows
Independence Day Slow-Pitch Tourney Opens with 26 Teams
Twenty-six teams from nine towns compete in the two-field Independence Day tournament on Fansler and Clint Lightner fields. Action continues tonight with eight games, then through Tuesday and Wednesday. Saturday results include National Beef, Ehresman Packing, Knights of Columbus, and Oasis wins, with several forfeits. Tonight’s schedule features Southwest Carpet, Ehresman Packing, and Santa Fe Motors, among others, in winners and losers bracket play.
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Fansler
Clint
Lightner
Meade
Deerfield
National Beef
Liberal
Pepsi-Cola
Ehresman Packing
Peerless Plastics
Knights of Columbus
Burtis Motors
Quint Automotove
Tumbleweed Inn of Lakin
Keller-Leopold
Galacty, Inc
G.I. Forum
Vi’s Liquor
Oswalt Industries
Granada
Colo
Lions
Southwest Carpet
Meade, Ehresman Packing
National
Smith Implement
Tribune
the Oasis
Quint Automotive
Santa Fe Motors
Keller- Leopold
Forum
Pappas Concrete
Scott City Sports Center
Kinney ¢Flass
Farmland Foods
Sracker
Tumbleweed Inn of
Lakin
Burtis Motor Co
Vis Liquor of
Granada Lions
Machine Supply
Bocats
Pepsi- Cola
Galaxy, Inc
Vis Liquor
Fansler Field
G.I
Second of Four Horseman is Dead
Elmer Layden former Notre Dame back with the Four Horsemen died at 70 in Northwestern University Medical Center after six months illness. He helped Notre Dame to a 9-0 season and 1924 Rose Bowl win. Layden served as NFL commissioner 1940s then moved to private business. survivors include three sons and a daughter.
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Chicago
Elmer Layden
Davenport
Four Horsemen of Notre Dame
Layden
Northwestern University Medical Center
Harry Stuhldrener
Don Miller
Jim Crowley
Notre Dame
Stanford
Grantland Rice
Stuhldreher
Miller
Crowley
Uayden
National Football League
Rainbow League slow-pitch girls tournament kicks off
Eleven teams from Garden City, Scott City, Hoxie, and Oklahoma City compete at Cleaver Field Finnup Park in a five day event. The 15 team double elimination tournament runs through Wednesday Independence Day with seven games Sunday and four Saturday. All weekend games were in the winners bracket and tonight’s four losers bracket contests set the slate at 7 pm Oranges against Holcomb and Greens versus Scott City Sports Center with 9 pm Houle versus Appel Sheet Metal.
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Scott City Sports Center
Kinney
Clint Lightner
Peerless Plasting
Keller. Leopold
Tumbleweed
Inn of Lakin
Pappas Concrete
Pepsi-Cola
Oswalt, Industries
Meade
Tumbleweed-Pappas
Rainbow League
Cleaver Field
Finnup Park
Garden City
Scott Cuy
Hoxie
Oklahoma City
Oranges Va
Holcomb
Pam
Greens
Scott City
Houle
Appel Sheet Metal
Baltimore Boss Blisters Ump Over Evans
Orioles manager Earl Weaver derides umpire Jim Evans after a doubleheader loss to Detroit 5-3 and 1-0. The dispute centers on a fourth inning call involving Norm Cash, who Weaver claimed was not hit by a pitch. The defeat leaves Baltimore four games behind New York in the AL East.
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Associated Press
Earl Weaver
Baltimore Orioles
Jim Evans
Weaver
Tigers
Detroit
Norm Cash
Jim Palmer
Duke Sims
Amelio Rodriguez
Orioles
Evans
Cash
Yankees
New York
Hutch Tops In Tourney
Hutchinson won the second youth baseball tournament in Elkhart by defeating Hooker Oklahoma 3-1 in the championship. Hugoton beat Garden City’s Bison 3-1 for third, and Dumas Texas topped Lamar Colorado 74 in five innings due to dust and rain. Eight teams from four states competed, mostly American Legion entries.
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Hutch
Hooker
Okla
Elkhart
Hugoton
Garden City
Bison
Dumas
Tex
Lamar
Colo
Oklahoma
Kansas
Colorado
Texas
American Legion
Connie Mack
Spearman
Nick Tourney
Elkhart E
Hutchinson
Texas Golfers Sizzles To Bay Amateur Crown
Ben Crenshaw, 21, Austin, Texas, shot a 4 under par 65 Sunday to win the 12th Northeast Amateur Invitational by seven strokes at Wanamansett Country Club. His 275 total broke the tournament 18 hole record and surpassed the previous scoring mark set in 1970.
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Rumford
R.1
Ben Crenshbaw
Austin
Tex
Wan‘namoisett Country Club
Alan Miller
For Pete's Sake Fitness Guide
The text outlines daily, practical steps for better fitness and posture. It covers sitting, waltzing, running jogging, lifting, climbing, standing, and maintaining movement to improve appearance, physical fitness, and attitude. Emphasizes correct form, avoiding leg crossing, using hips and core, and staying active.
Garden City Dart-In shines at Amarillo June Classic
Garden City tied for fifth and sixth in a 32-team field at Amarillo Tex. Dart-In of Garden City won three games and lost two in a double elimination event. They beat Argonautts 12 8 and lost to Jay Lee Milligan 12 9 before beating Arlan Insurance 8 4 and College Inn 4 4 then edged Milligan 9 3 in a late night rematch. The tourney featured teams from Amarillo San Angelo Midland Lubbock and Tucumcari with Dart-In as the lone Kangas entry.
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Dart-In
Garden City
Amarillo
Tex
Freddi Medina
San Angelo
Midland
Jand Lubbock
Tucumcari
Darton
Arlan Insurance
College Inn
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Hubert, Green
Jon Mahatfey
Bruce Devlin
George Archer
Bob Murphy
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van Campen
Andy
Kent Bressler
Rolla
Seattle
Grayling
Mich
Ed Eliason
Join Williams
Fort Myers
Steve Lieberman
Reading
Pia
Vicki Cook
Minneapolis
St. Patile
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Pat Dobson
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Bobby Murcer
Ron Blomberg
Roy White
Fred Beene
Dave May
Ellie Rodriguez
Jim Colborn
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Deron Johnson
Blue Moon Odom
Rollie Fingers
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Jim Kaat
Bill Singer
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YMCA
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Associated Bankers
Fleming
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