Startling Kansas City rookie shatters debut with two homers
Berto Campaneris, a 21-year-old Cuban rookie, joined the Kansas City Athletics after an injury to Wayne Causey. He belted two home runs and a single, driving in three as KC edged Minnesota 4-3 in 11 innings. His first at bat on the day produced a left field homer off Jim Kaat, making him one of six players to homer on the first pitch, and he added a second homer in the seventh to become the second rookie ever with two first-game homers. Doc Edwards delivered the deciding blow in the 11th with a homer off Gerry Arrigo.
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Final Games of Slow-Pitch Juco Alumni First Round Slated Tonight
Four men's league slow-pitch softball games were played at Fansler Field Thursday night. Final four contests of the first round are scheduled there tonight. Results include Pierceville beating Century Refinery 12 to 2 in seven frames and Earl's 66 Service edging Red Balloon 12 to 11. Also, Friday Methodist Church topped Santa Fe Motors 11-7 and Garden City Sales Co. defeated Western Auto Store 11-0 in eight innings. The story notes upcoming Garden City Juco Alumni football game set for Sept. 5 at the new high school stadium, with local organizers seeking players.
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Christen Ben Grain
Pierceville
Century Refinery
Martgin
Eriors
Errol Miller
Marvin James
Vern Beavers
Century
John Carr
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Ted
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Santa Fe Motors
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Lloyd Deremus
Rod Rogers
Tom Cole
Larry Colson
Bob Multon
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Hollis Pettz
Garden City Sales Co
Nudge Western Auto Store
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Fred Chaffin
Frank Kinney
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Radio Team Sets Industrial Pace at Jaycee Airlinks
Modern Radio remains undefeated at 5-0 in the Men's Summer Industrial Golf League through five weeks at Jaycee Airlinks. Twelve teams compete with handicap scoring. front nine and back nine results show FAA, Jaycees teams, and others trading wins as Russell Bray and Bernie Caldwell post notable scores.
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Red Balloon
Campbell Insurance
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Rangers Tops At Cimarron Cimarron Softball Crown Win
Greensburg angers romped to the championship in the district fast pitch tournament at Cimarron Crossing Park with about 150 in attendance. Dodge City, Pennington Sporting Goods, and Hewes Construction earned runners-up spots in a four-night double elimination event. Greensburg advances to the state Class A tourney at Great Bend starting June 6.
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Dorado Woman Captures Kansas Women’s Sand Greens Title
Dorothy Graham of El Dorado won the Kansas Women’s Sand Greens championship at Kingman in 147 after rounds of 74 and 73 in extreme heat. Joyce Anderson of Oakley took second with 155 and Ruth Gunn of Abilene was third at 158. Coach Bob Swift, famed for Major League tenure with Detroit, Philadelphia, and St. Louis clubs, was mentioned in error in the source.
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el Dorado
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Joyce Anderson
Oakley
Ruth Gunn
Abilene
Bob Swift
Detroit Tigers
Detroit
Philadelphia Athletics
St. Louis Browns
Kansas City
Baltimore
Lions Defeat Rotary Twice In Knothole Action
Lions defeat Rotary in both ends of a Minor League double header at Clint Lightner Field in Knothole youth baseball. In the B game Lions won 8-5 in three innings. the A game ended 12-2 in four frames on the run-ahead rule. Severtson had the lone Lions hit in the opener. Glaze, Hellman, and O Neal produced Rotary’s hits. Severtson, Cockriel and Nelson pitched for the Lions. Glaze and Pauley worked for Rotary. Dixie Walker, Milwaukee Braves coach, hails from Villa Rica, Georgia.
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Cockriel
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Talley
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Pauley
Rotary Triumphs In Extra Innings At Sublette
Garden City's Rotary Club team edged Sublette Jaycee squad 7 to 5 in ten innings. Salter earned the win in relief, facing the bases loaded with none out in the fifth, while Gorden starred with three hits including two singles. Sublette collected seven singles as Ellis took the loss.
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Rotarians
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Godwin
Montney
Steve Salter
Relef
Tony Gooden
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Moniney
Swhl
Kansas State Names New Baseball Coach
Kansas State University in Manhattan announced the appointment of Bob Brasher a Phillies scout as baseball coach for the Big Eight school succeeding veteran Ray Wauthier Brasher 32 will assume the post September 1 Wauthier quit earlier this month to teach full time at the school Brasher has scouted for the National League club the past four years and played three minor league seasons as a second baseman He also scouted for the Senators directed baseball schools at West Palm Beach Fort Pierce Flat Breckenridge Colo Pitching coach Whit Wyatt of the Milwaukee Braves won 22 games as a second year pitcher with Evansville in the Three I League in 1929.
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Philadelhia Phillies
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Ft. pEsaregs Flat
Breckenridge, Colo
Scott City Team Yellow Cab To Meet for District Title
Scott City and Yellow Cab of Garden City advance to tonight’s district fast pitch softball final for a state Class A berth at Great Bend. Scott City remains unbeaten, needing a second game if Cale wins, while Liberal Crickets and Kismet Komets fought through two tight losses.
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Scott City News Chronicle
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Tee Ball Tourney Action Opens With Close Games
First round play completed on two fields during the Optimist Club Tee-Ball League for girls ages 8 to 10. Cougars edged Jaguars 10 9 at Fansler Field, while Bobcats beat Lions 13 7 at Cleaver Field. Semifinals set for 5 30 p m today on both fields with Titans versus Rockets and Jets versus Missiles.
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Rockets
Jets
Missiles
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Weekend sports slate fills Friday through Sunday
Fractured schedule lists softball and baseball events across multiple fields. Friday features four slow pitch matchups at Fangler Field and a district women's fast-pitch final at Cleaver Field, plus Eagles and Titans leagues semifinals. Saturday caps with two-day state sand greens golf in Dodge City and Knothole baseball doubleheaders at Clint Lightner Field. Sunday covers men’s district tournament at Fansler Field and a Major League Knothole doubleheader with Knights versus Biks.
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Church of the Nazarene
Kemper Electric
Gardiner Dairy
Heineman Agency
P.m
Renick Drugators
Garden Hello Lumber
Burtin Mar Eette Reed-Stinemetz Excavators P
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Clint Lightner
Kiwanla
Stiminers
Cleaver Field
Titans
Rockets
Monster Field
Jets
Missiles
Independence
Frnsler Field
Jaguars
Lions
Eagles
Garland Furniture
Garden City
Knothola
Belles
Rotary
Dodge City
Fansler Field
Clint Lightier
Knights
Biks
Kiwanis
Mowry's 206 Tops Key Play In Garden Bowl League
Mowry of Credit Union tops individual game with 206 as Hi Plains Mixed League completes week eight at Garden Bowl. Clinton Bulkley leads men’s series with 554. Daryl Courtney posts best women’s game 197 and series 522. Five Points Carry-Out reaches 687 as team best. Root's Construction 1,985 tops team series.
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Larry Mowry
Credit Union
Garden Bowl
Hi Plains
Clinton Bulkley
Daryl Courtney
C&e
Root’s
Reed- Stinemetz
Raoot
Scott
Massey- Ferguson
Krebs Construction
Strackeljohn Tops A Flight at Garden City Country Club
Katherine Strackeljohn won the A flight on ladies day at Garden City Country Club in a blitd bogey format. Erdene Corley, Kay Wells and Sibyl Miller tied for top honors in the C flight while Nattey Woods won the D flight. Next Tuesday’s event is It Pays to Play the Fairway.
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Katherine Stackeljohn
Garden City Country Club
Erdene Corley
Kay Wells
Sibyl Miller
Nattey Woods
Louise Gondles
Betty Waters
Katherine Strackeljohn
Ruth Hooker
Lamoine Jones
Esther Hinkle
Vesta Korff
Jo Dickerson
Grace Craig
Marian Hess
Sally Robinson
Mar
Zikes Captures Key Tourney Lead
Les Zikes rolled up a commanding lead in the opening round of the Invitational Amateur Bowling Tournament of the Americas in Miami. The Palatine, AL bowler tallied 202 287 233 278 for a 871 series, edging Carlos Munoz of Guatemala City who scored 782 to stand second in the men’s division.
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