Bye Bye Bertie Ends Blyleven Era With Aces Farewell
Bert Blyleven faced taunting from Minnesota fans as he left the mound after a 3-2 loss to the California Angels amid rumors he would be traded to Texas. The outing included nine strikeouts and his 1,400th career strikeout, but no 100th win. Angels defeated the Twins in foggy conditions while Chicago White Sox, New York Yankees, Cleveland Indians, Oakland A’s, and Detroit Tigers won their games in AL action.
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Associated Press
Bert Blyleven
Minnesota
Texas Rangers
Twins
California Angels
Chicago White Sox
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox
Cleveland Indians
Baltimore Orioles
Oakland A's
Kansas City
Blyleven
California
Frank Tanana
King and His Court Tour Draws Garden City Crowd
The King and His Court, led by Eddie Feigner, drew 1,400 to 1,500 fans for a two hour fast-pitch softball exhibition at Clint Lightner Field. Garden City All-Stars lost 6-4 as Feigner struck out 14 in 31 plate appearances, showcasing tricks like blindfolded pitching. The event, a joint Kiwanis and City Recreation Dept. promotion, featured a mix of showmanship and competitive play with players from Garden City and visiting teams. Feigner’s squad, on its 31st annual tour, heads to Denver after Oklahoma City, then Canada and the Dominican Republic.
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Bob Greer
King
Garden City
Clint Lightner
Eddie Feigner
Feigner
Oklahoma City
Denver
Canada
Dominican Republic
Kiwanis
Garden
Bob Gibson
Pappas Concrete
Pete Scheeter
Dank
Welding Crew
Butch Knight
Motor Electric
Frank Medina
Dart-In
Les Barber
al Jackson
Eddie Feigner, Jr
Gary West
Medina
Knight
Mesa
Gibson
Whiteley
Younger
Track greats, pole vault and shot put world records set
Earl Bell of Arkansas State set a world pole vault record with 18 feet 7 inches at the US federation championships in Wichita. Marianne Adam of East Germany improved her shot put world mark to 71 feet 4 inches during Olympic qualifier at Karl Marx Stadium Berlin. Olympia Beer, skippered by Billy Schumacher of Seattle, won the 45th President’s Cup Regatta in Washington. Max Carey, 86, Hall of Fame base stealer for the Pirates, died after a long illness in Miami.
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Track & Iri
Wichita
Kan
Earl Bell
Arkansas State University
United States Track and Field Federation
Berlin
Marianne Adam
East Germany
Karl Marx Stadium
Washington
Olympia
Beer
Billy Schumacher
Seattle
Miami
Max Carey
Pittsburgh Pirates
Rugby Team To Be Talked In Town Meeting
A meeting planned for tomorrow night at 7 30 at the Civic Center aims to discuss forming a local rugby team. Veteran player Brian OConnell of Manhattan will explain the game to interested residents and gauge the interest for a regional league including Garden City.
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Civic Center
Brian O'Connell
Manhattan
Garden City
Tennis Signups By Wednesday
City Recreation Dept offers two summer tennis lesson sessions with four levels from June 7 to July 2 and July 5 to July 30. Deadline to sign up is Wednesday and June 30 for the second series. Fees are 4 dollars for youths and 5 dollars for adults. Call Civic Center for details.
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City Recreation Dept
Civic Center
Archery Signup Deadline Near
City Recreation Dept. offers archery lessons with Cathy Jameson as instructor in the parking lot west of Clint Lightner Field. First session runs June 7 to July 3, second July 15 to 30. Fee four dollars per session. Classes Monday Wednesday Friday. groups from 4 to 5 pm and 5 to 6 pm. Enrollees must sign up by tomorrow to help gauge attendance.
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City Recreation Dept
Cathy Jameson
Clint Lightner
Cornell Lacrosse Captures 1976 NCAA Title in OT Victory
Cornell wins the 1976 NCAA lacrosse championship with a 16-13 overtime win over Maryland. Attackman Mike French scores seven goals, tying the tournament record, as the Big Red claim the title during the holiday weekend.
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Providence
B.L
Cornell
Mike French
Big Red
Marylands
Maltbie Wins Memorial in Playoff Beat Irwin on Nicklaus Course
Roger Maltbie dazzled at Muirfield Village to capture the inaugural Memorial title in a four-hole playoff against Hale Irwin. The 25-year-old Californian birdied the 18th to win $40,000, saying the victory over Nicklaus on his own course felt like destiny.
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Dublin
Ohio
Roger Malthie
Malthie
Jack Nicklaus
Fve
Nicklaus
Hale Irwin
Muirfield Village
Irwin
Maltbie
Hale
Baseball scores and schedules from a midsummer slate
Results show New York routing Detroit and Minnesota sweeping Texas while California edged Minnesota in a 14 inning thriller. Tuesday games feature Milwaukee at Detroit and New York at Boston with several interleague matchups amid a busy week of late-innings dramas across the circuit.
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Oakland
Kansas City
Cleveland
Baltimore
New York
Boston
Detroit
Milwaukee
California
Minnesota
Chicago
Texas
Broberg
Coleman
Figueroa
Polo
Singer
Brett
Ryan
Nesota
Redfern
Bird
Bahnsen
Houston
Atlanta
Philadelphia
Montreal
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
San Diego
San Francisco
Cincinnati
Los Angeles
Strom
Atanta Ruthven
Halicki
Sutton
Los Ang
Associated Press
Phila
Pitts
St Baltimore
Milwkee
Kaw City A
Houston A
San Fran
Atlanta California
Los Angles
St Louis
Pappas Concrete Wins 23-Team Memorial Day Tourney
Pappas Concrete of Holcomb captured the 23-team Memorial Day weekend slow-pitch title at Finnup Park, edging Motor Electric 15-14 in eight innings after a back-and-forth final. Final standings saw Motor Electric second Quint Automotive third and Dart-In fourth with 44 games played over four days.
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Pappas Concrete
Holcomb
Finnup Park
Pappas
Motor Electric
Quint Automotive
Dart-In
Ron Schwartz
Dave Novack
Jim Johnson
Dart- In
Quint
Motor
Bob's 83
Lakin Texaco
Peerless Plastics
Ulysses
Dank's Wrecking Crew
Western Printing
Liberal
Craig Construction
Mickey's Carpet Service
Oswalt
Sunflower Electric
First National Bank of Tribune
Ehresman Packing
Santa Fe Motors
Deerfield
Garden City Co-op
Garst and
Thomas
Bob's
V's Liquor Store
Garden City Farm Center
Oswalt Division
Poor House Lounge
Colorado Springs
Obholz Meats
Craig
Obhalz Meats
Garst
First National Bank of Tribute
House Lounge
Literal
Vi's Liquor Store
Obholz Meats of
Liquor Store
Young Miler Is Meet Highlight At Midstates Meet
Donna Fox of Bassett set Nebraska’s fastest women mile at 5:11.2 and added a 2:19.3 half mile as the Midstates Federation Track and Field Championships drew about 3,000 fans and 700 athletes in Cozad. Meet records also noted in long and high jumps across girls and boys divisions.
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Cozad
Neb
Donna Fox
Bassett
Nebraska
Midstates Federation
North Platte
Miss Fox
Brenda Ward
Indy 500 Weather Forecast Sparks Race Delays
In Indiana, a persistent weather forecast saga marred the 1976 Indianapolis 500 as rain delays shelved the race. Johnny Rutherford edged A J Foyt and Gordon Johncock amid meteorologists’ controversial forecast.
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Indianapolis
National Weather Service
Johnny Rutherford
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Johncock
Wally Dallenbach
Pancho Carter
Tom Sneva
al Unser
Mario Andretti
Salt Walyther
Bobby Unser
Lloyd Ruby
Jim Gilmore
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RBI
Mickey Stanley
Rusty Staub
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Don Money
Garden City Telegram Weesday
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