Holcomb to add intercity softball for five squads
Holcomb will launch a home and away softball program for boys and girls with Garden City. Five Holcomb squads in four divisions start Monday with games at Holcomb and Garden City, including tee-ball for under nine girls and boys, plus older girls and boys teams in regular softball. Schedule spans June games at Holcomb and Garden City venues with multiple matchups in the Zoo and Rainbow Leagues.
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Cieve Spencer
Garden League
Holcomb Girls
St. Mary's School
Gardendale Field
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Broncos
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Holcomb Va
Rams
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Skyline Garden City
Rainbow League of
Cleaver Field
Fivlcomb
Six Tilts on Sunday State Six Tilts on Sunday
Six Tilts on Sunday schedule for the state league features 10 teams at Fansler Field with afternoon bouts and nine more night games. Midpoint of the 45 game first round approaches next week as two rounds are planned for the summer. Afternoon events include Lee Collins Irrigation versus Five Points Service at 2 p.m. Ebresman Packing meets GI Forum at 3 p.m. GI Forum faces Lee Colling Irrigation at 4 p.m. Night matches list Weeden Aviation against Carmelit's Cafe at 7:30 p.m. Western Kaness Sporting Goods versus Plymell at 8:30 p.m. Kaney Glass battles ACW Root Beer at 9:30 p.m.
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Fansler Field
Lee Collins
Ebresman Packing
G.I. Forum
Lee Colling Irrigation
Weeden Aviation
Carmelit .'S
Western Kaness Sporting Goods
Plymell
Kaney Glass
ACW Root Beer
Namath Says He Quit Pro Football Then Might Return
Joe Namath announced retirement from the New York Jets amid tears and questions about his future. He cited loyalty to teammates and potential talks with Pete Rozelle, while his sale of interests in Bachelors III could influence any decision to return.
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East Side
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Rozelle
Annual Open Golf Tourney At Lakin Loucks Course
The Lakin Loucks Municipal Golf Course hosts its annual early summer open for men this Sunday. Four flights compete on 18 holes, with prizes for top three in each flight and a medalist trophy for best opening-nine score. entry is $5. Lunch, water, and good course conditions promised.
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Lennus Bostrom
Ness Links Meet Sunday at Ness County Country Club
Ness City Kansas opens its annual open men s golf tournament at Ness County Country Club seven miles north of town on US 283. Nine holes with sand greens par 36. Five flights 27 holes for the championship and 18 for others. Entry four dollars, tee times 7 to 10 a.m. Lunch at clubhouse, water available. Prizes include longest drive on No 3 and closest tee shot to pin on No 4.
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Ness City
Ness County Country Club
US 283
Missouri Tiger Signed By Dallas Cowboys
Elmer Boenhardt former Missouri defensive end signed Friday by the Dallas Cowboys. Boenhardt, 6-2 220 pounds, was drafted in the Cowboys eighth round and will be tried at line. The Mets will host 37 day and 37 night attractions next season.
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New York Mets
Zone Champion Syracuse Man Tops Trapshoot
AP reports after day two of Kansas state trapshooting winners include state doubles Justin Erker Conway Springs 97x100. Class A zone Leslie Slattery Syracuse 93 6x100. Class B Frank Kluckner Wichita 94x100. Class C Dave Pestinger Salina 93x100. Class D Craig Boddington Kansas City 97x100. Singles State AA A R Frigon Clay Center 100x100 99x100 Hollister Scott City Winsor Ashland 98x100 B 98x100 Kirkpatrick Newton 88x100 D Kirkpatrick Newton 88x100 Jayhawk Handicap Dennis O Bryon Baldwin 49x50 shootoff. Women Shirley Gunderson Overland Park 48x50.
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Kansas
Justin Erker
Conway Springs
Leslie Slattery
Syracuse
Frank Kluckner
Dave Pestinger
Salina
Craig Boddington
Kansas City
Shirley Gunderson
Overland Park
Duffers Deal At Dodge Sunday Golf Tourney
Dodge City's American Legion course hosts the annual duffers tournament Sunday. Five flights with three prizes each and two special prizes for longest drive on No 1 2 fairway and closest-to-pin on No 12. Tee-off 7 to 10 a.m. Entry $4. 18 holes per flight. sudden-death playoffs. Course features cottonseed hull greens.
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Dodge City
American Legion Course
No. 12
Legion
Ulysses Youth Among Jayhawk Letter Signers
National letters of intent show 35 players signing to enroll at the University of Kansas this fall on athletic scholarships. Coach Pepper Rodgers noted 19 signers from Kansas, nine from Kansas City Missouri, with two from beyond the Big Eight. Names include players from Lawrence, Shawnee Mission, Topeka, Wichita North, and other cities, plus signees from Oklahoma, Nebraska, Ohio, and Washington DC.
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Pepper Rodgers
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Kansas City
Mike Cerne
George Schuler
Geary King
John Ballard
Shawnee Mission South
Reggie Ballew
Atchison
Hank Bauer Jr
Jim Schumm
Bishop Miege
Mike Burton
Washington
Mickey Casey
Wichita
North
Bob Clements
Humboldt
Mike Douglas
Assauiias
Hal Edwards
Shawnee Mission East
Curt Casper
Salina
Danny Gay
Don Perkins
Topeka
Richard Jones
Columbus
Bob Martin
Ulysses
John Schroll
Hutchinson
Carl Searcy
Valley Center
Major League Draft Captures 1 042 Men
Major league teams scouted the nation for a record 1 042 players in the regular phase of the free agent draft. An additional 150 were chosen in the secondary phase. Mike Weaver son of Earl Weaver was picked in round 48 by Seattle for its Clinton Town farm club. He is a second baseman from Maplewool High School Richmond Heights Missouri.
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Mike Weaver
Baltimore
Earl Weaver
Weaver
Seattle
Clinton, Town
Maplewool High School
Richmond Heights
Carlos Honors Father With Black Armband At Coli Seum Meet
John Carlos, the world record holder, runs with a black armband and trunks band in memory of his father Earl who died at 74 in New York. He and Tommy Smith faced Olympic team dismissal last year over a raised fist display, while five years ago Jim Ryan became the first high schooler to break four minutes in the mile at the Coli seum. The event also features top milers Chuck LaBenz, Sam Bair, John Lawson, and Villanova runners Frank Murphy and Marty, plus a strong field in the pole vault and other track events.
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Los Angeles
John Carlos
Compton Coliseum
Carlos
Earl
New York
Tommy Smith
Mexico City
Smith
John
Jim Ryan
Chuck LaBenz
Arizona State
Sam Bair
Kent
Ohio
John Lawson
Villanova
Frank Murphy
Marty “A
Bob Sofgren
University of Southern California
Dick Rails
Fansler Tires Upsets Season Mark in Slow-Pitch Play
Fansler Tires of Garden City improved to 10 wins and no losses in women's slow-pitch softball after a doubleheader sweep of Bryan Hardware of Scott. Marsha McNaught pitched the opener, with Jackie Wides homering and driving in runs. In game two Glenda Biggs pitched, Cindy Billings went 4 for 5 with three singles and a double, as Fansler totaled 203 runs this season while allowing 13. The team hosts Omaha Berry's Jinx Body Shop in a four game interstate series at Fansler Field Finnup Park, with two games Saturday June 28 and two Sunday June 29, and also visits Hutchinson for a three game swing at VFW Field.
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Scott City
Bryan Hardware
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Glenda Biggs
Cindy Billings
Sue Hoffman
Fansler Tiras
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Berry
Jinx
Nebraskans
Finnup Park
Garden Cilahs
Hutchinson
VFW
West US 50
Roxy's Cafe
Fair Lumber Co
Garden
Hutchinson National Bank
Cincinnati
Ohio
Fansler’s
Two Women's Games Played at Fansler Field
A Friday night double header in the women's slow pitch league at Fansler Field featured Carmelita's Cafe defeating Nu-Style Shoe Store 11-7 in the opener, and Red's Gulf Service topping Sublette 12-4 in the nightcap as Sublette made its league debut.
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Carmelita’s Cafe
Red
Gulf Service
Sublette
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I. Perales
Carmelita
Cafe
Esther Geyer
P. Howard
Gulf
Vickie Arellano
Pat Sneller
C. Davis
V. Davis
Legion Elks Play Tonight in Garden City
Garden City's American Legion Elks junior baseball team hosts Pratt at Clint Lightner Field for their second home game of the 1969 season. Manager Walt Johnson sends Stan Bieker to the mound with Mike Bayer catching. lineup includes Boone, Douglass or Mesa, Bergkamp, Yost, Mesa, Purdy and Burroughs. Garden sits 1-1 after a 1-0 loss to Dodge City, then 10-3 win over Sublette.
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Mike Bayer
Jeff Boone
Jim Douglass
Alber Mesa
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John Yost
Art Mesa
Greg Purdy
Charles Burroughs
Dodge City
Sublette
Standings and Friday Results Across Major Leagues
Standings show Chicago leading the National League West with 36 wins and a .667 pace, New York 26 23 and Montreal 11 36 in the East. Friday results include Chicago 14 Cincinnati 8 and St Louis 6 Houston 3, with several AL games and upcoming Sunday matches listed.
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Baltimore
Local Results Baseball and Softball Action Across Leagues
Local results show K-18 league games with We-Kiwanis beating KG Beas and Blues defeating Ro-League. Minor leagues canceled, plays start Monday with multiple 7 to 9 pm doubleheaders at Clint Light Field. Garden and Prairie leagues schedule two dozen games across Garden City venues.
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