Lake McKinney hosts first fishing contest turnout strong
Forty five anglers competed in the Lake McKinney Fishing Contest sponsored by Finney County Parks Fish and Game Commission. Participants reported catching 300 to 400 fish mostly carp and bullheads amid windy weekend conditions. Winners included Larry Anderson in the individual division with 626 points and Jack Huber as runner up. junior winner Troy Huber and other prize categories noted.
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Bob Greer
Lake McKinney
Finney County
Larry Anderson
Evans
Bullheads
Carp
John Huber
E. Chestnut
Jack
John
Channel
Troy Huber
Rocky Cornelius
Bullhead
David Boddiser
Bryan Moffett
Henry Ee
Johnson
Lake Loses a Big Catfish at McKinney Lake
Gene Sullivan of Gallen City landed a 12 pound 1 ounce channel catfish measuring 29 inches at Lake McKinney. He fished about 5:45 p.m. with live tadpoles, aided by his wife Fonda and sons Jeff and Jay, after hours of fishing near the lake outlet. The catch, the largest channel cat he has hauled from McKinney, came during a casual outing not part of the annual contest.
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Mary Pleeger
Jamie Obholz
Lake McKinney
Shobe
Gene Sullivan
Gallen City
Sullivan
Holcomb
Garden Citlan
Fonda
Jef
Jay
McKinney
Packers Are Tops In Granada Meet
Granada Colorado Ehresman Packing won the team championship of the Granada Invitational Tourney for men slow pitch softball. The 22 team, four day meet finished with an all Garden City final as Ehresman beat Weeden Aviation 19 11 in the title game. Weeden had risen through the losers bracket after beating Ehresman 12 11 the previous game. The championship tilt stretched to 2 a.m. Sunday after a long rally in the final games. Weeden defeated Kinney Glass 21 11 in a six inning game due to the runs ahead rule and Kinney eliminated 17 15 by C S Machine of Lamar. The Glassers were missing Wally Bascue and Jerry Roth. Weeden later fell 15 4 in five frames to Ehresman, dropping back into the losers bracket, where they eliminated Granada Mo Par 11 10 in a tight finish for a shot at the final. Jenny Lalicker went 8 for 10 in the last three Weeden games. Granada Mo Par placed third and Syracuse, a new team, finished fourth. A 10 member all tournament team was named, six from Garden City. Weeden Aviation placed Susane Croslin, William Knight, and Jerry Lalicker. From the champion Ehresman team were Alan Rupp and Mike Brungardt. Jim Nieman of Kinney Glass was also named.
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Granada
Colo
Ehresiman Packing
Garden City
Ehresman
Weeden Aviation
Weeden
Ehires- Iwan
Garden City Fire
Kinney Glass
Kinney
C&s Machine
Lamar
Glassers
Wally Bascue
Jerry Roth
Ehresman Packers
Aviators
Granada Mo
Garden’ City
Susane Croslin
William
Butch) Knight
Jerry Lalicker
Bhresman
Alan Rupp
Mike Brungardt
Jim’ Nieman
Hooker
Dodge City
Colby
Grinnell
Garden
Hugeten
Kevin Sterling
Albert ‘Mega
Mack Douglass
Hugoton
Dodge
Russ Boone
Richard Oeding
Bison
Buthone
Terry Bradstreet
Kiely Hays
Billy Burrows
Steve Doll
Ken Braley
Gorden
Gamin
Rec Slates for Two Days Listed
City Recreation Dept schedules two days of baseball and softball at multiple fields. Today features Jets versus Offers and Lions versus Shriners at Clint Lightner and Fansler fields, with several other matchups at Cleaver Garden Zoo and Prep venues. Wednesday continues with games across Clint Lightner Fansler Cleaver Garden Zoo and Jennie Wilson fields, including area teams facing Ulysses Rav, Kinney Glass, and Indians versus Yanks.
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City Recreation Dept
Clint Lightner
Jets
Offers
iTwins
Oilers
Lion
Shriners
Fansler
Red
Gulf Service
Sublette
Dodge City
Fansler Tires
Cleaver Field
Scorpio
Aries
Holcomb
Chipmunks
Jupiter
Whites
Reds
Gok
Blacks
Garden League Field
Gardendale
Sioux
Pawnees
Garee City Bison
Ulysses
Fansler Field
A&w ‘Root Bear
Ehresman Packing
Pappas Concrete
Triple-S Steel
Kin ‘Ney Glass
P.m
Virgo
Gemini
Rabbits
Bunnies
Falcons
Eagles
Greens
Oranges
Roserve
Orchids
Carnations
Taillies
Zoo League Field
Big Field and Crowd at Garden City Raceways Card Day
A large field and diverse events highlighted the fourth week of 1971 summer racing at Garden City Raceways Sunday night. Winners included Cecil Maupin III in micro midgets, with Roger Sterling taking the motorcycle trophy dash.
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Garden City Raceways
Cecil Maupin III
Dodge City
Wichita to host 1971 Women's State Amateur Championship
About 125 golfers are expected to enter the 54 hole medal play championship June 14 to 17 at Rolling Hills Country Club Wichita. The event is sponsored by the Kansas Women's Golf Association. Dianne Wilson of Prairie Village, defending champion, is expected to compete. Entries close Monday.
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Wichita
Rolling Hills Country Club
Kansas Women’s Olf Association
Dianne’ Wilson
Prairie Village
Kan
Cardinals Rally In 10th To Split NL East Lead
Ted Simmons grounded a ball ruled foul but scored the winning run in the 10th as St. Louis beat Atlanta to stay a half game ahead of Pittsburgh in the NL East. Priddy disputed calls while Orlando Cepeda was ejected after a Braves loss. Pittsburgh won 11-6 with four homers at Wrigley Field as Shargell drove in the league lead RBI total.
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Atlanta
Ted Simmons
St. Louis Cardinals
Bob Priddy
Simmons
Cardinals
Priddy
Sheiney
Manty Alou
Alou
Willie Stargell
Pittsburgh
Orlando Cepeda
Bob Engel
Braves
Hiamk Aaron
Ralph Gaar
Zoilo Versalles
Ron Reed
Ted Sizemore
Reed
Chicago
Wrigley Field
Shargell
al Oliver
Bob Robertson
Pirates
Billy Williams
Cubs
RBI
Garden Bison aim to improve after tough stretch
Garden City youth baseball squad the Bison stand 2-8 after a Sunday doubleheader. Manager Duane Hays says hitting is coming but misplacements and errors hurt. Highlights include a 6-3 comeback win over Great Bend and losses to Dodge City.
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Garden City
Bigon
Duane Hays
Bison
Hays
Garden
Great Bend
Okla
Hugoton
Tfternoon
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Jack Huber
Weir Serer
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Cecil. Maupin
Doug Hapes
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Wayne Scott
Gary Walsh
Mike Ward
Cecil Maupin II
Charley Cummins
Gardon Bucy
Cecil Maupin Ill
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Kant
Ted Shoemaker
Jerry Shoemaker
Billy Daugherty
Gail Burkle
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Charlie 'Powson
Nowhon
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Don Nubsch
Jerry Bird
Examville
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