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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1969
Page
8
Deane Beman tables a mystery program and holds a one stroke edge at Cypress Creek as 1969 US Open action continues. Bob Murphy and Miller Barber sit two behind at 138 while Nicklaus and Palmer contend, Trevino misses the cut.
National League East leads with Chicago and New York atop the table as Montreal and Atlanta trail. American League East features Baltimore and Boston in front, with several teams bidding for the playoffs amid Friday results and upcoming doubleheaders. A Shenandoah Downs note adds local racing color with High Impact ridden by Deborah MacFarlane at Shenandoah Downs in Charles Town, W Va.
In a Friday Fansler Field double bill, Fansler Tires routed Carmelita's Cafe 17 to 0 in five innings as McNaught limited the opponents to one hit. Sublette topped C K Minter Drilling 16 to 1 in five innings with V Davis driving a triple and two singles. Next week six women’s league games are set at Fansler Field with three games per night including a makeup.
In a dense layup of schedule notes and results, K-18 and Minor League teams such as Mone over IGOF and KC Blues over Reds are listed along with numerous prep and garden leagues. The item also notes Harvard heavyweight rowing tying Yale on the Thames and Michigan State coach Duffy Daugherty serving on the American Football Coaches Association board.
Doris Pagan and Nelle Lile won the 18 hole division at Garden City Country Club on Tuesday during regular weekly ladies day. Post poker hand was the round format. Winners in the 9 hole and 6-7 other flight groups named, with pairings listed for Tuesday’s scores on three beet holes and multiple contestants across A and B flights.
Major League Leaders include Carew and F Robinson atop batting with .390 and .332. Robison leads runs with 48 while Killebrew drives in 50. Home runs see Petrocelli and Jackson at 20. Harper 31 steals. M narrows. Pitching leaders show Melnally 8 0 and Lyle 5 0 with 1.000. Strikeouts topped by McDowell 95.
Garden City enters the fifth and sixth games of the 1969 summer season at Dodge City with a 3-1 record after consecutive wins. Manager Walt Johnson leads the squad into 5:30 and 8 p.m. games, hoping to rebound from a 1-0 season opener loss to Dodge City on June 4. The club has defeated Sublette, Pratt, and Hooker, with six runs allowed in four games, and weather delays have postponed three others. Garden City will host Colby Friday and dodge City a week from tonight in a return double header.
Robert Guy and Jesse Price combined for 51 points to lead the U S Midwest College All Star basketball team to an 87 79 victory over Vs Praha of Czechoslovakia Friday night Guy scored 30 points and Price 21 as the Americans stretched their tour wins to three straight games.
Frank Robinson powered a 5-2 Orioles win over the White Sox with a sixth inning run, an eighth inning tying hit, and a ninth inning two RBI single to seal the victory. Weaver praised Robinson's clutch play as he continues to excel at the plate with a .322 average and 14 homers through the season. The article also notes other AL results from that night and highlights Robinson’s timely decisions and speed on the bases.
HOYLAKE England AP Bill Hyndman III age 53 the oldest finalist in 36 years faces defending champion Mike Bonallack in a 36 hole final round Hyndman expresses worry about fatigue though he feels he is playing his best golf and aims for a Walker Cup berth after beating two teenaged players 3 and 2 in quarter and semifinal rounds at Royal Liverpool Golf Club, laying out a sunlit 6 960 yard course.
Juan Marichal pitched the Giants to a 4-2 win over the Expos, boosting his season mark to 7-2 and career record to 177-79 for a .691 winning percentage, the highest in baseball history. The article notes his seventh complete game and mentions other NL games from that night and a Georgia Tech study on diesel exhaust odors resembling popcorn.
Pedro Carrasco of Spain retained the European lightweight boxing title with a 15 round decision over countryman Miguel Velazquez in Madrid.
Garden City hosts a two day men s slow pitch invitational at Fansler Field Finnup Park with eight teams from six towns including Garden City Dodge City Spearville Ulysses Liberal and Plains. First round games start tonight at 7 8 9 and 10 p m with Sunday brackets and finals to follow.
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