Meador Wins NFL Players Association Community Award
Chicago AP says Ed Meador defensive back for the Los Angeles Rams won the Justice Byron R White Award at the NFL players association dinner. The honor recognizes the player with the greatest contribution to team league and community.
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Cubs Sweep Cards in Twin Bill to Open Eight-Game Lead
Cubs rout St Louis 8-1 and 12-1 to surge eight games ahead in the NL East as Williams tallies three hits and triples in the opener and Santo drives in five runs across the two games. Banks and Hundley homer as Selma wins, while the Cards fall further back. Mets defeat Pirates 7-3 and Phillies top Montreal 2-0 as Seaver shines.
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Vada' Pinson
Banka
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Santo
Randy Hundley
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Dick Selma
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Mike Shannon
Tom Seaver
Donn Clendenon
New York
Ed Charles
Cleon Jones
Lowell Palmer
Jerry Johnson
Phillies
Richie Allen
Rick Joseph
Larry Hisle
Hisle
Ron Stone
Willie Crawford
Dodgers
Alan Foster
Jim Brewer
Mae Alou
Joe Morgan
Rae
Willie Mee Covey
Reds
Giants
Chico Ruiz
Ryun to Ponder Running Future After AAU Meet
At the Miami AAU meet Jim Ryun quit the mile after falling behind as Marty Liquori won in 3:58.5. Evens set an AAU 440 record, John Carlos lowered the 220 record, and John Cole set a discus meet mark while Silvester fell short. Ryun said he quit the race and would do a lot of thinking about his running future.
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Garden City Legion-Elks go 2-1 in weekend baseball
Garden City American Legion-Elks junior team posted two wins and one loss. Johnny Bergkamp threw a one hitter in a 6-0 win against Scott City, while a 9-5 loss to Hugoton featured eight errors. Hugoton forfeited the second game as no pitcher was available. Next up, Garden hosts Hugoton Wednesday and hosts Elkhart Sublette triple weekend at Clint Lighter Field.
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Major League Leaders From The Associated Press
The leaders include batting averages with Carew at .375 and Alou at .358, runs by R. Jackson with 63, RBIs led by Killebrew at 67, and home runs headed by R. Jackson with 28. Pitching leaders show Leonhard and Baldschun among top 0.1000 and 0.857 figures respectively, with notable strikeout tallies by McDowell and Jenkins. The data spans both American and National Leagues with key names such as Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson, Hank Aaron, and Willie Mays appearing across categories.
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Prince Regent Favored For St Leger After Curragh Derby
Prince Regent the 6-4 favorite for the St Leger at Doncaster after his Irish Derby win over Ribofilio by a length on the Curragh. Ribofilio, Reindeer, Blakeney and Shoemaker are among the leading contenders with odds listed. The Irish Derby drew global attention as Irish Sweepstake tickets are sold in over 100 countries.
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Coody Wins Cleveland Open After Masters Collapse Haunts
Charles Coody overcame late nerves and a Masters miss to finish 271 nine under par at Aurora Country Club. Bruce Crampton finished runner-up at 273, with Bob Murphy and Bert Yancey tied for third at 275, while top players like Palmer and Nicklaus trailed. Coody earned $22,000, boosting year earnings to $67,000.
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John Schlee
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Lee Trevino
George Archer
Orville Moody
Weekend youth league baseball and softball schedule recap
Saturday schedules include Prep League Phillies 21 Chiefs 19 and Vikings 18 Chargers 9 with games at Clint Lightner Field and Jen tie Wilson School. Minor League features Jets vs Yankees 5 30 p m and Cowboys vs Senators 7 16 p m at Jen tie Wilson. other leagues list matchups and field times across Rotary and Garden City venues.
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Jentie Wilson School
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Rama
Panthre
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Hawks
Cleaver Field
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Falcons
Owla
Holcomb
Fansler Tires Sweep Omaha in Four-Game Softball Series
In a four game weekend inter state slow pitch series, Fansler Tires of Garden City defeated an Omaha Neb team 4-0 across two days. The series featured high scoring innings with Garden City edging 6-5 in opener, a 14-1 blowout, a 4-3 thriller, then an 8-0 final win for Fansler. Manager Bryce Roderick praised Marlene Knoll’s defense as Garden City prepares to visit Omaha in late July.
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Tigers Lose Ground In Tight AL Title Race
The Detroit Tigers, after a late rally in the opener, lost three of four to the Baltimore Orioles and fell 13 1/2 games behind the leaders in the American League East. Oakland and Kansas City posted several wins as Reg Gle Jackson and Tony Oliva fueled their teams. The day featured more baseball across the league with Washington Senators and Seattle also posting victories.
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Chico Salmon
Two Of Five Games Played In Men's Slow Pitch League
Two of five first round slow pitch softball games at Fansler Field Sunday night were played as the other three were forfeits due to earlier weather delays. Weeden Aviation defeated Five Points Vickers Service Station 14-0 in five innings, with Weeden's bats totaling 15 hits and strong defense. R Barnes led the winners with three singles, Guerrero belted two triples, Barnett added a triple and a single, while Obholz homered and singled.
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Fansler Field week hosts nightly slow pitch softball
A busy slate at Fansler Field Finnup Park brings nightly slow pitch softball contests. Tonight features three men games Carmelita's Cafe versus Ehresman Packing 7 30 p m A&W Root Beer versus Western Kansas Sporting Goods 8 30 p m Plymell against Five Points Vickers Service Station 9 30 p m. The schedule continues with second round Tuesday four men games Kinney Glass versus Ehresman Packing 7 p m Weeden Aviation versus Lee Collins Irrigation 7 45 p m Plymell versus Carmelita's Cafe 8 30 p m Western Kansas Sporting Goods versus A W Root Beer 9 15 p m. Wednesday three women games C K Minter Drilling versus Red's Gulf Service Station 7 p m Nu-Style Shoe Store against Carmelita's Cafe 8 p m Fansler Tires versus Sublette 9 p m. Thursday four men games G I Forum versus Five Points Service Station 7 p m Carmelita's Cafe versus Lee Collins Irrigation 7 45 p m Western Kansas Sporting Goods versus Weeden Aviation 8 30 p m Plymell versus Kinney Glass 9 15 p m. Friday begins an eight-team women invitational tourney with teams from Garden City Sublette Scott City and Hutchinson.
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