Standings and schedules from the major leagues
The Associated Press reports standings for the American and National Leagues with Chicago leading the NL at 16 13 and Pittsburgh 12 11 in second. Weeklong schedules show games in progress and upcoming.
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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1973
Page
3
The Associated Press reports standings for the American and National Leagues with Chicago leading the NL at 16 13 and Pittsburgh 12 11 in second. Weeklong schedules show games in progress and upcoming.
Garden City junior college finished fifth and last in a one day women's fast pitch tournament at Marymount College Salina. St Benedictine College won, Kansas Wesleyan runner up, Marymount third, McPherson fourth. Garden played two games losing 15 1 to St Benedictine and 25 20 to McPherson in a 45 run marathon. Crystal Barber led with three hits including a homer and five runs. Virginia Holmes three hits. Deann Trayer and Shirley Waller had two each. All eight games were vs four year colleges. final 1 7 for Garden City.
Johnny Bench blasted three homers off Steve Carlton in Philadelphia and equalized the major league record with four straight, driving in seven on the night. Cincinnati still needed a two-run homer by Dave Concepcion in the ninth to beat Philadelphia 9-7. Bench, recovering from December lung surgery, added a center-field homer in the first, a third-inning walk, a fifth-inning three-run shot, and a seventh-inning two-run blast.
Ingalls won the girls division and Montezuma the boys title at the Santa Fe Trail Elementary League annual track meet. The one day event featured grades six to eight with several hundred participants at Southwestern Heights High School. Moscow and Copeland led boys honors while Ingalls dominated girls events with strong performances across multiple relays and field events.
Abe Hubert Junior High placed sixth of twelve at the Hutchinson Invitational. McPherson won with 50 points. Central Junior High 41. Dodge City 28. Garden City 17. Top junior buffalo finish was second by Phil Garcia in the halftim. Remaining meet on schedule is the West Central Kansas League junior high meet Friday at Dodge City.
St. Mary’s School of Garden City enjoyed a banner showing at the Lamar Invitational for junior high tracksters. The Vikings set four school records and tied two as Lary Brungardt led with 14 points and two new marks. In lightweights St. Mary placed fourth. in heavyweights they were eighth among 10 teams.
In National Elliott's 227 pacing the high single game while Don Shantz led 590 in individual series. Barker Equipment posted top team marks of 1000 and 2969. Terrado Marilyn Jones notched 14 high game and Namey Derryberry 505 in series. Garden By-Products 04 and 2555 led team game and series. Housewives Legus Vola Proffitt 183 in a top individual game. Helen Hayz 483 as high single game. Mimi Market 730 led team game.
Garden City High School’s 1973 golf season concluded at Lake Barton near Great Bend as the Buffs failed to reach state in four and two man formats. Bishop Carroll’s Rod Nuckols earned medalist honors with a 70, while Hutchinson and Hays posted strong four man scores. Garden City finished fifth in four man and third in two man, with state meet berths decided by top squads and top individuals. Coach Russell Bray ends seven seasons with the Buffs as he departs for Claremore to oversee a new course project. the event also marked golf’s 14th season as a varsity sport at the school.
Hays High captured the West Central Kansas League track crown in an historic win, matching a 1955 championship by the Indians and featuring coach Jim Maska, a member of that 1955 squad. The article also notes Liberal High's Dodge City Invitational title and other regional sports tidbits.
Garden City Junior College wom en tennis wrapped spring with a 7 1 loss at Dodge City. Betty Jo Johns again coached GCIC netters. Singles results include Rene Coury defeating Dean Trayer 7 0 and Pam Rumery beating Kathy Nelson 9 1. Doubles saw Coury and Rumery beat Trayer and Nelson 9 2. Garden City had five singles players.
Florida regulators awarded the winter horse racing dates to Gulfstream Park. Gulfstream gets Jan 17 to March 4 in 1974, leaving Hialeah with a 49-day meet starting March 5. Hialeah officials had no immediate comment on a possible challenge.
LA coach Bill Sharman says the Lakers can overcome a 3-1 series deficit and win three straight to beat the Knicks in the Forum. West injures hamstring but plans to start. New York health includes Willis Reed and a hobbling Dave DeBusschare, while Las Vegas lists LA as a three point favorite for game five.
Bob Cousy labeled the game the strangest he had seen as the United States fell to the USSR 84 to 72 in the final of a six city series. Akim Zhormukhamedov led the Soviets with 16 points as Russia built an early lead and held off a late American rally despite heavy fouling and ejections. Ernie DiGregorio scored a game high 28 points before fouling out.
The annual all sports banquet for Garden City High School is planned for Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the junior college cafeteria. Ambassador Club of KYUL sponsors the event with Tony Jewell as master of ceremonies. John Lightner, former national wrestling champion now farming in Plymell, will be the featured speaker. He lettered in wrestling and football in high school and later won the national juco 177-pound title twice. The banquet will also honor junior college athletes and announce the all around athlete award for a versatile Buffalo senior.
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