Royals owner plans nationwide tryouts to find non baseball athletes
Kansas City Royals owner Ewing Kauffman outlines a five year plan to win the American League pennant by founding tryout camps in major cities to recruit 17 or 18 year old high school graduates with exceptional athletic ability who have little or no baseball experience. He expects to select 24 players and costs about 500000 dollars in the first year.
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Garden City Busters End Tennis Season With 2 4 1 Dual Record
Garden City Junior College Busters finish the season 2 wins 4 losses 1 tie under coach John Sims. They competed at Hutchinson for the Jayhawk conference meet with no team score but three wins in six matches. Royce Cleveland led at No 1 singles, Scott Stuber won two matches at No 2, and Cleveland–Stuber paired in doubles before early elimination.
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Talley Receives Two Meet Invitations For Track
Ron Talley of Garden City High accepted invites to two major meets this weekend. He will compete in the Meet of Champions at Roosevelt Field in Wichita, in the 120 yard highs and possibly the long hurdle, after finishing fourth in the 180 yard low hurdles. Talley may also head to the Golden Midwest Invitational on June 7 at Elmhurst College in Illinois, though he has not decided.
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Bogue Tackle Signs With Garden City Community JC
Milt Young of Bogue High signed a letter of intent to play football for Garden City Community Junior College next fall. The 6-2, 245-pound tackle earned all league honors as a senior and played both offense and defense. Young also competes in track. parents are Mr. and Mrs. Francis Young of Bogue.
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Unnamed Baseball Plan Seeks Slum Talent Contract Camp
The proposal envisions signing disadvantaged boys to contracts with monthly salaries and year round Florida training camps to develop athletic and mental abilities. Tests would measure speed dexterity depth perception and reasoning. If promising, some could join rookie leagues within two years as a pennant dream fuels a founder who built a prior business empire.
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Healy Invites High School Girls Track Crowned
Healy High won five of 13 events to capture its first annual Healy Invitational. Healy beat Goodland 49-47 for the team title with Tribune third and Utica and Ness City tied for fourth. Winners included Donecker in the 50-yard hurdles and 70-yard sticks, Wilson in high jump and 100-yard dash, and Healy in the 440-yard relay. Other victors were Offutt in the 220 dash and Munsch in the broad jump, among others.
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Butler Runners Set National Meet Marks At NJCAA Finals
Butler County athletes set multiple records in the NJCAA track finals. Clardy Vinson, 19, from Topeka, broke the national junior college 880 record in 1:52.1 and competed in the mile relay. Don Callaway, El Dorado native and sophomore 21, posted 9:12.7 in the two mile to top the old mark by 8.5 seconds. Dave Palmer of Glendale, Arizona, won the finals with 4:11.2 and holds a 4:08.8 best from UCLA Relays. Doug Hawken of Glendale tied a career best 9.4 in the 100 and ran second in the 220. Len Gaskell of Mesa won the 440 intermediate hurdles in 52.2, a meet record and career best. Gaskell plans to attend USC next year.
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Wyandotte Star Signs Letter to Hutchinson JC
Walt Williams, Wyandotte High School all-state center, signed a letter of intent to attend Hutchinson Junior College next fall. The 6-5 senior averaged 18.1 points per game and helped Wyandotte win Class 5A state championships the last three years.
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10-Day Basketball Clinic Led by Buffalos Coach Shipley
A 10 day basketball clinic for boys in grades four through nine, taught by Garden City High Buffs head coach Curt Shipley, runs June 9–13 and June 16–20 at Garden City High gym. Sessions 1 hour 15 minutes daily, limit 20 per session, cost $10. Contact Shipley at 276 6410 or watch for a clinic application in the Garden City Telegram.
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Slow Pitch Tilts On Tap At Fansler Field
Schedule announced for three day string of slow pitch softball at Fansler Field. Tom Brungardt lists pairings and notes Sunday fees must be paid to fund the program. Carmelita's Cafe sponsors two teams under Carmelita's banner. Non league contests. no Saturday games this week with seven Sunday games including triple double-headers.
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Ace Highlights Jetmore Open
Jim Meyers of Dodge City won the closest-to-the-pin contest with a hole-in-one on the 144-yard No. 8 at Jetmore Country Club as 65 golfers competed in the one day event. Don Dome captured the championship flight with 2-under 68 while Curly Chamberlain placed second and Alvin Dixon took third. flight winners included Hunnecutt, Caseneda, Inge, Barnes, and Deel with multiple players earning top finishes in A to D flights.
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Non-League Softball Night At Fansler Field Highlights Three Games
Three adult softball tilts played at Fansler Field in Fimup Park on Wednesday night. A&W Root Beer edged G I Forum 6-5 in extras after Forum tied it late. A&W scored twice in the ninth while Forum left the tying run on base. Fansler Tires beat C K Minter Drilling 16-5 in five innings with Hoffman going 3 for 4. Lee Collins Irrigation defeated Carmelita's Cafe 12-5 in the nightcap.
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Net proceeds from Fansler Field softball benefit
A Sunday benefit at Fansler Field netted 154.90 for injured player William "Butch" Knight who suffers an ankle fracture and cannot work for some time. Five games featured local teams with umpire donation and a peak crowd over 300 spectators.
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Butch) Knight
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Olympic Committee Maps 8 Day Meet
The Japan Olympic Committee announced an eight day international meet to begin February 7, 1971 in Sapporo. Venues will be used for the 1972 Winter Games and about 80 foreign athletes are to be invited to form the Sapporo Winter Pre-Olympic Games.
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Softball plans for Holcomb area boys and girls
Holcomb launches a summer softball program for local children ages seven and up with Garden City helping. Cleve Spencer of Garden city rec a director volunteers to organize. A meeting is set Friday at 2 PM at Holcomb School to discuss tee-ball for ages seven to eight and slow-pitch for older youths, with a $1 participation fee to cover equipment.
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Royals Sign 19-Year-Old Infield Prospect Opatkiewicz
Kansas City Royals announce the signing of Ron Patkiewicz a 19 year old shortstop from Mt. San Antonio JC Walnut California. The 6 1 infielder was their No 1 draft choice in the winter free agent draft and signed to a Winnipeg contract with a modest bonus.
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