Four Royals Earn Berths for All Star Outfield
Kansas City Royals make history as their entire outfield Lou Piniella Amos Otis and Richie Scheinblum plus second baseman Cookie Rojas join the All Star team. Earl Weaver to manage the American League in Atlanta with Bob Lemon as AL coach.
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Earl Weaver
Baltimore Orioles
Royals
Lou Piniella
Amos Otis
Richie Scheinblum
Cookie Rojas
Four from expansion club set modern day draft record
Lemon expresses pride at players from the expansion club making a record. He recalls seven All-Star appearances with the Cleveland Indians. Scheinblum Piniella Otis hit .325 .319 and .309 while leading the AL in that order. Rojas sits sixth in the AL with a .299 batting average.
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Cleveland Indians
Scheinblum
Piniella
Otis
Rojas
Campy Named to Replace Luis in All Star Shortstop
Earl Weaver named Bert Campaneris of Oakland to replace injured Luis Aparicio as the AL starting shortstop for the All Star game in Atlanta. The AL roster totals 28 with 11 others named including Carlton Fisk, Richie Scheinblum, Amos Otis, and Norm Cash among others.
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Boston
Earl Weaver
Oakland
Bert Campaneris
Luis Aparicio
Boston Red Sox
Atlanta
Hunter blindsided by loss in Olympic boxing trials
Convict boxer Bobby Lee Hunter, 20 year sentence for manslaughter, faced jail after losing a flyweight bout to Tim Dement in the U S Olympic Boxing Trials. Dement outboxed the jailed fighter with sharp jabs though Hunter showed hard hitting moments. The winner advances to a boxoff for a Munich berth, while Hunter may return to Manning Correctional Institute unless designated a challenger.
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Bobby Lee Hunter
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James “Red” Douglas
Tim Dement
Bossier City
Junior-Senior Golf Meet at Lawrence County Club
The annual junior-senior golf tournament at Lawrence County Club is scheduled for Sunday. Pairings will be posted Saturday in the pro shop. Sean Williams and Al Hack are the defending champions in the meet.
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al' Hack
Lawrence Aquahawk
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Aquahawks Eye Strong Showing At Weekend Swim Meet
More than 250 swimmers from 10 teams converge on Municipal Pool for Lawrence Aquahawk Swim Meet. AAU A meet features five age divisions with roughly 40 to 50 Aquahawks in the pool. KC Jets field strong presence. Jeff Swanson set pool record in 200 free at Pony Express event in St Joseph.
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Nuckolls Captures State Junior Golf Title
Wichita teen Rod Nuckolls, 15, won the Kansas Junior Golf Tournament with a three day total of 214. Jack Goss, also of Wichita, finished second at 216, while Mike Unruh and Trent Ash tied for fourth at 217 and 219 respectively.
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Rod Nuckolls
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Nuckolls
Jack Goss
Mike Unruh
Trent Ash
Newton
City Net Meet To Try Again At Allen Fieldhouse
Rain delayed the Lawrence Open tennis tourney senior division final to Saturday at Allen Fieldhouse. First rounds start 9 a.m. with men’s doubles quarterfinals Burr and Thompson vs Gates and Reed plus Kroth and Nelson vs Keller and Esch.
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Lance Burr
van Thompson
Kirkland Gates
Bob Reed
Mike Kroth
Greg Nelson
Jim Keller
Fred Esch
Topeka Youth Baseball DCABA Tournament Round One
First round results include Midgets with Topeka Blues 10 and Hornets 12, Cobs 12, Topeka Jets 5, Cubs 38, Topeka Panthers 8, Fristers 2. Tonight features Midgets Chargers vs Talcons and Topeka Hornets vs Ludora with Gophers Jets and Firebirds games also on the schedule.
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Talcons
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Ditka and Truax Injured as Cowboys Open Camp
Dallas Cowboys face injuries ahead of the exhibition season with tight ends Ditka hampered by a pulled hamstring and Truax a groin pull. Duane Thomas impresses in camp as other injuries hit Rex Kern Zeke Moore Warren Koegel. Leroy Kelly signs with Cleveland. Roman Gabriel ready to start for the Rams. Coach Prothro jokes about a Roman holiday.
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Rex Kern
Baltimore Colts
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Houston Oilers
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Oakland Raiders
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Cleveland Browns
Roman Gabriel
Los Angeles Rams
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Rams
Tommy Prothro
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