This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1973
Page
6
Gene Garber of the Kansas City Royals earned the decision after relief pitching three hitless innings to beat the Oakland A's 5 4 in 12 innings. He noted a relief pitcher must forget bad nights and focus on the present. The A's had rallied to 11 6 the prior night, but Garber rebounded to secure the victory.
Bevacqua’s sacrifice fly scores Fran Healy in the 11th, lifting the Royals past the Athletics 5 4. Bevacqua delivered after Leadoff walk, with Healy advancing on a passed ball and Floyd’s single. Kansas City trails White Sox by half a game in the AL West.
Lawrence Hawks rallied from a six run deficit to beat Salina 7 to 6 at Municipal Field. Carl Heinrich delivered a ninth inning RBI single after Bob Parker sparked the late comeback with a disputed two run homer. Price earned the win with four strikeouts in relief.
Ottawa rallied with a five run sixth inning to beat the Lawrence CFCA Falcons 8 to 4 in a Wednesday night Legion B game. Lawrence led 4 to 0 after two frames but no further scoring by the Falcons. Mike Sheffield doubled and Steve Bell tripled for Lawrence.
Shannon Mississippi AP The 70 year old ex pitcher Guy Bush says pitchers should knock Hank Aaron down if he needs one more home run to beat Babe Ruth, calling it criminal to show favoritism. He criticizes other pitchers and commissioner Bowie Kuhn for suggesting suspensions for helping Aaron.
The Cleveland Indians signed pitcher Paul Cormier to a 1973 contract and assigned him to the Sarasota farm club in the Gulf Coast League. Cormier is a Lexington native and was captain of both the baseball and basketball teams at the University of New Hampshire.
The list shows top batters and pitchers with leaders such as Blomberg and Mayberry in batting averages and home runs, Bonds and Stargell in runs and homers, plus North and Alomar in stolen bases. Pitching leaders include McAnally and Parker with wins and ERAs, Seaver and Carlton high in strikeouts.
Entry forms available at Alvamar Hills and Lawrence Country Club for the Douglas County men’s city golf tournament. The event, reinstated after a multi year lapse, runs 54 holes with the first 18 at either course July 11 to 18 to determine qualifiers for the final 36 on July 21 at Alvamar and July 22 at LCC. Entry is 10 dollars, covers dinner and awards on July 22. greens fees not included. Players must be from Douglas County or club members and be at least 18.
Ilie Nastase of Romania emerges as the overwhelming favorite as Wimbledon proceeds amid a boycott by ATP members. Stars like Jimmy Connors and Bjorn Borg could be seeded if the draw is held, while Nastase defies the stoppage to play as other top players withdraw.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.