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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1972
Page
11
Willie Mays flies to New York for talks with Giants owner Horace Stoneham and Mets chairman M. Donald Grant amid ongoing trade negotiations. Mays says he will discuss nothing definite and asks reporters not to misquote him.
The Boston Bruins seek a Stanley Cup clinch in New York against the Rangers in a sixth game nationally televised showdown. Boston aimed to rebound from a 3-2 loss in which New York erased a 2-1 lead, with coach Tom Johnson calling for renewed aggression despite injuries.
Moberly Junior College named Charles C. Spoonhour 32 as basketball coach. Spoonhour was an assistant at Southwest Missouri State College in Springfield and has coached at various Southwest Missouri programs.
Gaylord Perry pitched a five hit 7 2 win for Cleveland over Kansas City lifting the Indians to first place for the first time in four years Jim Perry added eight shutout innings in Minnesota 2 0 win over the Yankees Other AL results include Baltimore 1 0 over Texas Chicago White Sox 7 0 over Detroit Milwaukee 4 0 over Oakland and California 5 1 over Boston The Indians last led the league in April
Open Day leaders Cleveland hold a half game lead over Baltimore and Detroit after an eight of nine stretch. Gaylord Perry earned his fifth win with a 2.02 ERA while Apex Johnson drove in three runs for Cleveland. Harmon Killebrew hit his 517th career homer in Minnesota’s win over the Yankees as Jim Perry scattered nine hits for his third victory.
Bobby Unser, 38, 1968 Indy 500 winner from Albuquerque, drives Dan Gurney's Eagle to an unofficial 194.721 mph lap at Indianapolis, 14 mph faster than the track record. He also posted 191 mph-plus three-lap runs, signaling a fast-start for first-round qualifying as 16 drivers hit 180-plus. Revson, with McLaren, runs 189.394 in a new car, aiming to shake off kinks.
Joe DiMaggio was added to the list of players who will salute Casey Stengel in an old timers game June 4 at Dodger Stadium. The former Yankee outfielder joins others who played for or against Stengel in this prelude to the Dodgers Cardinal game.
Kansas State University baseball coach Bob Brasher resigns effective June 1 to dedicate full time to his instructional baseball school in Missouri and work in professional baseball in the off-season. He had seven winning seasons at K State and 19 players advanced to pro baseball.
Jayhawk Bowling and Trophy Supply from Lawrence led Division I teams at the WIBC event in Kansas City with a 2690 series led by Kathy Schweitzberger 569. Dot Morland School of Dance dropped to second by 43 pins as Lena Evers Ellen Miller Sadie Deaton and Patsy Anderson supported the Lawrence charge. The tourney wraps May 28 at North Kansas City Bowl.
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