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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1973
Page
18
Stan Smith the No 1 seed at Roland Garros faces Georges Goven in round one amid doubts over clay form. The Paris event offers a $15,000 prize and a chance for an American to win the French title for the first time since 1955.
Sen. John V. Tunney after three days of hearings on amateur sports calls for immediate reform of the U S Olympic committee. He proposes a nine member national commission to replace the current body and sets a Jan 1 1974 reporting deadline.
Kansas City AP reports Larr Marshall, a kick returner from Maryland and KC's 15th round pick, received the Mack Lee Hill Award for top Chiefs rookie of 1972. Hill died during knee surgery after an on field injury. Marshall promised bigger and better things this year.
Gary Tranquill, 33, an assistant coach at Bowling Green for three years, has taken a similar role at the United States Naval Academy. He will coach quarterbacks and receivers for first year Navy coach George Welsh after serving on BG’s defensive staff.
Kansas coach Floyd Temple announced seniors Dick Bradley and Steve Corder as the Jayhawks 1973 team captains. Bradley hit .280 with five home runs and 15 RBIs, while Corder posted a 1-2 record and a 2.46 ERA on KU's pitching staff. Kansas finished 11-15 overall and 5-13 in the Big Eight.
Standings show Chicago leading with 24 wins, followed by New York 20 and Pittsburgh 16. Friday and Saturday games listing Texas New York, Oakland Detroit, California Milwaukee, Boston Kansas City, Baltimore Minnesota, Cleveland Chicago, and East games noted.
Kansas athletic director A C Dutch Lonborg announces a 23 stop goodwill tour starting May 29 running 13 days with football coach Don Fambrough and Gale Sayers visiting alums and boosters in luncheon and dinner events. Series includes Hays Colby Liberal Garden City Dodge City Great Bend Winfield Wichita McPherson Hutchinson Lawrence Junction City and more.
American League leaders include Blomberg and Hart atop batting lists. Mayberry leads runs with 33, Otis and Jackson share hits, and Mayberry also leads home runs with 13. NL leaders show Bonds atop batting and hits, Stargell and Aaron with home runs, Morgan and Cedeno lead steals, and pitching figures feature Billingham Reuss Downing and standout strikeouts by Carlton Seaver.
Rita Justice of Wilmington Delaware defeated Lou Boxberger of Russell Kansas to win 25000 in Rockford professional women's bowling. Justice rolled 237 in the final while Boxberger posted 227. Boxberger earlier set a professional women's record with a 1478 six game total averaging 246 with games of 277 and 279.
Monaco Grand Prix field reaches 27 entrants for 24 grid places on the revised street circuit. British Formula Two racers David Purley and James Hunt join the lineup with France’s Jean Pierre Jaussaud in an as yet unnamed car.
An Army official in Washington plans a meeting with the Kansas City Corps of Engineers regional office to discuss the Mud Creek flood protection environmental impact statement. Donald Duncan says he has several questions for the report authors and will forward the review to the Council on Environmental Quality if no residual problems remain.
Three Larned students from Pawnee County receive the Leslie E. and Bobbie V. Wallace Scholarships for 1973-74. Recipients are Cora Coleen Smith a KU junior Peggy J. Simmons a KU sophomore and John L. Horner a freshman all of Larned.
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