Gamecocks Rally Past Arizona State To Reach College World Series Final
In Omaha, Mark Van Bever and South Carolina rallied in the ninth inning to beat Arizona State 4-1 and advance to the title game against Texas, who had a bye into the final. Timmy Lewis closed out the Sun Devils as SC overcame a late 1-0 deficit.
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Omaha
Neb
Mark van Bever
South Carolina
Gamecocks
Arizona State
Texas
Longhorns
van Bever
Arizona
American League and National League batting and pitching leaders
Summary of top performers in batting runs and RBIs across both leagues, including Carew Hargrove and Horton with high averages and home run counts, Rivers and Bench leading in runs and RBIs, plus notable pitching records for May Palmer Sutton and Messersmith.
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Carew
Min
Hargrove
Tex
Burroughs
R.white
Horton
Del
G.scott
Mil
Munson
Rivers
Cal
Chalk
Rudi
Oak
Orta
Chi
Bonds
R.jackson
Otis
R.may
Palmer
Bal
Ryan
G.perry
Cie
Gross
Hin
Metzger
Garr
Atl
Bench
Cin
Tuzinsk
Phi
Schmidt
Yin
Morgan
Cedeno
Lopes
Dodge City Routs Roofers in twinbill opener
Dodge City hammered the Halstead Wray Roofers 5 to 2 in the second game as Ray Wingfield pitched a five hitter over seven innings. Don Houston and Tom Jessee opened the scoring, while Halstead lost despite Jim Vallone’s solid start in his first outing.
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Halstead
Dodge City
Halstead Wray Roofers
Liberal
A’s
Roofers
Hays Larks
Edge Coors
Kansas
Auto Glass
Hays
Dodge
Don Houston
Tom Jessee
Jessee
Brad Rumble
Mike Henderson
Leroy Jones
Glen Wendt
Ralph Valadez
Phil Smith
Bill Simon
Buddy Grobe
Ray Wingfield
Oklahoma State
Mike Peterson
Wingfield
Jim Vallone
Tim Kelly
LaVerne
Jalif
COORS
Wendt
Smith
Valadez
Bradshaw
Simon
Konderla
Vallone
Wray Roofers
Perry Faces Ex-Mates Early In Arlington Showdown
Cleveland traded Gaylord Perry to Texas for a package including Jim Bibby Jackie Brown minor leaguer Rick Waits and cash. Perry vows to prove his value with the Rangers while Texas seeks a dominant one two punch alongside Ferguson Jenkins.
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Arlington
Tex
Cleveland Indians
Gaylord Perry
Texas Rangers
Billy Martin
Perry
Texas
Frank Robinson
Indians
Cleveland
Jim Bibby
Jackie Brown
Rick Waits
Rangers
Shorts
Eddie Brinkman
Yor
Yankees
Cy Young
Ferguson Jenkins
Jenkins
Ranger
Danny O’brien
Lynn Extends Streak as Red Sox, Royals Split Doubleheader
Boston rookie Fred Lynn stretched his hitting streak to 18 games despite a split with Kansas City. Lynn hit his 10th homer in the opener and added two singles in the nightcap as Amos Otis delivered an inside the park homer for the Royals. Bernie Carbo and Rick Burleson drove runs for Boston, while Rick Wise pitched well in the first game.
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Kansas City
Fred Lynn
Boston Red Sox
Joe DiMaggio
Lynn
Boston
Kansas City Royals
RBI
Red Sox
Royals
Amos Otis
New York Yankees
Chicago White Sox
Otis
Or Brett
Detroit
Magne
Bretts
Dick Polo
Paul Splittorff
Frank White
Jim Rice
Tony Solanta
Bernie Carbo
Cecil Cooper
Rick Miller
Rick Burleson
Miller
Rick Wise
Jack McKeon
Oakland
Amateur golfers reach Kansas Amateur semifinals in Topeka
In Topeka Kansas four players advance to the semifinals of the Kansas Men's Amateur golf tournament Frank Rose of Topeka Fred Rowland of Kansas City Bob Enger of Manhattan and Paul Anderson of Manhattan will play 36 holes Sunday for the title Rose beat Kent Notestine 2 and 1 and Jeff English 6 and 5 Rowland defeated Rod Nuckolls 1 up and Bill Hentzler 1 up on 19 Anderson beat Steve Spines 4 and 3 and Jerry Clark 1 up English beat Carlton Dienstbach 2 and 1 Waitt and Reynolds were also eliminated as Enger advanced 1 up on 20.
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Topeka
Kan
Frank Rose
Fred Rowland
Kansas City
Bob Enger
Manhattan
Paul Anderson
Kansas
Rose
Kent Notestine
Chanute
Jeff English
English
Carlton Dienstbach
Wichita
Rowland
Rod Nuckolls
Bill Hentzler
Nuckolls
William Thompson
Cherryvale
Anderson
Steve Spines
Spines
Dean Ohley
Jerry Clark
Enger
Rock Waitt
Kent Reynolds
Waitt
Robbie Engen
McPherson Defeats Gray's Sporting Goods To Win Slow-Pitch Tourney
McPherson Culver beat defending champ Gray's Sporting Goods 4-1 at Guadalupe Park to capture the 2nd annual slow-pitch tournament. Partridge Auto Salvage took third, Copeland fourth, with Midland National Bank eliminated 15-4 by Copeland in the opening game.
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McPherson Culver
Gray’s Sporting Goods
Newton
Guadalupe Park
Holy Name Society of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Partridge Auto Salvage
Copeland
Wichita
Midland National Bank
Nationwide Mobile Homes
Hesston
Mike Roberts
Gray's
McPherson
Partridge
Mike Schrag
Gray’s
Dennis Guebelle
Oaks blank Wichita to extend win streak
Tulsa beat Wichita 7-0 as Iowa Oaks extended a nine of last eleven game win streak, aided by Omaha’s bases loaded walk in the ninth. Denver crushed Oklahoma City 14-1 and Indianapolis topped Evansville 8-3, while Jerry Mumphrey homered for the Aeros and Art DeFreites drove in four for the Indians.
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Iowa Oaks
Omaha Royals
Denver
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Wichita
Indianapolis
Evansville
Cousins
Oaks
Omaha
Greg Chlan
Aeros
Jerry Mumphrey
John Denny
Art DeFreites
Indians
Ed Kurpiel
Bears
Bob Grossman
Tom Linnert
Bill Moran
Iowa
Feuerbach Eyes dual national teams in track and weightlifting
Feuerbach aims to make the U.S. national teams in both shot put and weightlifting. The 6-foot-1 athlete weighs 242 pounds for the weightlifting class and plans to win the AAU shot put and weightlifting titles in June, hoping to secure a Pan American Games berth. He notes recent defeats and tradeoffs but maintains a bold plan.
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Feuerbach
U.S
Klan
Wichita
San Jose
Eugene
Ore
Culver City
Europe
Philadelphia
York
Mark Cameron
York Barbell Club
Baseball Standings and Weekend Schedule Snapshot
East Cincinnati leads division with .607, Los Angeles .548, Frisco .500. Weekend games feature Cincinnati at Chicago and Montreal at San Francisco, plus matches involving Pittsburgh Atlanta Houston St Louis New York San Diego Philadelphia Los Angeles Oakland Detroit and other matchups.
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Los Angeles
S.francisco
San Diego
Atlanta
Houston
Chicago
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
New York
Philadelphia
Montreal
San Francisco
Kirby
Stone
Renko
Montefusco
Reuss
Thompson
Griffin
Curtis
Koosman
Jones
Christenson
Hooton
Oakland
Detroit
California
Milwaukee
Baltimore
Minnesota
Boston
Kansas City
Cleveland
Texas
Philphia
Cleveland West
Oakland Ae
Siebert
Troit
Walker
Ruhle
Grimsley
Minnesota Goltz
Ryan
Travers
Wood
Medich
Tiant
Pattin
Harrison
Hands
Jenkins
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Kison
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Ont
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Barrie Country Club
Frank Whisley
Toronto
David Wren
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Pikes Peak
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Carter Pharmacy
Newton Activity Center
Newton Recreation Commission
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