State Preview upsets shake Newton teams Saturday schedule notes
Disaster strikes Newton teams as the opening round of Newton's 12th Annual State Preview Invitational slow pitch tournament yields only one win for Newton. Fahnestock Air Conditioning tops Eck-Ray Ford 9-1, State Hospital beats Gray's Sporting Goods 6-3, and Matt Eck Real Estate defeats Wiebe Tire and Wood 17-6, among other results.
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Fahnestock
Wichita
Eck-Ray Ford
Fordmen
Hugh Nicks
Wichita Crew
Ron Gilchrist
Jack Miller
Miller
Wichita State
Eck Ray
Steve Nicks
State Hospital of
Winfield
Ken Davison
Gray's Sporting Goods of
State Hospital
Larry
Janzen
Gray
Gray's Sporting Goods
Floyd Willis
Seeker’s Food Stores
Jim Hamlin
Buck Alley Lumber
Kechs
Matt Eck
Mark Loeffler
Wiebe Tire
Wood
Wes Flory
Wiebe
Don Stockemer
Brian Gaede
Gil Carter
Heritage Development
Brubacher
Carpet-Wenger Oil
Carter
Keith Palmer
Larry Leggett
Heritage
Carpet Oilers
Brad Anderson
Brubacher- Wenger
Wichita Merchants
Bradbury Co
Moundridge
Merchants
Paul Hartsel
Athletic Park
Hartsel
Greg Hirleman
Jerry Goering
Ace
Circle E. Ranch
Potwin
Wichita Park
GW Sporting Goods
Pratt Club
Steve Morford
United Office Supplies of
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Our Lady
Our Lady and Athletic Parks
Washington Road Park
Washington Road
Tiger’s
den of Clay Center
Our Lady of Guadalupe Park
Derby
Rangers Narrow Royals Lead With 5-2 Win
The Texas Rangers toppled Kansas City 5-2 to close within two games of the AL West leaders as Kansas City's hot stretch cooled. key plays included bases running errors and fielding lapses by the Royals, while Steve Hargan earned the win for the Rangers with Joe Hoerner's relief.
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Chicago White Sox
Baltimore
Milwaukee
Rangers
Kansas City
Steve Hargan
Sterling
Joe Hoerner
Royals
Yankees
Indians
Doyle Alexander
Mickey Rivers
Rivers
Alexander
Alan Ashby
Tigers
Red Sox
Rusty Staub
Jason Thompson
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Royals Stumble as Rangers Rally In Arlington
Texas Rangers, led by veterans Steve Hargan and Joe Hoerner, defeated the Kansas City Royals 5 2 in Arlington. Kansas City’s base running blunders and defensive lapses fueled the loss, dropping the Royals to six straight defeats while Texas closed within two games in the AL West.
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Tex
Texas Rangers
Rangers
Steve Hargan
Joe Hoerner
Kansas City
Royals
Frank Lucchesi
Lucchesi
Texas
Whitey Herzog
Herzog
Hoerner
al Fitzmorris
Kuhn orders A's to reinstate Finley trio amid lawsuit threat
Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn told Oakland to allow Vida Blue Rollie Fingers and Joe Rudi to rejoin the A's immediately while Finley threatens a $10 million lawsuit. The trio were sold June 15 for 3.5 million, provoking protests and a hearing in which Kuhn had kept them on the roster. Rudi and Fingers remained inactive as Kuhn signaled he wants them playing soon.
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New York
Bowie Kuhn
Oakland A’s
Charles Finley
Kuhn
Finley
Vida Blue
Rollie Fingers
Joe Rudi
A’s
Blue
New York Yankees
Rudi
Fingers
Boston
Minnesota Twins
Calvin Griffith
Corvino
Anaheim
Oakland
Lee MacPhail
Pate Relapses Tired After U.S. Open Win at Western Open
Jerry Pate, emotionally and physically drained after winning the U.S. Open, struggles to make the Western Open cut at Butler National. He shot seven over par 78 in round one as Tom Watson also carded 78 and Bob Dickson led with 67. Crampton, Cloody, Burns, Cerda, Caldwell and Goin posted par 71 or better, while Irwin double-bogeyed the last hole.
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Oak Brook
Jerry Pate
Tour
Pate
Tom Watson
Bob Dickson
Butler National
Dickson
Bruce Crampton
Charles Cloody
George Burns
Tony Cerda
Rex Caldwell
Ted Goin
al Geiberger
Hale Irwin
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Wichita-Mitchner Insurance
Hutchinson
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Embers Restaurant
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Topeka
Pizza Hut
Wenger Oil
Tampa-Goss Construction
Sedgwick Lumber
Olympic Sporting Goods
Emporia
Manhattan Boosters
Bw-Tv
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Eddie Wallace
Wallace
Larry Reber
Rich Huffman
Buck Alley
Dan Steward
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Tom Siedhoff
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Pat Darcey
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Indianapolis Indians
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John Montague Montague
Rick Bosetti
Wayne Nordhagen
Omaha
Dave Hasbach
Julio Gonzales
Chris Ward
Brian Murphy
Ward
Steve Patchin
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Mark Fidrych
Staub
Thompson
Fidrych
Fred Lynn
Carl Yastrzemski
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Dick Drago
Andy Etchebarren
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Matiac
Burris
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Curtis
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Richert's
Helfer’s Liquor Store
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Don Ray
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Philadelphia A's
Eck
Rau
Washington
Don Goucher Motors, Inc
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