Paunchy Burgess Delivers Pinch Hit For White Sox Win
Smoky Burgess, a burly 39 year old catcher, delivered a two run pinch hit to lift the Chicago White Sox to an 8-6 victory over Boston. The hit was his 118th career pinch hit in 17 seasons, boosting his major league record. McCormick shone for Washington with a five hitter, while Cincinnati, Houston, and Los Angeles won in NL action.
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Hansen
Baseball Scoreboard: Today's National League and American League games
California plays Cleveland in a NAL clash as Washington visits New York and Kansas City travels to Detroit. Pittsburgh hosts Chicago while St Louis meets Houston in a N-division matchup and Atlanta faces Los Angeles in the National game slate.
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Netters Edge Ottawa High Sees Best Tennis Season Yet
Ottawa High School improves spring mark to 4.2 with a 5-4 win over Lawrence Wednesday in Lawrence. Ted North and Jack Shepard won for OHS over Vince Brown and Don Nelson. The match featured singles wins by Dickens and Dynan for LHS and a late OHS rally in doubles to clinch.
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Ottawa High golfers hold EKL lead after Quivira duel
The Ottawa High School golf team beat its closest EKL rival 178 179 at Lake Quivira in Kansas City. Four players tied for low with 43s led by Scott Chesbro and Wayne White. Ottawa leads Olathe by 18 strokes after the first EKL round at Olathe with final 18 holes due Monday.
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Olathe
Cyclone Linksters
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Wayne White
Quivira
Tom Wellington
Richard Hughes
Chris Bacon
Dave Brewer
Bo Shields
Ron Penner
Ottawa Men’s Bowling Tourney Underway At Ottawa Bowl
Sixty teams bowl this week until Friday in the annual Ottawa Men’s Bowling Tournament at the Ottawa Bowl. Singles and doubles events are set for Saturday and Sunday. Team standings through Tuesday show Ottawa Bowl leading, with Beets Motors, Helen and Bill’s Cafe, Moore Chevrolet, First National Bank, Eagles, Robertson Motors, Mobile Home Service, Kitty Clover, and Peos Ples National Bank among top entrants.
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First National Bank
Eagles
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Kitty ‘Clover
Peos Ples National Bank
Celtics and Lakers clash for NBA title showdown
Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers meet for the championship after two Lakers comebacks. Red Auerbach aims for an eighth straight title and a possible transition to GM, while Fred Schaus presses for a historic three straight wins. The Celtics are favored after setbacks and a recent win by the Lakers.
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Wellsville repeats as Little Seven track champion
Wellsville captured its second straight Little Seven League track title at Baldwin, scoring in all events except the discus to beat Gardner De Soto and Baldwin. Gary Davenport led a pair of Wellsville double winners in the 120 hurdles and 180 hurdles, while Bud Hull won the mile in 4 44.4. New records fell in the high jump and javelin as Swan of Baldwin and Watrous of Louisburg set marks.
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Dim Anderson
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Weers
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O'Connor
Waite
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Meek
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Hallmark
Biddle
Smith
Ottawa Teams Compete in Three Eastern Kansas Relays
Ottawa Junior High hosts the largest spring meet at Cook Field with 10 teams in the Junior High Relays starting at 1:30 p.m. Ottawa High travels to Emporia for the Emporia High School Relays with top stars sidelined. Ottawa University is among three favorites at the Southwestern Relays in Winfield as 24 colleges and Junior colleges vie for team titles at Monypeny Field beginning 2 p.m.
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Bethel
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