Overland Park Stuns Establishment In Legion Baseball Action
Overland Park defeated Kansas City Post 199 6-3 and then topped Lawrence 4-1 at Orlis Cox Field to force a championship night for the District IV American Legion title. Star pitcher Larry Steinmetz worked 12 innings across the two games, while OP’s defense limited errors and built timely offense. The winner advances toward the state Legion tournament starting Aug. 9 at Hutchinson.
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Terry Ostmeyer
Orlis Cox Field
Overland Park
American Legion
Kansas City Post
Yam
Lawrence
Hawks
Kansas City
Legion
KC 199
Larry Steinmetz
Steinmetz
Post
John Duma
Ken Harvey
Steve Picklar
RBI
Claude Howard
Dale Fore
Wempe
Greg Bernard
Lisher
Frazier
Jeltz
State Legion
Hutchinson
Baseball Scoreboard shows American League standings and games
The scoreboard lists American League teams with records and games behind. Boston leads East with 63 42 and a .600 mark, while Baltimore, New York, Cleveland, Detroit follow. West includes Oakland and Kansas City with Chicago Texas and California in pursuit. Thursday results include Minnesota 7 Kansas City 2 and Boston 3 Detroit 2. Friday schedules feature multiple matchups across both leagues.
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Wattay
Associated Press
Boston
Baltimore
New York
Milwaukee
Greveland
Detroit
Minnesota
Kansas City
Hausman
Champion
Palmer
Grimsley
T-M
Chicago
Wood
Jefferson
Goltz
Buller
Petroit
LaGrow
Bossh
Tiant
Cleveland
Raidh
Hunter
Oakland
Bahnsen
Busby
California
Figueroa
Texas
Perry
F. Fittsburgh
Philphia
Louis Chicago
Cincinnati
Los Angeles
Francisco
An Diego
Atlanta
Houston
St. Louis
Montreal
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Steelers Face All-Star Tilt After Stunning NFL Title Run
Pittsburgh, fresh from its first NFL championship in 43 years, travels to Chicago to meet John McKay’s 1973 All-Stars in the 42nd annual season opener at Soldier Field. Coach Chuck Noll says the Steelers refuse to lose. Dwight White vows a hard, no-prisoners approach against the collegians as 17-point favorites on ABC.
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Chicago
Pittsburgh Steelers
Minnesota Vikings
Jon Kolb
Steeler
Ohio
Steel City
Steelers
Soldier Field
Chuck Noll
Green Bay
NFL
Dwight White
Pittsburgh
White
ABC
John McKay
Miami Dolphins
Pros
McKay
USC
Massengale leads Westchester with old putter boost
Rik Massengale rode an old mallet putter gifted by his caddy to a seven under par 65 and the first round lead in the Westchester Golf Classic. Tom Weiskopf, Pat Fitzsimons, and Tommy Aaron trail by two to five strokes as the 6,614-yard course showcased tight scoring and capitalized on strong rounds.
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Harrison
N.Y
Rik Massengale
Massengale
Palm Springs
Denny Ferrell
Tom Weiskopf
Jack Nicklaus
Jerry Pate
Pat Fitzsimons
Tommy Aaron
Westchester Country Club
Coors and Service Auto Glass Vie for NCBC Title in Wichita
In Cessna Stadium Wichita two Wichita teams Coors and Service Auto Glass clash for the NCBC state crown. Coors beat previously unbeaten Service Auto Glass 6-3 to push the tournament into its 17th day with a 13 hit effort led by Gary Holland Pat Loter and Ron Mattson. The winner advances to represent Kangas in the national tournament in Wichita August 14 25.
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Wichita Kan
Wichita
Service Auto Glass
Coors
Cessna Stadium
National Baseball Congress
Gary Holland
Pat Loter
Ron Mattson
Kangas
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Chempwusup
Howard
Winters
Specht
Odrowski
Heitan
Bernard
RF Frazier
CF Miller
LE Steinmetz
P Edwards
Heath
Zyeh
Duma
Strickton
Harvey
RF Gibson
CF Picklar
Norma
Riley
LE Riley
Fora
Fioverland Park
San Diego
Denny
Bonham
Schueler
Christenson
Montréal
Blair
Carrithers
Stone
Brett
Niekro
San Tego
Jones
Billingham
Sutton
Trusty, Crusty
Discount Center
Hiwe
Ottawa, Kansas
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