Ottawa Hawks set for finals in District 2 A-team tourney
Ottawa and Lawrence, both 74-22 combined, reach the winners' bracket final at Orlis Cox Field after three games each in the District 2 A-team tournament. Ottawa edged Shawnee 10-8 in a wind driven thriller, while Lawrence beat Garnett and Fort Scott as Jeltz and Shaffer starred.
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Terry Ostmeyer
American Legion
Orlis Cox Field
Ottawa
Lawrence
Paola
Shawnee
Eket Ottawa
Kansan City
Olatham Lowrance
Kansas City
Fort Scott
Olathe
Garnett
Fort Seott
Royals sweep doubleheader with McRae heroics vs White Sox
Hal McRae powered the Kansas City Royals to an 8-4 win in the nightcap after Chicago won 5-4 in 10 innings. McRae belted a 13th homer, drove in four and scored twice as George Brett added a two run shot.
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Chicago
Hal McRae
McRae
Kansas City Royals
Chicago White Sox
White Sox
Royals
George Brett
Brett
Amos Otis
Dennis Leonard
Garden City routs Ottawa in 14 15 Babe Ruth tourney opener
Garden City crushed Ottawa 14 0 in first round play of the state Babe Ruth 14 15 tournament at Salina after a day delay from rain. GC piled 16 hits, scoring in clusters, as Ottawa managed only three hits. Buscue drove in four with a homer and three runs scored, while Troy Grace started for Ottawa and yielded the big innings.
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Phil Ptacek
Ottawa
A-team
R. Shaffer
Denny Monahan
Shawnee
Jon Moore
Mike Smith
Scribner
John McAdoo
Smith
Monahan
Beets
Todd Maguire
Maguire
Kansas City
Shaffer
Salina
Garden City
OBAL
OBA
McPherson
Arkansas City
Jayhawk
Russell
Baxter Springs
Richard Ybarra
Marty Garrett
Kevin Buscue
Buscue
Tim Diamond
Ybarra
Split Ousts Rookies In State Babe Ruth Tourney
Ottawa Babe Ruth League rookies split two losers bracket games at the state tournament. They beat Quivira 9-8, then fell 10-7 to Salina, finishing 1-2 in the event with 23 runs on 30 hits and seven runs allowed in a seven-inning seventh-inning rally ending in heartbreak. Finch led with seven hits in 15 at bats, and Ottawa’s bullpen allowed seven runs in 11 1/3 innings.
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Mark Dengel
Pittsburg
Ottawa
Quivira
Stara
Salina
Vic Finch
Rick Kiser
Jeff Unruh
Finch
Steve Morton
Unruh
Morton
Kevin Altic
Damon Wallis
Altic
Wallis
Kaiser
Kent Braddle
Tim Lancaster
Herbie Soph
McGee Wins Philadelphia Golf Classic In Dramatic Finish
Jerry McGee shoots 69 to finish 12 under at White Marsh Valley CC for a four-stroke victory over Bob Shearer and John Lister. The win nets $40,000, boosting McGee’s year earnings to six figures as Shearer posts 67 final round.
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Philadelphia
Jerry McGee
Jill
Honey
McGee
Bob Shearer
Pye
Whitemarsh Valley Country Club
Shearer
New Zealand
John Lister
Lister
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Bob Shaffer
Raymond Shaffer
Kansas City Post
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Bill Grosdidier
Steve Jeltz
Mark Wiehe
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RBI
Bill Scribner
Wade Smith
Barry Lawson
Hall
Grosdidier
KC 188
Dan Brown
Brown
Mike O'Toole
Lawson
Jeltz
Mark Darrah
Princeton
Jayces
North Pence
Ramsay
Vaycees
Richmond
Carey Boteremsay
Whitey Herzog
Marty Pattin
Joe Zdeb
Alan Bannister
Jorge Orta
Bannister
Cookie Rojas
al Cowens
Sox
Jim Spencer
Chet Lemon
Ralph Garr
Babe Ruth
Braddle
Lancaster
Broddle
Kiser
Walt Dengel
Sean Patty
Soph
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Golden
Fivon
Dick Stinnett
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