Ottawa Splits Sunday Twinbill With Manhattan foes
Ottawa and Manhattan, both bound for the American Legion A-team state tournament, split a Sunday doubleheader at Orlis Cox Field. Ottawa won the opener 3-2 on strong pitching by David Drumright and timely hitting by Bill Stauffer, while Manhattan capitalized on Ottawa errors to take the nightcap 5-3.
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Terry Ostmeyer
Ottawa
Manhattan
American Legion
Orlis Cox Field
David Drumright
Bill Stauffer
Finale Tonight Ottawa Legion Faces Clathe Connie Mack
The Ottawa Legion ends the summer regular season with a twin bill against Manhattan at Orlis Cox Field. Drumright wins his 11th as Stauffer drives in three Ottawa runs in the opener, while Allerheiligen hurls a one hitter in the second game to hand Ottawa’s Sheldon the defeat as errors plague the defense.
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Ottawa Legion
Clathe Connie Mack
Orlis Cox Field
Drumright
Manhattan
Jim Williams
Stauffer
Ottawa
Dale Allerheiligen
Legion
Jeff Sheldon
Allerheiligen
Tom Vera
Vera
Charley Porter
Chris Chaney
Williams
Bob Seitz
Sheldon
Kim Padgett
Seitz
Steve Grogan
Gary Fitzgerald
Larry Fisher
Scott Jennings
Alberheiligen
Orioles Survive Rain and Royals Losses in Monsoon Week
Baltimore overcame four days of rain to win 4-0 over Kansas City on Saturday, while Sunday’s game was halted late as the field flooded and tickets were rainchecked. A planned Oakland game with Vida Blue never started after 35 000 tickets were sold. Umpire Nestor Chylak halted play after another heavy downpour, ending with the Royals denied an official game.
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Tom Vera
Manhattan
Ottawa
Charley Porter
Porter
Vera
Legion
Baltimore
Orioles
Kansas City
Memorial
Monsoon Square
Royals
Vida Blue
Oakland
Nestor Chylak
Chylak
Bob Lemon
al Fitzmorris
Mike Cuellar
Don Buford
Buford
State Legion Matchups Set for A-team baseball tourney
All pairings are set for the state American Legion A-team tournament running Saturday through Aug. 10. Ottawa hosts and faces Lawrence in the opening night game at 8 30 after Lawrence beat Kansas City Post 199 3-0 in the district final. Ottawa and Topeka return from 1970.
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American Legion
Ottawa
Lawrence
Kansas City Post
Hawks
Hays
McPherson
Manhattan
Garden City
Topeka Post
Arkansas City
Ottawa-Lawrence
Topeka
Hutchinson
Palmer Nicklaus duo primed to stay together in team play
Arnie Palmer and Jack Nicklaus won the National Team championship wire to wire by six strokes. Palmer said they will play together next year. The weather plagued event at Ligonier left the defending champions with a four stroke lead early and a final round 66 sealed a 257 total, 27 under par. Boros and Collins faded to 263 with Devlin and Charles tied for second.
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Palmer
Nicklaus
Julius Boros
Bill Collins
Boros
Collins
Bruce Devlin
New Zealand
Bob Charles
Perkins Thirds In National Junior Champ Hurdles
Ottawa high hurdler Dennis Perkins placed third in the national Junior Championship 120-yard high hurdles at Bowling Green Ohio with a 14.8 as he carried Ottawa Jaycees support after Kansas Junior Champ title in Wichita Perkins also claimed state and Missouri Valley Junior Olympic titles this summer and top honors in class 3-A state highs in May Other Ottawans also scored with Whitacre Wilson Hanes Thompson Peffly Miller and Fritts placing in various events at Wichita last month
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Ottawa
Dennis Perkins
Bowling Green
Ohio
Perkins
Ottawa Jaycees
Kansas
Wichita
Keith Whitacre
Rudy Wilson
Steve Hanes
Bob Thompson
Jerry Peffly
Kim Miller
Wendy Fritts
Local JL All-Stars Rally to 8-7 Victory
The Junior League All-Stars beat the Topeka Eagles 8-7 in the Gopher Age Tournament at Lake Shawnee. Ottawa pitcher John McAdoo started and finished, with Darren Beets and Kevin Spencer keying a big early lead and McAdoo closing out the win. Ottawa advances to face the Ft. Riley All-Stars or Topeka Beavers in the next game at 8:30 Tuesday.
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All-Stars
Lake Shawnee
Topeka Eagles
John McAdoo
Ottawa
McAdoo
Topekans
John
Darren Beets
Beets
Raymond Shaffer
Bachelor
Ft. Riley All- Stars
Topeka Beavers
Basketball Greatest Games edited by Zander Hollander
New York AP reports the book Basketball's Greatest Games edited by Zander Hollander features Wilt Chamberlain's 100 point game Red Auerbach's final Celtics game the Knicks famous comeback and the storied NBA careers of Lew Alcindor Jerry West Bob Pettit and Bob Cousy Highlighting legendary matchups and pivotal moments in league history.
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NEW York
Wilt Chamberlain
Red Auerbach
Boston Celtics
New York Knicks
NBA
Lew Alcindor
Jerry West
Bob Pettit
Bob Cousy
Zander Hollander
Brown Induction Moves Hall of Fame Crowd in Canton
Jimmy Brown delivered a somber moving speech at the Canton Hall of Fame ceremony, thanking his mother and the people of Manhasset while earning a standing ovation. The event honored Vince Lombardi, Y A Tittle, Norm Van Brocklin, Andy Robustelli, Bill Hewitt, and Frank Kinard as Brown joined the select group. Later, NFL action included the Rams defeating the Oilers 17-6 and a flurry of trades at the NFL deadline including Duane Thomas moving to the New England Patriots and other see-saw deals with Dallas, Green Bay, New Orleans, and Boston.
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Cleveland Browns
Vince Lombardi
Y.A. Tittle
Norm van Brocklin
Andy Robustelli
Bill Hewitt
Frank “Bruiser
Kinard
Browns
Manhasset
Long Island
Jimmy Brown
National Football League
Vince Lombardi Jr
Marie
Tittle
New York Giants
Hewitt
Mary Ellen Hewitt Cocozza
Los Angeles Rams
Houston Oilers
John Walton
Baltimore Colts
College All-Stars
Chicago
NFL
Duane Thomas
Dallas
New England Patriots
Cowboys
Thomas
Boston
Halvor Hagen
Honor Jackson
Carl Garrett
Don Talbert
New Orleans
Doug Movers
John Bramlett
Green Bay Packers
Cubs Rally Past Mets 11-4 In Makeup Junior League Game
Cubs score nine runs in fourth to seize control after Mets lead with two in third. Key hits by Spencer and Sheler back-to-back in the inning. Mets add two in fifth but fall short as Cubs win 11-4. Remaining two league makeups set for tonight and Tuesday with rainouts possible.
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Steve Tedrow
Doug Mumma
Jeff Fredricks
Kevin Spencer
Dennis Sheler
Dana Cook
Tony Reed
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Tigers
Dodgers
Indians
Orioles
Pirates
Schoonover
Cook
Moore
Fredricks
White
Spencer
Sheler
Nordeen
Malburg
Stevenson
Totals
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T. Reed
Mumma
Switzer
R. Tedrow
Love
R. Reed
S. Tedrow
Swallow
Hazen
Shrum
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StauHer
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Saltz
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Jack
Ligonier, Pa
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Fritts’ Machine Shop
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