Salina captures 1979 State Babe Ruth title in doubleheader
Salina used pitching and timely hitting at Orlis Cox Field to sweep Ola and win the 14 15 year old state Babe Ruth championship. Greg Valcoure dominated first game with a 2 0 win, then Salina rode timely runs and Arpin’s bat to a 3 1 victory in the nightcap. Salina advances to the Midwest Plains Regional in Burlington, Colorado.
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Gary Kuntz
Salina
Ola
Orlis Cox Field
Greg Valcoure
Olathe
Valcour
Lefhander
Robbie Maggard
Clathe
Valcoure
Bob Aiken
Aiken
Mike Decker
Mark Meier
Rick Roberts
Chuck Lackey
Steve Adamson
Mike Brooks
David Moravec
Brooks
Newton
Moravec
Adamson
Meier
Arpin
Don Simmoneau
Kansas
Burlington
Colo
Iowa
Gary Arpin
Ottawa
End Amateur Hypocrisy Calls for Open Track Finance
Anonymous athlete and coach urge professionalization of track and field to halt under the table payments. They criticize promoters sponsors and governing bodies for money flows, citing Oslo and Dubai meets as examples, and call for open books and clear accounting to resolve long standing hypocrisies.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Associated Press
Oslo
Sebastian Coe
IAAF
International Amateur Athletic Federation
AAU
Amateur Athletic Union
Dubai
CYO
Soviets Dominate Spartacade Boxing Finals Field
USA and Puerto Rico boxers chased group finals in Moscow as Andre McCoy from New Bedford faced Alexander Belyaev in middleweight while Alberto Mercado of Puerto Rico aimed to conquer a Soviet foe in the flyweight group finals after Mercado upset Bulgaria.
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Moscow
United States
Puerto Rico
Andre McCoy
New Bedford
Mass
Alexander Belyaev
Soviet Union
Alberto Mercado
Bulgaria
Georgy Georgiev
Born Hitter Boosts Royals to Victory Over Blue Jays
Kansas City tops Toronto 4 3 as George Brett, batting DH after a thumb injury, drives in two runs and scores once. Brett, hitting .329 with 145 hits and 31 doubles, delivered a first inning RBI single and a fifth inning RBI double to break a 2 2 tie, while Whitey Herzog lauds his comeback and the Royals extend their lead in the AL West race.
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Meier
Olathe
David Lowry
Rick Roberts
Brooks
Salina
Gary Arpin
Brian Long
Long
Arpin
Kansas City Royals
Rich Gale
Brett
Kansas City
Toronto Blue Jays
Royals
Whitey Herzog
Herzog
Darrell Porter
California Angels
Blue Jays
Gale
Toronto
Dan Quisenberry
al Hrabosky
Roy Hartsfield
Jamie Quirk
Phil Huffman
Dave Freisleben
Otto Velez
Grand Rapids No 1 seed in National Baseball Congress tourney
A Grand Rapids Michigan team tops the NBC national tournament seedings in Wichita Kansas. Team captain Bob Sullivan notes the pressure of the No 1 seed after a 31 game win streak that ended with a 6-1 deficit but a comeback. Other top seeds listed include Rapid City South Dakota Clarinda Iowa and Boulder Colorado.
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Wichita, Kan
Grand Rapids
Mich
National Baseball Congress
Bob Sullivan
Rapid City
Clarinda
Towa
Liberal
Kan
Boulder, Cole
Eureka
Calif
Madison, Wis
St. Louis
Chicago
Ocala
Fla
Holland
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1974
Babe Ruth Baseball
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Fred
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Cuba
Omar Santesteban
Mercado
Central Army
McCoy
Eduard Mkrtchagnan
U.S
Poland
Byelorussia
Vilnius
Lithuania
Lativa
Andrew Taney
University of Southwestern Louisiana
France
Spartacade
First National Bank
Kansas City, Mo
George Brett
Atlanta
Houston
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Los Angeles
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Milwaukee
New York
Aig
Detroit
West Cleveland
Cincinnati
California
San Diego
Texas
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Oakland
Cleveland
Holtzman
Sanderson
Lerch
Saucier
Falcone
Hassler
Torrez
St.Louis
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Travers
Rooker
Perry
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NBC
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Burkdboll Bros
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T. Burkdall
Pearson
Rowe
Mead
Mogu
C. Burkdall
K. Burkdall
Wison
Silsby
North Baptist
Hotaling
Fletcher
Montgomery
A. Adams
Arnold
Haight
Brown
Clark
Belamora
Hopking
C. Foltz
K. Folts
Whitacre
Scroggs
Compton
Holmes
Clough
Pelton
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Clennan
Houck
Wax
Floyd
Choate
Wolgant
Smile
McMurtry
Glaziers
TOWN
Forrest) Garcia
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