Babe Ruth Season Ends In McPherson Nailbiter
Ottawa Babe Ruth All-Star team, led by Swede Carlson and Ken Saffron, ruggedly fought through a loser's bracket to reach McPherson in the 1972 state tournament. They defeated Jayhawk League and Tri-County before a 2-0 win over Garnett, then downed Pittsburg and Quivira. The season concluded with a 4-1 loss to Tri-County and a 3-2 win over McPherson, sealing fourth place.
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Ottawa
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Arkansas City
Swede Carlson
Ken Saffron
Olathe
Olath
Columbus
Garnett
Big Red
Pittsburg
Siva
Tri-County
Quivira
Ark City
Thirsk Shares PGA Lead After First Round
Stan Thirsk of Shawnee Mission Kansas stunned reporters at Oakland Hills by finishing two under par for a share of the lead with Bud Allin after the opening round of the 54th PGA National Championship in Birmingham Michigan. Allin held a 68 as the other co leader.
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Oakland Hills Country Club
Bud Allin
Notable golfers duel at PGA with Palmer 69 and Sarazen 79
Arnold Palmer led early but finished one under 69 as the field suits up under damp conditions. Trevino and Nicklaus shot 73 and 72 respectively while Gary Player matched 70 alongside Sam Snead and others in a rain disrupted first day.
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Lee Trevino
Jack Nicklaus
Gary Player
Palmer
PGA
Trevino
Nicklaus
Player
Sam Snead
Richard Cravitheai
Rod Funseth
John Miller
Dan Sikes
Jim Wiechers
Gene Sarazen
Colbert Ties NL Record With Week's Homers
Nate Colbert of San Diego tied the National League single weekly homer record by belting a two run shot in a 6-5 Padres win over Atlanta. Chicago’s Bill Hands lost a potential no hitter in the seventh against Montreal as the Cubs split with the Expos. Los Angeles shut out San Francisco 3-0.
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Nate Colbert
San Diego
Chicago
Bill Hands
Colbert
Houston
Atlanta
Padres
Hands
Cubs
Montreal
Ken Singleton
Expos
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Baseball Roundup American and National League Batting Leaders
Batting leaders include Rudi Oak 315 at bats and 122 hits while Piniella KC leads NL with 133, 24 doubles and 8 triples. Run totals show Rudi 66 and Morgan 85 in NL, with Bench and Colbert driving RBI counts. Pitching notes include Kaat 10-2 and Palmer 14-4 with high strikeout totals from Ryan 181 and Carlton 213 in respective leagues.
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D.allen
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Fisk
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Bal
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D. Nelson
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Min
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Hunter
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Cal
Lolich
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Nolan
Marshall
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Seaver
Eliason in archery trials near leader after round two
In Oxford Ohio Ed Eliason Seattle trail leader John Williams Cranesville Pa as Eliason sits second by one point after a late mis-shot during the second round of the U S Olympic Archery Team Trials Williams surged to first with 1 216 points McComakia Kansas State stood fourth with 1 206 points across a mix of sports and scores including baseball and hockey results from the same day
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Oxford
Ohio
Ed Eliason
Seattle
Wash
Eliason
John Williams
Cranesville
Williams
Dennis McComak
Kansas State
Baseball Scoreboard Friday and Sunday MLB schedule
Detroit at Cleveland New York at Milwaukee Oakland at Minnesota California at Kansas City Texas at Chicago Friday's games Baltimore at Boston Detroit at Cleve land New York at Milwaukee Oakland at Minnesota California at Kansas City Texas at Chicago Chicago at New York and other weekend matchups include Atlanta at Cincinnati Pittsburgh at Montreal Chicago at New York Philadelphia at St Louis San Diego at Montreal Los Angeles at San Francisco Houston at San Francisco Sunday games feature Atlanta at Cincinnati Pittsburgh at Montreal Philadelphia at St Louis San Diego at Los Angeles Houston at San Francisco
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Lolich
Tidrow
Peterson
Stephenson
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Ryan
Cal Canton
Atlanta
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Cincinnati
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Grimsley
Twinight
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Kison
Montreal
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Jenkins
McAndrew
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St. Louis
Durham
San Diego
Caldwell
Los Angeles
John
Houston
Reuss
San
San Francisco
Francisco
Barr
Associated Press
W. L. Pet. G
West Texas
Big Blue of '72 poised for exciting KU season
The Big Blue of seventy two aims for a thrilling year at Memorial Stadium. Kansas competes in the nation’s top conference with a strong home schedule, promising plenty of big plays on both ground and air this fall.
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Memorial Stadium
Lawrence
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Iowa State
Florida State
Washington State
Wyoming
Big Blue
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