Poor Hunting Decline Strains KF&G Finances in 1984
The Kansas Fish and Game Commission, facing a 1984 drop in hunting licenses due to sagging pheasant and quail populations, taps savings and seeks new funding. Resident licenses fell by over 44,000 and non residents by about 17,700, cutting revenue by nearly 1.3 million dollars. The agency, budgeting 11 million annually, weighs fines, interest, and potential tax sources while forecasting savings to dip to 2.3 million by 1988.
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Hays
Kan
Kansas Fish and Game Commission
Kansas
Commission
Axline
Bird Prospects Looking Up Bays HNL
Kansas wildlife biologist Randy Rodgers reports 1984 upland game counts show pheasants at 616000 from 135700 hunters, the smallest harvest since 1976 and a steep drop from 1982. Quail, dove and other game fell. weather hurt populations over two harsh years. He notes a hopeful spring hatch and earlier wheat cover, but predicts slow hunter return with a one-year lag.
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Rodgers
Kansas
Fish and Game Commission
Amateur Verplank Wins Western Open in Playoff Over Thorpe
Scott Verplank, 21, first amateur in 29 years to win a pro event, defeated Jim Thorpe in a playoff at Butler National Golf Club to claim the Western Open title and deny Thorpe a PGA Championship spot. Thorpe earned $90,000 as top pro. Verplank’s victory shocks a field featuring Nicklaus and Watson.
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Oak Brook
Jim Thorpe
Thorpe
Scott Verplank
Verplank
Butler National Golf Club
Uncle Sam
Doug Sanders
Gene Littler
Oklahoma State
National Sports Festival ends with burst of gold in Baton Rouge
The final day of the National Sports Festival, soon to be known as the U.S. Olympic Festival, awarded 65 gold medals as 210000 attendees watched 34 sports. Teen athletes dominated, including 14-year-old Joyce Wilborn and 18-year-old Kelly Garrison, while many veterans won multiple titles in kayaking, fencing, and track events.
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Baton Rouge
Houston
U.S
Joyce Wilborn
Paterson
N.d
Kim Horley
Kelly Garrison
Martin Strmiska
Tracy
Calif
East Tops West in Shrine Bowl with Dayton 133 rushing
The East squad rolled to a 26-6 victory over the West in the Kansas Shrine Bowl. Gene Dayton ran for 133 yards on 20 carries and scored once as the East outgained the West 319-132. Key moments included a 50-yard drive ending with Dayton’s seven-yard TD and a 51-yard field goal by David Kruger.
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Wichita
HNS
Gene
Dayton
Pittsburg
Colgan
Larry Wiemers
Clay Center
Tom Michael
Michael
West
Mark Wentzel
Manhattan
Mike Lesher
Paola
Joe Hoff
Man
Hays
Steve Simoncic
Steve Mallory
Topeka
Jim Devies
Tim Ridgeway
Parsons
Mallory
Devies
Vince Dawson
Junction City
Shawn Newport
Andale
Lesher
David Kruger
Silver Lake
Kruger
Butler County Community College
Seaver and Carew in emotional farewell at old ballpark
The narrative centers on Tom Seaver and Rod Carew as the page 4 continuation recalls a dramatic ninth inning. Harold Baines hauls the ball back from Willie Randolph, Dan Pasqua starts with a single, and Mike Pagliarulo walks. Seaver notes the day as the most emotional in his life, reflecting on his past power and current craft as he nears retirement.
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Dan Pasqua
Ron Hassey
Harold Baines
Willie Randolph
Mike Pagliarulo
Don Baylor
Seaver
Carlton
Baylor
Chicago White Sox
Prakas Wins Hambletonian in Shadow of Niatross
Prakas the 60th Hambletonian winner storms to victory at Meadowlands in 1:54 3-5, with Nihilator clocking 1:49 3-5 in a record pace and May Wine setting a mares world record of 1:52 3-5. Driver Bill O'Donnell, also Nihilator's pilot, calls it an exciting, tiring day as Torway and Flak Ball post fast splits and trainer Per Eriksson says beating rivals matters more than chasing records.
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East Rutherford
N.J
Prakas
Niatross
Nihilator
May Wine
Natross
Bill O’donnell
Ron B Hanover
Ing Mutuel
Meadowlands
Flak Ball
Cornstalk
Fancy Crown
Per Eriksson
Eriksson
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George Axline
Nual
State General Fund
Axtine
Jack Nicklaus
Tom Watson
Seve Ballesteros
Craig Stadler
Curtis Strange
Tom Kite
Ben Crenshaw
NSF
Kathy Banks
Cherry Hill
Banks
Deanna Parker
Des Moines
Iowa
Greg Barton
Terry Kent
Terry White
Norman Bellingham
Barton
Homer, Mich
Kent
Rochester
N.Y
White
Peru
Bruce Merritt
Ridge
Robert Stull
Stull
Austin
Texas
Drake's Bakery
South Main
Ottawa, Kansas
Annie
Duncan
O'Donnell
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Ottawa Herald
S. Cedar
Ottawa
Yueler
Sefioul
Dorey Rea
Cole
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