Legion Finishes With .235 Mark
Ottawa's American Legion baseball team posted its best offense in years, hitting .235 as 18 of 19 players reached safely. Frank Honn led with .370 and 27 hits, the only home run, in a 28-game season that produced 17 wins.
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Rick O’neil
Gary Wadkins
Jeff Sheldon
Dick Welch
Baseball Scoreboard IE Associated Press
American League East standings and results show Baltimore Detroit Boston Washington New York Cleveland with Minnesota Oakland Seattle Kansas City Chicago California and more. Wednesday results include Minnesota over Detroit and Seattle over Boston while New York beat California and Baltimore edged Kansas City.
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Requiem For A Golfer Reappears In Milwaukee
Arnold Palmer speaks of hope as he struggles to regain form. He has shown moments of old brilliance but cannot string together a consistent round. At the Greater Milwaukee Open he seeks a finish that could lift him into Ryder Cup contention, needing top results to climb the U S list.
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North Shore Country Club
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Beni to Canal wins Spanish heavyweight title
In Bilbao Beni to Canal outpointed Mariano Echevarria over 12 rounds to claim the Spanish heavyweight boxing championship. Canal weighed 22, Echevarria 219.
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Mariano Echevarria
Canal
Echevarria
Tiny Tim Named Fan of the Year for Dodgers Faithful Oddball
Hollywood singer Herbert Khaury, known as Tiny Tim, is hailed as Fan of the Year by the National Baseball Congress. He recalls Dodgers history, cites past stars, predicts a 1965 pennant finish, and jokes about managing and acting as a player on stage. He plans to receive the award August 12 in Topeka, Kansas.
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Whitlow Wyatt
Arky Vaughan
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Boxing Results from Bilbao AP Boxers Feature Narrow Decisions
In Bilbao Spain Benito Canal 222 outpointed Mariano Echevarris 219 Spain Angel Garcia 142 Cuba outpointed Johnny White 138 United States 10 rounds in a boxing card reported by The Associated Press with decisive wins for Canal and Garcia over respective opponents.
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Spain
Benito Canal
Mariano Echevarris
Angel Garcia
Cuba
Johnny White
United States
Protest and victory at Augsburg track meet clash
American head coaches shared satisfaction with the combined 199 to 169 victory against West Germany after a protest by the American men over AAU handling of the Augsburg meet. Athletes planned a petition to President Nixon seeking government oversight of national track teams.
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Ottawa Babe Ruth All Stars Head to Eagles State Meet
The Ottawa Babe Ruth 13 to 15 year old all stars travel to Salina for the state Eagles tournament with eight teams in double elimination. They open against Topeka Friday at 8 30 p m and depart Ottawa Friday noon. Coaches are Larry Maes Jack Rutter and sponsor Sherm Spears.
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Jack Rutter
Sherm Spears
Russell Hughes
Gary Fitzgerald
Greg Bulmer
David Baldwin
Terry McDaniel
Carey van Aken
Terry Wallace
Mike Ratliff
David Beets
Rick McFadden
Gary Brockus
Doug Kramer
Jim Lawson
David Haas
John Killough
Gary Dixon
Topeka hands Ottawa Nationals first loss in league
In Topeka, Chips shut out the Ottawa Nationals All-Stars 4-0 in a double elimination game. Jay Schaake pitched a perfect game with 11 strikeouts, while Larry Dixon allowed three hits and one earned run for Ottawa. Ottawa failed to reach base, and four lead-off batters scored as walks and two errors produced the remaining runs. The Ottawa team plays Saturday at 1 30 p.m. in the same tournament, and the Topeka Cards face the American All-Stars at 8 30 p.m. at Lake Shawnee in a second round game.
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Jay Schaake
Larry Dixon
Dixon
Cardinals
Lake Shawnee
Ottawa Nationals
Sheldon
Smith
Leinaker
Miller
Hart
Walker
Schoonover
Cowboys Face Backfield Puzzle Behind Perkins Replacements
Dallas opens pre season with Morton at No 1 quarterback while Don Perkins seeks successor. Walt Garrison emerges as top candidate. Lombardi returns to NFL aiming to beat the Bills. Sam Huff stars for the Redskins in a 13 7 win as Kemp shines for the Bills in defeat. Purple teams and Browns notes close the roundup.
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Associated Press
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National Football League Cowboys
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Morton
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Perkins
NFL
CBS
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Lombardi
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