Lesson in Cooperation At Ottawa Babe Ruth District Tournament
A sports columnist recalls how Ottawa residents transformed a mud plagued Babe Ruth District Tournament site into a usable ball diamond. Gary Kuntz and Chuck Waymire mobilized 30 volunteers to rake the field, city crews laid rock to create access, and a staged plan restored play after postponements. The effort showcased community teamwork.
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Harold Elmquist
Russell
Kan
Daily News
Ottawa
Kansas
Ellaworth
Lawrence
Royal Manor
Gary Kuntz
Chuck Waymire
Cottonwood Valley North
Chiefs Meet NFL Lions For First Time Saturday
The Detroit Lions meet the Kansas City Chiefs in a 1969 pre season interleague opener in Kansas City. Lions look to rebound from 1968 injuries to Munson and Farr. Chiefs, 12-2 in 1968, again face injury issues at flanker with Otis Taylor out.
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NFL Lions
Kansas City
Detroit Lions
Kansas City Chiefs
Lions
Joe Schmidt
Bill Munson
Mel Farr
Farr
NFL
Earl McCullouch
Larry Wal
Ton
Arizona State
Charley Sanders
Minnesota
Detroit
Munson
Yeekens
Alex Karras
Wayne Walker
Lem Barney
Oakland
Rainders
Birmingham
Ala
Lennie Dawson
Jacky Lee
Jan Stenerud
Otis Taylor
Gloster Richardson
Fishing Report Highlights by County Lakes
Pomona Reservoir excels for crappie and is fair for wall eye, channels and bass. Osage County State Lake shows fair crappie channels and bass. Pottawatomie County State Lakes report good channels and bass with slow crappie. Lyon County State Lake is good for bass and channels and fair for crappie.
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Pomona
Osage County State Lake
Pottawatomie County
Lyon County State Lake
Baseball Scoreboard AP National League East and West standings
Baseball scoreboard from the Associated Press shows NL East leaders and standings with teams like Chicago New York St Louis Pittsburgh Philadelphia and Montreal. It lists divisions, records, and scheduled games for Thursday Friday Sunday and specific matchups including St Louis San Diego Los Angeles Pittsburgh Philadelphia Montreal Houston Chicago Los Angeles and St Louis San Francisco.
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New York
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Philaphia
Montreal
Cincinnati
Atlanta
San Fran
Los Angeles
Houston
San Diego
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Ottawa All-Stars Fall 8-0 to Topeka Cardinals
Ottawa American All-Stars were routed 8-0 by Topeka at Lake Shawnee. Five first inning runs, aided by Ottawa errors, set the pace as Topeka added one in the fourth and two in the sixth. Alan Moore took the loss. Whitacre and Mickey Allen had two hits each for Ottawa. Both Ottawa teams play again Saturday with playoffs at stake.
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Ottawa
Harris and Princeton II in Princeton invitational final
Harris defeated Garnett 14 to 10 and Princeton II beat Rantoul 8 to 6 in Thursday semifinals. The third place game is at 7 and the championship at 9 at Garst Field tonight.
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Harris
Princeton II
Garnett
Princeton
Rantoul
Garst Field
Pressure On Twins In Orioles Twins Three-Game Series
Orioles roll past Kansas City 10-2 to extend AL East lead to 15 games as Boog Powell drives in four and Dave McNally shuts out the Royals. Twins lose to Detroit 11-8, Kaline and Freehan fueling the Tigers early while Rich Reese homers for Minnesota. Ortiz McMahon escapes bases loaded jam to end threat.
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Herschel Nissenson
Associated Press
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al Kaline
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Freehan
Norm Cash
Don Werst
Mickey Stanley
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Rich Reese
Reese
John Roseboro
Cesar Tovar
Don McMahon
Chuck Manuel
Allen Wins Two Manager Sacks in Phillies Turmoil
Philadelphia slugger Rich Allen tops the controversy as Bob Skinner resigns after four months citing lack of front office support. George Myatt named temporary manager while Gene Mauch is fired following Allen benching. Skinner reveals a fine on Allen was remitted and Allen misses a Reading game amid 5th place in the division.
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Moody Allen
George Myatt
Phillies
Gene Mauch
Skinner
Allen
New York
Carpenter
Reading
Quinn
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