Big John Mayberry Sparks Royals Rally in Cleveland
Kansas City surged past Cleveland 6-1 as Big John Mayberry drove in four runs including a 26th homer and an RBI grounder. Mayberry extended his hitting streak to 14 games and boosted his average to .282 while Kansas City won 14 of 18 under Whitey Herzog. Cleveland manager Frank Robinson lauded Mayberry and noted Oakland remains the AL West favorite.
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Forest Park Tennis Club Crushes by DeSoto 6 1 Loss
DeSoto routed Forest Park 6-1 as top players were missing. Hadley won the No.1 singles for Forest Park. other singles and all doubles matches favored DeSoto. Forest Park’s league record slipped to 6-3 and third place is possible. Upcoming matches: Wednesday in Topeka and Sunday against Wood Valley.
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DeSoto
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Ron Johnson
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June Willhite
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Cutsall
Roles
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Hadley
Don Frickey
Browning
Merle Birckhead
Reid Harder
Phil Davis
Cannon
Ottawa
Olathe
Topeka
Wood Valley
Connors tops Rosewall in New Hampshire showdown
Jimmy Connors defeats Ken Rosewall 6-2 6-2 to win 20 000 first prize at the week long international tournament in North Conway New Hampshire. Connors collects a car and 60 Grand Prix points and quips about helping Gov. Meldrim Thomson with his image as crowds cheer.
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Australia
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Sugar Creek advances to defend Babe Ruth title
Sugar Creek moved down from Likeeston to Wichita to Seattle for the national Babe Ruth baseball tournament. The 60-7 Sugar Creek squad swept the Midwest Plains sectional, winning the double elimination event without a defeat as the 16-18 age group competes for the national title.
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Nicklaus clinches fourth PGA in a bid for Grand Slam
Nicklaus won the 57th PGA at Firestone by two strokes, finishing 276 after a final 71. Bruce Crampton was runner up at 278, with Tom Weiskopf third and Andy North fourth. Nicklaus earned 45,000 dollars and boosted his year’s earnings to 248,509 and lifetime to 2,492,222 as he eyes further goals.
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European Crown To Donna Young Earns Open Victory
In Sunningdale England Donna Young Los Angeles captured the European Women Open by two strokes over Sandra Palmer. She holed a 60 yard sand wedge for an eagle on the 11th hole to surge clear, finishing 4 under par 283 for 72 holes on the 6 174 yard course. Prize money was 11000 dollars.
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Royals Buy Pitcher's Pact From Jacksonville Farm Club
The Kansas City Royals purchased the contract of left handed reliever Bob McClure from their Class AA Jacksonville Florida farm club to bolster a bullpen strained by the illness of lefthander Steve Mingori who has been inactive for about a week.
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Lakers sign Don Ford to multi year deal
Los Angeles Lakers announce on Sunday that forward Don Ford from the University of Santa Barbara, a medium round draft choice, has signed a multi year contract with the team.
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University of Santa Barbara
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