New Coach Sets Ottawa High on Path to Playoffs
Ottawa High launches 1969 season under Bud Wheeler the program’s first new coach in years. Wheeler arrives from Goodland with a 45-24-3 record and aims to keep Ottawa in playoff contention, stressing numbers, two platoon adjustments, and a ground oriented attack. He inherits 11 lettermen, welcomes new assistant Darrell Borque, and schedules a tough ERL slate plus Manhattan and St Joseph Central as early tests. Wheeler expects a rough but promising start as players acclimate to his system.
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Wheeler
Ottawa
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
OHS
Goodland
J. W. Emerson
Manhattan High
Cyclones
Harvey Drake
Harold Wallace
Don Kornhaus
Darrell Borque
Emerson
Dodge City
McCook
Manhattan
St. Joseph
Eagles buy-back plan and Keyes CFL bid swirl in NFL notes
Pro Football Roundup reports Wolman drafts a fresh plan with Thomas Shaheen to repay 3 million to creditors over 10 years, aiming to reclaim the Eagles from Leonard Tose. Leroy Keyes receives a substantial CFL offer from the British Columbia Lions, while Clifton McNeil winds up with unresolved 49ers talks.
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Ken Rappoport
Associated Press
Vince Lombardi
Jerry Wolman
Leroy Keyes
Wolman
Philadelphia Eagles
Joseph O. Kaiser
U.S. District Court
Baltimore
Washington
Thomas Shaheen
Yellow Cab
Philadelphia
Camden
Yellow
Hyman Tatelbaum
American Stock Exchange
Tatelbaum
Wolman-Shaheen
Eagles
Leonard Tose
Nor
Ristown
National Football League
Tose
British Columbia Lions
Canadian Football League
Keyes
Danny Veitch
Lions
Arthur Morse
Purdue Star
Veitch
Santa Barbara
Calif
San Francisco 49Ers
Clifton McNeil
NFL
McNeil
Jack White
Young And Old Tee Off For US Amateur
Pittsburgh AP Five decades of amateur golf collide as Bruce Fleisher aged 20 and Billy Hyndman aged 53 lead a 150 player field at Oakmont for the 69th US Amateur Golf Championship. Fleisher defends his title. Hyndman chases a long wait for another major. Walker Cup teams visit as contenders from Britain and the US mix with past champions.
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Pittsburgh
Bruce Fleisher
Billy Hyndman
Oakmont Country Club
U.S
Fleisher
Hyndman
Marvin
Vinnie) Giles
Dick Siderowf
Allen Miller
Ed Updegraff
Gaffer
Steve Melnyk
Joe Inman Jr
Lanny Wadkins
John Bohmann
Gary Cowan
Charley Coe
Bill Campbell
Bonalack
England
Cuba Edges United States For World Amateur Title
In Santo Domingo Cuba rallied with two runs in the eighth to defeat the United States 2-1 and capture the World Amateur Baseball Championship as 16,000 spectators watched.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Cuba
United States
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Terry Ostmeyer
Ottawa High
Bud Wheeler
Mo.) Central
Fort Scott
Rosedale
Olathe
Chanute
Turner
Argentine
Bonner Springs
Uncle Sam
Great Britain
Harvie Ward
Huntingdon Valley
Oakmont
Deane Beaman
Britain
Mike Bonalack
Milwaukee
N. Main
Brooks
King van Lines
Anise
Gilliland
Centropolis
John Brown
Osawatomie
John Deere
Jim Rhodes
Bert Detwiler
First Natl. Bank
Ruhamah
Moss CS
Brunswick
Fed. Tax & Old Tire
Longlife
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