Ottawa Legion B team routs Waverly 9 to 1 in baseball
Ottawa Legion B team battered Waverly for a 9 1 win as three pitchers and strong defense limited the home club to five hits. Jim Rice led with three hits including a double, Schoch driven in two, Mendell and White also contributed. Ottawa stole 15 bases and improved to 8 17 on the season, with the game set as a doubleheader with Yates Center Sunday night at 6.
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Waverly
Ottawa
American Legion
Jim Rice
Jeff Schoch
Vic White
Roger Mendell
Legion
Schoch
Rice
Mendell
Tom Peavier
Randy Milton
Mendel
Corky Mills
Giant Softball Meet Tops Ottawa Holiday Activities
Ottawa Recreation Commission hosts a 32 team men’s slow pitch softball tournament tied to Chautauqua Days. The three day event runs Saturday Sunday and Monday July Fourth with as many as 63 games at Forest Park and Orris Cox Field. First round games start 12:30 p.m. Saturday, noon Sunday, and 10 a.m. Monday with final action at Forest Park midafternoon Monday.
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Ottawa
Ottawa Recreation Commission
Forest Park
Orris
Cox Field
Bowling Scores and Gym Change at ORC Summer Program
The ORC summer basketball program will be held in the south Junior High gym instead of the north gym. Attendees should enter via the back gym door. Sessions run Tuesday and Thursday evenings 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Change due to north gym floor work.
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ORC
Kiwanis Nears OBAL Title In Ottawa Baseball Action
Kiwanis beat Rotary 14-2 to assure at least a tie for the Ottawa Babe Ruth League title as Mark Hill allowed two hits and Kiwanis piled 11 base hits. In the nightcap Boys Club edged VFW 9-8 after a tense extra innings thriller highlighted by Finch and Covert and late defensive stops.
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Gary Kuntz
Kiwanis
Ottawa
Rotary
VFW
Boys’ Club
Mark Hill
Hill
Loren Stewart
Steve McAdoo
Doug Crosby
Joel Wallis
Brady Ferguson
Paul Kloster
Nny
Herb Findley
Kirby Soph
Rich Croucher
Vic Finch
Chuck Price
Scott Thompson
Phillip Sullivan
Jere Sellers
Tim Wilson
Finch
Glenn Covert
Legion Clouts Garnett 9 to 1 in Ottawa rout
Ottawa A team powered to 18 victories before July, beating Garnett 9 to 1 on Thursday night. The game ended early in the bottom of the fifth due to the eight-run rule after Ottawa plated four runs in the inning, adding a two-run first and a three-run third.
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Terry Ostmeyer
American Legion
Ottawa
Garnett
Alan Sobba
Hunt
Roger Brummel
Silver Lake
Emporia
Orlis Cox Field
Wade Wins Wimbledon Women's Singles Title In England
Virginia Wade, the vicar's daughter from England, defeats Betty Stove of The Netherlands 4-6 6-3 6-1 to win the Wimbledon women’s singles title. Also noted, Ottawa Legion A vs Silver Lake postponed to Friday July 15 at 8 pm at Orlis Cox Field due to scheduling and field conditions.
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Wimbledon
England
Virginia Wade
Betty Stove
Netherlands
Ottawa Legion
Silver Lake
Orlis Cox Field
Make-Ups Set for Baseball League Rainouts
Junior and Midget league rainouts will be made up next Tuesday July 5. The Yankee Cub game also will be played that night starting at 8.
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Lavorence
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O. Steel
R. Weems
Ac Edgecomb
Tommy T
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R. Runnells
D. Stevenson
R. Bechfle
R. Moore
R. Brady
B. Brady
B. Manwaring
T. Moats
G. Blen
L. Pyle
C. Heffler
Schmidt
Mark
Ken Rappoport
Philadelphia Phillies
Mike Schmidt
Veterans Stadium
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Pittsburgh Pirates
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Price
Thompson
Jeff Brewer
Shawn Chambers
Covert
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Legion Clouts
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Bob Shaffer
Darren Beets
Bill Scribner
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RBI
Garen Hunt
Raymond Shaffer
Jon Moore
Shaffer
Otttawa
AB Welch
Scribner
LF Hook
CF Beels
SS B
Shatter
R. Shatter
Reed
RF Moore
Schaub
Stockshll
French
Benjamin
Stummel
P Powls
CF Sotha
Lyberger
1B Spillman
Barnes
RF Adams
Franklin County
Jack
Kansas
Hallmark Inn
Princeton Rd
Eton
Allied
P.O. Box
Appliance CO
Enton
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Logan
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