Ottawa A team rookie bats at .341 in Tri-District League
Bob Shaffer leads Ottawa A team after 29 games with a .341 average and 23 RBI as the rookie thrives in the leadoff role. Buddy Welch adds .308 with four homers and 26 runs, while pitching finds R Shaffer at 5-2 and Rod Schaub 4-2 as Ottawa sits 19-10 atop the East Division. Ottawa faces Lawrence at Orlis Cox Field tonight in a top two East Division clash.
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Royals Bring Hit Road Show Home
The Kansas City Royals completed a 9 3 road trip with a 6 4 win over the Rangers in Arlington. Frank White Al Cowens and Hal McRae homered off Bert Blyleven as Roy als improve to third, one game behind Minnesota. Pitcher Larry Gura earned his fifth win in eight decisions. Mark Littell saved his 11th game.
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Rotary and Lions Win In OBAL Stretch
Rotary defeated the Elks 12-3 behind Doug Crosby sixing a three-hitter as Ottawa Babe Ruth League action neared the season end. Joel Wallis, Paul Kloster and Brad Ferguson led Rotary with two hits apiece while Herb Findley, J Wallis and Ferguson scored twice. In the nightcap, Robbie Geist pitched the Lions to a 4-1 win over the Eagles, with Geist outperforming Eric Lindsey in a pitching duel.
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City Scores SOFTBALL Man's League
Ramsey Printing led with 8 runs in a 9 inning game while Optimist Club totaled 9. John’s Service posted 9 as other teams like Blue Room and J.B.’s Big Boy combined for high scoring innings. individual pitching lines show varied winloss totals across players.
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Hideaway Tops Softball Horde Campus Hideaway sweep
Campus Hideaway of Lawrence led an out-of-town sweep of the trophies in the big two-team men’s slow-pitch softball tournament over the Fourth of July weekend. Campus Hideaway rolled through Forest Park, unbeaten in six, defeating Crown Awards of Emporia in the final. Lawrence Merchants took third after climbing through the losers’ bracket. Van Sickle Oil of Emporia finished fourth.
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Nicklaus shoots 68 to lead at Royal Troon British Open
Jack Nicklaus opened with a two under par 68 to grab early first round lead at Turnberry. He birdied the 17th and 18th after turning in 37, totaling 41 on the back nine. Seve Ballesteros was one under with 69, Hale Irwin even par 70, Ben Crenshaw and 19-year-old Nick Faldo back at 71.
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Rangers Owner Says He Wants to Sell Majority Share
Dallas AP Brad Corbett says he intends to sell his 60 percent stake in the Texas Rangers after receiving interest from an outside investor group. He quoted a asking price of about $6 million and cited a desire for change after considering the move.
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Topeka Hurlers Stifle B-Team 2-0 in Local Tilt
Topeka Eagles edged Ottawa American Legion B-team 2-0 as Mark Gomez and Brian Shivey combined for two hit pitching. Jake Fisher drove in both runs in the second inning, while Ottawa’s Randy Milton settled after a rough frame.
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Wayne Replogle Dies at 73 Former KU Coach at Yellowstone
Wayne Replogle, 73, longtime University of Kansas assistant football coach and Yellowstone Park seasonal ranger, died of an apparent heart attack while on duty. A Coldwater Kansas native, he starred at Emporia College in 1924 and 1925, later serving as freshman coach, varsity assistant, recruiter and photographer for KU athletics. He retired in 1974 and had been a prominent park ranger and Indian historian. He also once worked with President Gerald Ford.
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