Ottawa Stomps Garnett 25-1 in league action
Ottawa Legion Elks rout Garnett in District II Northern League play 25 to 1, first game under new coach Pete Dearfoss. Dan Harkins collects five hits with five RBIs, Chuck Waymire adds four RBIs, while Garnett’s defense misfires with eight errors as Ottawa improves to 10-7.
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Ottawa Stomps Garnett
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Ottawa
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Chuck Waymire
Popeup
Ron Lloyd
Gary Daveneport
Roger O'Neil
Lloyd
Harkins
Davenport
O'Neil
Ted Haworth
Waymire
RBI
Jake Heck
J. D. Carr
Legion-Elks Rescue Season After Discipline Clash
Ottawa’s Legion-Elks baseball team faced near dissolution after discipline problems at Parsons tourney earlier. New coach Pete Cearfoss kept faith, giving the squad a probationary run against Garnett, then a 25 to 1 rout, with strong hitting by Waymire Harkins and timely catches by Ron Brady. The club now faces Independence, Missouri, Friday at Ore Lis Cox Field.
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Parsons
Don Morris
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Haworth
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Jim Gordon
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Independence
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Missouri
Green Bay's Bonus Babies Foes For Now
ATLANTA AP Two rich young college backs Danny Anderson Texas Tech and Jim Grabowski Illinois duel again in the Coaches All America Game for the West and East. They will join Green Bay Packers after a reported 600000 signing bonus each. Grabowski starts for the East, Anderson for the West, in Chicago August 5 for the College All Star matchup before joining Green Bay. They expect to room together but may struggle to crack the Packers lineup.
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Danny Anderson
Texas Tech
Jim Grabowski
Illinois
Green Bay Packers
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Grabowski
Packers
Honolulu
tWe
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Chicago
Chamepions
Green Bay
Stars Hurry Mars Marks In Decathlon
In Salina during the national AAU decathlon, Bill Toomey and Russ Hodge protested a wind assisted 100 meter dash, but officials kept the wind gauge readings and the race went ahead. Toomey won with 8,234 points, Hodge second with 8,130, both breaking the prior world record of 8,089. Controversy rose as director Ward Haylett cited a wind of 8.83 mph in the long jump, exceeding the 4.47 mph limit.
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Salina
Kan
Bill Toomey
Santa Barbara
Calif
Russ Hodge
Goleta
Tom Rupp
Toomey
Hodge
Rupp
C. K. Yang
Foremosa
Ucla
Ward Haylett
Manhattan
Baseball Scoreboard National League Standings and Results
National League standings show San Francisco leading with 51 wins and a .614 percentage, Pittsburgh and Los Angeles close behind. Wednesday results include San Francisco 3 St. Louis 2 and Pittsburgh 10 Chicago 5, with New York 7 Philadelphia 5 and Atlanta 8 Houston 1. Tonight’s schedule includes New York at Philadelphia and Cincinnati at San Francisco, among others.
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Atlanta
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Philadelphia
Rodgers Fires 66 To Lead Open On Muirfield
Phil Rodgers, the 28 year old Californian, shot a new course record five under par 66 to share the second round lead at 140 with Harold Henning and Kel Nagle. Rodgers had seven birdies and ten one putts on the 6,887 yard Muirfield layout.
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Scotland
Phil Rodgers
Rodgers
la Jolla
Harold Henning
South Africa
Australia
Kel Nagle
Henning
Nagle
Henry Cotton
Jack Nicklaus
England
Jimmy Hitchcock
Hitchcock
Julius Boros
Mid-Pines
N.C
Dick Sikes
Springdale
Ark
Gary Player
Tony Lema
San Leandro
Calif
Christy O'Connor
Orioles rout KC as Powell ties AL streak in twin bill
Boog Powell of the Orioles drives in 11 runs in a doubleheader sweep of Kansas City, pairing a four RBI game with a bases loaded double and two homers in the nightcap loss. Claude Osteen limits Cincinnati to three hits for a 1-0 Dodgers victory, driving in the only run with his single.
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Boog Powell
Orioles
Kansas City
Claude Osteen
Dodgers
Cincinnati
Koufax
Gibson
Veale
McCool
Nationals Counter With Experienced Pitchers
AP reports the National League All-Star pitching staff will feature veterans such as Sandy Koufax Juan Marichal Gaylord Perry Jim Bunning Bob Gibson Claude Raymond Billy McCool and Bob Veale with Mele naming all starters for the American League.
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Walt Alston
Los Angeles Dodgers
Sandy Koufax
Dodgers
Juan Marichal
Gaylord Perry
San Francisco
Jim Bunning
Philadelphia
Bob Gibson
St. Louis
Claude Raymond
Houston
Billy McCool
Bob Veale
Pittsburgh
Perry
McCool
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Gibson
Veale
Sam Mele
Minnesota
Gary Bell
Sam McDowell
Cleveland
Denny McLain
Detroit
Steve Barber
Baltimore
Jim Kaat
Mel Stottlemyre
New York
Jim Hunter
Kansas City
Pete Richert
Washington
Mele
Alston
AFL Increases Rosters To Forty Players In 1968
DETROIT AP The American Football League plans to raise team rosters from 38 to 40 players after a summer meeting. Merger talks with the NFL continue as owners discuss two point conversion and official clock. Expansion is favored for 1968 with potential title sites in Anaheim Cincinnati New Orleans or Seattle.
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National Football League
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Sullivan
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Calif
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Seattle
KC Brothers Undefeated In National Tennis
Kansas City's Charles and Bob Allen stayed unbeaten through day two of the National City Boys Tennis Tournament in Flint, as Chicago led with 26 points to KC's 24. Charles beat Flint's Burt Bothell 6-0 6-1 and Jay Haines 6-1 6-4. Bob defeated Ralph Potter 6-6 6-4 and Mike Pelletier 6-3 6-4, while they and teammates crushed Stevenson and Messick 6-0 6-0. Chicago's John Kayser continued leading his team as KC briefly tied at 23. St Louis, despite top players out for Junior Davis Cup, challenged KC with Parker over Gates 8-6 6-2 and Tobin over Rielly 7-5 0-6 6-0.
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Charles
Bob Allen
Chicago
Charles Allen
Flint
Burt Bothell
Jay Haines
St. Louis
Ralph Potter
Mike Pelletier
Bob McKinley
Leo Estopare
Larry Parker
Kirkland Gates
Paul Tobin
Dick Rielley
Curtis Cup golfers top Broadmoor Invitational matchups
Two U S Curtis Cup team members Nancy Roth Syms of Hollywood Florida and Carol Flenniken of Coffeyville Kansas square off in the second round premier match of Broadmoor Women s Invitational Golf Tournament in Colorado Springs. Syms defeated Valerie Marsalis 6 and 5 while Flenniken beat K R Grigsby 9 and 8. Barbara McIntire defeated Jane Blalock 4 and 3 and Jean Ashley edged 13 year old Nancy Hager 1 up after a clutch 20 foot birdie on 18.
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Colo
Nancy Roth Syms
Carol Sorenson
Flenniken
Syms
Hollywood
Fla
Valerie Marsalis
Shreveport
K. R. Grigsby
Coffeyville
Kan
Barbara Mccintire
Jane Blalock
Portsmouth
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Chanute
Nancy Hager
Dallas
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Boxing Results in New Orleans Cokes Stops Rodriguez
Curtis Cokes from Dallas boxed Luis Rodriguez of Miami to stop him in the 15th round at 146 pounds. The win adds another highlight to Cokes record as he dominates the bout in New Orleans.
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Curtis Cokes
Dallas
Luis Rodriguez
Miami
Fla
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