Paola Triumphs Over A-Team In Tight Tuesday Clash
Paola off to a fast start with an eight-hit first four innings, then holds off Ottawa 64 as Bob Doherty limits A-team to seven hits and two walks. Barry Williams and Bob McKinsey drive the key two run hits, while Ottawa strands seven baserunners and miscues weaken late chances. Purvis and Grandon each notch three hits as Ottawa drops to 13-9 and Paola improves to 7-5 in a summer series contest at Orls Cox Field.
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Terry Ostmeyer
Paola
Ottawa American Legion
A-team
Ottawa
Bob Doherty
Mike Purvis
Dennis Grandon
Bob McKinsey
Barry Williams
Williams
Doherty
Grandon
Purvis
Steve Grogan
Chaney
Fisher
McKinsey
Grogan
Mike Wallace
Randy Firestone
Larry Waymire
Charley Porter
Orls
Cox
Emporia
Burlington
Old Course Scourge For World's Best
Royal Birkdale, the famed links by the Irish Sea, hosts the British Open as legends like Palmer Thomson Nicklaus Trevino and Jacklin compete. The course, 7080 yards with a 73 par, tests even top players while memories of Palmer’s 1961 victory linger and a wave of greats chase modern glory.
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Southport
England
Royal Birkdale
Arnold Palmer
Peter Thomson
Irish Sea
Thomson
Birkdale
Palmer
Lee Trevino
Willie Park
Musselburgh
Scotland
Prestwick
Tom Morris
Unheralded US Pro Takes Early Open Lead
Howie Johnson from Palm Desert California shot 63 to lead the British Open at Royal Birkdale after one round. Liang Huanlu tied for second with Miller Barber and Bob Charles struggled in gusty winds. Lu posted five birdies to rise amid the challenging wind conditions.
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Southport
England
Howie Johnson
Palm Desert
Calif
Miller Barber
Sherman
Tex
U.S
Bob Charles
New Zealand
Philippines
Thailand
Irish Sea
Softball Scores From City League Night
Girls Sweethearts beat Devils 18 to 6 in a JR.SR match. In Men’s City League action City defeated MoPac 16 to 15 while Peoples Bank posted a 0 against Gibson’s 0. Jaycees defeated Boise Cascade 14 to 3 and Underwood Plumbing won 15 to 10 over Jaycees.
Bank Gals Pound Garnett in 24-9 Softball Rout
Ottawa blitzed Garnett 24-9 as the Peoples National Bank girls' softball team batted around for 24 runs. Janis McMillen earned the win, with Garnett using two relievers before Kelley Coker returned to the mound. Ottawa surged early and often, sending eight to the plate in the first and piling on through the fifth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Garnett
Peoples National Bank
Kelley Coker
Janis McMillen
Cathy Miller
Kathy Hughes
Hughes
Aleura Gilbert
Miller
Melvern
Forest Park
Osage City
Dodgers Nab 10th Win In 14-4 Outburst
Dodgers outscored Cardinals 14 to 4 in Tuesday league play. Darren Beets led with three extra base hits in four at bats, Bart South added a double and a single, and Raymond Shaffer went the distance for the win. Mets exploded for eight runs in the first inning to beat the Indians 18 to 2 behind Douglas Mumma who pitched a one hit game. Tony Petty Mumma Switzer and Rodney Tedrow each had two hits for the Mets and Mumma also contributed at the plate.
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Dodgers
Cardinals
Mets
Indians
Darren Beets
Bart South
Mike Fitzgerald
Jeff Burick
Jonathan Betz
Raymond Shaffer
Mark Gentner
Douglas Mumma
Joe Geist
Tony Petty
Cook
White
Brockway
Gentner
Burick
Williams
Hull
Hay
Betz
Matney
Davis
Wasmer
Hughes
Smith
Armacost
Totals
Zimmerman
Petty
T. Reed
Mumma
Switzer
Geist
Shutt
Orndorff
Sheffield
Roller
Gorton
McMillen
Rotary
Steve Latimer
Lee
Latimer
Fairbanks
Steve Martinez
Sellers
VFW
Jeff Schoonover
The
Elks
John Killough
Phillip Pacheco
Kiwanis
David Beeman
Ed Smith
Curt Chaney
Chaney
Keith
Dixon No Hitter Stars In Babe Ruth League Action
Larry Dixon pitched his fourth no hitter of the season for DeMolay, blanking Boys' Club 11-0 on the old diamond as Rotary and VFW split a pair on the new field. Kiwanis beat Elks 14-4, while VFW edged Rotary 9-7 in the night’s other games. The Eagles face the Lions in a 6:30 matchup on the new diamond with bleachers unavailable.
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Gary Kuntz
Ottawa
Rotary
VFW
Larry Dixon
DeMolay
Boys’ Club
Dixon
Kiwanis
The
Elks
Diamond
Paul Byrd
James Siders
Chris van Fossan
Ed Bloomer
Jesse Korkames
John Roth
Jeff McCullough
Byrd
Bloomer
Bones
Bill Bowers
Burt Bowers
Beeman
Smith
Chaney
Kevin Snider
Stewart Johnson
Randy Ryssemus
Ryssemus
Ed Smith
Pacheco
Eagles
Lions
NU Star Johnny Rodgers Cleared to Play This Fall
Nebraska Coach Bob Devaney says Johnny Rodgers will play this fall on two years probation after a guilty plea to a felony charge of larceny. Rodgers led NU in receptions and returns last season.
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Lincoln
Neb
University of Nebraska
Bob Devaney
Johnny Rodgers
Rodgers
Cornhuskers
Devaney
Lancaster County Court
University of Nebraska Dean of Student Development
John Rodgers
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Aola
Larry Fisher
Chris Chaney
AB Waymirs
Porter
Stuarter
CF Grogan
C Purvis
Firestone
Wallace
Nesbit
Fitzgerald
Cummings
Paqla—& Kessler
Malley
Simons
Riebe
Rosner
Jack Nicklaus
St. Andrews
Muirfield
Charles Coody
Trevino
Billy Casper
South Africa
Gary Player
Tony Jacklin
Bruce Devlin
Tom Weiskopf
Frank Beard
Dave Hill
Bob Murphy
Doug Sanders
Atx
Liang Huanlu
Gem Highights
Mark Smith
Mike Skidmore
Gary Brockus
New Diamond
Mike Fairbanks
Jamie Sellers
Alan Jones
Tim Lee
Alan McMillen
Welborn’s Electric Service
NU Star
Rogers
University
John
E.T
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