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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1969
Page
2
Ottawa and Olathe split a tightly contested Legion doubleheader, Ottawa winning 8-3 in game one before Olathe surged 10-7 in game two. Ottawa remains 8-3 in league, a half game behind Lawrence with one game left at Shawnee, while Lawrence eyes Paola and Garnett as remaining league dates.
Liberty Missouri AP reports the Kansas City Chiefs begin summer camp with 42 players reporting. Rookies number 26 plus veterans including Len Dawson E J Holub Curtis McClinton and Fred Arbanas greet Coach Hank Stram. McClinton eyes tight end move from fullback after a 1969 season affected by injury. Arkansas, formerly AFL tight end, shifts to tackle or center. First practice set for 9 a.m. Friday with many veterans arriving Saturday or Monday as full roster forms.
Kiwanis captured first in the Ottawa Babe Ruth League by beating the Lions 8-4. Charles Porter worked the full game with 15 strikeouts and scored four runs, while Chris Chaney and Terry McDaniel drove in multiple runs. In other games Boys' Club defeated Eagles 6-1 behind David Drumright who fanned 17 and hit an inside the park homer. Elks beat Rotary 11-8 as Tim Engles pitched all nine innings and Nesbit led with two doubles and a single.
Sue Wolgast of Ottawa won the annual Paola Country Club invitational for women with a nine hole score of 40 on Tuesday. Doris Peters, also of Ottawa, took second with 44 as seventy five competitors from Kansas and Missouri joined the event. Melda Cutting earned second in Flight A and Betty Walker placed in Flight C.
Box scores list Buttercups J Scribner Unruh B Scribner Moore Mavity Bugner Roller 38 hits 15 runs. Roadrunners Baldovino Lefler Larson S Fabert Elliott Bush Trout Martin B Fabert 38-14-19. Daisy Grimm Wolf McFarland Garcia Korkames Ledom Carey Servatius Buckner 38-17-19. Powderpuff Good Toumberlin Kaub McMillen Hart Hendrickson Sellens Jones Callahand Totals 37-14-17. Women s Church Nazarene Nichols P Kille Crenshaw G Kille Love Sanderson Fisher Totals 34-12-7. N BAP No. 214 Edwards Kelly Hearne Gilbert Edwards Bristow Shipp Black Totals 33-14-14.
Two make-up AL games featured the White Sox defeating the Tigers 16 to 8 led by Chris Soph with two triples and a single in five at bats and Dale Malburg the losing pitcher. Timmy Burgoon pitched all seven for the Orioles in a 15 to 2 rout of the Yankees as Tom Brown led Yankee hitters with a triple and a single.
Los Angeles AP reports Coach Joe Yancey touts the United States as fielding one of its strongest track teams for the USA USSR international meet at the Los Angeles Coliseum with a three way invitation including the British Commonwealth. Russian coach Vladimir Popov calls his squad balanced as visit sells few tickets. Decathlon action features Olympic champion Bill Toomey. Michigan State wins Big Ten cross country title in 1968, their 12th in 19 meets.
St. Louis won 11 of 13, led by Steve Carlton’s 5-0 gem over Philadelphia and Lou Brock driving in four with a homer and a double. New York’s Mets closed to 3 1/2 games behind the Cubs as Chicago and Detroit’s races spread, while Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, and San Francisco posted wins across the league.
The Ottawa Babe Ruth League All-Stars meet the Ottawa American Legion tonight at 8 in a practice game at Orlis Cox Field. The Babe Ruth squad uses the contest as final prep before hosting the District Tournament starting Saturday afternoon.
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