Sugar Creek Power Raps Ottawa Legion 9-0 in rout
Sugar Creek powerful at Orlis Cox Field to cripple Ottawa A team 9-0. Four Sugar Creek pitchers held Ottawa to two hits while Gary Dixon returned for Ottawa, fanning 11. Sugar Creek improves to 26-7 as Ottawa drops to 11-21 in a four game home stand with Topeka Post 400 looming.
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Terry Ostmeyer
Sugar Creek
Orlis Cox Field
Ottawa American Legion
Legion
Kansas City
Ottawa
Gary Dixon
Dixon
Lloyd McIntyre
Scott Grogan
Missouri
Independence Gateway
Cox Field
Williams omits Nolan Ryan from 1973 All Star pitching staff
Oakland manager Dick Williams named eight AL pitchers for the 1973 All Star team while bypassing Nolan Ryan despite Ryan’s two no hitters in one season and league leading strikeouts. Williams cited Wilbur Wood’s decline due to his son’s surgery and selected Sparky Lyle and Rollie Fingers for the bullpen among others.
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Boston
Dick Williams
Oakland Athletics
Nolan Ryan
Williams
Wilbur Wood
League
Joe Cronin
Jim Hunter
Ken Holtzman
Rollie Fingers
A's
Bill Lee
Boston Red
Emporia, Hays, Howards win in Kansas Baseball tourney
Emporia defeated Pittsburg 8-2 while Hays beat Topeka Owls 9-3 and The Howards stopped Smith Center 6-2 in Kansas Baseball Congress Tournament action at Wichita.
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Wichita, Kan
Emporia
Hays
Wichita Howards
Kansas Baseball Congress
Pittsburg
Topeka Owls
Howards
Smith Center
City Scores Baseball and Softball in Local Leagues
City scores from PeeWee to Women and Industrial leagues show Jayhawks beating All-Stars 17 to 11 in baseball while various teams led by Omar and JAYCEES, DAYBROOK OTTAWA and GAMBLER posted multi hit totals. Standings list players with several runs batted in and team totals.
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Jayhawks
Chiefs
Pomona Jaycees
Omar
Gison
Fowler
Goracke
Griffin
Hamilton
Towe
Shanahan
Finch
Hunt
Totals
Daybrook Ottawa
T. Crane
McFadden
R. Crane
Messick
J. Willhite
Heth
Kraus
J. Coffman
L. Willhite
M. Moore
Gambler
Waymire
L. Waymire
Agamson
Becker
Warnock
Mann
Nesbitt
Larry Bones
Crockett
Johnson
Hubbard Lumber
Platt
Russell
Schmanke
Hickerson
Lero
Dehm
Vietze
M. Woodward
Anderson
Cote
Lawrence B team advances to district finals in tough bracket
Lawrence gains the District II American Legion B-team final spot after a five inning 10-0 win over Osawatomie and a 4-3 victory over Kansas City Post 199. Blevin pitched 12 innings across two wins. Garnett advances as dark horse. Garnett faces Lawrence tonight at 7 with potential second game for district title. Ottawa and Quenemo boosts noted in end of item.
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Osawatomie
David Blevins
Lawrence
American Legion
Falcons
Blevin
Ottawa
Kansas City Post
Garnett
Ellsworth
Kansas State Bank
Quenemo
Princeton
Williamsburg
Fredricks
Topeka
Tony Stark
Ken Miller
Miller
Jeff Day
Olathe
John McAdoo
Olathe Defeats OBAL All-Stars In Extra Inning Scramble
Olathe, defending state champion, beat Ottawa Babe Ruth League all-stars 6-4 in eight innings after Ottawa tied the game in the seventh. Mark Walker started for Ottawa, throwing three strong innings as the teams prepared for district tournament play.
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Gary Kuntz
Ottawa
Olathe
Mark Walker
Trying Times For Cowboys
Dallas Cowboys struggle with unhappy players during training camp with Dave Manders retiring after failed contract talks. Jon Lilly, Morton, Jethro Pugh, and Charlie Waters also absent or unsigned as management negotiates. Washington and Green Bay linked to Morton talks. Dolphins sign Ron Sellers from Dallas.
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Andy Lippman
Associated Press
Dallas Cowboys
Dave Manders
Tex Schramm
Cowboys
Manders
Craig Morton
Bob Lilly
Ann
Lilly
Dallas
Cowboy
Green Bay
Morton
Jethro Pugh
Charlie Waters
Washington Redskin
George Allen
Larry Brown
Allen
Brown
Eddie Boyer wins Lake of the Ozarks fishing contest prize
Ottawans Eddie and Keith Boyer win $300 total from a year long Lake of the Ozarks fishing contest. Eddie nets two-pound two-ounce white bass for $250 monthly and $25 weekly. Keith takes $25 weekly for a five-pound black bass. A resort insider noted the family’s big catches during vacation.
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Eddie Boyer
Lake of the Ozarks
Eddie
Keith
Boyer
Walleye
Ozarks
Boyers
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Missouri Power Raps Legion
Todd Walters
Rick Sutcliffe
Dave Barrett
John Ruddes
Terry Sutcliffe
Grogan
Keith Bones
R Kramer
LF Saldwin
CF Beers
IB Dunkin
RF VanFossan
Whitacre
CF Black
P Carlson
Bones
Flanigan
Holmes
Hammontree
Hutchison
R. Sutcliffe
P SS. Kuddes
McIntyre
Lateran
Masters
Wood
Ryan
Detroit
Lyle
Fingers
Yanks
A’s
Cincinnati
Mie
Paine
Ottawa Jaycees
Cullen
Hall
Fleming
Oronn
Harrison
Jordan
Gooddart
Matney
Frank
Hamerickhouse
Casey
Tweet
Olmsted
ELEC
Sellers
A. Jones
R. Pope
Kornhaus
D. Pope
Garton
Boucek
D. Jones
Beeman
Gates
M. Miller
Bulmer
Hufford
Sletchter
Soper
Lowe
Garber
V. Miller
Gruver
Stankard
Wesleyan
Coffman
Archer
Ybarra
Silfer
Mains
Alcock
Collins
Morgan
KSB
Henry’s Hardware & Repair
Quenemo, Kansas
OBAL
Miami Dolphins
Ron Sellers
Walker
Jeff Buick
Kevin Davis
Kirk Davis
Curt Moore
Jeff Fredricks
Mike Myers
Moore
Raymond Shaffer
Shaffer
Byron Faden
Dairy Queen
Ct . H
Gilliland’s
RFD
Litwin’s
Coats
Litwin
Bob— Francis
Chuck— Mike Auto Parts
Silver Lake
Franklin
Don Dunkelberger
PGA
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