Ottawa A team tops Topeka Post 1 6-5 on balk play
Rookie Randy Firestone sparked Ottawa as a balk by Rick Wieser scored Steve Grogan from third in the eighth inning to beat Topeka Post 1 6-5. Drumright earned his seventh win with 10 strikeouts over five and a third. Grogan and Waymire drove in runs as Ottawa overcame a five-run third inning by Topeka and improved to 17-10-1 on the season.
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Randy Firestone
Ottawa American Legion
Steve Grogan
Topeka
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Ottawa
Rick Wieser
David Drumright
Grogan
Larry Waymire
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Kansas City Post
Orlis Cox Field
Post 1
Larry Fisher
RBI
Butch Brown
Ron Reville
Drumright
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Wieser
Chris Chaney
Bill Stauffer
Mike Wallace
Terry Nesbit
Jeff
Jeff Sheldon
Waymire
Porter
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Stauffer
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Wallace
Fisher
Grumright
Sheldon
Cummings
Ooo
Topeka Post
Bryant
Avi Mapdland
Roether
Brown
Wiesner
Barnes
Moriarty
Escobar
Davis
Reville
Sore Arm Clouds Starr's Future
NEW YORK AP Bart Starr and John Unitas, two of pro football's great quarterbacks, reported contrasting conditions at camps. Unitas, 38, threw passes for 150 minutes after surgery on a ruptured right Achilles tendon, while Starr, hampered by a sore throwing arm, must stop passing for now. Packers coach Dan Devine said no panic, listing QBs: Zeke Bratras?, Scott Hunter, and Frank Patrick as options. Also reported: Csonka Kiick Johnson Brown, four top young RBs, seek more money and have not signed 1971 contracts.
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Starr
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Brat Rasee
Scott Hunter
Alabama
Frank Patrick
Larry Csonka
Jim Kiick
Ron Johnson
Larry Brown
Softball Scores City League and Church League Tourney
In the Women s City League Baptist defeated Jim s Conoco 23 to 11. In the Men s Church League tourney first round Nazarene Assembly 10, North Baptist Foursquare 0. Semifinals winners bracket: F U Methodist 7, First Christian F Bible 0. B Chapel St Paul 10, Nazarene Assembly 0.
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PeeWee Scores Cyclones 17 Chiefs 16
A PeeWee game saw the Cyclones edge the Chiefs 17 to 16 while the Supersonics defeated the Cowboys 15 to 8. The close league clash highlighted balanced offense and stout defense across the junior circuit.
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Cyclones
Chiefs
Supersonics
Cowboys
Bats With Alex Johnson Legend Leave Angels In Limbo
Anaheim AP reports the California Angels face 5000 autographed bats reading Alex Johnson 1970 American League Batting Champion. Johnson is suspended for lack of hustle and may never play again, leaving the bats unsold after surplus from Bat Day.
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Anaheim
Alex Johnson
California Angels
Anaheim Stadium
Johnson
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Angels
Bobby . Knoop
Tom Satriano
Bubba Morton
Jay Johnstone
George Lederer
Sudden Sam Halts Angels Rise In AL West
McDowell, fined $1,000 for rowdyism, shut down the Angels with seven hits allowed in a 3-1 Cleveland win. He improved to 9-3 as Ted Uhlaender and a ninth-inning bunt sparked another Tribe rally. White Sox sweep Yanks. Orioles, Tigers, and Senators win in Monday action.
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AL West
Sam McDowell
Cleveland
Alvin Dark
California
Angels
McDowell
Ted Uhlaender
Chris Chambliss
Lolich Is Better Pot Belly And All
Detroit ace Mickey Lolich weighs 212 pounds and says his pot belly helps him perform. He beat the Kansas City Royals 5-2 for Detroit’s only win in the three game series, earning his 15th win in a row and stressing improved control with only one walk.
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Lolich
Kansas City
Detroit
Mickey Lolich
Kansas City Royals
Royals
Tigers
Tony Taylor
Jim ‘Rooker
al Kaline
Willie Horton
Bill Freehan
Norm Cash
Kaline
Freehan
Fred Patek
Paul Schaal
Amos Otis
Bob Oliver
Jerry May
Forest Park Net Club Claims 5-0 League Victory
The Forest Park Tennis Club earned its first Kansas Valley Tennis League win with a 5-0 sweep over De Soto. Dr. D. C. Hadley and Larry Evans each won singles matches, Hadley and Evans teamed for a doubles win, then Ottawa pairings Wayne Lewis with June Willhite and Mike Mustain with Steve Nelson added two more wins after three straight league losses.
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de Soto
D. C. Hadley
Larry Evans
Hadley
Evans
Ottawa
Wayne Lewis
June Willhite
Mike Mustain
Steve Nelson
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