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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1972
Page
8
Saturday games list first round results and matchups across upper and lower brackets including Columbus versus Pittsburg Ottawa versus Olathe Paola versus Garnett Osawatomie versus Jayhawk with game times 1:00 3:30 6:00 and 6:30 scheduled.
Ottawa Babe Ruth League All-Stars rout Paola 10-5 at Orlis Cox Field in a nine inning exhibition. Ottawa pitcher Rick Geist spurred offense with late inning hits and the team piled up six runs through the first three frames, while Paola left bases loaded twice. All-Stars complete the tuneup without an error and prepare for the Osawatomie district tournament.
The Kansas Babe Ruth Leagues begin district tournaments with eight teams at Osawatomie. Ottawa faces Olathe in a pivotal opening game. Paola meets Garnett and Columbus plays Pittsburg as double elimination advances to the state tournament in McPherson. Ottawa aims for a strong showing, needing wins to reach the July 29 state event.
Kansas City fell 8-5 to Baltimore as Jim Palmer faltered late, letting Minnesota slip while Oakland and Chicago lead. Royals tied the game twice in the ninth and tenth before costly misplays and a split in the eighth inning doomed a pivotal division showdown.
Kansas City Royals become eighth club to have entire outfield chosen for the All-Star game in Atlanta. Lou Piniella Amos Otis and Richie Scheinblum join Cookie Rojas as AL selections, with Earl Weaver managing the AL squad. Scheinblum bats .325 Piniella .319 Otis .309.
In Fort Worth, Bobby Lee Hunter, jailed for manslaughter, loses a flyweight trial to Tim Dement. Dement boxes up a 3 round decision while Hunter, under prison pressure, may have over trained and returns to Manning Correctional Institute unless designated as a trial challenger for the August boxoff. The night shifts focus to heavyweight hopeful Duane Bobick after Nick Wells knockouts Carl Bridges. Peter Ranzany defeats Carlos Palomino in light welterweight.
The 13-year-old All-Stars have a practice game at Orlis Cox Field against Osawatomie tonight starting at 8. Ottawa plays its second practice after a Garnett defeat. District tourney begins July 29, eight teams double elimination, with top two advancing to state in Junction City.
The weekly Kansas Forestry Fish and Game Commission fishing report notes water conditions and fishing prospects across numerous reservoirs and lakes. It lists levels from normal to high or low, clarity from clear to turbid, and species-specific fishing quality for sites including Turtle Creek Clear Perry Council Grove John Redmond Fall River Elk City Milford Wilson Cedar Bluff Norton Brown County Douglas Leavenworth Pottawatomie Lake 1 and 2 and Chase County Norman level and clear slow.
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