Downing Sees Ottawa A Top Contender In District II Tourney
Ottawa Legion-Elks coach Conrad Downing says defense and consistent hitting will decide the District II baseball tourney on their home diamond. Ottawa, with three strong pitchers and hitters Craycraft Motelet and Morelet, aims to rebound after recent losses to Lawrence and Olathe as contenders Lawrence Iola Olathe and Ottawa vie for the title.
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Olathe Triumphs In Wild 7-6 Practice Win Over Ottawa
In District I play, Olathe defeats Ottawa Legione Elks 7-6 in a pitching heavy, error filled affair. Dennis Prater homered for Olathe, Dan Harkins connected for Ottawa, with 22 walks and eight errors shaping the quirky score.
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Racing fan charged with forging Hollywood Park tickets
In Inglewood California police charged 26 year old John R Goetz with forging daily double tickets at Hollywood Park He allegedly tried to cash an altered ten dollar daily double for 768 dollars on Thursday Motel resident Goetz was arrested after alerts from Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau inspectors
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Wellsville Leads Midget B Tourney at Spring Hill
Wellsville No 2 beat Spring Hill No 1 2 4 to 1 3 in the championship. Louisburg No 18 and Spring Hill No 22 claim third place in the event at Spring Hill.
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Dodgers Lose In 12 To Cardinals After Wills Spark
Maury Wills starred for the Dodgers with five hits and two steals as he sparked a 4-3 loss to St. Louis in 12 innings. Bill White homered to tie the game, Don Drysdale hit a solo shot, and the Cards chased wins from the Dodgers while Cincinnati closed ground behind them. Other NL results featured Frank Robinson four hits in a 9-1 Reds win over Houston, Friend’s one hitter for Pittsburgh, and Giants ending Milwaukee’s 10-game streak with a 5-1 victory.
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Thief Turns Hitter Sparks Angels Victory
Jose Cardenal powered Los Angeles to a 7 3 win over Boston, homering and collecting a double and two singles. The 21 year old rookie boosts his average to .275 with 38 RBIs and nine homers, leading the Angels in hits and RBIs while trailing Willie Smith in homers. In other AL action, Baltimore edged Minnesota 3 2 with Cleveland defeating ...
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Heat Bogs Down Wichita Running Heat Bogs Down Wichita Running
Heat and humidity hampered an exhibition track meet in Wichita as U S performers prepared to face a Russian team next week. Jim Ryun finished third in the mile behind Morgan Groth and George Young, while Randy Matson and a four man US sprint relay posted near world record pace despite the heat. In women s events Madeline Manning beat Janell Smith in the 440 but fell short of Smith s pending record. Baseball notes include Lonborg s loss for Boston and several late inning runs affecting several teams.
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Qualifying for Ottawa Country Club Match Play Begins
Qualifying for the annual Ottawa Country Club Match Play golf tournament starts this week and runs through next weekend ending August 1. First round action is set for the week of August 2. Estimates indicate the event will be divided into six flights.
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Greeley Tops Princeton TT in intrasquad teaser game
Greeley Town Team defeated Princeton 61 last night at Princeton. Lickteig pitched a five hit complete game with 10 strikeouts while Francis Wiederholt took the loss. Wiederholt and Ken Hamilton fanned nine as Princeton plans an intrasquad game Tuesday at 8 pm and a Friday night contest with Ottawa at Princeton.
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Local Youth Baseball Schedule Pirates Cards Cubs Week
The schedule lists Little League National games July 26 to 28 including Pirates vs Cardinals and Pirates vs Cubs. Minor League games run July 26 to 29 with Steers Red Sox Astros matchups and repeated Steers fixtures.
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Player Builds 10 Stroke Lead In National Challenge
US Open champion Gary Player expanded his advantage to ten strokes entering the third round of the $50,000 National Challenge Golf Match in Washington. He shot a par 72 for a 36 hole total of 132, with amateur Deane Beman second at 142, and Arnold Palmer and Bill Campbell tied at 143. Jack Nicklaus sat fifth at 148 after a 76, while Dale Morey stood at 150. The 72 hole event concludes Sunday.
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Tennis Results Boys and Girls 13 and under finals
Quarterfinals in Boys 13 and under singles saw Nesbit beat Royse 6 4 Brownrigg beat Zingle 9 7 Heckman beat Leitaker 6 4 Semis had Brown over Nesbit 6 4 and Heckman over Brownrigg 6 0 Finals set Fred Brown to meet Heckman in boys 13 under Singles Doubles featured Zingle Zingle over Thayer Spencer 6 4 Nesbit Leitaker over Dennison Shisler 6 2 Semis had Heckman Selle rs over Kirk Zingle Mark Zingle 6 3 Girls 13 under finals set Kathy Kasper to meet Kathy Lewis Doubles see Snyder Lee pair to play Ledom Lewis Gensman advanced to finals over Story 6 0 2 Linda Mietchen joined Gensman Mixed Doubles final Gensman Bennett meet Lewis Lewis over Dennison Adamson 6 6 2 6 1 6 2 6el
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