Ottawa All-Stars stay unbeaten with 12 7 win over Olathe
Ottawa 13 year old Babe Ruth all stars defeated host Olathe 12 to 7 to remain the tournament’s only unbeaten team. Ronnie Rice pitched all nine innings for Ottawa, which scored four in the first and six in the sixth, with Keith Hodges and Jeff Reed delivering key hits. The victory keeps Ottawa atop the double elimination standings as they prepare for today’s 3 30 p m game against the winner of the 1 p m Olathe Pittsburg junction city clash. The tourney winner advances to Newton Iowa for a Midwest regional starting Wednesday.
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Ottawans
Junction City
Pittsburg
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Brewer
Hodges
Reed
John Wray
Franklin Countians
Hurdlehelps Royals top Yankees 6-1 in KC showdown
Clint Hurdle drove in four runs with a single and inside the park homer as Rich Gale and Marty Pattin combined on a four hit outing to beat the New York Yankees 6-1. Kansas City, led by Hurdle, improved against New York in season standings and boosted its lead in the AL division chase.
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Rich Gale
Marty Pattin
Kansas City Royals
New York Yankees
Kansas City
Yankees
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Pattin
Hurdle
Oscar Gamble
Rick Cerone
Hal McRae
A.L. Washington
Royals
George Brett
RBI
New York
Reggie Jackson
Willie Aikens
Wathan
Cubs Fire Gomez Replaces With Amalfitano Interim
Chicago Cubs fire manager Preston Gomez after less than a year and name coach Joey Amalfitano to manage. Bob Kennedy announces in Los Angeles as Cubs open a 10 game West Coast trip while Gomez recovers from injuries to Dave Kingman and Barry Foote. Amalfitano had a brief interim stint last season and previously played for the Cubs Giants and Astros.
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Preston Gomez
Chicago Cubs
Joey Amalfitano
Bob Kennedy
Los Angeles
Amalfitano
Cubs
Giants
Astros
San Diego
Conner Sweeps Turner In America's Cup Trials
Dennis Conner swept three races from defending champion Ted Turner aboard Courageous in Newport. The San Diego skipper improved to 22-2 in the trials, while Turner’s Courageous suffered a perfect second round record loss. Courageous had previously defended the Cup in 1974 and 1977.
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Dennis Conner
Ted Turner
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San
Diego
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Freedom
Conner
Rhode Island Sound
Ted Hood
New York Yacht Club
Sverige
Sweden
Lionheart
England
France
Australia
Chiefs Rusher McKnight Skips Camp Over Contract Dispute
Kansas City Chiefs leading rusher Ted McKnight joined teammates Tony Reed Whitney Paul and Charles Jackson in skipping training camp due to unsatisfactory contract offers. McKnight cited an option year and negotiations since January, while teammates' contract statuses vary.
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Kansas City, Mo
Ted McKnight
Kansas City Chiefs
Tony Reed
Whitney Paul
Charles Jackson
McKnight
Reed
Paul
Jackson
Comaneci Shines For Gold On Beam And Floor
Nadia Comaneci captures gold on the balance beam after a scoring dispute and ties Nelli Kim for gold in floor exercises at Moscow 1980. The Soviet bloc dominates medals as Dityatin collects a record eight total, while controversy surrounds judging decisions.
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Comaneci
Romania
Nelli Kim
Soviet Union
Kim
Karolyi
Elen Berger
Berger
Maria Simionescu
Simionescu
Davydova
Maxi Gnauck
East Germany
Yuri Titov
International Gymnastics Federation
Gnauck
Aleksandr Duyalin
Mark Spitz
United States
Nikolai Andrianov
Spita
Dityatin
Andrianov
British sprinters set for epic Olympic 100 dash showdown
Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett, longtime rivals, reached the Olympic 100m final alongside Allan Wells, who edged Silvio Leonard in a photo finish to become Britain’s first sprint champion in 56 years. Coe won the 800m semifinal in 1 46.7 while Ovett followed in 1 46.6. Wells struck gold in 10.25 seconds, a tight race amid absent US contenders and Olympic favorites. Wells celebrated, aiming for a fast start and noting typical windy conditions.
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Steve Ovett
Allan Wells
Coe
Oweti
Wells
Cuba
Silvio Leonard
Jack Uudmae
Soviet Union
Vikor Saneyev
Russia
Maria Colon
Ovett
Detlef Wagenknecht
East Germany
Wagenknecht
Hasely Crawford
Trinidad Tobago
Jamaica
Don Quarrie
Italy
Pietro Mennea
Guyana
James Gilkies
Eugen Ray
Stanley Floyd
James Sanford
U.S
Legion On Top During Delay In District 2 Tourney
Ottawa led Kansas City 5-3 in the bottom of the fifth as rain halted play in the District 2 American Legion AA tournament. Troy Grace and Dick Hamilton homered to break a 3-3 tie. Lawrence blanked Fort Scott 6-0 behind Mark Chaney’s one-hit gem, Iola defeated Shawnee 4-2, and Kansas City 188 led Paola 8-0 before a fourth-inning delay. Games resume today and Sunday with four matches per day.
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Kansas City
American Legion
Troy Grace
Dick Hamilton
Lawrence
Fort Scott
Mark Chaney
Iola
Shawnee
Paola
Texas Tops Chisox in Rally Win at White Sox Park
Rusty Staub delivered a tying two run single in the eighth as the Rangers beat the White Sox 6 4 behind strong relief by Jim Kern Mickey Rivers and Bump Wills opened the inning with singles Ed Farmer suffered the loss after Staub drove a liner up the middle Kern worked 4 2 3 scoreless innings while walking three and fanning four to secure the win for Texas
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Rusty Staub
Texas Rangers
Chicago White Sox
Jim Kern
Mickey Rivers
Bump Wills
al Oliver
Buddy Bell
Staub
Ed Farmer
Kern
Brewers Blank Orioles 5-0 as Cleveland Dominates
Reggie Cleveland blanked the Baltimore Orioles on four hits to earn an 5-0 Milwaukee win. Gorman Thomas hit two homers and Don Money added a solo shot as Cleveland carried a no hitter into the fifth before Dan Graham’s single. Money’s 14th homer opened the third off Jim Palmer.
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Reggie Cleveland
Milwaukee Brewers
Baltimore Orioles
Gorman Thomas
Don Money
Cleveland
Dan Graham
Kiko Garcia
Money
Milwaukee
Jim Palmer
City Schedule Softball Week of July 26 1980
City sports schedule lists men church league games at Westminster Sacred Heart and others, men AAA league fixtures, post season women tourney matchups, Legion baseball tournament July 24–30 with uniform check-in, Hickory Inn softball, Coed softball signup, horseshoes league on July 29, city band rehearsal, and nearby teams G and M Tavern and Ivan Dayhoff to compete in state slow pitch tournament.
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Great Plains
L & Z Construction
Best
Budge
O.R.C
Immediatley
G & M Tavern
Williamsburg
Ivan Dayhoff
Osage City
Great Bend
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R.R. 2
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International Credit Power Plan
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