Big Winners Lead District 2 Legion Tourney Field
Lawrence and Ottawa, top contenders with 30 plus wins, open District 2 A team Legion play at Orris Cox Field. The 10 team bracket starts Friday with first round byes and pits Ottawa Paola and Lawrence Garnett in early games. Olathe holds 1976 title but faces long odds as Paola Shawnee KC 199, Fort Scott and KC 188 also loom in a tough field.
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Terry Ostmeyer
Lawrence
Ottawa
American Legion
Orris Cox Field
Overland Park
Biggies
Garnett
Paola
Pittsburg
Legion
Hawks
Shawhoe
Kansas City
Lawrance
Fort Scott
North Field
Shawnee
Sagin Field
Ossinewa
South Field
Fort Leon
Olathe
Miami County
Ottawa- Lawrence
Kansas
Kansas City Post
Orls Cox
North
Bird Spared Batting Debut As Royals Rally
Kansas City Wildcats beat the Indians 5 4 in 11th as Bob Heise drives in the winning run while Whitey Herzog ponders sending Doug Bird to the plate. Brett fouled off Waits prompting Bird to wait on deck for a potential first major league at bat.
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Kansas City
Whitey Herzog
Doug Bird
Bird
George Brett
Rick Waits
Bob Heise
Royals
Cleveland Indians
Herzog
Heise
Amos Otis
Joe Zdeb
Brett
Herog
Finan
Emporia Edges Ottawa A Team 1 0 In Regular Season Finish
Emporia blanks Ottawa 1 0 as Jim Markowitz delivers the lone run with a third inning single. Markowitz hurls a three hitter and adds nine career hits against Ottawa in five meetings this season. Ottawa, down two regulars, ends the season 31 15 while Emporia moves to 23 18 and prepares for District 2 tourney at Ortis Cox Field.
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Emporia
Ottawa American Legion
Ottawa
Jim Markowitz
Emporians
Markowitz
Big Buy
Rod Schaub
Raymond Shaffer
Darren Beets
Ortis Cox Field
Markowicz
Jim Haynes
Carl Rohrbaugh
Haynes
Schaub
Rohrbaugh
Bill Scribner
Jon Moore
John McAdoo
Glen Stock
Buddy Welch
Paola
OBAL advances to state with two routs of Emporia
Ottawa Babe Ruth League dominates Emporia in a district doubleheader to win 14-0 and 9-0, earning a state berth in Salina. Pitchers Richard Ybarra and Troy Grace shine with a combined one and three hit shutouts, while Ottawa’s offense belts 20 hits and features Grace’s grand slam and multiple players driving in runs. Grace earns key performance and Kramer receives the sportsmanship award.
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Gary Kuntz
Kansas
Ottawa
Richard Ybarra
Troy Grace
Emporia
Darwin Waldy
Waldy
Ybarra
Babe Ruth
Trenton
N.J
Mark Hill
Tim Diamond
OBAL
Jere Sellers
Evan Shaffer
Grace
Chuck Price
Hendrickson
Hill
Deron Kramer
Sellers
Price
Diamond
Kramer
Shaffer
Garrett
Hamilton
Pa Price
Thompson
Wharray
Shatter
Mendrickson
Garret
Maustyckl
City Scores Softball Women Tournament Prolific Run Totals
Wellsville and other teams post varied bat lines in a city softball tournament. Jenkins Burgoon Pollock Higbie Jennerett Dean Lawrenz McAuley McPherson lead Wellsville with 39 runs while Beautyland, Bombers, Merchants, and Bendix also field multiple players with mixed totals and totals reflect 39-16-18 final line for Wellsville.
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Wellsville
Mass
Jenkins
Burgoon
Pollock
Higbie
Jennerett
Dean
Lawrenz
Ty McAuley
McPherson
Beautyland
Chambers
Woods
Wells
Dengal
L. Ogle
Ogie
Crabl
Sutton
Beets
Snel
Shetfieid
Brown
McCurdy
Caylor
Fingh
Holmes
Swinehart
Mendell
Kaub
Houk
Merchants
Douthal
Jones
S. H
Deckard
Mowerman
I McPherson
Hipble
McAuley
Session
Totaly
Rockies Meet Paola In State Tournament Opener
The 13-year-old Ottawa Babe Ruth league all stars meet Paola in the state tournament Friday at 1 PM. Manager Walt Dengel’s team traveled for the event and will play in the first round. A Ottawa win sets a Saturday night game at 6 30 PM. a loss sends them to Saturday afternoon action at 1 PM in the double elimination format.
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Ottawa
Paola
Walt Dengel
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Head Legion Tourney Field
Jim Allen
Topeka Post
Crase
Mark Harsh
Glen Stockstill
David Spears
Paul Moore
Tony Reed
Kevin Murray
Bruce Ross
Bob Shaffer
Robert Hook
Virgil Wiggins
Ottawa Country Club
Wiggins
Irwin Elder
Art Conus
Glenn Wicke
Emporia Cools
Randy Hendrickson
Mike Mauszycki
Salina
Dan Bolz
City of Ottawa Utilities Department
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