Lawrence Invitational Legion Final Sparks Hawk Rally
Lawrence Hawks defeated Ottawa A team to win the Lawrence Invitational Legion Baseball Tournament on Sunday night. Post 199 of Kansas City won the title on run-difference after a 5-1 victory by Lawrence over Ottawa, with Porters and Mcna doubles keying the late rally and Porter earning his first win.
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B Team Wins One Of Three Over Weekend
Ottawa American Legion B team posted a mixed weekend. They beat Clare 32-5, then lost both Sunday doubleheader games to Independence Missouri 5-4 and 5-2, and fell to Olathe 8-5 in a separate clash. Pitching efforts by Belcher, Durbin, Chaney, and Wiebrock highlighted the varied results as Ottawa moves to a 5-2 season mark.
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Dan Mullen
Ottawa American Legion
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Independence
Missouri
Olathe
Ottawa
Bernie Belcher
Larry Durbin
Curt Chaney
Durbin
Orioles swept in doubleheader as A's ride to 2-0 wins
Orioles lose 2-0 and 2-0 to Oakland in Sunday doubleheader. Detroit blanked Minnesota 3-0 while Cleveland, Chicago, Boston and Texas posted wins elsewhere. Orioles slugging averages slump as Catfish Hunter and crew blank Baltimore in opener and Knowles, Fingers combine for the nightcap shutout.
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Orioles
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Rollie Fingers
Darold Knowles
Sal Bando
Mike Cucar
Doyle Alexander
Joe Rudi
Reggie Jackson
Bando
Detroit
Tora ‘Timmerman
Twins
Mickey Stanley
Bert Blyleven
Sanders Returns To Front On Pro Golf Tour
Doug Sanders captured the Kemper Open by one stroke over Lee Trevino at Quail Hollow, finishing 275 for 68-71-68-68. The 51-year-old icon proved critics wrong with a dramatic final-hole birdie, earning $35,000 and a rare victory after two years without a win. Trevino shot 69 and missed a 22-foot birdie on the last hole to force a playoff.
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Charlotte
N.C
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Quail Hallow Country Club
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Gary Mussatto's race car shows steady form at Lakeside
Ralph Parkinson Jr. drove the Patterson Chevrolet Olds sponsored car to third in the heat and third in the five lap trophy dash at Lakeside Stadium Kansas City after ignition troubles. He started ninth and finished third in the 15 lap feature. Mussatto said the team would race Friday at Fapeka and Saturday at Knoxville Iowa.
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Lakeside Stadium
Kansas City
Ralph Parkinson Jr
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Mussatto
Knoxville
Iowa
Bank Girls Play Ponieht at Ottawa High Field
Bank Girls softball team will face Melvern tonight at 6:20 at the Ottawa High School ball field. The game features the Ponieht squad meeting Melvern under lights on the Ottawa complex.
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Ottawa High School
Practice For Qualifiers At Ottawa High Track
Ottawa qualifiers for the State Junior Olympic meet hold 4:30 pm practice Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday at Ottawa High track. The girls compete Friday at Memorial Stadium KU and the boys Saturday. The local qualifier list from last Saturday's Lawrence regional will run in the Herald Tuesday.
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University of Kansas’ Memorial
Lawrence
Herald
Tennis Club Drops Match
The Forest Park Tennis Club of Ottawa lost 4-1 to Topeka in Ottawa on Sunday. June Willhite earned Ottawa’s only win, defeating Bob Deam 6-4 6-2. Jim Stewart beat Larry Evans 6-1 6-1 for Topeka. In doubles, Larry Heid and Harold Kossover defeated Wayne Lewis and Mike Mustain 6-4 6-4, while Jack Mathis and Dick Foth beat Reid Harder and Larry Lewis 6-4 6-4 and Fred Baker and Jim Pyles topped Dave Geiss and Ronnie Johnson 6-4 6-1. Ottawa plays Baldwin next Sunday at Forest Park starting at 2.
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Topeka
Ottawans
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Jim Stewart
Larry Evans
Larry Heid
Harold Kossover
Wayne Lewis
Mike Mustain
Jack Mathis
Dick Foth
Reid Harder
Larry Lewis
Fred Baker
Jim Pyles
Dave Geiss
Ronnie Johnson
New blood shines at NCAA track and field meet
In Eugene UCLA defense star John Smith clinched his second straight NCAA 400 title as UCLA won the team crown with 82 points. Fresh names such as Burton Wattle Williams Woods and Schoterman emerged as Olympic prospects across events while Purdue’s Burton shocked with a 200m win. DeBernardi of UTEP doubled in shot put and discus.
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al Schoterman
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Williams
Woods
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Cal
Clarence Johnson
Stadel Places Second in NCAA Discus Throw
A Rice University sophomore, Stadel, took second in the discus at the NCAA track and field championships in Eugene, Oregon, with a 191 feet effort. Fred DeBernardi of Texas-El Paso won the event with a 196-5 toss.
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Viscus
Stadel
Rice
Leclerc dies in car crash after hockey career
Gilles Leclerc, 25, former hockey player with several Canadian and U.S. teams, died when his car overturned near Drummdonville Quebec, 75 miles northeast of Montreal. He finished with the Jacksonville Rockets in 1970-71 and also played for the New Haven Blades in the Eastern Hockey League. Nearby, a stable fire at Exhibition Park racetrack killed three or four horses and caused a panic that sent horses racing through city streets.
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