Legion Bats Ring Up A 4-1 Victory
Ottawa defeated Lyndon 4-1 as Frank Honn and Skip Nesbit led offenses with six hits. Honn had four, Nesbit delivered a bases loaded two run double in the fifth to put Ottawa on top 2-1. Junior Olympian Kim Miller, 12, won bronze in the baseball throw at Lawrence with 174.6, earning a path to Missouri Valley Junior Olympics.
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Lyndon
Frank Honn
Skip Nesbit
Ottawa American Legion
Ottawa
Lloyd Tiffany
Honn
Nesbit
Legion
Kim Miller
Robert Miller
Ottawa Rfd
Lawrence
Kim
Kelley Gillette
al Keefer
S. Main
Weekend City Schedule and League Alignments
The notice lists Junior League schedules for groups A B and C across Forest Park and Orioles White Sox matchups with games at 5 30. Babe Ruth Lions DeMolay Elks Eagles Rotary and other club events fill Wednesday Thursday and Friday slots in a classic small town church league and industrial league layout. Ottawa baseball details include Nesbit two bagger and pitching by Shisler Wadkins and Sheldon with Lyndon managed by Tiffany. Ottawa travels to Chanute Sunday for a doubleheader and visits Garnett Tuesday for District H League opener.
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Lions
Elks—Eagles
Kiwanis—Boys
Rotary
VFW
DeMolay
Kiwanis
Elks—Lions
Boys’ Clubh
Eagles
Rotary Church League
Nazarene—F
Westminster
F. Christian
Wesleyan—F. Luth.-B. Chapel
U. Meth
F. Chris
T. Meth
First Baptist-Nazarene
F. Christian—United Meth
F. Lutheran Industrial League
Bennett’s
Bennett’s—Moore’s Tuesday 7:00 Star No. 1—Nitcher
Bennett
Nesbit
Ottawa
Tiffany
Lyndon
Terry Shisler
Gary Wadkins
Jeff Sheldon
Legion
Honn
Rick O'Neil
Sheldon
Shisler
Paola
Wadkins
Lance Jones
Ottawa Moundsmen
Steve Grogan
Bob Kendall
Jones
Aidle
Don Stevens
Tom Drake
O’neil
RBI
Stevens
Chanute
Garnett
Orris Cox Field
Namath Says He Is Quitting Pro Football But May Return
Joe Namath announced retirement from pro football amid questions about his cafe interest. Jets teammates George Sauer Jr Pete Sammons and Jim Hudson reportedly planned to retire with him, but Namath indicated possible return if loyalty to teammates and a resolve with Rozelle are addressed.
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NEW York
Joe Namath
Doe Namath
Namath
New York Jets
East Side
Donn Clendenon
Ken Harrelson
Maury Wills
Jets
George Sauer Jr
Pete Sammons
Jim Hudson
Baltimore Colts
Rozelle
Babe Ruth Roundup In Ottawa Action Friday Night
In Ottawa Babe Ruth action Kiwanis stayed undefeated with an 11 4 victory over Rotary while VFW beat Elks 5 4 after Elks led 2 0 early. Mike Wallace and Tony Penn sparked VFW with key hits and Rex Pope Jim Schoonover Daryl Gragg drove in runs. Charlie Porter led Kiwanis with two runs batted in and Terry McDaniel scored on a single and scored again in third and fourth innings. Rotary’s Richard Mendell had a double and triple for the losers as Chris Chaney earned the win and Mendell took the loss.
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Ottawa
Babe Ruth
Elks
VFW
Kiwanis
Rotary
Mike Wallace
Tony Penn
Charlie Porter
Richard Mendell
Mendell
Chris Chaney
Dixon Dominates Dodger Victory in Junior League Action
Larry Dixon tossed a perfect game with 10 strikeouts and two hits as the Dodgers crushed the Braves 12-0. Sammy Sheldon took the loss for Atlanta. The Cardinals outslugged the Giants 14-10 in a game with 14 errors, led by Ricky Geist three hits and the win. Tony Stark struck out 10 in a 13-1 Cubs win over the Pirates at Forest Park. Detroit and Kansas City sit atop the American League standings after week one. Cubs and Dodgers lead the National League with 2-0 records. A Forest Park doubleheader features Tigers and Royals versus a Topeka junior league squad starting at 6:00.
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Forest Park
Orioles
White Sox
Indians
Yankees
Tigers
Royals
Dodgers
Cardinals
Braves
Pirates
Cubs
Giants
Larry Dixon
Dixon
Sammy Sheldon
Sheldon
Ricky Geist
Geist
Livingston
Tony Stark
Terry Ledom
West
Tigers and Royals
Topeka
Women's Golf Tuesday Pairings at Ottawa Country Club
Tuesday's pairings at Ottawa Country Club show Elder-Evans Read-Bowers-Sheldon Hysom-Crawford Freeden-Speer Walker-Johnson-J. Kramer South-Lyman. For reservations or cancellations call CH 23614 by noon Monday.
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Ottawa Country Club
Elder-Evans
Read-Bowers- Sheldon
Hysom-Crawford
deen-Speer
Walker-Johnson-J. Kramer
South-Lyman
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Legion Bats Ring
Hearne
Drake
Horn
RF Shisler
Grogan
Mallicoat
Wright
Welch
O'Neil
Anstaett
SS Tincher
C Gurss
Kendall
Piper
RF Tiffany
P Rissen
LF Culbertson
CF Drake
Williams
Frank Hom
Wiggins
Butler
Joe Willie
By Gary Kuntz
Gragg
Ratliff
M. Wallace
Penn
R. Pope
T. Wallace
Attic
S. Pacheco
Schoonover
Oglesby
Gorton
D. Pope
Waymire
Printy
Powell
Killough
McClay
Schouten
Sellers
Pearson
Totals
Beets
Kramer
Whitacre
Holland
Howell
Wolken
Hinderliter
Boucek
Brownrigg
Daugharthy
Kersley
Lee
Porter
McDaniel
Johnson
Fitzgerald
Chaney
Kornhaus
Lawson
Allen
Bowers
Johnston
Stewart
Beeman
By Craig Davis
Hay
G. Ambler
Bachelor
Rice
Turner
Cook
South
Bell
M. Ambler
Snider
Higbie
Smith
Leitaker
Hart
Bird
Shaeffer
Runnels
Bugner
Carey
White
Saffron
Finch
Love
Marstall
Savage
Hull
Bettge
Mauszycki
Lysaught
Meyers
Peterson
Wolf
Minnick
Spratt
Sleichter
VanLeiden
Detwiler
Thompson
Walker
Roth
Roberts
Ledom
Anderson
Scribner
Leecey
Wantland
Shhenk
Jeff Schoonover
McCullough
Switzer
Miller
Moore
J. Schoonover
Twyman
Stark
Paine
Hughes
Auto Parts
Fogle Quarry AG
J. R. Cheney
Columbian Securities Corporation
SUNE
Davn Mtonth
Peoples National Bank Would
Franklin
Pagoples National
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