Ottawa American Legion A and B teams rely on pitching in early season
Pitching leads Ottawa's American Legion A and B teams as both struggle with hitting in a 6-5 split across 11 games. A-team pitchers foeS hold opponents to 18 hits and 7 earned runs in five outings, while B-team hurlers allow 19 safeties and 12 runs in six. A-team batting averages sit around .167 with three tied at .250. Lobby Grogan and Purvis drive in eight runs on four safeties each. B-team shows stronger individual hitting with Greg Bulmer at .353 and Bert Anderson at .333. Ty Hogue and Ken Farrell pace the mound with 2-0 and 1-0 records. The squads meet KC Post 199 in Kansas City tonight and Osawatomie Wednesday at Orlis Cox Field.
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Terry Ostmeyer
Ottawa
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Legion
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Randy Firestone
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Purvis
Steve Grogan
RBI
Bill Stauffer
Larry Waymire
Mike Wallace
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Gary Fitzgerald
Paola
Ed Scheffer
Jeff Sheldon
Sheldon
Webb City
David Drumright
Charley Porter
Larry Fisher
Drumright
Porter
Young Legion Club
Greg Bulmer
Bert Anderson
Dale Dunkin
van Jameson
Rex Pope
David Baldwin
David Beets
Lrr
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Rick Carlson
Mark Seymour
Ty Hogue
Ken Farrell
Gary Dixon
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Koney
Keith Bones
Beeman
Chaney
Chris Soph
Smith
Lions
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Scott Davis
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Alan Moore
The
Phillies Beat Angels 17-4 In Midget League Action
In last night’s Midget League games, the Phillies toppled the Angels 17-4 with Phillip Criqui and Bobby Dodd each two hits. Winning pitcher James Waldy, losing Keith Love. Braves won 7-3 over Royals as Sandy Aldridge led with two hits and the Phillies’ Aldridge also earned the win.
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Phillies
Phillip Criqui
Bobby Dodd
James Waldy
Keith Love
Sandy Aldridge
Deron Hamer
Jimmy Cavender
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Kramer
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Dunn
Totals
Myers
Damron
Love
Geist
E. Kimball
Franano
Scott
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James
Corcoran
DeCock
Dunlap
Holmes
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Tedrow
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Hollow
Burns
Presswell
K State Rowers to Collegiate Championship Meet
Seven Kansas State University rowers and coach Don Rose depart Manhattan for the Intercollegiate Rowing Association championships in Syracuse New York. The Kansans are entered in two events at the June 11 meet and bring ambition to place among top crews.
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Manhattan
Kan
Kansas State University Et
Roach
Don ‘Rose
Syracuse
Interegiate Rowing Association
Eagles Edge VFW In Battle Of Unbeatens In Babe Ruth League
Scott Finch tossed a masterful three hitter to lift the Eagles to an 8-2 win over the previously unbeaten VFW. Kiwanis also won 14-10 over the Lions as two unbeaten teams split a high scoring doubleheader.
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Gary Kuntz
Scott Finch
Eagles
VFW
Kiwanis
Lions
Jeff Schoonover
Finch Brothers
Scott
Pat
Eddie Hettler
Finch
Ricky Geist
Mark Walker
Larry Black
Geist
Mike Fairbanks
Robert Hollon
Joe Bristow
Mark Lysaught
Black
Jay Schoonover
Jamie Sellers
Alan Moore
Ottawa
Rotary
Harvard gridder Varney eyed in major league draft
Pete Varney of Harvard, known for a football two point conversion against Yale, emerges as a top baseball prospect in the draft. The 6-foot-3, 230-pound catcher hit .391 with 27 RBIs as Harvard won 24 games, with Varney and others entering the two day draft, including high school standouts and players from Dartmouth, Holy Cross, South Alabama, and Texas. Varney aims to try baseball now after years of refusing sign offers.
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Harvard
Varney
Yale
Glen Borgmann
South Alabama
Bert Hooten
Texas
Pete Broberg
Dartmouth
Mike Pazik
Holy Cross
Chicago White Sox
Danny Goodwin
Peoria
Roy Thomas
Impec H.S
Calif
Roger Curroga
Ball H.S
Galveston, Tex
Cubs, Dodgers, Yankees win in Junior League action
Cubs blast Giants 13-2 as Schoonover and teammates pace the offense. Dodgers defeat Mets 10-3 behind Beets in relief and a big fourth inning. Yankees rally to beat Orioles 15-11 after a dramatic seventh inning. Bristow belted a grand slam and Beets earned the win.
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Mets
Yankees
Orioles
Jon Schoonover
Jon Moore
Kevin Spencer
Larry Burke
Cub
Dana Leecy
Bobby Shaffer
Bart South
Raymond Shaffer
Bryan Fairbanks
Jay Siders
Siders
Bobby
Darren Beets
Beets
Doug Mumma
Kevin Davis
John McAdoo
John Bristow
Craig Chaney
Schoonover
Cook
Leach
Moore
Fredricks
Spencer
L. Burke
Sheler
Moline
A. Burke
White
McCullough
Malburg
Synder
Seymour
Bachelor
Leecy
Myers
Kramer
Hook
Walker
Wolf
Reed
Atchison
Foltz
VanLeiden
Totals
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Wirt
Fitzgerald
South
R. Shaffer
Fairbanks
Killen
Jones
Yaz Heads AL Voting Heads AL voting
Carl Yastrzemski leads early American League All-Star balloting with 31,645 votes. Tony Oliva and Frank Robinson follow in outfield, Boog Powell and Brooks Robinson lead at infield positions, with Rod Carew Aparicio and Bill Freehan top the other positions.
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Carl Yastrzemski
Boston
Bowie Kuhn
Yastrzemski
Minnesota
Tony Oliva
Baltimore
Frank Robinson
Orioles
Boog Powell
Brooks Robinson
Rod Carew
Luis Aparicio
Bill Freehan
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Softball Roundup for Men and Women Leagues
In the Men s Church League results Chapel St Paul defeated 1st Christian by forfeit 8 0 Nazarene Assembly beat F Lutheran 8 7 and Wesleyan won 13 10 against N Baptist In the Women s City League a correction notes Friday s 8 00 game Jim s Conoco vs IWGU on the schedule.
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Christian
Nazarene Assembly
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Wesleyan
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Jim‘s
Conoco
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