Regional Babe Ruth Tournament Plans Take Shape in Ottawa
A 20 member regional committee is launching ads for the August 7 to 12 Midwest Plains Regional Babe Ruth tournament. Kansas Colorado Missouri Iowa Nebraska North Dakota Minnesota champions will join host Ottawa with about 140 youths plus parents. Estimated cost is $6,000 funded by ads gates and program sales. Foster parent housing will supply meals and beds. volunteers can call 242 6516 to offer hosting. Coaches for the OBRL all star teams will be named later this week.
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Colorado
Missouri
Iowa
Nebraska
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Minnesota
Ottawa
Steve
Merilee Queen
IOC May Bend Rules For Individual Participation At Olympics
In Lausanne the IOC executive board, six weeks from Moscow, seeks a path for U S and other boycott nations to field individual athletes. Hungarian member Arpad Csnadi will liaise with international federations to test bending rules as IOC president Lord Killanin assigns Csnadi to pursue a possible exception after 84 years. He indicated a clearer answer within 24 hours.
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Lausanne
Switzerland
United States
International Olympic Committee
IOC
Moscow
Arpad Csnadi
Csnadi
Lord Killanin
Canadi
Killanin
IOC Session Near Moscow Faces Boycott Fallout
Olympic politics swirl as 8 nations back the U S boycott while pressure grows to allow individual athletes entry. Japan pushes for medals for women volleyball. Russia favors broad participation. debates rise over a permanent Greek site and IOC leadership as Killanin ends his term.
Boys' Club Upset Kiwanis In OBAL Action Night
Boys' Club stunned Kiwanis 6-4 as Jeff Sloop drove in three runs and Craig Buck added a key-infield hit. Keith Hodges and Harald Gipson starred for Kiwanis, while Lions routed Rotary 12-3 with seven runs in the fifth inning and Todd Schultze earning the win. Babe Ruth notes include weekly honors for Kevin Allan, Larry Stewart, Todd Burroughs, and Jeff Sypher. Richmond women’s slow-pitch tournament slated for June 26 29 with $50 entry GUI.
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Kiwanis
Lions
Rotary
Boys' Club
Kevin Allan
Greg Shutt
Allan
Boys’ Club
Shutt
Jamie Gladman
Harald Gipson
Gladman
Craig Buck
Jon Wiggins
Jeff Sloop
Randy Brewer
Keith Hodges
Gipson
Bryan Kelley
Larry Stewart
Stewart
Sloop
Wiggins
Brian Smith
Mark Ewbank
Steve Brown
Ani
Bryan Cates
Todd Schultze
Curtis Gragg
Cates
Schulte
Brent Parker
Brown
Alan Phillips
Scott Thompson
Todd Brady
Schultze
Phillips
OBAL
Eagles
Sertoma
VFW
Babe Ruth
Todd Burroughs
Jeff Sypher
Sypher
Richmond
Roland Sass
Lasorda’s Dodger Charm Bridges War Bonds and Fans
New York AP profile of Tommy Lasorda, Dodgers manager, recounts how fans from all sides phone him in New York. He recalls wartime favors exchanged for tickets, including a master sergeant who granted weekend passes in 1945 in exchange for two major league game tickets, a debt repaid tenfold. Lasorda, a lifelong Dodger loyalist, recalls hometown ties and barber war buddy memories.
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