Ottawa man sails aboard academy entry in Trans-Pacific race
Ottawan Terry Shoemaker, son of Mr and Mrs Max Shoemaker Ottawa RFD 4, crews on the U S Naval Academy Cal-40 sloop gearing for a 2 250 mile race to Hawaii. Seven crew members share duties with four midshipmen and three officers. They will remove nonessential gear to shed weight and rely on wind to finish, with provisions for two weeks at sea and a spare rudder improvised from boat parts. The race opens to all and 77 boats are entered, with the Pacific weather making it the first of its kind for Shoemaker.
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Dan Mullen
Kansas
Ottawa
Terry Shoemaker
Max Shoemaker
RFD
U. S. Naval Academy
Hawaii
Shoemaker
Academy
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic
Pacific
Cash Paying Some Fat Dividends For Detroit
Detroit’s Norm Cash homered again to beat Milwaukee 3-2, pulling into a second-place tie with Hank Greenberg on the club career list with 310 blasts. He also had a three-run shot in a 3-0 win over Milwaukee the night before, helping Detroit near the top of the all time Tiger hit parade.
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Associated Press
Cash Register
Detroit
Tiger
Norm Cash
Cash
Milwaukee
Hank Greenberg
Greenberg
Brewers
al Kaline
Tigers
Cleveland Indians
Chicago White Sox
Baltimore Orioles
Minnesota Twins
New York Yankees
California Angels
Washington
Kansas City
Brewer
Dave Bristol
Skip Lockwood
Skip
Bristol
Mickey Stanley
Bill Freehan
Joe Coleman
Bill Voss
Ray Fosse
Ted Uhlaender
Ray Lamb
Cleveland
Chicago
Uhlaender
Indians
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Lamb
Men
Kirby
Nolan Ryan
Ed Kranepool
Mets
Terry Harmon
Phillies
Los Angeles
Giants
Rick Wise
Dodgers
Willie Davis
Tom Kelley
Houston
Cesar Cedeno
Cecil Upshaw
Hank Aaron
Orlando Cepeda
Kelley
Astros
Larry Dierker
Weiskopf Leads Kemper Open After Six-Under 66
Tom Weiskopf borrowed a putter in Columbus and opened Kemper Open with a six under par 66 to take a two stroke lead at Quail Hollow. He returns from a five month layoff and says his game is coming back as peers like Palmer and Player trail at 70 and 72 respectively.
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N.C
Tom Weiskopf
Columbus
Ohio
van Gogh
Tom
Weiskopf
Quail Hollow
Jim Colbert
Kansas
Hubert Green
Mason Rudolph
Ron Rief
Bobby Mitchell
Larry Hinson
Rod Funseth
Bob Lunn
Arnold Palmer
Gary Player
Charles ‘Cottolly
Bhigland
Tony” Dacklin
White Sox and Red Sox Triumph in Darkness Shortened Midget League Games
In two rain and darkness shortened midget league games, the White Sox beat the Expos 10 to 4 and the Red Sox defeated the Senators 9 to 3. Randy Hendrickson, Lonnie Flippo, and Paul Geist led White Sox batting while Michael Didde fueled the Red Sox with three hits. Winning pitchers were Robbie Geist and Jere Sellers, with Craig Gorton and David White taking losses.
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Expos
Red Sox
Senators
Randy Hendrickson
Lonnie Flippo
Paul Geist
Robbie Geist
David Ralston
Craig Gorton
Michael Didde
Bruce Ewbank
Danny Skinner
Jere Sellers
David
Swearingen
Hart
Renner
McCrea
Totals
Switzer
Smith
Whitacre
Maxwell
Gorton
R. Switzer
R. Maxwell
Larkin
Nichols
Falls
Watkins
Higbie
Moore
Sellers
Brill
Didde
Croucher
Gahagan
Rothwell
White
Garrett
Skinner
O'Hara
Legion Clubs Play Tonight in Weekend Series
Ottawa's two American Legion teams have three games on tap this weekend starting tonight. The A-team travels to Olathe to face Olathe Post at 8 PM, while the B-team visits Liondotte Park in Kansas City to meet KC Post 399 at 8 PM. Both clubs have Saturday off and then play doubleheaders Sunday.
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American Legion
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Olathe
Liondotte Park
Kansas City
KC Post
Topeka Post
Lake Shawnee
Orlis Cox Field
Independence, Mo
Baseball scoreboard and results from the season standings
The standings show New York leading with 32 wins and 21 losses, followed by Pittsburgh 35 23, St. Louis 35 24, Chicago 28 29, and Montreal 22 33. West division lists San Francisco 38 22, Los Angeles 36 28, Houston 21 30, Atlanta 28 32, Cincinnati 23 34, San Diego 19 38. Thursday results: San Diego 4 New York 2, Atlanta 2 Houston 1, Montreal 3 San Francisco 1, Philadelphia 4 Los Angeles 7, Pittsburgh 3 St. Louis 1. Friday matchups: Cincinnati at Chicago, San Diego at Philadelphia, San Francisco at New York, Los Angeles at Montreal, Atlanta at Houston, Pittsburgh at St. Louis. Saturday’s games: Cincinnati at Chicago, San Diego at Philadelphia, San Francisco at New York, Los Angeles at Montreal, Milwaukee at Cleveland, Chicago at Baltimore, Boston at Kansas City, Minnesota at Detroit, New York at Oakland.
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Cleveland
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Oakland
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Minnesota
California
Milwaukee
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City
Expos Do It Again To Slumping Giants
Expos rally to beat the San Francisco Giants 3-1 behind Carl Morton and John Bateman. Montreal erased an early Giants lead with a fifth inning rally and Morton’s clutch pitching, then Bateman’s run-scoring double secured the win as San Francisco dropped its eighth in nine games this month.
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Associated Press
Montreal
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John Bateman
San Francisco Giants
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Bateman
Expos
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St. Louis
San Diego
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Los Angeles
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Houston
Ron Hunt
Rusty Staub
Bob Bailey
Giants
Steve Blass
Bob Robertson
Pirates
New York
Clay Kirby
Mets
Ollie Brown
Nate Colbert
Rain Spoils Eagles Bid For No 4 In Ottawa League
In Ottawa Babe Ruth action the Eagles top Lions 6 1 before a rain delay washed out a seven run third inning. The game will be replayed Saturday at 6 30 p.m. The VFW Rotary game also rained out and set for 8 30 p.m. Saturday. Tonight features Elks vs Kiwanis at 6 30 followed by Boys Club versus DeMolay.
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VFW
Rotary
The
Elks
Kiwanis
Boys’ Club
DeMolay
Canadiens shock: Bowman named Montreal coach for 1975-76
Scotty Bowman, former Blues coach GM, selected to replace Al MacNeil as head coach of the defending Stanley Cup champions Montreal Canadiens. MacNeil to be GM and coach of the Voyageurs in Halifax next season, a move following public criticism by Henri Richard.
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al MacNeil
Montreal Canadiens
NHL
Scotty Bowman
St. Louis Blues
MacNeil
Sam Pollock
Canadiens
Claude Ruel
Henri Richard
Voyageurs
Halifax
Nova Scotia Voyageurs
Bowman
Pollock
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