Southern Cal and BYU in tight college baseball round one
Southern Cal (4-12) faces Ton Ball and Pan Am (42-7) tests Southern Illinois (407) in tonight's first round finals as USC pursues its eighth title. Brigham Young (31-14) battles Mississippi State (32-11) in the losers' round. winner advances while loser exits the double elimination eight-team meet. Varney, a seven-time major leaguer, drives in runs for Harvard in a 9th inning rally as Kelly leads Crimson to a 7-2 win. Steve Easton fires BYU to a four-hitter over MSU in another regional game. Tulsa (33-10) beats Mississippi State 2-0 on Homers by Still and Bowling. Rogers and Butcher lift Houston toward a second round clash with Harvard. Houston Oilers announce picks Jackson and Fox in NFL drafting rounds.
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Steve Rogers
Phil Still
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B Team Blues In 1-0 Loss To 399 In Kansas City
Ottawa American Legion B team fell 1-0 to Kansas City Post 399 in a pitching duel. Sharp worked nine strikeouts over two hits allowed. Ottawa stranded 24 baserunners as a squeeze bunt misfired in the seventh. They return home Sunday for an evening doubleheader with Independence, Missouri.
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Ottawa
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Ty Hogue
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van Jameson
Slimmer Lunn Leads Kemper Slimmer Lunn Leads Kemper
CHARLOTTE N C AP Lunn said he weighed 240 pounds after a Christmas visit to his mother’s house and vowed to change. He dropped 60 pounds to 180 and shot six birdies in a round. Rudolph, Weiskopf, Barber, Ziegler and Player chased, with Palmer, Trevino, Coady and King also in contention.
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Arnold Palmer
Ottawa A-team routs Olathe 7 1 behind pitching parade
Ottawa Legion A-team rode pitcher trio Jeff Sheldon Charley Porter and David Drumright to a 7 1 win over Olathe. Steve Grogan powered the offense with a homer and three RBI while Grogan stole home in a double steal. Ottawa improves to 5 2 and gears up for Sunday doubleheader with Topeka Post 74 at Lake Shawnee.
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Chuck Lodge
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Richard Mendell
Mike Wallace
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Topeka
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Pete Dearfoss
Women golfers prep for Kansas State Amateur ties
June Foulks of Ottawa Country Club heads to the Kansas State Women's Amateur June 14 to 17 where she will also serve on the rules committee. Doris Peters, Linda Earnshaw, Sue Wolgast, Virginia Gilroy and Helena Kramer join a nine hole invitational at Osawatomie Golf Club on June 15 with other events slated at Emporia Country Club on June 17.
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Rojas Wins with Three-Run Triple in Royals 6 3 Victory
Cookie Rojas propelled Kansas City to a 6-3 win over Boston with a three-run triple after loading the bases in the first. His 310 season average leads AL infielders, while Royals ride a nine-game stretch to close in on division leaders. Other Friday results note Yankees over A’s, Orioles over White Sox, and multiple NL scores.
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Hanes Ties for Third in USTFF Pole Vault
Ottawa High junior Steve Hanes equaled his best of 14 feet to tie for third in the USTFF high school pole vault at the Wichita meet. Hanes shared third with Ron Nichols of McPherson behind winner Steve Riley of Wichita and runner up Aide of Bismarck. Fifth went to Travis of Ponca City. Hanes is 3-A state champ and Missouri Valley Junior Olympic meet entrant.
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Tennessee driver injured in Williams Grove sprint wreck
Mechanicstown Williams Grove Speedway warmup crash injures Benny Howard of Memphis. The driver was reported in guarded condition at Holy Spirit Hospital in Camp Hill after his car flipped several times while negotiating the first turn at the one mile oval.
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