Sugar Creek Mows Down Ottawa A team 13 to 3 in slump
Sugar Creek Missouri routed Ottawa American Legion A team 13 to 3 at Orls Cox Field. Ottawa’s 10 fielding errors and 11 walks doomed the visitors after a 4-2 start. Randy Firestone pitched five and two thirds innings, allowing one unearned run and striking out 10, the lone bright spot for Ottawa in an otherwise costly collapse.
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Terry Ostmeyer
Ottawa American Legion
Sugar Creek
Orls Cox Field
Legion
Missouri
Ottawa
Steve Hutchison
Randy Firestone
David Beets
Firestone
Charley Porter
Beets
Steve Hammontree
Porter
Hutchison
Lawrence
Orlis Cox Field
Forest Park
Bob's Truck Stop
Wichita
Gary Robertson
Scott Adams
Bobby
KC 199 Wins 13-6 Ottawa B-Team in wild Legion game
Kansas City Post 199 built a 9-1 lead and beat Ottawa B-team 13-6 in a late start game halted at 6 pm. Scott Harvey drove in four and homered as KC chalked up 13 hits while Ottawa committed seven errors leading to unearned runs.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Post
American Legion
Ottawa
Scott Harvey
Gary Brockus
Larry Black
Ed Bloomer
John Killough
Bloomer
Killough
Steve Jones
Black
Brockus
Curt Chaney
Chaney
Umps
Go Go Sox Learn The Home Run Trot
The Chicago White Sox, embracing a speed driven style, hit six home runs to sweep a doubleheader from Milwaukee 6-4 and 5-4, narrowing the gap to Oakland in the AL West. Dick Allen led with two homers, others contributing as Ed Herrmann Mike Andrews and Luis Alvarado joined the attack.
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Sox
Milwaukee
Oakland
Athletics
Detroit
Bill Freehan
Kansas City
New York
Baltimore
Texas
Minnesota
Cleveland
Boston
California
Dick Allen
Chicago
Ed Herrmann
Mike Andrews
Luis Alvarado
Brewers
Pat Kelly
Carlos May
Bill Melton
Kelly
May
George Scott
Freehan
Ken Holtzman
A’s
Ollie Brown
Ed Brinkman
Belmont Victory Caps Trainer's Domination
New York AP trainer Lucien Laurin dominates the 3-year-old division with Riva Ridge, Derby winner, winning the Belmont Stakes in 2:28 on a fast track. Spanish Riddle debuts on grass with a Belmont win then Quill Gordon misses the money as Laurin's Meadow Stable quartet racks 15 victories and over $660,000 this year. Riva Ridge leads the division with nine stakes wins, paying $5.20 to win and $93,540 from a $155,400 purse.
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New York
Lucien Laurin
Laurin
Riva Ridge
Upper Case
Spanish Riddle
Quill Gordon
Roy Anderson
Meadow Stable
Belmont Park
Riva
Ron Turcotte
Swede Bonnier Dies At Le Mans In 24 Hour Race
At Le Mans France veteran Swede Joakim Bonnier died instantly when his yellow Lola struck trees near the Indianapolis Bend while attempting to pass a Ferrari. His death cast a pall over Graham Hill's eight hour later victory for Matra-Simca. Bonnier, 42, led a 24 year career and was a founder of the Grand Prix Drivers Association. Hill and Pescarolo expressed shock as the race continued with a French victory.
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LE Mans
France
Indianapolis
Joakim Bonnier
Graham Hill
Bonnier
Hill
Juan-Manuel Fangio
Alberto Ascari
Mike Collins
Marquis de Portago
Matra
Henri Pescarolo
Louis Rosier
Ferrari
Florian Vetsch
Switzerland
Vic Elford
Britain
Elford
Lola
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van Fossan
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Mader
LF Woods
P Reed
F Morton
CF Marsh
LE Mosley
Billings
Fielden
Dil
Waymire
Dunkin
Chanay
Poets
F Fitzgerald
Baldwin
RF Nesbit
Wallace
Farrell
Carlson
Moore
Kramer
Lyday
Skeen
Hammonbee
Asher
Hal Bock
Associated Press
Chicago White Sox
The
Holtzman
Tigers
Aurelio Rodriguez
Tony Taylor
Dick Drago
Steve Kline
Yankees
Drago
Kline
Dave Johnson
Jim Nettles
Jim Kaat
Bob Darwin
Darwin
Nettles
Graig
Carlton Fisk
Red Sox
Danny Cater
Doug Griffin
Tommy Harper
Mre
Belmont Victory
Ridge
Gallant Man
Stage Door Johnny
MFA
MFA Insurance
Herb Wittmeyer
Ottawa, Kansas
PNB
Peoples National Bank
Waverly
Ottawa No. 2
Porter-Spears
Agency
Tom Porter
George Spears
Atlanta Royals
Braves
Royal Reservation
Center
Wansag City Royals
E. Wilson
Dani Grow
Wii
S. Main
Kansaa
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