Eagles, Lions win in Ottawa Babe Ruth League upsets
In Ottawa Babe Ruth League play Eagles beat Boys' Club 3-2 for their first win while Lions toppled Rotary 9-3. Stark and Mueller duel in the opener with Eagles taking the lead late as Cook drives in two runs. Lions rally in the fourth to seal a 9-3 decision, with Davis pitching and McAdoo taking the loss.
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Gary Kuntz
Ottawa
Eagles
Boys’ Club
Lions
Rotary
Tony Stark
John Mueller
Stark
Mueller
Jim Brockus
Bob Hull
Raymond Shaffer
Gene White
Shaffer
Kevin Smell
Bart South
Dewey Cook
White
Boys Club
Davis
Tony Petty
Ken Miller
Curt Moore
Bill Gentner
McAdoo
DeMolay
Ellis
VFW
Kiwanis
Keefer
Smell
South
Chaney
Cook
Roberts
Smith
Marstall
Hull
Saffron
B. Shaffer
R. Shaffer
Leecy
Wilson
Williams
Burgoon
Brockus
Totals
Miller
Cramer
C. Moore
Ball
J. Moore
Hook
Geist
Mumma
Myers
Sheldon
Royse
Bristow
Petty
Sharpe
M. Gentner
G. Gentner
League Leaders in National and American Baseball
National League batting leader Maddox tops with .350 and Bonds leads in runs with 61. Stargell hits 17 homers, Morgan steals 27 bases. American League includes Carew 66 hits and North 18 steals, with Minaya 6? Notable pitchers include Holtzman 113 innings and Lee 72? Seaver, Carlton lead strikeouts.
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Associated Press
National League
Maddox
Lopes
Bonds
Rose
Cin
W.davis
Ferguson
Fuentes
Cardenal
Chi
Tovar
Phi
W.crawford
Metzger
Hin
Sanguillen
Pgh
Stargell
H.aaron
Atl
Morgan
Cedeno
Billingham
Bryant
Seaver
Carlton
Blomberg
Kirkpatrick
Mayberry
R.jackson
Oak
Carew
Min
D.allen
Rojas
Bumbry
Bai
North
Harper
Bsn
Holtzman
Lee
Ben
N.ryan
Cal
Singer
Lovelace steals show at West Coast books convention
At a Los Angeles books convention Linda Lovelace interrupted sports icons Wilt Chamberlain Bo Belinsky and Jim McKay during a celebrity author session. Chamberlain voiced mixed feelings about the attention while Lovelace defended her work and discussed broader views on sex and censorship.
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Los Angeles
Wilt Chamberlain
Association
Linda Lovelace
West
Miss Lovelace
Linda
Bo Belinsky
Chamberlain
Jennifer O'Neil
Belinsky
Gibson Moves Up In Strikeout Annals
St. Louis ace Bob Gibson moved into second on the all time strikeout list with 2,862 after fanning nine in a 12-4 win over Cincinnati. The performance left him 646 behind Walter Johnson and ahead of Jim Bunning while stressing his goal of 20 victories this season. The day’s other NL results featured Atlanta, San Francisco, and Los Angeles winning, with Milwaukee and others adding key homers and wins.
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Ken Rappoport
Associated Press
Bob Gibson
St. Louis Cardinal
Cincinnati Reds
Gibson
Jim Bunning
Walter Johnson
Atlanta Braves
Pittsburgh Pirates
San Francisco Giants
New York Mets
Los Angeles Dodgers
Philadelphia Phillies
Milwaukee Brewers
Minnesota Twins
Cincinnati
Ed Sprague
Bunning
Detroit Tigers
Cardinals
Don Guilett
Ted Sizemore
RBI
Luis Melendez
Reds
Joe Morgan
Ken Reitz
Hank Aaron
Atlanta
Pittsburgh
Aaron
Babe Ruth
Ron Bryant
San Francisco
New York
Dave Kingman
Giants
Don Sutton
Pete Richert
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
Greg Luzinski
Phillies
Ollie Brown
Milwaukee
Minnesota
Patek Out Royals Call Up White
Kansas City Royals place short stop Fred Patek on the 15 day disabled list after a left thigh injury. Frank White is called up from Omaha to provide infield protection. Bobby Floyd will start in Patek’s spot. White, 22, is a Royals Academy graduate and batted .280 with three homers in Omaha.
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Kansas City
Fred Patek
Kansas City Royals
The
Royals
Patek
Frank White
Omaha
New York Yankees
White
Royals Academy
Sarasota
Fla
Jacksonville
San Jose
Bobby Floyd
Ottawa Qualifiers Prep for Missouri Valley Junior Olympics
Ottawa athletes qualified in four events to compete in the Missouri Valley AAU Junior Olympic championships in Lawrence. In the boys senior division, Jerry Peffly was second in the 2 mile in 9 55.2, Stan Vernon of Topeka won in 9 47.2, while the 440 relay team and individuals Wilson Hanes Burgoon Thompson plus Hanes in pole vault also advanced. Dolores Brewer of Quenemo won the girls discus with a record 119 1.
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Ottawa
Lawrence
Manhattan
Jerry Peffly
Topeka
Stan Vernon
Rudy Wilson
Steve Hanes
Tim
Burgoon
Bob Thompson
Liberal
Wilson
Hanes
Tad Scales
Quenemo
Dolores Brewer
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Richmond
Homer Phelan
London
Cardell
Dennis McIntire
S. Hickory
Dad
Excello
Shelden
Grier
Jenkins
McKay
ABC
J.R. Cheney
Ottawans
Hicks Electric CO
N. Main
Kansas
Vassmer’s
Ottawa Retail Association
Ottawa Lumber
S. Main
Bob and
Jim McCrea
Nebraska
Terry Brownell
John Schletzbaum
Hutchinson
Tom Robinson
Garden City
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