Honn's .500 Tops Ottawa Legion Batting Rush
Frank Honn leads Ottawa American Legion after six games with a .500 average, 10 hits in 20 at bats and six RBIs. Five players hit over .350. Wadkins and Welch also above .400. Team stands 5-1 overall and 1-0 in District II League play with strong pitching from Wadkins.
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Frank Honn
Ottawa American Legion
Honn
Legion
Don Stevens
Skip Nesbit
Tom Woolard
RBI
Stevens
Ottawa
Bill Stauffer
Nesbit
Stauffer
Gary Wadkins
Dick Welch
Wadkins
Welch
Chanute
Jeff Sheldon
Terry Shisler
Hits Ave
O’neil
Underwood
Shisler Drake
Woolard
Hearne
Wright
Grogan
Sheldon
Taul
Mallicoat
Kloster
Morrisey
Is There No End To Reggie In AL Roundup
Reggie Smith slugged two homers and four runs, lifting Boston past Cleveland 8-5 as his long hitting run continues. Oakland’s Reggie Jackson battered four homers in a weekend series, then dipped Monday as Kansas City split a marathon doubleheader with them. McLain won his 10th for Detroit, Kaline homered, and Carew stole home to tie a league record as Minnesota led California and Oakland in the West.
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Mike Bryson
Associated Press
Yes
Virginia
Reggie
Reggie Smith
Boston Red Sox
Cleveland
Reggie—Jackson
Smith
Red Sox
Oakland
Jackson
A’s
Kansas City
Denny McLain
Detroit
New York Yankees
Minnesota
California
Chicago
Seattle
Carl Yastrzemski
Boston
Russ Gibson
Ken Harrelson
Indians
Jackie Hernandez
Royals
Dick Green
Hernandez
RBI
Sal Bando
Bob Oliver
Green
Rod Carew
Twins
Carew
Ty Cobb
Bob Roth
Brooklyn
Pete Reiser
Harmon Killebrew
Billy Wynne
Tucson
White Sox
Sox
Milwaukee
Gail Hopkins
Royals top Yankees in Junior League clash at Forest Park
The Royals defeated the Yankees 11-1 to stay atop the American League standings. Indians beat the White Sox 8-6 and the Tigers edged the Orioles in a late rally. Pitcher Bill Bowers went the distance for the Royals while Alan Moore earned the Tigers win.
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Craig Davis
Royals
Yankees
Forest Park
Indians
White Sox
Tigers
Orioles
Yankee
Kirk Davis
Bill Bowers
Davis
Chris Winterscheid
Steve Elliott
Alan Pierce
Frank Betz
Darrel Anderson
Betz
Pierce
Winterscheid
Alan McMillan
John Huderson
Curt Moore
Alan Moore
Stephen Latimer
West
Cubs
Dodgers
Reines
Braves
Cardinals
Giants
Pirates
Brockus
M. Allen
Burt Bowers
Kornhaus
Burgoon
Shoemaker
White
Everhart
McAdoo
Coen
K. Allen
Totals
Jones
Adkinson
Brown
Korkames
Pinet
Whiteford
Bryan
Chaney
Brittan
Scott
Soph
Elliott
Mueller
Hicks
Weber
Page
Roberts
Winter
Porter
Hooper
Royse
Anderson
Roller
Rowan
Pennington
Wilson
Newkirk
Johnston
LeValley
Sheffield
Snider
Cramer
A. Moore
McMillan
Huderson
C. Moore
Malburg
Wassmer
Bristow
Thompson
Tucker
Schroeder
Gould
Fritts
Latimer
Tedrow
Mohr
Hayes
Mantle Eligible for Hall of Fame in 1974
Fort Lauderdale AP report notes Mickey Mantle will reach Hall of Fame eligibility in 1974 after retiring at 37 with the New York Yankees following 18 seasons. A five year retirement is required for eligibility.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Mickey Mantle
New York Yankees
Baseball
Many Favorites In NCAA Track
In a field with at least eight contenders led by Kansas, San Jose State, and host Tennessee, the NCAA track and field title is expected to be a tight race. Coaches from UCLA, Oregon, Washington State, and Villanova weighed Tennessee as a strong, home-track threat while predicting a possible 50-point winning total.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Kansas
San Jose State
Tennessee
Southern California
Verne Wolfe
Washington State
Wolfe
UCLA
Oregon
Villanova
Vols
Bush
John Smith
Len van Hofwegan
Andy Young
Wayne Collett
Coliseum-Compton
Emmett Brunson
Rice University
Brunson
U.S
Baseball Standings and Tonight's MLB Schedule
The scoreboard shows Baltimore leading the AL with 44 wins and 17 losses while Boston trails at 37-22 and Detroit 32-23. The NL East features Chicago 40-20 and New York 30-26 as key pacesetters with several twi night games listed across both leagues.
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W. L. Pet
Baltimore
Boston
Detroit
Washington
New York
Cleveland
Minnesota
Oakland
Seattle
Chicago
Kansas City
Drago
California
Messersmith
Morris
Lonborg
Paul
Cuellar
Shellenback
Brabender
Pattin
Peters
Bell
Lolich
Hiller
Stottlemyre
Kekich
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Montreal
Atlanta
Los Angeles
San Fran
Cincinnati
Houston
San Diego
Gentry
Cardwell
Jackson
Champion
Niekro
Sisk
Singer
Foster
Twinight
Selma
Jenkins
Vealer
Garber
Wegener
Carlton
Lemaster
Pappas
Culver
San Francisco
Marichal
Leaders In American League Batting And Pitching
The Associated Press lists AL batting leaders with Carew and F Robinson atop averages, runs, and RBIs. notable figures include Killebrew and Blair. Pitching leaders show McNally, Lyle, and Lindblad at 1.000 with 5 decisions, plus top strikeout totals by McDowell and Culp.
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Associated Press
Carew
Minnesota
F. Robinson
Baltimore
Blair
Killebrew
Powell
R. Jackson
Oakland
Petrocelli
Boston
Harper
Seattle
Campaneris
McNally
Balt
Lyle
Lindblad
McDowell
Cleveland
Culp
McLain Wins 100th. Tigers Top Yankees in NYH
Denny McLain, recovering from a stomach virus after a cake incident, pitched the Detroit Tigers to a 3-2 victory over the New York Yankees. It was his 100th major league win and kept him near last season’s pace as AL’s first 10-game winner, with 17 starts and a 2.54 ERA.
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McLain
Chicago
Tigers
al Kaline
Don Wert
Jim Lyttle
Sin
NEW York
Denny McLain
Detroit Tigers
New York Yankees
Yankee Stadium
Yankees
Seattle
Decathlon Dates Remain Set in Salina
The national AAU decathlon championships will stay in Salina on July 5-6 after AAU officials rejected Hilmer Lodge’s proposal to move to June 28-29. Pat Bolen cited many commitments. top contenders led by defending champion Bill Toomey argued the July dates allow better preparation for the U S British Commonwealth Russian meet in Los Angeles July 18-19.
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Salina
Kan
AAU
Pat Bolen
Hilmer Lodge
Bill Toomey
Los Angeles
City Scores MEN'S SOFTBALL STATISTICS SUMMARY FIRST CHRISTIAN-20
Readable box score lists players and line totals for teams FIRST CHRISTIAN-20, TRIN. U. METH.-4, FIRST U. METHOSICST -21, FIRST BAPTIST-3, INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE DIVCO NO. II-19, PARMELEE-3 with per-player AB R H totals and team totals for a regional league game.
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First Christian
Hiatt
Grace
Crane
Mochammer
Bohn
Gentner
Brown
Browning
Keefer
Saffron
Industrial League
Divco NO. II
D. Schmoe
Lucas
Everson
Turner
Nichols
M. Schmoe
Good
Ferguson
Haas
Patterson
Burnett
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Tolan
N. Main
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Platt
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Satterlee
First Baptist
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Presswell
Moor
Patty
Dallas Turner
Perkins
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Reddick
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Aguirre
Horne
Pedrow
Stevenson
Walt
Lister
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