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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1996
Page
2
Ottawa hosts Chanute in Friday Legion A baseball action with the game and start time TBA. The schedule also lists Legion AA at Ottawa on Saturday with a 1 p.m. first pitch, part of the Kansas City circuit.
Major League standings show Cleveland, Chicago, Milwaukee, Minnesota, Kansas City, Texas, Seattle, California in the American League with New York leading East at 44 30. Baltimore 40 33 and Toronto 34 41 trail. Central and West divisions list Detroit 22 55 and Seattle 47 28 respectively. Tuesday results include Detroit 10 Oakland 8 and New York 6 Minnesota 2, plus Boston 0 Toronto 8 Seattle 7 Chicago 3 California 2 Milwaukee 5 Kansas City 3. Thursday games list Seattle at Toronto, Los Angeles at Colorado, San Diego at San Francisco, with other matches noted.
MLB transaction report shows the Oakland Athletics activating infielder Scott Brosius from the 15-day disabled list. The Toronto Blue Jays placed outfielder Juan Samuel on the 15-day DL and activated Otis Nixon from the DL.
Ottawa American Legion AA beat Paola 7-3 in the nightcap after Jeff Pelton hit two homers and allowed a five-hitter. Pelton had earlier misplayed a seventh inning error in game one that helped Paola tie and win 11-10. The doubleheader left Ottawa 4-4 on the road trip, with upcoming home game vs Emporia.
An unsettled draft opens with a 50 50 outlook on Allen Iverson and Stephen Marbury as top contenders. Teams weigh options for the second pick with Isiah Thomas undecided between Marcus Camby and Shareef Abdur-Rahim amid a record flow of underclassmen entering the pool.
Cyndy Wymore led the semi annual OWGA Golf Tournament as top medalist at Ottawa Country Club. Rusty Moore captured the championship flight with runners up Carol Martin Louise McClinton and Liz Moherman. Flights crowned Janet Keaton Dolores Genzil Doris Sherman Kelly Heston Marie Merrifield with near-contenders listed in order.
Ottawa captures a three straight wins with a sweep of Lawrence, overcoming a 7-4 deficit in the seventh inning of the nightcap. Phillip Marez and Josh Meyers delivered RBI singles in the decisive rally as Ottawa scored four runs. In the opener, Ottawa rallied for two runs in the seventh to erase a 4-3 deficit, aided by walks and a hit. Lawrence built a 7-4 edge behind a two-run second inning, but Ottawa answered with multiple runs to close the gap. Earlier, John Dixon drove in Guilfoyle for Ottawa’s lone first-inning run as Lawrence pulled away. Ottawa later split a Saturday doubleheader with Olathe South, dropping the opener 5-1 then winning the nightcap 12-2 before the 10-run rule halted play.
Milwaukee, riding a 14 game homer streak, beat Kansas City 5-3 as Greg Vaughn clubbed his 22nd homer off Mark Gubicza. Vaughn’s patience and new stance helped him hammer a hanging curve early, extending KC’s slide while Milwaukee dreams of tying the club record 15 straight games with a homer.
At Wimbledon No 9 Thomas Enqvist was upset by MaliVai Washington 6-4 7-6 6-3. Enqvist blamed a poor serve for his exit, while Washington advanced to the third round. Todd Martin and Doug Flach also progressed, with Glaf’s upset of Agassi noted. In women’s singles Anke Huber and Mary Joe Fernandez won their matches. Seven British men reached the second round led by Tim Henman.
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