Ottawa A-team Wins Three. Hurls Past Manhattan and Emporia
Ottawa American Legion A team swept two West Division leaders and extended its season mark to 16-8 with 2-0 and 6-2 wins over Manhattan and a 2-1 nonleague win at Emporia. Beets pitched superbly in both Sunday games, Shaffer batted in key runs, and McAdoo closed out Manhattan with a four-hit effort.
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Terry Ostmeyer
Ottawa American Legion
Ottawa Moundsmen
Manhattan
Emporia
Ottawa
Orlis Cox Field
John McAdoo
Robert Hook
Raymond Shaffer
Sylvan Grove Park
Dave Schmitz
Bob Shaffer
Hook
Schmitz
A-team
Beets
R. Shaffer
McAdoo
Cary Colbert
B. Shaffer
Buddy Welch
Jim Markowitz
Markowitz
Homer
Finley Bonus Casts Spotlight On A's Player Reward
Jeff Newman collected four hits and may receive a $1000 bonus from Oakland owner Charles C. Finley after a doubleheader sweep by Kansas City. The Royals split the pair 9-3 in the opener and 6-run sixth inning aided the win in the second. Whitey Herzog lamented the uneven hitting while A's center fielder Billy North broke a finger and was placed on the disabled list.
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Oakland
Jeff Newman
Oakland A
Charles C. Finley
Kansas City Royals
Vida
Blue
Hal McRae
McRae
Bob Lacey
Dave Giusti
Royals
Newman
Finley
A’s
Paul Splittorff
Rick Langford
Marty Pattin
Whitey Herzog
Billy North
North
Ottawa B team tops Topeka Bats in league festival game
Ottawa’s American Legion Bteam defeated Topeka 2 0 in a seven inning festival contest at Lake Shawnee. Mark Gates yielded four hits and seven walks with seven strikeouts as Ottawa won in the seventh with Ned Moore Jamie Waldy and Corky Mills delivering key hits. Ottawa improves to 6-7 and heads to Lawrence Tuesday night before hosting Emporia on Wednesday.
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R. Shaffer
Beets
Markowitz
Shaffer
Emporia
Bastin
Ottawa
Topeka Post 1
Reed
Andy Hoffmans
Hoffmans
Bill Scribner
Orlis Cox Field
Topeka Post
Garnett
Topeka
American Legion
Lake Shawnee Complex
Legion
Lawrence
Holcum Field
Mark Gates
Gates
McKnight
Bats
Corky Mills
Jeff Schoch
Ned Moore
Jamie Waldy
Waldy
Jim Rice
Mills
Jeff Woods
Moore
Vic White
Waverly
Open tennis dreamer failed to steer sport toward glory
AP report recalls Fred Corcoran, promoter who helped golf explode and urged open tennis to rise. Once rejected by U S Lawn Tennis Association, Corcoran predicted tennis would turn open in 1968 amid commercial pressures, creating boom but leaving leadership gaps. Corcoran died in Westchester County, NY, last week.
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Wimbledon
England
U.S
Fred Corcoran
Bob Jones
Walter Hagen
Gene Sarazen
U.S. Lawn Tennis Association
Westchester County
N.Y
Royals Win Midget League Title With Three Victories
The Royals clinched the midget league title by beating the Athletics 22-1 with winning pitcher Kelvin Owens and loser Ron Rice, then topping the Padres 13-0 behind Phillip Geist, and defeating the Expos 15-5 with Geist and Rutter strong at the plate. Braves, Red Sox, and White Sox also won games as standings show Royals leading. Athletics, Padres, and others chase.
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Royals
Athletics
Kelvin Owens
Ron Rice
Phillip Geist
Brett Carey
Padres
Keith Hodges
Charlie Rutter
Anne Maxwell
Expos
Chariie Rutter
Brent Parker
Royal
Robert Mille
Dean Mills
Ricky Ferguson
Garrett Pixley
White Sox
Jeff Sypher
Doug Yokum
David Moore
Braves
Ricky Fritts
Red Sox
John Germer
Don Sims
John Wray
Bobby Brownell
Jeff Reed
John Mauszycki
Jon Wiggins
Stephen Curtis
Ue Athletica
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Hawks
Post
Jeff Eubank
Tony Reed
Emporians
Russ Bastin
Scribner
AB Welch
LE Stockstill
RF Beats
S. B. Shatter
A. Shatter
CE McAdoo
O Dickerson
CF Reaves
Michel
RE McAfee
Able
Colbert
DH Snicer
Levier
Blakely
LE Luneford
PH Seimir
P Soe
Welch
Seritmar
LE Reed
R' Beett
B. Shatter
A Hee
IB Meadow
Rohrbaugh
CF J. Haynes
Potter
Markowicz
Kuhlman
Jenkins
Sted
Pwbank
Blaylock
PH Hatfmans
Total
Stockett
LE CE Hook
Beats
RJ Shaffer
P Harah
Merray
RFE Scribner
Ty Emporia
CF Hatfmans
M. Kuhiman
T. Haynes
LF Logan
Uran
D. Blaylock
J. Haynes
PH B. Kuhiman
PH Patter
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Corcoran
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Hustler
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Datsun
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