Emporia Meets Ottawa For Title
Emporia defeated Lawrence 6-3 and Ottawa edged Lyndon 9-7 in Ottawa Invitational play at Orris Cox Field. The wins set a championship final between Ottawa and Emporia after two erratic but action packed first round games, with Lawrence meeting Lyndon for third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terry Ostmeyer
Emporia
Lawrence
Ottawa
Lyndon
Orris Cox Field
Ottawa-Emporia
Dave Hogan
Hogan
Hawks
Scott Shelley
Pat Lang
Larry Dillon
Steve Wempe
Rich Kehres
Mike van Gundy
Larry Redecker
Steve Long
Walt Rose
Redecker
Dan Higgins
Long
Dan Wyrick
Legion
Rick Roush
Lloyd Tiffany
Roush
Tiffany
Ottawa American Legion
Mantle drives Yankees past Senators as A’s sink Red Sox
Mick Mantle stars in Memorial Day spree with two homers a double and five RBIs against Washington in the opener before the Senators win the nightcap. Oakland’s Lew Krausse fires a four hitter to beat Boston as the A’s pull even with the Red Sox and Yankees. Detroit tops California 13 ........................ Baltimore blanks Chicago White Sox 5 to 0. St Louis crushes San Francisco 6 0 Houston topples Atlanta 11 0 Los Angeles beats Cincinnati 5 3 New York Mets sweep Pittsburgh 6 0 3 and 6 0 Cubs and Phillies rained out. Mantle doubles as career homer total reaches 524 second only to Foxx.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herschel Nissenson
Associated Press
Washington
Mickey Mantle
Oakland
Boston Red Sox
Mickey
Yankees
Senators
Mantle
Pedro Ramos
Yankee Stadium
Bronx
Detroit
California
Baltimore
Chicago White Sox
Cleveland
St. Louis
San Francisco
Houston
Atlanta
Los Angeles
Cincinnati
New York Mets
Pittsburgh
Chicago Cubs
Philadelphia
Jimmy Foxx
Camilo Pascual
Darold Knowles
Homer
Fred Valentine
Ed Stroud
Donnie Allen
Krausse
A’s
Sal Bando
Red Sox
Unser Wins Memorial Day 500 in Turbine Era Shakeup
Bobby Unser holds a triumphant grin after winning the Memorial Day 500 in Indianapolis as turbine cars falter. Granatelli’s turbine rivals falter late, Joe Leonard’s turbine dies with 20 miles left, and Unser capitalizes to claim victory amid rain affected purse and infield quagmire.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Bobby Unser
Unser
Offenhauser
Andy Granatelli
Granatelli
Turbine car woes loom over Indy 500 race
Turbine powered entries fail to finish as Joe Leonard loses to Bobby Unser in a record Indy 500 triumph. Granatelli blamed power reductions while fuel changes from kerosene to gasoline are cited as possible causes. Leonard calls the stall abrupt and without warning as three turbine cars falter near the finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Leonard
Bobby Unser
Graham Hill
Indy Chame Pion
London
Art Pollard
Granatelli
Eengine
England
Colin Chapman
Raiibirds
U.S
Auto Club
Ottawa Herald May 31 1968 Page Four Item
A concise page item from the Ottawa Herald dated Friday May 31 1968 on page four summarizes local briefs. It notes community notices and brief updates reflecting civic activities and upcoming events in Ottawa.
Bowling Scores From AMF League Standings
The AMF League shows high scores by Heckert 217 587 for The Blanks, Geldernick 178 519 for Sheldens, Dexman 226 and Honn 580 for Lands cafe, Gilroy 193 504 for Hank's Sinclair, Sayler 190 489 for Hiatt Decorators, Wolgast 209 594 for Coca Cola, Lewis 219 565 for Ogg's Market, Kueser 196 540 for Naomi's Tavern, Yost 229 558 for Divco-Wayne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AMF
the Blanks
Heckert
Shelden
R. Geldernick
Landscafe
H. Dexman
G. Honn
Hank’s Sinclair
G. Gilroy
Hiatt Decorators
J. Sayler
O. Berger
LIT
Baseball Scoreboard Snapshot of MLB Standings and Schedule
The scoreboard shows teams with records and standings including Chicago Cincinnati Los Angeles New York Houston Pittsburgh St Louis San Francisco and Philadelphia. It lists today’s games St Louis at New York Cincinnati at Philadelphia Atlanta at Pittsburgh Chicago at Houston San Francisco at Los Angeles and Saturday’s games St Louis at New York San Francisco at Los Angeles.
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Chicago
Cincinnati
Los Angeles
New York
Houston
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Atlanta
San Fran
San Francisco
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Jeff Casten
Jeff Sheldon
Lance Jones
Tom Drake
Bill Stauffer
Tom Tincher
Jim Joe
Casten
Leé van Fossan
van Fossan
Charley Waymire
Roger O’neil
Sam Wright
Don Stevens
Waymire
Stevens
O'Neil
Stauffer
Drake
Tom Woolard
Wright
Sheldon
Kehres
van Gundy
Schmidt
Shelley
Tabares
Rose
Richards
Dillon
Wyrick
Temple
B. Rose
Higgins
Lang
M. Rose
Wempe
Cerne
Puttoff
Pettingill
VanFossan
Nesbit
Woolard
Tincher
Jim White
Christesen
Jack White
Rissen
Williams
Jones
Hurt
Gurss
Mick
Oakland A’s
Lew Krausse
Sox
Boston
Lotus Turbines
Jerry
Bobby
Lotus
Joe Leoneard
Leonard
Parnelli Jones
S. A. Silbermann
Speedway
Pratt & Whitney
Indianapolis Speedway
Ottawa Herald
the Keen Co
HOMCO
S. Main
Minnesota
Oakland Ay
Wash
W. L
Pet
Phila
Phia
Swelborn’s &Lectric Service
Gulf
Gulf Stations
Blakesley
Chuck’s Bait Shop
W. 7Th
Newland
Wellsville, Kansas
Wingert Oil CO
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