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Z* I - IVolf.Legion LosesTo WichitansN(IIIErrors, Running Costly To Local Team In 9-8 Loss# * ftIpost-RedsId byJay il the‘If ina son.p withll Dtasked ct. If nextwhaticome(taaifklabout . S.)as he. Hr aiuabnpilediv thewItinan home ml st neher on a harlie ; sac-s thenningr andcon-ander • first Piche beenp ma*f the ninelafferwhileIteredway.dsy '.viWhat appeared to le a game-ending ground hall-out for the \rkansas ( it Junior American Legion baseball team turned out w to be a game-winning blow for the Wichita dig Itivcr team as V the grounder trickled through the hands of shortstop Ken Smithinto left fiekl Thursday at Win fieldThe blow came with ttie bases loath'd, scoring two runs and a 9-8 decision for the Wichita team.coming from behind two six-run bulges built I)} the \rkansasCity team.rArkansas C itv hail mmed into a on lead at the end of the first two innings behind pitcher Mike Morgan in the second round loser's bracket game of tin* Winfield Invitational Tournament.The hisn dropied the Arks from the tournament, and made the over all record stand at 14 wins and II losses. The A r k s host Wellington Sunday at 1 30 p.m. in City Park in a Kansas- p Oklahoma League game, the j h final game of the year. jErrors and sloppy kivo-running h cost the Legion the will Thurs- | |-day. Three Wichita batters picked up all se\en hits gainedby the winners.The locals, in giving up nine runs, five lt;! which were unearned employed the scr\ ires of Morgan lt;tw iceg Dean Richardson. Ken Smith and Phil Richardson on the mound during the contest. Six errors accounted for five of the runs.Poor base running cost theArks runners on two occasions in the first inning and twice in the fourth inning.The \rks used five hits to gain a n o lead in the top 01 the second inning, scoring two in the first and four more in the sec-I end. highlighted In doubles off| the bats of Morgan and Don Jor-clan.Wichita came up with a single run ui t’v» second and another in the fourth, but the Arks took another six nin load with two runsin the sixth. \ line-drive double play with the bases loaded killed what mn\ have been a big rally for the Arks in the sixth, off the j bat of Dean Richardson, on a ! ball ticketed for the right-f i el dWichita scored four times in the sixth to narrow the margin to two run1*. 8-45. In the seventh walk were issued b\ I'hil Richardson to the two lead-off bat-I tor-, and Bill Stoker nearly ended the game with a ground rule double that missed clearing I the fence hy just a few feet.With men on second and third, the Arks got the next two hitter'- on good fieldino But a walk issued to the next Wichita letter filled the bases, givin** the locals a chance to get the final out at anv base on a ground ball. Bui the grounder trickles! through ! into left field for an error and two runs came across the plate1 ending the game.Plater, At Ibits. Runs. HitsARKANSAS CITY 8' - H Havnes. 8-1-2: Gilmore. 4-1-2: D. Richardson. 4-1-2: Shaw. 2-1-0;Yickerv, 0-04): Smith. 4-0-1: D.Richardson. 4-0-1: Morgan. 3-1-2:Bla.tchford. 2-10; Stocffer. 1-0-0; .Ionian 8-2-2. Totals, 20-8-12 WICHITA 1 O’)—Preston. 4-0-0: Tele. 2-1-0: Frev, 2-2-4) Stoker.4 2-3: Taton. 3-2-2: Beardslee. 4-1-2: Whedbee, 3-0-0. Brown. 1-0-0. Scott. 2-0-0; Shirtleff, l-O-O: McCormick. 3-fM). Totals. 30-9-7.I• Vt\lt;II! ri,-si!Iilv*nV.t..3I4 1lt;*t
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Arkansas City Traveler
Arkansas City, Kansas, US
Fri, Aug 02, 1963
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