Iowa Amateur Golf Field Holds Fresh Hope For 1961 Crown
Underdog status lingers as 1961 Iowa Men's Amateur begins at Hyperion Field Club with about 250 players. Defending and former champs like Jack Rule Rod Bliss Fred Gordon and Dick Smith are referenced while newcomers Steve Spray Ralph Campiano and Rod Bliss III loom for the 72 hole event.
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Atlantic
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Davenport
Texas
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Marshalltown
Jack Rule
State University of Iowa
Waterloo
Rule
Rod Bliss
King
Bob Leahy
Manning
Fred Gordon
Belmond
Steve Spray
Indianola
Ralph Campiano
Rod Bliss III
Max Hall
Boone
Major League Leaders Showcases Top 1950s Baseball Figures
The Associated Press lists leaders in batting runs and pitching across leagues with names like Mantle, Maris, Ford, Koufax and Cepeda. In Detroit Hank Henry boasts after a unanimous decision over Giardello. A Missouri teen, Sharon Parmley, scored a perfect 300 in a bowling league debut.
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Detroit
Henry Hank
Joey Giardello
Sharon Parmley
Warrensburg
Oakland Ends Maine Cub Tournament In Fourth Place
Oakland in Oakland finished fourth in the Maine Cub tournament on Sunday after a 13 1 loss to Portsmouth in the consolation game. The roster includes Bruce Calhoun Doug Brandes Dave Allen Gene Lisk Larry Forristall Andy Bingham Larry Bates Ken Thompson Jim Potter and coaches Jerry Kindhart Steve Swenson Mike Pendgraft Irv Shanno Kevan Whitsitt Steve Hogzett Gene Knudsen Carl Harris and Bob Myers.
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Oakland
Maine
Portsmouth
Bruce Calhoun
Doug Brandes
Dave Allen
Gene Lisk
Larry Forristall
Andy Bingham
Larry Bates
Ken Thompson
Jim Potter
Jerry Kindhart
Steve Swenson
Mike Pendgraft
Irv Shanno
Kevan Whitsitt
Steve Hogzett
Gene Knudsen
Carl Harris
Bob Myers
Weary U S Track Team Prepares For Moscow Meet
The United States track team arrived in Moscow after a long journey from New York with delays from London and Moscow Airport. Coach Jumbo Jim Elliott noted the fatigue as 31 men and 17 women train ahead of the meet with the Soviet Union. Soviet coach Gabriel Korobkov expressed cautious optimism while AAU chief Dan Ferris predicted the men should win but warned the women face a tougher, one sided contest.
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New York
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Soviet Union
Jumbo Jim Elliott
London
Russia
Gabriel Korobkov
AAU
Dan Ferris
United States
Ferris
Gunderson doubts insecticides killed Skunk River fish
Iowa State University entomologist Dr Harold Gunderson questions insecticides as the cause of a large Fourth of July fish kill along the Marion Mahaska county line in the Skunk River. State biologist Jim Mayhew had blamed corn borer insecticides washed into the river.
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Iowa State University
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Mariona
Mahaska
Harold Gunderson
Men’s Garden Club
Marion-Mahaska
Jim Mayhew
Chariton
State Conservation Commission
Denver Ends Four-Game Slide With 9-2 Win
Associated Press reports Denver broke a four game losing streak by defeating Dallas-Fort Worth 9-2 behind six hit pitching from lefty Ron Nischwitz. Louisville widened its lead with a 13 hit attack in an 11-6 win over Indianapolis. Omaha blanked Houston 5-0 with Nels Chittum pitching shutout.
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Dallas-Fort Worth
Ron Nischwitz
Louisville
Indianapolis
Colonels
Omaha
Nels Chittum
Houston
Dodgers' Drysdale suspended for bean ball incident
San Francisco AP Dodgers pitcher Don Drysdale received a five day suspension and a $100 fine for throwing at Reds batter Frank Robinson. The ruling comes after Drysdale hit Robinson in the sixth inning of a 14 to 3 Reds win and followed an earlier warning from Dusty Boggess. Drysdale will be out until next Tuesday as Los Angeles trails Cincinnati by five games.
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Los Angeles Dodgers
Cincinnati Reds
Don Drysdale
Warren Giles
National League
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Cincinnati
Reds
Frank Robinson
Dusty Boggess
Robinson
Don
Boggess
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Buzzy) Bavasi
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Dodgers
Methodists Roll Over St. Pauls For Fifth Win
The Methodists defeated St. Pauls Lutheran 9 to 1 in the YMCA church league behind Nelson Wehner two hitter. Wehner fanned 13 and walked one while allowing two singles by Merlyn Anderson. Cliff Christensen and Daryll Petersen pitched for St. Pauls. Baptists lead the standings with First Lutheran next. two games set Friday including Baptists vs St. Pauls and United vs Brayton Lutheran.
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St. Paul’s Lutheran
Nelson Wehner
Nelson
Merlyn Andersen
Cliff Christensen
Daryll Petersen
Christensen
Petersen
First Lutheran
St. Paul’s
United-Brayton Lutheran
Audubon tops Trojans in sectional tourney opener edge
Audubon spoiled Atlas by scoring four runs in the sixth inning to beat the Trojans 6-3 in the opening round at Elk Horn. Elk Horn dominated C&M 12-0 as the sectionals continued with Griswold versus Harlan and Shelby versus Walnut set for Wednesday night.
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Atlas
Trojans
Elk Horn
C&m
Griswold
Harlan
Shelby
Walnut
Adlantic
Wheelers
Dick Phillips
Steve Hilsabeck
Eggers
Phillips
Hilsabeck
Atlantic
Dave Burgess
Tom Brooks
Ed Podolak
Denny Turnure
Bruce Bailey
Ken Young
Burgess
Tom Hensley
Jack Bennett
Virgil Anderson
Bennett
Anderson
C-M
Leistad
Madsen
Russell
B. Symonds
Bridgewater-Fontanelle
Greenfield
Earlham
Adel
Belmont Stakes odds falter as favorites fail again
Carry Back and Tompion, odds-on in Belmont Stakes, again did not win this season. Tim Tam and Bold Ruler had previously fallen to the same fate. Dartmouth lacrosse star John Walters led with 30 goals and 17 assists this spring.
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Carry Back
Tompion
Tim Tam
Bold Ruler
John Walters
Dartmouth
No Plans For Any Security Change Despite Murder
AP report from Des Moines states officials see no immediate security changes at state mental institutions after 18 year old Mason City patient Michael Faught fatally stabbed a Woodward Hospital cook. Faught was moved to Anamosa Reformatory. no charges filed.
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Des Moines
Board of Control
Woodward State Hospital
Michael Faught
Mason City
Woodward
Faught
Anamosa Reformatory
James O. Cromwell
Cromwell
Demons to Stay in League Despite Low Record
Des Moines officials vowed to keep the franchise afloat through the season as the Three League faces financial strain. The Demons, with a .254 won loss percentage, fell to 4-3 to the Lincoln Chiefs, their 17th defeat in 18 games.
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Demons
Sioux City
Green Bay
Lincoln
Chiefs
Ghana's Nkrumah Meets Khrushchev in Moscow Kremlin
Ghanaian President Kwame Nkrumah meets Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev at the Kremlin during a Moscow visit. Foreign Minister Andre Gromyko attends the discussion though details were not announced. Nkrumah arrived in Moscow on Monday.
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Moscow
Kwame Nkrumah
Ghana
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Andre Gromyko
Nkrumah
Americans Seek All Star Revenge at Candlestick Park
In San Francisco the American League, battered by three straight beatings and 13 losses in 13 games against the Nationals, aims to win the 30th All Star meeting. The game is at Candlestick Park with 42 000 fans and national TV. A second All Star game is slated for July 31 in Boston. The AL trails 46 13 in the series.
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Nationals
Candlestick Park
Boston
Four baseball teams show fan increase at midseason
An Associated Press survey finds Cincinnati Detroit New York and Kansas City above 1960 home attendance at the season's halfway mark. Other clubs post declines ranging from 290000 for the White Sox to 90000 for St Louis, with Dodgers and Giants among those underperforming.
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Cincinnati
Detroit
Kansas City
Associated Press
Chicago White Sox
Washington Senators
Los Angeles Dodgers
San Francisco
Milwaukee
Philadelphia
Boston
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Baltimore
Chicago Cubs
St. Louis
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