Yankees Slip Again as A's Edge Twins 1-0
The Athletics blank the Washington Senators 1-0 behind Ed Rakow's 11 strikeouts while Norm Siebern drives in the lone run with a fourth inning double. The Yankees drop their third straight, narrowing their lead in the standings.
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Norm Siebern
Ed Charles
Recreation Calendar Activities At City Parks And Schools
Wednesday schedule includes playgrounds at Highland City Parks Murray Hill and Roosevelt. Roosevelt story hour 4 to 6 pm archery at the old water plant. Thursday features playgrounds at Highland City Parks Murray Hill Roosevelt story hour at City Park day camp at Highland Murray Hill and Tot Lot time 3 to 4 30 pm.
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Wrestling is Feature Tomorrow in Chanute at Memorial Auditorium
Professional wrestling returns to Chanute tomorrow at 8 pm with three mat contests. The program includes the Central States heavyweight title fight with Lee Bulldog Henning vs Sonny Myes, and features Barbara Baker and Dot Dotson in an opening match plus a mixed tag team bout with Cowboy Baker and Tiny Roe. Henning and Miss Baker needed licenses, but authorization arrived, allowing their appearances after filing. Tickets on sale at Sportsman’s Supply and at the box office from 7 pm. An unrelated note states an ounce of whiskey equals about 75 calories.
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Ash Grove Tops Wells Clothiers In Minor League Blowout
Ash Grove defeated Wells Clothiers 17 to 2 in a makeup game. Fred Akers pitched for Ash Grove with Victor Godinez catching and Don Noland starting for Wells before Larry Beck relieved. Ash Grove moved above Wells to fourth place. Wells dropped to last with records 3-8 and 2-8 respectively.
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Ashley and British golfers prepare for Curtis Cup clash
The British Curtis Cup team, the youngest in the event's history, sails to Colorado Springs for the August 17 18 match at Broadmoor. The Americans, led by Polly Riley, feature players including Barbara MacIntire Ann Casey Johnstone Phyllis Preuss Joanne Gunderson Ann Quast Decker Clifford Ann Creed Judy Bell and Jean Ashley. Jean Ashley daughter of Dr Ed Ashley is in Colorado Springs to practice.
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Fort Worth
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Lake Wales
Fla
Ann Casey Johnstone
Mason City
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Pompano Beach
Joanne Gunderson
Seattle
Ann Quast Decker
Clifford Ann Creed
Alexandria
Judy Bell
Wichita
Jean Ashley
Chanute
Kas
Ed Ashley
Four Senior League baseball games set this week
Four games will be played this week in the Senior League schedule with two games tomorrow night and two on Saturday night. Bill White faces Gerald Gifford in tomorrow's opener and the Jack Buzzard and Don Pepsi clubs meet in the nightcap. Saturday begins with Buzzard versus Gifford and then Papst plays White at City Park at 6 45 and 9 oclock, with two makeup games planned for next week.
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Gerald Gifford
Jack Buzzard
Don Pepsi
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Gifford
Papst
White
City Park
Baseball Leaders Show Strong 1960 American League Stats
League leaders list batting with Runnels Boston .333 and Jimenez Kansas City .328. runs Pearson LA 88 Siebern KC 74. RBIs Siebern KC 79 Killebrew Minnesota 78. hits Rollins Minnesota 137 Moran LA 136. doubles Robinson Chicago 32 Rodgers LA 23. triples Cimoli KC 11 Lumpe KC 9. home runs Cash Detroit 30 Killebrew 29. steals Wood Detroit 24 Howser KC 19. Pitching Donovan Cleveland 154 and McBride LA 114. strikeouts Pascual Minnesota 144 Pizarro Chicago 133. Batting at bats Musial St Louis .357 T Davis LA .350. runs Wills LA 97 Mays SF 0. RBIs T Davis LA 112 Mays SF 100. hits T Davis LA 159 Robinson Cincinnati Great Pittsburgh and Flood St Louis 141. doubles Robinson Cincinnati 39 Mays SF 26. triples W Davis LA 10 Virdon Pittsburgh 9. home runs Mays SF 34 H Aaron Milwaukee 29.
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Giants Top Phillies as Mays Sparks 9-2 Victory
Willie Mays powered the Giants with a 5 for 5 performance including two homers. Tommie Davis and Ron Fairly contributed key hits as San Francisco beat Philadelphia 9-2 to move to 42 games behind the Dodgers. Maury Wills and Willie Davis led the Dodgers to a 2-1 win over the Mets. Klippstein notched a relief homer for Cincinnati. Shaw pitched a complete game for Milwaukee in a 4-1 win over Chicago.
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New York Mets
Rod Kanehl
Klippstein
Reds
Bob Purkey
Don McMahon
Purkey
Dick Ellsworth
Eddie Mathews
Fort Scott KMDO, Emporia Winners Open District Softball Games
Fort Scott KMDO defeats Wellsville 6-1 as Emporia leads Foodtown 4-0 in first round district softball action. Emporia pitcher Phillips allows one hit and 14 strikeouts, with teammates Pepe and another batter hitting empty home runs to bolster a 2-0 lead.
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Foodtown
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KMCC
Recreation soccer plan set by city commission
A two week soccer program led by coach Dick Purdy plans games for boys ages 14 to 19. A meeting to form teams and schedule play is at 5 30 p m next Monday at City Park. Four teams will be organized if enough players join. School athletes will gain physical conditioning.
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City Park
Baseball Leaders Show Strong Stolen Base and Strikeout Totals
Wills of Los Angeles swiped 58 bases with W. Davis collecting 28 for Los Angeles. Drysdale led decisions with 204 wins while Purkey had 164 for Cincinnati. Koufax of Los Angeles fanned 209 batters, Drysdale tallying 158.
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Drysdale
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Land-Grant Act 1662 Allocates Public Land for Education
The Land-Grant Act of 1662 granted states 30,000 acres of public land for each member of Congress to support higher education.
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Baseball Scores and Schedules from Monday Results
The Associated Press reports Monday results with Minnesota 5 New York 4, Los Angeles 5 Boston 2, Cleveland 6 Detroit 5, Kansas City 1 Washington 0, Chicago 5 Baltimore 4 in 11 innings. Upcoming games include Minnesota at New York and Detroit at Cleveland among others.
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Squirrel Season Opens Early in Kentucky for Plane Search
Gov. Bert Combs opens the squirrel hunting season in eastern Kentucky ahead of schedule to aid clues in the July 29 light plane disappearance with three aboard. The earlier start hopes hunters may locate wreckage or clues as the search continues.
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Kentucky
Bert Combs
Boxing Results From Philadelphia and Corpus Christi
In Philadelphia George Benton 161 pounds defeated Joey Giardello 161.5 pounds by points in Philadelphia. In Corpus Christi Garland Randall 146 and a half pounds from Tyler Texas won on points over Mel Barker 146 pounds from Austin Texas.
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Joey Giardello
Corpus Christi
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Tyler
Mel Barker
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