Chanute Beats Neodesha 3 to 2 In Legion Baseball Clash
Chanute American Legion edged Neodesha 3-2 in the state tournament opener. Manhattan beat Great Bend 5-2 and Augusta downed Lawrence 5-2. Topeka over Lucas 38-7. Schedule shows winner and loser brackets with key plays and line scores.
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Neodesha
Chanute American Legion
American Legion
Manhattan
Great Bend
Augusta
Lawrence
Topeka
Lucas
Chanute
Larry Showalter
Larry
Hudson
Showalter
Gene Reinhardt
Gary Neeley
Reinhardt
Neeley
Larry Strange
Paul Lindblad
Gail Hudson
Pat Fulkerson
Baseball scores and standings across leagues
National and American leagues report standings led by Milwaukee St Louis and New York with Chicago, Philadelphia and Brooklyn trailing. Thursday results show Philadelphia 6 Pittsburgh 3 and Milwaukee 5 Cincinnati 3 while New York walloped Brooklyn 12 3. American Association and minor leagues list multiple close games across Charleston Louisville St Paul and Mobile with several extra inning notes.
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Milwaukee
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
New York
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Buhl
L. McDaniel
Elston
Brosnan
Fowler
Amor
McDevitt
Friend
Roberts
Crone
Boston
Cleveland
Baltimore
Detroit
Washington
Kansas City
Ford
Lees
Foytack
Donovan
Ramos
Brewer
Terry
Wynn
American Assn
Charleston
Denver
Louisville
Omaha
St. Paul
Wichita
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
Mobile
Birmingham
Little Rock
Chattanooga
Nashville
Memphis
Austin
Dallas
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Tulsa
Houston
Shreveport
Oklahoma City
Lincoln
Colorado Springs
Sioux City
Albuquerque
Amarillo
Des Moines
Pueblo
Topeka
Country Club Hires Wilcox As Manager
LeRoy Wilcox, Ottawa Country Club pro-manager for five years, will begin a similar role at Chanute Country Club after September. He is an expert on grass growth and maintenance, with greens and fairways praised during dry years. He is married with two sons. Clem Keller and Mrs Keller resign August 15. Keller takes a job with Berthot Construction Co. Also noted is a 11 million truck figure from an Automobile Manufacturers Association survey.
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LeRoy Wilcox
Ottawa
Chanute Country Club
Fred Johnson
Wilcox
Clem Keller
Keller
Berthot Construction Co
Ft. Riley Ace Tom Murfee Captures 5th Army Open
Lt. Tom Murfee of Ft. Riley won the 5th Army Open Division Golf Tournament with a 72 hole total of 283, three strokes over par, as reported from Manhattan Kansas.
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Manhattan
Kas
Tom Murfee
Ft. Riley
Rockets Clinch Junior League Title With 12-0 Win
The Rockets ousted the Giants 12 to 0 on the EUB church field to clinch the junior division championship. They finished the season with eight wins and one loss.
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Rockets
Giants
Eub Church Field
Coffeyville Youth Wins AAU Three-Meter Diving Title
Coffeyville native Ronnie Smith, a four time Kansas high school diving champion, won the national AAU three meter crown in Philadelphia. The SMU junior beat favorite Gary Tobian, scoring 538.40 to 533.30, aided by coaching from Johnny Charlesworth and Red Barr. He plans to pursue the 1960 Rome Olympics.
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Ronnie Smith
Coffeyville
John Charlesworth
Ronnie
Philadelphia
Smith
Southern Methodist Raps
AP Oto
Kas
Kansas
Southern Methodist
Gary Tobian
UCLA
Army
Tobian
Hawaii
Melbourne
Johnny Charlesworth
Charlesworth
Southern Methodist University At
Dallas
Alfred
Red) Barr
Red
Johnny
Houston
Shamrock Hotel
San Antonio
Chapel Hill
N. C
Rome
Braves Lead As Cards Fall and NL Chase Heats Up
The Braves hold a two game lead atop the National League as Cincinnati beat Milwaukee rivals 5-3 and the Cubs downed the Cardinals 4-3. Brooklyn dropped seven games back after a 12-3 loss to the Giants. Red Schoendienst drove in key runs for Milwaukee in a rare article snippet.
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Milwaukee Braves
Braves
Cincinnati
Chicago Cubs
St. Louis Cardinals
Brooklyn
New York Giants
Philadelphia
Phillies
Pittsburgh
Redlegs
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Washington
New York
Yankees
Chicago
White Sox
Kansas City
Baltimore
Detroit
Boston
Tigers
Cleveland
Red Schoendienst
Giants
Tournament at Baxter Springs Golf Tourney Draws Players
The Mineral Belt Golf Tourney at Baxter Springs features 18 holes medal play with a championship flight on Sunday afternoon and other flights scheduled Saturday or Sunday. One nine holes serve as the qualifier. Also noted is actor and licensed electrician James MacArthur with stage star mother Helen Hayes.
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Baxter Springs
James MacArthur
Istage
Helen Hayes
Run Bunt Breaks Tie as Burdette Wins 10th
A seventh inning run gave Lew Burdette the decision for his 10th victory after a 3-3 tie was broken by a single in the eighth.
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Jrun
Lew Burdette
Giants Favored In All Star Football Game Showdown
Chicago hosts the 24th annual All-Star Game with the Giants defending NFL champions favored by 10 points over the collegians. ABC airs at 7 30 p m CST. Top passers include Brodie Dawson Harris Hornung with receivers Kramer Maentz Bomba Lundy. runners Brown McDonald Arnett Peaks bolster college attack while Giants boast strong defense.
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Chicago
New York Giants
Giants
ABC
Curly Lambeau
John Brodie
Stanford
Lennie Dawson
Purdue
Jim Harris
Oklahoma
Paul Hornung
Notre Dame
NFL
Collegians
Ron Kramer
Tom Maentz
Michigan
Brad Bomba
Indiana
Lamar Lundy
Jim Brown
Syracuse
Tommy McDonald
Jon Arnett
Southern California
Clarence Peaks
Michigan State
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Gene Lockhart
OWL Show
Coffeyville Journal
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Gene Barry
Valerie French
George Voskovec
Arnold Moss
Stefan Schnabel
Jom Mantley
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Joan Taylor
Mooucrion
Coun
James Stewart
the Man From
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Jack Lemmon
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Little Hut
Jeff Chandler
Laraine Day
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Jane Nigh
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