Texan Wins Cowboy Title at J Bar H Rodeo
W A Palmer of Clarksville Texas edged Clyde Frost of LaPointe Utah to win the all around cowboy championship at the 12th annual J Bar H Rodeo. Palmer also captured the bull riding title as 103,840 attended the eight day event with 137 cowboys entered and $15,000 in prize money. Frost led most of the event and won two final events Saturday night including steer wrestling and saddle bronc riding. Other winners included Dwain Eaton Lamar in the wild horse race Clyde Vanworren Lake Charles La in bareback bronc and Sonny Davis Kenna N B M in calf roping and Jim Smith Okemah Okla in steer wrestling.
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Camdenton
W.A. Palmer
Clarksville
Tex
Clyde Frost
LaPointe
Utah
Palmer
Frost
Dwain Eaton
Lamar
Cole
Clyde Vanworris
Lake Charles
Sonny Davis
Kenna
N.bm
Jim Smith
Okemah
Okla
Death of boxing promoter Jack Kearns at 80
Miami AP report notes promoter of Dempsey and other champions died at 80 after two months in bed. He helped launch the sport’s first million dollar gate and enabled women to attend fights without stigma. Funeral planned in Coral Gables. Dempsey recalled their laughs and profits from their partnership.
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Miami
Fla
Jack
Doc’) Kearns
Jack Dempsey
Nevada
Jack Kearns Jr
Kearns
Dempsey
Mickey Walker
Joey Maxim
Archie Moore
Philbrick Chapel
Coral Gables
New York
Doc Kearns
Doc) Kearns
Jack Kearns, Jr
Boxing results from New York and international bouts
Gaspar Ortega of Mexico outpointed Billy Bello of New York. Gil Diaz of New York defeated Kid Tough of St. Croix. Karl Mildenberger of Berlin outpointed Wayne Bethea of New York. Tsuyoshi Nakamura of Japan outpointed Chartehai Laemfapha of Japan.
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Associated Press
New York
Gaspar Ortega
Mexico
Billy Bello
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Gil Diaz
Kid Tough
St. Croix
West Berlin
Germany
Karl Mildenberger
Berlin
Wayne Bethea
Osaka
Japan
Tsuyoshi Nakamura
Chartehai Laemfapha
National League Favored To Win All Star Game
The National League is a 6-5 favorite to win the 34th All Star game at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland. A crowd near 50,000 is expected. NBC will carry the game noon ET. Managers Dark and Houk prepare lineups with Jim O'Toole and a right-hander to oppose a right-heavy NL lineup. The AL holds a 17-15-1 series edge since 1933, with key injuries and rest shaping pitching plans.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Los Angeles
Nationals
NBC Radio and Television
Nellie Fox
Jim O'Toole
Cincinnati
Houk
Yankee
Jim Bunning
Detroit
Bunning
Boston
Jim
Mudcat) Grant
Dark
Hank
Tommy Davis
Hank Aaron
Thailand 12 Nakamura Takes Orient Flyweight Crown
Julius Boros, Fairfield Connecticut native, won the 1952 U S Open by three strokes over Ed Oliver in Dallas Texas. Boros captured the 1963 Open by three shots over Jacky Cupit with Arnold Palmer three-way playoff margin.
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Julius Boros
Fairfield
Conn
Porky) Oliver
Dallas
Texas
Boros
Jacky Cupit
Arnold Palmer
Koufax Sharp, Spahn Steady In Dodgers Doubleheader
Dodgers ace Koufax fired his second straight shutout and eighth of the season in a 4-0 win over Cincinnati to spark a 3-1 victory in the nightcap and extend the NL lead. Spahn added a masterful 4-0 win at Houston, his 339th victory and 59th shutout in a 19-season career. Musial fueled St Louis with a 2-run triple and a 472nd homer as San Francisco split, while Gibson and Cepeda were hit by pitches in a tense 15-inning opener loss for the Giants.
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Koufax
Los Angeles Dodgers
Cincinnati
Dodgers
Reds
San Francisco Giants
St. Louis
Spahn
Houston
Cards
San Francisco
Stan Musial
Bob Gibson
Ken Boyer
Giants
Pittsburgh Pirates
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago Cubs
Ruben Amaro
Cookie Rojas
Dodger
Mort Cooper
Colts
Master
Musial
Collecevd
Dick Groat
Jim Hart
Giant
Gibson
Marichal
al Barlick
Orlando Cepeda
Willie Mays
Ed Bailey
Bill White
Julian Javier
Javier
Pittsburgh
Bill Mazeroski
Natasha Fife Wins 3rd Title At Colo Springs
Natasha Fife of Wichita Kansas captured her third Colorado Springs Women’s Invitational title defeating Carol Sorenson 11 and 10 in the final. Fife led 4 under par across 24 holes on the 6,284 yard Broadmoor course, securing her status as a top contender in the Women’s Western Amateur starting this week.
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Natasha Fife
Colo
Colorado Springs, Colo
Wichita
Kan
Colorado Springs
Miss Fife
Carol Sorenson
Janesville
Wis
Miss Sorenson
Broadmoor
Kansan
Miss Missouri 62 Wins Dixie Pageant Title
Sandra Kay Lyle 20, Miss Missouri 1962 from Springfield, won the Miss Dixie pageant in Daytona Beach Florida and received a 1500 dollar scholarship. She is a sophomore at Southwest Missouri State College in Springfield.
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Miss Missouri
Daytona Beach
Fla
Sandra Kay Lyle
Springfield
Ship
Southwest Missouri State College
Complex Box: New York Phone Contains 475 Parts
The AP reports on New York inventiveness as a telephone on a desk is broken down into 475 parts. Western Electric explains the dial unit has 87 pieces, the handset 75, the ringer 73, and the electrical network 108, with 132 more parts on the assembly line.
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NEW York
Western Electric
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