Adcock's Bat Booms Yanks Normal Again
Cincinnati's Redlegs stumble two games back in the NL behind Milwaukee. Joe Adcock leads Braves after a seven homer, 21 RBI stretch, including a grand slam. Milwaukee clouts the Giants 13-3 as Adcock powers Braves to a breakout. Yankees regain form 7-3 over Detroit. White Sox snap slump with 3-2 win over Baltimore.
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Baseball Scores and Standings From The AP Dispatch
The American League standings show New York leading with 59 wins and a .286 pace, Cleveland and Boston close behind. National League features Milwaukee atop at 60 wins, with Brooklyn, St. Louis, and Philadelphia in pursuit as Friday night games and Thursday results shape the pennant race.
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Softball Scores Highlight Lopsided League Night
Two Church Softball League games at Highland Park featured dominant wins as Evangelical United Brethren blanked Lutherans 11 to 0 and St Patrick's routed Christians 15 to 2. Tonight EUB faces Nazarenes amid a postponed match.
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Grid Squads Train For All Star Game
Fifty two collegiate football players begin training at Northwestern University for the 23rd annual All Star game against the Cleveland Browns on Aug 10 at Soldier Field. All Star Coach Curly Lambeau leads double practices and lectures for three weeks as the All Stars seek a second straight win after last year’s 30 27 upset of the NFL champions. The Browns also start training at Hiram Ohio under Coach Paul Brown.
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Curly) Lambeau
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Blue Hill Course Ready for 38th PGA Championship
Canton Mass Blue Hill Country Club completes a modernist clubhouse replacement and repairs to greens and pathways for the 38th PGA Championship opening. Officials face ongoing concerns about future championship planning as the course is prepared for players and spectators.
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Fight Results from Los Angeles and Moncton Cards
Rudy Garcia of Los Angeles defeated Cesar Saavedra of Torreon by knockout in five rounds in Los Angeles. Calvin Smith of Philadelphia stopped George Collins of New York in eight rounds. Yvon Durelle of Baie Ste. Anne, New Brunswick, knocked out Wilfred Picot of Boston in four rounds.
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Tinker) Picot
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Quast Faces Long in Western Amateur Semi Finals
In Huntington West Virginia Anne Quast 19 Everett Washington and Ber ridge Long 20 Huntington vie in one semi final while Mary Patton and Pat Lesser defending champion 23 Seattle meet in the other. Quast posted four birdies in a 6 and 5 win over Anne Richardson as Long edged Mrs Berton Craig 5 4. Lesser defeated Louise Carnentz 6 4. Janssen beat Mrs Mark Porter 3 2 in their semi final.
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Seattle
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Guvan Country Club
Miss Long
Berton Craig
Morrow
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Louise Carnentz
Louisville
Janssen
Mark Porter
Havertown
Power's Bat Awakens A's Rookies Triumph At Boston
Rookie pitcher Wally Burnette worked six solid innings to beat the Red Sox 8-4 at Boston as the Athletics split the series. Vic Power and Harry Simpson powered Kansas City with two homers and Power's three run blast in the seventh, while Simpson added a double and two runs. Ted Williams and Jimmy Piersall homered for Boston. The Cardinals open a four game set with Brooklyn tonight as Tom Poholsky faces Don Newcombe.
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Shreveport Plans To Stay in League
Shreveport clubs intend to remain in the Texas League despite a Louisiana interracial sports ban becoming effective October 15. Bonneau Peters, president, vows the franchise won’t move and says any visiting team could play only if it eliminates Negro players. League president Dick Butler warns against collusion in an all white league. The dispute centers on Louisiana’s new law affecting Negro players. other Texas League clubs currently include Black athletes.
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Dick Butler
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Anthony Favored Over Tony Johnson In MSG Bout
New York NBC to televise a 10 round light heavyweight clash at Madison Square Garden. Anthony, 21, is 6-1 and the favorite over Johnson, who is 23-7-8 in 38 fights and three inches shorter. Johnson has knockout losses but was stopped only once by Paddy Young in 1955.
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Boeing Bombers Triumph In State Tournament Opener
Boeing Bomb ers, defending global champions, defeated the Topeka Oilers 6-0 to remain undefeated and advance to the fifth round. Forbes Air Force Base also unbeaten, will meet Boeing on Saturday night. Kansas City Brooms upset Lincoln Hawks 7-1 and Cessna Bobcats beat Victoria Eagles 3-2, eliminating Victoria.
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Hopalong Cassady Signs With Lions
Columbus report states Hopalong Cassady, Ohio State two time All America back, signed a two year contract with the Detroit Lions. The deal makes him the season's highest paid NFL rookie. No signing bonus. a $14 500 annual salary was reported.
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Howard ‘Hopalong
Cassady
Ohio State
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Slumber Party Hosts and Church Girls Group Details
Humboldt Alexine and Sondra Chaney led a YOU Girls Baptist church event with a swimming party at Chanute pool followed by a slumber gathering at the Chaney home. Sponsors included Mrs. Wal ter Clum and Mrs T A Griffith with several attendees listed. Mary Vass attended as a guest, while Mary Baker and family prepare to move to England for a three year Air Force tour. Jerry Bailey won a renewed University of Kansas scholarship and will live in Pearson Hall while employed as a Santa Fe summer fireman.
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Community social notes and upcoming services in local area
A long list of social events includes a six year old Leila Wellcome party with games swimming and refreshments attended by Leila plus friends and relatives. Rev Paul L Carpenter hopes to return to conduct 10 a.m. church services. Others travel to Kansas City Tulsa Tulsa theater and Lawrence for family visits and birthdays while Sgt Richard Cole and family visit Dover Delaware amid Air Forces reassignment news.
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Kansan in New York Stabbed by Prowler
Miss Maria Weigand of Wichita Kansas is slightly improved but on the critical list with neck stab wounds suffered Sunday by a prowler in her Greenwich Village apartment. She was attending summer school at Columbia University.
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Advertising is Your Guide to Safe Buying
A brief notice emphasizes using ads as a guide to safe purchasing. It highlights checking credentials, comparing prices, and verifying seller legitimacy to avoid scams.
Men Don't Diet to Be Thinner It Makes Them Feel Important
Hal Boyle argues dieting is a male status ritual, not just weight loss. He says after 35 men feel replaceable, turn to dieting as self worth, becoming smug, zealous, and eager to convert others while women remain more grounded in self-esteem.
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Down to a Tiger Trim 187 Pounds
The fragment hints at a weight cutting or boxing context focusing on achieving a 187 pound limit. It suggests a discussion of training discipline and minimal actions to reach the target weight, implying a personal athletic preparation moment.
County Superintendents Honored at Emporia Dinner
Mrs. Nelle Hi Stevens of Neosho County joined 34 other county superintendents at Emporia State Teachers College for the rural education conference dinner. About 170 attendees included school board members Kansas legislators and state education officials. Jesse Stratton of Clinton Okla president of the National School Board Association spoke. Stevens chaired a workshop on The Potential Services of County Superintendents.
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Neosho County
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State Department of Public Instruction
Kansas State Teachers Association
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Clinton
Mars Atmosphere Compared to Mountain Elevations
The article notes Mars has a very thin atmosphere, thinner than that found at the summit of Mount Everest. It highlights extreme atmospheric pressure differences between the planet and high Earth elevations.
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Ontario Reports 10,000 Miles Of Rail Road Track
A historical note states Ontario possesses about 10,000 miles of railroad track footprint. The figure underscores extensive rail infrastructure across the province.
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