Wichita Welcomes Jim Ryun After Mile Victory
Crowds of about 150 mostly teenagers greet Jim Ryun in Wichita after his 3 55.3 mile time at the National AAU meet in San Diego. Ryun, 18, credits an earlier sprint for the win and predicts a 3 50 someday. He heads to races in Jamaica Poland West Germany and then the U S team to face Russia.
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Jim Ryun
National Amateur Athletic Union
San Diego
Calif
Municipal
Gerald Ryan
Wichita High School East
Mike Petterson
Ryun
University of Kansas
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J. D. Edmiston
Edmiston
Jamaica
Poland
West Germany
U.S
Russia
Results of Citywide Tennis Tournament First Round
First round results announced by Martin Rotanno recreation superintendent. Winners include Dean Mendez Don Dickey 6 0 6 1 Boo Rhodes Don Tucker 6 4 6 1 Russ Corbitt Kenneth Simmons 3 6 6 2 6 4 Rhodes Corbitt pairings in doubles include Rhodes Corbitt 6 4 7 5 and Mendez Luman 6 3 3 6 6 1 Second round pairings listed for boys and girls events with several matches on deck.
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Martin Roitanno
Dean Mendez
Don Dickey
Boo Rhodes
Don Tucker
Russ Corbitt
Kenneth
Simmons
Don Abbueh
Mendez
Rhodes
Miles “Ovier
Gerald Gifford
Dick ‘Purdy
Corbitt
Jim Kensett
Dickey
Lyle
Luman
Tucker
Fight Results By The Associated Press
Roberto Pena of Mexico outpointed Bar Nikora of New Zealand in Auckland. Salvatore Burrini of Italy outpointed Gerry Stokes of Los Angeles in Naples. Ted Whitfield of Amherst knocked out Al Simmons of Miami in Amherst. Buster Mathis of Grand Rapids stopped Bob Maynard in Montreal.
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Auckland
New Zealand
Roberto Pena
Mexico
Bar Nikora
Naples
Italy
Salvatore Burrini
Gerry Stokes
Los Angeles
Amherst
Mass
Ted Whitfield
al Simmons
Miami
Fla
Johnson Studio Pee Wee team stays undefeated after win
Johnson Studio beat Foodtown 12 to 9 in a makeup Pee Wee game to improve to 5-0 while Foodtown sinks to 0-6. Johnson led 3 1 4 in the top of the final inning. Foodtown scored 2 1 6. Rod ney Thummel Sammy Godinez and Marty Savedra pitched for Johnson with David Noland behind the plate. Russell Herron Tim Allen were the Foodtown battery.
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Foodtown
Pee Wee
Johnson
Rodney Thummel
Sammy Godinez
Marty Savedra
David Noland
Russell Herron
Tim Allen
Foodtown Battery
Merle Kelly Ford Tops Orley's Cafe In Extra Innings Slugfest
Merle Kelly Ford defeated Orley's Cafe 9 to 8 in 10 innings to move into a share of the league lead at 5-2, behind a late tying and winning run in the bottom of the eighth. Ash Grove remained hot with a 12-5 win over Consolidated Oil as Brad Hart belted a two run homer.
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Merle Kelly Ford
Ash Grove
Consolidated Oil
Orley
Bank of Commerce
Merle Kelly
David Christiansen
Tony Kline
David Kimble
John Jensen
Roger Tucker
Bob Phillips
Ronnie Raple
Brad Hart
Mark Alonzo
Dennis Gates
Hart
Jerry Baughn
Bill Dexter
Consolidated
Dexter
Dale Douglas
Cai Oins
Santa Fe Edges Montgomery Ward In Rookie League Clash
Santa Fe Employees upset Montgomery Ward 12 to 7 to snap Ward’s perfect start. Steve Marts pitched a one hitter for Santa Fe with Greg Willis catching. Montgomery Ward pitchers Dave Taxter and Kenny Clark allowed three hits and were caught by Dale Berg.
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Santa Fe
Montgomery Ward
Sears and Roebuck
Steve Marts
Greg Willis
Dave Taxter
Kenny Clark
Dale Berg
Hans' Flowers crush Taylor Fireworks in makeup league game
Mitch Magner pitched six innings of no hit ball for Hans' Flowers in a 9-4 win over Taylor Fireworks. Magner also hit the sole home run as Hans' totaled 11 hits with David Golay catching. Wells Clothiers edged Swimming Pool 6-5 in another makeup game. Bruce Bright homered for Wells, with Ron Harris and Bright sharing pitching duties.
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Hans’ Flowers
Taylor Fireworks
Wells Clothiers
Magner
Han
Flowers
David Golay
Tom Morrow
Wes Moore
Randy Heisman
Bruce Bright
Power Wells Clothiers
Bright
Ron Harris
Randy Ikehorn
Steve de la Torre
Stan Maring
Legion Versus Ottawa Nine Set For Chanute Park Showdown
Chanute hosts Ottawa at City Park tonight at 8 as the Legion seeks to end a five game skid. Ottawa arrives after a win over Topeka Van-T Chevrolet. Tomorrow the action moves to Yates Center for the second game.
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Topeka Van-T Chevrolet
Chanute Legion
Yates Center
Chanute Gray Lumber
Columbus Bombers
Columbus
Miami
Okla
Chanute Oilers
Pittsburg Bowlus
Alma
St. Paul
Oilers
Pitchers and key players in a 6-1 loss by Weils Clothiers
The game saw Richard Ray start and Jim Simmons catch for Swimming Pool as they held Weils Clothiers to six hits. The losers were outhit 6-1 with the strikeout tally noted across five innings pitched.
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Jim Simmons
Weils Clothiers
TRUE
Itees
Abies Ee
Fredonia's Janell Smith Aims for AAU Meet
Fredonia runner Janell Smith with a pending American record of 54.3 in the 440 yards is entered in the Women’s National AAU meet in Columbus Ohio. Meade Smith says she will run the 220 and 440, with a possible 220 if the 440 is not contested. The top two finishers earn a U S team berth to face Russia.
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Kan
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Columbus
Ohio
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U. S
Russia
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Janell
South America
Meade
Emporia State College
Lamar
Phils Beat Cards 3-0 as Callison Leads Philadelphia
Philadelphia defeated St. Louis 3-0 at home. Johnny Callison tripled in the third and scored on a wild pitch before the Phillies added two runs in the eighth. Bob Purkey improved to 5-5 for the Cardinals, with a second game to come in Philadelphia. Kansas City was idle.
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Phillies
Philadelphia
Cardinal
Johnny Callison
Callison
Phils
Bob Purkey
Cardinals
Bo Belinsky
Jim Bunning
Kansas City
St Patrick's and Knights of Columbus Win Softball Games
In Church Softball League action St Patrick's nipped EUB 13 to 10 as Harley Ponce shut out the losers after they scored 10 in the first two innings. Knights of Columbus improved to 7–0 by defeating Grant Avenue Baptist 11 to 1 with back to back homers by Bud Leroy and Dave Fehr in the third inning.
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EUB
Knights of Columbus
Grant Avenue Baptist
St. Patrick’s
George Cole
Lupe Ponce
Harley Ponce
Billy Gutierrez
Bud Taylor
Omer Stoll
Joe Ponce
Knights
Bud Leroy
Dave Fehr
Fehr
Leasing Rural Carrier Cars Proposed To Save Millions
Simeon Bright Jr. told the 63rd annual Kansas Rural Letter Carriers Association convention that leasing cars for rural carriers would be a definite assist to taxpayers and could save 20 to 25 million dollars annually. He noted opposition from the National Rural Letter Carriers Association and tied the plan to the President’s program to cut federal spending.
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Wichita, Kan
Simeon M. Bright Jr
Kansas Rural Letter Carriers Association
National Rural Letter Carriers Association
Bright
Knights Fall After Late Rally In League Tilt
The Knights yielded a decisive loss as Pat’s and EUB combined for ten and thirteen runs respectively. Grant Avenue’s Dean Youngberg limited the winners to six clean hits while Leroy and Eastburn connected for the catcher and receiver roles.
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Knights
Gary McKenzie
Leroy
Grant Avenue
Dean Youngberg
Loren Eastburn
Baseball Scores Monday's Results
New York defeated Washington 4 to 3. Detroit beat Baltimore 4 to 3. Cleveland won against Boston 9 to 2. Chicago routed Minnesota 17 to 4. Only games scheduled.
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Baltimore
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Boston
Chicago
Minnesota
Associated Press
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Kansas City
International League game update Jacksonville over Atlanta
Jacksonville defeated Atlanta 7 to 6 in an International League matchup. Buffalo at Toledo postponed due to rain.
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Atlanta
Buffalo
Toledo
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