Redlegs Rally Over Giants as Tebbetts Casts His Wand
The Redlegs won 11-1 over the New York Giants, extending a 15 of 16 run led by Don Gross in his third complete game. Tebbetts relies on castoffs and clutch relievers to seal wins while the Giants’ ascendancy falters. In other action Robin Roberts beat St. Louis 5-3. White Sox edge Orioles 3-2. Indians tie Yankees after a 3-1 victory over Washington. Tigers down World Series champs 4-1.
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Don Gross
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Baseball scores recap from Saturday and Friday results
The American League standings show Chicago leading with 17 wins and 7 losses, New York 16-9, Cleveland 16-9, and Boston 15-13. Friday highlights include Cleveland 3 Washington 1 and Chicago 3 Baltimore 2, with other results across leagues and several games postponed or rained out. Schedule notes list Saturday matchups for Chicago Baltimore Detroit New York Kansas City Boston Cleveland and Washington, with pitchers and lineups indicated.
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New York
Cleveland
Boston
Detroit
Kansas City
Baltimore
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Harshman
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Preakness Bid By Iron Liege
Iron Liege bids to extend his Kentucky Derby win as he faces six rivals in the 81st Preakness at Pimlico. About 30,000 spectators including Vice President Nixon are expected for the $100 000 added race on a cloudy warm day with possible showers.
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Calumet Farm
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Bowling Scores Legion Nos and Vernons standings
A scrambled bowling score snippet lists Legion teams Nos 1 through 6 with team averages and high game feats. It names players such as Morarity Neeley Lindquist and Gillihan along with venues Ash Grove and contact lines for locals.
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Ash Grove
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Gion
Ostrenderan A. B
Ostrander
High
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Russell
Legion No
High W. Kaylor
Roberts
Mission Wichita East Lead Golf Tourney
Shawnee Mission and Wichita East held a strong lead in the Kansas State high school golf tournament after round two. In the four man division Shawnee Mission 311 and Wichita East 313. in two man Wichita East 157 with Shawnee Mission and Kapaun at 161.
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Shawnee Mission
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Kapaun
Wichita
Hutchinson
Topeka
St. Agnes
Kansas City
Lawrence
Dodge City
Wichita North
Highland
High School Lad Vaults Fifteen Feet
North Phoenix High School star Jim Brewer cleared 15 feet in a statewide American Legion meet setting a new national prep mark. He jumped with a fiberglass pole, rising from 14 5 1 4 to 15 0 3 4 and plans to chase 16 feet in college competition next season at the Coliseum Relays.
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AAU
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EUB and Stark Win in Church League Softball
The EUB team defeated the Christians 9 3 in Highland Park with a 1 0 3 0 4 inning spread while Stark beat St Patrick s 2 1. Seger and J Morrow pitched for EUB with E Evans catching and Smith on the Christians mound with D Crow s behind. Stark produced two runs in the fourth and fifth to secure the win as St Patrick managed a single run in the fifth. Batteries were Stark Haddan Nelson and St Patrick A Godinez and T Godinez for Stark and St Patrick respectively.
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Fight results from Cleveland and Guam cards headline
In Cleveland Joey Giardello from Philadelphia at 160 outpointed Rory Calhoun of White Plains for 10 rounds. In Guam Sammy Borja at 128 defeated Paulito Escarlan of Manila in a 10 round bout.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Joey Giardello
Philadelphia
Rory Calhoun
White Plains
N.Y
Guam
Sammy Borja
Paulito Escarlan
Manila
New York City Opens Museum of Primitive Art
A new museum in New York City showcases primitive art from eight exhibits across continents. The collection highlights works from Africa Oceania Asia Europe and the Americas.
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New York Yankees
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Oceania
Kansas City
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Europe
Three-Run Blows Sink Cardinals and A's in Nonsensical Comebacks
In a wild day of baseball both the Kansas City Athletics and St. Louis Cardinals blew 3-0 leads. Boston Red Sox rallied to beat Oakland 4-3 behind Jackie Jensen and Jim Piersall. Frank Thomas
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Associated Press
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Kansas City Athletics
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St. Louis Cardinals
Boston Red Sox
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Marv Blaylock
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Wally Moon
Ken Boyer
Don Blasingame
Stan Musial
Stan
State Meet Finals Today in Kansas Track and Field
Bob Vernon of Oberlin shattered the Class A discus mark with a 169 feet 10 inch toss at the state high school meet. Kansas high school record for any class, finals dominated by Wichita North with 5 points, Ottawa and Topeka 1 each, Lawrence 4, and other schools scattered across standings. Oberlin leads Skyline Conference with 8.5 points as St John and Kingman follow.
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Bob Vernon
Oberlin
Kansas
Wichita North
Ottawa
Topeka
Lawrence
Washington
Manhattan
Wyandotte
Highland Park
Fort Scott
Wellington
Wichita East
Turner
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Vernon
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Kingman
Local Football Standings By Class B And Class A Points
The record lists district football standings with percentages and points. Teams such as Augusta Harper Scott City and Fredonia show 3 percent, while Wathena and West Mineral lead Class B with five points. Other schools like Plevna Elmdale Sylvia Burrton Meade Randall Bronson Powhattan Quinter Douglass Jetmore Lakin Arma appear with varying point totals.
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Harper
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Fredonia
Bonner Springs
Andale
de Soto
Sooners to Join Big Seven as Oklahoma State University
The Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association expanded to the Big Eight with Oklahoma A and M joining. By June 1 the school will be renamed Oklahoma State University for Agriculture and Applied Science, moving from Aggies to Cowboys. Fall entry includes cross country and indoor and outdoor track with full conference eligibility to follow. Football competition expected by 1961. Stillwater sees a boost to athletics.
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Big Seven
Oklahoma A
Oklahoma State University For Agriculture and Applied Science
Aggies
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Stillwater
Millers and Saints Tighten Race in Wichita Skidseeing
The Minneapolis Millers beat Denver 3 1 to close the gap with St Paul for second place in the three team chase led by Wichita. Minneapolis trails the Saints by 10 points in percentage. Omaha at St Paul and Indianapolis Wichita were rained out. Charleston beat Louisville 4 2 on a ninth inning rally.
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Giardello Beats Calhoun In Close Split Decision
In Cleveland Joey Giardello outpointed Rory Calhoun 7 rounds to 3 on the AP card after a tight 10 round middleweight bout. Calhoun pressed for a knockout late while Giardello used ring savvy and a weight edge to prevail. both men bled as the decision stood with judges close.
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Rory Calhoun
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Calhoun
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Ottawa wins 49th Kansas Conference Meet by large margin
Ottawa captured the 49th Kansas Conference track and field meet with 78.67 points, more than double the runner up. College of Emporia finished second with 38.16, McPherson 36.2, Kansas Wesleyan 25.42, Baker 24.13, Bethel sixth, Bethany seventh. Tom Coleman of Emporia led with 11.5 points. Ron Anderson of McPherson improved the discus record.
Track and field prelims shape tight conference meet
Ken Yob of Colorado qualified for the finals with a 213-3 javelin throw, the best among seeds after last year’s conference record. Missouri’s Pete Orr won his 440 yard dash heat in 49.9, while Kansas’ Lowell Janzen posted 1 54.9 for the half mile. Gene O Connor of Kansas State advanced in hurdles, with finals set for today alongside golf and tennis events. Oklahoma led in tennis 11-8 over Colorado, and held a 22 stroke golf lead over Kansas as finals approached.
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Colorado
Pete Orr
Missouri
Mike Cummins
Kansas
Lowell Janzen
Gene O’connor
Kansas State
Oklahoma
Victoria Juco Favored in 1957 Track Finals
Victoria Texas winner of four of five National Junior College track titles entered the finals as a favorite. Bobby Singleton tied the NJCAA high hurdles record at 14.6 seconds and was near the standard in the low hurdles. Phoenix swept the javelin with 191 feet 2 inches, Iola claimed the high jump at 6 feet 1 1/2 inches, and Hutchinson won the broad jump at 22 1/2 inches as Phoenix led with 17 1/2 points.
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Victoria
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Bobby Singleton
Robert Chapman
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Jim Gomner
Iola
Udell Vaughn
KU Thinclads Set Big Pace in Big Seven Meet
Lincoln Neb March finals expect Kansas Jayhawks to extend their track and field title run in the 29th outdoor meet. Coach Bill Easton's squad led preliminaries with 17 qualifiers as Missouri Colorado and Nebraska posted strong showings. Olympian Al Oerter led qualifiers in discuss while Kansas dominated field events and appears poised to win.
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Neb
Bill Easton
Kansas Jayhawks
Jayhawks
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Colorado
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Kansas State
Iowa State
Kansas
al Oerter
Bold Ruler Stakehorse Candy Eating Incident
A horse named Bold Ruler reportedly ate up to three packages of peppermint candies in one day, prompting concern over the animal’s dietary health.
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