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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1961
Page
6
Cleveland scores five in the eighth to erase a 7 4 deficit and beat New York 9 7. Vic Power swipes home for the final Indians run as Barry Latman earns the relief win.
Chanute Senior High athletes travel to compete in state and national meets with support from the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. Lindblad targets the national javelin record with 215 feet and 1 inch best this year, while Anderson, Winters and Umbarger seek state honors in shot put high jump and low hurdles. Coffeyville and Hutchinson carry strong titles hopes as 42 junior colleges enter national fields.
Hutchinson Kansas led the National Junior College Track meet with 23 17 points as Coffeyville Kansas and others vie for top honors. Howard County Texas and Victoria Texas tied records in sprints while Ken Taylor and Charley Ennis set a new 120 yard high hurdles mark in prelims.
At the halfway mark of the Hot Springs Open in Hot Springs Arkansas Mason Rudolph of Clarksville Tennessee and Doug Sanders share the 36 hole lead with scores of 136.
Southwestern qualified 14 men for Friday’s Kansas Conference meet in preliminaries. Ottawa had eight, Baker seven, College of Emporia four, Bethany three, Kansas Wesleyan three, Bethel three, and McPherson none. Royce McClanahan of College of Emporia set a conference record of 1 57.4 in the 880.
The Associated Press reports Denny Moy er of Portland stops Willie Jennings of Seattle in a 2 round bout at Centralia Washington. Moy er weighed 164 and Jennings 159 pounds.
Scores include Chicago 1 St Louis 0 and Los Angeles 8 San Francisco 7. Schedule shows multiple day games and doubleheaders across leagues with teams like Pittsburgh Philadelphia Milwaukee Cincinnati St Louis Chicago Cleveland New York Baltimore Minnesota Detroit Boston Kansas City and more. Pacific and International leagues report results Tacoma Tacoma 4 Hawaii 3 in 11, Jersey City 5 Charleston 4, Columbus 6 Richmond 4.
The Dodgers beat the Giants 8-7 as Maury Wills' infield hit and Wally Moon's double set up the deciding run in the ninth against Billy O'Dell. Johnny Roseboro's three-run homer in the eighth gave Los Angeles the lead after Willie Davis' sixth inning shot.
Topeka leads the field in the final round with a four man total of 312 while Salina tops the two man team standings at 153. Friday’s scores show Hutchinson 318 Arkansas City 324 Topeka Highland Park 327 Shawnee Mission East 344 and Wichita Southeast 357. Chuck Fish of Hutchinson posted best individual 71.
Kansas leads with 14 qualifiers in six track and four field events at Folsom Stadium as rival Oklahoma Missouri Colorado Kansas State Nebraska Iowa State and Oklahoma State chase the title. Rex Stucker of Kansas State tied the 120 yard high hurdle conference mark in preliminaries.
The first annual Junior Olympics at Fort Scott feature 14 Chanute entrants plus one independent sophomore. About 350 entries are expected from towns including Chanute, Carthage, Iola, Moran, Uniontown, Blue Mound, Mound City, Prescott and more. Winners earn medals and advance to Lawrence.
The Chanute Tribune notes May 20 1961 state shot put record for 16 and 17 year olds at 57 feet 6 1 2 inches held by Crumpacker of Wichita. The national Junior Olympics mark for the 12 pound shot is 59 feet.
Outgoing leaders Ric Tribble president Bob Barker vice president Ronnie Ashley secretary Connie Schleicher treasurer were honored by the pep club with Linda Rhodes and other seniors in attendance.
Chanute High School honored 22 football players 9 basketball players 15 track performers and 6 golfers at the annual sports honors assembly. Also recognized were intramural participants Girls Athletic Association cheerleaders pep club officers and new drum and bugle corps leaders.
Arch Allen announces reorganization of Chanute Country Club men’s golf into two leagues next Tuesday. Bush League with six teams features champions and A flight players. Grapefruit League uses B and C flights. Captains named. teams limit four or five players. weekly partner rotation and substitutions planned.
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