Ditmar Slams White Sox 1-0 as A's Win Narrowly
Kansas City pitcher Art Ditmar limits Chicago to two hits for a 1-0 Athletics victory. Enos Slaughter Vic Power and a first inning sacrifice fly provide the only runs. Marion protests a white sweatshirt but withdraws it. Reds pitcher Smokey Burgess homers twice including a grand slam to fuel a 10-8 St Louis loss to Cincinnati.
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Turner Fights to a Draw with Fuentes at Madison Square Garden
In New York the Ramon Fuentes Gil Turner bout ended in a split draw as officials disagreed on 7 of 10 rounds. Referee Al Bert and judges Agnello Forbes scored differently yet the AP card favored Fuentes 7-3. No knockdowns occurred in the rematch once predicted to favor Turner.
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Baseball Scores From The Major Leagues And Minor Leagues
Major league standings show Cleveland leading with a .656 mark and New York close behind at .645 Boston and Detroit also near .500. Friday results include New York over Baltimore 7 5 and Detroit over Cleveland 11 4. In the National League Brooklyn leads at .758 with New York 18 14. Philadelphia tops Chicago 5 3. Cincinnati defeats St Louis 10 7. Chicago beats Milwaukee 4 2 in 10 innings. Other leagues report Denver and Omaha wins and Texas League scores.
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U S Open Entries Reach Record on Pacific Coast
About 1 535 golfers have entered the U S Open at Olympic Country Club in San Francisco June 16 18 under new rules with only exemptions for last five Open winners ten low scorers last year and others including the British Open champion. The field will be cut to 162 after sectional qualifying with defending champ Ed Furgol and stars Ben Hogan Julius Boros Cary Middlecoff Lew Worsham in the lineup. Gene Sarazen will miss as he serves as a television commentator.
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Relief Pitcher Hal Jeffcoat Shines For Cubs In Win
Hal Jeffcoat, now a key Cubs reliever under Stan Hack, earned his fifth major league win with 1.3 scoreless innings in Milwaukee. The Cubs defeated the Braves 4-2 on Bob Speake's 10th inning homer, keeping pace in the pennant race while giants and dodgers won elsewhere. Jeffcoat has appeared 11 times this season, compiling a 5-0 record through 23.3 innings.
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Martinez Ruling Due in Mid-June
New York boxing case on Vince Martinez awaiting a mid June decision after the commission completes a transcript review. The inquiry into a suspected boycott by the Fight Managers Guild concludes pending further action.
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Slaughter Keeps Busy Off the Field Too
Enos Slaughter, 39 year old Kansas City outfielder, bought from the Yankees and drove his car from New York to St. Louis nonstop in 17 hours with only service stops. He mowed his Belleville Illinois lawn after arrival and then flew to Chicago.
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Santee Still Aims For Four Minute Mile At Coliseum Relays
Wes Santee ran the featured mile in 4 minutes 5.5 seconds at the 15th annual Los Angeles Coliseum Relays as a 56,173 crowd watched. Ron Delaney won the 880 in a disqualification ending 1:50.5 while Arnie Lowell lost ground late. Other highlights included Bud Held’s near world mark in the javelin, Adhemar da Silva’s hop step and jump, and collegiate relays led by Houston’s quartet with times 40.8 and 1:25.
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Billy Maxwell Leads Halfway Kansas City Open
Billy Maxwell, 25, from Odessa Texas, holds a lead at the halfway mark of the $20,000 Kansas City Open as the field closes in. The former amateur standout continues to pace the event in Kansas City.
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Pro golfers chase lead at Hillcrest in Kansas City Open
Sixth leading money winner fired a second straight 67 to 134 for 36 holes, one stroke behind leader Henry Ransom who shot 70 after a 65 opening. Cary Middlecoff and Dick Mayer share fourth at 136, with Furgol and Stranahan among those at 138. Max Maxwell sits at 139.
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Big Seven meet highlights as Kansas leads prelims
In Lawrence Kansas Favored Kansas aims for a fourth straight outdoor Big Seven track title after preliminaries where three field records fell. Kansas qualified 19 for finals followed by Missouri 13 Oklahoma 12 Kansas State 7 Iowa State 6 Colorado 5 and Nebraska 4. Kansans Bill Niefer Les Bitner and Bob Van Dee set new marks in shot put javelin and discus with Bitner and Van Dee breaking Nebraskan records from 1940.
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Kansas City Youth Drowns in Overflow Pond
Donald French aged 15, son of C. L. French, drowned yesterday while swimming with two friends in an overflow pond north of a dike near the Missouri River in Kansas City Kas. His body was recovered about seven feet under water.
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Humboldt High School Holds Commencement Exercises
Humboldt auditorium was filled to capacity for the commencement service with extra chairs in the balcony. Rev Judd Jones of Chanute delivered the address introduced by Supt John McCoy. The program featured the boys quartet and solo by Mrs Marie Reynolds. A. J. Trueblood retired after 30 years and received a 21 inch TV from the class of 1955. a diamond service pin was given by board members. The First Baptist church hosted graduation receptions with talks by Arthur Solomon and Wheatley outlining rules for graduates.
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Graduates Honor Roll and Community Notes from Chanute
Marie Laude and Carol Puckett lead ninth grade graduates. eight graders include Donna Johns Richard Griffith Juanita Galemore and Dwight Clum. Local grandmothers Gertrude Peterson and Alta Mae Hamm attend the high school commencement headed by Michael Petersons family ties noted. News items cover deaths, church activities, a quilt project, a teacher’s summer travel, a cement association meeting in New York, and cataract surgery for J G Breshears.
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