Winters Jump Tops in State Meet High Jump
Manhattan junior Kenny Winters of Chanute cleared 6 feet 4 inches to win the Class AA high jump at the state outdoor meet in Manhattan. He also won the indoor mark earlier this season. Bob Franklin failed to reach finals in javelin amid rain. Wyandotte led Class AA with 362 points, Sylvia won Class B, and Cheney tied for second in Class A. Coach Dick Purdy plans to enter Winters and Franklin in the 16-17 year age group of the Junior Olympics in Lawrence on June 9.
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Worth
Jerry Kinnamon
Cheney
Tribune
Dick Purdy
Franklin
Lawrence
Lindblad Second In National Meet
Lindblad, Chanute Junior College, placed second in the national junior college track meet with a 191 foot 10 inch javelin throw despite windy conditions. Robin Oliver won with 193 feet 7 inches as Coffeyville led Region III with 93.4 points and Chanute finished tied for 15th overall.
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Chanute Junior College
Coffeyville
Robin Oliver
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Northeast Okla
Bill Collins Wins Hot Springs Open Golf Title
Bill Collins won the Hot Springs Open by three strokes, firing a 68 and 69 in the final rounds to finish 275, 13 under par, and claim $2,800 first money. Pete Cooper of Dorado Beach, Puerto Rico, was runner-up at 278.
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White Sox fall to Senators as Ramos shocks in seventh
Washington swept Chicago 7-5 and 3-2 after Pedro Ramos, hurt pregame, returns to beat the White Sox in the second game. The defeats cut Chicago’s lead to a half game over Baltimore with New York 9-7 over Kansas City and Detroit sweeping Boston. Ted Kluszewski leads league batting at .422 with three hits in each game.
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Comet Golfers Place Sixth in State Meet
Chanute two man golf team finished 336 for 36 holes to place sixth in Class Aa at Lawrence Country Club. Morton Sutton 164 and Mahlon Gray 172 led Chanute. Wichita East won with 303. Lawrence second 311. Hutchinson and Salina tied for third 327.
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John Stevens
Topeka
Cuban boxers win in Havana and Nogales bouts
Havana witnessed Napole outpoint Robinson Garcia as Cuba earned a points win at 130 and 134 pounds. In Nogales Cisco Andrade stopped Antone Contreras in the 5th round at 139 pounds.
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Associated Press
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Cuba
Robinson Garcia
Nogales
Mexico
Cisco Andrade
Los Angeles
Antone Contreras
Baseball Scores and Standings and Week Results
National League standings show Pittsburgh and San Francisco leading with winning records as Milwaukee Cincinnati and St Louis trail. Sunday results include Pittsburgh over San Francisco in 11 innings and Milwaukee over Chicago. Pacific Coast and International leagues list multiple matchups with results and rain postponements.
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Sooner football schedule blocked by Big Eight vote
Dean Earl Sneed said he was surprised and disappointed by the Big Fight Conference 5 to 3 vote denying Oklahoma an 11th game in 1961. The decision jeopardizes OU’s December 9 1961 game with Hawaii in Honolulu.
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Big Fight
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Oklahoma
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Sooner
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NCAA
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Honolulu
Sneed
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Bally Ache Wins Preakness Race
Bally Ache, the bay colt runner up in the Kentucky Derby, wins through to claim a major 3 year old racing honor as he eyes the Jersey Derby at Garden State Park on Memorial Day. The colt then targets the Belmont Stakes on June 11, completing the Derby Preakness Belmont triple crown sequence.
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Garden State Park
League Leaders American League Batting and Scoring
List shows batting leaders with Kluszewski Chicago 422 at bats and Minoso Chicago 38 hits. Mantle New York leads runs with 28. Minoso also tops RBIs with 25. Lemon Washington hits 9 home runs and leads in homers while Fox Chicago tops triples with 4. Aparicio Chicago steals lead and Minoso second.
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Detroit
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New York
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Skowron
Lemon
Washington
Lumpe
Kansas City
Lollar
Allison
Baseball Scorecard Notes And Pitching Totals
The record lists Hall of Kansas City and Coates of New York with four or more decisions and a 1.000 win percentage. Pascual of Washington leads with 68 strikeouts, Cleveland recording 55.
Statistical Leaders From The Baseball Season
Batting leaders include Clemente of Pittsburgh at .382 and Burgess of Pittsburgh at .354. Runs led by Skinner of Pittsburgh with 33 and Robinson of Cincinnati and Clemente with 28. RBIs topped by Clemente with 34, McCovey of San Francisco with 31. Hits favored Clemente with 55, Pinson of Cincinnati tied for second with 4. Doubles tied between Pinson and Robinson with 12. Triples led by Skinner of Pittsburgh with 4, six players tied at 3. Home runs shared by Banks of Chicago Robinson of Cincinnati Aaron of Milwaukee and McCovey of San Francisco with 9. Stolen bases led by Pinson of Cincinnati with 11, Mays of San Francisco with 9. Pitching decisions show Antonelli of San Francisco at 30 with a 1.000 win rate, Law of Pittsburgh at 61 with .857. Strikeouts led by Drysdale of Los Angeles with 72 and Friend of Pittsburgh with 55.
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Chicago
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Milwaukee
Mays
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Los Angeles
Friend
Tule Pete Wins International Jumping Frog Contest
Tule Pete of the United States won the Angeles Camp event with a three leap total of 13 feet 22 inches securing the gold medal in the jumping frog competition.
Young Texan Wins Sam Snead Festival
Dave Marr a 26 year old Houston native wins the Sam Snead festival finishing seven strokes ahead of Babe Lichardus of Grossinger New York for 2000 dollars. Snead places fourth as Marr leads the tourney on his first full swing of the dollar circuit.
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Sam Snead
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California youths lead in a frog race title
Coached by 9 year old Brian Basacker of Sonora, Tule Jack owned by 7 year old Tommy Basacker finished second at 12-9 2. Untouchable owned by 15 year old Carolyn Voitich of Stockton took third at 12-1, beating frogs from New Jersey and a dozen foreign countries.
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Sonora
Calif
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Hurtubise Tops Racing Rookie At Indianapolis Speed Trials
Jim Hurtubise, 27, a California coast guard veteran and dirt-track graduate, wowed speed fans at Indianapolis Motor Speedway with a 149.056 mph ten mile record and a best lap of 149.601 mph. He will try to pass 22 cars in next Monday’s 44th 500 with Eddie Sachs leading the field at 146.592 mph after trials were halted by wind and rain. Track conditions left 20 cars in line at closing. final field averaged 144.070 mph, surpassing the 143.445 mph mark set in 1958.
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