Latins and Fankhauser reach tourney finals in softball
Latins a Latin team, 8 1 over Deerfield to secure sub district tourney berth. Guerrero throws five hit gem as Latins race to 5 0 lead. Final score 8 1. Deerfield limited to two successive doubles for their lone run as Latins pad late scores and chase for sub district crown with two wins.
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Midgets Take third in Kansas Elks State tourney
Garden City All Stars led by Lynch Overton won five hitters game 14 to 4 over Abilene to claim third place. Overton struck out five as Manhattan beat Topeka for the state title, with managers Walt Johnson and Don Taylor and the squad returning home with the trophy.
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State Legion Meet Into Second Round
Four games were scheduled Friday in the second round of the State American Legion Junior baseball tournament. In yesterday’s first round Salina beat Lawrence 7-2, Wichita Stevens defeated Great Bend 4-3, Topeka won over Emporia 4-2, and Hutchinson upset Parsons 10-5. Losers’ bracket games this afternoon pitted Lawrence against Great Bend and Emporia against Parsons, while tonight’s winners’ bracket matchups pitted Salina vs. Wichita Stevens and Hutchinson vs. Topeka.
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Tam's Second Round Looms As Wide Open
Weather cools slightly as the All-American Golf Tourney sees a three way tie for first at 58 with Wally Ulrich Arnold Palmer and Ted Kroll leading. Doug Ford Al Mengert Tom Talkington Jay Hebert Bo Wininger and George Bolesta close, 2 strokes back, amid hot 96 degree conditions and a 6915 yard par 72 course.
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Little League value questioned by Iowa doctors
DES MOINES editors claim Little League exploits 8 to 12 year olds, pressuring them to train long hours for skills they cannot yet master. The Iowa State Medical Society Journal editorial argues the program may not prevent delinquency and notes children skip balanced meals while parents push to make teams for status.
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Kaycee Signs Pitcher From Its Tryout Camp
A Kansas City Athletics three day tryout camp produced one signing, with four other youths given contracts to be signed by guardians. Chuck Dorrian, 21, right handed pitcher from Kansas City, inked a Lancaster Pennsylvania deal and will report to the Class B Piedmont League team next spring. The camp closed yesterday after drawing a record turnout of 350 candidates.
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Ernie Banks Smashes Three Home Runs Against Pirates
Chicago Cubs star Ernie Banks, a 24 year old rookie sensation, hits three homers at Wrigley Field to lift the Cubs 11 to 10 over Pittsburgh. He raises season RBI to 87 and ties major league home run leadership with five in a five game series, surpassing past Cubs shortstop records.
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Losing Season Series Possibility for Yanks
The New York Yankees face a potential losing season series for the first time since 1949 under Casey Stengel. Cleveland leads 10-7 with three games left in Cleveland and two in New York. The Yankees also trail or chase races with the White Sox Red Sox and Tigers, shaping a tense finish.
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Player ties season grand slam record with bases-loaded homer
A bases-loaded homer last Tuesday gave the player his fourth grand slam of the year, allowing him to share the single season record for grand slams with ten other players.
Cardinals blank Giants 3 0 as Pholsky dominates
pitcher Tom Poholsky limits New York to four hits for St Louis in a 3 0 win that ends a seven game skid and features a one hour 47 minute game. Sally Hemus and Stan Musial drive early run and Musial later advances on a misplay enabling more scoring. In Baltimore Eddie Lopat allows one run as Athletics fall 8 1 to Orioles. Jim Sykes places second in Azalea Open, golf event.
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Giant Player Told To Quit
ROCHESTER Minnesota Giants second baseman Davey Williams said in a Mayo Clinic room that he will quit baseball due to a back ailment after doctors diagnosed spinal arthritis or a possible slipped disc. Williams, 27, rose from Pensacola Class B ball through the Southern Association in Atlanta and the American Association in Minneapolis. He arrived for examinations after a season on and off the Giants bench since June.
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Judge Was a Witness In This DWI Case
Albert A. Wheeler, 23, was convicted in Municipal Court of driving while intoxicated. The sole witness testified Wheeler drove his car into Goldman’s yard at night. Acting Judge Gene Rowlette fined Wheeler 55.25 dollars, as Municipal Judge Ted Goldman disqualified himself since it was his yard.
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Wichita Indians Shock Sky Sox To Move Up Standings
Wichita’s Indians swept Colorado Springs 4-2 and 7-1 Thursday night to seize second place in the Western League. Pueblo blanked Des Moines 10-0 as Sioux City topped Lincoln 14-7. Schwegman pitched into the sixth in the opener before a single unearned run. Jerry Sheets homered for Colorado Springs. George Hallow’s homer and five straight Wichita hits produced the decisive run in the sixth. Evans allowed four hits in the nightcap as Wichita scored five early runs to back Idzkowski’s defeat.
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General Staff to Open Stud Slates Next January
General Staff, one of two horses to win three stakes races at Monmouth Park in a single season, will send his first crop of offspring to the races next January.
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