Jaycees blank Larned in 21-0 rout on nineteen hits
Joe Heier pitched a four hit shutout as Garden City Jaycees defeated visiting Larned 21-0 to sweep the 1955 series. Larned committed 13 errors while Garden City pushed ahead with nine runs in the first inning and never looked back. Roy Kaney and Roy Kinney led offense with multiple hits and Bergkamp added power with a homer and three singles. Attendance 323. Duke University football noted briefly: Bill Murray’s Duke tied to ACC titles.
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Ken Ester
Garden
Great Bend
Hutchinson
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Jimmie Gilbert
Joe Duca
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Jaycees
Jack Carr
Art Scherschligt
Bill Bordewick
Lewis
Bob Bergkamp
Scherschligt
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Bergkamp
Roy Kinney
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Carr
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Ghosts and trades clash at Saratoga Travers week
At Saratoga, a mud soaked mid week card crowns Jim Dandy in the third race with a $12.20 mutuel, as Travers Week looms. The piece recalls the 1864 inception of the Travers and the famous 1930 Travers featuring Gallant Fox and Which One, amid lore of the Grand Union era and Jim Dandy’s own heritage.
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Saratoga Springs
N.Y
Saratoga
Grand Union Hotel
Broadway
Jim Fisk
Lillian Russell
Diamond Jim Brady
Jim Dandy
Jackie Westrope
Travers
United States
Kentucky
Jockey Club Registry
Herman B. Delman
New York
Grand Union
Chaffee Earl
California
Jack McKee
Belair Stud
Gallant Fox
Harry Payne Whitney
Willis Sharpe Kilmer
Sun Falcon
Jim Dandy Triumph: the 1930 Preakness and Its Rivalry
In muddy track conditions Whitney's Which One, Gallant Fox, and Jim Dandy battled a crowd favorite. Red Baker rode Which One with Sande and Workman in a famed clash. Jim Dandy won at 100 to 1 as Gallant Fox faded and Which One broke down, ending the era’s notable rivalry.
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T. J. Healy
Jim Dandy
Buddy Raines
Buddy
Brandywine Stable
Whistling Bob Smith
Old Man Oates
Gallant
Fox
Earl Sande
Sande
Sonny Workman
Gallant Fox
Sam Rosoff
National League Hitters Pass 1,000 Home Runs
The National League surpassed 1,000 home runs as of last night, led by Willie Mays, Roy Campanella, Stan Musial, and Smokey Burgess. The senior circuit reached 1,002 homers, chasing the major league record of 1,197 set in 1953. Henry Moreno is noted as the only jockey to beat Native Dancer in a race on Dark Star in the Kentucky Derby.
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New York
Willie Mays
Giants
Roy Campanella
Dodgers
Stan Musial
Cards
Smokey Burgess
Redlegs
Henry Moreno
Grand American Trapshooting Opens in Vandalia
The 56th Grand American trapshooting event begins this Friday in Vandalia Ohio with over 2000 shooters from the United States Canada Mexico Cuba and the Canal Zone. Championship events run Monday through Saturday August 27. New this year are handicap events with targets shot from 17 to 27 yards behind the traps. Notables include 14 year old Jack Egan last year s winner from 19 yards and Evelyn Primm the only 27 yarder listed among top shooters.
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Vandalia
Ohio
America
Union
Canada
Mexico
Cuba
Canal Zone
Walter Beaver
Berwyn
Janarkers
Jack Egan
New York City
Aaron Bird
Senator calls for probe into boxing underscored by IBC plea
DETROIT The National Boxing Assn asks for federal intervention as NBA president George A Barton probes pro boxing. Senator Potter pledged a congressional inquiry while Jim Norris challenges federal oversight, saying commissions failing to regulate boxing may justify federal control. Norris notes an anti trust suit against IBC and claims about witnesses retracting affidavits.
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National Boxing Assny
New York
Jim Norris
Internationl Boxing Club
NBA
Sen. Potter
Reich
George A. Barton
Minneapolis
Barlow
Norris
IBC
Detroit Red Wing
Olympia Stadium
Pros Round Up At Canadian Open Championship
Weston Ont hosts nearly 200 pros and top amateurs as rounds begin for the Canadian Open on the Weston course a 6 428 yard par 72 layout with 18 holes daily through Saturday. A wide field of contenders includes 10 to 12 potential shotmakers aiming for the big payoff.
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Weston
Ontim
Yankees Using An Old Formula
New York Yankees lead the American League by 1 game thanks to power and pitching. They swept Boston 3 16 in the series opener with four home runs and 14 hits. Mickey Mantle pushed his league leading homer total to 30 with a two run shot, while Don Larsen, Hank Bauer, and Bill Skowron also homered. Mantle added a single and a double alongside a walk and two RBIs. Bauer collected three RBIs with a homer, two singles and a walk.
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New York Yankees
Boston
Mickey Mantle
Commerce, Okla
Don Larsen
Hank Bauer
Bill Skowron
Switchhitting Mantle
Bauer
Baltimore
Cal Abrams
Washington
New York
Brooklyn
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
Chicago
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Kansas City Athletics
Chicago White Sox
Gus Zernial
A’s
Semipro Meet To Start Friday
Seven state champions and three runners-up are certified for the National Semipro Baseball Tournament. Four berths remain, pending Dixie Negro champs at Birmingham and state meets in Oklahoma, Texas, and Wisconsin. Opening day features North Platte versus Peoria and Wichita Boeing Bombers against Holden. Boeing Bombers defend title and host event. Rookie fullback Ray Novak of the Detroit Lions once played for Lincoln in the Western League before focusing on football.
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Thee
Birmingham
Ala
Oklahoma
Texas
Wisconsin
Midwest
North Platte
Neb
Plainsmen
Peoria
Ill
Caterpillars
Boeing Bombers
Holden
Chiefs
National Baseball Congress
McGillcopper Sox
Uland Bulldogs
Dennis Hoboes
Mass
Silver City Planters
Miss
Richmond Glendales
Columbus
Ray Novak
Detroit Lions
Lincoln, Neb
Local Auction Open Pot. Mike Souchak Named Leader
A public auction listing opens with a $15,000 top bid expected to be placed by an American bidder. The leading public choice is Mike Souchak, a huskie from Grossinger Indiana, noted as a key contender.
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Mike Souchak
Huskie
Grossinger
Dodgers to play seven home games at Roosevelt Stadium
Brooklyn Dodgers, leading the National League, consider moving seven regular season games to Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City next season to boost attendance and address the outmoded Ebbets Field. Club President Walter O Malley announced the plan and an exhibition with an American League club may follow.
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Brooklyn
Brooklyn Dodgers
Ebbets Field
Roosevelt Stadium
Jersey City
N.d
Aclion
Walter O'Malley
Brooks
O'Malley
Hove
Boston Skids In Title Chase
The Boston Red Sox slump continues as they fall 13-6 to the New York Yankees, dropping standings as Detroit and Chicago win to tighten the pennant race. New York extends its lead while Chicago and Cleveland hover behind.
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Red Sox
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Yanks
Detroit
Cleveland Indians
Billy Hoel
Chicago
Tribe
Kansas City Athletics
White Sox
New York
Cleveland
Kansas City
Warhhinson
Baltimore
Bratan
Belfoit
Bathwort
Washington
Brooklyn
Milwauukeer
Philadelphia Ao
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Hutchinson and Liberal Trios in Kansas Football Scores
RAN JOHNSON reports from Hutchinson Great Bend and Pratt as Liberal 3 Garden City 21 and Larned Safina 0 McPherson 0 showing a slate of Kansas grid results with scorelines from multiple towns and teams including Garden City and McPherson.
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We Pd
Pratt
Carder City
Great Bend
Hutchinson
Lyons
Dodge City
Salina Liberal
McPherson
Larned
Johnson Hutchinson
Great Bend & Pratt
Garden City
Larned @ Safina
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