Christie Allows Only 3 Hits To Beat Liberal
Garden City powered 13 hits and strong defense to rout Liberal 11 1 last night in Weskan B 1 play at Lightner Field. Duane West homered in the sixth after Monte Keller opened with a single, with Garden scoring six runs in the seventh. Buck Adams earlier scored Liberal's lone run on an error, then Bob Adams drove him in.
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Weskan
Lightnerfield
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Lyons
Great Bend
Garden
Salina
Buck Adams
Bob
Duane West
Garden Club
Monte Keller
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Jerry Robertson
Ed Dater
Bill Urban
Dle
Vic Power
Bill Renna
Joe Demaestri
Shantz
A's
Power
Gus Zervial
Rornie Porticarrero
Sox
Sherman Lollar
Jim Busby
Chico Carrasquel
Jaycees Rally Past Liberal In Slugfest Victory
George Lloyd sparked the Jaycees with infield flourishes and three hits, robbing Liberal of multiple hits. West and West’s home run paced a four-run burst after a rough first inning, while Christie fanned five in a shaky pitching performance. Don Potter and Leonard Hill contributed singles but left runners stranded after Liberal’s early threat.
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Sparkles
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Kluszewski Looms as Ruthian Power in Reds Spring
In Tampa the Reds' spring camp features Birdie Tebbetts discussing wealth and tax, while Ted Kluszewski’s size and swing draw comparisons to Babe Ruth. Kluszewski leads NL batters, hitting his 41st home run in August and boasting a .326 season mark, edging toward Ruth’s 60 from 1927.
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Grand Canyon
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Jimy Foxx
Hank Greenberg
Ruth
Yankees
Cincinnati
Garden Clinches Split With Liberal As Season Heads Home
Robertson worked eight innings with six strikeouts and one hit batter in a win that split the season series with Liberal. Liberal won the first half and Garden the second half. Sunday manager Ken Ester leads the club to Lyons, with a season finale Tuesday against Hutchinson. Paid attendance was 455.
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Christie
Garden
Liberal
Ken Ester
Lyons
Hutchinson
Satchel Paige to be honored at national semi pro tourney
In Wichita Kansas Satchel Paige and former Yankee pitcher Allie Reynolds will be honored in opening ceremonies of the National Semi Pro Baseball championship. Paige will toss the first ball as part of a 32 team double elimination tournament. Hosts Wichita Boeing Bombers seek their third straight title and face Holden Missouri Chiefs in the nightcap after North Platte Plainsmen meet Peoria Caterpillars in the curtain raiser.
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Allie Reynolds
National Baseball Congress
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Holden
Chiefs
North Platte
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Plainsmen
Peoria
Ill
American Loop Clubs Fail to Seize Early Command
Four American League contenders stay close atop the standings as each slips away from a commanding lead. Boston drops the final game of a three game set with New York. Cleveland loses three straight after a brief edge. New York rides a seven game win streak but ends with a slim one game lead. Chicago slides in a doubleheader loss to Kansas City while Detroit falls behind. White Sox and Athletics trade late rallies, with A's taking the nightcap 5-3 behind Porticarrero and Power.
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Harry Byrd
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Sox
Bill Shantz
Sid
Scott City Cats top News-Chronicle in district softball thriller
Weishaar Cats beat Scott City News-Chronicle 4-3 to reach the district finals as Sharp, Haverfield and Cook produced the decisive seventh inning. Fankhauser Drugs routed Scott Buick Roadmasters 20-1 in the other game, led by Uhrich, Hudson and Smith.
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Iddel
Golf Tournament At Syracuse Club Hosts 27-Hole Flight
Syracuse Plum Creek Golf Club sponsors a Sunday event with 27 holes for championship and first flight, 18 holes for other flights, and a nine-hole qualifier. Fifteen trophies awarded. entries close at 10:30 a.m. Tub Lanquist said the tournament begins at 7:30 a.m. locally.
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Colorado Springs Leads Western League After Big Win
Colorado Springs exploded for 21 hits 36 bases in a 20 to 11 victory over Sioux City to move one game ahead in the Western League pennant race. Wichita lost 4 to 1 to Pueblo and Lincoln rallied in the ninth to beat Des Moines 3 to 2.
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Semipro Meet Opens With Paige Reynolds Eppler In Wichita
Former Oklahoma A M teammates Allie Reynolds and Willard H Eppler will headline the opening of the national semipro baseball championship in Wichita tonight. Satchel Paige will throw out the first ball as Paige Reynolds and Eppler are honored for their semipro careers and A M ties. Paige set a 1935 tournament strikeout record of 60 for Bismarck and Reynolds pitched for Leyden in 1937. Eppler has managed the Wichita Bombers since 1952.
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Satchel) Paige
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Stillwater
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Cy) Eppler
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Stillwater Boomers
Pauls Valley
Bombers
Cyril, Okla
Kansan Ties for B Title in Jaycee Golf
W Raymond Streeter of Topeka joined Jimmy Bratten of San Antonio and Dick Carmody of Long Beach in a three way playoff for the B division crown of the International Jaycee Junior golf tournament in Columbus Georgia. All three were tied at 146 after yesterday’s round, with the B division for players who did not reach the championship flight.
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Raymond Streeter
Topeka
Kas
Streeter
Jimmy Bratten
San Antonio
Tex
Dick Carmody
Long Beach
Calif
Chicago Gets Hurlers Again
Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees traded control atop the American League. A 6 2 win by the Sox at Comiskey Park put them in first by two ten thousandths of a point before the Yankees fell back after the Athletics nightcap. Dick Donovan, returning from surgery, is set to start Sunday’s twin bill with Detroit.
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