Willie Could Be One To Give Giants Push
Willie Mays powers often with nine hits in 18 at bats five games three homers nine RBIs. Giants win four of five as Mets suffer 19th straight road defeat. Dodgers lead. Cardinals, Cubs win. Yankees fall as Koufax struggles. Burdette beats Spahn in first ex Braves roommate matchup.
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Dodgers
Lew Burdette
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Warren Spahn
Braves
Burdette
Standings and results from early baseball league games
The AP standings show several teams with mixed records for the American and National Leagues. Los Angeles, St. Louis, San Francisco, Chicago, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Milwaukee, Houston, and New York appear with varying W L Pct figures. Thursday results include Cleveland over Minnesota 3 2 and Chicago over Detroit 4 3 among others, with many games scheduled for today and tomorrow.
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Chicago
Baltimore
Minnesota
Aly
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Cleveland
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Los Angeles
Detroit
Washington
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St. Louis
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Cincinnati
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Pittsburgh
Milwaukee
Houston
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Angies
Scott City Ulysses Enter Kansas Little League Tournament
OLATHE Kan AP Scott City faces Columbus and Ulysses in the first round of the Kansas Little League Baseball Tournament today. The third place and championship games are set for Saturday afternoon. The event features boys ages 10 11 and 12 with the regional winner advancing to Omaha and the regional champ moving to the national tourney in Pennsylvania.
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Olathe
Kan
Scott City
Columbus
Ulysses Meals
Olathe East
Omaha
Pennsylvania
A's Sweep Four Games From Boston
The Kansas City Athletics beat the Boston Red Sox 2-0 to sweep the four-game series. Mo Charles and Charlie Lau supplied runs, Del Greco hit a triple, and Wayne Causey produced a squeeze. Monbouquette took the loss as KC extended its winning streak and stood seventh, one game ahead of Los Angeles.
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St. Louis Cardinals
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Burdette
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Cleveland
Bill Monbouquette
Mo Charles
Charlie Lau
del Greco
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Eq Raken
Bo Fischer
John Wyatt
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Chicago
Bob Gibson
Paul Toth
Cubs
Moe Drabowsky
Jack Kralick
Local Friday Sports Slate Highlights Four Softball Baseball Games
Friday schedule features four men's league slow-pitch softball at Funsler Field completing the first round. Matches include Co-op vs Methodists at 7 pm, Nazarenes vs Lutherna at 9 pm, and Garland vs another opponent at 10 pm. Minor Teague Knothole baseball double-header at Clint Gightner Field follows.
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Pam Lutherwna Ve
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Clint Gightner
Pein
Odd Fellows Va
Trotary
Bruce
Orbila
Titans
Chet Cleaver Field
Garden Bowl
Shriners and Kiwanis Split Minor League Knothole Double Bill
Shriners and Kiwanis split two Knothole games at Clint Lightner Field Thursday night. In the Beam game Shriners won 12-0 with no hits allowed in three innings as Gerecke struck out five. In the A team clash Kiwanis edged Shriners 8-7 with five Kiwanis runs in the fifth. Patterson and Becker starred for Kiwanis while Heinemann led Shriners with a triple and multiple strikeouts for both sides.
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Jewell
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Gerecke
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Dellinger
Cleveland
Ewing
R. Heinemann
Farr
Eine
Dodge Area Meets Set for Sub-District Softball
Eighteen men's slow-pitch teams begin sub-district play at Minneola and Bloom this weekend with double-elimination events. Top four from each site advance to the Dodge City district tourney, then four Dodge teams move to the state tourney in Garden City August 16-18. Rozel Merchants and 10 Dodge squads compete. Bloom hosts eight teams. Mentions Tiny Lund weigh-in after Daytona 500.
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Hawkins Sets Western Pace
Fred Hawkins, a 39 year old with a single PGA win, shot a four under par 67 to take a one stroke lead in the Western Open at Beverly Country Club. Arnold Palmer struggled with three three putts and four putts on key holes to card a 73, leaving him toward the end of the pack.
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Fred Hawkins
Beverly Country Club
Medinah
Hawkins
Arnold Palmer
Arnie
Palmer
Dempsey Predicts Boxing Upset Possibility
TORONTO AP Jack Dempsey said a prime Dempsey would match Sonny Liston and the result could go either way. The 68 year old former champion, in Canada checking mining property in Quebec, noted Liston’s power and said Patterson should quit after two first round knockouts.
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Jack Dempsey
Sonny Liston
Dempsey
Canada
Quebec
Floyd Patterson
Gene Tunney
Patterson
Ellsworth Pushes Grain Bill Before Subcommittee
Rep. Robert F. Ellsworth of Kansas will urge a House Agriculture subcommittee to consider his feed grain and wheat bill. The proposal creates a voluntary land retirement and conservation program to cut grain surpluses with support prices and diversion payments only for participants, resembling bills from Rep. Robert Dole and others.
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Washington
Robert F. Ellsworth
R-Kan
House Agriculture
Ellsworth
Robert Dole
Kansans to get reflectorized license plates in 1964
Kansas will issue reflectorized 1964 motor vehicle plates with special paint making numerals reflect light at night. More than 100 inmates at the Kansas Penitentiary tag factory produce about 1.3 million tags at roughly two cents per plate. Joe Gasparella, ex Notre Dame star, to coach Carnegie Tech next fall.
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Kansas
Kansas Penitentiary
Joe Gasparella
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Carnegie Tech
Space League Girls Softball Sees Thrilling Second Round
Garden City hosts the Space League for girls ages 11 to 15 with five teams Missiles Rockets Orbits Titans and Jets playing at Finsup Park Wansler Field and Chet Cleaver Field Each team fields about a dozen players with a 6 30 pm schedule on Mon Wed and Fri Attendance is strong and the Orbits led the standings before a 84 thriller loss to the Jets Jets started 6-0 but fell back as the league nears its season end with the final second round and possible playoffs ahead
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Wansler
Chet Cleaver
Garden City
Orbits
Joe Tennessen
Dean Salter
KIAL
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Rockets
Titans
Jets
Tennessee
Ana Dopler
Virginia Monthey
Bob Wilson
Garden City High
Tony Jewell
John Wheeler
Holcomb High
Mark
Robins
Team Owe
Orbits Titans
Missiles Rockets
Slow-Pitch Scores Highlight Night at Fansler Field
Century Refinery defeated Welders Supply 24 to 17 in a marathon opener. Garden City Co op beat St James Lutheran 16 to 10. Christensen Grain of Pierceville defeated Reed and Stinemetz Excavators 22 to 7 to conclude the four-game slate. Co op clinched at least a share of the league title with three singles and a double from Jerry Wade and other key hits.
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Welders Supply
Garden City Co-op
St. James Lutheran Church
Christensen Grain
Pierceville
Reed
Stinemetz Excavators
Co-op
Lutherans
Jerry Wade
Paul Jellison
Dave Fowler
Bob Rupp
Leroy Rupp
Ken Mangan
Steve Weissenfluh
Gale Jones
Wichita Non-Pro Baseball Finalists Set After Semis
Wichita Transit and Wichita Glass advanced to the state non-pro championship after convincing semis wins. Transit beat Liberal 7-1 to reach the final alongside an 9-6 win over Kansas City Glass, while Glass defeated the Truckers 8-3 as Jim Myrtle drove in five runs and Vern Orndorff held the Truckers to two hits.
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Wichita Glass
Transit
Glass
Liberal
Gil Carter
Dave Newkirk
Kansas City Truckers
Jim Myrtle
Truckers
Vern Orndorff
K-18 Playoff Plans Studied for Garden City Teams
Plans are underway for Garden City's top two Minor League Knothose teams to compete in the K-18 playoffs. Four teams will enter the district meet on August 14 with top two advancing to the regional at LaCrosse August 7-8, linking to the state meet at Lucdg on August 12-15. K-18 ball is for boys ages 12 to 15 plus.
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Lavagetto Remains in San Francisco for Lung Spot Exam
San Francisco AP report states Cookie Lavagetto, 48, Mets coach, stayed for further tests after a spot was found on his left lung during a routine check. Lavagetto played 10 major league seasons with Pittsburgh and Brooklyn and served four WWI years. Johnny Lipon now manages the Charleston Indians in the Eastern League.
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Harry
Cookie) Lavagetto
New York Mets
Lavagetto
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Brooklyn
Johnny Lipon
Charleston Indians
SWKL Softball Doubleheader Set At Chet Cleaver Field
Southwest Kansas League action returns tonight at Chet Cleaver Field with Coca Cola facing Garden City Telegram at 7 30 p m followed by Shermans Grill versus Smith Packers in a non league twin bill. Shermans must win to stay in title contention as Kismet improves to 10 2 with a 10 run victory over Lakin Thursday.
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Garden City Telegram
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Smith Packers
Kismet
Lakin
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Tiny) Lund
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