Southwest Carpet and Garlands win softball tourney games
In Finnup Park action Southwest Carpet, the league champion, defeated Northern Natural 6-2 behind Jerry Schultz two hit pitching to reach the winners bracket semi finals. Garnand edged Ulysses 14-12 as Krentzle and Knoll homered to fuel the rally and Dreiling worked the route for the win.
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Finnup Park
Southwest Carpet
Northern Natural
Jerry Schultz
Ulysses
Garnaud
Schultz
Wasinger
Southwest
Ed Knoll
Roberts
Huelskamp
Ladner
Knoll
Gough
Marlin Krentzel
Ulysses Hurler
Garnand
Fankhauser
Nivea
Kiswat Bayer
Olosn
Herman
Uaduer
Hoberts Er Uhvich
OS Knoll Op
Pattee
Meier Vt
Dater
Val'nzart
Warren Ith
Wiyssen
Ivy Ib
Sandoval
Frick tightens controls on disabled list abuses
New York Commissioner Ford Frick warned all major league clubs against misusing the disabled list to juggle player limits. He outlined strict rules requiring medical certification for DL placement and prohibits listing healthy players, with only bonus players exempt from the two-year rule.
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New York
Ford Frick
Frick
Cubs
Quail Outlook Indicates A Good Hunting Season
Pratt The quail outlook grows brighter as summer advances with coveys of young birds reported across the state. Dave Leahy director of the Kansas Forestry Fish and Game Commission notes excellent weather provides cover water and food. The 1955 quail and pheasant open season will be set at an early September commission meeting.
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Pratt
Dave Leahy
Kangas
Pin-up photos stolen spark firehouse attendance push
Bethlehem Connecticut volunteer firemen were burned when dozens of pin-up pictures, hung on the firehouse walls for months, were stolen. The chief said the pictures had served a useful purpose by prompting attendance at company meetings.
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Bethlehem
Conn
Four of five seeded players fall in junior tennis meet
In Kalamazoo Michigan the National Junior and Boys tennis tournament quarterfinals eliminate four of the five top seeds. Art Andrews from Iowa City upset top seed Mike Green of Miami 6 3 4 6 4 but Holmberg of Brooklyn defeats fourth seed Norman Perry 6 0 6 2 advancing to the semifinals alongside Andrews and other contenders.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Art Andrews
Towa City
Ron Holmberg
Brooklyn
Andrews
Mike Green
Miami
Fla
Holmberg
Norman Perry
Los Angeles
Garden City baseball struggles mix sharp plays with bobbles
Garden City's defense looked both sharp and ragged at Liberal with players such as Dwayne West making a fine running catch and two double plays. Yet George Lloyd and Monte Keller miscued easy plays while Lloyd, noted as one of the league's best, committed his first error of the season after a long error-free stretch. Softball and football prep fill the coming weeks as sub-districts run through Aug. 5 and practice begins for junior college and high school teams in late August and early September.
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Garden City
Dwayne West
Larry Elliott
Monte Keller
George Lloyd
Elliott
Keller
Lloyd
Roger Kinney
Liberal
Ken Ester
Boudreau Praises Late KC Form After NY Battle
Kansas City manager Lou Boudreau praised his Athletics after a 3-2 loss to the New York Yankees. He cited infield improvements, the addition of Slaughter and Gorman from the Yankees, and noted KC remains within reach of the A.L. race with several teams in contention. He predicted a tight pennant chase among New York, Boston, Chicago, and Cleveland.
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New York
Lou Boudreau
Kansas City Athletics
Boudreau
New York Yankees
Kansas City Kaa
Joe DeMaestri
Vic Power
Jim Finigan
Hector Lopez
Macs Slaughter
Tom Gorman
Yankees
Slaughter
Whitey Ford
Iran Gorman
Vic’ Raschi
Joe Collins
Cleveland
Boston
Chicago
Red Sox
Cub Shortstop Aims For Record Power Hitting
Ernie Banks of the Chicago Cubs, described by manager Stan Hack as a potential great power hitter, chases the shortstop home run record. Banks hit his 30th this season as Chicago fell to Philadelphia 6 4, after previously breaking the NL shortstop home run mark with 22.
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Chicago
Ernie Banks
Chicago Cubs
Stan Hack
Cubs
Hack
Banks
Vern Stephens
Brooklyn
Glenn Wright
Philadelphia
New York
Kansas City Monarchs
Doak Walker Signs Pro Contract for Last Year
Doak Walker signed a contract to play a sixth season with the Detroit Lions saying it would be his last year. Walker, 28, reported to Lions training camp in Ypsilanti Michigan after weeks of daily workouts and said he was in fair condition.
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Doak Walker
Dallas
Deltroit Lions
Walker
Lions
Ypsilanti
Mich
Dodge City Defeats All-Stars 4-2 in Gritty Tilt
Dodge City topped the West Division All-Stars 4-2 as they struck first in the first inning, added two in the fourth, and sealed the win with a final run in the eighth. All-Stars rallied in the ninth but could only muster one run. Pitching duties spread among Flaherty Allen Robertson Pressley as Dodge City batted for seven hits and committed three errors by the visitors.
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Dodge City
Eddie Daler
Garden City
Charles Polk
Lyons
Stars
Ray Flaherty
John Allen
Jerry ‘Robertson
Liberal
Don Pressley
McPherson
Charles Rogers
Bill Mohr
Pratt
Elton Carr
Larned
All-Stars
Great Bend
American League Wokout and results recap
AP summary of AL standings and Friday and Saturday results across teams including Chicago at Washington Cleveland at Baltimore New York at Boston Detroit at Boston and others with scores such as Cleveland 7 Baltimore 1 and Philadelphia 6 Chicago 4.
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Associated Press
Chicago
New York
Cleveland
Boston
Detroit
Kansas
Washington
Baltimore
Piere
Porterfield
Palica
Kansas City
Portocarrero
Bucks
Birrer
Susce
Bean City
Pet
Brooklyn
Asa Milwauk
Philadelphia
Chicapo
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Neale Pittsburgh
Friend
Callum
Milwaukee
Maglie
Nichols
Simmona
Davis
St. Leuis
Newcombe
Pohrotsky
Benoklyn
Two Veterans Reach Broadmoor Invitational Finals
In Colorado Springs two surprise players and two Kansas veterans advance to the 36 hole semifinals of the 24th Broadmoor Invitational. Dr. Gene Zuspann of Goodland and Jim English of Topeka, former Trans Mississippi tourney titlists, headline the veterans while Milt Hicks of Palm Springs faces Dan Winters of Abilene after knocking out defending champion E. J. Rogers in the first round.
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Broadmoor
Colorado Springs
Colo
Kansas
Gene Zuspann
Goodland
Jim English
Topeka
Milt Hicks
Thunderbird
Palm Springs
Calif
Victor
E. J. Rogers
Wichita Falls
Tex
Young Dan Winters
Abilene
Jaycees Seek Two Wins in Weekend Thrill at Lightnerfield
Garden City Ban Johnson boys ride a five game win streak into a weekend doubleheader at Lightnerfield. They host Salina tonight at 8 30 with Salina tied for third, then welcome Lyons Sunday at 8 15. Elliott will start tonight with Christie slated for Sunday as the Jaycees aim to extend their lead and contend for the title.
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Garden City
Ban Johnson Boys
Lightnerfield
Ken Ester
Salina
Lyons
Garden
Jaycees
Larry Elliot
Pratt
Jack Christie
Elliott
Christie
Larned
Ester
Gene Keady
Rog Kinney
Keady
Legion to Dodge Garden City Junior Legion Return
The Legion meets Garden City’s Junior Legion Sunday at 2 30 P M in Dodge City resuming regular season play. Manager Eugene Deaver aims to rebound after the Seventh District tournament in Great Bend where Garden fell in the semifinals and Dodge in the finals. Denver plans Doug McPherson to start on the mound.
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Garden City
Lopez Says Club Has Good Chance for First
Cleveland Indians manager Al Lopez says his club is lucky to be one game out of first place in the American League and believes they have a fine chance to win the pennant again.
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Baltimore
al Lopez
Cleveland Indians
Jaycees Schedule and Sunday Baseball Matches
The text lists Jaycees players at short and in the outfield with West Dater and Turner from Jet to the right field. It notes a Tuesday trip to Hutchinson, an open date August 4, and August 7 return with McPherson. Lyons faces Liberal the only other game tonight, plus Sunday games Larned Liberal Hutchinson Pratt Salina Dodge City and McPherson Great Bend.
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Short
Dwayne West
Eddie Dater
Larry Turner
Jetto
Jaycees
Hutchinson
McPherson
Lyons
Liberal
Larned
Pratt
Salina
Dodge City
Great Bend
Midget Team Heads for Kansas Elks Tourney
A 16 player Garden City midget baseball squad with managers Walter M Johnson Jr and Don Taylor left at 1 30 p m for the fifth annual Kansas Elks State Midget Baseball Tournament in Abilene Their first game is Sunday at 12 30 p m in Eisenhower Park Garden City Anadolu list of squad members includes Leroy Rupp Alex Hornung LeRoy Roth Bob Komlofske Marion Metz Rod Rogers Bob Thorne Lynn Overton Bob Ratzlaff Allen Dick Jim Blix Francis Richmeier Joining from Syracuse Scon Kendall and Garden City areas Eighteen teams entered in the single elimination tourney.
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Walter M. Johnson, Jr
Don Taylor
Abilene
Kansas Elks
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Jack Morris
Juco Prid
John Dickerson
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Chicago White Sox
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Ministerial Alliance
Rev. L. &. Williams
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Garden City Loan & Investment CO
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Legion
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Chrysler Airtemp
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Prairie Gas & Equip. Co., Inc
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Mahere
America's Finest
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Southwest Kansas Power, Inc
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