Pioneers Travel to Walsh for Kansas Colorado League Clash
Garden Citys Pioneers travel to Walsh Colorado for a Kansas Colorado League contest. Game time is 9 p.m. Garden City hopes to rebound after a 3-1 loss at Liberal in the season opener. Walsh Legionnaires led by Eugene Dillon are undefeated through seven games with starting hurlers Blaine McVicker or Jack Pearce likely to pitch.
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Baseball Scores and Standings From Thursday and Friday
American League standings show Cleveland 28 17 .622 Detroit 28 17 .622 Chicago 28 17 .622 Boston 15 30 .333. Thursday results list Cleveland 3 Boston 2 Detroit 7 7 Baltimore 5 4 New York 5 Chicago 2 Kansas City 7 Washington 2. Friday schedule includes Detroit at Washington Kansas City at Baltimore Cleveland at New York Chicago at Boston. National League standings list Pittsburgh 31 17 .646 San Francisco 30 20 .600 Milwaukee 23 18 .561 Cincinnati 25 20 .500 St Louis 26 18 .458 Los Angeles 27 19 .449 Chicago 25 4 .419 Philadelphia 18 31 .367. Thursday results Pittsburgh 11 Chicago 3 Cincinnati 7 San Francisco 4 Milwaukee 6 Los Angeles 5.
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Sugar Ray Robinson Named 8-5 Favorite
Sugar Ray Robinson is the 8 to 5 favorite to defend his middleweight title against Paul Pender in Boston tonight. The bout, for the New York Massachusetts version of the 160 pound crown, features tying of gate receipts by court orders hours before weigh-in. The fight will be televised NBC 9 pm EST with local Boston Providence blackout. Pender is the challenger in a 15 round title bout at Boston Garden.
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Noted Golfer Caldwell Dies in Kansas Veterans Hospital
John H Caldwell, 72, longtime golf figure and former pro at Moira Country Club from 1929 to 1985, died Thursday at the Wadsworth Kansas Veterans Hospital. Born in Scotland, he served in World War I and previously held f togs in Council Bluffs Iowa Kearney Nebraska St Louis and Vicksburg Mississippi.
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Indians Defend Lead In Four Game Yankee Series Opener
The Cleveland Indians visit Yankee Stadium to open a four game series with the revived New York Yankees after Cleveland won five straight including a 3-2 decision over Boston. Baltimore fell behind Detroit in a doubleheader as Detroit swept the Orioles. Mantle homered for the Yankees as their stretch continued and Detroit showed late.
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Rain Wipes Out Local Women Softball Schedule
Heavy rains wash out the opening games for the local women softball season at Finnup Park. Yellow Cab and Coca-Cola were set for the 7:30 p.m. opener with Welders Supply facing Pierceville in the nightcap. makeups planned for a later date. Men’s play also postponed as fields remain unplayable a third washout in four days.
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Giants Begin Four-Game Series With Braves Amid Slump
The San Francisco Giants, two games behind Pittsburgh in the NL race after a 7-4 loss to Cincinnati, start a four-game set with the Atlanta Braves. Milwaukee moved within four games of first in third place after a 6-5 win over the Dodgers. Ed Mathews provided the decisive hit for Atlanta, while Don Drysdale faltered after a tense seventh inning rally.
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Local Youths Win Numerals At Wentworth Military Academy
Lexington Mon Three Garden City youths earned softball letters at Wentworth Military Academy as the Western awards were approved after a council review. Cadets Dennis Wing Larry Lancaster and Larry Ellington received citations for representing Companies C D and Headquarters Company during the season while Jim Hadock, a Crankhannock Pa. sophomore, moved from basketball to baseball at the University of North Carolina this spring.
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Mixed League In Third Week With Top Honors
Hits and Misses led the third week, with Jim Nesbitt's 206 best man’s game and 569 men’s series. Lelia Stine Metz and Leona Dickerson posted top women’s games and series, while C.R. Anthony’s topped team series at 1,842 and defeated Anonymous 2-1. Satan’s Angels beat Colorado Interstate Gas 3-0.
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Palmer Wall In Competition At Oklahoma City Opens
Arnold Palmer and Art Wall Jr head a field of 138 professionals and 10 amateurs starting the $30,000 Oklahoma City Opens at Twin Hills Country Club. The winner takes $4,300 after four rounds on the par 71 layout. Wall led qualifiers for the National Open with a 65 63 128 over two days.
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Jaycee-Sponsored Junior Golf Meet Scheduled
Garden City Jaycees prepare for the second annual junior golf tournament at Jaycee Airlinks on Sunday June 26. Top two finishers advance to the state meet at Coffeyville July 22 23 24, with berths then to the national Jaycee tournament.
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