Bee Jays Fall In Weskan Opener To Lyons 10-8
Garden City Bee Jays, after three straight exhibitions, lost the Weskan opener 10-8 at Lightner Field. Lyons built an 8-1 lead, then rallied with a seven-run seventh and a three-run ninth. Ed Dater homered twice but went foul on several other long balls. Heier pitched well early before trouble in the fifth. Lyons pitcher Gustus earned the win. West and Bechler contributed key hits for Lyons, while Garden City committed five errors and left two baserunners in the ninth.
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Heier
Bob Bechler
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Sem
Bob Ward
Ken Ester
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Roy Flaherty
Bo- Jets
Buck Adams
Larcy
Turner
Meier
Flaherty
Liberal
Musial Sparks Cardinals as They Split with Pirates
Stan Musial hit four times including a homer and double driving in four as the Cardinals split with first-place Pittsburgh. Herm Wehmeier shut out the Pirates 3-0 in the nightcap, his second win of the season against Pittsburgh. Five NL teams stay bunched near the top as Brooklyn and Chicago win. Giants edge Braves. Yankees sweep Indians. White Sox close in on Indians. Arroyo and Virdon haunt former teammates.
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Hank Sauer
Ron Kline
Philadelphia
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Billy Loeg
Brooklyn Dodgers
Orioles
Littler Wins US Open Contender Shifts After Round Robin
Lloyd Mangrum urged Gene Littler to back him for the Open after Littler beat Mangrum and won $3,000 top money. Littler led from the second round on the par 72 Wykagyl course, finishing 344 in medal scoring with 55 plus points in the round robin. Ted Kroll trailed by two strokes in scoring with 931 points.
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Gene Littler
Cary Middlecoff
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Ted Kroll
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Minor and NCAA Baseball Scores From Weekend Action
In American Association games Omaha beat Indianapolis in the second game 3 to 1 after a delay for travel, St Paul won 8 to 7 over Louisville, while Charleston beat Minneapolis 5 to 2 and Denver topped Wichita 3 to 0. Western League results include Amarillo 5 Sioux City 3. In NCAA World Series action Wyoming and NYU tied 2 2 and NYU was eliminated. Washington State eliminated. Minnesota won 3 1 over Arizona and Mississippi defeated Bradley 4 0. Saturday’s first round saw Mississippi 13 New Hampshire 12 and Arizona 5 NYU 0. Minnesota 4 Wyoming 0 and Bradley 4 Washington State 8. Monday’s third round schedule lists Wyoming vs Bradley, New Hampshire vs Arizona, Minnesota vs Mississippi.
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Lincoln
Pueblo
Wyoming
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NYU
New Hampshire
Washington State
Minnesota
Arizona
Mississippi
Bradley
Slaughter Lifts KC From Losing Streak With Pinch Hit
Ageless Enos Slaughter, 40, sparked a three run rally with a pinch hit double, lifting the Kansas City Athletics to a 7-3 win over Baltimore in Baltimore and snapping a five game skid. Wehmeier dominated Pirates, Musial starred for St Louis, and another Redbird aide contributed to a late rally in Pittsburgh.
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Fountain of Youth
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Mile Run Record Falls at Ozark AAU Meet in St Louis
Ron Gregory of Sumner High School set a new mile mark at 4:21.2 beating the 1941 standard of 4:21.6 by Rayburn Gordon. He defeated Missouri rivals Jim Sanders and Cecil Long as three other meet records fell. Missouri's Jim Green won the 120-yard hurdles in 14.7 and the 220-yard dash went to Vic Lowell in 21.5. Shelly Miller of St. Louis posted 6.4 in the 50-yard dash and 11.8 in the 100-yard run, defeating Joan Pratt of Topeka.
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St. Louis
Sumner High School
Gregory
Rayburn Gordon
Missouri
Jim Sanders
Cecil Long
Jim Green
Vic Lowell
Vernon Sprehe
Southern Illinois
Bill Rangers
Shelly Miller
Joan Pratt
Topeka
Ex Wildcats Star In AF Sprint Records
Riverside Calif four teen new meet records were established in the worldwide Air Force track and field championships. Thane Baker clocked 20 7 for 220 yards, near the fastest curve dash ever. Baker, formerly of Kansas State College, beat ex Trojan Jim Lea by nearly six yards as top finishers earn interservice bid for Los Angeles Coliseum meet.
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Great Plains Air Force
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Los Angeles Coliseum
Thompson Slugs Triple Against Tight Field Wall
Thompson smashed against the tight field wall for a triple. John ny Groth's sacrifice fly scored.
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Johnny Groth
Garden City Juniors trounce Liberal Legion 18 to 6
Garden City Junior Legion defeated Liberal Legion 18 to 6 after a slow start. In the fourth inning Garden City rallied for six runs and added three more in the fifth, five in the sixth, and three in the seventh. Tom Bergkamp and Duke Collins each had three hits, Gary Baker added two, and Melvin Taylor Sy Huelskamp and Bobby Thorne shared the pitching. The win evens Garden City's record at 1-1, with a home game against Ulysses upcoming at Clint Lightner Field.
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Topeka Closes in on Lincoln in Western League title race
Topeka moved up within a half game of league leader Lincoln after two wins over Colorado Springs 4-0 and 3-2. Amarillo beat Sioux City 5-3, Lincoln edged Pueblo 7-6, and Des Moines defeated Albuquerque 7-5.
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Colorado Springs
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Albuquerque
Rifle Beats Broom at Fort Frances Store Heist
Emma Del Zotto, 52, chased away a youth with a broom at a neighborhood grocery in Fort Frances Ontario closing time. The suspect brandished a sawed off rifle and fled with $15. In sports, the Tigers have not seen a 20 win season since Hal Newhouser in 1948.
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Detroit Tigers
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Track Victors at Central Collegiate Conference Meet
Glen Day of Ohio State looms as a top Olympic candidate after winning the 400 meter and 220 hurdle events at Central Collegiate Conference. Davis set a new collegiate record in the 400 meter hurdles at 50.8 seconds, tying the Olympic standard and surpassing the former college mark. Kansas won the team title with eight first places and 73 points. Notre Dame second with 39 1 6. Also, Kansas shooter Bill Nieder hit 57 feet 1 1 4 inches in the shot put. In Milwaukee coverage, two football stars signed by the Baltimore Colts Ken Jackson and Jim Lohr, with Lohr slated to join Marine Corps delay.
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