Drysdale Delivers, Dodgers Beat Mets 2 1 On Batting Heroics
Don Drysdale bounced back from a first inning tumble to pitch four hits over eight innings and homer for the Dodgers, lifting Los Angeles to a 2 1 victory over the New York Mets before 65 028 fans. The win marks Drysdale s 11th of the season as he continues a dominant stretch.
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Murray Chass
Associated Press
Don Drysdale
Los Angeles
Dodgers
New York Mets
Drysdale
Jesse Gonder
Gonder
Mets
Bhlow
Warren Spahn
Amateur into Quarter Finals in Kansas City Golf Meet
Dave Dennis of Independence remains a former champion as the Kansas Men's Amateur heads to quarter finals at Milburn Country Club. Dennis beat Mike Krone 3 and 2 in round two to reach match play. Friday results saw John Ward Jr. topple 1963 champion Duke Evans 1-up to advance.
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Colbert
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Hutchinson
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Topeka
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Schedemann
Tom Watson
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Red Hogan
Windness
Steve Foulston
Minor League Results From The Associated Press
Pacific Coast League games included Oklahoma City at Denver on wet grounds with Hawaii beating San Diego 2 1 and Arkansas edging Spokane 4 3. Indianapolis defeated Portland 3 1, Tacoma routed Seattle 38 2, Vancouver beat Salt Lake City 2 1 in 10 innings. International League results had Rochester top Toledo 6 5 and Syracuse 8 3 over Columbus, Atlanta 5 4 against Toronto, Buffalo 3 2 versus Jacksonville.
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Inmates Have Ball on Contraband Booze
Inmates at a Chickasaw County jail held a wild party after prisoners pried open a cell using a broom to access a case of gin from contraband liquor stored by Sheriff Arnold Simpson. The incident led to additional charges of petty larceny and related offenses.
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Chickasaw County
Arnold Simpson
Right end in NFL described as tight end and blocking end
The right end in the National Football League is called the tight end closed end or blocking end because he must block on both running and passing plays.
Hector Torres Leads Springfield Giants in Eastern League
Hector Torres, famed for pitching Monterrey to a world Little League title at age 12 in 1958, now plays shortstop for the Springfield Giants in the Eastern League.
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Springfield
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Giants
Carson-Newman Wins Ninth NAIA Baseball Title
Carson-Newman University of Jefferson City Tennessee captured the NAIA baseball championship by defeating Omaha University 3-2 in the ninth annual tournament final. Pitcher Clyde Wright fanned 15 to run his tourney total to 37 tying a record, and he was named tournament MVP. The Eagles, 10-0 this season, also had four players on the all tournament team including W A Wright Roy Hill and Randy Marsh. Omaha placed three players on the team led by Dale Lorta Gary Gilmore and Larry Krehbiel.
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Runerup Omaha
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All-American Final In English Net Affair
Dennis Ralston and Clark Graebner reached the all American final of the West of England lawn tennis championships in Bristol. Nancy Richey of Dallas challenged Britain's Liz Starkie in the women's final as rain affected play on the grass courts. Ralston defeated Frew McMillan, Graebner beat Donald Dell, and Miss Richey overpowered Justina Bricka with strong serving. Starkie defeated Graebner's wife Carole in a three set match.
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Clark Graebner
West of England
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Dallas
Britain
Liz Starkie
Ralston
Frew McMillan
South Africa
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Beachwood
Ohio
Donald Dell
Bethesda
Miss Richey
Justina Bricka
St. Louis
Miss Storkie
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Third Time a Charm County Hopes for Old Courthouse
Shawnee County officials failed to gift or sell the old courthouse after moving operations to a new building. On Friday the commission announced bids will be taken to tear down the old structure with openings set for June 26.
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Topeka
Shawnee County
County Commission
Michigan coach John Benington led USF to NIT title win
Michigan notes that coach John Benington who led University of San Francisco to the 1949 National Invitations Tournament championship in New York served as captain of the winning team.
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Michigan
John Benington
University of San Francisco
New York
Dartmouth Rugby Clinches Unbeaten Season With Harvard Win
The Dartmouth Rugby Club finished the season undefeated by defeating Harvard 16 to 3 this spring, marking its sixth straight victory and completing an unbeaten run.
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Dartmouth
Harvard
Dartmouth Wins Third Leg of HTA Trotting Series
Dartmouth owned by Castleton Farm of Lexington Kentucky and driven by Ralph Bald won the 10085 dollar third leg at Garden City Raceway. The horse led from the start setting a track mile record of 2 02 and finished 4 lengths ahead of Lansing Hanover. Argo Kid finished third after an early break. Payouts were 4 0, 2 90 and 2 29 for Dartmouth. The fourth leg is slated for June 26 at Monticello Raceway.
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Dartmouth
Castleton Farm
Lexington
Ralph Baldwin
Garden City Raceway
Lansing Hanover
Monticello Raceway
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