Garden BeeJays Top Pratt for First Western Division Win
Garden City Beejays shell Pratt Elks 15 5 to earn their first Western Division league victory in three tries. Virgil Speaks pitched nine innings allowing nine hits as Garden City racked 16 hits led by West and Whitehead with three and four hits respectively. West and Whitehead paced a 16 hit attack while Lloyd West Bergkamp and Snyder contributed key hits.
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PRATT
Garden City
Jaycees
Virgil Speaks
Denver
Speaks
Elks
Elk
Bill Duffield
George Lloyd
Dwaine West
Bob Bergkamp
Cecil Snyder
Gorden
West
Tom Bergkamp
Joe Whitehead
Whitehead
Lloyd
Arnette
Arellano
Eware
Voge
Major Leagues Survive Flat Race Melees
Johnny Logan of Milwaukee and Billy Martin of New York sparked two major brawls in Chicago and Brooklyn amid pennant heat. Detentions included ejectments for Logan, Drysdale, Slaughter, and Martin as fights erupted after wild pitches and taunts. The Braves won 8-5, and the Yankees narrowed Chicago's lead with a 4-3 victory.
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Associated Press
Johnny Logan
Billy Martin
Logan
Milwaukee Braves
Brooklyn
Dodger Spitcher
Don Drysdale
Martin
New York Yankees
Comiskey Park
Yankees
Chicago White Sox
Cincinnati
Hal Jeffcoat
Jeffcoat
Logan B
Jim Greengrass
Johnny Temple
Vern Bickford
New York
Braves
White Sox
Kansas City
Washington
New York Giants
Chicago Cubs
Billy Bruton
Milwaukee
Drysdale
Frazier’s Sportlites Star Sets NAIA Two Mile Mark
John Frazier and Fort Hays State standout Bill Dunlap made a national impact at the NAIA track meet in San Diego. Dunlap finished second with a 9 21.9 two mile time, breaking the old 9 24.8 record and erasing Fort Hays’ previous mark. He earned his spot by winning the CIC two mile run at the conference meet. The piece also notes local athletes Lynn Elliott and Bob Sweazy planning to enroll at the University of Wichita next fall and mentions Garden City golfers competing in Hugoton.
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Bil Dunlap
Garden City
Ft. Hays State College
Bill
National Intercollegiate Athletic Association
San Diego
Occidental
John Kerr
Javier Montezi
West Texas
State
Kerr
Ft. Hays
California
Fort Hays
Alan Feist
Jack Morris
Garden City College
Broacbusters
Southwest Kansas
Chalmer
Woody” Woodard
University of Wichita
Lynn Elliott
Bob Sweazy
Ulysses High School
Wichita U
Close Tilts In Girls League
Goodyear defeated Mayo's 15 to 14 in a tight opener as Valenzuela earned the win and Farmer took the loss. Fanslers edged the Latin Panthers 13 to 12 with Darlene Wayland pitching a four hit outing for the victory and Avila charged with seven safeties in the setback.
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Goodyear
Mayo’s
Fanslers
Latin Panthers
Finnup Park
Mayo
Valenzuela
Farmer
Tire
Fansler
Weekend Golf Opens In Western Kansas With Trophies
Weekend golf events plan open meets at Leofi and Lakin in western Kansas. Lakin Loucks Park course hosts first round from 6 to 10 a.m. MST with trophies for top three flights and cash prizes. A $50 prize tops the championship flight at Leo.
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Kansas
Leofi
Lakin
Loucks Park
Leot
Leo
Golf tournament to feature 27 holes at Lcoti course
Officials announced a mixed format event with a 27 hole main round and several 18 hole flights. The first round at Lcoti is scheduled from 7 to 11 a.m. CST with lunch served at the course.
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Lcoti
A's Own Homers Still In Seventh Place
The Kansas City A's won 6-2 over Washington as Jack Urban pitched five hits, rookie contributors Cerv Simpson Lopez and DeMaestri homered, lifting KC to within a half game of sixth in the AL while overcoming an early Senators lead. Cardinals bow to Phillies as Von McDaniel debuts strong.
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Associated Press
Kansas City A’s
Jack Urban
A’s
Bob Cerv
Harry Simpson
Hee Lopez
Joe DeMaestri
Kansas City
Urban
Washington
New York Yankees
Yankees
St. Louis Cardinals
Philadelphia
Redbirds
Cardinals
von McDaniel
McDaniel
Phillies
Oklahoma
Jack Sanford
Phillie
Senators
Jim Lemon
Pedro Ramos
Cerv
Simpson
Minor League Scores Across Leagues Briefs
Results show American Association games with St. Paul 4 Louisville 1 and Wichita 8 Omaha 2, plus Fort Worth 6 Shreveport 3 in the Texas League. Houston 3 Dallas 0 and Oklahoma City 10 San Antonio 3 highlight the slate.
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St. Paul
Denver
Wichita
Louisville
Omaha
Minneapolis
Charleston
Indianapolis
Fort Worth
Shreveport
Houston
Dallas
Oklahoma City
San Antonio
Tulsa
Austin
New Orleans
Nashville
Atlanta
Memphis
Peningpem
Little Poe
Mobile
Chattanooga
Albuquerque
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
Amarillo
Mmedeibe
Handicap Meet Info Third Round For Women Golfers
Eight women will remain in championship contention at Garden City Country Club after the third round next week. The field was cut to 16 in the championship flight and 10 in the consolation bracket after two rounds. Eight championship pairings are listed with eight consolation pairings, plus byes for several players. Tuesday features a weekly women’s day with all players aiming for the low score on even holes.
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Garden City
Garden City Country Club
Harry Oswalt
Irwin Webb
Buddy Burris
Rotarians sweep as minor and major teams win doubleheader
Rotary minor leaguers score five runs in the top of the last inning to beat the Knights of Columbus 10-6 in knothole league play. Rotary majors then win 4-3 with Les Bencini pitching and key early runs providing the margin. Edward Jeremiah, veteran Dartmouth College hockey coach, won seven varsity letters at Hanover.
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Rotary
Knights of Columbus
Les Bencini
Rotarians
Knights
Edward Jeremiah
Dartmouth
Colege Hocky
Hanover, N.H
June Diamond Events Mean Hot Flag Races
The Associated Press report details pennant races intensifying in June with Milwaukee Braves reclaiming NL lead after a 8-5 win over Brooklyn and Pittsburgh sweeping Cincinnati. It notes Philadelphia, Chicago, New York, and Boston also winning, plus key incidents in Milwaukee and Chicago including a bench-clearing moment and ejections.
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Milwaukee Braves
Fred Haney
Brookin Dodgers
Pittsburgh
Pirates
Bobby Bragan
Cincinnati
Redlegs
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Cardinals
Brooklyn
Chi
Newark
Detroit
Cleveland
Boston
Baltimore
Kansas City
Washington
New York
Baltimore - Boston
Kansas Oe
Wertinaten
Pet
Milwaukee
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Garden BeeJays
Jaycees Shell Pratt
Ebbets Field
Bill Bruton
Long Don
Katie Bar
Ed Mathews
Hodges
Chicago
Larry Doby
Art Ditmar
Yankee Enos Slaughter
Walt Dropa
Yank
Casey Stengel
Minnie Minoso
Doby
Dropo
Slaughter
Billy the Kid
Clint Courtney
St. Louis Browns
John Frazier
Sweazy
Don Sweazy
Shock Troops
Woodard
Elliott
Woody
Leon
Tigers
Bill Elliott
Fred Sweazy
Ulysses
Big Bob
A's
Lopez
DeMaestri
Ramos
Hal Smith
Garnand's
Bernice Anderson
Vesta Korff
Grace Craig
Sybil Miller
Nonie Saffels
Maxine Wixson
Raye Eisner
Natalie Dickerson
Katherine Stracklejohn
Pat Gardiner
Doris Carmichael
Blanche Webb
Irene Oswalt
Katherine Hart
Dorothy Turner
Grace Stoner
Serena Downing
Martha Schrader
Sue Unger
Marge Etrick
Isabelle Finnup
Abby Morgan
Barbara McVic
Gary Richmeier
Medina
Arnold
Rotary Majors
Bencini
Herman
ED Wilks
Ted Williams
Boston Red Sox
Indians
Dodger
Clem Labine
Carl Sawatski
Bob Trowbridge
Walt Dropo
Bnos Slaughter
Yankee
Sox
Will Harridge
Jluss
Williams
Johnny Mize
Ralph Kiner
Early Wynn
Bob Lemon
Tom Brewer
Frank Malzone
BAN Johnson Baseball
Great Bend
Yons
Liberal
Dodge City
Pratts
Pharmacy
Fankhauser Drug
Boppy
Merrick Racing Promotions
Gallahads
Sponsored
Pontiacs
Fansler Tires, Inc
Goodyear Farm
Kansans
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