Rain Cancels Ball Activity Across Local Leagues
Rain disrupted Knothole baseball and men's softball with byes and no makeup plans. Minor and Major League games were washed out at Little League Field and Clint Lightner Field, while two softbAll suspensions were postponed to later dates. Tonight two games at FinNup Park Diamond proceed with Dodge City teams and Garden City Co op in separate showings.
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AAU Suspends Texas Athletes Over boycott
Eight Texas Southern University track team members face temporary suspensions from Amateur Athletic Union competition after withdrawing from the Meet of Champions to protest segregated seating. The Gulf AAU board could extend suspensions and bar them from the National AAU meet in New York June 23-24. Texas Southern athletic director Alexander Durley says players acted against circumstances beyond their control. Some athletes have already left for summer. others remain on campus preparing for the AAU meet.
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Liberal Beejays Win 3 Straight in Tri-Stat Standings
Liberal Beejays, under manager Chet Brown, improved to 3-0 with victories over Pampa Texas twice by 4-1 and 7-1 and over Laverne Ohio 18-1. Pitcher Janky Jim Hall struck out 15 in the first Pampa win. The Beejays next face Cherokee Oklahoma and then host Pampa Colts this weekend.
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Cubs to Slow Coach Changes on Team Leadership
Chicago Cubs suspend rotating head coach plan placing Elvin Tappe as on field coach indefinitely. Owner P K Wrigley defers judgment saying any outcome is possible and that Tappe may or may not finish the season in the role.
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Four Teams Competing In Softball At Scott City
Scott City four teams vie in summer men’s softball league entries include Century Refinery Elmore Helmers Motors the College Kids and Pat’s Sinclair play began last Wednesday night
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Cimarron Hires New Cage Coach
Cimarron High names Verlyn Anderson former University of Wichita standout as head basketball coach replacing Chuck Steele. Anderson played guard 194?54 55 and coached at Conway Springs High before service. He later assisted Wichita State freshmen and varsity teams and spent three years in insurance.
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A's Given Go-Ahead To Shoot Fireworks
Kansas City council allows the Athletics to explode fireworks at any time before 8 pm after earlier bans spurred resident complaints. A's owner Charles C. Finley protested, stating he purchased 35000 dollars worth of fireworks to entertain guests.
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Dutch Baseballers Lose Fifth in Row
In Wichita, Grand Rapids Mich defeated Holland 3-0 in an international non-pro baseball series opener. The U S champions built all runs in the seventh on a walk, two errors, and two singles as a heavy rainstorm halted play. Holland managed a single hit. The win marks GR’s fifth straight in the series and the teams scheduled two more games at Grand Rapids later in the week.
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Plain Ben Jones Dies Colorful Derby Trainer at 78
Lexington AP reports Ben Jones a famed Kentucky Derby trainer and Calumet stalwart died in a Lexington hospital at 78 after years of ill health, following a heart attack last week. Jones trained six Derby winners for Calumet and shared eight total with Higson, Jimmy Jones. He began in 1938 with Lawrin, later sending out Whirlaway, Pensive, Citation, Ponder, and Hill Gail, amassing 1,528 wins and $4,708,326 in a career spanning 1914 to 1953.
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Cowboy Hurler Named To Coaches' All-Stars
Oklahoma State pitcher Jim Wixson, who had 11 straight victories in the regular season, was named to the coaches all-star team selected by the American Association of Baseball Coaches. Also honored were Big Eight players Bruce Andrews, Gale Weidner, Gene Orf, Don Wallace, and Ray Bond earning second and third team spots.
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Gene Orf
Missouri
Don Wallace
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Lamar Softball Play Features Five Teams
Lamar area summer league features five men's teams. two Lamar squads Farm Supply and Johnny's join McClare Wiley and Las Animas from nearby communities. Play has been underway about two weeks.
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Indians end Yankees streak with 7 2 win at Cleveland
Cleveland beats New York 7-2 to drop the Yankees to third in the AL standings as Jim Perry improves to 5-4. Johnny Romano and Bubba Phillips open a 4-run first inning, with Roger Maris homer No. 21 for the league leader. Detroit, Baltimore, Minnesota, and Chicago also win in a busy AL night.
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Giants Edge Dodgers Split Key NL Standings
The Giants beat the Dodgers 4-3 to move within one game of the NL lead as Willie Mays provided the decisive two run homer in the seventh. reliever Dick Lemay started the late relief, with Tom Bolin and Stu Miller finishing. Pittsburgh beat Cincinnati 2-1 to stay a half game back, while Philadelphia 3-2 over St. Louis kept the NL results tight.
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Standings By The Associated Press
The standings show Detroit leading with a 38 20 record and a .655 winning percentage followed by New York and Baltimore in pursuit. The list includes Chicago Minnesota Los Angeles and others with varying records and games back as results from Tuesday and Wednesday fixtures roll in.
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Triandos Plays Goat But Is Happy for Win
Baltimore catcher Gus Triandos booted a tricky rundown but helped the Orioles win 7 7 in nine innings. Triandos homered twice and drove in three runs as Washington Senators staged a two run seventh to tie, before Dick Hart’s ninth inning single and Throneberry’s pinch hit sealed the victory.
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Billy Martin
Twins
Cookie Lavagetto
Cal Griffith
Martin
Norm Bass
Ray Moore
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Reds
Don Hoak
Jim Maloney
Bill Mazeroski
Joe Gibbon
Frank Robinson
Gene Freese
Johnny Callison
Phils
Frank Sullivan
Larry Jackson
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Oriole
Worties
Washington Senators
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Senators
Jack Fisher
Marty Keough
Chuck Hinton
Danny O'Connell
Eough
Gene Woodling
Dick Hart
Marv Throneperry
Dick Williams
Fisher
Trojans Near NCAA Crown
Southern California seeks its third NCAA baseball world series title as it faces Oklahoma State in Omaha. Cal West champs edged Boston College 4-3 in 10 innings, while Oklahoma State crushed Syracuse 8-0 to stay in title contention. Art Evsepke drove in the tying and winning runs, and Grayson Mersch hit a grand slam in recent games.
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Carr Survives 21st Hole To Win British Amateur Round
In Turnberry Scotland AP Joe Carr defending champion battled through three extra holes to reach the British Amateur quarterfinals. American trio Frank Bostock Mike Korich and Jack Penrose eliminated. Penrose fell to Jimmy Walker 4 and 3. Carr beat Charley Green 21st hole to advance.
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Doyle Schick Signs Pact With Redskins
Washington reports fullback Doyle Schick of the 1960 Kansas team has signed with the Redskins and will be used as a defensive halfback. Schick was KU captain in 1960 and was the 14th selection in the NFL draft of college talent.
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Empire Games Next for Herb Elliott
CAMBRIDGE MASS AP Herb Elliott plans a quiet return to England staying out of major meets until the Empire Games in Australia next year He will work in Cambridge and compete only in small events to stay in shape After losing a half mile race to Yale captain Jim Stack in the Harvard Yale Oxford Cambridge meet Elliott also placed fifth in Zagreb Yugoslavia last Saturday
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Track Meets Planned For Fitness Program In Kansas
In Herington Kansas AP Robert Samples state chairman for track and field of the Presidents physical fitness program announced two meets for western Kansas youths at Hays on June 17 and July 15 and a third meet at Herington on July 22 for central and eastern Kansas youths.
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Operation Fitness-Usa
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K U to Defend NCAA Title with Eight Men
Lawrence Kan AP Kan Ss will have only an eight man squad to defend NCAA track and field title in Philadelphia this weekend. Jayhawkers won with nine men last year. this year’s team includes Bill Hayward in steeplechase Bill Dotson in the mile Kirk Hagan in the half mile Billy Mills in the three miles Barry Hanratty in discus Dan Lee in hurdles Gordon Davis in the 440 and Jack Stevens in pole vault.
Mundt urges higher wheat price supports to $2 a bushel
Senator Karl Mundt pressed Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman to raise the 1961 wheat crop price supports from $1.79 to $2 a bushel. He noted the department boosted tung nuts supports from $53.50 to $63.34 a ton and urged parity for wheat growers.
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Golfers Battle Oakland Hills In U S Open At Birmingham
The 61st National Open at Oakland Hills begins with 150 players facing the famed course. Arnold Palmer defends with a likely winning score around 275 to 280 as expectations pin on a field led by Palmer and Gary Player, while practice reveals strong form from Bob Shields and Walter Burkemo.
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Walter Burkemo
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Doug Sanders
Gary Player
Operation Fitness USA comes to Fort Hays State College
The first of three Operation Fitness USA projects for Kansas will be held at Fort Hays State College in Hays this Saturday at Lewis Field Stadium. Boys and girls from western and central Kansas, from fourth grade through college, compete in age divisions. No entry fee or formal entries required. Alex Francis, Fort Hays State track coach and western Kansas sponsor, invites all interested youth to participate with events focused on basic movement and fitness.
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