Larned Rally Stuns Garden City 7-4 In Weskan Play
Larned exploded for four runs in the sixth inning to overcome Garden City 7-4. Dane Miller delivered a key three run homer with two on as Larned notches its first win in four games. Garden City, led by Gene Keady’s second homer, drops to 2-2 in league play. Perryman pitched six innings for Garden City, with Brungardt finishing.
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Larned
Deal
Garden City
Weskan Ban Johnson
Joe Perryman
Dane Miller
Bob Thompson
Mickey’ Merhige
Garden’ City
Bee-Jays
Gene Keady
Roy Carberry
Ron Ratliff
Perryman
Gainsville
Tex
Leonard Brungardt
Ten Champions Crowned At Gallahads Drag Races
Don Pruitt of Florence led with a 12.5 second quarter mile and 127 mph in a special fuel dragster. Eighty cars entered. Wilford Johnson of Garden City was runner up in dragster with 87 mph. winners span classes A to special fuel dragster with makes from Liberal to Garden City and Salina, plus dates for four more races.
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US 50N
Don Pruitt
Florence
Arden
Pruitt
Oklahoma City
Wilford Johnson
Garden City
Stimer
Abel
Liberal
Jay Nuss
Chevrolet
Lewis Bethel
Studebaker
George Kendle
Salina
Ford
Mercury
Ron Jones
Jetmore
Dick Fankhauser
Gary Salver
Corky Tabor
Bouldare
Modoc
Charleston Has Lost Close Games In A Standings Shuffle
The Associated Press notes Charleston’s Senators have 15 one-run losses in 19 tight decisions this season. Denver leads the league with 81 percent close-game losses or wins, affecting Charleston’s 37-21 projection. St Paul move into third after 4-3 wins over Indianapolis. Minneapolis split a doubleheader with Wichita. Omaha defeated Louisville 6-1 but dropped the second game.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Senators
American Assn
Denver
Bears
St. Paul
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Wichita
Omaha
Louisville
Country Club Golfers Defeat Jaycee Air Links 61–35
Country Club golfers defeated Jaycee Air Links golfers 61 to 35 in the inter club tournament played yesterday on both clubs nine hole courses. Sixty eight golfers participated in the Fathers Day event and a traveling trophy will be presented to the Country Club. Low scores were not available today.
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Garden City Country Club
Jaycee Air Links
NCAA Plans for Small College Tourney Drafted in Kansas City
Kansas City reports that the NCAA college committee will draft plans for a small college division basketball tournament at meetings tomorrow and Tuesday. The event is proposed for next March with final approval by the NCAA executive committee in August. The committee will also study spring football practice rules the freshman rule and eligibility rules.
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Kansas City
National Collegiate Athletic Assn
NCAA
Walter Byers
Final Olympic Trials To Be Held This Week
Tryouts for the 1956 U S Olympic track team will take place in Los Angeles June 29-30 after qualifiers from the Berkeley NCAA championships and an armed forces meet. Notable marks include Blair 21.0 in the 200, Mashburn 46.4 in the 400, Janzen 1 52.9 in the 800, Dalzell 3 49.35 in the 1500, OConnor 52.6 in the 400 hurdles, Lang 6 4 in high jump, OBrien 61 4 in shot put, Bitner 223 11 in the javelin, Floerke 24 5 in broad jump, Hollinger 24 3 4, Oerter 168 9 in discus, Van Dee 167 10 in discus, Graham 14 8 in pole vault, Floerke 49 6 4 in hop.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Berkeley
Armed Forces
Dick Blair
Kansas
J. W. Mashburn
Okla
A&m
Lowell Janzen
Art Dalzell
Army
Gene O'Connor
Kansas State
Charles Batch
Missouri
Bob Lang
Parry O’brien
Air Force
Bill Nieder
Les Bitner
Kent Floerke
Blaine Hollinger
al Oerter
Bob van Dee
Jim Graham
Dave Sime May Be Lost for Olympics
The Bakersfield national AAU championships loom after a weekend of strong marks and upsets. Bobby Morrow beat Dave Sime in the NCAA 100 meters, and Morrow set an NCAA 200 meters record while Sime injured a groin. Sime may miss Bakersfield and the Olympic trials, risking his chance for Melbourne. Wes Santee ran 3 47.3 in the 1500, highlighting U.S. depth concerns.
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Associated Press
Bakersfield
Calif
Berkeley
Los Angeles
Bobby Morrow
Abilene Christian
Duke
Dave Sime
Sime
Morrow
Red Lewis
U. S
Melbourne
U.S
Wes Santee
Marine Corps
Swedish Equestrians Win Three Olympic Medals
In Stockholm Sweden the host nation won three gold medals in eight days of equestrian competition at the Olympics as Europe swept the event. Germany collected two medals on the final day and Britain earned one.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Germany
Britain
Bagpipes Without Scotch in Rock Springs Band
Murray Noble founded a bag pipe and drum corps in Rock Springs in 1891. Now sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, the group has shed much of its Scottish flavor. Four of its 11 members are Scarletti Weiss Meghini and Facinelli.
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Rock Springs
Wya
Murray Noble
Edinburgh
Scotland
Chamber of Commerce
Scarletti
Weiss
Meghini
Facinelli
Record times and marks highlight early track meet performances
Delany, Irish native, and Bailey, Australian, feature among athletes. Art Dalzell of the Army posts 3 49.5 with Sid Wing of Southern California at 3 49.7. Parry O’Brien extends shot put mastery at 61 feet 9 inches. Ken Rantum of Manhattan breaks 60 feet with 66 feet 2 inches. UCLA leads with 55 7 10, followed by Kansas 50, USC 344, Michigan State 29, Abilene Christian 25, Villanova 24.
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Bailey
Australia
Art Dalzell
Army
Sid Wing
California
Air Force
Parry O’brien
Manhattan College
Ken Rantum
UCLA
Kansas
USC
Michigan State
Abilene Christian
Villanova
Grimm Is Out Haney In Braves Rally Past Dodgers in Doubleheader
Charlie Grimm announced Joe Adcock would play both games as reward, then resigned. Fred Haney took over managing the Braves who swept Brooklyn 5 4 and 3 1 behind Adcock three homers including the first over left field at Ebbets Field. Pirates still led NL by a half game after losses to St Louis. Dodgers and Redlegs split, Giants edged Mets 1 0, Roberts won first since May 24, Cubs beat Phillies 7 4, Yankees pounded Indians 9 4, White Sox trounced Washington 20 2, Orioles 17 2 over A’s. Michigan State halfbacks Peaks Kowalczyk effective, UNC trackmen Beatty Yarbrough win ACC titles.
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Charlie Grimm
Milwaukee
Joe Adcock
Brooklyn
Fred Hang
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St. Louis
Pittsburgh Pirates
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Bob del Greco
Cincinnati Redlegs
Brooklyn Dodgers
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Redlegs
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Bill White
Giants
Robin Roberts
Phillies
Chicago Cubs
Sam Jones
Norm Siebern
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Early Wynn
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Indians
Chicago
Washington
White Sox
Legion Edges Syracuse In One-Hit Victory
Garden City baseball edged Syracuse 2-1 in the Southwest Kansas league behind Sy Huelskamp one hit allowed. Manager Joe Salerno’s squad won its third of four league games as Tom Bergkamp scored in the first inning and again in the fourth after a heads up play. Syracuse’s lone run came in the fifth on Merle Summers’ double.
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Garden City
Legion
Sy Huelskamp
Syracuse
Joe Salerno
Tom Bergkamp
Burkhart
Merle Summers
Huelskamp
Ronnie Palmer
the Legion
Mixed baseball standings and results from several leagues
AP reported results show New York and Cleveland winning in the median league with Chicago and Detroit also posting wins. National League scores include Brooklyn over Cincinnati and Milwaukee over Chicago with varied Sunday results across the circuit. Western League and American Association results list multiple city matchups with several close scores and leaders.
Middlecoff Wins Open Title in Rochester Drama
Cary Middlecoff, 35, clinches the U.S. Open with a 281 total over 72 holes in Rochester, holding off rivals including Hogan Boros and Kroll. Once a temperamental, part time golfer, the Memphis born dentist now tops the world as the Open champion in a tense finish.
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Rochester
N.Y
Cary Middlecoff
Ben Hogan
Hogan
Julius Boros
Ted Kroll
Middlecoff
Golder
Memphis
Tenn
Dallas
Tex
Boros
Kroll
Trans-Miss Now Underway In Oklahoma City
The 53rd Trans Mississippi Championship began qualifying rounds at the Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club. Favorite Charlie Coe of Oklahoma City challenges Jim Jackson of St. Louis, with about 200 players testing the 6,830 yard course amid expectations that standard scores will contend for the title.
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Oklahoma City
Charlie Coe
Jim Jackson
St. Louis
Gene Littler
Western League Standings Shifting After Twin Bill Losses
Topeka and Lincoln tied for the lead as Colorado Springs swept Lincoln 4-3 and 4-2 in a doubleheader to climb from sixth to fifth, ahead of Des Moines. Topeka lost to Pueblo 6-1. Amarillo beat Des Moines 8-0 and Albuquerque edged Sioux City 9-8. Tonight two games: Topeka at Colorado Springs, Lincoln at Pueblo. All Topeka runs came on homers. Pueblo connected three, two by Maury Wills and Chuck Cot.
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Colorado Springs
Lincoln
Topeka
Sky Sox
Des Moines
Pueblo
Amarillo
Albuquerque
Sioux City
Maury Wills
Chuck Cot
Larry Sherry
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