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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1966
Page
3
Rocky Colavito powered Cleveland with four homers in a 24 hour stretch culminating in an 8-6 win over Boston. He dismissed fan questions about losing his home run touch and surged to his 11th of the season after previous slumps.
In slow-pitch action at Fansler Field DeKalb Seed blanked Latin-American Club 6 to 0 as Melvin Webb and Don Guy led with two singles apiece while four Latins others also contributed. Athletics outslugged Mets 4 to 3 in five innings with Glenda Mason and Rosy Baler doubling for the winners and Pat Heinz homering for the losers. Kinney Glass defeated First Methodist Church 15 to 0 in three innings as eleven runs came in the second frame. Ken Allen doubled and tripled, five Glassmen had two hits each.
Scott City unveils the Scott County Country Club Open Tourney set for Sunday with 80 to 100 linksters from a 100 mile radius. Registration runs 7 to 10 am, five flights prize for top three in each, plus a medalist trophy and two special prizes for longest drive and closest to pin. The par 34 course, 143 yards on the No 1 hole, features water hazards, lagoons as hazards, and watered fairways amid tighter rules for improved lies, likely elevating scores across flights.
Louise Vance tops the 18 hole A flight on regular ladies day at Garden City Country Club with a low net score. Erdene Corley wins 18 hole B flight while Louise Gandles tops 9 hole A flight and late B flight. Charlotte Spikes and Wanda Kisner tie for first in another event. Next Tuesday features a blind bogey format with pairings listed for each flight.
Optimist Club league games for girls 8 to 10 at Cleaver Field Thursday night ended with the Bears defeating the Bobcats 38 to 14 while the Leopards and Cougars tied 21 to 21 after a scorekeeper error. An extra inning will decide Thursday’s game on July 5. Tonight three more softball games are listed with Jets versus Titans at 6 p.m. in the Pepsi-Cola League for ages 11 to 14, and Coca-Cola League contests for boys 9 to 14 featuring the Arapahoes vs Comanches at 7 p.m. and Christian Church against Church of God following.
Kerry Phillips, a 16 year old Garden City High student, won the 120 yard high hurdles in 15.4 seconds and the 160 yard lows in 19.1 seconds at Fort Hays State College sponsored meet. He earned a national award for the intermediates 70 yard high hurdles with an 8.9 second time, second best nationally in 1965. Phillips także faced a broken hand mid season but still placed fourth in regionals and narrowly missed state meet.
YMCA B team boys baseball, ages 12 to 14, beat Shriners B 9 to 8 at Clint Lightner Field. Blain Davis earned the win after relieving in the fourth inning, Tymkovich took the loss, while Steve Brunington went 3 for 3 with four RBI.
Garden City junior college graduate Charles Baker heading to the National Amateur Athletic Union championships in New York this weekend. Also in New York is Lee Evans racing the open 440 with a best time this year of 46.1 seconds.
Ulysses hosts a Sunday open golf tourney at Jaycee Golf Course with a $400 prize pool. Up to 100 players can enter by 10 am, with five flights and 27 holes for the championship flight and 18 holes for the other four. Top prizes include three Wilson woods and other gear. trophies for non prize winners.
Lions beat Kiwanis 7-6 in seven innings as Talley and Claar led with hits. B team won 10-0 on one Kiwanis hit. Lions also took a 7th inning rally to edge Kiwanis, Stew Nelson pitched the win with two strikeouts.
The Garden City Country Club hosts the second divorce tournaments Sunday with 4 30 pm tee off and a buffet at 7 pm Reservations for the buffet are due by Saturday Players must register by 4 pm Sunday The event uses a low ball score format for men in pairs
A compact Telegram notice seeks Ada for trade assistance. It invites readers to contact about buying or selling items, implying an informal marketplace message via messaging app. No specific entities beyond Ada and Telegram are stated.
Thayne Smith discusses the folly of disturbing young wildlife, arguing most so-called orphans have mothers nearby. He surveys humane wildlife care and cautions against keeping wild babies. The column covers camping registrations, a new boat owners division, and a kind gesture from Meier's Service in Durham.
The Associated Press lists NL leaders with Starling Gill? Pittsburgh .325 and Clemente .322 for batting. Aaron leads runs with 55, Mays 47 RBIs, Hart 18 HR. Pirates, Giants, Braves and others feature in doubles, steals, and pitching wins. AL leaders include F Robinson .319, 51 runs, 61 RBIs, 81 hits, and Watt Pizarro sharing 6 decisions. Gibson 139 strikeouts leading NL, with Koufax 133.
New York AP reports Juan Marichal of the San Francisco Giants captured the May S. Rae Hickox professional award in the monthly voting by sports writers and broadcasters.
The Associated Press National League standings show San Francisco fourth with 38 wins and 28 losses, Los Angeles 38 28, Pittsburgh 37 28, Houston 36 32, Philadelphia 36 32, St. Louis 33 33, Cincinnati 32 34, Atlanta 30 44, New York 26 37, Chicago 24 38. Recent results include San Francisco 6 Chicago 2, Cincinnati 5 Pittsburgh 3, St Louis 2 Houston 1. Upcoming games feature Pittsburgh at Philadelphia and New York at Chicago, with Los Angeles at Atlanta and San Francisco at Cincinnati among others.
Ed Biernacki bowled a 223 high game and 626 high series to lead the Roots Construction team in week four at Garden Bowl. Charlotte Yardley added 227 and 542 for the same squad as Roots posted top team game 879 and series 2,476. results show M&E Implement 3-1 over Ramblers, Farr Construction 4-0 over Misfits, Garden City Co-op 3-1 over Dry Lakers, and Roots Construction 4-0 over Rusty Four.
Jim Ryun, 19, Kansas frosh, looms to challenge the mile record at the AAU championships at Downing Stadium. He faces rival Jim Grelle in a anticipated duel as Jazy's 3:53.6 record potential breaks hover. Competition opens Saturday with eight finals. Sunday features the mile and other events, with spots on a U.S. dual meet team at stake.
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