Garden City Buffs Aim For Third WCKL Title
Garden City High seeks its third straight West Central Kansas League track and field title as the Buffs compete in the WCKL meet at Russell with prelims at 2 p.m. and finals at 6:30 p.m. The 1964 squad scored 80 plus points and set several meet records, led by Hamman in the broad jump and Garden’s strongest relay teams.
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Garden City High
Kansas Teague
Buffs
Russell
Garden
Great Bend
Sears
Pratt
Hays
Dodge City
Larned
John Hamman
Robert Mayo
Buddy van Dam
Hamman
Memorial Stadium
Wayne Dickerson
Mike Mann
Lynn Lighner
Ernie Brungardt
Jim Hartley
Mann
Bob Williams
Manter
Pierceville
WAVL
Kendall
Shallow Water
Coolidge
Deerfield
New Memorial Stadium
Penrose Stadium
Craig Dufe
Tigers
Orlin Zink
Darrell Bontrager
Louis Cronin
Fierceville
Slavin
Brown J
Louis Horton
Miller
Hadley
Grauberger
Wat
Katz
Holcomb
Roth
Kettler
Bontrager
Nuzum
Whitson
Phillips
Schoonover
Deerfield Seeks Fourth WAVL Track Crown at Memorial Stadium
Deerfield High aims for its fourth straight WAVL cinder title as the annual small-school meet gathers at Memorial Stadium. The event marks the possible end of Deerfield’s WAVL era and the league itself, with Deerfield joining the Santa Fe Trail League next year and only three WAVL members remaining.
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Deerfield
Western Arkansas Valley League
Memorial Stadium
Deerfield High
Holcomb
WAVL
High Plains Conference
Santa Fe Trail League
YMCA Youth Wrestling Tourney Saturday in Garden City
More than 100 boys in grades 4 through 6 compete in the second annual YMCA youth wrestling tournament at the high school gymnasium. Bob Wilson leads the program with Ken Gardner assisting. numerous GOHS mat men coach and officiate. Garfield leads team scoring after preliminary action, with St. Mary's the defending champion close behind. Weight classes run 60 pounds to 125 plus, with rounds beginning at 10 a.m and a main round at 1 p.m. Final consolation and championship matches start at 6 p.m.
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YMCA
Bob Wilson
Garden City High
Ken Gardner
GOHS
Renear
Georgia Matthews
John Lightner
Pete Warner
Ron Mills
Bob Williams
Ron Wilson
Garfield
Hutchison
Stewart Nelson
Gary Slough
Kent Seba
Larry Richardson
Jones
Bill Taldo
Alta
St. Mary's
Heights Jays Tie for Honors in Heights Invitational
Plains-Southwestern Heights High and Cimarron High shared top honors at the Heights Invitational golf tourney with 468 strokes. Lakin 485, Liberal High B 500, Beaver 504, Kingman 505, Hugoton 506, Ulysses 538, Cimarron B 557. Southwestern Heights four-man near 302. Novinger 72, Ramage 74, Hamm 77, Wilcox 79.
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Plains
Southwestern Heights High
Cimarron High
Heights
Southwestern
Cimarron
Lakin
Liberal High
Beaver
Okla
Kingman
Hugoton
Ulysses
Fowler
Southwestern Heights
Liberal
Coolidge High
Pat Barrett
Dale Holdren
Barrett
Coolidge
Novinger
Cape Readies For Launching Atmospheric Explorer Satellite
CAPE KENNEDY Florida AP The space agency will launch a 495 pound satellite named Atmospheric Explorer next Wednesday. It will ride a Delta rocket into an egg shaped orbit from 750 to 170 miles up. The mission seeks to reveal how chemical magnetic and electrostatic changes occur in the upper atmosphere and to study short term disturbances from solar storm radiation.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Space Agency
Earth
Atmospheric Explorer
Teams Here Need Managers For Summer Softball
Garden City seeks managers for boys and girls summer softball programs. Ralph Vogel is in charge and must receive contact calls at Bridge 6 8056. Teams in two men slow pitch leagues should call him to join and help draft tentative plans. A Memorial Day weekend tourney is planned with a $5 entry. Practices and games are allowed on Fansler Field, Fionup Park. Cleaver Field remains closed due to flood damage.
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Garden City
Ralph Vogel
Vogel
Fansler Field
Fionup Park
Cleaver Field
Standings and results for the American League baseball race
The standings show Cleveland leading with 13 wins, New York 4 and Baltimore 12, and Chicago 19 with 6. Results from Wednesday include Cleveland 2 New York 1 and Minnesota 6 Chicago 1. Upcoming games list Kansas City at California and Cleveland at New York among others.
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Cleveland
Baltimore
Chicago
California
Detroit
Minnesota
Washington
Boston
New York
Kansas City
New
Pittsburgh
San Fran
Los Angeles
Houston
Philadel
Atlanta
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Dirksen Lead Is Rejected In Civil Rights Debate
Washington Republicans largely oppose Senator Dirksen's bid against Johnson's housing discrimination ban, risking loss of a key civil rights provision in the 1966 bill. Dirksen contends the measure is unconstitutional, while House leaders prefer to wait for more evidence before acting.
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Washington
House
Sen
Everett M. Dirksen
President Johnson
Dirksen
Senate
Gerald R. Ford
William H. McCulloch
Ohio
House Judiciary Committee
Juco Netters Cup Wins in Double Dual
Pratt Garden City Junior College tennis team improved to 7-1 overall after 6-1 wins over Arkansas City in the morning and Pratt Juco in the afternoon. Emil Krug and Bob Krug led singles with strong performances, while Garden’s doubles pairings also secured victories across the day.
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PRATT
Garden City Junior College
Jon Sims
Broadhusters
Arkansas City
Busters
Ark City
Garden
Pratt Juco
The
Beavers
Mays Breaks Ott Record With 512th Career Homer
Willie Mays hit his 512th career home run off Claude Osteen in the fifth inning to break Mel Ott’s National League mark. The homer, his seventh of the season, came as the Giants beat the Dodgers 6 1 at Candlestick Park. The 28,220 crowd gave Mays a two minute ovation, ending a seven game RBI drought and a 96 inning homerless stretch for Osteen.
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Associated Press
Willie Mays
Mel Ott
Mays
Ott
Claude Osteen
San Francisco Giants
Los Angeles Dodgers
Candlestick Park
Osteen
Gardner wins CU Alumni Award for 1966
Colorado star Chuck Gardner wins the Alumni Club award for 1966. The Yardley PA senior led the Big Eight in scoring and set a Colorado single game record of 42 points. His .524 shooting percentage was a Buffaloes season best. Gardner is the first CU basketball recipient since 1963.
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Boulder
Colo
Chuck Gardner
Colorado
Yardley
Buffalo
Gardner
Ken Charlton
Traffic Death Toll In U S Rises In Early 1966
The National Safety Council reports 10,710 traffic deaths in the first quarter, a 7 percent rise from the same period last year. March deaths reached 3,370, up 12 percent from March 1965, highlighting a persistent toll in the United States.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Tribu ne Invitational Track Meet Brings 11 Kansas Colorado Schools
Eleven grade school teams from Kansas and Colorado compete in Tribune Invitational. Divisions for sixth seventh and eighth grades include schools Sharon Springs Marientha Syracuse Lakin Leoti Manter High Plains Tibune Holcomb and others plus Holly and Plainview of Colorado. Strong marks in events like dashes hurdles jumps relays and throws highlight the program directed by Marion Harper.
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Tribune
Marion Harper
Sharon Springs
Marientha
Syracuse
Lakin
Leoti
Manter
High Plains
Holcomb
Tibune
Colorado
Holly
Plainview
Lakin hurdler Diane Vann to Nebraska meet
Lakin high hurdler Diane Vann competes for the Topeka Cosmo Girls Track Club in regional action at the Nebraska AAU Girls Track and Field Meet in Wahoo. She runs the 80 meter hurdles and 100 yard dash with veterans Judy Dyer and Linda Schram, aiding Cosmo’s 440 yard relay. Coach Dr. John Davis Jr. guides Cosmo and will coach the U S women’s team for summer internationals with Poland and Russia.
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Lakin
Diane Vann
Topeka Cosmo
Nebraska
Judy
Linda
Janell Smith
Kansas University
Diane
Martin Vann
Cosmo Club
Drake
John Davis Jr
Topeka
United States
Poland
Russia
FCA to honor Ernie Mehl at Kansas City dinner
The Fellowship of Christian Athletes will honor Ernie Mehl at its 15th anniversary dinner in Kansas City on May 16. Mehl, former sports editor of the Kansas City Star, is a director of FCA, a nationwide interdenominational movement headquartered in Kansas City. Board members Bob Pettit and Carl Erskine will participate.
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Kansas City
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Ernie Mehl
Mehl
Cities to Bid for NFL Franchises
Representatives from Houston New Orleans Boston Phoenix Portland Cincinnati and Seattle seek an NFL expansion franchise. They will present case at the May 16 sting meeting in Washington D C. The NFL awarded Atlanta a 1966 start and plans to expand to 16 teams for 1967.
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New York
Houston
New Orleans
Boston
Phoenix
Ariz
Portland
Ore
Cincinnati
Seattle
NFL
Washington
Broad Relays At Hutch Relays Show Garden City Entries
A full Garden City squad is set for the 19th annual Hutchinson Junior College Night Relays on Friday with eleven colleges entered including Hutch, Arkansas City, Dodge City, Northern Oklahoma JC, St. John’s JC, El Dorado, Pratt, Hesston JC, Central JC, and Wichita State freshman team. Prelims start 3 30 p m finals 7 30 p m. Garden’s entrants include Jerry Powell Kent Jacobs Galen Schmidt Roger Wieck Louis Crain Billy Mills Kent Emeat Larry Johnson Ernest Johnson Wayne Montney and Bill Rome among others with events in sprints relays hurdles and field events.
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Garden City Jaco
Hutchinson
Garden and Hutch
Arkansas City
Dodge City
Oklahoma
Tonkawa
St. John's JC
Winfield
el Dorado
Pratt
Hesston JC
Central JC
McPherson
Wichita State
Garden
Dale Meadors
Jerry Powell
Kent Jacobs
Jacobs
Galen Schmidt
Schmidt
Roger Wieck
Louis Crain
Billy Mills
Kent Emeat
Larry Johnson
Ernest and Johnson
Wayne Montney
Powell
Wieck
Mills
Bill Rome
Cronin
Rome
Jayhawks Sparkle In Pass Department
Kansas displayed a sharp passing attack in spring football practice with 12 of 19 completions. Quarterbacks Bobby Skahan Bob Doug Lass and David Bouda shared duties while Halley Kampschroeder led receivers. Coach Jack Mitchell praised improved morale and polish in the offense.
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Lawrence
Kansas
Bobby Skahan
Bob Douglass
David Bouda
Halley Kampschroeder
Jack Mitchell
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