Hugoton and Satanta win state track crowns
Southwest Kansas teams claimed two of three state titles at Manhattan on a June weekend. Hugoton won Class A and Satanta captured Class B. Lakin runners-up in Class B. close finish for top teams as Hugoton and Satanta earned multiple medals in sprints jumps and hurdles including Hooker and Woodbury securing Class A titles in high hurdles and high jump.
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Southwest Kansas
Manhattan
Hugoton
Satanta Chiefs
Lakin Broncs
Kansas
Eagles
Hoisington
Cardinals
Harlan Burrows
Lakin
Dean Crone
Satanta
Larry Brookshire
Chiefs
Russ Vail
Plains
Paul Hollis
Dick Perry
Jerry Hooker
Ted Woodbury
Scoti
Hooker
Woodbury
Major League Leaders in National and American Batting and Pitching
A summary of top performance leaders across leagues: National League batting leaders include Musial and Mays with high at bats and hits. runs by Mays. RBIs led by Spencer. home runs led by Thomas with others sharing. pitching leaders include Spahn and Elston with perfect records. American League batting leaders feature Kaenn and Fox on hits. Cerv dominates RBIs and home runs. stolen bases led by Aparicio with multiple players. Pitching leaders include Turley and Shantz with perfect records and high strikeout counts.
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Musial
St. Louis
Mays
San Francisco
Crowe Cincinnati
Cepeda
Thomas
Pittsburgh
Spencer
Walls
Chicago
Fortune Finishes Second in State Half Mile
Garden City high school athlete Cedric Fortune took second in the Class AA state track half mile at Manhattan with a 1:59. The winner was Bill Stone of Wichita East with a 1:55.9. Fortune finished about 20 yards behind. The high school decathlon finals are set for tomorrow afternoon and Wednesday night at Penrose Stadium with public attendance invited.
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Garden City High School
Cedric Fortune
Manhattan
Bill Stone
Wichita East
Fortune
Stone
Dickerson
Penrose Stadium
Victoria Takes National Jaco
Victoria won its fourth straight title at the National Junior College track meet as Texas teams led the standings. Victoria 72.33, Cisco 47.13, Howard College 41.4, Hutchinson 31.33. Ralph Austin tied for pole vault national title at 12 feet. Fay Bradley of Independence won two hurdles events. additional scorers include Garden City, Paris, Arlington, and more. Clarke Scholes noted as Olympic gold medalist for 1952.
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Hutchinson
Kas
Victoria
Texas
Cisco
Tenn
Howard, College
Big Springs
Tex
Wright College of Chicago
Independence
Coffeyville
Ralph Austin
Garden City
Satanta
Broacbusters
Kansas Jayhawks Win Title Again
The Kansas Jayhawks captured their seventh consecutive outdoor Big Eight track title as Keith Gardner of Nebraska dominated hurdles and sprints setting meet records. Kansas State and Oklahoma led a tight field with notable performances including Gardner’s 14.0 in the 120-yard highs and 20.4 in the 220, while Kansas’ Hetty Ail Gerter defended discus and shot titles.
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Columbia
Kansas Jayhawks
Keith Gardner
Nebraska
Bill Easton
Jayhawks
Gardner
Kingston
Jamaica
jHe
Jro
Thane Baker
Kansas State
Jim
Cowboys
Oklahoma
Missouri
Colorado
Iowa State
Hetty Ail Gerter
Kansas
Jay
Hawker Brtig Shelby
Jimford
Oklahoma State
Larry Fretch
Gener: O’connor
Jim Vader
DeLoss Dodds
Mike Poisner
Ron Rammins
All Invited to Tennis Meeting
The first organizational tennis meeting of the year will be held tomorrow night at Downings starting at 8 p.m. All men and women at all levels of competition are invited. It is not a dinner meeting. Garden City Junior Chamber of Commerce will be represented. Sugar Ray Robinson was born Walker Smith.
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Downings
Garden City Junior Chamber of Commerce
Yankees Stretch Lead With Sixth Straight Win
The New York Yankees widened their advantage with a sixth straight victory and tenth in eleven games, moving to a 19-5 season mark. The A L leaders beat Washington 5-2 and 3-0, with Bob Turley and Sal Maglie shining, while Dick Gernert and Jackie Jensen powered Boston's 14-4 win over Baltimore and Cleve end swept Chicago.
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Associated Press
New York Yankees
Yankee
Casey Stengel
Kansas City
Yanks
Washington
SaltMaglic
Bob Turley
Duke Maas
A's
Detroit
Dick Gernert
Jackie Jensen
Boston
Baltimore
Cleveend
Chicago
Carroll Hardy
Maglie
Ryne Duren
Mickey Mantle
Maas
Charlie Maxwell
Charlie Lau
Paul Foylack
Gernert
Jensen
Frank Sullivan
Billy Lecs
Carrol
Hardy
Roger Maris
Cleveland
Aliff
Bill Pierce
Gary Geiger
Minnie Minoso
Giants Rise to NL Lead with Two Complete Games
The San Francisco Giants topped the Cubs 7-3 in Chicago behind Johnny Antonelli's five no-hit innings and Stu Miller's strong relief in game one, then Miller threw a one-hitter in game two as Cincinnati’s win kept the Giants atop the standings by one game. O’Connell, Kirkland, Davenport and Adams starred for Chicago. Crowe, Fundy, and Sanford provided offense for Philadelphia and Cincinnati as other matchups reshaped the pennant chase.
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Johnny Antonelli
Stu Miller
Giants
Chicago
Johnny
Cubs
Balter Miller
Cincinnati
Milwaukee
O'Connell
Kirkland
Davenport
Antonelli
Bobby Adams
Miller
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Pirates
George Crowe
Dee Fundy
Jack Sanford
Ray Semproch
Bob Purkey
Lew Burdette
Semproch
Redlegs
Sanford
Purkey
Dick Farrell
Joe Adcock
John- Carl Erskine
Los
Logan
Eddie Mathews
Angeles
St. Louis
Frank Robinson
Dodgers
Dick Lit
Cardinals
Ken Boyer
Braves
Danny O'Connell
Willie Kirkland
Jim Davenport
Runners-up Seek Success After State Meet Switch
Runners-up, coached by Keith O'Connor, won eight straight regional titles including the Class B crown at Garden City before entering the state meet rivalry.
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Keith O'Connor
Garden City
LaMotta Leaves Stockade After Prostitution Conviction
Miami LaMotta former middleweight boxing champion is released from the county stockade ending a prison term for violating prostitution laws. He notes a 51 pound loss since November and weighs 156 pounds. He plans to resume training to try to regain his form.
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Miami
Fla
Jake LaMotta
LaMota
Standings in the American League and scattered results
A garbled report lists American League standings with teams New York Washington Chicago Detroit Baltimore Kansas City Cleveland and others. It mentions 7 1 records, various scattered game results and upcoming schedule notes, including Chicago at St Louis and Milwaukee at Philadelphia.
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New York
Kansas City
Cleveland
Baltimaore
Washington
Detroit
Erith
Chicago
Stumelas
Wachinegen
Baltimane
Heyehead
Reston Baltininen
Chiesgaey Washington
Snead Seeks Elusive U S Open Title
White Sulphur Springs W Va Snead, nearing 46, staved off Gary Player in a dramatic Sudden Death playoff to capture the Snead Festival and press his bid for golf's U S Open. Hogan finished third as Paris led with 280 after Player closed strong.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Sem Snead
Citie
Snead
Gary Player
South Africa
Hogan
Tulsa
Paris
Player
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Lakin Broncs Cup
Major League
T. Taylor
Ashburn
Gilliam
Zimmer
Los Ageles
Skinner
Spahn
Elston
Chisago
McCormick
San Fancisco
Gomez
San Franscisco
Janet Jones
Nieman
Vernon
Dougald
Skowrom
Cerv
Minoso
Kaenn
Dettroit
Fox
Runnels
Kuenn
Malzone
Mantle
Lemon
Robinson
Avila
Wall
Tuttle
Bauer
Maris
Aparicio
Chica
Piersall
Turley
Shantz
Larsen
Hyde
Ramos
Scare Cleveland
Passual
Fay Bradley
Phoenix
Aviz
New York City College of Brooklyn
Pratt
Grand Rapids
Mich
Arkansas City
Tarleton
Stephenville
Arlington
Jackson
Pueblo
Colo
Fairbury
Neb
T. Jola
Otero
la Junta
Panolz
Carthage
Michigan State
Clarke Scholes
Gail Hodgson
Tom Skutka
Hodgson
Santee
Mike Peake
Wes Santee
Aubrey Dookey
Oklahoma, State
Lees
Sugar Ray Robinson
Bors Walker Smith
Yankees
San Francisco Giants
Boyer
Co. Joff
Fred Kipp
Pierce
Rube
Ray Navleski
Therop
Johnny Roseboro
Jim Wilson
India
Gil Hodges
Charlie Nealins
Sox
Don Messi
Chuck Essegian
Rip Repul
Ski
Phils
Dick Groal
Frank Thomas
Harry Anderson
Rome
Jewelry State Theatre
Milwaul Woo Pittebuureh
Moss St
The
Ozark Bible Institute
Academy Ozark
Arkansas
Chevy
America
Olone
Troces
Chevrolet
Nolan Motor Company
N. Main
Garden City, Kamas
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