Bruins Lose Year as Garden City Eyes Ban Johnson Ball
UCLA football players depart for an off season, while Garden City shifts to Ban Johnson baseball with tryouts this weekend. Ken Ester, Jaycees field manager, plans two Saturday practices and a Sunday lights session to evaluate material. Jobs, grants, and summer salaries hinge on earning, with 10 more positions needed to sustain costs.
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Garden City
Ken Ester
Jaycees
Great Bend
Garden
Ban Johnson
Coast to Coast edges Deerfield in extra innings 12-8
Coast to Coast broke a 5-5 tie in the 10th with four runs to defeat Deerfield 12-8 in city league softball. Dean Buerkle pitched nine-hit ball for the winners, who benefited from a single by Uhrich and a run-producing error and wild pitch. Deerfield used Roland Mathias, Bo Fulton, and K Jones on the mound in a game marked by late twists and seven innings of tied play before the 10th inning burst.
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Coast To Coast
Deerfield
Hardware
Uhrich
Dean Buerkle
Buerkle
Roland Mathias
Bo Fulton
K. Jones
Mathias
Fulton
Jones
Associated Press
National League
Lake Clymer Named Near Latham Butler County
The Kansas Forestry Fish and Game Commission named a 114 acre lake near Latham in Butler County Lake Clymer to honor Rolla Clymer editor and general manager of the Elorado Times. Construction aims for completion around July 1 and marks the first lake built by the commission in the county.
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Pratt
Kas i
Kansas Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Latham
Butler County
Clymer
Rolla Clymer
Elorado Times
Fat Clymer
University of California faces athletic ruling hurt UCLA football
Victoria BC report on UCLA struck by Pacific Coast Conference action. The league docked all 1955 varsity and freshman football players one year of eligibility, with a possible restoration for those proving no under the table funds. Only the football program faces the penalty, seniors in 1956 risk losing their year if innocence of aid cannot be shown.
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Victoria
B. C
University of California At Los Aneles
Pacific Coast Conference
UCLA
Joseph Kaplan
Red Sanders
The
Humane Society
TV Schedule Fragments For May 23 With NBC Listings
Fragmented timetable shows NBC airings and local programs across the day. Notable items include Weatherman reports, Tony Jewell segments, Dragnet, World News Roundup, and Evening Scoreboard with multiple station breaks.
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Jewell
Morian Beatty
Weatherman
One Man's Family
Ascope
NBC
Mary Blaine
Sport Memories
Dragnet
Carnation
Tony Jewell
Variety Times
Walters
Morgan Baally
Washington
Kansas City
NEC
Bob Wells
Ray Hudson
World
Andy Erhart
Star
Bob
Lucille
3 55 Mile Is Next Big Goal
New York meeting with UM-Land y Australia’s world champion miler who believes running a mile under four minutes is not extraordinary. Landy teaches science and biology at Geelong Grammar School, hopes for longer distance records, cites Seamon and Delaney as top prospects, and praises American athletes while addressing questions about the four minute barrier.
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New York
John Landy
Australia
Landy
Geelong Grammar School
Timbertop
Sandy
Arnie Lowell
Pittsburgh
Lowell
Ucla
Bobby Seamon
Ronnie Delaney
Ireland
Villanova
Wes Santee
AAU
Topeka Moves To Tie for First
The Topeka Hawks rise to tie for first in the Western League after an 11-8 win over Lincoln. Albuquerque defeated Pueblo 4-1 and Colorado Springs beat Amarillo 10-7. Des Moines and Sioux City had no games last night.
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Associated Press
Topeka
Hawks
Lincoln
Albuquerque
Pueblo
Colorado Springs
Amarillo
Des Moines
Sioux City
State Lake Planned Near Atchison by Fish and Game
Dr. Eugene Berney of Atchison announced a 66 acre state lake to be built about 5% miles northwest of Atchison. A 250 acre park site has been surveyed and will be bought, with construction bids to be opened June 20.
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Atchison
Eugene Berney
Berney
State Fish and Game Commission
Football Dates Released in Big Ten Round Robin Plan
Grand Rapids Minn reports Big Ten coaches favor a 10 game round robin starting 1959 60 with outside games optional Notre Dame has Big Ten commitments through 1959 1980 with Indiana Purdue Michigan State and Iowa. High school and junior college schedules for 1956 released with nine and ten game slates and first games on Sept 22 at Penrose field.
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Minn
Big Ten
Notre Dame
Minneapolis
Indiana
Purdue
Michigan State
Iowa
Fran Kiene
John Dickerson
James Duncan
Juco
Penrose Field
Ark City
Busters
Pratt
Imperia State
el Dorado
Parsons
Buffs
Great Bend
Derby
Hays Cadets
Dodge City
Salina
Celby
Liberal
Hays
Russell
Independence
Arkansas City
Emporia State
Graceland
Hutchinson
Coffeyville
Kansas Beats Missouri In Hot Big Seven Race
Lawrence reports Kansas clinched a 10-7 victory over Missouri in a key Big Seven baseball clash. Jayhawker Jay Hawkins drove in four Missouri runs with two homers while Ron Wiley and Bob Conn homered for Kansas. Missouri dropped to 7-4 in second place behind Oklahoma.
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Kansas
Missouri
Lawrence
Missouri Tigers
Lorm Stewart
Jayhawkers
Tigers
Oklahoma
Jay Hawkins
Ron Wiley
Bob Conn
Conn
Kansas City Golfer Qualifes for PGA Meet
Kansas City golfer Chuck Du Pree qualified for the National PGA Tournament by shooting 73 70 143 yesterday on the Oakwood course. Salina’s Roland Harper earned the alternate spot with 75 70 145 as about 10 golfers competed in the trials.
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Kansas City
Chuck DuPree
Oakwood
Roland Harper
Salina
Fisherman Drowns in Creek Near Wichita
Claude Paker 57 drowned while fishing south of Wichita as he waded to inspect a line and became entangled in the water. His widow and a granddaughter witnessed the accident.
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Wichita
Claude Paker
Here
Minor League Scores From American Association and Western League
Denver defeated St. Paul 8 to 6 in 16 innings. Toulaville led Charleston to a 2 run win. In the Western League Topeka beat Lincoln 11 to 10 while Colorado Springs topped Amarillo 7 to 4 and Albuquerque triumphed over Pueblo 4 to 1.
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Associated Press
Denver
St. Paul
Omaha
Braves and Bums Test Each Other in Pennant Chase
In a tight NL race at Ebbets Field the Milwaukee Braves and Brooklyn Dodgers chase momentum as Slumping sluggers battle health. The Cards beat the Giants 4-1 to stay 19 games back, while the Yankees beat Kansas City 8-5 in the lone AL game. Mantle hit his 16th homer as Sturdivant won.
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Associated Press
Milwaukee Braves
Brooklyn Dodgers
Ebbets Field
Cards
New York Giants
Braves
New York Yankees
Kansas City Athletics
St. Louis
Brooklyns
Cardinals
Walt Alston
Snider
Alston
Kansas City
Yanks
Mickey Mantle
Gil MacDougald
Tom Sturdivant
Texas Nine Clinches SWC Title On Strong Relief
Harry Simpson led relief with two home runs off the A’s pitching, while Hee Lopez and Gus Zerhial added the other homers. Coach Bibb Falk’s Texas team has won or shared the Southwest Conference Baseball title nine times in the last ten years.
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Harry Simpson
Homer Hee Lopez
Gus Zerhial
Bibb Falk
Texas Nine
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