Indy Ticket Sales Up This Year at Speedway
Attendance expectations rise for Sun day’s 60th Indianapolis 500 with 265000 grandstand seats and room for infield crowd. Janet Guthrie, first woman in Indy 500 trials, will race at Charlotte in NASCAR event while Foyt eyes a fourth title. Johnny Rutherford on pole, Foyt in middle of row with Unser and Carter. Ward’s Garden City beats Road Gang 11-4 in make-up softball game.
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Janet Guthrie
Tony Hulman
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
the Speedway
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Oully Nosume
Foyt
Ontario
Calif
Pocono
Bobby Unser
Johnny Rutherford
Rutherford
Gor
al Unser
Pancho Carter
Ward
Peebles
Garden City
Road Gang
Elkhart's Livingston to Attend GCCC
Gary Livingston of Elkhart High signs track letter of intent with Garden City Community College. The 18-year-old distance runner won two straight state Class A two miles and set Elkhart mile record by one tenth of a second, breaking a 46-year mark once held by Glenn Cunningham. Coach Aldridge says Livingston will be a great miler and a superb three miler in college.
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Glenn Cunningham
Southwest Kansas
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Stagg Field
Chicago
Track
Weekend Baseball Scores and Schedule Fragment
Friday results include Cincinnati routing Los Angeles 9 0 Philadelphia topped Montreal 10 3 St Louis defeated New York 6 0 San Francisco beat San Diego 5 6. Rain delayed Pittsburgh Chicago and Houston Atlanta games.
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San Diego
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Houston
Atlanta
Phila
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Kison
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Cago
Bonham
Cosgrove
City Recreation Faces 2000 Players in Summer Ball
Civic Center gears up for 2025 players in softball and baseball across 18 leagues and 15 levels on 11 fields. Director Leon Younger and assistant Larry Prochazka manage 49 programs beyond ball, with tee-ball for ages 6 to 8 starting mid June. Coaches unpaid, passion high. endless schedules, rainouts, and parent enthusiasm keep staff busy.
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Leon Younger
Larry Prochazka
Civic Center
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Prochazka
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Strategic Air Command
Garden City
City Rec Dept
Telegram
YMCA
KIAL
KUPK
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Pitcher Curtis Tosses Three Hit No Hitter to Beat Mets
John Curtis, 3-4, pitched a three hitter that became a no hit bid through six innings as the St. Louis Cardinals routed the New York Mets 6 0. Willie Crawford hit a grand slam and Bake McBride added a two run homer. Curtis spoke about confidence and the unpredictable nature of pitching while focusing on using his best pitches effectively.
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John Curtis
Curtis
St. Louis Cardinals
New York Mets
Willie Crawford
Kingman
Roy Staiger
Mike Phillips
McBride
Crawford
Cardinals
St. Louis
Summer Ball Roundup at Northwest Southeast and Clint fields
Comprehensive youth and adult softball and baseball league listings cover multiple age groups and divisions. Highlights include SkyLine and Prairie leagues at Northwest and Southeast Fields, Bison Mustang and Babe Ruth debuts at Clint Lightner Field, and Women’s Adult leagues at Cleaver Field with roughly 900 players across 26 teams and 14 divisions.
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Skyline League
Southeast Field of Complex
Fansler Field
Hoys
Southeast Field of Ball Complex
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Clint Lightnefield
Northwest Field of Ball Complex
Prairie League
Northwest Field of Complex
Rainbow League
Aris
Cleaver Field
Phoenix Suns Try To Rally In NBA Finals
Phoenix Mayor declares Phoenix Suns City for a week as the team trails Boston 2 0 in the NBA final. A pep rally greets the Suns in Phoenix after arriving from Boston where they lost 98 87 and 105 90. Coach MacLeod and captain Van Arsdale address fans ahead of Games Three and Four.
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Margaret Hance
Suns
Boston
Hance
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Phoenix Giants
Celtics
John MacLeod
Dick van Arsdale
Phoenix Senators
Los Angeles
Arizona Suns
American Eddie Dibbs Advances To Italian Open Semis
Fourth seed Eddie Dibbs of Miami reaches the semifinals at the Italian International Tennis Open after Harold Solomon was defaulted from his quarterfinal match with Adriano Panatta amid a line call dispute. Solomon walked off as Panatta led 2-6 7-5 5-4, while Dibbs defeated Mark Edmondson to set up a semifinal with Guillermo Vilas.
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Harold Solomon
Solomon
Silver Springs
Adriano Panatta
Italy
Carlo Nistri
Nistri
Foro Italico
Pino Cosimo
John Newcombe
Australia
Jan Kodes
Czechoslovakia
Newcombe
Guillermo Vilas
Argentina
Corrado Barazzutti
Dibbs
Mark Edmondson
Edmondson
Vilas
Panatta
Leslie Hunt
Mira Jansovec
Yugoslavia
Florenta Mihai
Romania
Miss Jansovec
Regina Marsikova
Czechslovakia
Two Approaches to Golf Game at Memorial Tournament
Hubert Green and Roger Maltbie head the field at Muirfield Village in Dublin Ohio with contrasting plans for the Memorial. Green attacks the treacherous layout posting 72 and 144 total while Maltbie plays conservatively, carding 71 to reach 142 as leaders Don Bies and Rod Funseth sit at 143. Nicklaus, designer of the course, reels to a 75 for 146 as Irwin Miller Graham also sit 145 and 146.
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Ohio
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Roger Maltbie
Jack Nicklaus
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Maltbie
Hubert
Green
Rod Funseth
Bies
Funseth
Jerry McGee
Ed Sneed
McGee
Sneed
Nicklaus
Jack
Hale Irwin
Johnny Miller
Lou Graham
Memorial Day Tourney Opens With Eight Games
The Memorial Day Weekend slow pitch tournament kicked off with eight games on Friday on two fields. Eight towns across Kansas and Colorado provide 23 teams in a double elimination event expected to play 44 or 45 games. Friday results include Garden City teams dominating several matches and Liberal clubs faring variably. The schedule extends through Sunday with a marathon day and Monday concluding matches on Fansler Field. The tournament adds seven squads including Pappas Concrete, Vi's Liquor Store, Dart-In, Garden City Farm Center, Poor House Lounge, Quint Automotive, and Obholz Meats.
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Fansler
Bob's 83
Garden City
Lakin Texaco
Peerless Plastics
Ulysses
Dank’'s Welding Crew
Western Printing
Fansler Field
Pappas Concrete
Holcomb
Vi's Liquor Store
Liberal
Dart-In
Garden City Farm Center
Poor House Lounge
Colorado Springs
Colo
Quint Automotive
Obholz Meats
Wichita Loses To Denver In Night of Homers
Oklahoma City widened its lead in the western division with a 9-3 win over Tulsa. Omaha stretched its eastern division margin to 1.5 games by edging Town, 6-4. Denver defeated Wichita 10-7 as Roger Freed hit a three run homer and Wichita’s Jerry Tabb added a three run shot. Rain postponed the Indianapolis Evansville game.
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Omaha
Oklahoma City
Denver
Tulsa
Town
Oaks
Wichita
Roger Freed
Bears
Aeros
Warren Cromartie
Gary Roenicke
Jerry Tabb
Bill Bright
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Craig Construction
Mickey's Carpet Service
Cleaver
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Sunflower Electric
First National Bank of Tribune
Ehresman Packing
Santa Fe Motors
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Garden City Co-op
Motor Electric
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