Kansas 4 Mile Relay Fades to Houston in Kan sas Relays
KU four mile relay led for most of the race but faded in the final mile as Houston, anchored by Laurie Elliott, overtook crosstown rival in the opening day of the Kansas Relays. The winning time reached 17 11, with other highlights including a possible first four minute mile and a first 16 foot pole vault. Texas Southern and Nebraska posted top sprint medley times among college and university divisions.
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Bill Easton
Kansas University
Houston
Kansas
Kirk Hagan
Jayhawks
Paul Acevedo
Harold Hadley
Tonnie Coane
Laurie Elliott
Coane
Elliott
Texas Southern
Tigers
Nebraska
Gil Gebo
Bill Miller
McMurry, Tex
Colorado
Jim Miller
Jayhawk
Cliff Cushman
Emporia State
John Damien
Texas
UCLA
Bobby Seaman
Pat McNeal
Fred Hansen
Rice
Gerald Pratt
Leander Durley
Jim Holden
Wisconsin
Great Texas Southern
Drake
Cloyd Webb
Iowa
Geoff Walker
Horton
Phil Mulkey
Miller
Streeley
Missouri
Stucker
Vie
Vail
Southwestern
Bonds
McMurry
Walker
Lawrence
Griffith
Courcamp
den Ver
That
Webb
Towa
Stoner
Mzerins
Anderson
Oklahoma State
Cillian
Brooks
Looney
Saddler
Bell
Milburn
Hobson
Lincoln
Kirksville
Oklahoma Baptist
Hutchinson
Gomez
Bracey
Stout
Odessa
Arkansas City
Strange
Daniels
McCright
Crecord
Wichita
Dodgers End Slump With Win Over Houston as Koufax Dominates
Dodgers snap a skid by beating the Astros 2-0. Frank Howard crushed a two run homer, Junior Gilliam opened the seventh with a double, and Sandy Koufax struck out 14 as he held Houston to two hits through seven innings. The win also featured Gilliam's early double and a strong bullpen effort.
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Los Angeles Dodgers
Dodgers
Houston
Frank Howard
Junior Gilliam
Sandy Koufax
Howard
Dodger
Los Angeles
Gilliam
Koufax
San Francisco
Chicago Cubs
Juan Marichal
New York Mets
Milwaukee
Braves
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Curt Simmons
Phillies
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Pan American Games Open in Bustling Sao Paulo
The Pan American Games launch in Sao Paulo with 1,600 athletes from four nations. Torch bearer Jose Telles da Conceicao lights the flame at Pacaembu Stadium as Gov. Adhemar De Barros opens the ceremony.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
Pacaembu
Brasilia
Jose Telles da Conceicao
Adhemar de Barros
Fights Last Night Across Cities In Heavyweight Boxing
In Helsinki Paul Roux of France narrowly outpointed Pekka Kekkonen of Finland in a 10 round heavyweight bout. In Woonsocket Dick French of Providence outpointed Billy Goodman in an 8 round bout. In Milan Valerio Nunez from Argentina knocked out Harold Gomes of Miami in 5 rounds. In Warren Fernand Chretien of Toronto stopped Teddy Grice of Youngstown in 4 rounds.
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Helsinki
Paul Roux
France
Pekka Kekkonen
Finland
Woonsocket
R. I
Dick French
Providence
Billy Goodman
Norristown
Milan
Italy
Valerio Nunez
Argentina
Harold Gomes
Miami
Fla
City Council rescinds Athletics stadium lease pact
Kansas City officials cancel a contract that allowed the Kansas City Athletics use of Municipal Stadium for $1 annually for two years. Councilman Sal Capra calls the pact illegal as the new council voids the April 10 deal from the departing administration. The lease is restored but ends with this season.
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Kansas City
Kansas City Athletics
Municipal Stadium
Sal Capra
The
Athletics
West Junior High Drops Dual Track Meet at Bethel
Coronado Junior High of Bethel defeated West Junior High of Lawrence 64 4 to 42 24 in a Friday dual meet at Bethel. West’s Dick Edmondson coach team sits 1-2. Event highlights include Kent Rhodes winning 100 yard low hurdles and Marty Kennedy leading field events with a pole vault win.
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Coronado Junior High
Bethel
West Junior High
Lawrence
West
Dick Edmondson
Ft. Leavenworth
Kent Rhodes
Billy Payne
Rhodes
Larry Christy
Steve Kestler
Payne
Coronado
Westmint Shepard
Rick Stucky
Mike Pickens
John Kanzig
Norman Stuart
Red MccKinney
Marty Kennedy
Bruce Schweda
Stuart
McKinney
Melk Kinney
Frank Pattee
Steve Oakson
Heteht
Pickens
Disnnee
Derby hopefuls test legs in series of rich races
Fourteen Derby eligibles race across the country including No Robbery seeking Derby pace in the Wood Memorial at Aqueduct. Others include Beekeeper Ambush On My Honor Garbeau Talkinto Royal Tower Poonastar Jet Traffic In The Pocket Sum Dum Kid and Never Bend who opened his campaign with a 7 furlong Forerunner Purse win at Keneland in 1 22 4 5.
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No Robbery
California
New York
Florida
Candy Spots
No Robbry
Aqueduct
Greentree Stable
Top Gallant
Bonjour
Cool Prince
Sky Wonder
Garbeau
George A. Pope Jr
Beekeeper
Ambush Stable
On My Honor
Bay Meadows
Talkinto
Royal Tower
Poonastar
Jet Traffic
Gulfstream
Louisville
Never Bend
Cain Hoy
Keneland
Perry High Takes Its Own Carnival
Perry High School won its relays with 49 points, edging Silver Lake at 33 as Tonga noxie placed third with 29. Alma Lecompton McLouth Meriden Troy Valley Falls Winchester Harveyville Maple Hill Dover Rossville also competed. Don Hurd set a shot put record, John Rodman ran 10.5 for a 100 yards, Carl Annis cleared 11-4 in pole vault, Harveyville set 880 and mile relay marks, Hanna of Silver Lake set a 51.6 440 record and also won the 220.
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Perry High School
Silver Lake
Tonganoxie
Alma
Lecompton
McLouth
Meriden
Troy
Valley Falls
Winchester
Harveyville
Maple Hill
Dover
Rossville
Perry
Don Hurd
John Rodman
Carl Annis
Hanna
Ottawa State Wins Denomi Relays At Ottawa
Ottawa edged Southwestern to take first with 114 points as eight Kansas colleges competed. A. G. Boley of Southwestern set a new javelin mark at 224 feet 514 inches, breaking his own 218 foot record from last year. it was the meet’s sole record.
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Ottawa
Kan
Southwestern
Kansas
College of Emporia
Baker
Friends
Kansas Wesleyan
McPherson
Bethel
Tabor
A. G. Boley
Athletics Sweep A Pair From LA
Kansas City Athletics surge to first place in the American League after a double sweep of the Los Angeles Angels, both games ending 3-2. George Alusik homered in the opener to break a 1-1 tie as Orlando Pena won. In the nightcap Ed Charles drove in the go ahead run with bases loaded in the ninth off Bob Turley. Curt Simmons limited the Phils to one run, but the Cardinals exploited a first inning rally to beat Philadelphia 5-1.
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Marichal
Cubs
Ron Santo
Lou Brock
Mets
Braves
Ron Hunt
Frank Funk
Ken McKenzie
Hank Aaron
Roger Craig
Milwaukee
Eddie Mathews
Cards
Simmons
Curt Flood
Chris Short
Dick Groat
Bill White
Clay Dalrymple
George Altman
Tony Taylor
Associated Press
Kansas City Athletics
Los Angeles Angels
St. Louis Cardinals
Philadelphia Phillies
A’s
Bo Belinsky
George Alusik
Haywood Sullivan
Dick Howser
Orlando Pena
Bob Turley
Ed Charles
Gino Cimoli
Curt Simmons
Phillies
Phils
John Callison
Don Demeter
Altman
Taylor
Brown In Race For Eagles Stock Sale Largest Bid
Philadelphia Eagles stockholders voted to sell the NFL club for at least 4.55 million dollars kept in Philadelphia. Paul Brown emerged as the likely buyer with a syndicate after his Cleveland Browns dismissal, while Herbert Barness offered 4.5 million with cash within 24 hours if accepted. Frank McNamee and Michael O Neill led negotiations and weighed Brown’s no comment.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Eagles
National Football League
Paul Brown
Cleveland Browns
Frank McNamee
The
Eagles
Michael J. O'Neill
Brown
McNamee
Associated Press
Herbert Barness
Warrington
Barness
Diamond Data Baseball Standings and Schedule Update
The record shows standings for the American League with teams Kansas City New York Baltimore Chicago Detroit Boston Cleveland Los Angeles Minnesota and Washington along with daily results. Friday results include Boston 4 Detroit 1 Kansas City 3 Los Angeles 2 New York 8 Washington 4 Baltimore 8 Cleveland 6 Chicago 3 Minnesota 1. Upcoming games list New York at Washington Los Angeles at Kansas City Minnesota at Chicago Cleveland at Baltimore Detroit at Boston. Sunday and Monday schedules follow with multiple matchups across venues.
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Kansas City
New York
Baltimore
Chicago
Detroit
Boston
Cleveland
Los Angeles
Minnesota
Washington
Angeles
Houston
San Francisco
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Milwaukee
Los Aresies
G.B. San Francisco
Zion
Topeka High Dandies Set Relay Record at Kansas Relays
Topeka High School sprinters dominated the prep division, posting the meet’s lone record as Jim McKay and Joe Phillips led a 1:29.0 4x110 relay. Lawrence High earned two seconds in the 100 and 880 relays, while Wichita East’s Jim Ryan won the mile in 4:21.3. Multiple high jumps and sprints produced top marks as Junction City’s Dan Harper tied the 120-yard high hurdles record.
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Topeka High School
Kansas
Kay
Joe Phillips
Tom McBride
Andy
Williams
Baker
Shawnee Mission North
Steve Straight
Murray Lull
Smith
Steve Pine
Lawrence
Dennis Brown
Herington
Lion
Harold Kimball
Richard Bryan
Jerry Lynch
Steve Saunders
LHS
Charles Pohl
Kimball
Pohl
Saunders
David Hatfield
Rogers
Lions
Junction City
Dan Harper
Newton
Henry Wiebe
Wyandotte
Topeka
Ted Bass
Trojans
Bulldogs
Wichita East
Jim Ryan
Tom Yergovich
Millstein
Shawnee Mission
A Dennis
Wichita South
Hint
Pankrats
Salina
Johnson
Harris
Shawnee Mission West
Tiesing
MekKay
Forman
Shawnee Mission Hast
Moody
Ryan
Wichita Mast
Yergovich
Harper
Wichita North
McClain
Straight
Light Lawrence
Pine
McGuire
Wichita Fast
Burton
Jay Nine to 4th In League Chase
Kansas vaulted to fourth in the Big Eight with wins over Kansas State at Manhattan. The Jayhawks took game one 6-2 and game two 12-2, improving to 4-4 in conference play while Oklahoma led at 8-0.
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Jay
Kansas University
Kansas State
Manhattan
Jayhawks
Carl Nelson
Nelson
Kansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Colorado
O-State
Nebraska
K State
Iowa State
Floyd Temple
Jerry Waldschmidt
Frisco Hurler Juan Marichal Nears Peak Form
San Francisco pitcher Juan Marichal, after a late training season, earned his first win of the year a 5-1 victory over the Chicago Cubs. He pitched nine innings, allowed six hits, and struck out eight while reporting no back pain and noting use of a bed board to manage lingering issues. The win put the Giants back atop the National League standings.
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SAN Francisco
Juan Marichal
Marichal
Chicago Cubs
Giants
Houston
Chicago
College Scores By The Associated Press
Multiple college teams across baseball track tennis golf and other sports posted results. Notable baseball scores include Missouri over Colorado 21 to 7 and Oklahoma over Nebraska 9 to 2. Track results list Ottawa and Southwestern performances, with Kansas Wesleyan and McPherson large showings. Golf tallies feature Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska posting team tallies.
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Missouri
Colorado
Kansas
Kansas State
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Oklahoma State
Iowa State
Emporia State
St. Benedicts
Washington of St. Louis
Western Illinois
Quincy
Arkansas State
Ottawa
Southwestern
College of Ispaporla
Baker
Friends
Kansas Wesleyan
McPherson
Bethel
Vaber
Bud Wilkinson Inducted Into Oklahoma Hall of Fame
University of Oklahoma football coach Bud Wilkinson was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame by the Oklahoma Memorial Association. Wilkinson serves as a special consultant to President Kennedy on youth fitness and was honored for his work with the nation s youth.
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Oklahoma City
Charles B
Bud) Wilkinson
University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma Hall of Fame
Oklahoma Memorial Association
Wilkinson
Kennedy
OU and KU Tops In 4-Way Affair
Oklahoma University led a four team golf meet at Lawrence Country Club beating Kansas Nebraska and Kansas State with a 307 team total. Kansas finished second with 318 and Kansas State third at 330 while Nebraska totaled 341. Top individual scorers included Bob Smith OU at 74 and Jim Autrey OU at 76 with several others tied around 77 78 and 81.
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Oklahoma University
Kansas
Nebraska
Kansas State
Lawrence Country Club
Oklahoma
Bob Smith
Jim Autrey
John Hanna
Gary Jarman
Reid Holbrook
Jack Nottingham
Paul Carlson
Jim Colbert
Gary Terry
Ron Szczygiel
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Lawrence High School
Earl Morey
Journal-World Sports Editor
Lon
Birmingham
Ala
Dave Edstrom
Oxnard Air Force Base
University
Nebraska Gqvenny
Konawd McCloughan
Geho
Southern University
Irwin
Daewrence
Wulcott
Downing
Larry Jackson
Willie Mays
Homer
Willie McCovery
Orlando “Epeda
Tom Haller
Athletic
Perry High
Diamond Data
Fleet Topeka High Dandies
By Larry Stroup
Stan Hubbard
Washburn
Waldschmidt
Harold Haun
K-State
Wildcats
Ralph Pagani
Keith Kimerer
Temple
Roger Brock
Monte Stewart
Pease
Somerholder
Obel
Orendorf
Steele
Ib Too
Ballard
Cottrel
Awk Holte
B- Haun
Boeter
Farmer
Kansas Kansas State
Kimerer
Rader
Haun
Rugegles
Bolte
Botte
Orensorts
Robert
Rbi Rader
Pagani
McGreey
Fanning
Abercrombie
Miller, Ruggles
Rbi Haun
Sodtrom
I Lee
Somerhold Obe
Woolf Steele
Cottrels
Evans
Blackman
Graham
Rew
Peperersenpene
Lerimeter
Tee Ee Mee Ruggies Fanning
Gant Lee
Ecoh
Ruggies
Wes
T Evans
Frisco
Juco
Tola
Independence
Haskell
Chanute
Bethany
Fort Hays State
Kearney
Neb
Maryville State
Western Uinois
Kirkavill
John Pickens
Vermont
Bud Wilkinson
Typewriters
Lamence Typewriter
Hillcrest
Fairgrounds
Ray Stancliff
Todrenae
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