Backfield Speed Rivalries Stir Big Eight Talk
Bill Mayer surveys 1964 backfield speed across Kansas, Iowa State, and KU. Iowa State touts swift runners like Vaughn Kennedy Cox and Alley challenging KU stars Sayers Smith Johnson Oelschlager. Coaches weigh 10 fastest backs, spring practice trends, and Kansas State fundraising boosts.
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Cyclone
ISU
Tom Vaughn
Ernie Kennedy
Mike Cox
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Kennedy
Cox
Harry Alley
Winterset
Alley
Tony Baker
Burlington
Jim Lewis
East St. Louis
Ill
Reedy Thomas
Warren
Ohio
Eppie Barney
Cleveland
Dave Montgomery
Detroit
Joe Beauchamp
Milwaukee
Larry Carwell
Campbell
Iowa State
Kansas University
Gale Sayers
Willie Ray Smith
Mike Johnson
Ron Oelschlager
Sayers
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Johnson
Oelschlager
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Lloyd Buzzi
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Omaha
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Bob Hahn
Willie Paschall
Missouri
Charlie Brown
Johnny Roland
Ken Boston
Speed
Doak Walker
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Oklahoma State
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Jays
Steve Renko
Gale
Renko
Ortega Guides Dodgers To 1 0 Win In Koufax Start
Phil Ortega, filling in for injured Sandy Koufax, pitched four hits over seven innings, plus a run in the first, to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 1-0 victory. The 24-year-old rookie earned his first major league win and lowered his ERA to 1.20 as the depleted club won its third game in 12 starts.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles Dodgers
Phil Ortega
Walter Alston
Sandy Koufax
Milwaukee
Dodgers
Ortega
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Mesa
Ariz
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Chicago
Houston
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
New York
Pirates
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Cincinnati
Lee Maye
John Verhas
Joe Torre
Maye
One Local Kegler Rates for Kansas Bowlers
Hutchinson Kansas AP R Gans of Wichita won the Class A singles with 702 in the state men s bowling tournament finale. W Sanders of Topeka second with 697. Other results list standings in classes A B and C across singles doubles and team events with notable names including Stephens Nicolet Weaver Thomas and Huff among others and team totals led by Frontier Wichita and Skybow.
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R. Gans
Wichita
W. Sanders
Topeka
Holiday
Skybow
Deaver and
Wiltz
Sabetha
Metropolitan Life
Iola
L. Huff
Jom Septic
Kansas City
Richard Weyand
Don Wenzel
Lawrence
C. Thomas
Winfield
Tom Moody
Rube Marquard Wins 24 Decisions in 1911 for Giants
The left handed pitcher Rube Marquard, after a slow period with only nine wins in the two prior seasons, earned 24 decisions during the 1911 season for the New York Giants.
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Rube Marquard
New York Giants
Violet Bahnmaier And Ken Schutz Team Rank In Gals' Bowling Meet
In Salina, Ed's Garage of Wichita leads Class A after the sixth weekend of the Kansas women’s bowling tourney ending May 9. Class A totals include Ed's Garage 2603 and Better Vision 2570. doubles feature Better Figgens and Ira Hensley at 1137, Billie Greene and Ann Lira at 1091. All events top is Billie Preston 1610 and Violet Bahnmaier 1602. Class D lists Jennings Bank 2166 and Ken Schutz Well Drilling 2156. doubles Marineta Pile-Donna Koehn 971. singles Ellaweese Bird.
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Violet Bahnmaier
Ken Schutz
Salina
Kan
Wichita
Kansas
Ira Hensley
Billie Greene
Ann Lira
Barbara Feyh
Caldwell
Mary Chartier
Dodge City
Billie Preston
Lawrence
Jennings Bank
Oberlin
Little Bar
Herington
Marineta Pile
Donna Koehn
Garden City
Lela Davis
Roberta Whitmore
Great Bend
Ellaweese Bird
Local Record of Names and Page Numbers
A compact listing shows names and associated numbers across multiple entries. Wichita 524 Rena Seahorn Humboldt 506. All events Shirley Kern Topeka 1453 Maxine Dennis Wellington 1443.
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Rena Seahorn
Humboldt
Shirley Kern
Topeka
Maxine Dennis
Wellington
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