Panic Button Dodgers Lose Grip as Aaron Slam Helps Braves
Dodgers see their pennant edge shrink after Hank Aaron hit a grand slam off Don Drysdale in a 5-3 Milwaukee victory. San Francisco, St Louis, Philadelphia and others won or closed gaps as the NL race tightens amid late-season clashes and key home runs.
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Clinton Snares Showdown Tiff In Softball Duel
Clinton defeated Ober 4 to 1 at Municipal Park in the Northeast Kansas District Softball Tournament as Charles Rappard limited Ober to four hits and Earl Church led Clinton with two hits. Leavenworth Hawks beat Watt's 6 to 3. Clinton faces Ober's Friday at 8 PM with a Saturday title showdown at 7:30 PM if Clinton wins, the champion advances to Topeka on Aug 22.
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Luther Las Citer Retains World Pocket Billiards Title
Luther Las Citer of Elizabeth City North Carolina defeated Jimmy Moore of Albuquerque New Mexico 600 to 381 to retain his world pocket billiards championship on Wednesday night.
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Elizabeth City
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Jimmy Moore
Albuquerque
N.M
Kansas City angler wins frout fly distance at Centennial Lake
Dick Hetzel of Kansas City won the frout fly distance event on Wednesday in the National Casting Tournament at Centennial Lake. His average cast was 166 13 feet.
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Legion Dinner Speaker Dave Wickersham At Local Banquet
Kansas City Athletics pitcher Dave Wickersham will speak at a 6 30 PM Legion baseball banquet tonight at the Little Banquet. Dor sey Liberty Post No 14 sponsors the event honoring the 1963 Legion baseballers and their families. Lawrence repeated as District champion and took second in state after winning the Kansas title last summer.
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Rules Eased To Allow Hunters More Waterfowl
The Interior Department announced liberalized waterfowl regulations for all flyways. Ducks and coots have a 35 day season with doubled bag limits, geese see 70 to 75 day seasons, and special limits apply to wood ducks and hooded mergansers. States set shooting days within federal windows October through January 1964.
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Baseball trivia list answers from a 1940s AP feature
New York AP note explains how barroom debates spark about classic baseball questions. It lists answers to six or seven historical queries including Babe Ruth’s 1927 feats, Ted Williams triple crowns, Rogers Hornsby and others, Mantle’s home run year, Cobb and Jackson batting averages, with names and years cited.
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Speedy Scot Leads Yonkers Futurity Trot Field
Castleton Farm's Speedy Scot the 17 of 23 winner is the heavy favorite in the $135,127 Yonkers Futurity Trot opening the trotting triple crown. Seven challengers race, including Arden Homestead Stable's Fhiorlis, who beat Speedy Scot three times last year.
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Castleton Farm
Baseball Standings And Results From National and American Leagues
Baseball standings and daily results show Los Angeles leading the National League with 69 wins and 48 losses, San Francisco 67 52, St. Louis 4 games back, plus American League figures led by New York at 44 42 and Chicago at 48 33. Wednesday results include New York 4 Pittsburgh 2 and Milwaukee 5 Los Angeles 3, with several other scores across leagues. Upcoming and past games across cities include Los Angeles at Milwaukee and San Francisco at St. Louis among others.
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Runaway by Yanks Hasnt Put Out Fire In Hearts of Twins
The Yankees continue to lead the league as the Twins fight for second place. A 25,014 crowd in the Twin Cities boosted attendance to 1,017,146 for the season. Boston beat New York in a day night doubleheader while Cleveland edged Chicago in 11 innings. Bernie Allen drove in the run that gave Minnesota a 2-1 edge over Baltimore as Yankees win streak ended.
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Renko Tosses No-Hit Baseball Playoff Gem
Steve Renko a Kansas University sophomore to be pitched a no hitter in Feld Chevrolet’s 4 1 victory over Katz in a Ban Johnson playoff game. He struck out 18 walked 10 and added a double in three official at bats. Renko went the full nine innings amid loading the bases twice with no hits allowed.
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Sternberg vows return as vault ace after injury
SEATTLE AP Brian Sternberg, a pole vault star who held a world record of 16 8, lies recovering with limited mobility yet expresses hope. The 20 year old says he plans to vault again next year to prep for the Olympics despite grim medical outlook.
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Brian
Washington University
Gridders Warned to Be Careful Of the Heat in Early Workouts
Chicago report on August heat and early workouts warns high school and college football players and coaches about heat exhaustion and heat stroke. AMA recommends gradual acclimatization, proper water and salt intake, and vitamin hydration practices.
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American Medical Association
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White the Spark for Cards Beats Colts in St Louis
Bill White belted his 21st homer with two out in the seventh to lift the St. Louis Cardinals to a 3-2 win over the Houston Colt .45s in St Louis. Bob Gibson earned the win with 10 strikeouts as Detroit beat Kansas City 5-2 on Bruton's ninth inning homer.
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