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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1964
Page
10
Top seed Chuck McKinley opens defense of his National Clay Courts Tennis Championship aiming to become the first man in 26 years to win three straight titles. The field features 128 men and 64 women and tests for the Davis Cup Challenge Round set for Cleveland September 24-26.
Pratt Kansas AP reports the Kansas Forestry Fish and Game Commission has not set 1964 65 hunting seasons. Commission director George C. Moore cites pending game population data. Standard opening dates apply for prairie chicken pheasant and quail.
Mickey Wright of Dallas defeats Ruth Jessen of Seattle in a sudden death playoff at San Diego Country Club to win the United States Women's Open for a record fourth time. Wright shot 70 to Jessen 72. final score tied at 250 after 72 holes.
Hoyt Wilhelm, aging bullpen ace, goes 2-for-2 with two RBIs as J. C. Martin draws a walk to set up a hit by Wilhelm. Chicago routs Kansas City 11-4, aided by Pete Ward's grand slam and a seven-run eighth inning. Wilhelm also singles in the ninth.
American League leaders include Oliva Minnesota batting .336 with 120 hits and 65 runs. Harmon Killebrew leads in home runs with 31. Pitcher Bunker Baltimore is 9 2 with an .818 era. National League leaders show Mays San Francisco batting average .348 with 72 runs and Santo Chicago 63 RBIs. Koufax L A tops pitchers with 12-4 and 148 strikeouts.
Salina golfer Bob Worley won the Kansas Amateur Junior golf tournament with a 255 over 54 holes, finishing one stroke ahead of Peter A. Bell of Junction City. Bell led entering the final round. Scott Springer of Wichita was medalist with 73 and earned a spot to represent Kansas at the National Junior Amateur in Eugene, Oregon.
MIDHURST England Prince Philip sustained a strained ligament in his left shoulder after falling from his polo pony during a Windsor Park match against the Jersey Lilies. An ambulance removed him to the players’ dressing room for treatment as his team won 10-7 ten minutes into the game.
The program features the Hollywood Gold Cup at Hollywood Park worth 140000 dollars and the Monmouth Handicap 14 miles with Kelso and Mongo likely to clash after Mongo defeated Northern Dancer in last year’s Washington D.C. International. Miss Cavandish may run in the Delaware Oaks, while Quadrangle and Dandy K stake 3-year-old hopes.
A cold airmass and showers swept much of the nation on Monday. Temperatures fell from Texas to the Great Lakes and Atlanta coastal areas with thunderstorms reported in the Rocky Mountains and Southwest. Cooler, damp weather moved into Washington and Oregon ending a heat wave.
Mrs Ethel S Stauffer wife of Oscar S Stauffer Topeka publisher of the Capital Journal died Saturday at the family summer home in Estes Park Colorado She and her husband had been at Estes Park since Monday Services will be held Tuesday in Topeka
Kansas officials and delegates rally for Scranton and Goldwater as the GOP convention nears in San Francisco. Key figures include Rep. Ellsworth of Lawrence and Kansans mulling presidential nomination outcomes amid civil rights debate and party strategy.
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