Phillies Rally To Edge Cards In High-Scoring Openers
The light-hitting Phillies sparked by five homers and strong pitching from Curt Simmons and Jim Hearn downed St. Louis twice to pull within a half game of the NL lead. Von McDaniel suffered his first major league defeat as Larry Jackson won the second. Brooklyn beat Milwaukee as Gil Hodges homered late. The day featured multiple league games with notable performances across the NL and AL.
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St. Louis
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Curt Simmons
Jim Hearn
von McDaniel
Larry Jackson
Brooklyn
Milwaukee
Gil Hodges
Frank Torre
Andy Pafka
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Oiney
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
New York
Chicago
Willie Mays
Whitey Lockman
New York Yankees
Yanks
Bill Skowron
Billy Pierce
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Touring Kansans Win in Italy and Switzerland Meet
Touring American track stars dominated an international meet with seven of eight wins in Italy led by Elias Gilbert 110m hurdles 13.8 and Ira Murchison 100m 10.4. In Lausanne Duke's Dave Sime swept sprint events with 100m 10.4 and 200m 71.2 while Hayes Jones Eastern Michigan won 110m hurdles 14.1 and broad jump 24. Preston Griffin Compton 100m 10.5 joined Sime Jones and Morris to win 400m relay in 41.5. Olympic discus champ Al Oerter Kansas tossed 172% and Arnie Sowell Pitt won 400m in 47.7.
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Italy
United States
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Winston-Salem
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Ira Murchison
Western Michigan
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Kansas
Lausanne
Switzerland
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Dave Sime
Sime
Hayes Jones
Eastern Michigan
Preston Griffin
Compton
Calif
Jones
Griffin
Ron Morris
Los Angeles
Wichita Braves sweep St Paul in doubleheader to eight game lead
In a pair of extra inning wins 3-2 and 2-1 Wichita boosted its American Association lead to eight games over St Paul. Earl Hersh homered in the seventh and Joey Jay yielded five hits to gain the opener win while Red Murff drove in the nightcap run in the 11th inning.
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Braves
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
Charleston
Omaha
Denver
Bears
Louisville
Aweep
Saints
Earl Hersh
Joey Jay
Jay
Red Murff
Ron Negray
Bob Walz
Murff
United States Cargo Arrives in Beirut Under Eisenhower Plan
The 6,700 ton USS Sgt. Morris E. Crain docked at Beirut harbor with the first sizable Middle East military aid shipment under the Eisenhower plan. Her holds and decks carried 1,700 tons of equipment including 101 heavy vehicles.
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Lebanon
Beirut
U.S
Sgt
Morris E. Crain
Middle East
Fisenhower
VFW Softballers Boost Mark to 23-7 for Year
VFW Softballers improve to 23-7 after weekend wins and split. Fletcher Bell pitched both games against Badges Hardware of Ottawa, winning 53 and 14-13 in a doubleheader. Bell joined in the second game in the fourth inning. the club needed 12 innings to close out the nightcap. They split a Sunday pair with Topeka on South Park, taking the opener 6-2 before a Topeka win in the nightcap. Budges return for two games next Sunday in South Park.
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Lawrence Ivfw
Badges Hardware
Ottawa
Bell
Lawrence Club
VFW
Topeka
South Park
Budges
Mrs. Jean Mize Dies in Deland Fire Burn Incident
Mrs. Jean Mize, 39, wife of former major league baseball player Johnny Mize, died yesterday from burns suffered when she dozed off while smoking. She leaves her husband, an orange grower and merchant in Deland Florida.
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Johnny Mize
McDaniel KO’d as Phillies sweep doubleheader
Von McDaniel lasted four innings as the Phillies overwhelmed the Cardinals 4 2 in the nightcap after taking the opener. Rip Repulski hit a three run homer, Curt Simmons added a two run double, and Tiny Bon Blasingame had six hits in the doubleheader.
Lawrence Legion Lashes Out 24-2 Sunday Decision
The Lawrence American Legion Junior League topped Osawatomie 24 to 2 Sunday night at Municipal Park to push Lawrence to an 18-5 season record. Pitcher Wilson fanned seven in seven innings while allowing two hits. Lawrence powered five runs in the first inning and added eight in the second as coach Tee shuffled inside and outside combos.
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Lawrence Hoppers Rally In Legion Victory Over Wilson
Lawrence hitters slugged two safes including a side the park homer by Bobby Hill in the first. Hill finished with three hits in four trips while Leroy Brown added three hits in five at bats with a double. Fifteen Legion players saw action as manager Ice mixed lineups. The win marked Wilson’s season opener loss.
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Bobby Hill
Hill
Othree
Leroy Brown
Legion
Lawrence
Ice
Wilson
Colorado Springs Beats Lincoln Twice to Tighten Race
Colorado Springs swept a doubleheader from Lincoln 6 5 and 4 2 to close the gap for first place in the Western League. Topeka split with Pueblo while Albuquerque and Sioux City also exchanged wins. Amarillo defeated Des Moines to move into a tie for second. Jim Umbricht doubled in two runs for Topeka, Pedro Almenares drove in five for Pueblo.
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Eblo
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Soos
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Pueblo
Jim Umbrichtbricht
Big Pedro
Almenares
Homer
Wichita Aircraft Worker Drowns at Beach
Loren Young a Wichita aircraft worker drowned Saturday night while swimming at MacArthur Beach. He moved here from Oklahoma City three weeks ago and worked as an inspector for Boeing Airplane Co. His body was found by two lifeguards and he was pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital. Earlier, Lawrence E. Collins 44 also drowned while fishing in the Ninnes ieah River.
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Loren Young
Wichita
MacArthur Beach
Young
Oklahoma City
Boeing Airplane Co
Lawrence E. Collins
Ninnesieah River
Feller's College Choice Tangles Amid NCAA Rules and Transfers
Veteran college football prospect Don Feller faces a maze of scholarship rules and offers as Kansas, Houston, and El Dorado loom. The piece details how academic eligibility tests and Wade constraints shape his potential path, with mentions of the SWC, NCAA waivers, and the ethics code for referees.
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Dot Feller
Houston University
el Dorado
Texas
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Houston
Cougars
Don
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Den
Tyler
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City Baseball and Softball League Standings and Circumstances
The fragmented OCR text outlines weekly standings and various notes for City Baseball and Softball League, with scattered mentions of teams, players, and events. It references general league activity, partial results, and potential headlines, but concrete details, dates, scores, and clear entities are largely unreadable.
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