Hawks Batter lolans For Seventh Success
The Lawrence American Legion Virginia Inn baseball team defeated Jola 7 to 1 at Municipal Field behind 4 hit pitching by Richie Brown. It was the Hawks seventh win in eight games as they prepare for tonight's 8 p.m. game with Salina and a Sunday 8 p.m. encounter with North Kansas City. Brown rode a rough third inning but allowed only one hit and two walks while fanning nine.
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Lawrence American Legion
Virginia Inn
Jola
Municipal Field
Richie Brown
Hawks
Salina
North Kansas City
Brown
Bob Rose
Greg Randel
Schmidt Wins Three Races On Local Speedway Card
Del Schmidt swept three jalopy events at Lawrence Speedway winning the A Feature the trophy dash and the second heat. Sonny Hershell won the B Feature and was runner up in the first heat. Jack Lux won the first heat and Red Andrews the consolation. Schmidt beat Larry Sinks to take the A Feature after a tight early duel.
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Schmidt
del Schmidt
Lawrence Speedway
Topeka
Sonny Hershell
Lawrence
Jack Lux
Red Andrews
Larry
Sinks
Bill Saric
Leonard Fry
Larry Sinks
Larry Walker
Walker
Hershell
Leo Vaughn
Saric
Dickson and Cerrudo Reach All-America Final in British Amateur
Dickson, 23, Oklahoma State graduate from Muskogee, meets Ron Cerrudo in the British Amateur final at Formby England. Both Americans have been under par across seven rounds on the 6 854 yard par 72 course. Dickson expects a hard fight saying he is putting well and will “come out fighting, boy.”
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Formby
England
Bob Dickson
Ron Cerrudo
Cerrudo
Lawrence Jaycee Junior Golf Tourney Scheduled
The Lawrence Jaycee Junior Golf Tournament will be held Wednesday at Lawrence Country Club. Entry blanks are available at LCC Hillview Golf Course and Woods Lumber Co. Open to players 18 and under, 18 holes of medal play with trophies for the top three. The winner advances to the state meet on June 15. Rick Miller is the defending champion.
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Lawrence Jaycee
Lawrence Country Club
LCC
Hillview Golf Course
Woods Lumber Co
Rick Miller
Leaders Batting and Pitching Leaders From Baseball Standings
The report lists top batting leaders for 90 at bats with Naline and Robinson leading in runs and RBI. It names hits, doubles, home runs, and stolen bases for players including Yastrzemski, Brock, and Rose. It also notes pitching records such as Len Holtzman and Vern Verte with win loss marks and strikeout leaders Marichal Nolan and Lonborg.
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I.naline
Det
I. Robinson
Balt
Ovar
Minn
McAuliffe
Naline
Kaline
Tovar
Petrocelli
Bost
Tiples
Buford
Chic
Knoop
Calif
T. Robinson
Yastrzemski
Agee
Chiie
Horlen
Sparnin
Lonborg
Peters
Hatling
Clemente
Piu
Staub
Houst
UAT
Aaron
Atl
Rose
Cin
Pitt
Brock
St.da
St.l
Cepeda
R. Allen
Phil
Wifanis
Chie
Perez
Torre
Brook
Wills
Holtzman
Verte
Marichal
Nolan
Guys and Dolls League Play Sunday at Lawrence Country Club
The Guys and Dolls League schedules matches for Sunday after 3 p.m. at Lawrence Country Club. Pairings list eleven or twelve teams facing each other with numerous captain names and partner tandems across a full slate of matchups.
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Guys and Dolls League
Lawrence Country Club
Frank
Gladys Harris
Bill
Lib King
Bob
Chace VanNoy
Kaneis
Marian Denton
Carl
Vern Mingos
Warren
Nancy Boozer
Marian Villee
Jim
Sara Black
Ryun clocks 3 53.2 mile at Compton Invitational
Kansas' Jim Ryun ran 3 53.2 for the mile at the Compton Invitational in Los Angeles, second fastest ever, with John Lawson close behind. Ryun called the effort experimental as he targets a peak later in the season and a European tour.
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Kansas University
Jim Ryun
Los Angeles
Ryun
John Lawson
Martin Liquori
Compton
Kansas
Ryan
Dave Patrick
Villanova
Patrick
Albuquerque
N.M
KU Spikers Shine At Compton Relays In Los Angeles
KU track stars Ben Olison Dwight Peck Gary Ard and former KU great Al Oerter earned money at the Coliseum Compton Relays. Olison finished fourth in the 440 yard dash in 47.0 seconds, Peck was seventh also 47.0, Ard was eighth in the long jump with a 25 foot 4 inch leap, and Oerter took fourth in the discus with 1978 feet. Oerter then flew to New York to compete in another meet that night.
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Los Angeles
Kansas University
Ben Olison
Dwight Peck
Gary Ard
al Oerter
Coliseum-Compton
Olison
Peck
Ard
Oerter
New York
Turk Leads Early Qualifiers In H T Jones Golf Tourney
Ray Turk of Kansas City shot 75 to lead first day qualifiers at the 13th H. T. Jones Golf Tournament held at Lawrence Country Club on a tough par 72 layout. Dale Maxwell and Alex Lewis followed with 77 and 79 as about 50 more golfers were to try for the finals. Gene Elston of Mission is the defending champion.
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Ray Turk
Kansas City
Lawrence Country Club
H. T. Jones
Dale Maxwell
Lawrence
Alex Lewis
Gene Elston
Mission
Kansas University
Cabin Thefts May Be Solved Via Arrests
Sheriff Rex Johnson reported that several cabin burglaries and related thefts near Lone Star Lake and Lawrence and Wadora appear solved after the arrest of four local juvenile boys and two out-of-state youths aged 14 to 17. They will be turned over to juvenile authorities as the investigation continues.
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Lone Star Lake
Lone Star
Lawrence
Wadora
Rex Johnson
Johnson
Hideaway Loses In First Round At Topeka Softball Tourney
Campus Hideaway of Lawrence fell 3 2 to Noller Watson in a Friday night first round game. Van T Chevrolet defeated Stovfle Meat 8 1 in the other first round contest.
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Lawrence
Noller-Watson
Topeka
van T Chevrolet
Stoffle Meat
Teen-Ager Convicted on Murder and Arson in Yonkers Fire
Thomas Ruppert, 18, convicted in Westchester County Court on 24 counts of first degree murder and one arson count for the December 20 1965 Yonkers Jewish Community Center fire that killed nine children and three adults. Sentencing set for next Friday. defense planned an appeal.
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White Plains
N.Y
Yonkers
Thomas Ruppert
Westchester County
Robert Dempsey
Eleanor Jackson Piel
Ruppert
Grasslands Hospital
Valhalla
Robert
Woodpecker Finch Chooses Wigs to Probe Tree Bark
A woodpecker finch demonstrates careful behavior by selecting wigs to probe holes in bark for grub food. The bird also keeps an efficient twig tool and carries it between trees.
Ancient Mariner to Be Honored
Sir Francis Chichester, aged 65, who sailed his 53 foot ketch around the world single handed, will be honored in London on June 13 with a knighthood to be conferred by Queen Elizabeth II using Drake's sword. A ticker tape parade is planned, with the city citing a welcome rivaling Nelson's 1801 tribute.
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London
Francis Chichester
Britain
Lord Nelson
Francis Drake
Plymouth
Thames
Drake
Apaches Need Rain Horns for Rain Dance
Jicarilla Apache Indians in northern New Mexico needed rain for parched lands and could not perform a rain dance for an antler of a big horn ram. New Mexico Game and Fish officer Bill Humphries found two horns and reported intermittent rain since Friday in northwest New Mexico.
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Dulce
N.M
New Mexico
Bill Humphries
Humphries
Clevenger Eliminated After Long British Amateur Match
Kansas University golfer Clevenger fell 1 up to England’s Jack Fisher after 21 holes in Formby, England, ending his British Amateur run. He will tour European courses in the coming weeks.
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Jack Clevenger
Kansas University
Wek
Formby
England
Clevenger
Jack Fisher
Europe
Phenominal Phoebus Extends Shutout Streak to Third
Orioles right-hander Tom Phoebus improves to 4-1 with his third consecutive shutout in a 12-0 win over the Senators. Frank Robinson drives in five on a 15th homer and a double as Baltimore stacks hits in a 14-hit attack. Detroit tops New York 9-5 to seize AL lead. Kaline drives in two, Horton fuels sixth inning. In the NL, St Louis blanks Chicago 2-0, Philadelphia edges Houston 5-3, Cincinnati wins 5-4 in 11 over Atlanta, Pittsburgh beats Los Angeles 5-3. New York at San Francisco rained out.
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Baltimore
Tom Phoebus
Oriole
Orioles
Washington
Detroit
New York
Kansas City
Chicago
Boston
Cleveland
California
Minnesota
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Houston
Cincinnati
Atlanta
Pittsburgh
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Phoebus
Senators
Frank Robinson
Andy Etchebarren
Willie Horton
al Kaline
Horton
Tigers
Joe Sparma
Dave Wickersham
Lew Krausse
A’s
White Sox
Krausse
Tommy Agee
Jim McGlothlin
Twins
Angels
McGlothlin
Jose Cardenal
Paul Schaal
Jim Lonborg
Cards and A's edge rivals in tight pitching duels
In St Louis Steve Carlton and Curt Simmons locked in a scoreless five inning duel before Lou Brock's two run homer gave the Cardinals a 2-1 win. In Chicago Lew Krausse delivered a bases loaded single in the 13th to lift Kansas City past the White Sox 6-4, with five A’s pitchers combining on the victory and Krausse the winner.
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Associated Press
Steve Carlton
Cardinals
Curt Simmons
Cubs
St. Louis
Lou Brock
Kansas City Athletics
White Sox
Chicago
Lew Krausse
Krausse
A’s
Detroit
Paul Lindblad
Blue Moon Odom
Kansas City
Hoyt Wilhelm
Danny Cater
Roger Repez
Phil Roof
Roof
Tommie Agee
Agee
Tom McCraw
Ken Berry
Chase Krausse
Tony Pierce
Brock
Cub
Ron Santo
Carlton
Ted Savage
Don Kessinger
Ed Spiezio
Simmons
Ferguson Jenkins
Big Bob Gibson
Chuck Dobson
Gary Peters
Drunken mower driver fined in North Carolina
Keith Williams 56 of Kinston was fined 100 dollars and lost his license after a conviction for drunken driving on a lawn mower. State Trooper W H Heath testified he saw Williams driving his riding mower on U S 258 Saturday night with no lights in heavy traffic.
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Kinston
N.C
Keith Williams
W.H. Heath
Williams
U.S
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