Scales Sets High School Pole Vault Record at JOs
Tad Scales of Lawrence High vaulted 14 feet 14 inches to crack the senior division Kansas Junior Olympics record at Memorial Stadium. The previous mark stood at 14 feet 0 inches by Steve Riley of Wichita. Scales seeks to top the Missouri Valley AAU record of 14 feet 1 inch at the June 24 meet in Salina.
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Waller Sees Plateau in LHS Track Practice
Lawrence High School track coach Tom Waller notes star performer Scales can reach 14 feet in practice but must clear a mental plateau. In Saturday’s meet Lawrence athletes swept top spots in younger divisions with Cobb and Wolfe winning events, while Novotny, Dean, Ball, Dick and relay teams also placing well.
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Hawks Take Two Of Three In Weekend Swing
Lawrence Hawks win two of three in weekend play at Municipal Field and Leavenworth. Tim Hill drove in Ed Crumer for the late winning run over Kansas City Post 199 2-1. Bob Floyd won in his first start of the season with 8 strikeouts. Lawrence improves to 6-4 and heads to Ottawa midweek before Friday home game with Iowa.
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Five Champs Enter Kansas Women’s Amateur Field
The Kansas Women’s Amateur golf tournament opens a three day run at Alvamar Hills. Past champions Vickie Foss Dianne Wilson Levon Devers Dorothy Graham and Karen Keesling plus Patty Morrison join 128 entrants from 34 courses headed by local players from Lawrence and surrounding clubs.
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Napoles Retains World Welterweight Title With Second Round TKO
In Monterrey Mexico Jose Napoles kept his world welterweight title by stopping No 1 challenger Adolph Pruitt of St Louis in less than two rounds. Napoles said he knew the bout would not last 10 rounds.
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Falcons sweep in doubleheader
Lawrence CFCA Falcons rally to beat Independence 4-3 as Mark Ice doubles home Bob McClellan in the eighth. In the opener, the Falcons beat Independence 8-3 behind Hide Tsuzuki and a five-run second inning, with Ron Zook earning the win.
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Rubin Joins List for 76ers Coaching Job
Roy Rubin, coach and athletic director of Long Island University, reportedly joins candidates for the Philadelphia 76ers coaching position, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
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New Jersey Hurdler Nips Bornkessel in Hurdles Record
Bruce Scully of Audubon New Jersey High School set a national prep record in the 330 yard intermediate hurdles at the All American High School Track and Field Championships in Baton Rouge Louisiana with a time of 36.6 seconds. His mark topped the previous 36.7 second record set in 1968 by Bob Bornkessel of North High Shawnee Mission Kansas.
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Napoles Retains World Welterweight Title in Monterrey Fight
Jose Napoles of Mexico stopped Adolph Pruitt of the United States in two rounds to retain the world welterweight crown. In Genoa Italy Bruno Arcari defeated Joao Henrique to keep the World Boxing Council welterweight title.
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Drago Shuts Down Yankees In 1 0 Victory
Dick Drago limited a left handed Yankees lineup to five hits as Kansas City edged New York 1 0. Amos Otis drove in Lou Piniella scoring the only run while Drago improved to 4 4. Piniella tied a league high batting with speed and sound pitching helped by a favorable wind.
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Chisox Power Past Brewers With Six Homers In Twinbill
Chicago White Sox slugged six homers in a doubleheader sweep of Milwaukee 6-4 and 5-4 as Dick Allen hit two of the day’s long balls. Ed Herrmann Mike Andrews and Luis Alvarado joined the parade, with May and Melton contributing late offense to pull ahead.
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Weekend Baseball Standings And Schedule Highlights
Standings show Cleveland 4 over Minnesota 2 and Chicago 6 over Milwaukee 1 in Saturdays actions. Sundays featured Chicago 6 to 5 and Minnesota 5 to 4. New York 8 beat Kansas City 4. Baltimore edged Texas 2 while Detroit won 3 to 2 against Oakland. Monday schedules include Detroit at Minnesota night and Milwaukee at Texas night with several interleague matchups.
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