KU Stars Move Among Nation's Baseball and Basketball Prospects
Bob Allison of Minnesota Twins stands as KU’s top pro Baseball rep with earlier KU football success. Western Kansas swingman J C Hixon shows speed and size potential for KU football. Freshman basketball signees from across the Midwest bolster Ted Owens' early cage squad for 1961-62 with Laur ent, Wasinger, Elias, Finnigan, and Franz among targets.
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Bob Allison
Minnesota Twins
Kansas University
Raytown
Bob
Baseball
Washington
Nats
Minnesota
Ted Owens
Ron Franz
Ward High
Jeff Elias
Salina
Mike Finnigan
Troy
Ohio
Ernest Laurent
New Orleans
Bill Wasinger
Council Bluffs
Iowa
George Harvey
Parsons
Harley Kampschroeder
Lawrence
Franz
Ward
Elias
Wasinger
Finnigan
Ohio State
Cincinnati
Laurent
Bob Cousy
Harvey
Kampschroeder
Lawrence High
KU Cage
Dave Brill
Kerry Bolton
Dave Schichtle
Wayne Loving
Jim Gough
George Unseld
Dick Ruggles
Walter Wesley
Riney Lochmann
del Lewis
Steve Renko
Fred Chana
Larry Norris
Thornton Wins Narrow Bout In Weekend Fight
Wayne Thornton of Fresno outpointed Jose Menno of Argentina in a 10 round boxing match weekend action reported by the Associated Press.
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New York
Wayne Thornton
Fresno
Calif
Jose Menno
Argentina
Clinton Obers Split Pair In Northeast Kansas League Softball
Clinton and Ober's split a doubleheader at Lincoln Park with Ober's taking the opener 8-1 before losing 2-8. Marlin Hornberger pitched four hitters in the first game with key hits by Mark Sloop Dick Stanwix and Henry Murphy. In the nightcap Clinton's Charlie Rappard allowed five hits while Earl Church and Fred Rush homered for Clinton and Stanwix added a single and a triple for Ober's.
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Ober
Clinton
Lincoln Park
Marlin Hornberger
Mark Sloop
Dick Stanwix
Henry Murphy
Charlie Rappard
Earl Church
Fred Rush
Stanwix
Rosewall Wins Adler Invitational Tennis Title
Ken Rosewall defeated Rod Laver in Los Angeles to win the Adler Invitational Professional Tennis championship, taking the match in straight sets after a lengthy opening burst. About 2,200 spectators watched at the Los Angeles Tennis Club on a hot day.
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Los Angeles
Ken Rosewall
Rod Laver
Debut Star Nick Willhite Shuts Out Cubs for Dodgers
22-year-old left-hander Nick Willhite, called up from Spokane, pitched a 1 2 0 shutout in his major league debut against the Chicago Cubs. He struck out six and yielded five hits as the Dodgers won.
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Nick Willhite
Dodgers
Spokane
Los Angeles Dodgers
Chicago Cubs
Roman Mesias
Red Sox
Baltimore
Girls Softball Tonight at Lawrence High School
The Girls Recreation Softball League schedules three games at Lawrence High School. VEW No 1 vs Grounders on Diamond A at 6 p.m. VFW No 2 vs Honeybees on Diamond B at 6 p.m. Lecompton girls face Humdingers at 7 30 p.m. Diamond A. Contact supervisor Carol Church to join.
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Girls Recreation
Lawrence High School
VEW No. 1
Grounders
Diamond A
VFW No. 2
Honeybees
Diamond B
Lecompton Girls
Humdingers
Carol Church
Strong Field for 75th National AAU Track Meet in St Louis
At least 14 defending champions headline the 75th National AAU Track and Field Championships with stars like Jim Beatty Ralph Boston Parry O'Brien Harold Connelly Al Oerter and Adolph Plummer among entrants. The meet runs Friday and Saturday amid AAU US TFF rift. college stars may be absent but world record hopefuls and former Olympians bolster the field across 20 events including sprints distances and field events.
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ST. Louis
United States
Jim Beatty
Los Angeles
Ralph Boston
Parry O’brien
Harold Connelly
al Hall
New York
Connelly
al Oerter
Brian Sternberg
Washington
Henry Carr
Arizona State
Adolph Plummer
New Mexico
AAU
U.S
Track and Field Federation
Douglas MacArthur
Kennedy
USTFF
Russia
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Charlie Johnson
Minneapolis
Jim Lemon
Twin Camp
Friendly Bob
Ball Park
Western Kansas
Mike Johnson
Garden City
Mike
West
Kansas
Johnson
J. C. Hixon
St. Francis
J. C
Marvin Miller
Marv
Hixon
Gale Sayers
Miller
Goodland
Cage
Wichita
Ralph Light
Kansas State
Light
Ralph
Wheatshockers
Wichita High
Jerry Gardner
Dave Stallworth
THE
Associated Press
Hillcrest
John Hanna
NAIA
John Pennell
Northeast
Louisiana
Russ Rogers
Maryland State
Bob Hayes
Florida A&m
Jim Dupree
Southern Illinois
Hayes
Beatty
Boston
Hall
Oertér
Paul Drayton
Philadelphia
Alis Williams
Jerry Siebert
Santa
Clara
Willie Atterbury
John Thomas
Ron Morris
Southern California Striders
Gary Gubner
New York U
Dan Studney
Santa Clara
Bill Sharpe
Ronald Zinn
Chicago
Hayes Jones
Siebert
Thomas
Morris
Conte
Cat Sehendel Pest Control of
Lawrence, Inc
Haskell
G.ac
Orporation
Jayhawker Theatre
Massachusetts Street Telephone
Viking
Greensboro
Zargyleth
Massachusetts
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