O'Hara Sets American Record In 1500 M At Nationals
Tom O'Hara, the Oregonian, pulled away from Cyrol Burleson to win the 1500 meters in 3:38.1 an American record. Burleson, Grelle, Ryun and Weisiger all beat the previous American mark of 3:39.3. The meet also affected Olympic trials selections with six in each event earning trials berths and Hayes withdrawing due to a hamstring injury.
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New Brunswick
N.J
Tom O'Hara
Windy
Lake Michigan
Cyrol Burleson
O’hara
Burleson
Tom
Jim Grelle
Jim Ryun
Wichita
Kan
Cary Weisiger
Grelle
Ryun
Weisiger
America
New York
Russia
Los Angeles
Fred Hansen
Bob Hayes
Mike Larrabee
California
Adolph Plummer
Alis Williams
Larrabee
Ollan Cassell
Rutgers University Stadium
Hansen
Rice University
U.S
Hayes
Giants Edge Dodgers to Lead NL as O'Dell Shuts Down Rally
Billy O'Dell returned from neck trouble to finish the ninth as the Giants beat the Dodgers 1-0 at Candlestick. Ron Herbel held LA through eight before Cepeda's sacrifice fly produced the decisive run, with O'Dell closing out the win after loading the bases.
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Billy O'Dell
Los Angeles Dodgers
O'Dell
Dodger
San Francisco
Giants
Dodgers
Ron Herbel
Don Drysdale
Orlando Cepeda
Herbel
Ron Fairly
Frank Howard
Giant
Alvin Dark
O’dell
John Roseboro
Billy
Candlestick Park
Jim Gilliam
Lee Walls
Maury Wills
Phillies
Cardinals
Chris Short
Milwaukee
New York
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Houston
Cubs
Colts
Harvey Kuenn
Willie Mays
Duke Snider
Cepeda
Drysdale
Howard
Jesus Alou
Kuenn
Cards
Bill White
Short
Philadelphia
Braves
Met
Darrell Sutherland
Ron Hunt
Mets
Rico Carty
Hank Aaron
Tony Cloninger
Frank Lary
Pete Rose
A Duo of Aces in One Group at Shawnee CC
Ike Smith and Ken Stapleton each ace the 146-yard 13th hole in a fivesome at Shawnee Country Club. Smith, first hole in one and a 1941 member, holes out with a six iron. Stapleton follows with a nine iron, placing his ball atop Smith’s for another ace, his second.
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Topeka
Ike Smith
Ken Stapleton
Shawnee Country Club
Smith
Stapleton
Topeka Star Mike Miller Signs with Missouri
Topeka high school basketball scoring leader Mike Miller signed a letter of intent to enroll at Missouri University. Miller said he was contacted by five other colleges and narrowed choices to Washburn and another Big Eight school before selecting Missouri. Notre Dame football record cited at 467 wins 126 losses and 34 ties in 75 years.
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Topeka
Mike Miller
Missouri University
West Center
Washburn
Missouri
Notre Dame
Model Car Races Tonight at Slot Hawk Race Club
Youngsters ages 16 enter the trophy race at 7 tonight in the Slot Hawk Race Club building at 737 N 2nd St. Three classes Stock strombecker and Revell use 1/32 and 1/24 scale cars. About 30 drivers are expected from 60 to 80 entries. All cars are electric powered on a 102 foot track. The event welcomes both girls and boys.
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Slot-Hawk Race Club
N. 2Nd St
Stock
Strombecker
Revell
Boston Red Sox sweep doubleheader on Mantilla five hits
Felix Mantilla of Boston slugged five hits including two homers and drove in three runs as the Red Sox swept Cleveland 8-5 and 4-3. Diego Segui pitched a four hit shutout for Kansas City as they beat Los Angeles 4-0 ending the Angels' 11 game win streak.
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Felix Mantilla
Red Sox
Boston
Cleveland
Diego Segui
Athletics
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Angels
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Pirate
Willie Stargell
Jim Pagliaroni
Ernie Banks
Billy Codan
Dick Bertell
Bob Buhl
John Bateman
Walt Bond
Ron Santo
Bond
Eugene Hopkins
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Riverside Auto
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Rick
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Ames
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Luis
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