Mays Injured in Giant Triumph To Complete Troubled Week
Willie Mays left with a bruised left knee in San Francisco's 2-0 win over St Louis after a first base collision with Cardinals' George Kernek. His woes include a bruised right hand and a drop in batting average from .348 to .286 as Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, Houston and Chicago won in the National League and nearby American League results.
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Tiger Red Shirt Wildcat Runners Shine in Drills
Kansas State's spring game ended 48-6 as sophomore Connie Deneault threw three touchdown passes for the Whites. Running backs Cornelius Davis 79 yards and Ossie Cain 99 sparked the attack, while Bill Nossek completed 8 of 15 passes for 122 yards. Coach Doug Weaver praised Dave Jones and receivers Balducci and Rhodes. At Nebraska, Wayne Weber and Frank Patrick impressed in a separate session as Devaney lauded the seniors.
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Unusual Baseball Weekend Tightens Big Eight Chase
The Big Eight race tightens after an unusual weekend as Marv Fiocchi of Oklahoma State suffers a heart attack and OSU drops a hoped final series. Oklahoma State Kansas State and Oklahoma lead with Nebraska Iowa State and Missouri within reach as rainouts reshape the standings. The title hinges on non loss percentage with remaining series at Missouri Nebraska Oklahoma Kansas and Colorado.
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Schayes Fired For Al Hannum
Dolph Schayes fired as coach of the Philadelphia 76ers and replaced by Alex Hannum. Irv Kosloff, owner, said the change aims to bring the NBA championship to Philadelphia and cited Hannum's familiarity with the club’s style from the Syracuse Nationals era.
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Canadiens Rally To Tie Series In Detroit 2 1 Victory
Montreal edged Detroit 2 1 in Detroit to even the Stanley Cup final at two games apiece. Ralph Backstrom scored late as Hank Bassen filled in for the injured Roger Crozier, with the sixth game slated for Detroit and a possible seventh back in Montreal.
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Indians Edge White Sox on McDowell One-Hitter
Sam McDowell pitched his second straight one hitter for Cleveland in a 1-0 victory over the Chicago White Sox. Don Buford doubled in the second inning for the lone run against Chicago. Roberto Clemente doubled twice and singled twice driving in two runs and scoring twice as the Pirates beat the Mets 8-0.
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Hodge tops decathlon with 7402 at Mt San Antonio Relays
Russ Hodge of Los Altos California scored 7402 points to lead the decathlon at the Mt San Antonio Relays in Walnut California. The mark surpasses the year’s previous American best set by Phil Mulkey of Birmingham Alabama at 7111 points. Art Walker of the Southern California Striders posted a world best 53 feet ten and a half inches in the triple jump.
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Cleveland’s Sudden Sam McDowell Throws Second Straight One-Hitter
Cleveland left-hander Sam McDowell pitched his second consecutive one-hitter, allowing a bloop double to Don Buford in the second inning as the Indians beat the White Sox 1-0. He fanned 10, matching the nickname Sudden Sam with his blazing fastball and dominant control.
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Basketball World Mourns Everett Case
Everett Case, 65, former NC State coach known as the Old Gray Fox, died in a Raleigh hospital from cardio vascular collapse due to massive intestinal bleeding. Funeral services were set for today at Episcopalian Church of the Good Shepherd with burial in Raleigh Memorial Park. He led NC State for 19 seasons, winning 379 games and 10 championships, and founded the Dixie Classic Tournament.
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Phillips Wins Three Titles in Zone Skeet Shooting
Herby Phillips of Augusta Kansas shot 383 of 400 to win the overall crown at the Kansas Southern Zone Skeet Shoot held Sunday at Ark Valley Gun Club in Wichita. He also captured the .12 gauge and .20 gauge titles. Vern Surber of Wilberton Wichita claimed Class AA titles in .20 and .28 gauge divisions. Patty Granberry of Leon led all women with first in all 100 events.
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Weekend Fights TokyoNakane Edges Ramos In Tokyo Card
San Diego report lists Yoshio Nakane defeating Eddy Ramos by outpoint in Tokyo. Irish Frankie Crawford from Los Angeles outpointed Bobby Valdez of San Diego in another bout.
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