Smooth Tigers Sweep Jays And KU Gets 4th in Loop
Missouri completed a three game Big Eight sweep of Kansas to finish conference play 19 0 the Tigers perfect. Jack Stroud earned his seventh win as Kansas pitchers struggled early and later matched by Missouri offense in the opening frames. Missouri advances to face St Louis University for a World Series berth while Kansas ends season.
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Powell Big Gun As Orioles Roll By Kansas City
Orioles win 8-3 over Kansas City as Boog Powell belts a two run homer and lifts Baltimore into a near tie for first in the American League. Powell homered in the fifth to cap a five run burst and improve his series surge to .233 with seven homers and 23 RBIs.
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Gibson Sparks Shutout Of Cubs In St Louis Victory
Cardinals pitcher Bob Gibson dominates the Chicago Cubs 1-0 in St Louis, striking out 12 and retiring 17 in a row. The lone run comes on Bill White's eighth inning RBI after hits by Dick Groat and Ken Boyer.
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Series Hero Larsen Released by Giants
San Francisco Giants place waivers on pitcher Don Larsen after a four year span with the club. Larsen, famed for a 1956 World Series perfect game, had been claimed by the Houston Colts. He also pitched for St Louis Baltimore Kansas City and Chicago in the American League.
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Giants Ace Struggles as Phillies Win 7-2
Willie Mays endures a 0-for-3 game dropping his average below .400 as San Francisco loses to Philadelphia 7-2. Juan Marichal’s 12-game win streak ends, while John Callison goes 5-for-5 with a homer and three RBIs for the Phillies.
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New Bass Record for Kansas set at Fall River Reservoir
Eureka man Ray E. Cleghorn caught a white bass weighing 4 pounds 11 4 ounces at Fall River Reservoir on April 12. The Kansas Forestry Fish and Game Commission confirmed the record surpassing the previous by 3 1/4 ounces and falling 6% ounces short of the world mark, with measurements of 20 1/2 inches long and 16 1/2 inches in girth.
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Former KU football coach Jules Sikes dies at 59
Jules V. Sikes, Kansas University football coach from 1948 to 1953, died in Commerce Texas after a heart attack on a golf course. He was 59 and had been head coach at East Texas State College for nine years. Earlier he served on Texas A&M and Georgia staffs.
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Softball Title Meets Intra-Mural Hill Trophy Fight
Sigma Alpha Epsilon faces Delta Functions for the KU Hill A intramural softball championship at 4 p.m. on the intramural fields after both won Wednesday playoffs. Alpha Kappa Lambda and Navy, the B champions, also compete in today’s double header.
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College League Scores Mixed Results Across Divisions
Epsilon or George Kopp hit a three run homer to lift from behind and beat Beta Theta Pi 31. Delta Function homered in the top of the fifth to defeat Faculty Fossils 6 4. In B division Alpha Kappa Lambda topped Phi Gamma Delta 23 6 and Navy shut out the Scrogs 6 0.
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