Railsback Eyes 18-Foot Pole Vault at California Relays
UCLA star Dick Railsback, the Pac-8 pole vault champion, targets an 18 foot leap at the California Relays after clearing 17-6½ to beat USC's Bob Seagren. John Carlos of San Jose State seeks a sub-9.1 sprint time as world record hopes loom. Peter Norman edges Carlos for second in Fresno, while 22 world records have marked the meet’s 27year history.
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Modesto
Calif
Ucla
Dick Railsback
California
Railsback
Southern California
Bob Seagren
Philadelphia
Seagren
John Carlos
San Jose State
Swift
Charlie Greene
Carlos
Fresno
Modesto Junior College
Australia
Peter Norman
Norman
Mexico City
Dutch Warmerdam
Night ball thieves lure in golf course divers and dogs
Last year a mystery diver in scuba gear pulled golf balls from the Alvamar Hills lake while nearby patrols rode out with a dog. The practice mirrors a regional trend where courses contract lake-dragging firms, but Lawrence’s courses still retrieve their own balls.
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Alvamar Hills
John Bonella
Bonella
Sports Illustrated
Lawrence
Alvamar
Norton
Wilbur
Deer Prospects Bright for Kansas 1969 Season
Kansas Forestry Fish and Game Commission reports a rising overall deer population with minor local declines. Firearms permits total 7750 across 21 units, excluding Kansas City metro. firearms season Dec 6–10, archery Oct 1–Nov 30 with no permit limits. Applications begin July 10 at sporting goods stores and county clerks offices.
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Pratt
Kansas
Kansas Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Bill Peabody
Big Game Project
Kansas City
Peabody
Sporting
Pepper Names 10 Man Coaching Staff for Topeka Camp
KU football coach Pepper Rodgers announced a 10 man staff for an all sports day camp in Topeka July 7 12. Mitchell and Olsson lead track with Temple Tomey and Buda heading baseball. Helpers include Travis McCullers Cooper Hixon and Donahue. Mitchell is the lone track assistant.
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Pepper Rodgers
Topeka
John Mitchell
Ben Olsson
Floyd Temple
Dick Tomey
Sandy Buda
Larry Travis
Charlie McCullers
John Cooper
J. C. Hixon
Terry Donahue
Mitchell
KU Sending 6 To RFK Games
Six members of Kansas Rig Eight championship track squad will compete in eight events at the Robert JF Kennedy Games in Berkeley California. Karl Salb will enter shot put and discus with a best discus this year of 1890. Ron Jessie double entries in high hurdles and long jump. Other Kansas entries include Stan Whitley Jim Ryan Steve Wilhelm Mickey Mathews with season best marks across events.
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Kansas
Berkeley
Calif
Karl Salb
Jayhawks
Ron Jessie
Jessie
Stan Whitley
Jim Ryan
Steve Wilhelm
Mickey Mathews
LSU Signs First Negro Athlete in Any Sport
Shreveport Louisiana State University signs Charles Stewart a sprinter to an athletic grant in aid scholarship by track coach Joe May making him the first Negro athlete signed by LSU in any sport.
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Shreveport
Charles Stewart
Joe May
Louisiana State
Stewart
LSU
Fisherman Displaying 18-Pound Channel Catfish Caught Near Lawrence
Bert Ray French of 1414 NJ St. shows an 18-pound channel catfish he caught in the Wakarusa River south of Lawrence this week. He used shrimp as bait and a 12 pound test line for the tackle. Journal-World Photo.
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Bert Ray French
NJ. St
Wakarusa
Lawrence
Journal- World Photo
Perry Reservoir Receives 600000 Bass Stocking
The Perry Reservoir in Kansas was stocked with 600,000 largemouth bass fingerlings supplied by the U S Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife The lake will also receive bluegill and other species as available later in the season Walleye and northern pike fry from this year s Webster Hatching Unit have already been introduced nearby areas beneficiaries include state and federal fish programs.
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Perry
Kansas
U.S. Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife
Webster
To Resume Play Today In Wichita NATA Tourney
Rained out Thursday the NATA area baseball tournament aims to complete four games today in Wichita.
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Wichita
Dell to Be Manager for Davis Cup Team
Donald Dell, captain of the U S Davis Cup tennis team, will become personal services manager for Stan Smith Arthur Ashe Chuck Pasarell and Bob Lutz. Report by Joe Hendrickson sports editor of the Pasadena Independent Star News.
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Pasadena
Calif
Donald Dell
Stan Smith
Arthur Ashe
Chuck Pasarell
Bob Lutz
Joe Hendrickson
Pasadena Independent Star News
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Lawrence Country Club
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Thief Strikes Again
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N. Lawrence
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Thao
Grey
Mer
ecoMae
Tynex Bristle
Alabama
Pepper
RFK
LSU Inks
Dell
Suite
Garvey Building
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Don Murray
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Commerce
Massachusetts
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