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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1959
Page
12
Column assesses prospects for a third major baseball league and expansion of the NFL and NBA. It weighs talent supply, draft mechanics, and financial risk, noting Kansas City’s weak turnout history and the strong pull of college sports and TV interest.
The piece argues that spring and fall attendances depend on winning teams like Kansas under Jack Mitchell. It notes rain, TV baseball, and competing hobbies reduce turnout, with fall crowds hinging on price, travel costs, lodging, and other factors beyond on-field success. It cites OU and Notre Dame as spring-game benchmarks and warns lean years may occur before sustained success.
Des Moines Demons beat Lincoln 5-2 in the only Three I League game Tuesday at Topeka. Three pitchers limited Topeka to three hits while Paul Price drove in three runs and Ed Lunsford earned his third win. The win pulled Des Moines within a half game of Lincoln as Topeka’s other three games were rained out. Lunsford faced a bases loaded jam in the seventh before Ed Kelly relieved and Bob Thwaites completed a double play.
New York AP reports Alonzo Johnson, a rising Pittsburgh heavyweight, challenges 34-year-old Cuban Nino Valdes in a pivotal bout. Valdes, a 224-pound veteran who halted Hurricane Jackson in 1984, stands as the formidable obstacle in Johnson’s ascent.
SANDWICH England Lieutenant Bob Magee American Army lieutenant from Newton Mass faces Bill Hyndman in the British Amateur Championship semifinal at Royal St George's. Magee, unranked boxer Valdes No 8 contender, notes his unlikely golf savviness while hailing from a tank repair unit in Germany. The 10 round national event airs on NBC at 8 p.m. CST.
Drivers fill the first eleven rows for the Indianapolis 500 with speeds from 145.9 to 148.2 mph. Notable entries include Ron Thomson Eddie Sachs Jim Rathman and Dick Rathmann among others.
A report from Rochester and Richmond lists boxing results with Jimmy Hegerle stopping Jim Sargent in Minnesota and Chico Santos stopping Jimmy Smith in California. An Arkansas detail notes Alabama 1945 football team scoring 58 touchdowns for a season SEC record.
Kansas City knocked off Cleveland 7-2 as Tuttle and Daley led a 14 hit attack. Tuttle had four hits including a two run homer and drove in three. Daley earned the win with a 10 hit effort and drove in three while being pitched to in the ninth. Cleveland starter Mudcat Grant took the loss. Cardinals fell 5-4 to the Giants in San Francisco as Wagner tripled to spark the decisive eighth inning.
The American League results show Kansas City 7 Cleveland 2 and Baltimore 6 New York 0 with Boston 3 Washington 1. National League scores include Philadelphia 4 Milwaukee 0 and San Francisco 6 St Louis 4, with Chicago 7 Los Angeles 0.
Lawrence’s Junior Legion baseball team, managed by Ken Page, hosts Garnett at 8 tonight at Municipal Park in a league game. The club seeks its fourth win without a loss, following a 9-6 non-league victory over Topeka on Wednesday. Manager Page plans to start Mike Zwink, who was 2-0 last season.
Kansas City councilmen debated changing the A's uniforms with a Kansas City heart insignia. Councilman Nolan blocked removal of the elephant emblem as the heart proposal moves forward. The plan suggests adding a Farm Club of the New York Yankees line beneath the heart. Michigan State's athletic campus lists five major facilities including Jenisen Field House and Spartan Stadium.
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