Giants Perry Wins Third Straight As Team Climbs
San Francisco Giants win their third consecutive game behind Gaylor Perry a 29 year old right hander who improved to 4 4 this season. The club has moved into third place after a 26 19 run with wins in nine of twelve. Other league results include Reds over Cubs Astros over Mets and Indians over Tigers. Western Auto falls to Citizens in Boys League action.
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Willie Long Chooses New Mexico for College Basketball
Willie Long of Fort Wayne South Indiana known as Mr Basketball will play for the University of New Mexico on a four year scholarship. He signed Thursday night after receiving interest from over 200 schools. Long set a South school scoring record with 1697 points and earned all city honors in each of his three varsity seasons. He helped lead South to the state finals in Indianapolis where they lost to Lafayette.
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Albuquerque
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Indianapolis
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Lafayette
Boys League Schedule Friday Night Games
Friday games list two matchups at 6 PM and 8 15 PM Legion faces Sarris at 6 Peoples plays G E at 8 15 in the boys league schedule.
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Sarris
Peoples
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Major League Baseball Saturday Games and Standings Snapshot
Detroit visits New York Boston travels to Cleveland Kansas City plays Chicago California faces Minnesota Washington heads to Baltimore. National League shows Cincinnati leading with 31 wins San Francisco 25 and St. Louis 25, Pittsburgh 23 and Chicago 22. Houston and New York trail in the lower half as Philadelphia and Los Angeles hover around .500. Thursday results include San Francisco routing Pittsburgh while Chicago and Houston split, with Atlanta edging Cincinnati and Philadelphia beating Los Angeles.
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Indians Rally For 11-6 Win Over Phoenix
Indianapolis Indians explode for seven runs in the fourth inning to beat Phoenix 11-6 in Phoenix. 13 hits fueled the rally led by Ed Stroud and Buddy Bradford triples. Bill Fischer pitched well in relief as the Tribe added to its winning streak and closed in on division leaders.
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Tulsa
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Ryun Week Declared in Kansas to Honor Star Jim Ryun
Kansas Gov. Robert Docking proclaimed June 2 to 9 as Jim Ryun Week to honor the famed college sophomore who holds the world mile record of 3 minutes 51.3 seconds.
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Topeka, Kan
Stewarts Walk Home From Indy After Turbine Turmoil
Jackie Stewart, the Scot who finished 18th at Indianapolis after engine trouble, received a long ovation for walking from the track to his home. The 27-year-old driver praised the fans while noting the turbine powered car of Parnelli Jones sparked controversy. Stewart planned a trip to Amsterdam for the Dutch Grand Prix after leaving Indy.
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Jackie Stewart
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Dan Gurney
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Amsterdam
Kokomo Chosen for Bowling Tournament
Kokomo Indiana will host the first of six PBA Open tournaments in the fall tour with a purse near 27500. The event runs Oct 26 to 29 and precedes stops in Youngstown Plainville Durham Camden and New York City.
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Ohio
Rohr to serve two week Army hitch after near no-hitter
Boston rookie Bill Rohr will depart for a two week Army hitch on June 10 after a spectacular debut that included a near no-hit bid against the Yankees. He owns a 2-3 record following a loss to the Minnesota Twins Thursday.
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Turbine engine future in doubt after Indy 500
Andy Granatelli plans to build 10 more turbine cars once orders come in and production begins in Santa Monica. USAC will discuss the turbine at its meeting next Tuesday with potential actions ranging from bans to size restrictions. Detroit makers fault turbine noise and cost for highways while A J Foyt urges tighter engine rules after his third 500 victory.
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Rams Halfback Eddie Meador Voted Father of the Year
Eddie Meador of the Los Angeles Rams named Father of the Year in a newsmen voting by the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He led Los Angeles area charity drives, chairs Downey Chamber of Commerce Mental Retardation Committee, and donated a playground and equipment for a school for mentally retarded children.
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Los Angeles
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Chamber of Commerce
Tucker Frederickson Signs 1967 Giants Contract
The New York Giants announced that fullback Tucker Frederickson signed his 1967 contract. Frederickson, who missed the 1966 season with a knee injury, returned after surgery and a strict conditioning program.
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Farm leaders clash with Johnson admin over farm program enders
Washington UPI The American Farm Bureau Federation protested Agriculture Secretary Freeman's instruction to state crop control officials to mobilize farmers against efforts to end farm subsidy programs. Freeman and ASC chief Horace Godfrey defended the stance at a three day briefing with top officials including Vice President Humphrey and Sargent Shriver.
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Sectional finals in baseball set at Shakamak tournament
The Shakamak sectional baseball tournament schedule was adjusted due to wet grounds. Central of Switz City and Sullivan will resume Thursday at 4 p.m. at Linton with the final three games moved to Monday at Shakamak. Linton and Bloomfield vie for advancement to the Brazil regional.
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Bloomington Invitational Track Classic Seeks State Records
Indiana high school athletes descend on Bloomington for the Bloomington Invitational Track Classic on the all weather IU track. Don Vandrey of Valparaiso leads a strong field aiming for state records in the mile and half mile as last week's state champions return to contend across 14 events plus a two mile relay. Bloomington High School coach Marshall Goss calls the meet fabulous with excellent entries anticipated.
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UPI
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Bloomington
Don Vandrey
Valparaiso
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Indiana University
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