Pursie Pipes Wins Little Egypt Golf Title Fifth Time
Mt. Vernon oilman Pursie Pipes captured the southern Illinois golf championship for the fifth time. He shot a four under par 912 in the final round of the Southern Illinois Golf Association Tournament at Du Quoin. James Mitchell of Salem was runner up with 215. Robert Payne of Mt. Vernon tied for third with William Blewett of Carbondale after a 216. First round leader Paul Smith of Mt. Vernon faltered in rain, finishing with a qualifying round of 69 and a 39 on Saturday morning.
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Major League Leaders From The Associated Press
American League batting leaders include Kaline Detroit with 80 hits and 44 runs, and Allison Minnesota with 46 home runs. Pitching leaders show Stock Baltimore 50 decisions and Pascual Minnesota 86 strikeouts. National League batting leader Davis Los Angeles at .339, with Aaron Milwaukee leading in runs and home runs.
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Dodgers Split With Chicago Hawaiian Tames Cubs On 5 Hits
Nick Willhite, 22, debuting for the Dodgers, shut out the Cubs 2-0 with five hits allowed, six strikeouts, and one walk in the second game of a doubleheader to secure a split after Chicago won the opener 3-3. The slate also saw the Giants, Cardinals, Reds, and Braves split or win, shaping the pennant race as teams balance wins and losses across a ten-game day.
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Palmer Cops Thunderbird In Playoff In 1968 US Open leadup
Arnold Palmer won the Thunderbird Classic in a sudden death playoff over Pau Harney at Westchester Country Club, finishing 277 to force a playoff after leading from the start. Palmer earned 25,000 from a 67 first round and 275,000 total prize money, moving into second on this year’s money list with 56,910. Harney settled for 10,600, while Gene Littler earned 5,701 and Nicklaus led money with 100,000 for the week.
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Kelso Back to Chase Fourth Straight Horse of the Year
Kelso leaves drydock this week to renew his bid in a fourth straight strawhorse title as Candy Spots heads to pasture after a loss to B Major in the Chicagoan at Washington Park. B Major won by a neck at 81.20 for $2, ending Candy Spots seven straight $100,000 races this season.
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Cardinals Split With Pittsburgh in Laborious Doubleheader
The Cardinals split a Sunday twin bill with Pittsburgh with a nightcap 11-7 powered by George Altman three run homer and a 4-3 loss in 12 innings in the opener. Lew Burdette was acquired for Gene Oliver and Bob Sacowski as part of a deadline deal.
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Two Irishmen In Ring Tonight
In Baltimore at the Civic Center, Ralph Dupas of New Orleans and Denny Moyer of Portland vie in a 15 round junior middleweight rematch. Dupas won the title from Moyer in their April 29 clash, the first in the new division created last year by the World Boxing Association.
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Kentuckian Wins Crab Regatta on Crab Orchard Lake
Craig Riddle of Madisonville Kentucky won the fifth annual Egyplian Cup Regatta on Crab Orchard Lake. He steered a raven class boat to victory over 79 vessels from seven states across six classes, with the cup decided on handicap scoring. B Major clocked 1 minute 15 seconds to set a new record and earned 68 333 dollars in prize money.
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Burdette Sent to Cardinals in Deadline Deal
Lew Burdette and Paul Foytack headline two late trades as Burdette leaves the Braves for the Cardinals and Foytack moves from Detroit to the Angels. Burdette, 36, joins a stunned St. Louis hoping to help win a pennant. Foytack, 32, expresses eagerness to pitch for Los Angeles.
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A.L. Leaders Sweep Five Doubleheaders
Major AL leaders swept five doubleheaders as Yankees, Red Sox, Indians, White Sox and Angels surged in the pennant race. New York beat Detroit 4-0 and 6-3 before a season-best crowd. Sox 8-1 and 12-5 over Baltimore. White Sox 4-2 and 1-3-2 over Kansas City. Indians 4-2 and 6-4 vs Washington. Angels 5-3 and 5-4 over Minnesota as Kaline extended hitting streak to 14.
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London Hopes Cooper Will Plaster Cassius
Ruth Jessen of Seattle won the Cosmopolitan Women's Golf Tour event at Mack Town for $1,300 after a 37 33 70. Glorial Armstrong of Oakland, Miss Creed and others contended. Jessen made a strong comeback post neck operation. Cassius Clay faces Henry Cooper in London Wembley Stadium with crowds trading hopes for a British plastering of the American. Clay favored at 3 1, but Cooper touted to win as a challenging challenger in this 10 round battle.
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Red Sox and Angels Split Doubleheader in Twin City Clash
Mesias hit two homers in the first game backing Bill Monbouquette as he improved to eight hits allowed. Dick Stuart hit his fifth homer, his fifth in as many games, for Boston. The Angels staged two ninth and 11th inning rallies to beat Minnesota, aided by Felix Torres with key hits in both games.
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Rosewall Wins Adler Invitational Title In LA
Ken Rosewall defeated Rod Laver in Los Angeles to win the Adler Invitational Pro Tennis Championship. The final lasted two hours and 14 minutes with scores 14-12, 6-4, 6-3 before about 2,200 spectators at the Los Angeles Tennis Club.
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World junior welterweight title bouts listed in results
In New York Wayne Thornton of Fresno outpointed Jose Menno of Argentina. In Manila Eddie Perkins of Chicago outpointed Roberto Cruz of the Philippines. In Mexico City Vicente Saldi defeated Baby Luis of Cuba by stoppage.
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