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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1955
Page
3
Wellsville captured the Class B crown at the Pittsburg high school relays while Baxter Springs took Class A and Independence led Class AA. Sixteen meet records fell as about 800 boys from 63 Kansas Oklahoma and Missouri schools competed in Pittsburg Kansas last night.
Ottawa High School tennis defeated Osawatomie 5-1 in the season opener. singles Doug Scott Bob Luce Don Coffell Joel Berglund and doubles Forsythe Hennings Luce Scott all posted wins as the Cyclones opened with results from the April 1955 schedule at home.
Event results list participants by town and score order. Olathe Kansas 32 Aurora Missouri 30 Wellsville Kansas 34 Weston Missouri 24 Arma Kansas 20 Fronte nac Kansas 16 Blue Mound Kansas 14 1-10 and 3-5 indicate place finishes or heat times in a fragmentary report.
Ottawa High School golfers placed sixth in a seven team field at Shawnee Country Club in the Topeka Invitational. Highland Park won medal honors and the two-man title, while Topeka High claimed the four-man team crown in a playoff. Jack Henning led Ottawa with 69, followed by Roger Casida 90, But Gollier 99, and Gail Griffin 110. Ottawa scholars head to the Northeast Kansas League meet in Atchison Thursday.
Brooklyn's Furillo homers in three straight games driving in eight as the Dodgers sweep the Giants at the Polo Grounds and tie Chicago for first. Cleveland tops Detroit behind Herb Score as Avila and Rosen drive three RBIs each. Yankees beat Boston 6-4, Turley fans 10. Phillies-Pittsburgh postponed due to wet grounds.
Ottawa University and Ottawa High School dispatch their track squads to the ninth annual Emporia State Relays on the K State campus starting at 12 30 p m Colleges entered include Ottawa Pittsburg State Baker Bethel C of E Kansas Wesleyan Southwestern Emporia State Wichita Northwestern Oklahoma of Alva and Ft Hays The high schools entered are Ottawa Derby El Dorado Emporia Junction City Manhattan Newton Salina Shawnee Mission and Topeka Hays is favored to win the college title and Shawnee Mission is named top high school entrant.
New York Yankees outfielder Irv Noren faces an indefinite ban from AL President Will Harridge after an incident with umpire Bill McKinley at Fenway Park. Noren was ejected for charging the umpire following a sixth inning call, denying him scoring on Gerry Coleman’s single. McKinley filed a preliminary report, with a full report to come. Noren contends he was safe and did not spit, while Casey Stengel criticized the umpiring and supported Noren.
A funeral wreath inscribed the Browns will rise again appeared at Busch Stadium. St. Louis Cardinals officials spotted the tribute placed by the St. Louis Browns Fans Memorial Association of Chicago, formed by fans weary of Browns jokes about losing games.
Lane outscored Rantoul 17 to 15 in a youthful slugfest. David Stockson earned the win for Lane as Larry Kirkland took the loss for Rantoul. Both teams had seven errors in the lengthy game.
Dick Perry has been named the basketball coach at Hays High School to replace Art Leas who resigned this week. Perry a graduate of the College of Emporia has coached at St John High School in Kansas for the past two years.
Richmond High School edged Appanoose 2 to 1 in a tense district tournament tilt at Forest Park to reach the semi finals. Merle Feuerborn tossed a six hit gem and homered in the fourth as Richmond advances to face Princeton while Pomona meets Lane next week with the winners meeting for the district title en route to a May regional.
Fourth ranked Mims earned a unanimous decision from two judges and the referee. Judges Mina and Ton each had Mims winning 6-3-1, Lepinson favored Washington 7-2-4-1, and the AP gave Mims an 8-2 victory.
The National Broadcasting Co. submitted a 1955 football TV plan to the NCAA television committee. NBC bid about 150000 per game to secure eight national telecasts. Five dates are fixed, three dates remain for NBC to choose in October and November. Regional telecasts account for five dates and regional negotiations wait on the national program outcome.
New York welterweight Billy Graham, 32, retires after 126 pro bouts and four straight losses. He nearly won the crown from Kid Gavilan on August 29, 1951, but quits to go into business following a defeat to Chico Vejar and a season of injuries.
Salina residents learn Columbia Pictures plans to film Picnic in Salina Hutchinson Nickerson and Halstead. Josh Logan and crew studied camera angles and lighting while William Holden and Rosalind Russell were slated to appear. Shooting in Salina to begin around midday near an old mill dam on the Smoky Hill River.
Grace Russ of London Ontario wrote to the Columbus city council claiming an elephant at the Columbus Zoo grabbed her wallet and swallowed it during a visit. She says she lost 5.60 dollars and some pictures and asks for reimbursement. the council will consider the claim next Monday.
A company of about 100 actors and technicians is in town for filming. The production team brings in the star cast to work on a feature project, with scenes expected to unfold on local sets and nearby locations.
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