KU Relays Preview Highlights Set for Friday at Lawrence
Lawrence AP preview predicts a record four mile relay a near record sprint medley and a weight double bid by Texas A M star Dan Roberts at the 39th Kansas Relays with finals in seven events Friday and more records possible Saturday Roberts leads a strong field in both shot put and discus as Missouri Texas teams and Nebraska challenge for records and meet honors across sprint medley relay and distance events.
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Big Dan Roberts
Texas A&m
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Ajoin
Dar Fron Hooper
al Oerter
Kansas
Minnesota
Fortune Gordien
Texas
George Woods
Southern
Ilinois
Dave Glover
Missouri
Rick Beldner
Nebraska
Gil Gebo
Tigers
Lingle
Texas Southern
Phil Mulkey
Birmingham
Ala
Willie Mays Hammers Third Homer In Win
Willie Mays belted his third homer in two games as the Giants beat Milwaukee 10-8, sparking a 10-run third inning at Candlestick Park. The 3000-mile move from the Polo Grounds frames a season early surge, with Mays also contributing a three-run double earlier in the inning.
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Associated Press
Candlestick Park
Mays
New York
Polo Grounds
Giants
Milwaukee
Braves
St. Louis Cardinals
Sanford
Bob Shaw
Brave
Ed Bailey
Shaw
Eddie Mathews
Wesleyan
Boucek
Ottawa
Denom
World’s Fair Sports Exhibit Promises Curio Gallery
An imaginative World’s Fair sports exhibit is imagined with memorabilia from Babe Ruth to Mickey Mantle and boxing legends. The piece lists items such as Joe McCarthy notes, a pressroom bar inscription, Charley Finley’s Pennant Porch, racing and boxing artifacts, and a life-size portrait of Stagg, all proposed as highlights for visitors.
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Suecium
Little Brandy
GB Yankees
Mets
Notre Dame
Sepp
Babe
Ebbets Field
Harry MacPhail
Leo Durocher
Charley Finley
Red Patterson
Mickey Mantle
Happy Chandler
Joe Medwick
Casey Stengel
Senate
Casey
Judge Landis
Ford Frick
Joe Jacobs
Floyd Patterson
Max Schmeling
Cassius Clay
Archie Moore
Ottawa High School Golfers Win 9 Hole Match
Ottawa High School golfers won a nine hole match at Paola defeating Baldwin and Paola by 19 and 20 strokes. Ottawa scored 180 to Baldwin 199 and Paola 200. In the two man event Jim Colby 43 Tom Parks 43 Steve Roush 44 Buck Vivian 50 John Evans 43 Terry Davis 46. First ERL round starts Monday at Ottawa Country Club.
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Paola
Baldwin
Jim Colby
Tom Parks
Steve Roush
Buck Vivian
John Evans
Terry Davis
Ottawa Country Club
Ottawa Denominational Relays Set for Friday Twilight Meet
Ottawa aims to host a rare small college track showcase at Cook Field with prelims at 5 pm and finals by 6 45 pm. Kansas Wesleyan leads contenders with top KCAC marks, OU defends title but injuries to Spong and Scheufler loom. Five relays, field events, and new events like the mile team race and 330 hurdles highlight the program.
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Ottawa University
Ottawa
Cook Field
Stan Hudson
Kansas City
Floyd Scott
Clathe
Wendy Carpenter
Chicago
Dick Booth
Blue Mound
Bill Boucek
Boucek
Kansas
Tabor College of
Hillsboro
Braves
Southwestern
Kansas Wesleyan
Richard Spong
Leonard Scheufler
Jim Switzer
College of Emporia
Former Pitt Coach Dies
Edward E. Blue Howell, who coached Pittsburg State from 1929 to 1987, died of a heart attack at 59 in Omaha. A Nebraska football star, he played fullback for the Cornhuskers for three seasons and capped his college career with the 1928 East West Shrine game. He later served as LSU assistant and Yale backfield coach.
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OMAHA
Edward E
Blue) Howell
Pittsburg
Kan
State
University of Nebraska
Howell
Cornhuskers
Louisiana State University
Yale
Will Holds Key To Deciding Game
In San Francisco the St. Louis Hawks face the Warriors at the Cow Palace in a decisive NBA Western series game. Wilt Chamberlain looms as the main factor. a Hawks win means advancing to the finals with larger purses. Celtics wait with a 3-3 tie and rest while the Hawks and Warriors duel.
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Griening
National Basketball Association
St. Louis Hawks
San Francisco Warriors
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Cincinnati Royals
Celtics
Bob Feerick
Warriors
Boston
San Francisco Seals
Los Angeles
Hawks
Wilt Chamberlain
Chamberlain
Finnish Runners Dominate Race at Boston Marathon Prep
In Voluntown, Conn, Finnish marathoners Paavo Pystynen and Tenko Salanka train for the 68th Boston Marathon. Though Eino Oksanen, a Helsinki detective and Nordic champion, stays home to prepare for 1964 Olympics, Finland aims to send a varied, strong team. Finnish entrants have won Boston six times in the past decade.
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Paavo Pystynen
Tenko Salanka
Eino Oksanen
Boston
Oksanen
Helsinki
Pystynen
Salaaka
Finland
Eino
Salanka
Groton
Conn
Johnny Kelley
U.S
Kelley
Aurele Vandendriessche
Belgium
Tulsa Beats Emporia State 10-4 In Errorful Contest
Tulsa overcame its errors with a 14 hit attack to defeat Emporia State 10-4. Emporia had seven hits, including a home run by Ranier Martin. Two Emporia runs scoring on Tulsa outfield errors.
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Tulsa
Okla
Emporia State
Emporia
Ranier Martin
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