Shantz Leads A's Past Tigers 4-1 In 1956 Opener
Bobby Shantz returned to form against Detroit, limiting them to five hits as Kansas City beat the Tigers 4-1 to move to 2-0. Five fourth or fifth inning runs, sparked by Joe DeMaestri and Vic Power, carried the rally with Enos Slaughter driving in the final runs. Ray Boone doubled and singled for Detroit. In St Louis, a costly trade haunted the Cardinals as Ray Jablonski homered with the bases full to spark a 8-3 lead collapse before Wally Post and Brooks Lawrence helped Cincinnati clinch a 9-3 win.
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Bobby Shantz
Tigers
Effoit
Kangas City
Joe DeMaestri
Shantz
eMaestri
Vic
Power
Spook Jacobs
Enos Slaughter
Kansas City
Harry Simpson
Jacobs
Slaughter
Gus Zernial
Ancient Slaughter
Earl Torgeson
Ray Boone
St. Louis Cardinals
Redbirds
Ray Jablonski
Gerald Staley
Frank Smith
Jablonski
St. Louis
Wally Post
Redlegs
Brooks Lawrence
Redbird
Oklahoma A&M Defeats Wichita University In Golf And Tennis
Oklahoma A&M swept singles and doubles in tennis and won golf 17 to 4 with Don Sechrest shooting a medal 68 at Wichita Country Club. The Aggies dominated Wichita University in both golf and tennis yesterday.
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Wichita
Oklahoma A & M
Wichita University
Don Sechrest
Wichita Country Club
Aggies
Oklahomans
Expect Records To Tumble at Lawrence
A large Busch Stadium crowd of 22 000 to 25 000 is anticipated as the St Louis Cardinals host the Milwaukee Braves to open the home season. Milwaukee led the league with two wins over the Chicago Cubs. Charley Grimm nominates Warren Spahn for mound duty while Fred Hutchinson, in his managerial debut, picks Tom Poholsky as starter to improve the Cards 1 1 record. The Cardinals hope right handed hitting outfielder Wank Sauer, just acquired from the Cubs, can counter the lefty jinx.
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Spahn
St. Louis
Cardinals
Wank Sauer
Cubs
Nat Hale
Cardinal
Sparkling Names At Kansas Relays
Lawrence Kansas opening day of the first Kansas Relays draws Olympic hopefuls led by Dale Saxton and Buzz Frasier in a 1 000 athlete field from 63 schools. Parry OBrien and Bill Nieder headline a 60 foot shot put matchup. Also entered are J W Mashburn Gene OConnor Ted Wheeler Tom Courtney and Bill Tidwell plus many notable college athletes as action starts at 9 a m CST.
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Kan
Kansas
Parry O'Brien
Southern California
Bill Nieder
Kansas University
J" W. Mashburn
Oklahoma A & M
Gene O'Conner
Kansas State
Ted Wheeler
Iowa
Tom Courtney
Fr. Dix
Glenn Cunningham
Bill Tidwell
Emporia
Kansas college track star Fullmer aims for record amid televised meet
West Jordan based Fullmer from Emporia State, with Tidwell and Utah, earns a reputation as a strong finisher in a 1:47.5 sprint medley. Texas Red Jones from Yonkers, N.Y., a No. 5 middleweight with six years of pro fighting, is favored to set a new record here.
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Kent Floerke
Kansas
Fullmer
West Jordan
Emporia State
Tidwell
Utah
Texas
Red Jones
Yonkers
N.Y
Tiger Jones and Fullmer Set for 10 Round Middleweight Clash
Tiger Jones and Gene Fullmer headline a 10 round middleweight bout in Cleveland. Jones seeks a title shot while Fullmer eyes a defining victory in a highly anticipated pair of aggressive fighters.
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Cleveland
Ralph
Tiger) Jones
Gene
Cyclone
Colorado Girl Relays Queen at Kansas Relays
Janine Mitchell, a sophomore at the University of Colorado, who has been named queen for school events, will reign over the 31st annual University of Kansas Relays. The Chipila Park, Colorado, girl was selected from 30 candidates representing participating schools. A Topeka High School graduate, she previously served as homecoming queen at Topeka and at the University of Colorado, with attendants including Marjorie.
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Lawrence
Janine Mitchell
University of Colorado
University of Kansas
Pennington Kansas City Kne Article From Ottawa Herald 1866
Martha DeGraff of Manhattan Kansas State College and Althea Bromich of Topeka Washburn University are mentioned in the Ottawa Herald listing dated Friday April 20 1866.
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Kansas City
Kne
Ottawa Herald
Martha DeGraff
Manhattan
Kansas State College
Althea Bromich
Topeka
Washburn University
Record Opening Crowd May Signal New Track Era
Lawrence reports about 1 200 spectators and athletes across Kansas at the 52nd annual interscholastic relays. Names mentioned include Ken Barber of McPherson and Rocky Marciano as notable participants. Wichita East leads in Class AA with strong showings, while Haskell Indian Institute competes in Class A. No Class B champion declared.
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Cincinnati Redlegs
Chicago Cubs
Nashville
Ken Barber
McPherson
Lawrence
Weill
Rocky Marciano
George Raft
Kansas
Wichita East
Haskell Indian Institute of Lawrence
Haven
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Luis Chalmers
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R. 8
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Dundee Street
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Marquette
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