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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 27, 1962
Page
1
A golf feature presents key putting tips from a veteran pro. Focus on a low slow inside stroke with a blade putter. Use a wide stance and short backswing, rehearse the stroke, and align feet with the break. Include reading grass and pace on six to ten foot putts for better results.
Detroit paces Kansas City with a seven run seventh inning after Frank Lary left early with a shoulder problem. Hank Aguirre earned the win as Detroit improves despite Lary’s relapse. Cleveland rallies to beat the Angels 6-4 while Boston tops Washington 8-7 and Minnesota defeats Baltimore 3-2.
Ottawa Junior High defeated Garnett 86 2 3 to 36 1 in a track meet. Dan Woodward set a new Ottawa 100 yard dash record at 10.5 seconds, improving his own mark from a week earlier and winning the 50 and 220 yard dashes. Ottawa’s season stands at four wins and two losses ahead of the Emporia Invitational on May 3. Other event winners included Marmon and Presley for Garnett and Henry and Atic for Ottawa in various races and relays.
Des Moines AP Drake Relays begin with Marine John Uelses aiming to vault 16 feet again as finals loom in five events and three relays. Texas Southern, the standout all Negro squad from Houston, has already claimed multiple titles at recent meets.
AUGUSTA Ga AP Judy Kimball a pro for under two years held one fifth of first place after a scrambling round at the Augusta Country Club course the 6 880 yard layout. The 23 year old from Sioux City Iowa shot 73 to tie with defending champion Mickey Wright Betsy Rawls Barbara Romack and Jo Ann Prentice for the lead.
Overbrook and Pomona battled to an 85 85 tie at the Franklin Osage County Track Meet as winds fueled a sprint of new records. Overbrook won the mile and 880 yard relays and the 220 yard dash while Pomona claimed pole vault and high jump and tied for first in the high hurdles, with Dwight Thuro of Princeton, Wayne Cranwell of Melvern, and Charles Harth of Overbrook each scoring 20 points as the top individual performers.
Oklahoma State 1444 Nebraska percent. William Jewell 8 Bethany 7 in 10 innings. Pittsburg State 7 Northeastern Oklahoma 2. Warrensburg State 7 William Jewell 2. Fairbury Nebraska 77 Highland 59 in junior college track.
The table shows teams with wins losses and games behind including Cleveland Boston Detroit New York Baltimore Chicago Kansas City Minnesota Los Angeles and Washington. Thursday results list Detroit over Kansas City 11 to 7 Boston over Washington 8 to 7 Cleveland over Los Angeles 6 to 4 Minnesota over Baltimore 3 to 2. Saturday schedule features Los Angeles at Detroit Boston at Chicago Minnesota at Cleveland New York at Washington Baltimore at Kansas City.
National League standings show Pittsburgh leading with 11 wins and 2 losses, St. Louis at 8 and 3, San Francisco 10 and 5, Los Angeles 10 and 6, Houston 6 and 6, Cincinnati 7 and 7, Philadelphia 5 and 7, Milwaukee 6 and 9, Chicago 4 and 11, New York 1 and 11. Upcoming games: Los Angeles at Chicago, Milwaukee at Philadelphia, St. Louis at Cincinnati, Pittsburgh at Los Angeles, Chicago at San Francisco, Milwaukee at Houston.
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