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Ottawa Herald

Location

Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Aug 11, 1955

Page

7

Gilmore Skelly meet in Ottawa district softball final

Tonight, Gilmore Skelly Service faces Wellsville at Forest Park for the Ottawa sub-district softball tourney championship. Wellsville beat Phillips 9 6 to advance, needing two wins to claim the cup after Gilmore handed them their only tourney loss. The title clash starts at 8 p m with regular admission.

Gilmore Skelly Service Wellsville Ottawa Forest Park Phillips “66 Dwight Wingert Rex Shisler Skelly Gilmore Darkhorse Phillips Sonny Harford Johnny Wilson Keith Chanay Lloyd Scribner Lawrence

Box Score Notes From Local Baseball Game

Box score fragment lists home runs by Harford and Wilson with partial score by innings for Wellaville. Incomplete lines show erratic characters and unclear totals, but indicate a game summary with two home run hitters and final score pieces.

Harford Wilson Wellaville Cosseecos

Invitational To Draw 125 Area Golfers

About 120 to 125 golfers from Osawatomie Paola Lawrence Baldwin Chanute Emporia and other eastern Kansas towns are expected at the Ottawa Country Club invitational Sunday Nine hole qualifying in the morning and 18 holes in the afternoon for the championship flight with nine holes in other flights Prizes will be awarded to all flight winners

Kansas Ottawa Country Club Osawatomie Paola Lawrence Baldwin Chanute Emporia LeRoy Wilcox Ottawa Club

Browns Favored Over Stars in Soldier Field Showdown

CHICAGO The Cleveland Browns are two touchdown favorites to beat the College All-Stars at Soldier Field tomorrow night. After four years of famine the Browns seek a return to glory as they face a tough, star studded foe in a high profile exhibition clash.

Chicago Cleveland Browns Soldier Field

Athletics Edge White Sox as Tribe Seizes AL Lead

In a tight pennant chase, the Kansas City Athletics upset the Chicago White Sox 5-4, handing Cleveland a chance to top the American League standings for the first time since May. Ralph Kiner belted a ninth inning grand slam to lift the Indians past Detroit 6-4, while the Yankees beat Boston 3-2 in 13 innings. Brooklyn beat New York 5-4 in rain-shortened action, St Louis moved within 15 games of Milwaukee, and Ernie Banks tied the NL lead with 38 homers as Chicago snapped a six-game win streak.

Kansas City Athletics A’s Lou Boudreau Chicago White Sox Cleveland Ralph Kiner Detroit Tribe White Sox New York Yankees Boston Red Sox Yanks Chicago Chisox Vic Power Enos Slaughter Hector Lopez Alex Kellner Minnie Minoso Harry Byrd Tom Gorman Sox Bob Nieman Minoso Rosen Hal Naragan Tigers Earl Torgeson Mike Garcia Hoot Evers Hank Foiles al Smith Kiner al Aber Billy Klaus Andy Carey Ted Williams Washington Baltimore Brooklyn St. Louis Milwaukee Pittsburgh Philadelphia Cincinnati Ted Kluszewski Cubs Ernie Banks Duke Snider Redlegs WWL Black Perkowski Haddix Arroyo Buhl Nichola

Pro Stars Shift to Pro Style for All Star Game

Chicago Tribune Charities reshapes the all star event with veteran mentors led by Curly Lambeau assembling a pro style lineup to face the college players. The team, featuring Ralph Guglielmi Dick Moegle Dave Middleton and Alan Ameche, is set for an ABC telecast at 8 30 p m EST.

Philadelphia Eagles Chicago Tribune Charities Allstar All-Stars Detroit Jed Curly Lambeau Green Bay Packer Lambeau Steve Owen New York Giants Chicago Cardinals ABC Ralph Guglielmi Notre Dame Dick Moegle Rice Dave Middleton Auburn Wisconsin Alan Ameche

Major League Baseball Standings and Schedule Report

A compact recap lists standings for American and National Leagues with teams such as Cleveland Detroit Boston New York Chicago and Kansas City. It includes Thursday and Wednesday results, scheduled games, pitchers and records, plus rain delays and rescheduled contests.

Cleveland Seeecsesees Chicago New York Sorevevesess Boston V.seegessvocsens Detroit Kansans City Washington Johnson Raschi Hoeft Wynn Baumann Susce Turley Beston Kansas City Baltimore

Musial Joins Elite Group With 1000th Extra-Base Hit

Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals belted a fine drive double off Lew Burdette in the first inning to record his 1000th extra-base hit. The Cardinals defeated Milwaukee 7-2, ending a tailspin as Musial, in his 13th full season, joined a small fraternity of players with this milestone.

Milwaukee Stan Musial Stan St. Louis Lew Burdette

Legends of Baseball Shine in All Star Lineup

The group includes Babe Ruth Mel Ott Lou Gehrig Ty Cobb Tris Speaker Rogers Hornsby Honus Wagner and Jim my Foxx Ruth leads with 1 356 extra base hits over a 22 year career Ott at 1 071 is NL king after beating Tony Demarco on June 10. Referee Kessler had 9 1 judges 7 2 1 unanimous for the champ. AP card 7 2 1 Basilio weighed 150 over welter limit 154, Scortichini 154. Family notices and a birth report follow with Joe Rockers Colorado Springs and Tulsa connections.

Babe Ruth Mel Ott Lou Gehrig Ty Cobb Tris Speaker Rogers Hornsby Honus Wagner Jimmy Foxx Ruth Ott Tony Demarco Harry Kessler Harold Barnes Artie Aidala Basilio Taway Scortichini

Babe Zaharias Walks After Cancer Treatment In Hospital

Babe Didrikson Zaharias left her John Sealy Hospital bed to show she would not quit her fight against cancer. She walked with her husband George Zaharias encouragement and spoke of returning to competitive golf next season while doctors treated a small pelvic lesion with X rays after her June spinal operation.

Galveston Tex Didrikson Zaharias George Zaharias Zaharias John Sealy Hospital Beaumont

Boo Basilio In Dull Fight at Madison Square Garden

In New York Carm Basilio heard boos as he and Italo Scortichini produced a dull non-title ten rounder at Madison Square Garden. The welterweight hopeful from Canastota N Y faced mixed crowd reactions as the bout dragged in spots despite Basilio’s win.

New York Carmen Basilio Canastota N. Y Madison Square Garden Italo Scortichini Basilio

Little Linda Lickteig Released After Blood Transfusions

Little Linda Lickteig daughter of Mr and Mrs Alfred Lickteig was discharged from Garnett hospital after a period of blood transfusions due to severe nose bleeds. Her donors were Richard Miller and Fred Salman.

Linda Lickteig Alfred Lickteig Garnett Hospital Linda Richard Miller Fred Salman Bernard Gelhaus Kelley Kas Joe Dalsing Independence John Dalsing Hiawatha Tony Dalsing Ben Lee Brinkmeyer Mickey Chris Wustefeld Ilinois Wustefeld Glen Fox Lawrence Joy Fox Ralph Macklin Kansas City

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Dean Doan

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