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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1958
Page
2
Braves extended their lead to seven games after Joey Jay and Carl Willey each delivered shutouts. Jay won 3-0 at Cincinnati as Willey pitched a six-hitter 1-0 at Philadelphia. Dodgers swept St. Louis to move back into the first division.
Ottawa hosts Phillips 66 at 8 p.m. in Lawrence with the Lawrence VFW as the opponent venue. The community event highlights a local weekend athletics matchup in a Lawrence setting.
College All-Stars upset NFL champions Detroit Lions 35-19 in Chicago. Bobby Mitchell and Jim Ninowski led a second quarter surge, Conrad kicked four field goals, Ninowski threw for 243 yards. The game set an All-Star record with 293 collegiate passing yards.
Ottawa Phillips 66 meets rugged Lawrence VFW in Lawrence at 8 p m Sunday. Lawrence, district tournament champions, lost only to Atchison in the finals and relies on top pitching from Doc Brailer and Fletcher Bell with Brailer tossing a two hitter in the final. Ottawa won a tournament game before elimination and Phillips boasts ace Larry Wobker on the mound.
A downpour washed out the Ottawa Legion-Lawrence game scheduled at Forest Park last night. Umpires from Heart of America failed to appear and officials had to be gathered from the crowd as two runs scored for Lawrence in the top of the first before the rain halted play.
Boston rookie Ted Bowsfield improved to 2-0 with his first major league complete game a 6-2 win over the Yankees. He limited New York to seven hits, walked five, and left 10 on base as Boston ends a rough stretch for the pennant contenders. Yankees dropped their fifth in six games while White Sox, Kansas City, and Washington won in AL action. Latman got his first win for Chicago, Barry Latman?
Sunday results feature New York at Boston Washington at Baltimore Cleveland at Chicago Detroit at Kansas City Milwaukee 1 Philadelphia 9 Cincinnati 6 Pittsburgh 1 Los Angeles 4 5 St Louis 3 3 11 innings first game Chicago 3 San Francisco 1 10 innings Pittsburgh at Cincinnati 2 Philadelphia at Milwaukee 2 St Louis at Los Angeles 2 Chicago at San Francisco Monday Games No games scheduled.
Rotary Rec reation League baseball winds down with two remaining Junior Division games. Commissioner Oris Cox announced a Tuesday Forest Park double header: White Sox vs Yankees at 6 30 p m and White Sox vs Redlegs at 8 p m. All other divisions completed. Midget and PeeWee done.
The Record Book notes a quiet sports scene at Forest Park with Ottawa Legion season finished, the Rotary Junior division wrapping up, and only the Midget All-Stars left to play in a Topeka tournament. Fall football looms as college and high school teams loosen up. Major action shifts to Franklin County League baseball with five schools in the mix and Richmond the defending champ. Seven Legion players end their careers, including Mike Hudnall, with others like Junior Hawkey, Wayne Morris, Larry Cyre, and Paul Turvey stepping away. A Garnett Legion game draw prompts local reflection on showing up.
Harry Fink of Ottawa showed class with two hits in four at bats while Gare Garnett catcher Larry Gifford played on with a cracked ankle. The battered lineup pushed through despite injury as Fink and Garnett made key contributions.
Bonnie Randolph, Jeromy Naples area, led the Heart of America women's golf tournament after the opening round at Blue Hills 6,012 yards 5-under par 70 in heat. Ruthie Jessen Seattle and Mary Lena Faulk Faulk of Thomasville Ga trailed two strokes. Faulk set last year course record 69. Others included Betty Jameson 73, Marion Mackenzie 74, Kathy Cornelius 74. Defending champion Louise Suggs among five at par 75. 54-hole event concludes Sunday.
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