39-Year-Old Early Wynn Seeks 17th Win For White Sox
Chicago's Early Wynn, 39, leads the American League with 16 wins as he eyes his 17th against the Baltimore Orioles. He has allowed few runs lately, has two three-hit shutouts in his past two starts, and aims to climb toward 300 career victories while also contending for the league strikeout title. Wynn stresses his legs and pitching mix as Sherm Lollar notes his confidence and timing.
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Wynn
Chicago White Sox
Baltimore Orioles
Lefty Grove
Cleveland
Herb
Sherm Lollar
Dick Donovan
Billy Pierce
Donovan
White Sox
Pierce
Barly Wynn
Bob Shaw
Barry Latman
Turk Lown
Gerry Staley
Indians
Detroit
Rocky Colavito
Tigers
Paul Foytack
Gary Bell
Charley Maxwell
Harvey Kuenn
Lou Berberet
Rams Face Strong Title Threat This NFL Season
Los Angeles Rams with veteran stars like Wade Arnett Matson Shofner and rookies Williams Guzik Meador Franckhauser Reissnyder Humphreys are poised as a top title threat. Gillman fields three quarterbacks Wade Ryan Humphrey while defending stars Brito Michaels Richter and others anchor a veteran lineup.
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Gap
Los Angeles Rams
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Jon Arnett
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Tom Wilson
del Shofner
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Joe Marconi
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Clendon Thomas
Sid Gillman
Gene Brito
Lou Michaels
Les Richter
John Baker
George Strugar
Jack Pardee
Don
Blade) Burroughs
Will Sherman
Jack Morris
Jimmy Jones
Michigan State
Sam Williams
John Guzik
Pittsburgh
Ed Meador
Little Arkansas Tech
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Purdue
Bob Reissnyder
Navy
Buddy Humphreys
Baylor
Rams
Gillman
Wade
Frank Ryan
Humphrey
Ram
Ken Panfil
Paige Cothren
Minor League Greed Blamed by Portland Executive
Clyde A. Perkins, executive VP of the Portland Pacific Coast League club, blames short sighted major league greed for minor league baseball’s decline. He predicts anti trust action and urges restructuring, while stressing desire to work within the minor league system to counter major invasions. A 10,000 crowd is expected at Olympic Auditorium for a linked boxing event telecast on ABC. Bassey’s eye injuries forced a March bout to be postponed. Moore’s record stands at 35-5-1 while Bassey is 55-10-1.
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Clyde A. Perkins
Portland Club
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Perkins
Olympic Auditorium
ABC Network
Bassey
George Biddles
Moore
Kansas Board Deliberates 1961 Park Budget Plans
The Kansas Forestry Fish and Game Commission spent four hours debating capital needs totaling about 626000 for fiscal 1961. They proposed 201000 for Geary County State Lake 343000 for Douglas County projects 82000 for park improvements and will submit the package to the governor and 1960 legislature. The Jaycees urged better roads mosquito control and signs and Cedar Bluffs and Toronto reservoir land management were discussed along with feasibility studies for renovating Miami County State Lake and other federal projects nearing completion.
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Commission
Kansas
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Cedar Bluffs
Toronto Reservoir
Miami County State Lake
Kansas City
Ready For Title Fight Between Moore And Bassey
World featherweight champion Davey Moore is in a combative mood ahead of the title rematch with ex-champion Kid Bassey. Manager Willie Ketchum notes Moore dislikes talking before the bout. Both fighters are in peak shape for the Wednesday night title clash in Los Angeles.
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Willie Ketchum
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Baseball Scores Tuesday Games and Results
Tuesday games listed include New York at Detroit Washington at Cleveland Boston at Kansas City Baltimore at Chicago St. Louis at Philadelphia San Francisco at Cincinnati Los Angeles at Milwaukee Results show Milwaukee 8 to 5 over Los Angeles St. Louis 5 to 4 over Philadelphia Pittsburgh 7 to 6 over Chicago San Francisco 6 to 3 over Cincinnati.
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Erecanes
Veterinarians To Kansas City Meeting
About 4 500 veterinarians are expected in Kansas City next week for a joint meeting of the Third Pan American Congress of Veterinary Medicine and the 96th annual meeting of the American Veterinary Medical Assn. There will be 101 scientific presentations, 18 on closed circuit television at the Municipal Auditorium. The Pan American Congress includes many members from Latin America as well as the United States.
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Kansas City
Pan American Congress of Veterinary Medicine
American Veterinary Medical Assn
Pan American Congress
Latin America
United States
Chances For Return Bout Are Cloudy
New York AP reports a proposed heavyweight title rematch between Ingemar Johansson and Floyd Patterson faces promoter disputes and a suspended promoter license. The Sept. 22 date remains tentative as Johansson weighs an accounting of funds from the first fight and ongoing contract questions with Rosensohn Enterprises.
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Ingemar Johansson
Floyd Patterson
Johansson
Patterson
New York State Athletic Commission
Bill Rosensohn
Rosensohn Enterprises, Inc
Rosensohn
Commission
Sports Illustrated
Rosensohn Enterprises
Ingemar
Five Problems Facing Third League
New York AP report outlines five core questions when baseball's top brass meet William A. Shea on the proposed Continental League. Topics include recruitment of 200 players, potential disruption to existing leagues, stadium capacity, sustaining interest without a World Series, and pension comparisons. Shea lists five prospective founding cities New York Houston Minneapolis St Paul Denver Toronto with applications from San Diego Portland Seattle Buffalo Miami Montreal Dallas Fort Worth San Juan and Puerto Rico.
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Shea
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Seattle
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
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