Chances Slim Yankees Can Be Unseated
The Yankees hold a lead in the pennant race as they open a three game set at Washington with a magic number of three to eliminate the Senators. Whitey Ford faces Pete Ramos while Detroit visits Chicago and Baltimore plays Boston as pennant hopes stretch across the league.
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Washington
Senators
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Yankees
Yankee Pnnant
Chicago White Sox
Boston
Baltimore
Detroit
Cleveland
Kansas City
Casey Stengel
Milwaukee
Whitey Ford
Pete Ramos
Chicago
Tigers
Herb Moford
Dick Donovan
Orioles
Arnie Portocarrero
Frank Sullivan
Red Sox
Gary Bell
Ned Garver
K State Focuses On Plays Before Wyoming Open
Kansas State coach Bus Mertes tightens play patterns in practice as the team prepares for the September 20 opener against Wyoming University amid sweltering 98 degree heat. Fall camp began yesterday.
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Manhattan
Kan
Bus Mertes
Kansas State
Wyoming University
Church Teams In Softball Contest
First Baptist faces First Christian in a non league softball game at 7 30 tonight at Forest Park. First Baptist tied for regular season title while Christian won the tournament. Ralph Emerson will pitch for Christian and Gar McInnis or Art Gilbert will start for the Baptists.
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First Baptist
First Christian
Forest Park
Ralph Emerson
Gar McInnis
Art Gilbert
Four Area Schools Form 8 Man Football League
Four Ottawa area schools Williamsburg Pomona Queneimo and Melvern form an eight man football league. Last fall Melvern and Williamsburg played 11 man while Pomona and Queneimo were six man clubs. The league aims to provide even ground for smaller schools by placing five on the line and three in the backfield.
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Ottawa
Williamsburg
Pomona
Queneimo
Melvern
Quenemo
Does &Man
Louis Coppoe
Willliamsburg
Coppoe
Elliott’s Feats Are Impressive in World Record Run
GOETEBORG Sweden AP Elliott Hert, 20, Australian, smashed the 1500 meters world mark with 3:36. He also ran a 3:54.5 mile at Dublin on Aug 6, and finished 20 meters ahead of Stanislav Jungwirth, who logged 3:39.
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Sweden
Hert Elliott
Te Lanky
Dublin
Bplliott
Roger Bannister
John Landy
Czechoslovakia
Stanislav Jungwirth
Jungswirth
Dinner golf match draws thirty five players at club
The closest Thursday dinner match of the year ended 51 to 49 with the second place club at 49 and third at 48. Howard Duncan led scoring with 10 points as thirty five men were served dinner at the clubhouse. Dinner matches will continue through September, club officials announced.
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Ssecond Place
Howard Duncan
Pirates Open Crucial Series With Braves
Pirates surge into a decisive 10 day stretch in the NL pennant race opening a three game set with the first place Braves in Milwaukee. Pittsburgh sits 7 1/2 games back, 7 8 against Atlanta, with seven remaining in the season, as Bob Friend faces Warren Spahn in the opener.
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Pirates
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Braves
Bucs
San Francisco
Giants
Bob Rush
Bob Friend
Warren Spahn
Want Sugar Ray To Defend Title
California plans to pressure the National Boxing Assn. to force Sugar Ray Robinson to defend or relinquish the world middleweight title. An elimination tournament would select a top contender, with a Sept. 7 NBA meeting in Las Vegas to set the plan. Possible eliminators include the Sept. 25 Giardello vs Mims bout in San Francisco and the Sept. 11 Fullmer vs Webb bout in West Jordan.
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California
Boxing Assn
Sugar Ray Robinson
Robinson
Harry W. Falk Jr
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State Athletic Commission
Las Vegas
Nev
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Joey Giardello
Holly Mims
Ford
West Jordan
Utah
Gene Fullmer
Spider Webb
Famed Race Horse Discovery Dies At 27 In Maryland
Discovery, the first horse bought by Alfred G. Vanderbilt, was euthanized at Sagamore Farm in Baltimore at age 27. The horse helped Vanderbilt become a leading money winner twice and won the 1935 big individual prize for the Vanderbilt stable. The animal’s death ends a quarter century association with the estate.
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Discovery
Alfred G. Vanderbilt
Kilt
Sagamore Farm
Vanderbilt
Vander Backroll
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