Ottawa Wins District II Title in 6 5 Thriller
Ottawa American Legion Elks defeat Lawrence 6-5 at West Second Street Field to claim their second District II League championship. Craycraft pitched well with 11 strikeouts before leaving in the seventh. Morelet secured the save as Ottawa weathered errors and a late Lawrence rally. Mike Brady homered, Craycraft added a fifth-inning RBI double, and Ottawa advances to the District II tournament starting July 25 with two regular-season games remaining.
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Terry Ostmeyer
Lawrence
Ottawa American Legion-Elks
West Second Street
Ottawa
Dennis Motelet
Motelet
Craycraft
Crayecraft
Mike Brady
Leetion-Elks
Brady
Wyerick
Hawks
Legione Elks
Fike Metal of
Kansas City
Koufax Hits Propel Dodgers Past Cubs to 3-0 Win
Dodgers ace Sandy Koufax, a top pitcher and surprising hitter, slashed two singles and scored in a 3-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs. The win extends Koufax’s streak to 10 straight wins and lifts Los Angeles within four percentage points of NL leaders Cincinnati as he lifts his batting average to .227 with 15 hits in 66 at bats.
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Murray Chass
Associated Press
Sandy Koufax
Koufax
Contin
Los Angeles Dodgers
Chicago Cubs
Cincinnati
Dodger
Twoe
Jim Lefebvre
Cub
Larry Jackson
Lefebvre
Ernie Banks
Maury Wills
Jim Gilliam
Wellsville Midget C Tourney Results and Monday Schedule
Wells ville and Bucyrus split results with Stilwell posting eight. Louisburg No 2 trounced Edgerton while Bucyrus and Wellsville navigate the field. Monday's pairings: Wellsville No 2 versus Bucyrus and Louisburg No 2 versus Edgerton.
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Wellsville
Louisburg
Staneley
Bucyrus
Stilwell
Edgerton
Women's Golf Match Details and Contacts
The card lists players Johnson Morrisey Eldere Malouf Foulkier Sheldone Peters Wolgast Cutting Burkdoll Ly man Southe Hashagen and provides reservation numbers CH 2 3401 or 4160 for bookings. The fragment suggests a women's golf event or roster with contact information for reservations.
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V. Johnson
M. Morrisey
Eldere
R. Malouf
J. Foulkier
Sheldoned
Peters
S. Wolgast
H. Cutting
V. Burkdoll
Lyman D
Southel
Hashagen
Braves Fall to Pirates as Indians Hammer Orioles
In a rough day for the league, the Little League doubleheader saw the Braves drop 7 to 6 to the Pirates while the American Orioles were routed by the Indians 16 to 6. Key players included Dowdy and Stauffer for the Braves and Fitzgerald and Lawson for the Pirates, with strong showings from Firestone and Mendell for the Indians.
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Braves
AB R H
Dowdy
Drumright
B. Stauffer
Nesbit
L. Geiss
S. Geiss
McDaniel
Sellers
Griffin
Waymire
A. Stauffer
Smith
Pirates
Fitzgerald
Lawson
Rodgers
White
Brown
Adcock
Buckner
Wolken
Tegtmeyer
Totals
Orioles
Tienken
Thrasher
Hudson
Baldovino
Bowling
Capper
Beets
Carlson
Peed
Hough
Indians
Firestone
Baldwin
Winter
Mendell
Whitacre
Wills
Overholt
Likes
Kramer
Jackson
Church League Scores Confusing Box Score Fragment
Box score jumble shows multiple church league teams with incomplete abbreviations and odd entries for AB R H and player lines. Teams include FIRST BAPTIST WELLSVILLE SACRED HEART with totals and mixed player stats, but many names and numbers are garbled.
Volley Ball Tops Nation as Sports Attendance Leader
NEW YORK AP Volley Ball is the No 1 participant sport in the country while horse racing is the top spectator draw. A Morning Telegraph Daily Racing Form survey based on Athletic Institute figures shows 60 million people played volleyball in 1964, cycling 55 million, boating 38.5 million, and fishing 33.28 million. Attendance at 1964 horse races reached 40,827,872 with baseball total at 31,594,164 up 1,153,525 from 1963. Football attendance was 30,708,631 across 622 colleges, NFL 4.2 million, and AL 1.75 million. Basketball drew 18,083,530 and autos racing 38 million, up 3 million.
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New York
Morning Telegraph
Athletic Institute
Ners
Yanks Pepitone Fined and Benched After Slow Night
New York Yankees first baseman Joe Pepitone was fined and benched indefinitely by manager Johnny Keane for reporting late to the park and skipping batting practice before a game against the Washington Senators. The Yankees won 9 to 5 as Pepitone’s replacement Ray Barker delivered two singles and an RBI. Pepitone arrived 11 hours late while in a severe batting slump and the fine amount was not disclosed but hinted to be large. Pepitone had not hit a fair ball in four at bats against Washington Thursday night.
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NEW York
Joe Pepsitone
New York Yankees
Johnny Keane
Washington Senators
Yankees
Ray Barker
Pepitone
Keane
Washington
White Sox Rally Ends Angels' Win Streak In 11th
Los Angeles manager Bill Rigney faced criticism after pulling Brunet with a 3–0 lead as Chicago tied the game in the eighth behind Eddie Fisher and Floyd Robinson. Robinson later hit a pinch double and a triple to drive in two and score the winning run in the 11th at Cleveland? The Sox' comeback, aided by Robinson and Fisher, propelled them to third place.
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Bob Green
Associated Press
Bill Rigney
Chicago White Sox
Rigney
Floyd Robinson
Eddie Fisher
Los Angeles Angels
George Brunet
Sox
Minnesota Twins
Cleveland Indians
Kansas City
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Boston
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Robinson
Angel
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White Sox
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Bob Lee
Smoky Burgess
Lee
Ed Sukla
Robeinson
Larry Brown
Indians
Dick Radatz
Fred Whitfield
Leon Wagner
Bob Tillman
Hector Lopez
Yankees
Bobby Richardson
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