Bobby Unser wins Indianapolis 500 with 177,523 prize
Bobby Unser, 34, of Albuquerque, won the Indianapolis 500 and a 177,523 winner's check. The total purse was 710,219, with Unser sharing first-place money with car owner Bob Wilke. Rookie of the year went to Bill Vukovich Jr. for seventh place.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Bobby Unser
Unser
Albuquerque
N.M
Bob Wilke
Milwaukee
Speedway
Bill Vukovich
Fresno
Calif
Bill
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Vukovich
Joe Leonard
Leonard
Fishing Report from Kansas reservoirs and lakes
The Kansas Forestry, Fish and Game Commission reports fishing conditions across numerous lakes and reservoirs. Conditions range from clear and normal at Turtle Creek to high and muddy at Elk City and Lone Star, with fair to good prospects for bass, crappie, walleye, channels, white bass, crappie, drum, and buffalo in various water bodies. Several sites show murky or turbid water, while others like Cheney and Lake Shawnee Mission show clear to fair fishing for multiple species.
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Pratt, Kan
Kansas
Kansas Forestry, Fish and Game Commission
Turtle Creek
Fall River
Elk City
Kanapolis
Cheney
Wilson
Milford
Kirwin
Cedar Bluff
Norton
Webster
Pottawatomie County
Sabetha
Holton City
Nebo Creek
Brown County
Atchison County
Leavenworth County
Douglas County
Lone Star
Gardner and
Olathe City
Shawnee Mission
Wyandotte County
Fort Scott
Elm Creek
Bourbon County
Marais Des Cygnes
Drysdale ties shutout mark in NL roundup
Don Drysdale pitched a nine inning gem for a 3-0 Dodgers win over the Giants, tying the major league record for consecutive shutouts set in 1904. Lefty Jaster of the Cardinals dominated the Mets before a seventh inning error, as Cincinnati edged Philadelphia 5-4, Atlanta trimmed Pittsburgh 5-2, and Houston beat Chicago 3-1 in other NL games. Jaster finished with a two hitter and seven strikeouts. Drysdale nearly blew the perfect ninth but closed it out.
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Drysdale
Los Angeles Dodgers
San Francisco Giants
Doc White
Chicago White Sox
Jaster
St. Louis Cardinals
New York Mets
Greg Goosen
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Atlanta
Pittsburgh
Houston
Chicago
Giants
Willie McCovey
Jim Hart
Frank Mars Shall
Dick Dietz
Harry Wendelstedt
Dietz
Giant
Herman Franks
Bowling Bits Highlights Weekly Highs and Standings
Top bowler for the week ending May 24 is Maxine Ainsworth with a 200 game and 537 series. Lee's Cafe leads with 819 and 2346. Others setting marks include Ella Keller 183 on Tuesday and Helen Carey 512 series. League leaders include Todd's Insurance with 94 victories and Bienie's Garage 89% wins. Splits converted feature several players, including Vera Ferguson and Maxine Ainsworth.
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Naomi Fritts
Maxine Ainsworth
Lee’s Cafe
Lee’s
Ottawa Savings and Loan
Ella Keller
Helen Carey
Eagles
Peoples National Bank
Todd’s Insurance
Grogan
Standard Service
Lunger
Oil Company
Dorie Lefler
Budge’s Hardware
Bienie’s
Beautyland
Royal T Lanes
Vera Ferguson
Dolores Doman
Florine Morgan
Rosie Iverson
Opal Everhart
Baseball scoreboard highlights for the National League
National League standings show San Francisco at 26 21 Philadelphia at 21 20 and St Louis at 24 21. Friday results include St Louis 2 New York 0 and Cincinnati 5 Philadelphia 4. Today's games see St Louis at New York and Atlanta at Pittsburgh with Chicago at Houston among others.
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W. L. Pet. G.B. San Fran
Atlanta
St. Louis
Phila
Phia
Chicago
Cincinnati
Los Angeles
Houston
New York
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
San Fran
San Francisco
W. L. Pet. GB
Detroit
Baltimore
Cleveland
Minnesota
Boston
California
Oakland
Washington
Aaron Leads Atlanta Classic After Second Round
Aaron, 31, in Georgia, holds a two stroke lead over the field at the Atlanta Classic after a 70 to reach 139. Weiskopf, 25, struggles with an 83 and misses the cut as Nicklaus sits third at 142 and Goalby exits after 152. Aaron notes newfound consistency and reflects on the Masters incident.
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Atlanta
Tom Weiskopf
Tommy Aaron
Aaron
Weiskopf
Aleady
Bob Lunn
Jack Nicklaus
Atlanta Country Club
Georgia
The
Maseters
Roberto de Vicenzo
Aregentine
de Vicenczo
Bob Goalby
Goalby
City Schedule for Junior and Men’s Sports Leagues
City lists schedules for Junior League games from June 3 to June 6 at Forest Park East and West and West 2nd St with Athletics Indians Orioles Yankees Tigers Pirates Braves Cardinals Giants Cubs and more. Men’s Softball, Senior League times include 7:00 and 8:30 fixtures like Rapists Westminster and Christian S Heart, Nazarene Wes. Meth. Westminster, Kiwanis Lions Elks Rotary Boys Club.
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Athletics
Indians
Forest Park East
Orioles
Yankees
Forest Park West
Tigers
White Sox
West
Forest Park
West Indians
Pirates
Braves
St. Cards
Dodgers
Giants
Cubs
Cardinals
Westminster
F. Lutheran
Kiwanis
Boys Club
Elks
Lions
Eagles
Rotary
Poulson named head basketball coach at Letnee University
Appleton report says John E. Poulson a Clinton Iowa high school coach was named head basketball coach at Letnee University on Friday. Poulson’s hiring adds a veteran prep coach to the collegiate program as it seeks new leadership and a season boost.
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Appleton
Wis
John E. Poulson
Clinton
Iowa
Letnee University
White Sox win on 14th-inning bunt heroics in AL roundup
In a night dominated by home runs, the Chicago White Sox fall back on small ball. Luis Aparicio laid down a squeeze bunt in the 14th, driving in the winning run as Chicago beat Minnesota 2 1. Other games featured Cleveland and Boston homers fueling victories, Horton delivering Detroit’s lone run in a 1 0 win over New York, and Yastrzemski and Harrelson adding important homers for Boston and Boston and Boston.
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Hal Bock
Associated Press
Chicago
White Sox
Luis Aparicio
Minnesota
Cleveland
Indians
Washington
Willie Horton
Detroit
New York
Bob Rodgers
California
Oakeland
Ken Harrelson
Carl Yastrzemski
Rosston
Baltimore
Ken Berry
Minnesotta
Bob Miller
Dick Kenworthy
Berry
Miller
Eddie Stanky
Sox
Sandy Alomar
Russ Snyder
Aparicio
Kenworthy
Bob Allison
Twins
Jack Hernandez
Twoebage Ersor
Tommie Davis
Duane Josephson
RBI
Ted Uhlaender
Tony Oliva
Harrelson
Yastrzemski
Gary Bell
Orioles
Boston
Bell
Horton
Mickey Lolich
Mel Stottlemyre
Yankees
League Leaders From The Associated Press
The league leaders list notes top performances across batting and pitching categories. Key figures include F Howard Washington pacing multiple categories with a .343 average and 58 hits, Yastrzemski Boston with 53 hits, Campaneris Oakland leading runs and steals, and Perranoski Minnesota and John Chicago tied 40 games with perfect 1.000 records. Strikeout leaders include McDowell Cleveland at 109 and Tiant also from Cleveland with 80.
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Howeard
Wash
Yastrzemski
Bost
Campaneris
Oak
F. Howard
W. Horton
Det
Balt
Yasetrzemski
Best
McCraw
McAuliffe
Howard
Horton
Cardenal
Cleve
John
Perranoski
Minn
McDowell
Tiant
McLain
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Fishing Report
Shawnee County
Shawnee
By Bob Green
Don Drysdale
Larry Jaseter
Big Don
Ty Cline
Jack Hiatt
Mets
Hardeluck
Tom Seaveer
Lou Brock
Curt Flood
Mike Shannon
Larry Dierker
John Bateman
Astros
Chicasgu
Associa
Aaron Two
Lee Maye
Tony Horton
Tommy Harper
Luis Tiant
Phil Ortega
Maye
Rodgers
Jimmie Hall
Chuck Dobson
Dobson
Angels
Chuck Hinton
Hinton
A’s
Rodgers Tead
Hall
Restone
Philco
Cetcher Only
Tevere
Hue Caine
Firestone
B.T.U
Apartament
Philco NO Frost
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