Scramble for Spots in U S Open Begins
The 144 qualifying spots for the U S Open golf championship are decided by 36 hole qualifiers at 28 courses nationwide. About 2,150 entrants compete with 162 players in the field, 17 exempt, leaving 144 spots up for grabs. Ted Makalema wins Hawaiian section with 72 75 147. Defending champ Dick Mayer plus past victors and top scorers receive exemptions.
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Tulsa
Oklo
Ted Makalema
Honolulu
Dick Mayer
Cary Middlecoff
Jack Fleck
Ed Furgol
Ben Hogan
Bowling Bits Final Tuesday Night League Results
The final Tuesday league show Todds finished first with 91 wins and 71 987 pins while Unique placed second with 79 wins and 72 073 pins and KOFO was third with 78 wins and 68 887 pins. Highs include Margaret Weidner and Helen Weather with top 10 scores and Mick Ainsworth leading 30s. E S Casual claimed high team 10-30 and won the league ahead of First National Bank and Trouts and Fairmont tie for third.
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Margaret Weidner
Unique
Helen Weather
Todds
Mick Ainsworth
Mick
Margaret
Kofo
Helen Carey
Mary Lu Burgoon
E.S. Cassual
Ruth’ Carlson
E. S. “Casual
KE. S. Casual
Ruth Carlson
E. S. ‘Casual
J. Saathoff
Willis Nursery
Betty *Pogue
Royal-T-Lanes
E. S
Topeka Man Hurt In Boating Mishap
Springfield Missouri report says Kenneth Hall 52 of Topeka Kansas suffered serious injuries in a water skiing accident. He became entangled with a boat propeller and was unconscious on arrival at the hospital. Hall is head of the Industrialist Chrome Co in Topeka.
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Springfield
Kenneth Hall
Chrome Co
Topeka
Kan
Hall
Turley Boosts His Won-Lost Mark To 8-1
Casey Stengel can pick his starting pitcher for the July 8 All Star game at Baltimore without delay. Bob Turley of the New York Yankees is dominating, boosting his season record to eight wins and one loss by pitching a five hitter in a 10-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox. He struck out 10, now leads the league with 53 strikeouts, and authored his eighth complete game in nine starts. A wind blown pop fly to short left with the bases loaded by Jackie Jensen helped three Boston runs.
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Casey Stengel
Baltimore
Bob Turley
New York Yankees
Turley
Boston Red Sox
Boston
Jackie Jensen
Knight Takes 400 Meter Hurdles At Shawnee Mission Meet
Ottawa University's Bob Knight upset Drake Relays champ Cliff Cushman of Kansas in a 400 meter hurdles race at the Missouri Valley AAU meet in Kansas City. Knight clocked 53.8 seconds in a field limited to Cushman and himself, plans NAIA showdown in San Diego, having only recently begun this event. He had no prior competition in the distance before Saturday.
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Ottawa University
Bob Knight
Drake
Cliff Cushman
Kansas University
Shawnee Mission
Kansas City
Cushman
Knight
San Diego
Calif
Western Open Won By Saunders
Detroit AP Doug Sanders, 24, a Florida alumnus, won the Western Open title by one stroke. In a rain-soaked final round 68, he finished 13 under par after rounds 69 68 70, earning $5,000 and overcoming a two-stroke deficit as leaders faltered. Finsterwald finished second at 276, with $2,500. Ragan and Souchak tied for third with Boros and Rosburg following.
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Detroit
Doug Sanders
University of Florida
Sanders
Don Finsterwald
Red Run Golf Club
Finsterwald
Dave Ragan
Orlando
Fla
Mike Souchak
Grossinger’s
N.Y
Ragan
Souchak
Julius Boros
Mid Pines
N.C
Bob Rosburg
Palo Alto
Calif
Boros
Tragic Drowning of Rural Electric Foreman on Bull Shoals Lake
Jerry Paxson aged 29 a foreman with the Rural Electric Co-Operative Association of Burlington Kan drowned at Bull Shoals Lake Arkansas after his fishing boat capsized Saturday.
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Burlington
Kan
Jerry Paxson
Rural Electric Co-Operative Association
Bull Shoals Lake
Arkansas
Youth Wins Skeet Title At Kentucky Open
A 12 year old Roselle Illinois boy, Bobby Shurley, won the all gauge skeet title by breaking 250 straight targets in the Kentucky Open bluegrass championships. The sixth grader, 4 foot 8 and 110 pounds, impressed seasoned shooters and his father Al Shurley celebrated beside the pool after Bobby edged a 100 straight shootoff against the top four finishers.
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Louisville
Roselle
Ill
Bobby Shurley
New York Yankees
al Shuley
Shuley
Bobby
State Amateur Tourney Opens at Manhattan Kansas
About 50 golfers scheduled to begin Monday for the Kansas amateur golf tournament at a 5,722-yard course in Manhattan. Entrants total 107 after 11 added Sunday. 64 compete in the championship flight with a demanding schedule across six rounds. Defending champ Glen Dillon of Topeka aims to defend his title on his home course.
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Manhattan
Kan
Kansas
Joe Jiminez
Dave Smith
Kansas State College
Jiminez
Glen Dillon
Topeka
Cardinals Ken Boyer Finds Range With Bat
Ken Boyer, once a .165 hitter, surged to a .277 mark in two weeks. He powered the Cardinals with three home runs in two days, including a 12th inning blast in a 10-9 win, lifting his RBI to 23 and tying for eight homers while Stan Musial leads in runs. Managers credit his improvement to renewed form and confidence.
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ST. Louis
Ken Boyer
St. Louis Cardinal
Boyer
San Francisco Giants
Red Birds
Cardinals
Giants
Bing Devine
Devine
Lane
Bing
Fred Hutchinson
Stan Musial
Stan
Legion Opens League Play at Paola Under Lights
The Ottawa American Legion starts league play tonight at 8 against Osawatomie under Paola lights. Coach Gene Ramsey expects Dennis Smith to start, after four innings pitched last week against Chanute. First baseman Mike Hudnall has an injured knee and may miss tonight’s lineup. He hurt the knee in practice earlier this season but has played since.
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Ottawa American Legion
Osawatomie
Paola
Gene Ramsey
Dennis Smith
Smith
Chanute
Mike Hudnall
Hudnall
Double Bill Is Scheduled In Forest Park
Phillips 66 and Ottawa girls softball team will play a double header in Forest Park tomorrow night. At 8 they face Garnett and Ottawa enters with a 1-1 record. Artie Jo Emerson is listed as probable starting pitcher for Ottawa. Coach Ralph Emerson’s team was scheduled to meet Pyramid.
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Phillips 66
Ottawa
Forest Park
Garnett
Artie Jo Emerson
Ralph Emerson
Life Insurance in Kansas City Saturday rained out match
Phillips will face Lawrence VFW at 9, but the event was washed out by rain in Kansas City on Saturday leaving the outcome uncertain.
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Life Insurance
Kansas City
Phillips
Lawrence Vfw
Fight Set Friday for Welterweight Title Action
Virgil Akins of St Louis meets Vince Martinez of Paterson N J in a 15 round world welterweight title bout at the St Louis Arenato fill the Carmen Basilio vacated crown. Akins touted but Martinez seen as capable of outpointing him. Akins 47 17 1 in 65 starts Martinez 60 5 in 65. TV blackout in St Louis area NBC TV and NBC radio coverage nationwide.
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Virgil Akins
St. Louis
Vince Martinez
Paterson
N.J
Carmen Basilio
St. Louis Arena
Akins
New Jersey
Martinez
Nbc-Tv
NBC
Science Shrinks Piles Without Surgery, New Healing Substance
Scientists report a breakthrough healing substance that reduces hemorrhoids without surgery. In numerous cases the treatment relieved pain and itching while the hemorrhoids visibly shrank, offering a potential new option for sufferers.
Dodgers rally with Williams two-hit shutout of Cubs
Dodgers bounce back from Friday losses with a 1-0 shutout powered by 21-year-old Stan Williams after a chilly 48 degree game. Furillo's double and Zimmer's RBI single produce the only run as the crowd of 3,674 observes. Giants move into first with 7-2 win over Cardinals.
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Walter O'Malley
Walter Alston
Chavez Ravine
Alston
Dodgers
Knute Rockne
Chicago Cubs
Stan Williams
Cincinnat
Bob Purkey
Philadelphia
Neodesha Athlete Signs With KCA's
KANSAS CITY AP Dennis Porter, three-sport star for Neodesha High School, signed a baseball contract with the Kansas City Athletics. The 18-year-old left-handed outfielder will join Grand Island, Nebraska, of the Nebraska State League immediately. Porter earned letters in basketball, track, and football, with state finishes in the 100 yard dash and 220.
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Kansas City
Dennis Porter
Kan
Kansas City Athletics
A's
Porter
Grand Island
Neb
Baseball scores and standings from Monday and Sunday games
Sunday results feature New York defeating Boston 10 to 4 while Washington beat Baltimore 5 to 2 and Kansas City topped Cleveland 6 to 2. Chicago scheduled at Detroit with Monday’s slate listing Pittsburgh at Cincinnati and a suspended second game Cincinnati 2 Philadelphia 1 with a curfew. Los Angeles beat Chicago 1 to 0 and San Francisco won 7 to 2 over St Louis. Pittsburgh 5 Milwaukee 1 in a 7 inning rain-shortened game.
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Williams
Alston
al Dark
Dick Crott
San Francisco Giants
St. Louis
Giants
Johnny Antonelli
Friend
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Milwaukee
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Pirates
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New York
Washington
Baltimore
Boston
Kansas City
Cleveland
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Iain
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
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Serees
Chicago Shoseteetidveane
Ccnesetersenress
Boston Seeeconterseess
Cleveland Wrewsseresee
Washington Vreseeveees
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Pet
G.B
I Lean
Francisco
Accevepeeses
Vesseceesess
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Teveseeeseees
Esseseses
Topekans Win Races Here
Topeka drivers swept three of seven titles at the Ottawa Stock Car Association meet. Vernon Smith of Topeka won the final trophy, with Bob Terhune of Topeka taking the slow trophy. Ottawa's Bill DeWald and Bud Kirkland of Williamsburg won the first and second heats, respectively, while F Lohman of Ottawa won the first feature and W Smith the second. Verlin Simmons of Fort Scott won the consolation. A track-rule dispute led to a $100 motor forfeit and a two week ban for Al Gilbert.
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Ottawa Stock Car Association
Vernon Smith
Topeka
Bob. Terhune
Bill DeWald
Ottawa
Bud Kirkland
Williamsburg
F. Lohman
W. Smith
Verlin Simmons
Ft. Scott
al Gilbert
Cards Sign Prep Star From Ward High School
The St. Louis Cardinals signed 17 year old left handed pitcher Sadecki from Ward High School Kansas City Kan after a bid reportedly between 50 000 and 100 000. He posted a 9 0 spring record with a no hitter and four no hit games last year. He will report to the Omaha affiliate.
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St, Louis i AP
Ray Sasdeck
Kansas City
Kan
St. Louis Cardinals
Cardinals
Red Birds
Scott Runt Marr
Sadecki
San Francisco Giants
Cards
Omaha
American Assn
Marr
Ward High School
Ban Johnson
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