State Softball Champions Meet Ottawa Saturday Night
The Douglas Brothers girls face Manhattan here in a marquee softball event, with Manhattan the state girls champions traveling for a twin bill. First game at 8 p m, featuring pitcher Rowe na Bird from Ft Riley for Manhattan and Judy Evans of Rantoul with Andy Anderson of Overland Park for Ottawa. In men's league, Skelly edged First Baptist 8 to 6 and Phillips beat Budge's 6 to 4. Sunday Phillips and Skelly play Lawrence Flower Box in a doubleheader.
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Summer League Bowling Scores Summary
Boatterbrains lead with 2 wins and high game 169 by Beets. Side Snipers and Hustiers each win 3 games with top scores by Larkin 178 and Smay 187. Welborn posts 194 and 643 series for Wild, while Burgoon 182 and Snider 801 help Bowlerettes and Cut-Off Club post strong totals.
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Kansas Horses Win In Texas at Pin Oak Stables Show
In Houston Texas W Horses owned by Mr and Mrs Dean J Briggs Garden Plain Kansas won two blue ribbons last night at Lith annual Pin Oak Stables charity horse show Sure Shot shown by Mrs Briggs won the Hackney pony division The Briggs King s Sweet Rhythm shown by William Pinch won the single harness pony division
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Five Teams Compete In Midget League For 8 to 12 Year Olds
Five area towns Williamsburg Westphalia Aliceville LeRoy and Waverly sponsor midget league teams for youths ages eight to twelve. Games are scheduled Tuesday evenings subject to lighting at home fields. Opening week results saw Williamsburg beat Aliceville 4 to 2 and LeRoy down Westphalia 5 to 2. June 7 lineup features Waverly at Aliceville and Williamsburg at Westphalia, with play continuing through August 2 before an all team journey event.
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LeRoy
Waverly
Expect Rough Bout Tonight at Madison Square Garden
Paddy Young meets Billy McNeece in a 10 round nationally televised boxing clash at Madison Square Garden. Young, 26, 48-10-3 with 24 KOs, faces 23-year-old McNeece from Central Islip, 13-2-1 with five KO wins. NBC TV and radio carry the bout at 8 p.m. CST.
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Paddy Young
Billy McNeece
Madison Square Garden
Carmelo Costa
Lulu Perez
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Bobo Olson
McNeece
Central Islip
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Tony Johnson
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First Redleg Gus Bell Drives In 105 Runs in 1953
Gus Bell of the Cincinnati Reds became the first outfielder in club history to drive in over 100 runs in a season. He достиг 105 RBIs in 1953, his first year with the Reds.
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Baseball Standings and Schedule Summary
Major league standings show New York and Chicago leading the American League divisions with Brooklyn and Chicago atop the National League. Friday games feature New York at Chicago Turley versus Harshman, Washington at Cleveland, Boston at Kansas City, and Baltimore at Detroit. Thursday results include New York 12 Kansas City 6 and Chicago 4 Boston 2. Notable NL results: Brooklyn 13 Milwaukee 2 and Pittsburgh 12 St Louis 3.
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Satchel Paige returns to payroll with Monarchs
Kansas City owner T. Y. Baird announced the signing of Satchel Paige for about $40,000, ending his stretch of free agency after release by the Orioles. Paige, age variously stated, has a storied career with the Monarchs 1937–48 and later MLB stops. The piece also notes rookie Bob Speake’s 1948 High School Athlete of the Year award and Roberto Clemente’s winter league connection with Willie Mays.
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Bob Speake
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Springfield
Roberto Clemente
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Giants
Willie Mays
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Yankees Swamp A's 12 6 as Yanks rally in KC
The front-running Yankees beat the Kansas City Athletics 12 to 6 at Kansas City in a day-night twin bill split yesterday. Gil McDougald Hank Bauer and Elston Howard hit three homers for New York while Jim Finigan homered for the A's. Bob Grim earned his fourth win as the Yanks drew 12 walks to support 10 hits. In Pittsburgh the Pirates pounded the Cardinals 12 to 3 as Harvey Haddix faltered again and Stan Musial led St Louis with three singles and two RBIs. Crandall reflected on the team’s rough season noting the staff’s decline and questioning his own role. The piece mentions Yed Kazanski, a noted $100,000 bonus recipient, now with Syracuse, and notes only two active players have more than 400 doubles. Sell it through a Herald Want Ad.
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Kansas City
Gil McDougald
Hank Bauer
Elston Howard
New York
Jim Finigan
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Haddix
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Stan Musial
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Red Schoendienst
Bill Sarni
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Schoendienst
Yed Kazanski
Phillies
Syracuse Chiefs
Mickey Vernon
Senators
Cardinals
Braves Are Staggering Crandall Seeks Spark
Del Crandall voices concern as the Braves stumble in the National League race. Milwaukee sits in fourth place, 13 games back, with Crandall batting .175 and homering only three times. He fields and runs well for a catcher, trying to lift the team.
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Still Woos 4-Minute Mile at Compton Invita
Compton California hosts its annual track meet tonight as Wes Santee pursues a sub four minute mile. He already ran 4:00.6 last June for an American mark and 4:00.5 at the Texas Relays in April. The piece notes that the four minute barrier has been breached seven times since 1954 by Landy and Bannister, among others.
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Calif
Wes Santee
Santee
Texas
Austin
British Empire
Hungary
John Landy
Australia
Roger Bannister
England
Distance runners set for Wanamaker Mile clash and 440 duel
Santee heads the field in a Wanamaker indoor mile showdown against challengers Laszlo Tabor Chris Chataway and Brian Hewson with Fred Dwyer eyeing victory. A key 440 yard dash renewed between J W Mashburn and Jim Lea as lean meet talent lingers.
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Chris
Chataway
Brian Hewson
Santee
Fred Dwyer
Villanova
Wes
Wanamaker
New York
Dwyer
J. W. Mashburn
Oklahoma A&m
Jim Lea
Los Angeles Athletic Club
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