Ups And Downs Of Qualifying For The Open
Golfers across the nation completed sectional qualifying for the U S Open with Jesse Snead Ken Still and Larry Hinson earning spots while Gardner Dickinson Jack Fleck Doug Sanders and Arnold Palmer faced hurdles Palmer remains a question mark for exemption. Lionel Hebert Bob Duden led with 136 as 385 players vied for 64 places at eight sites and 17 survivors joined exempt players for the 150 starters at the championship.
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Sheila Moran
Associated Press
Jesse Snead
Ken Still
Larry Hinson
Gardner Dickinson
Jack Fleck
Doug Sanders
Arnold Palmer
Snead
Still
Hinson
Champions Golf Club
Houston
Dickinson
Texas
Colonial Country Club
Fleck
Ben Hogan
Los Angeles
Palmer
U.S. Golf Association
Youghingheny Country Club
Pittsburgh
Lionel Hebert
Bob Duden
Portland
Ore
Hebert
Memphis
Duden
Broadmoor Golf Club
Tle
John Schlee
Dallas
Dick Rhyan
Cincinnati
Don Finsterwald
Denver
Jerry Steelsmith
Art Wall
Jay Hebert
Lionel
Tom Shaw
Marty Fleckman
Grier Jones
Steve Reid
Orlando
Fla
Sammy
Deane Beman
Grand Canyon Favored In NAIA Baseball Tournament
Grand Canyon College of Phoenix Arizona enters as a slight favorite to win the NAIA tournament opening in Saint Joseph Missouri. The Antelopes 40 14 season mark are No 1 among small colleges per Collegiate Baseball Digest. Glassboro State faces GC in Monday’s 2 pm opener as part of a double elimination event through mid June with several other first round games listed.
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St, Joseph
Grand Canyon College of Phoenix
Ariz
Antelopes
Collegiate Baseball Digest
Arizona
Glassboro State
St. Cloud State
William Dewell
Junior League Roundup Opens 1969 Season With Three League Games
In Ottawa the Junior League opened with three American League games. Royals crushed Indians 14 to 4 behind one hit by Allen Burgoon. Yankees beat Orioles 12 to 4 with seven runs in the final inning. Tigers no-hit White Sox 12 to 1 as Alan Moore threw the year’s first no-hitter. Tonight NL teams play Giants vs Braves and Dodgers vs Pirates at Forest Park. Games start 6:30.
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Royals
Indians
Allen Burgoon
Mickey Allen
Royal
Keith Whitacre
Forest Park
Yankees
Orioles
Craig Chaney
Kirk Davis
Davis
Kim Wellington
Alan Moore
Tigers
White Sox
Oys
Giants
Braves
Dodgers
Pirates
Cubs
Cardinals
West Second Street
Soph
Elliott
Winterschied
Mueller
Roberts
Weber
Brown
Hicks
Porter
Page
Totals
Snider
Moore
A. Moore
McMillan
Cramer
Huderson
Malburg
Wassmer
Shenk
Curry
Musial Tops St Louis All Time Baseball Team
St Louis fans elected Stan Musial as the city’s greatest player with 67.1 percent of votes. Rogers Hornsby finished second with 10 percent, and the all-time team features Sisler Hornsby Boyer Marion Medwick Musial Flood and Carroll Walker Cooper Gibson and Dean as pitchers.
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ST. Louis
Stan Musial
Musial
St. Louis Cardinals
Rogers Hornsby
George Sisler
Hornsby
Ken Boyer
Marty Marion
Joe Medwick
Curt Flood
Walker Cooper
Bob Gibson
Dizzy Dean
Babe Ruth League roundup: Boys Club 12 Lions 1
Monday night action in the Ottawa Babe Ruth League saw Boys' Club explode for eight fourth inning runs to rout Lions 12-1. David Drumright won his second win of the season with four innings pitched, while Gary Brockus and Steve Mallicoat led the offense with two hits apiece. VFW edged Eagles 6-5 as Daryl Gragg pitched the last three innings and Ratliff added two hits. Next action features DeMolay versus Rotary followed by Ellis against Kiwanis.
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Ottawa
Boys’ Club
Lions
VFW
Eagles
David Drumright
Gary Brockus
Steve Mallicoat
Drumright
Robert Tienken
Tienken
Mike Ratliff
Tony Penn
Daryl Gragg
Gragg
Ratliff
OBRL
Rotary
Ellis
Kiwanis
Anderson
Haas
Bugner
Kasper
Brockus
Seymour
Mallicoat
McAdoo
Pence
Davis
Moline
Carey
Croucher
S. Jones
Totals
Cepeda's Homecoming Powers Braves Past Cardinals
Orlando Cepeda returned to St Louis in dramatic fashion tripling and scoring, homering for his 10th of the season and drawing a walk. Hank Aaron added an 8th inning homer to move into fifth on the all time list. Jerry Koosman pitched the Mets past the Dodgers 2 1 and San Diego beat Philadelphia 6 4 for their fourth straight win.
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Ted Williams
Atlanta
Sonny Jackson
George Stone
Cecil Upshaw
Jerry Koosman
Mets
Dodgers
Jerry Grote
al Weis
Koosman
Bill Russell
Wes Parker
Andy Kosco
Bill Ludakis
Jim Lefebvre
San Diego Padres
Nate Colbert
Khomer
Tommy Dean
Philadelphia
Clay Sings New Song in Houston Interview
Cassius Clay, overweight and out of boxing, says he will never return to fighting after a 30 minute court appearance before Judge Joe Ingraham. He faces a five year sentence and a $10000 fine for draft refusal and awaits a Supreme Court hearing on wiretap involvement. Clay shifts focus to ham burger plans for a nationwide chain.
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Houston
Cassius Clay
Joe Ingraham
Ingraham
Clay
Supreme Curt
Baseball Scoreboard of Today’s Major League Games
The daily slate lists six matchups with pitchers’ records. Los Angeles hosts New York as Seaver faces Foster, San Francisco visits Montreal with Wegener opposed by Wegener? Wegener is listed once. Philadelphia welcomes San Diego with Champion pitching. Cincinnati travels to Pittsburgh as Merritt starts for the visiting Reds and Veale for the Pirates. Houston visits Chicago with Lemaster against Hands while Atlanta goes to St. Louis to face Carlton.
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Torre
New York Mets
Los Angeles
San Diego
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Montreal
Chicago Cubs
Houston
Foster
New York
Seaver
McCormack
Wegener
Kirby
Cincinnati
Merritt
Pittsburgh
Veale
Lemaster
Chicago
Hands
Atlanta
Pappas
Carlton
Associated Press
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G.B. Baltimore
National League
Boston
W. L. Pet
G.B. Detroit
Wash’n. Chicago
Pittsburgh A
Cleveland
Phila
Phia
Minnesota
Oakland
Seattle
Kansas City
California
San Fran
Baltimore
Cuellar
Odom
Detroit
Hiller
Messersmith
Tiant
Pattin
Washington
Hannan
Bunker
Peterson
Boswell
Peters
Lonborg
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Charlie Sifford
Tommy Bolt
Mike Souchak
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Ed Furgol
Doug Ford
Tom Nieporte
Westchester County
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Argentina
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Thompson
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Tucker
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Yohe
Mohr
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Kornhaus
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Shoemaker
Everhart
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Coen
Hazen
Betz
Hooper
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Whitacre
Rouse
Newkirk
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Johnston
Wilson
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van Aken
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Wells
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Dad
France
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Trav
Toheottes & Prontesnes
United States Brewers Association, Inc
P.Q. Box
Topeka
Kansas
Lister
Sherwin-Williams
Merwin- Wits
Bob McCrea
Jim McCrea
S. Main
Dame Das Meerelaal
Sherwin-Williams Paints
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