Fat Men to Play as Ambulance Stands By in Exhibition
An exhibition softball contest at Forest Park Friday night features the Fat And 40 team of former male stars meeting the Douglas Brothers girls team in a regulation inning game. Proceeds go to the ball park maintenance fund. Admission is 25 cents. Umpires include Mayor Roche and Commissioners Ivan Brown and Doc Riche-Bon. The event is sponsored by the Ottawa Softball Association with Ralph Emerson organizing. An ambulance and oxygen will be stationed near the diamond, and Noel Douglas will coach the Fat And 40 crew. A long list of players vows to go one inning or more against the girls. Programs sold at games offer a chance at two KC-Detroit tickets July 2.
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Joe Towner
Miamond
Noel Douglas
Pat
Mayor Roche
Ivan Brown
Doc Riche- Bon
Emerson
Kenneth Andrews
Malcolm Jones
Freeland West
Bill
Legion Game Here Tonight at Ottawa Stadium
The Ottawa Junior American Legion baseball team hosts the E A Evans Insurance club of Kansas City tonight at 8 p m with Ted Brillig slated to pitch for the Stafords. Tomorrow the Legion faces Overland Park in a makeup league game here Ike Cearfoss the Legion coach is ill with flu and will miss both contests.
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American Legion
E. A. Evans Insurance Club
Kansas City
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Staffords
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Overland Park
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Cardinals Beat Phillies 4 1 At Busch Stadium
Luis Arroyo pitched superbly to lower his ERA to 1.61 as the St Louis Cardinals defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 4 1 at Busch Stadium. Arroyo also drove in two runs while learning his wife had a baby boy weighing eight pounds at their Puerto Rican home. The Cardinals improved to win behind seven hits.
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Associated Press
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Mays Confusion Cited Amid Tight NL Pennant Race
Leo Durocher calls Willie Mays confused as the NL pennant race tightens. Dodgers lead 46 16 while Cubs and others chase. Milwaukee and Cincinnati win, Giants fall, Arroyo shines in St Louis. Dusty Rhodes homers for New York amid a note on water’s density.
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Bob Purkey
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Murry Dickson
Ron Mrozinski
Jim Hearn
Hearn
Redlegs
Stan Palys
Art Fowler
Dusty Rhodes
Bill Taylor
New York
Softball Wins for Gilmore and Baptists at Forest Park
Skelly Service and First Baptist Church posted victories in league softball at Forest Park. Rex Shisler pitched a two hitter to lift Skelly over Baldwin Co-Op 6 to 1, while Ron Yingling pitched four hits as First Baptist defeated Budge's 5 to 1. Box scores note Shelly 6.
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Rex Shisler
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Baldwin Co-Op
First Baptist
Ron Yingling
Budge
Shelly
Duke Leads In Hitting
New York Brooklyn's Duke Snider led the National League in slugging with a .698 average. He has 162 total bases in 232 at bats, 74 hits, 15 doubles, 2 triples and 23 homers, the majors' top home run total. Al Kaline leads the American League with a .603 slugging and 11 homers among 88 safeties for 140 total bases. Ted Williams, in 66 at bats, posts an .864 slugging with 8 homers. Slugging records note Babe Ruth and Rogers Hornsby as seasonal leaders. Slugging is total bases divided by official at bats.
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Associated Press
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Detroit
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Mickey Mantle
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Kansas City
Power
Sherm Lollar
Chicago
Gus Zernial
Ted Williams
Boston
Williams
Babe Ruth
Rogers Hornsby
St. Louis
Johnny Saxton on Comeback Trail
In Brockton Massachusetts Johnny Saxton halted Jimmy Fuller in one minute of the sixth round in a 10 round bout at Maple Arena. Saxton, heavier at 153 1 4 pounds, dominated before referee Eddie Curley halted the bout. Fuller weighed 156 and was floored in the fourth round. This was Saxton’s first ring appearance since losing his welterweight title to Tony DeMarco in Boston on April 1.
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Jimmy Fuller
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Tony de Marco
Boston
de Marco
Carmen Basilio
Lune
Moore Olson title clash stirs talks of Marciano bout
Ancient Archie Moore, 38, defends light heavyweight crown against Bobo Olson as talks circle a possible September bout with Rocky Marciano. promoter Jim Norris hints at future matches involving Olson or Moore against Marciano, while Olson’s manager Sid Flaherty points to a potential middleweight unification if he wins.
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Asbury Park
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the Swinner
San Francisco
Ray Robinson
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National Boxing Assn
Four Minute Mile At AAU Meet Draws Skepticism
In Boulder Colorado the four minute mile at the AAU national track meet seems unlikely due to thin air though half milers may deliver a marquee race. Tom Courtney Arnie Sowell and Mal Whitfield lead a field including West Santee as about 350 to 400 athletes arrive for a meet that shapes Olympic trials.
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Mexico City
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Sowell
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Los Angeles Athletic Club
Seek Entries For Not Meet Seek Entries For Not Meet The Ottawa City Tennis Tourney
The Ottawa Recreation Commission sponsors the annual city tennis tournament starting July 1 with entries due by June 30. Submit entries to Don Hoglund Orris Cox or the Junior High office. There are three age divisions under 15 15 to 18 and over 18. Singles and doubles are played in each division with a mixed doubles event for adults. If enough entries arrive a father son doubles event may be added.
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Yankees hammer Tigers 27 to 6 in Pee Wee league play
Yankees jump to 14 0 in first inning and lead 27 1 by second, Tiger bats manage only two hits off Crane while Yankee sluggers tally 12 off Q Seymour. Box score shows a long list of players and final tally 27 for New York and 6 for Detroit.
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Ex-Champ Poirier to Meet Vejar in August Card
Oscar Pita and Tony de Marco face daunting paths after bouts in New York and Boston. The bout reports Poirier’s signings and a planned 10 round match with Chico Vejar of Stamford at Arena, Conn. in August. Pita, unbeaten in 42, bounces back after knockouts and disagreements with referees. Poirier’s loss and the card details are debated, while Vejar awaits the winner in a high-stakes welterweight showdown.
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Argentina
New Golf Champ Meets President
In San Francisco National Open champion Jack Fleck, once an Iowa unknown, chatted with President Eisenhower yesterday after his victory. The brief meeting highlighted Fleck’s rise from obscurity to national sports prominence.
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Davenport
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San Francisco
Fleck
Iowa
Jack
Isenhower
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