Dodgers Win Again In Push To Quit Cellar
Dodgers rise from cellar with five wins in six games as Don Drysdale earns his second CG and the Dodgers beat the Braves 4 1. Cardinals sweep Pirates 6 2 moving to a slim lead atop the NL while Giants rally with Cepeda’s 15th homer and Antonelli winning to stay hot.
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Plan Softball Doubleheader in Topeka this Saturday
Tickets go on sale Saturday for a girls softball doubleheader at Forest Park featuring Ohse Meats of Topeka versus the Topeka Colts on Saturday July 19. Ottawa girls meet Jola in the preliminary. Proceeds fund Ottawa girls’ trip to the district tournament at LaHarpe later this month. Ohie Meats, twice district champion and state crown winner in 1956, and the Colts, a strong class A team, are the headline acts. Admission 50 cents. Tickets from Manager Ralph Emerson or any team member.
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Thursday results from major league baseball games this day
Scores show St. Louis 6 over Pittsburgh 2 San Francisco 5 over Cincinnati 1 Los Angeles 4 over Milwaukee 1. Boston 2 over Cleveland 1 New York 4 over Chicago 3 Baltimore 2 over Detroit 6 Kansas City 8 tied Washington 8 after 12 innings.
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Pomona Contender in Lyndon District Tourney Opener
Pomona leads National Baseball Congress district tournament at Lyndon with a 2-1 record. Manager Jack Nelson plans to start a pitcher Monday with Haig Barsegian, Ottawa University star, recording all three Pomona decisions. The team hopes to advance past Burlington and the semifinal Friday.
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Lynn Firestone
Bob Knight
Clausie Smith
Yank Teams Beaten In Rotary League Doubleheader
In Rotary Recreation League play both Junior and Midget Yankees teams lost. The Junior White Sox shut out the Yankees 6-0 as Dunn threw a two hitter, while Gage allowed only two hits but suffered from control and errors. The Midget Tigers crushed the Yankees 13-3 with nine first inning runs. Baldwin earned the win and Anselmi the loss.
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Ortiz Meets Busso Tonight at Madison Square Garden
New York IBF No 6 lightweight Carlos Ortiz unbeaten in 27 pro fights meets fellow New Yorker Johnny Busso at Madison Square Garden. Ortiz born in Puerto Rico and raised in New York. Busso known for his 4 down fight with Larry Spardman. NBC will broadcast at 10 p.m. EDT.
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A's face hot Yankees as win streak stays on the line
The A's ride a six game run the longest since 1953 with Hector Lopez delivering a key surge. Lopez slugged three homers in a 8 6 win over Washington and Bob Cerv added a triple. The Yankees start a three game set at Kansas City after a 4 3 win over Chicago.
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Lane Boots Bobby Bragan Lane Boots Bobby Bragan
Joe Gordon former Yankees and Indians star flew to Cleveland to manage the Indians for tonight’s game with Baltimore after Frank Lane fired Bobby Bragan. Gordon 43, an insurance man in Sacramento, said he is excited to take the job and will stay through 1959. Lane cited a letdown from a series of small issues and criticized Bragan’s platooning and handling of pitchers and rookie Gary Geiger.
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Dinner golf victors at Ottawa Country Club win 89 points
A team captained by Dr Frank Barr tallied 89 points to win the dinner golf matches at the Ottawa Country Club yesterday. Art Conus's team had 67 points and Paul Fredeen's 60. Fred Gollier led Barr's team with 15 points. Forty two men participated.
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Legion Plays At Topeka
Ottawa Legion travels to Topeka to face Highland Park in a 8 p.m. game hampered by injuries. Dennis Smith cannot pitch beyond two or three innings due to a back issue, and Mike Hudnall, who had his leg cast removed, won’t play until July 10. Coach Gene Ramsey plans to use Homer Collins on the mound and save pitching for a Sunday doubleheader as Ottawa stands 2-8.
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Leland Kueser
Don Miller
Wayne Morris
Butch Michael
Junior Hawkey
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Park Church League Softball Tonight Schedule
Tonight at the park Naza rene faces Trinity Methodist at 6 30 p m Assembly of God meets Wesleyan Methodist at 8 p m in a church league doubleheader.
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Kansas Women Golf Tourney Semifinals In Kansas City
In the Kansas women s golf tournament semifinals Jean Ashley of Chanute, a Kansas junior, faces 16 year old Vicki Pettit of Wichita. Jackie Dack of Colorado College meets Mrs Warren Boozer of Kansas City. Ashley defeated Lynne Talbott 8 and 7, Pettit beat Mrs Charles Menninger 4, Boozer edged Helen Fuller 1 up, and Dack defeated Mrs Paul Graham 5 and 4.
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