Twins climb in AL after slump with Harmon Killebrew
Harmon Killebrew powered the Minnesota Twins to a doubleheader sweep of the Washington Senators 11-4 and 10-3. He hit his 17th homer with two doubles and three singles, drove in five runs, and lifted his average to .280 as Minnesota closed within 1.5 games of the league lead. The AL also saw Boston, Cleveland, and Baltimore win while New York and Chicago played. In the NL, St. Louis beat Houston, Spahn and Milwaukee topped the Dodgers, and San Francisco defeated Cincinnati.
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Warren Spahn
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Los Angeles Dodgers
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Cincinnati
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Ron Santo
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Los Angeles Angels
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Dick Drott
Weight loss expected for All-America grid game stars
Heat and humidity may shrink key players like 270-pound Jim Dunaway and 265-pound Dave Behrman as the All-America game in War Memorial Stadium unfolds. East coach Milt Bruhn and West mentor John McKay will start their QBs Billy Nelsen and Ron Vanderkelen as about 30,000 fans watch a sunny showdown telecast by ABC after a Rose Bowl duel. Kickoff at 7:30 p.m. EST.
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Cards Stretch NL Lead With 9 2 Win Over Colts
Cardinals beat the Houston Colts 9-2 as Gibson fanned 13, extending their NL lead to 1.5 games. Flood collected three singles driving in four, while Houston errors produced four unearned runs. Kansas City fell 2-1 to Baltimore as Pena gave up nine hits in a tough outing.
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Moe Drabowsky
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Golf Pairings for Ottawa Country Club Women’s event
The Ottawa Country Club Women s Golf Association announces Tuesday July 2 pairings. Players listed include Speer, Fredeen, Elder, Caylor, Roberts, Malouf, F Kramer, Read, Carey, Kramer, Foulks, Evans, Goss, Cook, Young, Henning, Cramer, Hill, Johnson, Sheldon, Hysom. Reservations or cancellations call CH 2-3614.
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Fredeen
Elder
Caylor
Roberts
Malouf
Kramer
Read
Carey
Foulks
Evans
Goss
Cook
Young
Henning
Cramer
Hill
Johnson
Sheldon
Hysom
Young Ball Player Dies Swimming At Lake
In Kansas City Kansas a young baseball player, Michael Bartko, drowned while swimming with his team after a game at Quivira Lake. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Bartko. Teammates pulled him from the water quickly but he did not respond to artificial respiration.
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Quivera Lake
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George Bartko
Michael
Wint Winter
Mark Strehtow
Jay Roberts
Jayhawk
Roberts
Wint
Mark
Herald
Famed Baseball Star John Franklin Baker Dies at 77
John Franklin Baker renowned as Home Run Baker and a Hall of Fame inductee died Friday at his Trappe Maryland home at age 77 after a stroke two weeks prior. The former Philadelphia Athletics and New York Yankees star earned his nickname in the 1911 World Series with clutch homers off Rube Marquard and Christy Mathewson, solidifying his place in baseball history.
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Christy Mathewson
Topeka Fells Ottawa 7-6 in tight baseball game
Ottawa Elks-Legion fell 7 to 6 as Topeka C F Grain scored six in the second and one in the third to build an early lead. Ottawa tallied three runs in the fourth and fifth but could not catch the visitors. Larry Nisely took the loss, while Danny Harkin had two Ottawa singles. Ottawa will face Leavenworth at 8 tonight and Paola at 8 Sunday here.
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Ottawa
Elks-Legion
Topeka
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Levenworth
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Readers rewarded for tip of the week by Herald
The Herald offers five dollars weekly for the best news tip submitted by a reader, encouraging local contributors to share timely information with the newsroom.
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Sun Standing Still For Spahn In Dusk Of Career
Warren Spahn, 42, pitched a three hitter to beat the Dodgers 1-0 in Los Angeles, extending his win total to 338 and keeping him on track for 13th 20 win season as the Cardinals and other NL clubs jockeyed for position in a full schedule.
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Warren Spahn
Milwaukee Braves
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Westminster Beats First Methodist in Church League Clash
Westminster defeats First Methodist 19 to 9 with Boyer earning the victory after a fourth inning surge from trailing 9 7. First Christian over First Baptist 7 to 6, with extra innings and a seventh inning rally delivering the win for First Baptist.
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Moonshiners Back In Business In Douglasville
In Douglasville Georgia an 8000 gallon still vat used for illicit liquor was stolen from a junkyard. Policy Chief Grady Traylor noted the thieves loaded the tank onto a truck Friday and drove away. The still had been confiscated weeks earlier and part of the apparatus was destroyed while the tank was given back to the junkyard.
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Douglasville
Grady Traylor
Traylor
Tourney at Lyndon Features Mixed Results and Semifinal Showdowns
In the Lyndon baseball tournament Junction City defeated Dover 9 to 6 and Abilene 4 to 3, while Valley Falls topped Lyndon 11 to 3 and Wamego 1 to 3. Semifinals scheduled: Junction City vs Abilene and Lyndon vs Netawaka tonight.
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Kansas City Rodeo Opens At 8 Tonight
Kansas City marks the sixth annual Kansas City Rodeo open with eight performances at 8 p.m. at the arena on 87th and Hillcrest. Sponsored by the Kansas City Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Benjamin Stables, it features chuckwagon races bareback bronc riding wild steer wrestling calf roping barrel racing and Brahma bull riding. Floyd Rumford of Hutchinson supplies stock. more than 50 saddle clubs from across the region are slated to take part.
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Kansas City
Americans Still In Men's Singles at Wimbledon
AP report notes two remaining Americans Chuck McKinley and Frank Froehling in the 77th Wimbledon men’s singles. Many U S players arrived late due to intercollegiate duty. McKinley advanced to the quarterfinals as Froehling faces Taylor with Mulligan and Wilson set to play today.
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Frank Froehling
U. S
McKinney
Jaidip Mukerjea
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McKinley
Australia
Martin Mulligan
Roger Taylor
Mulligan
Wilson
White Sox and Dodgers Win Little League Games
Dodgers beat Cardinals seven to four as K Ralston allowed five hits to earn the win while Brad Reynolds gave up four hits in defeat. The game was tied after five innings before the Dodgers surged for three runs in the sixth. White Sox shut out Orioles 16 to nothing as M Killion pitched a one hitter and the club collected eight hits to score 15 runs.
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Eeneneense
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Killough
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Penniston
Newcomers Shine In Cleveland Open Lead
In the $110,000 Cleveland Open two new entrants, Bill Eggers of Henderson Nevada and Clyde Moon Mullins of Indio California, lead after opening rounds. Eggers shot 66 to tie Gary Player and Bo Wininger for the early lead, while Mullins posted 67 with his wife and daughter along. Also tied were Dave Hill and Lionel Hebert as the field of 150 contends for the $22,000 first prize.
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Bill Eggers
Henderson
Nev
Clyde
Moon) Mullins
Indio
Calif
Kentucky
Hills
Eggers
Gary Player
Oklahoma City
Bo Wininger
Wininger
Mullins
Marines
Dave Hill
Th Slim
Jackson
Mich
Lionel Hebert
Lafayette
Scoreboard By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Minnesota 11 10 Washington 49 Los Angeles 8 3 Detroit 3 8 Boston 4 New York 3 Baltimore 2 Kansas City 1 Cleveland 4 Chicago 3 Cleveland at Chicago Los Angeles at Detroit Kansas City at Baltimore Boston at New York Minnesota at Washington Sunday games Minnesota at Washington Cleveland at Chicago Kansas City at Baltimore Boston at New York Monday games Kansas City at Baltimore Boston at New York Only games scheduled
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Friday's Results and Today's Games Relate to MLB Scores
Friday's results include Chicago 4 Philadelphia 3 in 11 innings, Pittsburgh 3 New York 1, St Louis 9 Houston 2, Milwaukee 1 Los Angeles 0, San Francisco 7 Cincinnati 3. Today's slate shows Chicago at Philadelphia, New York at Pittsburgh, St Louis at Houston, Milwaukee at Los Angeles, Cincinnati at San Francisco with multiple games listed.
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