Boos and Bluster Mark Turner Saxton Fight in Chicago
The Turner Saxton nontitle bout at Chicago Stadium ended in a 10th round TKO for Saxton as Dr Irving Slott halted Turner for facial injuries. Boos from 2400 spectators greeted Saxton, while Katz accused the doctor of injustice. Saxton weighed 151 1/2 pounds to Turner's 151.
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Chicago
George Katz
Gill Turner
Irving Slott
Ilinois Athletic Commission
Johnny Saxton
Chicago Stadium
Turner
Saxton
Slott
Johnny
Carmen’ Basilia
Katz
H. Marovitz
Frank Clark
Frank Sikora
Bowling Scores From Commercial and Twilight Leagues
In Commercial League action Pin Luggers lead with 516 and 214 high by 30-D. Smith while Todd Insurance shows 533 with 210 and 30-Todd. Alga 20-30-Boyer posts 580, Duffield 537. A&P O 499. Twilight League sees Bob's Clothes top with 597 and 245 by Daugherty 30. Emerson 180 499. Sunrise Dairy 562 with Martin 199 30. Triangle Transit and other entries show various high games and series across the two leagues.
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Commercial League
Ainsworth
D. Smith
Todd Insurance
Todd
Ivan Brown
Brown
Duffield
Ellis
Doman
Crites
Alga
Boyer
A&p O
Hayward
Rodgers
Daugherty
Duncan
Davis
Phillips 66
Emerson
Gas Service Co
Campbell
Norman
Sunrise Dairy
Martin
Triangle Transit
Smay
Larkin
Bowling Bits from Ottawa and Area Leagues
Weekly bowling notes show Griffin of Ottawa Building and Loan leading the 10-30 with 194 to stay at 495 series. Burgeon of Lee's Cafe claimed 191-489, Hickman top 10 on Tuesday with 197, Burgoon of Todd Insurance high 30 at 515, and Larkin of Sears runner-up with 195. Housewives League leader Burgoon posted 179-470, while Ainsworth of Days Sport Shop achieved 459 in the 10-30. Splits list includes Christian, Wolgast, White, Kampschroeder, Larkin, Smay, Campbell, and Yelton.
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Griffin
Ottawa Building and Loan
Burgeon
Lee's Cafe
Hickman
Kegler
Anchor Savings and Loan
Burgoon
Todd Insurance
Larkin
Sears
Whitacre
Housewives League
Kramer Drugs
Chambers of
Shinn & Haley
Ainsworth
Sport Shop
Arnold Jewelry
Strickland
Bond Cleaners
G. Whitacre
Arnold's Jewelry
Hayward
Miller Coast
Ransom
Christian
Wolgast
White
Kampschroeder
Smay
Campbell
Yelton
Women Golfers To Sponsor Tourney At Ottawa Country Club
The Ottawa Women's Golf Association sponsors an invitational on May 22 at Ottawa Country Club. Play begins 8 a.m. with luncheon at 1 p.m. About 100 attendees expected. Ottawa members invited. reservations via Mrs. Robert Hill or Mrs. L. N. Speer. Other invited clubs include Shawnee Topeka and several others across the state.
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Ottawa Country Club
Ottawa Women’s Golf Association
Ottawa Club
Robert Hill
L. N. Speer
Shawnee
Topeka
Topeka Country Club
Tola
Chanute
Lawrence
Big League Teams Trim Rosters Before Deadline
Major league clubs rushed to meet the 25 players plus service returnees limit as Ford Frick enforced the rule at midnight. Boston plans to place Mel Parnell on the disabled list after his ankle injury in Detroit, while other clubs reassigned and traded players to stay under the limit.
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Boston Red Sox
Ford Frick
Red Sox
Mel Parnell
Parnell
Detroit
Boston
Willard Nixon
Frick
Cincinnati Redlegs
Pat Scantlebury
Havana
Red
Cleveland Indians
Jose Santiago
Kansas City
Hank Foiles
Pittsburgh
Preston Ward
Earl Averill
Bobby Young
Indianapolis
Santiago
Yale
Arnie Portocarrero
Birmingham
Southern Assn
Art Ceccarrelli
Columbus
Bill Harrington
San Diego
Joe Astroth
Hammer Throw Mark Is Goal of Senior
Boston University senior Cliff Blair, a 225-pound Hingham, Massachusetts native, threw 211 feet 3 inches to surpass the world mark of 211 feet 1 inch, in a special AAU sanctioned hammer event at BU. Krivonosov's 216 feet 4+ inch is pending. Blair trains under American record holder Harold Connelly.
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Boston
Cliff Blair
Boston University
Hingham
Mass
Russia
Mikhail Krivonosov
Warsaw
Kri
Cardinals Trade Prize Rookie in Major League Swap
PITTSBURGH Pirates traded outfielder Bobby DelGreco and pitcher Dick Littlefield to the St. Louis Cardinals for outfielder Bill Virdon the 1955 NL rookie of the year. No cash involved in the swap. It followed two prior Pirates Cardinals trades within a week and marked the Cardinals third deal in six days as Frank Lane moved 11 players.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Pirates
Bobby DelGreco
Dick Littlefield
St. Louis Cardinals
Bill Virdon
Pirates
Cardinals
Frank Lane
Thief Returns To Chase After Liquor Store Robbery
An armed robber held up a Topeka liquor store around 9 p.m. and fled with about 50 dollars. Minutes before closing, he returned after changing clothes and bought a pint of vodka. A clerk notified police of the repeated incident.
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Topeka
Kan
Lack of Seats Irks Robinson Ahead of Title Fight
Sugar Ray Robinson vents irritation over unavailable ringside seats for the 15 round world middleweight title defense against Carl Olson at Wrigley Field. NBC will televise and radio the bout set for 8 p.m. CST. Olson, 28, will weigh in by noon, with camera time capped at 10 minutes.
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Los Angeles
Sugar Ray Robinson
Carl
Bobo) Olson
Robinson
Wrigley Field
NBC
Sugar Ray
New York
Olson
San Francisco
Sid Flaherty
Bobo
Chicago
Philadelphia
Bob
Harlem Dandy
Major League Standings and Thursday’s American League Schedule
American League standings show New York leading with 17 wins and Cleveland at 16. Chicago 12, Boston 12, Baltimore 14, Washington 11, Kansas City 9, Detroit 9. Thursday’s schedule lists New York at Chicago, Boston at Kansas City, Baltimore at Detroit, and Washington at Milwaukee among others. Wednesday results include New York 4, Cleveland 1 and New York 9, Chicago 3.
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New York
Seeseseess
Cleveland
Seseseseaeees
Chicago
Sesee
Boston
Sesteeseses
Baltimore
Seeee
Washington
Kansas City
Oh Detrait
Ford
Harshman
Brewer
Va Herrtage
Detroit
Ferrarese
Hoeft
Milwaukee
Spahn
Gomez
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Mizell
Schmidt
Haddix
Pittsburgh
Meyer
Law
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Milwaukee Vameresomace
St. Louiss Ve.secverraene
Cincinnati Teats
Eee Ae
Major League Leaders By The Associated Press
National and American league leaders listed by batting average runs batted in hits home runs and pitching records. Mantle Berra Ford Kuenn etc appear with team affiliations and stats from the season’s early totals.
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The
Associated Press
Mantle
New York
Maxwell
Detroit
Boyd
Baltimore
Berra
Lemon
Washington
Kuenn
Ford
Larsen
Re- Pulski
St. Louis
Batley
Cincinnati
Long
Pittsburgh
Bruton
Billwaukee
Boyer
Jablonski
Cincinnat
Musial
Moon
Post
Banks
Chicago
Thomas
Lawrence
Freeman
Frye to Pitch for Lawrence Legion in Forest Park
Frye, who shut out Skelly on one hit, faces Topeka’s Midwest Appliance in a Monday night tilt. He’ll throw against Stockton, a curveball ace, as the game begins at 8 p m at Forest Park.
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Carlos Frye
Skelly
Lawrence Legion
Midwest
Topeka
Forest Park
Frye
Stockton
Dropped Flies Hurt Cards A's in 9-6 Losses
In Kansas City the Orioles beat the Athletics 9-6 after a dropped foul pop by Jim Finigan opened a three run swing. The Cardinals used four unearned runs off a dropped foul pop to defeat the Dodgers 5-3. Herm Wehmeier started for St Louis in his first game since the trade, and Hal Smith and Gil Hodges each benefited from misplays before Hodges drove in a run. Gardner and Smith supplied key power for Kansas City's late surge.
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Lou Boudreau
Kansas City
Fred Hutchinson
St. Louis
Baltimore Orioles
Athletics
Jim Finigan
Chuck Diering
Cardinals
Brooklyn Dodgers
Herm Wehmeier
Philadelphia
Duke Snider
Roy Campanella
Hal Smith
Gil Hodges
Hodges
Snider
Jackie Robinson
Sandy Amoros
Panella
Carl Furillo
Ken Lehman
Baltimore
Billy Gardner
Gardner
Smith
Kansas City Open Gets Underway
The eighth Kansas City Open tees off at Milburn Golf Club in Kansas City Kansas with a windy, stern course. Pros expect scores in the low 270s to win as wind likely adds strokes. Dutch Stamburger leads the tourney setup noting the par is 70 and distance favors long holes on the 6500 yard layout.
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Kansas City
Kan
Milburn Golf Club
Dutch Stamburger
Porky Oliver
Lloyd Mangrum
Stamburger
Milburn
Rantoul Social Notes Mention Visits and Mother's Day
Mr and Mrs Peter Papps visited daughter Margaret Johnson in Lawrence Memorial Hospital where she is improving after a May 6 car wreck. Local families hosted guests including Joe OBrien, Ralph Coler, Gale Gilbert and others. Mother's Day was marked at Sunday School with 18 corsages and a plant for the oldest mother. Kenneth Evaris returned from Germany to visit family After two years in service.
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Peter Papps
Lawrence
Margaret Johnson
Lawrence Memorial Hospital
Joe O'Brien
Goodrich
C. B
Coler
Lawrence Murphy
Clarence Coffman
Wellsville
Martha Coffman
C. B. Jackson
Willie Grimm
Welch
Fairland
Bartlesville
Okla
Webber
Denver
Colo
Grant Catterson
Mr. Catterson
Oren Croan
Delvina Evaris
Kenneth
Germany
Local social notes span Ottawa to Topeka visitors
A string of visits and travels ties together Ottawa residents and nearby towns. familie s from Braden, Gale Gilbert, and Redick households hosted gatherings in Ottawa and Wellsville. Notables traveled to Osawatomie, Sedalia, La Monte, Commerce Oklahoma, and a funeral in Oklahoma. Truman provided drinks during a French capital tour.
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Truman
Truman Recalls World War Days in Paris Cafe
Former President Truman sat at a Paris sidewalk cafe recalling 39 years past when he frequented the same spot with World War I buddies. His companions today were a small group of veterans and aides as he shared memories of service and friendship.
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Paris
Truman
Turnpike Celebrates Third Anniversary and Traffic Rise
Oklahoma City notes 6,065,969 vehicles used Turner Turnpike in its first three years. The 88 mile four lane road from Oklahoma City to Tulsa posted a record year with 2,167,860 vehicles, topping the prior year by 137,075 and exceeding the first year by 300,536.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Turner Turnpike
W. D. Hoback
Tulsa
Auto race stars vie at Kansas Free Fair Ground
Don White 1955 champ Marv Copple Tubby Harrison Roxy Dancy Herschel Buchanan and other stars will race with Nash Hudson Olds Ford Mercury Chevrolet Dodge Chrysler Plymouth. Advance tickets mail orders to Auto Race Box 945 Topeka Kansas. 3,000 box and grandstand seats at $2.50 7,000 general admission at $2 Children 50 cents Kansas Free Fair Grounds Topeka Wednesday Afternoon May 30.
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Don White
Marv Copple
Tubby Harrison
Roxy Dancy
Herschel Buchanan
Nash
Hudson
Olds
Ford
Mercury
Chevrolet
Dodge
Chrysler
Plymouth
Topeka
Kansas
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Boos
Ginny McGhee
State Farm Mutual
State Farm
Quincy Seymour
Irks Robinson
Rantoul
Gale Gilbert
Nelson O. Heyer
IBM
Kingston
International Business Machines Corporation
Cara Nome
S. Main
Fred Kaiser
Rexall Drug Store
Ft. Sheridan
W. G. Baker
Braden
Osawatomie
Everett Gilbert
Brice
Stella Dunkin
E. T. Jeffries
Ronnie
George Dunkin
Dale
Ottawa
Ray Redick
Jerry
Robert Reddick
Neal Todd
Olathe Community Hospital
Jack Rayl
Sedalia
LaMonte
Lloyd Griffith
Commerce
Ritchal
Sooner
Johnson
Malott Hdw
Santa Fe
Uty Seycer
Los
el Capitan
Fred Harvey
Santa Fe Ticket Office
Tecumseh & Walnut Sts
Ottawa, Kansas
C. Christerson
Kansas Free Fair Grounds
Steven
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