Colt Hurler Nottebart Tosses No-Hitter for Colt
Houston right-hander Don Nottebart pitched the first Houston Colt no hitter in a 4-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. Jowie Goss hit a three run homer and Carl Warwick went 4-for-4 with a homer while Nottebart allowed only a fifth inning error to produce the lone Philadelphian run.
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Sandy Koufax
Ls Angeles
San Francisco Giants
Bob Feller
Cleveland
Detroit
Hartman
Don Demeter
Colts
Warwick
Demeter
Phillies
Clay Dalrymple
Don Hoak
Goss
Harry Craft
Bob Aspromonte
Johnny Temple
Ernie Davis dies at 23 first Negro Heisman winner
Ernie Davis, 1961 Heisman Trophy winner and Syracuse star, dies of acute leukemia at Lakeside Hospital in Cleveland after battling illness since last July. Browns officials withheld the diagnosis. funeral planned in Elmira, N.Y. Davis became the nation’s top college player in 1961 and set school records before his death.
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Elmira
N.Y
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Jim Brown
Syracuse
Associated Press
Big Eight appoints Waldorf supervisor of officials in expansion
MANHATTAN AP says the Big Eight named John Waldorf supervisor of officials as part of an administrative revamp. Wayne Duke, succeeding retiring Reaves Peters as executive director July 1, announced a four member committee to study league operations and all headquarters rules and finances.
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Waldorf
Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Wayne Duke
Reaves Peters
Duke
Showdown Set In Women's Golf Open Duel
In Oklahoma, the $8,000 Oklahoma Women's Open features a showdown between Mickey Wright and Mari Smith. Wright posted a 36 hole total of 285 while Smith sits just one behind. Fifty-five year old Mary Lena Faulk slipped from the lead after an 85 on day two, falling further back.
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Southwestern favored again for KCAC title in meet
Lindsborg Kans AP Southwestern is favored to repeat as KCAC champion with Otawa and College of Emporia challenging. Friday prelims saw two meet records fall and five more possible in finals. Royce McClanahan of Emporia set a 1:54.38 half mile, while Manly Tubbs of Emporia broke the 220 yard low hurdles mark with a 24.0 second time. Russell Vail led Southwestern qualifiers with four spots and possibly two relays. Ottawa totaled 10 qualifiers as KCAC teams push toward finals. Separate field events saw Baker’s Claude Johnson win the broad jump 22-11.5 and Southwestern’s A G Boley take the javelin 220-6.
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Otawa
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Royce McClanahan
Manly Tubbs
Seconts
Russell Vail
Ottawa
Kansas Wesleyan
McPherson
Baker
Friends
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Bethel
Claude Johnson
A. G. Boley
Weekend Baseball Scoreboard of Friday Results
Summary of Friday results shows New York 4 Los Angeles 3 and Minnesota 11 Cleveland 4 with Kansas City 2 Boston 0. Chicago at Baltimore postponed by rain. Detroit at Washington postponed. Scheduled games include Kansas City at Boston and Los Angeles at New York among others. multiple doubleheaders and postponements noted.
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Cleveland
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Houston
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Army Reserve Captain Shoots Wife Then Dies
In Kansas City AP report, 44 year old Charles D Drake an Army reserve captain and asphalt company salesman wounded his estranged wife Anne 26 critically with a bullet to the mouth and then killed himself as two policemen closed in on him in a darkened apartment after witnesses said the argument began when she returned for belongings.
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Charles D. Drake
Anne
Bowsfield and Alasti Star In A's Victory in Boston
Bowsfield pitched three hits over nine innings while rookie Dave Morehead made his first appearance in four games. The contest paused briefly in the ninth from a deer can shower but resumed. Mejias provided Boston's final hit in the ninth as Alusik and Siebern supplied key A’s runs earlier.
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Bowsfield
Dave Morehead
Red Sox
Dick Williams
Roman Mejias
George Alusik
Jerry Lupe
Norm Siebern
Atheletics
Gene Conley
Kansas City
Dave Wickerham
Pole vault records spark Kansas high school meet
Leonard Vann of Lawrence and Bob McKee of Abilene set pole vault marks at the Kansas Track and Field Championships. Vann cleared 13 feet 714 inches in Class AA to upset Ottawa favorite Charles Bowling, while McKee won Class A with 13 feet 3 inches, beating last year’s record. Den nis Brown’s 12 feet 614 inches broke amid a broken pole. Multiple leaders and contenders dominated as finals approach.
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Leonard Vann
Lawrence
Bob McKee
Abilene
Kansas
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Charles Bowling
Ottawa
Bowling
Roy Daniels
Topeka
McKee
Dennis Brown
Herington
Medicine Lodge
Kinsley
Lindsborg
Sts. Peter and Paul
Seneca
Marion
Area Boys Shine in Class B Qualifiers at Wichita
Lane's Mike Ruder qualified for the state Class B broad jump finals at Wichita, placing sixth in prelims with 20 feet 9 inches. Centralia's Riggins led qualifiers with 21 feet 4% inches, Quenemo's Joe Hoover tied for second in high jump at 6 feet, Kinsley's Games won with 6 feet 4 and three-fourths inches.
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Mike Ruder
Wichita
Centralia
Riggins
Quenemo
Joe Hoover
Kinsley
Golf Lead New Position For Devlin
Bruce Devlin, 25, Australian in his third pro season, led the Oklahoma City Open at halfway after a 7-under 65 to 139 total. He sits two strokes ahead of Bob Duden Don Finsterwald and George Bayer, with Rex Baxter Jr. Julius Boros Miller Barber Fred Hawkins Bob Goalby and Bobby Nichols at 149.
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Oklahoma City
Bruce Devlin
Devlin
Quail Creek Country Club
Bob Duden
Don Finsterwald
George Bayer
Elks-Legion Intrasquad Game Set At Forest Park
Ottawa's Elks American Legion baseball team schedules an intrasquad game at 4 p.m. on Sunday May 19 in Forest Park. Manager Conrad Downing says the public is welcome. The Legion opens the season against Emporia here Friday May 31.
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Conrad Downing
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End of Year Activities Rich At OHS
Teachers and students wrap the year with chemistry tests, senior farewells, and a Kayettes installation. The drama club hosted a potluck, a Gigi screening, and a farewell, while guest Rev. Richard Green spoke on South Africa. Activities also featured pantomimes, writing themes, and ice cream social fundraisers.
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Darline Diven
Nora Evans
Genevieve Gilletee
Marcia Doman
Darline
Gigi
Maurice Chevralier
Eva Gabor
Max Spooner
Jane Feuerborn
Richard Green
Albert Brox
Green
Johannesburg
Republic of South Africa
FHA
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Roy Dunn
Carolyn Christensen
Frances Wren
S. S. Bergsma
Terror in Montreal Bombings Prompt Massive Police Drive
A 200 man police squad was mobilized in Montreal to halt a wave of bombings blamed on Quebec separatists. A blast badly injured an Army demolition expert, shredding his arm and injuring others as authorities vow a coordinated cross agency crackdown.
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Quebec Liberation Front
Walter Holland Leja
Jean Lesage
J. Adrien Robert
Ambassador Kennan to resign as Yugoslavia envoy
Washington AP George F Kennan a leading authority on communism and top diplomat will resign this fall as ambassador to Yugoslavia. The White House says he seeks academic life and a successor has not yet been chosen. Kennan has been envoy in Belgrade since March 7 1961 after a leave from Princeton Institute for Advanced Studies.
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George F. Kennan
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White House
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Belgrade
Institute For Advanced Studies
Princeton
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