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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1958
Page
1
The New York Yankees stretch their lead with six straight wins and 10 of 11, moving to 19-5 while the Athletics sit second at 13-12. Kansas City nears .500 at 12-13, 6 1/2 games back, as Detroit, Boston, Cleveland, and Chicago chase in a crowded AL pennant race.
The Kansas Jayhawks won their seventh consecutive outdoor Big Eight track and field championship in Columbia Missouri with 1411 points. Keith Gardner of Nebraska set meet records in the 120 yard high hurdles and the 220 dash, anchoring Nebraska’s 440 yard relay to victory. Gardner’s 14.0 in the hurdles and 20.4 in the 220 helped Nebraska contend, while Kansas State and others posted new marks in the mile relay and 880.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS West Virginia Sam Snead aged 46 next week battled Gary Player of South Africa in a five extra holes playoff to win a major title chase. Player, 22, matched Snead and Ben Hogan through 72 holes before losing in sudden death. Hogan posted 965 as Snead earned 2300 first prize and solidified his Open hopes ahead of Tulsa’s coming week.
The San Francisco Giants win back to back at Chicago with Johnny Antonelli and Stu Miller both pitching complete games. Antonelli allows five Cubs hits in a 7-3 opener while Miller throws a three hitter in a 4-0 second game. Cincinnati and Philadelphia win to briefly challenge, Dodgers split with St Louis as the league races tighten. Giants’ O’Connell Kirkland Davenport drive offense in Chicago.
In the first game Dodger Hodges and Neal powered a win while Essegian and Repulski homered for Philadelphia. In the nightcap Groat and Thomas also went deep for Pittsburgh as Anderson sparked the Phils with a homer and two singles in an 18 hit attack.
The Ottawa American Legion baseball team cut eight players at Sunday practice at Forest Park, leaving 16 to sign before league play. Coach Jack Morrow said more prospects may be considered with a deadline to be announced, as the team shifts to a set practice schedule including Monday Wednesday and Friday at 5 p.m. and Sundays at 1 p.m.
SAN PEDRO Calif Junior Chamber of Commerce members called off their Great Whale Boat Race after arriving at Los Angeles Harbor for the start of the second annual event Sunday. They discovered the whale boats were not ordered. Undaunted, the group chartered a water taxi and toured the harbor anyway.
Two Catawba College football players wrestled a caged gorilla at a Salisbury carnival. McGrath and Carlisle tailed the animal for a dollar a minute, lasting one minute. They would have earned six dollars each for pulling him off and sixty for pinning him. The bout left Carlisle with cuts and a black eye, hospital costs cited at two dollars per stitch.
A state sophomore improved the outdoor pole vault record to 14 feet 9 inches this spring, posting the second best mark in the nation. The performance showcases the athlete's rising credentials and strengthens the program's track and field profile.
Ottawa High School collected six points in the Kansas State track meet at Manhattan. Roger Schmanke set a meet record in the pole vault at 12-8, and the 880-yard relay team finished fifth with Tom Sims Thorpe Nolan George Small and Dennis Smith. Ottawa placed 13th overall in Class A with Garnett also placing in Class A.
In a rough meet Saturday night Detroit catcher Bob Wilson sparked the medley relay where Duarte Rankin placed fifth in the 220 yard dash and Cerv suffered a fractured jaw. Cerv, sidelined with a wired jaw, is on a liquid diet and may miss until Thursday.
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