Dodgers Rally Past Giants To Narrow NL Lead
Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 8-7 Friday night to trim the Giants NL lead to two games and pull within a virtual second place tie with the Reds. Maury Wills and Wally Moon produced the decisive runs in the ninth, while Willie Davis homered for a key six run inning. The Cubs shut out the Cardinals 1-0 behind Glen Hobbie, and other AL results included Detroit idle and Cleveland beating New York to widen the lead in the league.
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Wally Moon
Dodgers
Billy O'Dell
Johnny Roseboro
Juan Marichal
Willie Davis
Giants
Harvey ‘Kuenn
Kuenn
Ron Perranoski
Tigers Split With Oklahoma
The Big Eight finale saw Missouri crush Oklahoma State 17-1 in Stillwater after OSU won the previous game 2-1 on two Bruce Andrew homers. Missouri closes 13-5, OSU 17-1. Colorado up to third, Oklahoma fifth, Kansas fourth. Kansas State split with Nebraska in Lincoln as the schedule wrapped with single games at the same sites.
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Missouri Tigers
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Missouri
Cowboys
Stillwater
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Colorado
Iowa State
Boulder
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Kansas
Norman
Kansas State
Nebraska
Lincoln
Slim Chance To Dethrone K. U.
Oklahoma and Missouri held slim outside chances to dethrone Kansas in the Big Eight track and field finals at Folsom Stadium. Preliminaries narrowed fields with Kansas and Oklahoma earning 14 qualifiers each from six track and four field events, followed by Missouri with 11, Colorado 9, Kansas State and Nebraska 8, Oklahoma State 7 and Iowa State 3.
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Colo
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Colorado
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Nebraska
Oklahoma State
Iowa State
OU Qualifies Ten For Meet
Baldwin Ottawa University Braves reach finals in the Kansas Conference track meet. Richard Copeland and Bill Wilson each qualify in two events, Copeland in the high and low hurdles, Wilson in the 100 and 220 yard dashes. Larry Scherich also qualifies in the 100 yard dash, with Richard Spong and Bill Hanson in the 44 yard dash. Mike Brown places third in discus. Finals set for 1:30 today.
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Ottawa University
Braves
Kansas
Richard Copeland
Bill Wilson
Copeland
Wilson
Larry Scherich
Richard Spong
Bill Hanson
Mike Brown
Clear Skies For Preakness Event
Nine colts race for gold at the Preakness under clear skies with Carry Back favored near even money. Trainer Jack Price eyes a five horse finish as Carry Back seeks another major prize after beating Crozier in major races this year and Derby. Saturday’s starting gun at 4 45 p m EST will air on CBS radio and TV.
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Baltimore
Carry Back
Jack Price
Katherine Price
Crozier
Florida
Dr. Miller
Globemaster, Hitting Away
Crimson Fury
Nashua Blue
Orleans Doge
Carry
Globe- Imaster
Sherlock
CBS
First Round of Tourney Tuesday Ottawa Women Golfists set May 28
The Ottawa Women’s Country Club Golf Association Handicap Tournament opens May 28 with group pairings featuring Kelsey and Foulks, Worthington and Speer, Shade and Latimer, Cook and Cramer, Sheldon and Crawford, Young and Gollier, Henning and Clogston, Lollar and Fredeen, Hysom and H Kramer, Fletcher and Deputy, Peters and North. Second and third rounds run May 30 and June 6. Reservations via CH 2-4972 or CH 2-2997.
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Ottawa
Baseball Standings and Schedule Highlights
Standings show Chicago with losses to St. Louis and a string of results across the league. Sunday features Pittsburgh and Milwaukee in two games, with St. Louis visiting Chicago. Monday schedules include Los Angeles at Cincinnati and Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, plus San Francisco at St. Louis. Friday results list Los Angeles and Chicago doubleheader totals, with Cleveland edging New York and Baltimore beating Washington. Minnesota defeated Kansas City as Detroit was rained out. Multiple games rescheduled in cold conditions, with several two game sets noted.
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Twins
Ottawa joins Eastern Kansas Softball League
Ottawa will enter a town team in the newly formed Eastern Kansas Softball League under manager Gene Ramsey. The Andrews Phillips 66 sponsored squad will play 20 games, hosting Clinton and Watson and visiting four other teams, with first games May 3 against Clinton and home opener June 3 against Watson. A Monday practice and organizational meeting at Fort Set Park is planned for 6 p.m.. rain postpones to the shelter house. Any local man may try out.
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Gene Ramsey
S. ‘Oak
Andrews Phillips 66 Service
Clinton
Richland
Marling Hornets
Topeka
Meadow Gold
Watson
Ramsey
Ottawans
Forset Park
Shelter House
Ottawa Area
Yankees Slip Five Games Behind Tigers After Loss
The Cleveland Indians rallied for five runs in the eighth inning to beat the New York Yankees 9-7. New York, now three straight defeats, fell five games behind the Detroit Tigers in the AL standings as Barry Latman earned the win in relief. Vic Power stole home for Cleveland, while Roger Maris Yogi Berra and Hector Lopez homered for the Yankees in a tense late-inning setback.
Athletics Fall 11 1 to Twins in Friday Night Loss
The Kansas City Athletics saw their five game AL win streak end as the Minnesota Twins rolled to an 11-1 victory. Dan Dobbek hit two homers including a grand slam for the Twins, while Don Mincher also went deep. Jack Kralick earned the win with seven hits allowed. In Chicago, the Cubs beat the Cardinals 1-0 on a first inning Daryl Spencer misplay that scored Al Heist.
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St. Louis
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Chicago
Ray Sadecki
Daryl Spencer
Ernie Banks
al Heist
Minneapolis
Dan Dobbek
Don Mincher
Ed Rakow
Jack Kralick
Kansas City
Id Rakow
Baltimore
Senators
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Birds
Tom Sturdivant
Dave Sisler
Marty Kutyna
Hoyt Wilhelm
Shoemaker Joins 4000 Win Club At Hollywood Park
Willie Shoemaker, five time national riding champion at 29, rode Guar anteeya to give him 4000th career win. He joins legends Longden Arcaro and Sir Gordon Richards as the sport’s top riders.
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Willie Shoemaker
Shoemaker
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Johnny Longden
Eddie Arcaro
England
Sir Gorson Richards
Longden
Sir Gordon
Arcaro
Shafter
the Angels
Onj
Joe Culmone
Steve Bilko Andj
Gene Leek
L Leek
Russ Kemmerer
Jerry Casale
Ryne Duren
Yankees
Pride
Angels
Earl Averill
Bob Shaw
Duren
Ken McBride
Community honors Richmond area students and staff
A special assembly at the Richmond High School distributed many awards to student athletes, librarians, and cheerleaders including Don Prather and Leon Sobba. Staff changes were announced with Mr. Staley moving to Circle Grove and Mr. Cochran joining Kanapolis. local residents attended graduation events and visits, while several community groups held meetings and planned future activities.
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Don Prather
Leon Sobba
Earl Rossman
Delbert Roeckers
Bob Bennett
Billy Fawl
Melvin Phillips
Duane Pedrow
Bill Maley
Terry Schwegman
Jerry Miller
Terry
Delmar Gretencrod
David Smith III
Gary Brock
Marlis Kueser
Joyce Bowman
Connie Kueser
Billa Pickert
Joan Hermreck
Ardella Stevenson
Betty van Wie
Judy McClure
Betty Crocker
Joan Roeckers
Danforth Foundation
Karen Tice
Kathryn Hull
Linda Schwegman
Connie
Bonnie
Connie Hase
David Smith
Joan Roecklers
Marjoritte
Frances Wiesner
Marjorie Bennett
David Purvis
Kay Vining
Rae Maley
Gale Hull
Ivan McLees
Paola
Harold Staley
Cuba Inmate Reports on Castro Regime Aims
AP correspondent Robert Berrellez recounts 25 days in La Cabana prison Cuba after the abortive invasion. He portrays a rising Cuban minority aligned to Castro seeking to spread revolutionary dogma through Latin America while predicting imperialism’s erosion and uncertain future for Cuba.
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Associated Press
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United States
Cuba
Miami
Fla
Fidel Castro
Castro
Fulgencio Batista
Latin America
la Cabana
G-2
Kansas Does Well In Tennis Meet
Kansas posted 11 points and advanced 11 players in the opening round of the Big Eight Conference tennis championships in Boulder. The Jayhawks advanced both doubles teams and four singles players while Oklahoma State matched that effort with 10 players. Colorado led the pack with 6, followed by Iowa State and Oklahoma with 4 each, Kansas State 2, Missouri 1, and Nebraska 0.
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Colo
Kansas
Jayhawks
Oklahoma State
Colorado
Iowa State
Oklahoma
Kansas State
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas man convicted of first degree murder in wife slaying
Randall L. Gray, 9, was found guilty Friday of first degree murder in the slaying of his wife Shirley Gray, 21. A District Court jury sentenced him to life imprisonment after a three hour forty one minute deliberation. Gray testified he killed her fearing she would take their children to Nebraska. he claimed she interfered with his work at a drive-in restaurant.
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Kan
Randall L. Gray
Shirley Gray
Gray
Nebraska
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