Legion Seeks Third Win in Nonleague Paola Clash
Ottawa’s Legion baseball team aims for its third win of the season in a nonleague game against Paola at 4 p.m. Coach Cearfoss plans to use three or four pitchers, with Larry Heinen Marvin Wilson Ted Brill and Don Walburn listed for mound duties. John Clarkin returns at first base after last year with Ottawa and will play, while Fred Harder, a utility man, is expected to report tonight. Several players are still seeking summer jobs, and Cearfoss requested contacts for any auditioning Legion players.
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Rain Cancels First Games in Local Softball Openers
Wet rounds postpone men's softball openers Baldwin versus Phillips and Gilmore against Budge. Games shift to Sunday night. A Thursday doubleheader features Gilmore and First Baptist Church, and Friday night pits Douglas Brotherys girls team against Wyandotte Electric bore.
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Budge
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Harkey Signs With Steelers
Fullback Lemuel Harkey 21 of College of Emporiz Kas has signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL. Harkey of Lawton Okla scored six touchdowns in four years of college football. He averaged around .143 yards per game last season.
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Lemuel Harkey
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Pittsburgh Steelers
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No More Bets London Betting Shock May 26 Election
Bookmakers report heavy Conservative money for the May 26 vote and have stopped taking bets on fire. They had offered Labor bettors odds up to 5 to 1 as the market swung.
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London
Hurried Search For Substitute For Carter Smith Bout
The International Boxing Club hurriedly sought a substitute for the postponed title bout between light weight champion Jimmy Carter and Bud Smith. The 15 round Boston Garden fight was called off as promoter Wille Ketchum cited a bad threat to Carter, postponing the June 3 telecast.
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Bud) Smith
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Sertoma To Meet Garnett Sertoma
The Ottawa Sertoma baseball team will face the Garnett American Legion reserves at Forest Park on Wednesday night with 8 p.m. start. Don Morris is slated to start on the mound for Ottawa after a 14 to 8 loss to the Johnson County Pintos of Shawnee.
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National League baseball and scattered standings notes
National League teams battle in the standings with results showing close games and scheduling. Giants’ dominance referenced as defending champions with eight one run wins this season and seven managers with major league playing backgrounds, plus a note on Montgomery’s Ed Popowski. Turkish tobacco production data quoted for 1954 and a contrast to a decade earlier.
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New York Giants
Ed Popowskij
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Attendance rise fuels baseball hope across leagues
New AP figures show both major leagues ahead of 1954 pace by about 80 thousand fans. Kansas City's Athletics drive American League gains with 321,157 paid admissions in 15 home dates, surpassing their 1954 Philadelphia total. Milwaukee leads NL attendance with 451,524, while Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Baltimore and Cleveland show gains. Red Sox, White Sox, Cardinals and Giants lag as Ted Williams return nears.
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Jap Emperor To Wrestling Match
A man attended his first Sumo match in Tokyo as thousands cheered entering the arena. Even top-knotted wrestlers bowed as Emperor Hirohito watched and jotted down notes on each bout.
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Emperor Hirohito
Three More Die In Terror Campaigns
In Casablanca last night three Moroccans were killed and 12 others injured, including two Europeans, amid a continuing anti French terror campaign. Guerilla bands and underground groups have been active against French residents and North African collaborators in Morocco and Algeria for months, with campaigns stepped up recently.
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Casablanca
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Algeria
Oklahoma Wins Big Seven Title In Controversial Game
Oklahoma defeats Kansas 3-1 to win the Big Seven baseball championship and earn a shot at the Missouri Valley winner in the NCAA playoff for the World Series district. A late fifth inning brawl left Kansas infielder Dick Blaney dazed and Oklahoma shortstop Buddy Leake ejected after a punch.
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Sooners
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Omaha
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Joe Snyder
Oklahoma
Buddy Leake
Blowey
Leake
Bloney
St Louis Youth Aims for Welterweight Title
Virgil Akins of St Louis, a former light welterweight, has won five straight, four by knockout, and stops Joey Miceli of New York in 2:41 of the first round. Akins vows to stay in shape and pursue title opportunities with a new manager Eddie Yawitz, who claims a St Louis syndicate may back a $40,000 bid to fight Basilio or Demarco in St Louis.
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Virgil Akins
St. Louis
Eddie Yawitz
Akins
Yawitz
Ronnie Delaney
Delaney
Akron
Bill Consolo
Boston Red
Sox
Miceli
Harrison Dillard
Cub Pitcher Hal Jeffcoat Extends Win Streak to Five
Chicago reliever Hal Jeffcoat has won five games without a defeat this season, matching his 1954 victory total of five wins while serving as a strength in the Cubs bullpen. The former outfielder finished 1954 with a 5-6 record.
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Chicago
Hal Jeffcoat
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Jeffcoat
Government Honors His Good Will Tour
A government tribute recognizes his goodwill tour to the country, praising diplomatic efforts and the positive impact of the visit on bilateral relations. Officials highlight collaboration, cultural exchange, and strengthened ties as outcomes of the journey.
Plenty of Life in Slaughter for Kansas City
Kansas City shows 39 year old outfielder Slaughter with 13 hits in 25 at bats for a .440 average after joining the Athletics from the Yankees two weeks ago. He has eight safeties in his last 14 trips and carries a .353 mark in his Yankees and Athletics career.
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Slaughter
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