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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1960
Page
2
The Missouri Tigers, warned against complacency, prepared to focus on discipline as they approach the next matchup. Coach Wes Cook emphasizes effort and consistency to maintain competitive edge this season.
Ottawa High faces Leavenworth in a Northeast Kansas League game here Friday. Leavenworth, coached by Vaughn Kimbrough, is a top league contender after beating Lawrence 14 6 and taking an early 6 0 lead before Ottawa rallied. Geiger and Gerhards pace the Pioneers as Ottawa seeks its first home win since 1955.
Houston wins its National League expansion bid bringing new franchise to the city. Citizens and officials debate funding and timing for a county stadium to host major league baseball in Houston for 1962.
JOPLIN MO Two field trials for pointers and setters are planned in the Missouri Kansas area this winter. Region 5 Amateur Field Trial Clubs of America names Dec 24 for regional championships at the Kansas Ordnance Plant Parsons with eligible dogs nationwide. Judges are Earl Gilliam Tyler Texas and Jim Anderson Sulphur Springs Texas. Charles S Fisher Jr Parsons is field trial chairman. Regional shooting dog championship stakes will be held the second week in January at Bowen Ranch Williamsburg Missouri. Central Missouri Pointer and Letter Club sponsors the trials.
New Yorkers shrug at the National League revival in the city. The team will be housed in Queens with a 55,000 seat stadium planned on the old World’s Fair grounds. Rep. Francis E. Dorn calls Brooklyn fans to rally behind him for a different ballpark spot. A Flushing resident notes the project will boost Flushing but require subway upgrades.
Production of 1961 compact models topped 300000 as of the weekend, with Ford leading, followed by Chrysler, American Motors, General Motors, and Studebaker Packard. Totals show 294215 smaller units built. top models include Falcon Rambler Comet Valiant Lancer Corvair Lark Special F-85 and Tempest. Analysts peg compact share of the year at 35 to 50 percent.
The American League will not act immediately on realignment. An Associated Press report from Chicago notes a meeting set for Oct in New York, with expectations to follow the National League's move to a 10-team format in 1982 by adding Houston and Atlanta. The league's stance remains undecided.
Iowa edged Mississippi 442 to 440 to become the No 1 college football team in the fifth weekly AP poll. The vote tally shows 23 first place ballots for Iowa and 22 for Mississippi with Syracuse and Washington also receiving top votes.
New York AP report notes Paul Richards of the Baltimore Orioles was named American League Manager of the Year for 1960. Richards received 111 votes from 193 participating baseball writers, Cookie Lavagetto trailed with 63, and Casey Stengel earned 19 votes for the pennant winning Yankees.
Readouts show Porter-Durhin with 2044 504 high, Cordie-Wanson 237 571, Shisler Deputy 237 571, Reiter Geahan 166 440, Imes Goss 190 530, Netherland 120 456, Fredeen Conrad 203 611, Reed 208 464, Cordie 525, Seymour Schultz 166 476. Season totals and high marks listed for multiple pairs and players.
CADILLAC Mich AP Harold Ensley of Kansas City and Don Spaser a Lansing Mich mailman were tied for first place after two rounds of the first world series of sport fishing. Ensley and Spaser each defeated three opponents in overall competition Sunday and Monday. Marcel Tourdot Pennsylvania champion was in third followed by Michigan champion Wade Miller of Houghton Lake Mike Covacevich of Mexico and Jose Pinto of Costa Rica.
Fifty five contestants including eleven state champions compete in an eight round series held at a different lake each day. Ensley, an outdoors specialist for KCMO and KCMO Ty, covers the event.
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