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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1957
Page
3
In a tense National League chase the Milwaukee Braves see an 82 game lead shrink to 2 3 games as St Louis gains with a 9 of 11 run and a pivotal series in Milwaukee. Yankees extend AL advantage as Spahn suffers a late loss. Musial, Cubs, Giants, and Dodgers win or lose shaping division races.
The Franklin County High School Fall Baseball Tournament runs September 17 to 24 with games on a mutual diamond. Appanoose vs Richmond opens the first round while Princeton, Lane, and Rantoul receive byes. Lane plays Rantoul in round two, and Princeton takes on the Appanoose Richmond winner in the next round.
The schedule lists Philadelphia at Milwaukee Haddix 10 to 12 and Cardwell 4 to 7 against Bohl, with NY Brooklyn at Cincinnati and Klippstein facing Ny. Klippstein. Philadelphia 3, Milwaukee 2. St. Louis 9, Pittsburgh 63?. Cincinnati 11, Brooklyn 4. Chicago 67, New York 27. AL results show New York beating? details. Sunday results include New York 5-3 and Kansas 3-0, Chicago 3, Washington 1, Detroit 7-4, Boston 1-3, Baltimore -4, Cleveland 4-3. Western League scores: Sioux City 4-7, Des Moines 1-10, Lincoln 4, Topeka 2, Albuquerque 4, Amarillo 2, Pueblo 6, Colorado Springs 2 in 12 innings. American Association playoffs: St. Paul 6, Wichita 5. St. Paul wins series 4-1.
The Associated Press reports a packed opening slate as Oklahoma faces Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh with eyes on a 41 game Sooners win streak. Other openers feature Colorado vs Washington in Seattle Missouri vs Vanderbilt Nashville Kansas vs TCU Fort Worth Kansas State vs Wyoming Laramie Nebraska vs Washington State Lincoln and Iowa State vs Denver Ames. Oklahoma State meets Arkansas in Little Rock, night games include Pittsburgh Oklahoma Kansas-TCU and Missouri Vanderbilt. New coaches Jim Myers Iowa State Frank Broyles Missouri Bill Jennings Nebraska.
The St Paul Saints survivor of a 4-1 series edge over Wichita will face the Denver Bears in a best-of-seven American Assn playoff final opening in Denver to determine the league representative in the Little World Series. Norm Sherry capped a 6-5 win with a ninth inning leadoff homer. The finals shift between Denver, St Paul, and the Bears stadiums.
Archie Moore, 41, defends his world light heavyweight title Friday in Los Angeles against Tony Anthony, 22, of New York. Moore agreed to a 90000 guarantee for the 15 round bout set originally for Detroit. Anthony is the favorite, but Moore could win if he makes the 175-pound limit. The challenger earns 33 1 3 percent of the gate after deductions. An estimated 10000 in attendance is expected for a gross gate around 116000. NBC will carry radio and TV coverage. Virgil Akins, St Louis welter who stopped Sugar Hart in his last start, fights on the Wednesday show in Atlantic City. Gil Turner of Philadelphia, a windmill style veteran, is ranked No 8 welters and No 9 middles in recent ratings. Akins is No 2 welter and No 3 NBA welter. Hart faces middleweight Charlie Cotton of Toledo tonight at St Nicholas Arena. TV Dumont will show in some areas.
Garnett coach Ray Meyer leads an eight lettermen nucleus in a 81-man squad with 25 freshmen who will play a separate schedule. Last year the Bulldogs went 6 3 in the Tri-Valley League as lettermen Jim Thomasson Herb Olson Duane Rankin Pat Sheera Dean Powell Dwight Hayden Dick Gifford and Freddy Joppenbarger form the core. Schedule lists Sept 20 Paola Sept 27 Humboldt Oct 4 Eureka Oct 11 Yates Center Oct 18 Fredonia Oct 25 Cherryvale Nov 1 Osawatomie Nov 5 Neodesha Nov 15 Burlington with Tri-Valley games noted.
Sam Snead holds an eight stroke lead entering the final round of the Dallas Open after posting a 60 and a 66 to reach 196 through 54 holes. In second at 204 are Al Besselink and Earl Stewart, with Cary Middlecoff and Fred Hawkins at 205.
Local drivers dominated three of seven events on the Ottawa Stock Car Association third racing card. Jack Mallicoat won the Fast Car Trophy in Car 44, Allen Gilbert captured the Slow Car Trophy, and Gilbert repeated in the first feature for top money. Johnson, Folks, and others placed well in heats and features. Next Sunday's card is set for 1:30 p.m. at the track five and a half miles west of town.
Clausie Smith notes Ottawa University Braves will start the 1957 football schedule against the Liberty Liberty Missouri William Jewell Cardinals. Jewell, coached by Norris Patterson, has a seven year record of 52 wins 13 losses and four ties. In 1956 Jewell went six wins three losses and one tie with losses to Northwest Missouri College of Emporia and Bradley, while beating Ottawa 36 to 7. Patterson runs a single wing offense.
The New York Yankees favor facing Milwaukee in the World Series if given the choice, expressing less concern about meeting the Braves but fearing a failure to meet them at the ultimate stage.
Lincoln snatched the Western League pennant away from Ama games in 1956. The Nebraskans clinched at least a tie after beating third place Topeka 3-2 in Lincoln, with Fred Bartels homering to put Albuquerque ahead 3-2. Joe Ortiz led in total offense, and Curt Bennett had a 90 yard rushing play against Ottawa last year.
The season ended with Don Williams taking Duffalo's place aboard the mate and extinguishing the blaze. Albuquerque finished strong to tie Pueblo for sixth after Pueblo beat Colorado Springs 6-2, sealing the season finale yesterday.
Kansas college football rosters heat up as CIC and Kansas Conference teams begin play. Friday features College of Emporia vs Friends in a Kansas Conference clash at Wichita, with notable Friday and Saturday matchups across McPherson Doane Bethel Northwestern Oklahoma Southwestern Baker Sterling Bethany C E Friends St Benedicts Kansas Wesleyan Ottawa William Jewell Pittburg and more. Pittsburg Gorillas defeated Kirksville Teachers 40 14 in rain led by Chuck Norris with three touchdowns.
Bob Soph shot a record low nine o n Ottawa Country Club in 33, four under par, matching the lowest Ottawa course score on record. Playing with Homer Henning, Jack Goss, and Tom Gleason, he birdied holes 2 4 and 8 and made par on the others, with a prior 32 noted when par was 36.
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