Big Eight slate under way with Kansas State opener
Colorado and Oklahoma set for league openers while Kansas State boots Wyoming 17 14 on Ben Grosse field goal. Nebraska tops Penn State 14 7, Missouri struggles vs Vanderbilt, TCU dominates KU, and Oklahoma State cruises past Denver 91 14.
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Towa
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Nebraska Cornhuskers
Pat Fischer
Grosse
Wyoming
Wildcats
David Ray
Commodores
Tigers
Danny Lalose
Crystal
Dale Pidcock
Lattose
Jayhawks
Denver
Spins And Crashes In Stock Car Races
Helen Heathman of Ottawa won the powder puff derby at the Ottawa Stock Car track. Ol Co. owned her car in the slow stock heat. Roscoe Wertz of Mound City won the fast modified heat and the modified feature. Stanley Crooks of Quonemo won the fast stock heat. Glenn Sanderson of Colony won the stock feature. One crash occurred with no injuries as traces continue next Saturday night.
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Ottawa
Ottawa Stock Car Association
Heathman
Ol Co
Roscoe Wertz
Mound City
Stanley Crooks
Quonemo
Roscoe Wortz
Glenn Sanderson
Colony
Osawatomie Wins Bowling Honors in Open League
A traveling classic bowling league opened Sunday afternoon with the first set here. Osawatomie team No. 1 posted 1701 to lead. Paola team No. 1 was second with 1676 and Ottawa No. 8 was third with 649. Ottawa pair Ben Nicholas and Dave Heckman rolled 1193 to win doubles. Nicholas captured the singles with 663 and all events with 1700. The league will meet in the loop’s three towns each three weeks.
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Hilt
Paola
Ottawa
Ben Nicholas
Dave Heckman
Nicholas
Ted Williams Flings Bat in Fan Hit Incident
Ted Williams struck out on a called third strike and, in anger, flung his bat hitting a woman in a box seat, Mrs. Gladys Heffernan. The incident occurred as Detroit, Cleveland and Boston battled for third in the American League final week. Heffernan, housekeeper to Red Sox GM Joe Cronin, was not seriously hurt and Williams faced possible league action after the bat incident.
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Red Sox
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Pete Runnels
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Cleveland
Boston
Moston
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Jel
Dtd
Hunnets
Harvey Kuenn
Aig
Minnico Minoso
Dick — Donovan
Chicago
Kansas City
Indians
Theers
Bos- Lon Slugger
Ted
Imne
Bears Set To Face Off In NFL Exhibition Clash
Bears under Halas dominate preseason, beating Washington 27-24 as they display old form with a powerful defense and swift running. Cardinals also stumble 41-7 to fall behind early in exhibition play.
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Bears
Paddy Driscoll
New York Giants
Sfalas
Bruins
Washington
Ure
Greenay Packers
Detroit Lions
Cleveland Browns
Lions
Browns
Braves Bow To Jewell In Non-Con Opener
Ottawa University Braves fell 32 26 to William Jewell College in a non conference game, with Stan Bettin throwing two long TD passes and Bob Knight interception return. Jewell built a 18 13 halftime edge then extended the lead before Ottawa rallied once, facing Friends College next in Wichita.
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Jewell
Ottawa University Braves
Friends College
Wichita
William Jewell College
Cardinals
Stan Bettin
Bob Knight
Ottawa
Nick Barsegian
Nick Gang‘wish
Bettin
Butch Lewis
Knight
Cardinal
Jim Stephens
Otttawa
Gangwish
William Jewell
Csscceese
O.e
Isceeveses
E.seeee
William
Ottawa University
Charlie Linn
Jack Hanson
Linn
Mike Brown
Jewell—Danner
Hd Wilcott
Tom Travis
Kansas Conference opens with eight teams in action this week
Kansas Wesleyan visits Bethany and College of Emporia meets Baker on Friday. Saturday features McPherson vs Bethel in Newton and Ottawa vs Friends in Wichita. Last week College of Emporia beat Friends 28-14. Pittsburg State lost for the first time, falling to Springfield Missouri State 7-6. Southwestern hosts Sterling, and weekend CIC schedule includes Emporia State at Springfield, Washburn at Omaha, Fort Hays State vs Maryville, St Benedict's vs St Ambrose.
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Bethany
College of Emporia
Baker
McPherson
Bethel
Newton
Ottawa
Friends
Wichita
Pittsburg State Gorillas
C.I
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Warrensburg
Southwestern
Sterling
Winfield
C.I.C
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Emporia
Washburn
Omaha
Fort Hays State
Maryville
Braves Clinch League Title and World Series Berth
The Milwaukee Braves clinched the league title with a 6-5 win over Cincinnati as Warren Spahn allowed a one hit through six innings before a five run inning. The victory, plus a Pirates rainout, moves Milwaukee to five and a half games ahead with four left. The Yankees await in Milwaukee on Oct 1 for the World Series. Willie Mays extends his NL batting lead to .342 with two hits and three RBIs. Ramon Monzani relieves to win as the Giants beat St. Louis 7-4. Dodgers move into sixth with a 2-1 win over the Cubs as Chicago loads the bases twice late but fails to score.
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New York Yankees
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Yanks
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Mickey Mantle
Milt Pappas
Hoyt Wilhelm
Sturdivant
Eisaints
Braves
Warren Spahn
Milwaukee
Redlegs
Don McMahon
Cincy
Spahn
Jead
Willie Mays
San Francisco
Richie Ashburn
Phils
Ramon Monzani
Johnny Antonelli
Giants
St. Louis
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