Taylorville In Sectional Final Tonight
The eight team Illinois high school baseball finals bracket will be set as Taylorville meets Springfield in the sectional title at Lanphier Park Springfield. The winner advances to face Peoria Manual in the Thursday morning opener in Peoria with additional morning games and Friday semifinals and final. Major league scouts attend to watch Danville pitcher Steve Kelly and others as teams chase a fifth straight final for Belleville and two straight pennants for Maine.
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Springfield
Lanphier Park
Peoria Manual
Peoria
Maine
Des Plaines
Waukegan
Belleville
du Quoin
Harrison Tech
Chicago
Danville
Harrison
Gerry Arrigo
Otto Meischner
du Quoin Banks
Doug Pyle
Pyle
Ewald Pyle
Manual
Bloomington
Bill Christy
Harry Combes
Champaign
Louis Magierski
Streator
Ted Damos
Harry Anderson
Pekin
Weekend Wagering Peaks at $31.3 Million Across 18 Races
Memorial Day draw sees 468,065 fans wager $31,331,970 across 18 running and 11 trotting tracks. Runners attracted $26,239,342 from 361,260 spectators, while trotting venues excluding Bay Meadows at night posted 106,805 attendance and a mutual handle of $5,092,628.
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Associated Press
Bay Meadows
Ward wins Indianapolis race in record speed and family reunion
Rodger Ward clinched the Indianapolis victory on Saturday with an average speed of 135.857 mph setting a new record. He reunited with his wife and their family dog, a regular presence at Ward races including Du Quoin and the State Fair.
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Indianapolis
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Ward
du Quoin State Fair
Baseball scores from the major league games
Dodgers beat Cardinals 9 to 6 in a nine inning game as Koufax improves to 1-1. Jablonski and Blasingame homer for St Louis. Neal homers for Los Angeles. Cubs over Giants 6 to 3 with Antonelli winning. Pirates sweep Reds 6-2 and 14-11 in two games. Burgess and Hoak homer twice. Phillies defeat Braves 6-4 as York wins. Indians top Tigers 4-7 with Martin homering for Cleveland. Yankees edge Nationals 3-0 behind Turley. White Sox fall to Red Sox 2-4 with Delock losing. A's crush White Sox 9-1 as Garver and Lollar homer. Kansas City and Chicago homered in separate games.
Gonzales Captures Fifth World Pro Tennis Title
Pancho Gonzales wins the world professional tennis title for the fifth straight year in La Jolla California. He defeats Lew Hoad in the final 6-3 15-13 after clinching the title Saturday. Gonzales earns 29150 dollars on the tour while Hoad pockets 28250.
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Whitt Captures Kentucky Derby Open in Derby Golf
Don Whitt, 28, won the Kentucky Derby Open in Louisville after a six day streak that added 6300 dollars to his earnings. He posted a 274 total for 72 holes to beat Jim Ferree by a stroke, with Knight, Vossler, Ragan and Ford at 276 for a tie for third. Goalby finished at 278 after a 77 in the final round.
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Jim Ferree
Dick Knight
Ernie Vossler
Dave Ragan
Doug Ford
Bob Goalby
National League Batting Leaders Lengthy At Bats Still Lead NL Hitsters
Aaron of Milwaukee tops NL batting with .419 over 125 at bats, followed by Burgess of Pittsburgh at .370. Mathews leads runs with 42, Mays and Pinson tied at 40. Robinson drives in 47, Aaron 46, Pinson 64 hits. Cimoli and Burgess pace doubles, Pinson and Mathews lead triples, Mathews and Robinson top homers. Stolen bases led by Neal and Mays. Pitching leaders include Face and Klippstein. Strikeout leaders Drysdale and Spahn.
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San Francisco
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Pirates Stars Hit Multiple Home Runs in Double Wins
Smoky Burgess Don Hoak and Bob Skinner of the Pirates combined for extensive power against Cincinnati with Burgess three homers five RBIs Hoak three homers four RBIs and Skinner two homers seven RBIs as Pittsburgh won 6-2 and 14-11. Warren Spahn of the Braves earned his 253rd major league win with a four hit 2-1 victory over Philadelphia in the second game of a doubleheader.
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Bob Skinner
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Donnelly Stops Taylor in Scranton Boxing Thriller
Irish Jackie Donnelly of Buffalo stopped Johnny Taylor in 3 rounds at 138 pounds in Scranton. The card also saw Horacio Accavallo of Argentina draw Giacomo Spano of Italy at 112% and Chiqui Rosales of Mexico draw Cheha Gutierrez of Cuba at 118% in Havana.
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Youngstown
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Sardinia
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Giacomo Spano
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Mexico
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Cuba
First women's boxing match slated in Canada
In McAdam New Brunswick tonight Mrs June Launder a 41 year old local housewife faces Myrna McConVEY a 20 year old stenographer from Fort Stephen in a five round bout believed to be Canada's first.
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McAdam
New Brunswick
June Launder
Myrna McConvey
Ft. Stephen
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