Michigan State Wins Central Track Meet at South Bend
Michigan State tops the 41st Central Collegiate meet with 49.12 points while Salukis of Southern Illinois and Western Michigan share second. John Vernon and Oscar Moore set records for SIU in field and distance events. Gary Carr wins the 440 and MSU dominates multiple events including the mile relay and 400 hurdles.
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Southern Illinois University
Michigan State
South Bend
Ind
Salukis
Western Michigan
Kansas
Notre Dame
Kent State
Missouri
Toledo
Miami
Ohio
John Vernon
Oscar Mooree
Gary Carr
Vernon
Glenn Martin
Jack Krebs
Moore
John Lawson
John Peterson
Northern Illinois
Lawson
Mike Gallagher
Carr
Henry Williams
Bowling Green
LIU
George Woods
Gene Crews
Crews
Woods
Gary Schwartz
Herndon
Aaron Hopkins
Toledo University
Jesse Owens
Owens
Gene Washington
John Spain
Bob Steele
Carter
Spartans
Ohio State
Glenn Davis
Steele
Littler Leads By One Shot In Memphis Open Golf
Gene Littler shot his third straight 66 to take a 12 under 198 total and lead the Memphis Open after 54 holes. Bert Yancey moved to within one stroke after an eagle on 18 but Littler rebounded with four birdies in the final nine. Other contenders included Wright Garrett Bruce Devlin Gardner Dickinson Dale Douglas Al Geiberger Jack Nicklaus and John Pott as sub par scores continued on Colonial Country Club.
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Memphis, Tenn
Gene Littler
Cary Middlecoff
Littler
Bert Yancey
Philadelphia
Yancey
Wright Garrett
Bruce Devlin
Gardner Dickinson
Dale Douglas
al Geiberger
Jack Nicklaus
John Pott
Dickinson
Garrett
Devlin
Douglas
Geiberger
Goalby
Nicklaus
Pott
Southern Illinois teams struggle as deep south lags in state baseball
Murphysboro and area teams continue a 27 year trend of deep south underperforming in the state tournament. Local clubs face no-hit setbacks, pitching depth constraints, and historic gaps since Belleville last won in 1954. Giants trivia notes highlight ex-Giants fueling early season batting averages.
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Murphysboro
Glenbrook North
Deep South
Belleville
Collinsville
Granite City
East St. Louis
New Athens
Freeburg
Assumption
Alton
Wood River
Anna-Jonesboro
Centralia
du Quoin
Gorham
Marion
Mound City
Jim Shotton
Danville
Chicago
Decatur
Peoria
Springfield
Huff Wins Coin Toss To Decide SIU Track Meet Trophy
Publicist Fred Huff helped SIU share second in the Central Collegiate track meet with Western Michigan after a coin toss. Huff stood in for head coach Lew Hartzog who was unavailable, and won the decisive flip, claiming the trophy.
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Southern Illinois University
Fred Huff
SIU
Western Michigan
Lew Hartzog
Huff
Egyptian Cup Regatta Leads Set By Leon Striegel At Cr ab Orchard Lake
Wind gusts to 25 mph topple 15 boats while Leon Striegel of Carbondale takes the day one lead in Crab Orchard Lake’s Egyptian Cup regatta. Sandy Douglas sits second in overall standings as two races are planned for today amid stronger gusts.
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Art Reid
Southern Illinoisan
Leon Strigel
Carbondale
Crab Orchard Lake
Striegel
Sandy Douglas
Maryland
Amberoid Upsets Belmont Field to End Kauai King's Triple Crown Hope
Amberoid ridden by Bill Boland overcame a poor Derby and Preakness to win the Belmont Stakes at 2:29 3-5 for a $117,700 purse. Kauai King finished fourth after a strenuous stretch duel with Baffle and Advocator was third. The crowd of 56,000 saw a record $955,602 handle with $513,722 on Kauai King.
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Amberoid
Reginald Webster
Bill Boland
Baffle
Robert Kleberg
King Ranch
Ada L. Rice
Michael Ford
Omana
Neb
King
Buffle
Max Hirsch
Advocator
Boland
Amber Spencerian
Lucien Hlaurin
Laurin
Roland
Stupendous
Tribe Rookie Fires Win Over Twins
Pinch hitter Tony Curry recalled from the minors sparked a three run fifth inning with a bases loaded single as the Cleveland Indians beat Minnesota 7-4. Dick Radatz notched his third appearance of three games since joining Cleveland and earned his second save. Curry's hit came on his first pitch since call up from Portland. The rally started when Whitfield and Alves scored, followed by Landis on a grounder off Killebrew for a 4-3 lead.
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Tony Curry
Cleveland Indians
Minnesota
Twins
Dick Radatz
Indians
Boston
Curry
Portland
Fred Whitfield
Max Alvis
Camilo Pascual
Jim Landis
Harmon Killebrew
Duke Sims
Cleveland
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Lay
LSU
MSU
Joe Beachell
Tom Parma
Jack Leydig
Tom Ashman
Ross MacKenzie
Steve Herndon
Southern Illinoisan Sport Talk
Merle Jones
Don Calvert
Pinckneyville
Panthers
Calvert
St. Louis
Don
Giants
San Francisco Giants
Manny Mota
Matty Alou
Giant
Pittsburgh
Willie McCovey
Orlando Cepeda
Cards
Felipe Alou
Braves
Leon Wagner
Jackie Brandt
Jack Sanford
The
Angels
Ernie Broglio
Bill Hands
Cubs
Mike McCormick
Senators
Stu Miller
Orioles
Billy O’dell
al Worthington
Cepeda
Ray Sadecki
Willie Mays
Cap Peterson
Manuuver
George
Cassidy
Lens
Leon Striegel
Thistles
Bill Walton
Simare Palm’ Leis
James Mitchell
C-Scows
Bill Hayes
Dave Lurie
Jim Brigham
Lew Herndon
Robbie Herndon
Phil Phelps
Rhoades Bantam
Randall Sackman
Lewis Payne
Robert Lischer
Lightning
Leon
Belmont
New York
Tribe
RBI
Landis
Wagner
Colavito
R. Allen Radatz
Whitfield
Gonzalez
Martinez
Sims
Kelley
Kralick Curry
Booker
Davalillo
Versalles
Hall
Kosco
Oliva
Killebrew
Mincher
Allison
B. Allen
Tovar
Zimmerman
Pascual
Cimino
Merritt
Rollins
Worthington
Battey
Iota
HR — Oliva
Sb— Landis
Alvis
SO Kelle
Kralick CW
R. Allen
Radatz Pascual
Merritt _ Worthington
Kralick
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