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Bv DON BRYANTLincoln's Chiefs roared to within a whisker of first place in the Western League Saturday night. The Chiefs, behind the eight*hitpitching of Jack Lamabe, whipped the Albuquerque Dukes, t-3, at Sherman Field to post their fifth straight victory.And down at Topeka, Amarillo slapped a 12-4 defeat on the first-place Hawks.wnmww—■»«« ■■■ » »'lt;Ahead and BehindThis combination moved the Chiefs ahead of the Topekans in the game column and boosted them to within a mere point of the front-runners percentagewise.w i Pci on T«p*k* ........... «:i M .*1* MlLlnrnln «* 41 .417Amnrllln M 42 .541 S* iThe Chiefs led from the outsetSaturday night, backing Lamabe’s successful bid for win No. 8 with 11 hits, including a pair of hometuna. ?? »Dave Brennan—the Chiefs’ Jack of ail trades—Jackie Wilson and Dick Stuart were the run-producers for Lincoln,IHWxMMawH C(Wilson doubled to open the Chiefs' first inning and he rompedhome when Brennan sprinted arnunri the sacks for an insidr-the-park home run.Dave followed Wilson’s blow with a drive to centerfield that Chuck Coles couldn't quite get to, and the ball rolled to the wall. Skipper Larry Shepard gleefully waved Brennan around third topost the first insider for both— Dave as a player, Shep as a man* ager.Brennan HotWhile Lamabe was shutting out the Dukes until the seventh, the | Chiefs continued to pile up runs— which came in handy.Singles by Brennan — who ; three-for-five—and Sam Miley set the stage for Dick Stuart in the j fifth. He drove a single into left ! to score Brennan and make it 3-0,RotThe Chiefs may own the public* address announcer, Perry Douthil, an assist for their winning margin. In the middle of the sixth. Perry announced that Amarillo was leading Topeka, R-2.Possibly spurred by the prospect of overhauling the Hawks, Lincoln proceeded to tally three big runs.Stuart Singles | With two out, Lamahe drew a walk from Duke Starter Harry ! Gilbert and Wilson followed with a home run over the right field 5 wall. Pesky Brennan again cameNew Chili MarkSian Malee recorded three stolen bases Saturday night to post a new Lincoln hase theft record as the C hiefs beat Albu-querque.Maler stole second and third in the second inning and priated second again in the fourth to run his total to 35 for the year, bettering the former mark of 33 set in 1956 by Ken Toothman.piavHost (Job Players Set SizzlingPare in City Link Tournamentthrough, this time with a double and after Miley walked, Gilbert meet Bob White as was excused iq favor of Al OsorioStuart promptly whacked his sec-| Reed willmatch play begins Monday mornBy DICK BECKER Sunday Staff WriterHost Hillcrest Country Club has the headlock on the field as the kovich of Pioneers.37th annual City Golf Tournament Two championship heads into match play Monday.Hillcrest will offer medalist Whitie Reed and defending champion Gene Chadwell as the main contenders for the Capital City crown.ing. Chadwell will face Joe Stef- ond straight single to score Brennan.contendersLamabe escaped unharmecwho may surprise are Lincoln Air through six innings, although thi Force Base officers Howard Johns Dukes had runners in scoring poof LCC. and Bill Hawkins of HCC. *jlion in the second and third am Pro Bunny Richards of Hillcrest loaded the bases in the fifth. / announced the following times for inning-ending Tuesday: Championship flight 9 40 to 10:15; championship consolationdouble play vented a score in the fifth.The Dukes tallied one run iipreReed fired a twounder par JO to g;5o t0 9:25; first flight 10:30 to each of the final three frameslead the qualifying while Chadwell j |l;05. and {irst fljght consolation; two 0f them tarnished.leads in the lower bracket after g 0- 8Coles HomersIn the seventh, it looked lik Lincoln stymied the Dukes whe Fred Dargie bounced to Brennan swinning the title at the LincolnCountry Club last year.There were 155 entries for the i into action until Wednesday.1957 race with three withdrawals.!Hillcrest placed 14 men in thechampionship flight, Pioneers had 10 and Lincoln Country club eight.The seventh flight, consisting of just eight players, will not swingi_ r» • • second. Dave flipped to Stuart sLily Tourney I'airings j first for the third out and aft!Dick tagged the bag and startcto run off the field, he dropped tl 1 ball. Dargie was ruled safe dCHAMPION FLIGHT Monday9:30—Whitie Reed v Bob White; ^:35— Tom Dwontk v Bill Hammer; 9:40—Bill Hawkins v Lou Roper; 9:45—Bob Lande-pren v Don Ptgkr Jr.; 9:50—Ed Smith v Dick Spomer; 9:55—Erv Petenon v Sam Spomer; 10:00 -Roy VVythers Jr. v Glen Gruencmeier; 10:05—Jerry Overgaard v RexPortsche,1010 -~0,ene ChadweP v Joe Steffcovicli; 10:15—Harry Meginrtis v Bruce Bergquist; 10:20—Ed Doeek v Gil Dietemeyer; 10:25BoudreauGet!__
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Lincoln Sunday Journal and Star
Lincoln, Nebraska, US
Sun, Aug 04, 1957
Page 12
Full Page
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