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University Daily Kansan Thursday, May 21, 1959
By Jim Trotter
Today is a day for great rejoicing among the downtrodden.
Today the American League can realize that there are eight teams in the loop now that the New York Yankees can see seven of them from their cellar seat.
The invincible Yankees have won the American League pennant 10 out of the last 12 times under Manager Casey Stengel, but it appears unlikely that they will be able to turn that neat trick again this year—at least at this time.
The team that put the Yankees into the cellar was Detroit. The Tigers also appeared hapless during the first month of the season as they lost almost all of their games.
The Tigers swept a series with the Yankees and crawled out of the basement into better air. New York, on a gradual skid all season long, just kept right on skidding until it hit the bottom of the barrel.
This appears to be the year when the pennant isn't decided by the time the all-star game comes around. It looks as if it will be a real scrap right down until the end of summer.
Cleveland and Chicago, who have been alternating in the top spot of the standings this past week, appear to have the best chances of copping the pennant, but Washington, Baltimore and Kansas City still can't be counted out.
The three lower teams, Boston, Detroit and New York have a chance if they get rolling pretty soon but if they don't they will be in for trouble.
The Yankees have succeeded in proving to the baseball world this season that they are not the great team they have been. It is beginning to look as if they never will again.
This was extremely evident last Sunday when Kansas City shut the Yanks out 10-0 in the bottom half of a doubleheader after giving the earlier victory to them on a silver platter.
Now that the Yankees are down, there can be some excitement in both leagues. Fans will be able to enjoy games more when they know that their team has a chance for a better spot than second place.
Whether the now downtrodden Yankees will rise later in the season and surprise everybody by winning another pennant, remains to be seen. If they can right themselves they will be the same old Bombers.
If they don't, however, the American League will profit greatly by it as already noticed in this season's attendance gains.
If we had to name the Yankee successor we would have to select our favorite—the Kansas City A's.
Unknown Leads Memphis Open Field
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — (UPI) — A star-studded field of 99 pros and 20 amateurs, led by "unknown" Don Whitth of Borrego Springs, Calif., teed off at the Colonial Country Club today in the $25,000 Memphis Open Golf Tournament.
Whitt, 28, who never has won a major PGA tournament, set a competitive course record in the proam event yesterday with his blazing seven-under par 63.
The handsome Whitt toured the front nine of this par-70, 6,423-yard course in one over par 35, but stroked a brilliant eight-under par 28 on the return nine.
Whitt did not score a birdie until the ninth hole, but had six of them on the back nine plus an eagle three on the par-five 13th when he holed out a 35-foot shot from a sand trap.
If you are having trouble with your servants, take a break and eat out tonight. ___
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LOOK TO NEXT YEAR—Mel Karrle, Lynn Sieverling and Tennis Coach Denzell Gibbens are shown talking over prospects for next year. Karrle is an outstanding freshman hopeful from St. Joseph, Mo., who figures to see a lot of action next spring. Sieverling, a graduating senior, played in the No. 1 spot for the Jayhawkers this year.
The rhinoceros is capable of moving its six thousand pounds at a speed of 28 miles per hour.
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