Baseball Button Drive Raises 538.50 For Summer Program
The annual baseball button drive ended at noon with 538.50 raised from buttons sold at 1 each. Top sellers were Gary Hassell 69, Charles Mashburn 36, and Tommy Czewski 33. Awards will be given at 7:45 tomorrow at Pony League park.
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Gary Hassell
Cardinals
Charles Mashburn
Lions Club Giants
Tommy Czewski
Fw&d Chisox
Pony League Park
League
Wildcats Fall in T&O League Opener at Ron Oklahoma
Ron’s Wildcats defeated Kirkland 4 to 1 in a fast 50 minute league opener. Johnson struck out 10 while Burch held Kirkland to six hits as Ron scored two unearned runs in the second and added another unearned tally in the third. Kirkland’s lone run came on Nip’s single in the second inning. The Wildcats meet Hollis next Tuesday in their third league game.
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Kirkland
Wildcat
T&o
Ron
Okla
Wildcats
Burch
Derrill Nippret
Joe McClain
Johnson
Hollis
Burkburnett and Childress Sluggers Face Off At Fair Park
The Burkburnett and Childress Sluggers meet this afternoon at 2 30 at Childress Fair Park for a baseball game. Also guidance on picnics suggests wrapping hamburgers in aluminum foil and cooking patties over hot coals with no dirty pans afterward.
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Burkburnett and Childress Sluggers
Childress Fair Park
Dodgers Lead Little League Standings With Strong Pitching
The Rotary Club Dodgers push the pace in the Little League standings, opening an eight and one mark and two games ahead of the Lions Club Giants. Eight pitchers have earned wins, led by Philip Collard with three and Travis McCain at 2-0. Giants’ ace Charlie Mashburn and Cardinals’ Larry Wadsworth show solid innings and records as sponsors place on uniforms. Games run Monday through Saturday with sponsors including Coat's Food Mart Gage Food and Gordon's Old-Fashioned.
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Dodgers
Lions Club Giants
Philip Collard
Travis McCain
McCain
Giants
Bill Hamm
Wiley Shires
Cardinals
Johnny Thornton
Charlie Mashburn
Larry Wadsworth
Bellweather
Phillies
Donnie Johnson
Rotary Club
Lions Club
Veterans Clubs
Coat's Food Mart
Gage Food
Gordon's Old-Fashioned
Little and Pony
Remeber
Borger Cager To Play At Texas Tech
Gerald Myers, Borger all state guard who averaged 17.7 points per game with 81 percent free throws, plans to enroll at Texas Tech this fall. Artesia NM players Ray Gressett and Johnny Riddle also plan to join Tech, joining a notable football trio.
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Lubbock
Gerald Myers
Borger
Artesia
Texas Tech
Myers
Ray Gressett
Johnny Riddle
I Choked On a $700 Shot at the 1953 KC Open
In the 1953 Kansas City Open final round at Melbourne Country Club Cary Middlecoff led by one stroke. Dave Douglas recounts a costly 150 yard six iron that semi shanked into a bunker, forcing a 5 to tie and leaving Middlecoff to win the playoff 67 to 69.
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Melbourne Country Club
Cary Middlecoff
Middlecoff
Doug Ford
Chisox Edge on Way in Pony League Action
FW&D Chisox beat T-H-E Tigers 14 to 1 as Tommy Ricks pitched a two hitter for his fourth win. Sims Super Service Red Sox rallied to defeat Elks Club Yankees 10 to 6 with Junior Johnson earning the win in relief. Red Sox also beat Bengals as they piled up 13 first inning runs. Standings show FW&D 7 3, Sims 7 4, Elks 5 6, T-H-E 2 8.
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Fw&d
Chisox
Sims Super Service Red Sox
T—H—E Tigers
Tommy Ricks
Red Sox
Elks Club
Yankees
Tiger
Bengals
Sox
Forrest Simmons
Paul Henderson
Danny Ellington
Tommy Garvin
Randal Owen
Tigers
Junior Johnson
Johnson
Jerry Ulmer
Ulmer
Yankee
Joltin
Johnny Garvin
Charlie Partridge
Louisianan Named Ser- t Man of the Year in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles the 35th annual Sertoma convention named Wilton T. Mc Cay of Baton Rouge Louisiana as ser toman of the year for his notable service to the club’s principles. About 800 delegates attended.
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Los Angeles
Wilton T. McCay
Baton Rouge
Service Club
Ponies to Play District Game at Fair Park Field
The Fair Food Ponies meet the Wellington American Legion team in Fair Park Field Tuesday night at 8 15 while the Colts face a Wellington squad at 6 00. No admission. Ponies and Colts play at Dumas this afternoon opening the district season.
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Fair Food Ponies
Wellington American Legion
Fair Park Field
Wellington
Dumas
Bill Shahan
Harold Smith
Shahan
Smith
Cubs Sign Two Young Players to Farm Assignments
Chicago signed 22 year old third baseman Jim Woolard of Cushing Oklahoma and 19 year old catcher Bob Cooke of Reidsville North Carolina. Woolard goes to Bwin Falls in the Pioneer League while Cooke is assigned to Paris in the Mississip Ohio Valley League. In 1954 Americans spent a record 234 billion dollars on goods and services.
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Chicago
Jim Woolard
Cushing, Okla
Bob Cooke
Reidsville NC
Chicago Cubs
Woolard
Bwin Falls
Pioneer Leag Cooke
Paris
Missis
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Bob Wadsworth
Pampa
Plainview Tucumcari
Childress
Hobbs
New Mexico
el Paso
Lovington
Roswell
Sertoma
Roswell Optimist
Aunt Burch
Bill Johnson
Philco
Boyd Furniture Co
Gunn Bros
Borger Cager
Dave Douglas
NEA
Bo Wininger
Ton
Boles
Tops Stamp Redemption Center
Cubs
Hargrave Laundry & Dry Cleaning
White
Reveo
Revco
White's
Archie Pearce
East
Eros
Ersonalizi Credit Tef —Joer
Eureka
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