Baseball Attendance Edges Up in Major Leagues
An Associated Press survey shows both big leagues ahead of 1954 pace with 3,623,401 fans over as many games, up nearly 80,000. Kansas City Athletics boost AL attendance with 321,157 in 15 home dates, surpassing their 1954 Philadelphia total. Milwaukee Braves lead NL with 451,524 through recent games, up over 50,000.
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Lightweight title bout delayed indefinitely in New York
The International Boxing Club halted a 15 round title fight between light weight champion Jimmy Carter and Wallace Smith set for Boston Garden on June 1. Manager Willie Ketchum cited a threat against Carter and notified the IBC the bout is postponed indefinitely, canceling network television plans.
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Bud) Smith
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Sooners Told To Get in Line
The Big Seven Conference told Oklahoma to act immediately to conform with conference rules after the NCAA placed Oklahoma on two years probation for rule violations. At a faculty meeting the conference reviewed the action and stated it relies on each member school to comply and expects prompt and adequate handling by the University of Oklahoma.
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Baseball Playoff Schedule Is Revised for MVC Title
Plans for a best of three series between the Oklahoma Aggies and the St. Louis Billikens to decide the Missouri Valley Conference baseball championship were disrupted by rain. The series is reset for Memorial Day Monday and Tuesday in Stillwater with a doubleheader on Monday and a potential third game on Tuesday. Winner advances to the NCAA tournament as MVC representative.
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Indians a Half Game Out of Western Lead
The Indians edged the Western League leaders 5 to 3 after a ninth inning rally at Lincoln. Colorado Springs dropped from second to fifth as Sioux City won 84, while Des Moines’ Jim McDaniel homered and doubled to lift the Bruins over Pueblo 4 to 2. Wichita’s Bob Harrison fanned 10 Lincoln hitters, leaving 14 Chiefs stranded before Don Orwiler closed out the game.
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Stephens Still Shining After Release by Orioles
Cleveland veteran Vern Stephens, once deemed washed up by Baltimore, is producing with the Chicago White Sox. In his last 10 at bats he has seven hits and is 10-for-26 and .385 since signing as a free agent, following his April unconditional release by Baltimore.
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Fall River Lake Named for Rep Meyer in House bill
A House Public Works subcommittee approved a bill to name Fall River reservoir Lake Meyer in honor of the late Rep Hebert Meyer of Kansas. The measure, introduced by Rep Myron George, notes Meyer died in 1950 while serving in Congress and had been publisher of the Independence Daily Reporter.
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Slaughter Hitting Above 400 for the Athletics
Kansas City reports Country Slaughter, 39, has 11 hits in 25 at bats for a .440 average with the Athletics after a latest trade from the Yankees. He has eight safeties in his last 14 trips and carries a .353 combined mark with the Yankees and A’s.
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College of Emporia Star Signs for Pro Football
Fillbark Lemuel Harkey 21 of College of Emporia Kansas has joined the Pittsburgh Steelers Harkey from Lawton Oklahoma tallied 56 touchdowns in four college seasons and averaged 143 yards per game last year for the Colts/Emporia program.
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Sooners Clinch Big Seven Title In Baseball
Oklahoma won the Big Seven baseball championship with a 3-1 victory over Kansas. In the fifth inning a Kansas player was knocked out after a collision during a double play as Oklahoma shortstop Buddy Leake delivered a head strike. Leake was ejected from the game.
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