Hawks Run Past Shawnee 6-1 on Floyd One-Hitter
Left-hander Bob Floyd tossed a one-hitter in a 6-1 victory for the Lawrence Hawks over Shawnee at Municipal Field. Floyd shut down Shawnee until the seventh as Obermeyer allowed six runs, with Gary Brown going 3 for 3 and scoring on multiple plays.
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Bob Floyd
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Shawnee
Legion
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Jeff Miller
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Tony Ice
Floyd
Mike Obermeyer
Tom Jennings
Lawrence
Obermeyer
Gary Brown
Bob Parker
Parker
Casidy Flips His Floater as Welda Falls in Tourney Opener
In Wichita, Dick Casidy pitched a one hitter and blanked Welda to spark the Wichita Packers to a 3-0 victory in a first round NBC Baseball Tournament game. Casidy worked four innings with bases loaded and no outs.
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Packers
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Eagles push across three unearned runs to beat Falcons
In Pony Express baseball at Lake Shawnee the Eagles spoiled a two-hitter by Brad Parsons, scoring three unearned runs on four Falcon errors. Parsons fanned nine and allowed a hit in the sixth as Lawrence falls to 15-8. Eagles move to sole second place as Falcons head to Kansas City district tourney.
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Bob Price
Bob Nauman
Steffen
Nauman
Lawrence
Legion
Kansas City
Remembering early TV sports and the 1950s thrill era
The piece recalls the dawn of televised sports in the 1950s with figures like Ollie Matson Night Train Lane and George Blanda, noting how fans gathered around sets in hospitals weddings and homes. It contrasts then with today s overexposure dulling interest, cites Notre Dame Oklahoma 1953 and other icons, and laments lost fervor for football basketball and golf.
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Notre Dame
Chicago Bears
Chicago Cardinals
Kid Gavilan
Sugar Ray Robinson
Jake LaMotta
Chuck Davey
Ollie Matson
Night Train Lane
Bears
Rick Casares
Harlon Hill
Willie Galimore
Chicago
Ed Brown
George Blanda
Kansas University
Colts
Lee Trevino
Archie Manning
New Orleans
Sooners Choose Walker for AD
Wade H. Walker 48, former Mississippi State athletic director and OU All-American tackle, was named Oklahoma athletic director in a special OU Board of Regents vote. Walker, an insurance executive in Jackson Mississippi, succeeds post left vacant after Gomer Jones died in March in New York. he was OU co captain in 1947 1948 and an All American in 1949.
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New York
Walker Named Oklahoma Athletic Director Draws KU Comments
Kansas University officials acknowledge Wade Walker as a celebrated OU football star. Wade Stinson of KU says Walker’s past as co captain of the 1947 1948 Sooners and 1949 All American stands out, while Fambrough and Owens were unavailable for comment.
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Wade Stinson
Wade Walker
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Stinson
Walker
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Kansas
Don Fambrough
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Preston
North Carolina
Ted Owens
Julie Leads by Five In New England Golf
Julie Greene of Barrington held a five stroke lead in the New England Women's Amateur Golf Tournament despite slipping to an eightieth after a record round on Tuesday. Pat Bradley of Nashua fired a 70 to move into second place five strokes back with a two round total of 147.
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Miss Greene
Standings Snapshot From A Crowded Schedule And Night Games
The update lists several NBA standings and tonight’s games across multiple matchups. Milwaukee plays New York, Minnesota at Boston, Cleveland at Kansas City, Detroit at Oakland, and Baltimore at California, with other city pairings and late games noted for Friday.
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Benton
Washington
Cleveland
Oakland
Baltimore
California
Detroit
Oak
Chicago
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