Braves blast Texans 7-4 in 11-hit win at Gainesville
Lawton Braves even four game series with a 7-4 victory over Gainesville after an 11 hit attack. John Czarzynski earned the win on the mound, while Bill Parrott closed out the final innings. Bill McKeon led Lawton with three hits and three RBIs as Fralic and Hrovath added two each.
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Lawton Braves Open Home Season With Big-Crowd Hopes
Lawton baseball officials forecast the gaudiest opening since the Sooner State league began in 1947 as the Milwaukee Braves visit Memorial Park for an 8 p.m. opener against Gainesville with 2 600 fans from Tuesday's game expected to return. Wendell Doss will start for Lawton, while planning includes visiting dignitaries, a high school band, and a mystery pitch announcer.
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Eight way pennant race in Sooner State League opens
Openers drew about 7,000 fans across Ada Gainesville Ardmore and Seminole with Ada leading attendance at 2,674. Last night the home teams won as Lawton beat Gainesville Pauls Valley topped Ardmore McAlester defeated Ada and Shawnee defeated Seminole. Jerry Chadwick of Ardmore hit the lone homer.
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Turley Sets High Mark as Rookie Fireballer Shines in MLB
Turley earns praise as the greatest young pitcher in the majors after fanning 14 Indians and holding them hitless until the ninth, with Bob Rosen and Larry Doby delivering a late homer to give Cleveland a 2-1 win in Baltimore before 43 383 fans. Doby, who homered against Turley, called him the best around today.
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Young Yankee Ace Tom Morgan An Army Pitcher At Sill
Tom Morgan, a Yankee righthander and Army serviceman at Fort Sill, recalls his unlikely rise from Ventura in 1949 to facing major league gates. He praises Casey Stengel’s method while avoiding bold career forecasts and emphasizes giving maximum effort each game.
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Young Yankee praised as mentor in Lawton baseball rise
Former New York Giant great and Lawton entry manager Travis Jackson earns praise from Tom Morgan for guiding minor leaguers in the Sooner State league. Morgan argues D and C level play builds fundamentals and sees Raschi and Slaughter trades as positive for the Yankees and Cardinals.
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Whitfield to face elite milers in Philadelphia test
New York reports that Mal Whitfield, Olympic 800 meter champion, meets top milers Fred Wilt Horace Ashenfelter and Murray Halberg at Franklin Field. The race tests whether the star can compete with the world’s best milers and silence critics who call his claims premature.
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Oklahoma Aggie Tennis Tourney Seeks Net Crown
In Stillwater Oklahoma the annual Oklahoma Aggie tennis tourney runs Friday and Saturday with favorites led by Pat Buckley of Oklahoma City Classen and other top entrants from Lawton Shawnee Muscogee and Chick Greny Buckley is noted as the 12 year old favorite in junior high play.
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Memphis To Host Prep Game Again
Oklahoma City report says Crump Stadium in B Waitmouth, Oklahoma A&M directs the west team while Red Crew heading the east. The east won the previous five high school football stars from across the nation chosen for the game.
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Hanes Hosiery Wins National Championship in Women’s Playoffs
Hanes Hosiery of Winston-Salem N C captured the national title in a 46 to 39 playoff final. The event served to assemble an all star squad to represent the country in the French meet at Marseilles in June.
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Yankee Tom Morgan Tosses No-Hitter at Fort Sill
New York Yankee pitcher Tom Morgan dazzled Fort Sill fans with a seven inning no hitter for a 11 strikeout performance. Morgan walked one and the 52nd Group beat the 17th Group under the Butnerfield arches in a Fort Sill league game.
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Ussery Wins Four on Suffolk Downs Card
Boston April 22 Jockey Bobby Ussery rode four winners on the Suffolk Downs program including Nutmeg Lad in the featured Andover purse Also won aboard Descentive Legate and Saugatuck for the day shows strong riding across multiple races with Nutmeg Lad taking the feature.
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LaChapelle’s 100000 Miles Motor Fuel Treatment
Advertising copy claims LaChapelle's treatment improves gasoline engines for 3.00, bearing pistons and saving money. Mentions patent licenses and contact Gee F Porter at phone 5782-3.
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Oklahomans In The Majors
Alvin Dark of the New York Giants went one for three as the Pirates defeated the Giants Hank Thompson went hitless in three trips but scored a run in the game.
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Mantle Homers as Yankees Top Red Sox 5-1
Mickey Mantle, New York Yankees outfielder, hit a solo homer in three at bats as New York defeated Boston 5 to 1. The win improves the Yankees in the pennant race and adds to Mantle’s hot streak.
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Braves Top Cubs 7-3 Behind Spahn Strong 11 Strikeouts
Warren Spahn pitched for the Boston Braves in a 7-3 win over the Chicago Cubs. He struck out 11 batters, fueling the victory with dominant pitching.
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