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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1954
Page
11
Lawton edged Gainesville 7 to 4 while Shawnee beat Seminole 8 to 1 and McAlester defeated Ada 8 to 4. Pauls Valley led Ardmore 11 to 4 as Tulsa, San Antonio Beaumont, and Dallas games listed. schedules show Detroit Cleveland Philadelphia Pittsburgh and more with night games noted.
Wanda Jones of St Marys Catholic High School Lawton enters the 15th annual OCW net meet for high school girls at Oklahoma College for Women in Chickasha. The Racqueteers club sponsors the event with Susan Sandral as president and Elizabeth Hecht as sponsor. Peter Arend of Oklahoma City, a former Danish Davis Cup player, will give a 1 pm lecture demonstration Friday. Play begins 9 30 am Friday with registration and welcome. Saturday matches start at 8 am.
New York reports a surge in attendance as 15 of 16 major league clubs show higher home crowds than a year ago. The National League averages 21 000 per game to date, up from 15 408 last season, while the American League total averages 18 311 per game, up from 10 457. Cleveland and the Indians fare worse due to cold and rainy weather.
Surging Fort Worth rises to a tie for second in the Texas loop after sweeping three games from faltering Shreveport. Dallas King collapsed in the loss as Houston rallied 9-6 to beat Oklahoma City, while Tulsa edged San Antonio 3-2 behind Joe Macko two homers and relief by Al McNeilance.
Army Engineers report Texoma and Tenkiller top the fishing spots with early lunker bass striking shallow and top water lures. Heyburn Canton and Great Salt Plains showed good angling while Fort Supply fished mediocre and strong winds spoiled bites at Hulah and Fort Gibson.
Des Moines April 22. Kansas star Wes Santee leads a large Kansas squad and a host of Texas sprinters into the 45th Drake Relays at Drake Stadium. A 739-athlete field from 72 colleges will compete over two days. Santee will spark Kansas in the two mile four mile sprint medley and distance medley relays. Teammates Precit Fridenn and Thomas headline Kansas in the 440 and 880 relays. Southern Methodist timetops the mile relay at 3 16. LSU’s Lee Yoder could challenge the 44 yard mark of 52 4 with a 51 3 effort.
Ed Mathews hit a three run homer into the centerfield bullpen in Milwaukee pushing the Braves to a 7 to 3 lead over the Cubs. Cubs centerfielder Bob Talbot reached over the wall but failed to hold the ball.
Harrison Dillard, two time Olympic hurdles champion, withdrew Thursday from a planned 120 yard race at the Drake Relays in Des Moines Iowa due to a back problem.
Snead stands as heavy favorite to win the $10,000 first prize in the Las Vegas event. Early odds place him at 3 to 1 over rivals including Masters Hogan, with Teasey and others vying to unseat last year’s crown holder.
Whitaker owner of notable runners such as Requested and Grecian King dies after a heart attack last week. The service details note a 4 p.m. Friday est funeral for the late horseman.
Garth Panter of Salt Lake City Utah signs to meet German champion Hans Stretz in a 10 round bout at Milwaukee on May 18. The fight marks Stretz American debut.
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