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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1957
Page
9
Fragmented OCR lists a jumble of city matchups and times across baseball and other events. Names and places are scattered with unclear venues and inconsistent amPM marks, mentioning New York Chicago Baltimore Milwaukee St Louis and Des Moines among others with uncertain results or dates.
The Indians beat the Yankees 7 to 2 as Mike Garcia pitched a nine hitter with 11 walks left on base for the victory. Gene Woodling drove in five runs with a home run and a single in four at bats.
A compact 1940s style league round up listing leaders in batting, runs, RBIs, home runs and pitching. Names include Mantle New York Williams Boston Sievers Washington Mays New York Aaron Milwaukee Blasingame St Louis and others across AL and NL with top figures and candid team attributions.
San Francisco Seals optioned pitcher Al Schroll to Dallas in the Texas League to make room for veteran Bob Chakales, sent to the Seals by the Boston Red Sox. Schroll will replace Murray Wall on Dallas staff after Wall, 15-5 for Dallas, was purchased by Boston. Schroll had pitched for Oklahoma City before the deal.
Officials announced details for the Fort Sill youth swim meet to be held at Pool No. 6. Ages 16, 14, 12, and under will compete in breaststroke, freestyle, backstroke events with Friday evening championship heats. Entry forms require name date of birth sex address and parental consent plus a doctor’s exam.
Golf results feature Pally Bere and Jackie Pune finishers for the All American Women’s pro title with a $1500 prize. Robert Nevan of Buenos Aires shoots 70 to win the All American golf crown by four strokes. In tennis Harry MacKay of Dayton shocks in Eastern Grass Court finals, and Belphim wins the Davis Cup European finals. Multiple tracks report across Saratoga Springs and Oceanport with stakes races and purses listed.
Santa Monica hosts the U S Junior Chamber of Commerce junior and boys tennis championships. IM-1 field of 149 opens with Shaffer top seed in junior 14 and under. Siska leads boys 14 and under. Higgins from Lawton competes in boys division. Billy Talbert, captain of the U S Davis Cup team, plans to pick two to three players from this event for the junior squad.
Houston reduced Dallas’ hold on first by splitting a doubleheader while Dallas dropped a game to San Antonio. Oklahoma City beat Austin and Shreveport-Tulsa split, with Bob Nelson's two RBI double sparking Dallas' loss to Carl Scheib.
Former Oklahoma center Jerry Tubbs and Stanford quarterback John Brodie named co captains of the College All Star football team. The Stars meet the New York Giants at Soldier Field Friday night with Tubbs leading on defense and Brodie directing the offense.
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