Junior High Grid Team Prepares Gear and Practice
Lawton junior high football candidates will report to Roosevelt Stadium at 9 a.m. Saturday to check out equipment for fall practice. Coach Pete Rhames takes over this season and expects about 60 players. First game at Roosevelt Stadium on Sept 10 against Hollis at 7:30 p.m. Season tickets go on sale the first week of school. Four home games cost 1 dollar for students and adults.
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Lawton
Roosevelt Stadium
Pete Rhames
Rhames
Hollis
City Golfer Far Behind In Tourney
ANN ARBOR MI Aug 21 Johnny Cott of York Pa held a one stroke lead as nearly 100 youths tee off at the University of Michigan golf course in the eighth annual Jaycee junior tournament. Morning round 18 holes set 69 for Cott and 145 total. Bobby Dunn 146. Dark horses Raines Garrett Love and Geyer among top 10.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Johnny Cott
York
University of Michigan
Cott
Bobby Dunn
Camilla
Jimmy Raines
Augusta
Johnny Garrett
Houston
Tex
Pete Geyer
Monterey
Calif
Raines
Garrett
David Love
Eldorado
Ark
Geyer
Rex Baxter
Amarillo
Baxter
Yankees Star Coleman to Leave Marines on Arrival
San Francisco reports Captain Jerry Coleman Yankee second baseman will be discharged from the Marines shortly after his return from Korea. He is due to land within the next two or three days and resume his major league duties.
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San Francisco
Baseball
Korea
Jerry Coleman
New York Yankee
Marines
Cuban Hawk Eyes Middleweight Title Shot Contention
New York August 21 Cuban Hawk known as the Reed must beat Ralph Tiger Jones at Madison Square Garden to earn a credible middleweight title challenge. A loss could push Gavilan back to welterweight and end his bid for the middleweight crown, with pundits doubting his future in the division.
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New York
Kid Gavilan
Madison Square Garden
Reed
Ray Robinson
Jones
Tiger
Gavilan
Danny Wember
Knee Watched For Fortunes Of Tarheels
CHAPEL HILL NC August 21 UP If George Barclay s knee starts hurting this fall watch for UNC football. The joint has sparked success before guiding Barclay to All American honors as a player and Coach of the Year for Washington and Lee. Now he leads UNC after a rough season under Snavely and aims to install the split T with a strong staff.
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Chapel Hill
N. C
George Barclay
University of North Carolina
North Carolina
Washington and Lee
Barclay
Tarheels
Generals
Uthern
Carl Snavely
Snavely
New Talent Girds Gridiron One Platoon System Returns
The article notes rising juniors set to start as the team embraces a return to one platoon football. Coaching staff leaders Marvin Bass Bill Edwards Steve Belichick and Dick Jamerson bear the burden of guiding the newcomers and sustaining the program.
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Marvin Bass
Bill Edwards
Steve Belichick
Dick Jamerson
Lookabaugh and Harkey To Back Gary Governor Bid
Oklahoma City report says Jim Lookabaugh former Oklahoma A M football coach and Rep Paul Harkey will join Raymond Gary’s governor campaign next year Lookabaugh a Republican may run himself and would handle field organization Harkey a four term Idabel legislator confirms retirement from the House to aid Gary.
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Oklahoma City
Jim Lookabaugh
Oklahoma A&m
Paul Harkey
Oklahoma
Raymond Gary
Lookabaugh
Gary
Harkey
Idabel
House of Representatives
Oklahomans In The Majors Dodgers rout Giants 10-0
Bobby Morgan of Oklahoma slugged a home run and a single, driving in three as the Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the San Francisco Giants 10 to 0. Morgan provided the big blow and pace in a dominant win for Brooklyn.
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Bobby Morgan
Brooklyn Dodgers
Dodgers
Giants
Randy Jackson Drives In Run in Cubs Loss to Cardinals
Randy Jackson of the Chicago Cubs hit a ringing triple driving in a run and later scored, but Chicago fell to St. Louis 5-3 in the game.
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Randy Jackson
Chicago Cubs
Cubs
St. Louis
Runnels Goes Hitless as Yankees blank Senators 7-0
Pete Runnels of the Washington Senators drew a base on balls but went 0 for 3 as New York defeated Washington 7 to 0 in the game.
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Pete Runnels
Washington Senators
New York
Senators
Browns Owner Seeks New Home for St. Louis Club
San Francisco and Los Angeles officials gave little indication of immediate MLB expansion as Bill Veeck pursued a relocation. Pacific Coast League leaders warned of financial if not legal pushback, while Paul Fagan denied talks about Seals stadium and denied plans for a 40,000 seat major league facility.
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Bill Veeck
St. Louis Browns
California
Veeck
Browns
Philadelphia Athletics
Los Angeles
Eddie Mulligan
Sacramento
C. M. “Brick
Oakland
Paul Fagan
PCL
San Francisco Seals
Seals
Hawaii
Rain Delays Army Baseball Tournament in San Antonio
Rain washed out all four Fourth Army baseball tournament games in San Antonio Texas delaying the schedule as weather conditions remained unsettled. Fort Sill had been set to face White Sands Proving Ground while three more games were planned for Friday two for Saturday and one or two for Sunday depending on conditions.
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San Antonio
Tex
Fort Sill
White Sands Proving Ground
Motor Boat Races Slated At Lake Murray
Ardmore Oklahoma invites 19 states to first annual Labor Day motor boat races at Lake Murray. Dean Ford, racing committee chairman, expects as many as 50 hydroplanes to compete. The meet is sanctioned by the American Powerboat Association.
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Ardmore
Ardmore Junior Chamber of Commerce
Lake Murray
Dean Ford
American Powerboat Association
Marse Joe Sees Yankees as Odds-On for Title
Buffalo veteran manager Marse Joe McCarthy, resting after pneumonia, laughs at suggestions his record of four straight AL pennants could be eclipsed by Casey Stengel. He praises the Yankees organization, George Weiss, and Stengel as an outstanding manager who knows his players and makes timely moves.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Marse
Joe McCarthy
New York Yankee
Casey Stengel
McCarthy
Casey
Yankees
George Weiss
Casey (Stengel
Indians Moving Near 4th Place
The Oklahoma City Indians threatened to evict Fort Worth from the Texas League first division Friday as the fading Cats lost their third straight game. Oklahoma City edged San Antonio 10 to 8 to move within a game and a half of the fourth-place Cats. Tulsa regained third place as Howie Judson earned his sixth win in a 8 to 1 victory over Houston. Dallas Eagles beat Beaufort 2 to 1 on Buzz Clark's sixth-inning homer.
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Cats
Shreveport
Jim Ackeret
Oklahoma City
Russ Burns
Frank Kellert
San Antonio
Tulsa
Howie Judson
Houston
Dallas Eagles
Beaumont
Jim
Buzz) Clarkson
Stop For Coffee Costs Man $4,000
Alfred Burt, 37, stopped for a coffee break en route from a suburban bank to his grocery, and during a 10 minute stop at a cafe someone stole $4,000 from his car. Police reported a left front window vent was pried open.
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Houston
Alfred Burt
Burt
Bears and Steelers Tangle At Tulsa Exhibition
The Chicago Bears travel to Skelly Stadium in Tulsa to face the Pittsburgh Steelers in an exhibition game after last week’s 23-10 loss. Pittsburgh already beat Chicago 29-10 in Pittsburgh, marking the Steelers’ widest margin over the Bears in 21 years. The clubs meet only in exhibitions as they belong to different NFL divisions.
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Tulsa
Chicago Bears
Pittsburgh Steelers
Pennsylvania
Skelly Stadium
Pittsburgh
Steelers
Bears
Youngest U S Prisoner of War Returns to Freedom
FREEDOM VILLAGE The youngest American prisoner of war yet released by the Communists arrived home today. Pfc. Charles E. Elliot from Vienna Virginia said he will be 20 in October and is now free.
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Freedom Village
Freedom
Charles E. Elliot
Rt. 3
Vienna
Zilian Sold to ChiSox from Oklahoma City Indians
Righthander Al Zilian age 26 with a 15-10 Texas League record for the Oklahoma City Indians has been sold to the Chicago White Sox. The deal was announced as of August 21.
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Oklahoma City
al Zilian
Oklahoma City Indians
Chicago White Sox
Eisenhower heads for trout hunt near Pine Stream
President Eisenhower departs Denver for Pine Colorado for a day of fishing at Swan Hereford Ranch before a schedule of meetings with top administration officials. He postpones a second trip and plans to return Saturday for a talk with Harold Stassen. The trip follows Russia's hydrogen bomb claim and includes discussions on federal aid to drought fringe areas.
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Eisenhower
Pine
Colo
New York
Swan Hereford
Bal Swan
Washington
Russia
Drouth
Colorado
Illinois
Oveta Culp Hobby
Atomic Energy Commission
Dreuth Group
Romulo Withdraws From Race To Back Magsaysay
Manila August 21 Brig Gen Carlos P Romulo announced his withdrawal from the November presidential contest. He said his Democratic party would form a coalition with the Nationalist party of Defense Secretary Ramon Magsaysay and merge his forces with Giese. He had entered a three man race alongside Magsaysay and President Elpidio Quirino.
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Manila
Carlos P. Romulo
Giese
Magsaysay
Ulo
Elpidio Kino
Democratic
Nationalist
Tulsa hosts single home game for 1940s Tulsa team
A fragment notes that Tulsa will play only one home game this fall. The University of Tulsa freshmen team will face the Golden Gales at Tulsa, marking a rare home appearance for the program.
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University of Tulsa
Ichita University
Golden Gales
Tulsa
Angling Only Fair at Tulsa District Reservoirs
Angling was only fair during the past week at Tulsa district flood control reservoirs with a slight increase at Fall River Hulah and other nearby waters.
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Tulsa
Fall River
Hulah
Ster
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Tiger) Jones
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