Thumper Praises Mantle as Best Batter of Era
Oscar Srra ley reports Ted Williams calls Mickey Mantle the best hitter of the era and predicts the Yankees remain the team to beat in the American League. Williams signs his sixth Boston Red Sox contract around 100000 dollars and aims to reach 400 at bats to qualify for the batting title while eyeing more home runs and another batting crown. He praises Don Larsen and notes his own health improvement as he targets a long sharp season.
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Miami
Ted Wiliams
Mickey Mantle
New York Yankers
Punmant
Williams
Boston
Bie
Boston Red Sox
Mantle
Oklahoma
Mickey
Ted
Felow
Yankees
Red Sox
Larsel
Don Larsen
St. Louis Browns
Dodgers
Ty Cobb
Fullmer Beats Greaves In Tough 10 Round Non Title Fight
Gene Fullmer won a unanimous decision over Wilf Greaves in Salt Lake City in a 10 round non title bout. Fullmer noted Greaves was tougher than Sugar Ray Robinson and the challenger energized a crowd of 3,500 with a toe to toe finish.
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Salt Lake City
Gene Fullmer
Wilf Greaves
Fullmer
Sugar Ray Robinson
Greaves
Robinson
Pittsburgh
Junior High Faculty Triumphs In Polio Benefit Cage Contest
A crowd of about 3,500 watched the Central junior high faculty beat the senior high faculty 48 to 44 in a Lawton high fieldhouse charity basketball game for the March of Dimes. Bodenhamer led the seniors with 24 points, while Lee 14, Bridges 12, Shelby 13 aided the juniors and Nease and Rinehart contributed late for the seniors.
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Rinehart Spears
LAS
Jim Rinehart
Junior High
Gene Flippin
Ken Bridges
Central Junior High
Lawton High
March of Dimes
Lawton
Bob Bodenhamer
Kenneth Bridges
Wiltians
Shetty Bridges
Griffin
Walters
Neaxe
Andeornim
Scgre BI Quart High School
Demaret Wins Thunderbird Invitational With Easy Margin
Jimmy Demaret, age 44, defeats Mike Souchak and Ken Venturi by eight and nine strokes respectively at Thunderbird Invitational on a par 7 course. Demaret totals 273 after four rounds, earns $2,000, while Souchak and Venturi take $1,000 and $750. It’s Demaret’s third Thunderbird title after returning from minor surgery, delivering a clinic in putting and early birdies.
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Palm Springs
Calif
Arizona
Jimmy Demaret
Phoenix
Demaret
Jimmy
Kiamesha Lake
N. Y
Mike Soughak
Grossinger
Ken Venturi
San Francisco
Mike
Venturi
Thunderbird
Souchac
Souchak
Muskogee Stays In Sooner State
Muskogee Giants headed by President J Z Magote plan to play this summer after securing financial backing from the New York Giants by telephone. Lawton and Shawnee are seeking funds to decide on fielding teams. Other Class D teams in the west include Ponca City Seminole Ardmore Paris Tex Greenville Tex, which replaces McAlester, dropped for financial reasons.
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Muskogee
J. Z. Magote
Muskogee Giants
New York Giants
Lawto
Shawnee
Mississippi River
Ponca City
Seminole
Ardmore
Paris
Tex
Greenville
McAlester
Tulsa junior college stars transfer to University of Tulsa
Four junior college football players including three all-star starters from Jackson Mississippi move to the University of Tulsa after enrolling yesterday. Players named include Tommy Thornhill Leonard Speaker and JCard ena Bill lines, with Bob Auten from Cameron College also joining.
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Tulsa
Jackson
Miss
University of Tulsa
Tommy Thornhill
Schreiner Institute
Kerrville
Tex
Leonard Speaker
Paris
Bill Lines
Kilgore
J.C
Bob Auten
Cameron College
Lawton
Pettit Celtics Dominate Pro Cage Rankings In NBA Action
Celtics win seventh straight as Bob Pettit rockets to the scoring lead with a 122 point burst over 10 games, lifting his season total to 1,268 and 27.6 ppg. Arizin trails by 122 points while Boston and New York battle for Eastern crown during an All-Star break.
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NEW York
Boston Celtics
Bob Pettit
St. Louis Hawks
Assa
Nces
Pettit
Celtics
Arizin
NBA
Cousy
Warriors
Boston
Philadelhia
Lakers
Nats
Johnny Kerr
Syracuse
Dick Garmaker
Minneapolis
Big 600 Series Eludes Bradley At Sooner Lanes
Harvey Bradley missed the 600 circle by three pins in a 597 series that included a 245 game, helping Joe Ford Insurance take three points from Retired Servicemen's Club. The night featured multiple high scores across church and commercial leagues, with Rod Pope 209-566 and DeCaster 200 games helping St. Johns Lutheran sweep four points and First Baptist leader lineup deliver key marks.
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Bill Ewald Stalt
Harvey Bradley
Keglers
Sooner Lanes
Bradley
Joe Ford Insurance
Jim Getkin
Hank Laarman
Gene Stovall
Alis Boyd
Ray
Carter Garage
Lupi Champlin
Harry Ratliff
Peoples Tee Co
Johnson's Milk
Coleman von Werder
Lautersteins
American Realty
Montgomery Ward
B.F. Goodrich
FA Bn
Elledge DX
Congregational
First Presbyterian
Rod Pope
Paul de- Caster
Quintet
Pope
de- Caster
Kenny Kenningham
Larry Hibbs
Presbyterians
Central Baptist
St. Andrews Episcopal
Vern Barnes
Walt Fleming
Bil Clark
St. Andrews
Bob Jones
Bob Phelps
Chuck Alveg
St. Johns Lutheran
Blessed Sacrament
Allen Sasser
Orville Greenwood
First Baptist
Centenary Methodist
First Methodist
Mantle To Get Award Tonight By Oklahoma Group
Mickey Mantle will be honored at a dinner in Tulsa by the Oklahoma Old Timers Baseball Assn as Mickey Mantle Day is proclaimed by the state legislature. Mantle, last year’s batting champion, receives the outstanding major league player award for the third time with his wife Merlyn and mother Mrs. E. C. Mantle present. also recognized are Dale Mitchell Roy McMillan and Don Demeter for various achievements and inductions.
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Okla
New York
E. C. Mantle
Commerce
Dale Mitchell
Oklahoma City
Don Demeter
Roy McMillan
Cincinnati
Mitchell
Cleveland
Brooklyn
Oklahoma Hall of Baseball
Demeter
Fort Worth
McMillan
Texas League
Last Night's Fights by The Associated Press
Boxing briefs from New York Holyoke and New Orleans list results with points and stoppages. Notable bouts feature Gene Fullmer, Tony Dibiase, and Pat Supple with various locales and upsets.
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Associated Press
Salt Lake City
Gene Fullmer
West Jordan
Lah
Will Reavis
Pittsburgh
New York
Tony Dibiase
New ‘York
Chris Christensen
Denmark
L. Coon
China
Vejar
Stanford
Conn
Ceutt
Buddy) Barnarosa
Virgin Islanda
Holyoke
Mass
Jeff Dyer
Springfirlt
Taberi to Run Bankers Mile at Chicago Relays
Hungarian refugee Laszlo Taberi will run in the Bankers Mile during the Chicago Daily News Relays at Chicago Stadium on March 16, as announced today.
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Chicago
Laszlo Taberi
Chicago Daily News
Chicago Stadium
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