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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1957
Page
13
Local results from Greenville Lawton Shawnee and nearby towns feature mixed scores and upcoming games. Notable lines show Muskogee, Paris, and Washington matchups, with team leaders and night schedules for Lawton and Chicago area centers.
Yesterday's home run leaders include J Lennett of the Phillies Colavito Jn Hians Gerned Vernon with two for the Red Sox Skowron and Aaron for the Yankees Mather Crowe three for the Braves Mazeroski Snider for the Pirates Bolling and Lang two for the Dodgers and Tigers Musial Hoyer for the Cardinals.
Cary Middlecoff predicts trouble for the United States in the Ryder Cup matches at Lindrick, citing Britain’s short course, the British ball, and team eligibility issues. He notes America’s weaker overseas adaptation and lists tentative team members, with six certain picks including Kroll, ForA, Middlecoff, Demaret, Burke, and Mayer.
Unclear box score notes list players Brues, Wagner, Steinkeening, and Bradley with multiple at bats and runs. Mentions left and extra innings marks, totals for Melzer, Profit, Clebaski, Andelis, and Pruitt. Final line cites Andelis as winner and Clehask as loser with time 2:15 and attendance 1,036.
New York Yankees pitcher doubts Ted Williams still has the old snap in his swing as Williams struggles for power in a holiday doubleheader. Williams, 39 next month, admits reflexes aren’t what they were but targets a 320 batting average with 30 homers and 100 RBIs for the season. He sits at .349 with 20 homers and 44 RBIs, aiming to reach two goals this year.
Baseball round up of top players by teams and leagues with runs, hits, doubles, triples, home runs, stolen bases, and pitching stats. Names include Mantle New York, Musial St Louis, Aaron Milwaukee, Mays New York, Snider Brooklyn, and Deyndale Brooklyn with various team totals and leaders across categories.
The Austin Surge and San Antonio battled in a high drama set while Dallas swept a doubleheader. Highlights included two standout pitching performances and a first game bench-clearing incident. Dallas maintained an eight game lead over second place Houston, with Austin tied for third.
In Cincinnati the Tri State Tennis Tournament advances to semifinals as top seed Bernard Badzien of Dallas faces Art Andrews of Iowa City while Arnaldo Vieira meets Jose Ochoa. Grant Selden and Bill Quillian already secure spots. Quillian upset Giammalva 6-0 0-6 0-0 and Mackay and Giammalva were eliminated earlier.
In the 29,000 open at Islesmere Montreal Jack Key a 26 year old from Mount Bruno shot 67 an eagle and two birdies on the final four holes to lead by one stroke over Ken Venturi Francisco and George Bayer with five Americans at 69 Doug Ford and Julius Boros were closing in three under after 14 holes but faltered late to finish two under.
Chicago writer Charles Chamberlain reports on the NL pennant chase. Fred Hutchinson says the Dodgers power could decide the race while the Cardinals split a doubleheader with the Cubs and head to a four game set with Cincinnati. Moon and Boyer struggle. McDaniel shines among St Louis pitchers as Jackson excels.
United Press reports match play started for a Fourth of July weekend invitational. In Chickasha Bill Colton Our shot back to back 34s for a 64, while Sly Harpman of Oklahoma City earned medalist honors with a par 72. Winds limited scoring on the nine hole Elk City course. Semifinals set for Saturday after Thursday qualifying.
The second annual Lawton Fort Sill Ragtime Doubles began at Sooner Lanes with out of town bowlers. Locals take over today and tomorrow as the event runs through Sunday led by Burney and Blaylock with 1386 handicap total. Schmidt and Klaubunde trail with 1270, while Richmond and Schmidt stand third at 1285 and Burney with Brown fourth after day one. Singles standings place Schmidt 559, Schroe der 595, Cowie l 586. Shifts start at noon and run every hour fifteen minutes until 11:15 pm, with six lanes and scratch singles entry.
In Andrews Scotland Cary Middle watt and Frank Stranahan led the field as the British Open was trimmed to 50 players after 26 votes. In Wimbledon England Althea Gibson beat Christine Truman to reach an all American final. Darlene Hard defeated Derutne Head node to reach the final. At Belmont Park Edie Arcam won the 71st SwOarban in a photo finish on the $85,550 race.
Major league baseball drew 711 006 fans on Independence Day with a 52 791 turnout at New York Yankee Stadium for the Yanks Red Sox doubleheader. The largest NL crowd was 30 442 for the Giants Phillies twin bill at Connie Mack Stadium. AL attendance 110 785, NL 100 521, totaling higher than last July 4. Games listed include Boston at New York and Detroit at Cleveland among others.
Shelby Ton high tennis coach Lawson defeated Set Bill Higgins a 13 time Fort Sill singles champ in the finals of the city veterans net tournament at LHS courts Shelby won in straight sets 6 4 5 4 and shared the doubles title with Bill Peters beating Arch Parmenter and Bryan Waid 10 8 6 Warren Smith YMCA director presented trophies at the conclusion of the matches.
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