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Newspaper

Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Jul 22, 1957

Page

9

Clark Captures Sill Net Titles at Fort Sill Tennis

Dave Clark of Texas Tech won both singles and doubles titles at the Fort Sill tennis tournament. He defeated Jack Haskins 6-1 6-1 6-1 for the singles crown and partnered with Ed Fronczak to beat Worthy Patterson and Dick Tipton 6-1 6-0 6-0 for the doubles title. LaVere Strom won the senior singles, defeating Bill Higgins 6-4 7-3, and teamed with Andrew Johnson to win the senior doubles over Higgins and Brig. Gen. Mercer Walter 6-3 6-3. Strom and Higgins will represent Sill in the Fourth Army tournament starting July 30. A four-man Open division will be named later. Ten net stars expected, including John Been, former Shawnee and Houston University star at Fort Bliss. Final results listed for divisions.

Dave Clark Netter Texas Tech Fort Sill Clark Jack Haskins Tide Ed Fronczak Worthy Patterson Dick Tipton LaVere Strom Bill Higgins Tranhy Andrew Johnson Higgins Mercer Walter Strom Sill Army John Been Shawnee Houston University Fort Bliss Diviston Lark Fronczak-Clars Unters Strom Bill Slg Andrew Johnsonstrom Mercer Walter Slepine

Colonels To Play Chicks Tonight In District Tourney

DUNCAN July 22 The Lawton Fort Sill Colonels are co favorites with the Reno team as the District American Legion junior baseball tournament opens tonight. They face Chickasha at 7 p.m. in the opener of the double elimination meet. Colonels hold no wins over the Chicks this season 3 1 and 13 2. Marlow meets Reno in the 6 p.m. opener. Duncan draws a first round bye. Coach Steve Ariel will start H W Green or Oscar Pickering. Green pitched a three hitter earlier to beat the Chicks 3 1.

Duncan Colonels Mangum Steve Ariel H. W. Green Oscar Pickering Green Chicks

Baseball Scoreboard Readout From A Giving Season

Incomplete league results list games with ties and delays. Teams include Des Moines and Omaha, Indiana versus Minneapolis, Amarillo and Albuquerque, Lincoln and America Charivaten, and Louisville and St Paul. Several games show long innings and doubleheaders with varying outcomes.

Amterica Charivaten Indiana Pats Minneapolis Omaha Denver Louisville St Paul

Tankersley Pitches Pepsi To 7-0 Win

Earl Tankersley pitched Pepsi to a 7-0 victory over Snyder, yielding two hits as Dizzy Martinez earned the win for Pepsi. In the other game, Lawton independents beat Cache 9-8. Next Sunday Pepsi faces second-place independents at Memorial Park while Cache visits Snyder. SHINAS TO DEFEND HAVERFORD.

Pepsi Cola Snyder Lawton Independents Cache Earl Tankersley Pepsi Dizzy Martinez Lear Memorial Park

Major League Baseball Averages and Hitters List

A compact roundup lists batting averages, runs batted in and home runs for stars like Aaron Musial Mays Robinson Blasingame and Mantle. It covers doubles triples and pitching leaders from the National and American leagues with team affiliations and season totals across players such as St Louis New York Philadelphia Boston Brooklyn Cincinnati and Chicago.

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Rosita Tanner Fails Attempted Lake Ontario Swim

Rosita Tanner, an elderly grandmother from Sauite Ste Marie Ontario, attempted to swim Lake Ontario on Saturday but was unsuccessful in her endeavor.

Niagara-On-The-Lake Rosita Tanner Sauite Ste. Marie

Hall of Fame honors for McCarthy and Crawford at Cooperstown

Yonk Cub Pilot and Tiger Outfielder Honored McCarthy Crawford enter Hall of Fame today for managing a major league team. McCarthy, 70, led the Yankees to seven World Series titles and nine pennants with the American League club. Crawford, long out of play since 1917, hit 2,964 in 19 seasons with Cincinnati and Detroit. Both attended the ceremony with veterans committee acclaim last February. The event precedes the 1957 Big League exhibition game between the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago White Sox at Doubleday Field with a 9:30 a.m. dedication and 1 p.m. game.

Cooperstown Marse Joe McCarthy Wahoo Sam,Crawford Talthough McCarthy Mark New York “Yankeees McCarthy Crawford Cincinnati Detroit Veterans' Committee Hall Writers Assn Ae New Newy Doubleday Field St. Louis Cardinals Chicago White Sox

Colts Line Mainstay to Quit Pro Football

Joe Campanella, a 245 pound tackle from Ohio State and four year Colt mainstay, announced retirement to run a restaurant opened with teammate Alyn Ameche in Baltimore.

Colts Baltimore Joe Campanella Baltimore Colt Ohio State Alyn Ameche

Braves Twins Split as Johnny Logan Stars in doubleheader

Johnny Logan collected seven hits in a doubleheader against the New York Giants, five for five in the nightcap as the Braves won game two 7-4 after dropping game one 5-4. Jim Wilson pitched a three hit shutout for the White Sox against Boston.

Johnny Logan Braves New York Giants Jim Wilson White Sox Boston Red Sox

Sabre Leads Yachts in Mackinac Race Finish Hope

Sabre runs ahead of the field toward the stretch in the Chicago to Mackinac Islands yacht race with high expectations to cross first. The Bi-foot yawl Sabre is favored to win as crews push hard off Mackinac Island.

SABRE Mackinac Island Mich.ie Chicago - to-Mackinac Islands

Meek Duo Tops Bowlers Again in Mixed Doubles

Rath and Wendy Meek won first place with a Tiwi handicap total for the second straight week as entries dipped from last week. Rowena and Bryce Bowles finished second at 1155 handicap. First place in the men s weekly ragtime doubles is Gary Klabunde and Charles Lupi with 1276. Allen Sasser and Jess Roper sit second at 1331. The event uses a 200-based handicap across three games on six alleys. Entries open at 2:00 PM on multiple weekdays and close at 11:00 PM Friday, July 26.

Rath Wendy Meek Rowena Bryce Boulware Gary Klabunde Charles Lupi Allen Sasser Jess Roper

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