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Newspaper

Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Jun 02, 1957

Page

11

Celler Seeks Big League Probe Of Shifting Teams

Brooklyn and New York Giants moves spark congressional scrutiny as Celler urges a broad inquiry into proposed West Coast shifts and possible antitrust violations. Critics including Powell, Keogh, and Read oppose the plan while Dodger fans and Coast League leaders weigh potential impact on the season and private business.

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Texans Dominate NCAA All Stars

AUSTIN June 1 UP Texas Arizona and Texas Christian dominated the all-district Rice team selections. Texas led the squad with stars including first baseman Gead shortstop Johnny Avay and pitchers Tharis Taylor and Howard Teed. Arizona and TCU placed two players each, Baylor and Texas A M one apiece. Notables named include Arizona’s Wied Sorenson and Tom Clar, TCU’s Carl Warwick and Charles Quick, Baylor’s Jerry Mater, and Texas A M catcher Gary Blettington.

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State Tennis Open To Begin Monday

Tulsa hosts the first Oklahoma state open tennis tournament starting Monday with 125 entrants across eight divisions. Bartzen, Sayril, Tut Bartzen, Gi ammalva and Golden head strong fields as men's juniors and women's singles and doubles kick off the week, seniors starting Thursday. top hopefuls include Land of Oklahoma City, Walraven of Oklahoma, Been of Shawnee, Been a former Houston powerhouse now in the Army at Fort Bliss.

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Iowa State Captures Berth in College World Series

Ames Iowa June 1 Iowa State clinched a spot in the College World Series with a 7 0 win over Bradley in the District 3 NCAA baseball playoffs Two good pitching performances led to the victory following yesterday s 20 win and set up a first round matchup with Notre Dame in Omaha next Saturday

Ames Towa Twonit Phil Groth Towa Stair Victon Bradley Iowa State Omaha Town State Notre Dame

Indians Defeat Athletics 3-0 To Move Into Tie For Second

Cleveland beats Kansas City 3-0 as Barry Wynn leaves with three-hit shutout support from Ray Narleski. Narleski preserved the lead in relief, overcoming a seventh inning single by Vic Power. Maris homered for Cleveland while Carrasquel and Werts drove runs as the Indians close in on the Yankees and lag five games behind Chicago in the American League standings.

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Red Sox Triumph Over Senators 11-1 in Spring Display

Boston's Red Sox crushed Washington 11 to 1 as pitcher Wilbur Nixon earned his first spring win. The 18 year old limited the Senators to three singles through six innings before relief allowed late scoring. Jackie Jensen led Boston with three singles while Pete Runnels, Billy Conigliaro, and others contributed key hits.

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Loop Leaders AOUNSON Nabs Net Witte Champion

London reports Albert Johnson of New York won the world court tennis championship with a decisive victory over James Dray of England.

Aounson Witte London Albert Johnson New York

Tipton Boy Earns Baseball Letter at Abilene Christian

A Tipton player earned a varsity baseball letter at Abilene Christian College after contributing to the 12-6 team record this season. The athlete starred as a starting batter and pitcher, tallying multiple hits and stringing together seven strong lineups at the plate while also participating in several pitching duties.

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NCAA Baseball Upsets and Scores Across Conference Play

Fragmented report shows several NCAA baseball results with mismatched team names and unclear affiliations. Readable names include Georgia Tech and Connecticut, plus various college abbreviations and scattered scores suggesting multiple games and series outcomes.

First American Through Barrier Cal Miler Clocks 3:58.7

Ben Bowden of the University of California becomes the first American to run a mile under four minutes in history, clocking 3:58.7 at the Pacific Coast track meet in Stockton. His pace built from a steady start to a long, fast final stretch, narrowly missing the world mark and breaking the prior U.S. best.

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Giants Nip Pirates on Spencer Double

Pittsburgh June 1 Daryl Spencer delivered a go ahead run scoring double in the ninth as the New York Giants rallied to defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3 2 Willie Mays extended his hitting streak to 20 with an eighth inning single SPencer started the ninth inning rally moving to third on Jabronski double and scoring on Red Sweeney’s out. Ruben Gomez earned the win in relief and Don Mueller drove in the tying run with a single in the eighth.

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New York Titans Player Box Score Chaos and Errors

Box score fragment shows New York Titans and Pittsburgh with scattered player lines and RBI notes. Mentions Mueller Mazeruski Leckman O'Brien and Worthington in incomplete batting entries. Contains numerous OCR garbles but indicates a final score parity and multiple fielding/ batting events inland from a late innings.

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Speedway Drivers Vie for Langhorne 100 Mile Crown

Langhorne Pa June 11 Seventeen entrants from Indianapolis challenge Jimmy Bryan Phoenix in the Langhorne 100 mile dirt track Memorial Day 500 milers. Bryan, third at Indianapolis, seeks his third Langhorne title amid strong rivals Pat O Connor Eddie Sachs Johnny Thomson Mike Magill and Vandel Herman among them.

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