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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1954
Page
11
GAINESVILLE June 16 Lawton's Braves chase their seventh straight Sooner State league win tonight at Gainesville against the Owls. Doss pitched at Gainesville last night to a 3-1 win, notching his 10th victory as Alden delivered a two-run seventh inning, aided by Gainesville miscues.
Julius Boros, winner of the 1952 Open, seeks a fifth Open crown at Baltusrol as Ben Hogan, who has dominated the event, faces tough competition. Boros believes steady putting, not record scores, will decide the 1954 tournament beginning tomorrow. The Baltusrol course, lengthened to 7,927 yards, is expected to yield no sensational scores with par set at 70.
Shawnee Hawks widened the Sooner State League lead to three games as they defeated Seminole 13-5 while half the circuit sat out due to wet grounds. George Green earned his 10th straight win, with Shawnee collecting 17 hits and 11 runs in the first four innings. Fred Harrison slugged a homer, doubled, and singled driving in three runs.
CHICKASHA June 16 Ronald Ramming of Lawton is favored to beat Chickasha’s Jim my Jackson for the singles title after Ramming, who defeated Tudor 6-0, reached the finals. In other results Sun beat Dawson 7-9 7-5 6-3, Bradford and Cain won doubles, and Parmenter Nelms team also claimed titles in a rain-postponed day of play.
Beverly Hanson national women's champion and Jackie Pung former national open winner were to tangle in the feature second round of the 25th Women's Western Open in Chicago. On opening day three top names fell, including Betty MacKinnon who lost to Paule Dye Jr., while Marlene Bauer was defeated by Virginia Dennehy and Joyce Ziske exited.
City baseball patrons will hear live blow by blow coverage of the Rocky Marciano and Ezzard Charles world heavyweight title bout over the Memorial park public address system between innings of the Lawton Gainesville game. The bout will not be televised. John Starzynski will start for the Braves in Thursday’s game. Happy McKeown, armless baseball wonder, will perform before the game.
New York Yankees pitcher notched his eighth win of the season in a 6 4 victory over Baltimore, though he needed relief to finish the game. The report highlights Oklahoma born players making impact in the majors this season.
Bobby Morgan of the Philadelphia Phillies collected two hits in three at bats as the Phils dropped a 3-1 decision to St. Louis. The loss kept the Phillies from overcoming the visitors with Morgan contributing steady offense in a tight game.
Washington shortstop Pete Runnels went one for four as the Senators lost to Cleveland 9-3. The Indians consolidated offense with timely hits while Washington pitching struggles continued.
Gene Conley earned his fifth win of the season for Milwaukee as the Braves defeated Brooklyn 7-6. He allowed six runs while striking out key batters and improving his personal record to 5-2 on the year.
Altus Oklahoma outfielder and catcher Bunyard signs with the Chicago White Sox for a 4000 dollar bonus. He is assigned to Waterloo in the reef League and will begin Army service as a second lieutenant in September.
The NCAA baseball finals in Omaha were postponed due to heavy rain. Rollins College and the University of Missouri prepared for the title game after a weather delay. Missouri hoped for pitching depth with Ed Cook facing Rollins lefty Art Brophy. Cook from Granite City Illinois and Brophy each starred in the season run.
The Yankees faced big crowds in Baltimore after moving from St. Louis last season. Through two Baltimore home games, 76,636 fans paid to see them, surpassing last year’s totals. The Orioles average 20,422 per home date and have drawn 428,804 in 21 home dates, while the Yankees’ away totals lag behind.
Chicago Tribune reports the All Star ballot leading changes in the National League with Gran Hamner and Pee Wee Reese leading the infield and Stan Musial and Minnie Minoso topping individual NL and AL vote getters. Randy Jackson of the Cubs leads NL third base voting with 2,558 votes, while Ray Jablonski and Eddie Mathews trail.
Promoter Jim Norris reports 300000 in the till and predicts a 500000 gate for the Charles Rocky fight at the stadium Thursday night. Fighters leave Catskill camps today and enter seclusion for weigh in, with expenses around 190000 from coast TV and 35000 from network radio. Charles is expected to lead early and be overtaken by Rocky in later rounds, according to Marshall Miles.
Corporal Wes Santee, famed American mile runner from Kansas, started a 12 week Marine Corps platoon leaders class at Quantico Virginia. After training he will return to the University of Kansas for his final year and be commissioned as a second lieutenant upon graduation. A Marine spokesman said he will face limited track competition during the course except for local Marine meets.
The London grass court championships narrow the field with only Art Larsen of San Leonardo and Hal Burrows of Charlottesville advancing in the men's division, while six Americans are eliminated. Shirley Fry did not play and Mrs Margaret From Beverly Hills posted a second round in doubles.
In Monticello on June 16 Marciano predicts a hard-hitting rematch for the heavyweight title. He says Charles is younger faster and has a dangerous left hook while he plans to outsurge him and reclaim the crown with experience strength and resolve.
Honolulu car Olson stopped Jesse Turner in San Francisco. Portland’s Jimmy Byrne halted Andy Walker from San Las Vegas. Neal Rivers from Buffalo stopped Frank Skidmore from Oakland.
Culver City California June 16 UP John A Kelly America's top marathon runner agreed to compete in the seventh annual Western Hemisphere marathon Helms Athletic Foundation announced Tuesday Kelly won the Boston marathon twice and was a member of the 1936 1948 U S Olympic teams.
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