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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1954
Page
9
Gainesville and Lawton lead in midweek standings as Ardmore Pauls Valley Shawnee and Seminole chase results. Thursday’s schedule features Gainesville at Lawton Ardmore at Pauls Valley Ada at McAlester and Shawnee at Seminole with Texas and American League box scores noted.
National league and American league leaders list key batting pitching and fielding stats. Names include Snider Musial Hodges Jablonski Mays Rosen Mantle Berra Schnell. Highlights show leaders in batting average runs batted in home runs and strikeouts across teams like Brooklyn St. Louis New York Chicago Cleveland and Philadelphia.
In Ponca City Oklahoma James Harris Stillwater rallied late but Dee Ketchum of Bartlesville won 1 up as Harold Corbett Jr. Tulsa defeated Kent Frates Oklahoma City 1 up. Jim Gardner Oklahoma City beat Jim Cox Jr. 4 and 2. Sam Shafer Fairfax won by default over Dan Morgan Blackwell. Art Hall Tulsa beat Jimmy Loy Oklahoma City 4 and 2. L W Scott Jr Oklahoma beat Larry Hughes Ponca City 5 and Sack Baldwin Ponca City defeated Jack Moore. Mack McClain Oklahoma City beat Don Orr Okmulgee 3 up.
United Press report shows Jim Willis earning his first win for Shreveport Sports in a 5 to 3 victory over Dallas, extending their Texas League lead with eighth straight win. Key double plays and a three-run third inning supported Willis fading Murff's effort as Dallas dropped its ace pitcher.
Welterweight contender Del Flanagan plans a fall challenge for Kid Gavilan after a easy 10 round decision over Detroit’s little known Allie Gronik. The bout took place in Detroit on June 17 with Flanagan signaling future plans.
CHICAGO June 17 UP Four ty Hicks Durham NC was to be Alice Bauer Hagge Sara and others win in Western women’s golf with four former champions among the contenders in the Chicago event.
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