Poke Harriers Finish Second At Fort Worth
Baylor upset Oklahoma A&M to win the Southwestern Recreation Track Meet as 21 records fell or tied. Standouts included Eddie Southern and Bobby Morrow with multiple victories, Clyde Hart and Bobby Herod in hurdles, and Bill Curtis in the high hurdles. Baylor earned 42 points after a disqualification reshaped team standings. Abilene Christian captured college division, Texas freshmen won junior college.
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Morrow
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Herod
Curtis
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J. W. Mashburn
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Fred Schermerhorn
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Albert Bartek
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R. E. Hall
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Jerry Hudson
Troy Moody
Tom Fatheree
Allen Mayne
Sheppard Afb
Mantle’s Ninth Inning Homer Beats Tigers in St. Petersburg
Yankees edge Detroit 7-5 as Mickey Mantle hits a walkoff homer with one on in the ninth. Elston Howard leaves early after a foul-tip injury. Whitey Ford starts for New York and exits with arm discomfort as Tigers rally. Gromek, Aber, Wojey, Stump, Wilson, House, Ford, Garmon, Konstanty, Staley, Berra pitchers listed.
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Whitey Ford
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Gromek
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Staley
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Howard
Silvera
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Lake Ton Golfers Duel Country Club Fifteen Foursomes
Fifteen four person teams from Law ton Municipal Course and the Country Club square off in a two tee match beginning 1 p.m. at the Municipal layout. Seven groups start from the first tee and eight from the tenth tee with five minute intervals.
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Dervis Halen
Preston Johnson
Earl Ethel
Eda Hobbs
T. W. McElwee
Jimmy van Huff
Bob Lamphere
Frank Kitchens
Kenneth Smith
Jack Greer
Speck Lawrence
P. A. Wolf
Bill Joyner
Clyde Shelton
Lib Norton
Ray Strickland
Pamk Aurell
Vernon Howell
Gene Moore
Gordon Winkleman
Municipal
Irv Henderson
Dave Zorhbis
Leon Pires
Bob Hutchins
Barrett Andrews
Jack Boits
Cuffie Waid
Bryan Waid
Bill Stimpson
Milo Gordon
Ray Griffin
Coy
Jess Griffin
Tom Stapleton
Aubrey Haynes
Murl Wilson
Faye Hillis
Alvin Hand
Johnny Littlefield
Zeke Horne
Ross Porter
Ed Ackers
Country Club
Ed Hood
R. P. Clay
Trabert Tops Gonzales In Palm Beach Match For Win
Tony Trabert defeated Pancho Gonzales in Palm Beach. The scores were 12-10 and 6-0, marking Trabert s win over his touring rival. Gonzales still leads the all time singles series 46-13.
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Palm Beach
Fla
Tony Trabert
Pancho Gonzales
Gonzales
Maxwell Clings To Leads In St Petersburg Open
Billy Maxwell, 26, from Odessa, held a one stroke lead after three rounds at the St. Petersburg Open Golf Tournament with a 204 total, after posting 36 35 71. Lionel Hebert rose to second at 205, as seven players remained within five strokes heading into the final 18 holes at the Lakewood course.
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Lionel Hebert
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Hebert
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Mee PO
Mois -Petenink
As As
Cary Middlecoff
Lg EO Een
RRS SL
Raul McModor
Way Merhert
Dutck Wartert. O.co
Everett Stuart
Sity Occ
Bor ME Ee
Johnny Gaving
George Bolesta
Walter Burkemo
George Bayer
Lawton Wolverines Show Balance In Track Meet
Lawton High School dominated a quadrangular meet with strong showings across sprints relays and field events. Larry Colson led with a 9.9 in the 100 yard dash while Dan Miller of Frederik stopped a Wolverines sweep in the 220. Tommy Raley shone in the broad jump and Jack Reece won the shot put as Lawton built momentum for next Friday’s triangular at Fort Sill against FSIS and Wichita Falls.
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Larry Colson
Bob Yingling
Norval Locke
Lawton
Dan Miller
Frederik
LHS
Tommy Raley
Dean Williams
Williams
Tommy Wells
Jack Reece
Arnold Marshall
Delmas Thorne
Walters
Bob Morford
Charles Weston
Jerry Langston
Weston
Langston
Larry Hargett
Jimmy Stanton
Stanton
W. C. King
Charlie Tonemah
Colson
FSIS
Wichita Falls
Fort Sill Post
All-State basketball picks include first Negro players in state
Oklahoma City March 17 Twenty three schools are represented on the 1956 All-State high school basketball team. Tallied to 24 players equally split north and south, the lineup includes Charles Adkins of Stillwater Booker T. Washington and Gib Scranton Lew Wade from Tulsa Rogers among the top stars. The announcement notes the first time Negro players gained representation and lists the full squads for North and South with players from Elgin Capitol Hill Purcell and Norman among others. The All-State game will be played August 15 in Oklahoma City.
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Tulsa
Will Rogers
Gib Scranton
Lew Wade
Charles Adkins
Stillwater
Booker T. Washington
Ponca City
Harold
Buddy) Hudson
Purcell
J. W. Lockett
Don’ Heffington
Drumright
LaVern Knight
Guthrie
Dan Lidia
Custer
Roger Potts
Wellston
Rogers
Floyd Sharky
Enid
Elbert Urban
Blackwell
Charles Vandervort
Pryor
Brent Adams
Holdenville
Jerry Butler
Ada
Don Clark
Macomb
Bob Curtright
Shawnee
Bill Hammond
Northwest Classen
Monroe Hodges
Stonewall
Buddy Hudson
Walter Land
el Reno
James Moss
Calera
Dennis Price
Norman
Bud Lahmaunt
Elgin
Dick Soergel
Capitol Hill
Exhibition Baseball Saturday Results
Saturday results list Cactus League games with teams such as St Louis Boston Milwaukee Pittsburgh Washington Philadelphia Cincinnati Kansas City New York Detroit Chicago Brooklyn Cleveland Baltimore and Memphis plus multiple scorelines and a late night Chicago versus Brooklyn. Sunday schedule includes Chicago Baltimore Philadelphia Boston Chicago Brooklyn Cleveland New York Milwaukee Detroit Kansas City Washington New York Cincinnati St Louis Pittsburgh and St Petersburg matchups.
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Fla
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Favorites Open National Junior College Tourney In Hutchinson
Hutchinson Kansas March 17 Defending champion Moberly Missouri Kilgore Texas and Hannibal LaGrange Missouri are viewed as the teams to beat in the national junior college basketball tournament opening here Tuesday. Cameron Aggies Lawton Oklahoma favored in first round with Wright Junior College Chicago. Moberly meets Eastern Arizona Thatcher in noon opener while Hannibal LaGrange faces Garden City Kansas in the feature. The 10 man Cameron squad coached by Harvey Pate will travel Monday and practice in Hutchinson.
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Harvey Pate
Audie Woodard
Tom Moore
Carl Raleigh
Fran Siebuhr
Fred
Cameron Aggies
Okla
Wright Junior College
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Illinois
Wright
Midwest
Southwest
Moberly
Arizona
Thatcher
Hannibal-LaGrange
Garden City
Hannibal
Arkansas City
Ark City
Record Field In Mat Meet
STILLWATER Oklahoma March 17 A record number of individual entries has been received for the NCAA wrestling tournament to be held next Friday and Saturday The tally shows 194 wrestlers from 44 schools Last year 181 individuals from 66 schools competed at Cornell University The Aggies seek their third straight NCAA title Director Lee Gilstrap said more entries are expected before the deadline The largest field is the 147 pound class with 28 entrants Edward Eichelberger of Lehigh is the defending champion and was named outstanding performer last year
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Stillwater
Okla
Cornell University
Ithaca
N. Y
Lee Gilstrap
Oklahoma A&m
Edward Eichelberger
Lehigh
Texas Nine Whips Oklahoma 9 To 4
The University of Texas completed a sweep of a two game series by defeating Oklahoma 9 to 4 in Austin. Junior Oren Buckellew allowed seven scoreless innings before fading late, finishing with eight strikeouts and six walks as UT built a 9 0 lead and OU rallied for four runs in the final two frames.
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Tex
University of Texas
Oklahoma Sooners
Junior Oren Buckellew
Sooners
Oklahoma
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