Lawton High Star Wilson Draws Big College Interest
Low Johnson notes Lawton High ace Slim Jim Wilson as a top All-State basketball prospect drawing offers from Oklahoma, Oklahoma A&M Tulsa and others. The piece cites Wilson’s youth on CHS teams, mentions former Lawton stars and notes a Houston trip for CHS scoring sessions.
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Coe
Storis
Slim Jim Wilson
Lawton High
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Oklahoma City University
Schoo
Rookies Boosted as Kubek Rodgers Enter Spotlight
In Florida camp notes, Tony Kubek of the Yankees and Andre Rodgers of the Giants emerge as top rookie of the year contenders. Kubek, a versatile 21 year old from Milwaukee, aims for left field after shortstop duty, while Rodgers from Nassau Bahamas breaks into the lineup as a standout shortstop.
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Petersburg
Fla
Tony Kubek
New York Yankees
Andre Rodgers
New York Giants
Kubek
Yankee
Mickey Mantle
Joplin
Haywood Sullivan
Boston
Jim Landis
Chicago
Don Lee
Detroit
Roger Maris
Cleveland
Bobby Richardson
Yankees
Burl Daley
Russ Nixon
Brooks Robinson
Charley Beament
Baltimore
Rodgers
Giants
Juan Pizware
Milwaukee
Casey Wise
Don Cardwell
Jack Sanford
Joh Kennedy
Phillies
Danny Kravitz
Pittsburgh
Rene Valdes
Brooklyn
Tom Cheney
St. Louis
Denver
Casey Stengel
Kuhel
Stengel
Nassau Rodgers
Nassau
Bahamas
Arizona
Minneapolis Millers
Dallas
Andre
Paul Richards
Orioles
Florida
Sullivan
Red Sox
Florida University
Sammy White
Fenway Park
Sully
San Francisco
Lincoln 11th to Break Four Minute Mile Barrier
ISLBOURNE March 23 Mervyn Lincoln of Australia became the 11th runner to break the four minute mile clocking 3 58.39 on the Olympic training track. He also equalled the Australian 1300 meter record of 2 minutes 0.3 seconds and credited pacemaker Ron Clarke for aiding the effort. Lincoln plans Empire Games training next season.
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Islbourne
Mervyn Lincoln
Australia
Lincoln
John Landy
Landy
Turku
Finland
Jim Bailey
University of Oregon
Los Angeles
Herb Elliott
Ron Clarke
Lirice
Landy, Bailey
Ron Delany
Ireland
Roger Bannister
Fort Sill Miler Sets Meet Mark
In Boulder on March 20 the 16th Colorado invitational indoor meet saw two open-event records. Robert Soth of Fort Sill unattached ran the open mile in 4:23.4, surpassing Bruce Drummond’s 4:29.7 record from last year. Bob Charles of Arizona State cleared 13 feet 4 1/4 inches in the open pole vault, beating Harry Douglas of Denver University’s 13 feet from 1956. Colorado led with 16 finalists, followed by Arizona State and Denver with 35 and Wyoming in unclear position.
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Boulder
Colo
Colorado
Robert Soth
Ft. Sill
Okla
Bruce Drummord
Ft. Sil
Bob Charles
Arizona State
Tempe
Harry Douglas
Denver University
Arizona
State
Denver
Wyoming
Styrunner Wins Oaklawn Handi cap in Rainy Sprint
Styrunner driven by Harold Featherston surged from the rail to win the $5,000 Oaklawn Handicap at Oaklawn Park, defeating Exchange Stable's Perfector by three lengths. The 5-year-old gelding by Stymie and Forerunner completed the mile and a sixteenth in 3:44-1. The colt paid $4.60, $3, and $2.60.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Cage Rules Due Change
Kansas City March 23 After three days of talks college basketball coaches proposed five rule changes to cut fouling and allow less effective play by big men The proposals include six personal fouls per half no shooting foul and one and one bonus after six fouls prohibited ball handling on rebounds when ball is on rim or in cylinder backcourt out of bounds line changes clock rules and abandonment of even odd uniform numbering rule for home and away games both teams
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Kansas City
Rules Committee
T-foot Will Chamberlain
Kansas
Lawton Amarillo Snow Cancels Doubleheader
Lawton High and Amarillo Sandies had their Texas Panhandle baseball doubleheader canceled due to five inches of snow. Wet grounds forced the Friday game with Pampa to be called off, with Pampa set to visit Mangum and Lawton later in the week.
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Amarillo
Ts Ten High School
Texas Panhandle
Sandies
Wolverines
Palo Duro High School
Pampa
Southwest Oklahoma
Mangum
Lawton
LHS
Duncan
Apache Club to Meet Apache Quarterback Banquet
Joe Met Calf, head football coach at Southwestern, will speak at the Apache Quarterback club first annual meeting and banquet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the community building. Stag tickets sell for $1.5.
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Joe Metcalf
Southwestern
Gola Green Pace Ft Dix To Army Title
Ft Dix First Army team led by Gola and Green defeated The Presidio Sixth Army San Francisco 57 to 2 in the All Army basketball final. Gola sat after early foul trouble but returned for 14 points as Green added 23 to pace the Ft Dix victory and limit opponents Jerry Byrd and Jimmy Cummings to nine points.
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FT. Monmouth
N.J
LaSalle
Philadelphia Warriors
Green
Duquesne
FL. Dix
Army
Toreros
Jerry Byrd
Kentucky
Jimmy Cummings
Oregon
Poke Matmen Off To Defend Crown
STILLWATER Okla March 23 UP Oklahoma A M wrestlers leave here Sunday for the NCAA tournament opening at Pittsburgh Pa The Poke team winner of the past three NCAA team titles takes its lightest squad in years back east The team has no entries in 137 and 191 pound classes and only three members of last year's title squad remain Coach Myron Toderick will rely on Doug Clabaugh 157 pounds and Harmon Leslie 122 pounds both undefeated this season ASM? lost three matches this year dropping two in Oklahoma and one to Wyoming.
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Stillwater
Okfa
Oklahoma
A&m
Pittsburgh
Myron Toderick
Doug Clabaugh
Harmon Leslie
Grappler
ASM
Ore
Wyoming
One Man Team Of Cowboys Dies At 61
Carl Weaver 61 of St John Kansas and early Oklahoma A&M College football star died Friday in El Reno Oklahoma UPI. Weaver in 1913 scored all six points of A&M’s season including two field goals against Texas A&M and Washburn in a 34 0 win against the Aggies. A&M lost two games to Oklahoma and Arkansas.
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EL Reno
Okla
UPI
Carl Weaver
St. John
Kan
Oklahoma A&m
A&m
Weaver
Texas Asm
Washburn
Oklahoma
Arkansas
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Capitol Hill
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Sugar Ray Robinson
Rocky Marciano
Floyd Patterson
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Lawsonian Hotel
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