Sill Boxer Morgan Tenequer Rivalry Draws Attention
Fort Sill column surveys boxing talent with Morgan and Tenequer in focus. Tenequer, a Lawton native serving at Fort Leonard Wood, holds a four of five edge in their series, while Delmas Arthur argues Morgan can beat Tenequer now. Other notes cover Arthur’s baseball move and local sports movers.
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Morgan
Gan? Tenequer
Lawton
Fort Leonard Wood
Cameron Aggie
Teneguer
Delmas Arthur
Fort Sill
Equer
Arthur
Des Moines
Army
Curtis sets national best in 14.2 hurdles at Texas meet
Curtis, a TCU sophomore from Waurika, posted a nation leading 14.2 in a triangular meet with SMU and Baylor. He has kept top form after a knee operation required changing his lead leg. Sudden- Dept. Kansas' Wes Santee married and Briton Roger Bannister ran the four minute mile.
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Bar Curtis
Texas Christian
Waurika
SMU
Baylor
Curtis
Kansas
Wes Santee
Roger Bannister
Rains Delay Lawton Rotary Track Meet at Roosevelt Stadium
The Lawton Rotary Club postpones its gigantic schoolboy track meet set for Roosevelt stadium to next Tuesday due to wet field conditions. Contestants from all Lawton schools will compete in four age brackets with weight limits per class.
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Lawton Rotary Club
Roosevelt Stadium
Glenn Dosser
Roosevel Stadium
Lawton
Frank Thomas Dies Built Great Alabama Football Teams
Tuscaloosa Alabama Frank Thomas died last night from a heart ailment that ended his coaching in 1947. Over 15 seasons he led the Crimson Tide to 115 wins 24 losses and 7 ties and steered Alabama to three Rose Bowl appearances and bowl success in Sugar Bowl play.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Frank Thomas
Alabama
Crimson Tide
Thomas
Aussies Keep 1956 Olympics in Melbourne
The IOC voted two thirds to hold equestrian events at a site to be selected. Melbourne had blocked horses within six months quarantine and the Australians refused to change the law. Avery Brundage expected the equestrian site chosen this week with Brussels viewed as a likely venue later in 1956.
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Athens
Meline
Australia
International Olympic Committee
Melbourne
Avery Brundage
Chicago
Brussels
Sooners Deny Talk Of Shift
Oklahoma officials deny any move to switch conferences. George F. Short, president of the Sooner board of regents, says there is no movement toward the Southwest Conference and Athletic Director Bud Wilkinson also denies knowledge of any transfer efforts.
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Oklahoma City
University of Oklahoma
George F. Short
Sooner Board of Regents
Short
Bud Wilkinson
Moon and Tuttle Lead Rookie of the Year Race
Moon of the Cardinals and Tuttle of the Tigers pace the 1950 rookie chase. Moon leads NL in runs and ranks high in hits, while Tuttle tops AL with a .375 batting average. Contenders include Trice Skowron Regalado and several other notable newcomers across both leagues.
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New York
Wally Moon
St. Louis Cardinals
Bill Tuttle
Detroit Tigers
Moon
Tom Alston
Rds
Enos
Wally
Tuttle
Bradley Universe
Daven
Williamsport
Buffalo
Price
Trice
Homestead Grays
Luke Easer
Cowpokes Meet Oklahoma Collegiates in First All-Star Track Duel
Stillwater Oklahoma A&M College track stars meet an all star team drawn from Oklahoma Baptist Northwestern Central State Southwestern Southeastern and Northeastern in the first such duel. Oklahoma Baptist won the Collegiate Conference title by 87 points last Friday while A&M captured the Missouri Valley Conference title at Houston Saturday.
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Okla
Oklahoma
A&m
Houston
Aggies
Oklahoma Baptist
Northwestern
Central State
Southwestern
Southeastern
Northeastern
Indians Stage Thrilling Comeback In New York Showdown
Cleveland battles New York, trailing early then erupting with seven runs in the first inning. Jim Hegan scores on a sacrifice fly as Whitey Ford exits amid a Yankee rally. Eddie Robinson, Gil McDougald and others contribute in a tense eight to seven aftermath as the Indians chase a win in a dramatic home stretch.
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Cleveland
Yankees
New Yorkers
Bill Summers
Yogi Berra
Casey Stengel
Jim Hegan
Whitey Ford
Bob Kuzava
Yankee
Bot Grim
Hegan
Ier Onis
Indians
Wally West
Don Messi
al Smith
Mike Garcia
Messi
Garcia
Charley Silvera
Gene Woodling
Eddie Robinson
Gil McDougald
Dave Isley
Phirley
Baltimore Orioles
Philadelphia Athletics
Orioles
Weather Halts Lawton Again in Sooner State League
Persistent rains force postponement of the Lawton Ada series finale at Memorial Park and cast doubt on Lawton’s midweek game with Pauls Valley. The Sooner State League standings show Ardmore atop the table with .667, Seminole rising newcomer, McAlester and Pauls Valley near the bottom, Lawton inching up to fifth and Ada sixth.
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Lawton Braves
Memorial Park
Lawton
Pauls Valley
Ardmore
McAlester
Rockets
Seminole
Gainesville
Shawnee
Ada
Cameron shuts out Frank Phillips to reach NJCAA semifinal
Cameron College of Lawton beats Frank Phillips 2 0 in the NJCAA regional baseball tourney as Paul Hauser allows a three hitter over Otey Miller. Cameron plays Sayre JC in the semifinals with Porter Lester and Owens driving in the runs.
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Sayre
Cameron College of Lawton
Frank Phillips
Borger
Tex
Paul Hauser
Otey Miller
Cameron
Sayre Junior College
Porter
Hauser
Lester
E—Owens
D. Miller
Hansard
Wills
RBI
Owens
SB Owens
McClendon
Bb—Hauser
Miller
So-Hauser
Drivers Escape Injury in Indianapolis Practice
Frank Armi of Hanford California and Johnny Tolan of Denver Colorado escaped unharmed when their cars lost control during practice spins for the upcoming 500 mile race on May 31.
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Indianapolis
Frank Armi
Hanford
Calif
Johnny Tolan
Denver
Colo
Athletes Aim For 200 Foot Discus and 7 Foot High Jump
Fortune Gordien and Ernie Shelton set sights on track magic numbers this year as they chase 200 feet in the discus and seven feet in the high jump. Gordien, LAAC star and world record holder, has topped 192 this season and eyes 200, while Shelton of USC targets seven feet after a 6 9 1 2 in Finland and a 6 10 practice. Both riders believe the Kidd is possible now that Bannister and O'Brien have shown rapid progress in their events.
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Ronald Ramming
Lawton High
Midwest
Ramming
Missouri Valley
Bob Shelby
LHS
Shelby
Los Angeles
Fortune Gordien
Ernie Shelton
USC
Gordien
Ches
Shelton
Los Angeles Athletic Club
Finland
Walt Davis
Texas A&m
Davis
Roger Bannister
Parry O’brien
How They Stand In Baseball Tuesday's Schedule
Ada at Lawton ppd rain Gainesville at Ardmore McAlester at Seminole Pauls Valley at Shawnee s Schedule 41at Group vs TAS ppd rain Texas League standings list teams and records with rain-affected results in multiple divisions and nightly schedules.
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Lawton
Gainesville
Ardmore
McAlester
Seminole. Pauls Valley
Shawnee
TAS
Pauls Vailey
Alester
Seminole
Pauls Valley
Juniors Pace Lawton Team Highlight Musgrove Leader
Lawton junior high baseball shows Musgrove fueling the attack with a .462 average as Darrell Milngrove, freshman second baseman, tops hitting. Ronnie Hartline leads in home runs with three while Sidney Ahlschlager drives in 14. Co-Captain Jimmy Wilson stars on the mound with a 4-1 record and a no-hitter.
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Darrell Minlgrove
Lawton
Wolves
Ronnie Hartline
Sidney Ahlschlager
Don Owen
Jimmy Wilson
Softball Meeting Set Here Tonight
A final organizational meeting for the Lawton Fort Sill softball league will be held tonight at R&S ing Goods Co. President Bob Aco announced. All managers planning to field teams must be present. If enough teams attend, two leagues will be drawn up.
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Lawton - Fort Sill
R&sing Goods Co
Bobaco
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