Bass Chooses Baseball Over College For Lawton High Star
Andy Bass, Lawton High School baseball standout, will pursue pro baseball after a standout career. He foregoes college football at Kansas State, plans Tulsa University on a baseball scholarship, and weighs a potential June MLB draft. He started 88 straight games, hit .376 with 23 home runs and 88 RBIs, setting multiple school records.
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Andy Bass
Lawton
Randy
Bass
Orval) Bowman
State Coaches Association
Kansas State
Tulsa University
Wolverines
Baseball star Herb Jacobs shines with Tulsa offer
The player posted 39 for 87 at the plate with 46 runs 39 RBIs 12 homers and 40 walks and a .943 slugging. He faced 258 official at bats with 31 strikeouts and only 13 career errors while impressing Gene Shell at Tulsa and considering a move to Oiler Park. Bass hints at potential multiple positions including outfield. Tomorrow he discusses his high school honors.
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Bass
Tulsa
Gene
Shell
Oiler Park
Nae Tabb
Altus
Eagles Mac Add Wrestling Coaches For Two High Schools
Lawton Board of Education named Thomas Tucker Thompson to lead Eisenhower wrestling and Byron Lasater to head MacArthur program. Both schools will field their first teams next school year. Lawton High has not named a coach. Thompson is an OU graduate and former Norman High champion and dorm counselor. Lasater is a former Lawton High athlete with coaching history at Catoosa Tulsa Will Rogers and Cleveland. He will assist with football at Highlander and coach wrestling.
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Eisenhower
MacArthur
Thomas (Tucker) Thompson
Byron Lasater
MacArthur Post
Lawton High
Thompson
Norman
Oklahoma University
Ike
Lasater
Catoosa High School
Tulsa Will Rogers
Cleveland
Cameron
East Central State
Ron Hartline
Highlander
North Central Colts Top Mideast Colts In Opener
Dennis Totte outdueled Al bert Walz as the North Central Colts opened league play with a 3-0 upset. Totte had two singles and drove in a run, Scott Barrett added a run producing hit, as Totte retired the first 15 batters. Walz fanned nine.
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Dennis Totte
Albert Walz
North Central Colts
Mideast Colts
Totte
Scott Barrett
North Central
Walz
Komalty Paces Cache to 7-3 Win Over Fort Sill
Komalty struck out 15 hitters and doubled twice as Cache Colt beat Fort Sill 7-3 after allowing only one hit. Danny Moore and Gary Hackson tripled, Joe Bill Runyon doubled, boosting Cache to 1-0 on the season.
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Cache
Matt Komalty
Cache Colt
Fort Sill
Danny Moore
Gary Haxton
Joe Bill Runyon
Komalty
May Errors and Big Knockbacks in Sox Rangers Tilt
Baseball roundup centers on Chicago White Sox forward comeback against Texas Rangers. Carlo May rescues, homering and driving in runs after misplay, while Tom Egan’s double keys a 7-6 extra-inning victory. Other games include Athletics over Angels and Expos rallying to end winless skid.
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Texas
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White Sox
Rangers
May
Elliott Maddox
Dave Nelon
Sox
Tom Egan
Ranger
Oakland
California
Mon
Treal
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Los Angleles
Houston
San Diego
Ted Williams
A’s
Toby Harrah
Don Mincher
Chuck Tanner
Larry Barnett
Mincher
Barnett
Harrah
Kemp urges self helps to solve NFL woes at meetings
Representative Jack Kemp urged NFL owners and players to resolve disputes without Congress. He warned of a crisis and urged ongoing dialogue over issues like the option clause turf and firing players. The 1973 contract runs through 1973 with talks on rules changes and Pro Bowl site set for 1974.
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New York
Jack Kemp
Erie County
N.Y
Kemp
NFL
Ed Garvey
NFL Players’ Association
Dallas
Sanders Sets Qualifying Pace For Open Tourney
Sanders, famed for flamboyant outfits, shot a course record and a 71 in the afternoon to lead local qualifiers at Memphis for the U S Open. The Memphis event, won by Lee Trevino, drew 4 252 entrants nationwide with 58 local sites and 13 sectional rounds June 5 6.
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Memphis
Pebble Beach
Calif
Steve Reid
Rick Ehrmanntraut
St. Paul
Minn
Ehrmanntraut
Somerset Country Club
Jimmy Wright
Wheatley Country Club
Nassau Country Club
Glen Cove
N.Y
Eddie Pearce
Temple Terrace
Fla
Wake Forest University
High Point
N.C
Babe Hiskey
Houston
Dick Siderows
Westport
Conn
New Haven Country Club
Hamden
Ray Howell
Trumbull
Tennis Results Open French Open Singles Debuts
Brian Gottfried of Fort Lauderdale defeated Bernard Montrenaud in straight sets for the opening round in Paris. Myrna Scollou of Iowa City claimed a similar straight-set win over Argentina's Anna Maria Pinto-Bravo to advance. Dick Fowler, longtime Athletics pitcher, died at 51 in Oneonta, New York. Scenic Sky won a sprint at Cherry Hill, paying $15.80.
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Brian Gottfried
Fort Lov- Gerdole
Flc
France
Bernard Montrenaud
Myrna Scollou
Iowa City
Iowa
Argentina
Anna Maria Pinto-Bravo
General Oneonta
N.Y
Dick Fowler
Philadelphia Athletics
Cherry Hill
N.J
Scenic Sky
Lady Yee Sry
McLemore Is Honored Top Ike Senior Athlete
Eisenhower High School honors Mike McLemore as top all around senior at the awards assembly. Alan Munson earns Lions Club Award for highest GPA and earns honors in basketball and football. McLemore, son of J D Lemore, tallies nine varsity letters and heads to Cameron College event. Munson heads to Oklahoma on ROTC scholarship.
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Mike McLemore
Eisenhower High School
Lions Club
Alan Munson
McLemore
J. D. Lemore
Mike
Ron Polston
Munson
University of Oklahoma
Cameron College
Erickson Hair Consultant Free Talk at Lawton Inn
Chicago dispatch notes an offer for free hair problem explanations at the Holiday Inn Motel 3134 Cache Rd Lawton Oklahoma on Wednesday May 24 from 2 PM to 8 30 PM. The advisory encourages hair worried individuals to attend and benefit from the free session.
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Holiday Inn
Cache RD
Lawton
Okla
Chicago, Ill
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