How They Fare In The Majors
Major league stats show Rosen leading Cleveland in home runs with 12 and 46 RBIs while Minoso tops Chicago with 36 RBIs and 7 homers. Mantle Sievers and Vernon pace the pennant races with 7 homers.
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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1954
Page
11
Major league stats show Rosen leading Cleveland in home runs with 12 and 46 RBIs while Minoso tops Chicago with 36 RBIs and 7 homers. Mantle Sievers and Vernon pace the pennant races with 7 homers.
In Fort Worth Texas Ben Hogan Bob Toski Cary Middlecoff and amateur Ernie Vossler led the first round of the Colonial National Invitation. Hogan shot 68 and 69 in tuneups while Vossler tied the course record with 66 and finished strong. Middlecoff posted 68 and Toski delayed arrival limited to one practice round.
Arn ald Duren pitched a three hit 6-2 win for the Missions over Beaumont to extend their Texas League lead. Fort Worth moved to third, Dallas rose to fifth by beating Tulsa, and Oklahoma City stopped a late rally in a 5-4 loss to Shreveport.
Tony Trabert of Cincinnati and Art Larsen of California were tipped to reach the French International final as they advanced to Thursday semifinals. Maureen Connolly of San Diego was strongly favored to win the women's singles, continuing her dominant run.
Aaron Dry appointed head football coach at Eastern Oklahoma A&M College succeeding Euric M. Hunter. Hunter resigned after two years. Dry, an Eastern A&M graduate, has coached at Madill High School and begins Aug. 1.
Four climbers and medics inch up Mount McKinley in worsening conditions to reach George Argus left in a tent at 11,000 feet after a May 15 accident killed George Thayer. Argus suffered a broken hip and possible additional injuries as a struggling party fights harsh winds and snow.
Ada capitalized on Jam Spencer wildness and three steals to take a 2-0 lead in the top of the third of the first game before rain halted play. Freeman and Bickett produced key doubles for a late push, while Bert and Hrovath added baserunners. Lawton and Ada share 14-17 marks, one game behind Ardmore 16-17. McAlester moved to fourth with a 5-3 win over Seminole. Raiders visit Herefords tonight then host Pauls Valley tomorrow.
ABILENE Texas May 27 Charles Chuck Holding East Texas State standout high jumper will attempt to clear seven feet at the NAIA track and field championships June 4 5 He may better his NAIA record of 6 feet 9 34 inches Holding has cleared seven feet in practice but not in competition this season and faces a final collegiate bid to reach the mark.
Chicago May 27 Vic torious Vince Martinez called for a title shot as Chuck Davey, battered by Martinez’s right hands, was stopped in the seventh round after three knockdowns. Davey’s manager Hec Knowles said Chuck is through and Davey pondered his future.
Bill Campbell and Frank Stranahan, two U S favorites, plus three other Americans, advanced to the fifth round of the British Amateur Championship at Muirfield Scotland. The remaining U S players include M Sgt Harold Ridgley of Havertown Pa Dick Davies of Annandale Calif and Maj W D Henderson of San Francisco. Campbell faces R F Stevens of Australia and Stranahan meets Alan Thirlwell the English amateur champion.
Roy Best, longtime warden of Canon City prison until his 1952 suspension for mis management, died of coronary thrombosis at his Hitchrack ranch near Canon City. He drew national attention for the 1948 prison break and later played himself in a film about the incident. Best led the National Prison Wardens Association.
Tulsa driver Ira Clarence Cagle, 39, died in Eastern State Hospital Vinita after head injuries from a street beating reportedly by a Missouri man. Detectives plan to confer with the county attorney about possible charges against the alleged assailant.
Brig. Gen. Jacques Gazonnaud, head of native troop training in Indo China, said France seeks American officers to train native troops under French direction. He noted U S. instructors have trained South Korean troops and called for a rapid build up of a Vietnamese army to combat Communist rebels. The plan envisions a joint American French staff under French control.
Brig. Gen. Renaldo Van Brunt of the Army Chief of Staff office arrives at Fort Sill for a two day orientation tour. He inspects the 216th Field Artillery Battalion Army Aviation School Combat Development and Tactics and Combined Arms departments before an assignment in Europe.
Oklahoma Lt. Gov. James E. Berry, 72, seeks a sixth consecutive term amid a crowded field of 12 candidates in the July primary. Opponents include Irvin Hurst, Cowboy Pink Williams, and others, with Democratic and Republican contenders across multiple counties. Berry, longest serving state official, has not faced a serious runoff threat in prior elections.
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