Sooner State League and surrounding circuits update
Sooner State League results list Lawton over Ada 6 0 and Gainesville over Ardmore 11 7 with several other scores. Friday games include Pauls Valley at Lawton and Ardmore at Gainesville while Seminole faces Ada. The Fort Sill League shows TAC leading 61 857 and 17th Group results. Texas League standings include San Antonio, Dallas and Fort Worth with Friday matches. American and National Leagues recap key matchups and upcoming games across multiple cities.
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Houston
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Shreveport
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Waleo
Two Yanks Remain in British Amateur Golf Tourney
Bill Campbell and Maj. Dal ton Henderson, the last U S players alive, advanced toward the quarterfinals at Muirfield. Campbell, 31, from Huntington West Virginia, defeated E L Dalton of South Africa 3 and 2 to reach the quarters. Henderson, an Air Force officer from San Francisco, faced Tony Stark of Britain as the field shrank from 39 starters.
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Scotland
Bill Campbell
Dalton Henderson
United States
Muirfield
Campbell
Huntington
W. Va
America
Melville Bucher
Edinburgh
Henderson
Air Force
San Francisco
England
Tony Stark
Britain
E. L. Dalton
South Africa
Frank Stanahan
Toledo
Ohio
U. S
Award
Vitamin Smith Retires From Rams After 1949 Career
Verda T. Vitamin Smith, veteran right halfback for the Los Angeles Rams since 1949, announced his retirement from professional football. At 30, he cites leg injuries last season and will work for a mud company servicing oil drilling operations in Abilene.
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Los Angeles
Verda T
Vitamin) Smith
Los Angeles Rams
Smith
Abilene
Aggie Nine Duels Texas In Playoffs
The Oklahoma Aggies travel to Austin for a best of three NCAA playoff series with Texas starting Monday. Eight teams reach Omaha for the world series with A&M aiming to return to post season action after winning the Missouri Valley Conference. Texas brings an 8 prior appearances and two titles.
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Texas
Stillwater
Okla
Oklahoma Aggies
Austin
Oklahomans
University of Texas
Omaha
Aggies
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Davey Announces Retirement After Boxing Career
CHICAGO Chuck Davey announces retirement at a press conference after a seventh round TKO loss to Vince Martinez at Chicago Stadium. The 28 year old with a 40 5 2 record says boxing rewards his education and hints at future work in radio and television sportscasting.
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Chicago
Chuck Davey
Hec Knowles
Davey
Vince Martinez
Lansing
Mich
Iola Club Warns It May Quit Loop Baseball
Iola Indians confront financial strain as attendance slumps with a 5 21 record. President Earl Sifers advertised urging 1 000 fans to attend weekend games at Riverside Park to keep Western Association baseball alive.
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Iola
Earl Sifers
Iola Register
Iola Indians
Riverside Park
Indians
Hutchinson
Sifers
Oklahoma Closes Baseball Season With Iowa State Series
Oklahoma faces Iowa State in a two game set to end the season. The Sooners sit second in the Big Seven with a 7-3 mark, while Iowa State under LeRoy Timms is tied with Nebraska for fourth at 5-7.
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Oklahoma
Iowa State
Missouri
Jack Baer
Sooners
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Cyclones
Nebraska
County 4 H Delegates Head to Round-Up in Stillwater
Comanche County sends 24 delegates to the 33rd annual 4 H Club State Round Up on the Oklahoma A M campus in Stillwater. The group includes 12 boys and 12 girls from 10 communities and will compete in demonstrations, speeches, health, dress and illustrated lectures.
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Oklahoma A&m
Stillwater
Oklahoma
Cache School Board of Education
Court House
Argie Mae John
Flower Mound
Elinor Hammond
Roseland
Chicago
Margie
Methodists Ordain 63 As Ministers
Tulsa Oklahoma 63 ministers were ordained at the Oklahoma Conference of the Methodist Church final session. Notables include Charles Cathcart Ardmore Justus Edmondson and Gary Baldwin both Oklahoma City John Taylor El Reno and Charles Mowry Jr Ada. A committee was authorized to form a corporation to receive bequests for a home for the aged and Oklahoma City was chosen for the 1955 meeting.
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Tulsa
Okla
Oklahoma
Murder Charged In Shotgun Slaying
In Texarkana Texas on Friday Thelma Jackson 41 faces a murder charge for the slaying of Sidney Reasoner 46 of Hope Arkansas at her home late Wednesday He was shot with a .410 shotgun as he stood at her front door Jackson said he threatened her life and that she fired through a screen door after he demanded she return to her first husband in Paris Texas
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Tex
Thelma Jackson
Arkansas
Sidney Reasoner
Hope
Ark
Reasoner
George
State Lutherans Elect New Officers
Oklahoma District Lutherans completed a four day convention in Norman naming Rev Alfred Behrend of Ponca City as president and Rev August Meitler of Enid as vice president. Arthur Man of Enid will be treasurer Robert Biel of El Reno secretary and Rev Marvin Bauman of Guyman second vice president. Four state secretaries include Rev Walmar Frank Tulsa missions Rev Clarence Knippa Tulsa stewardship and finance Rev Charles Keturakat Perry.
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Norman
Okla
Oklahoma
Alfred Behrend
Ponca City
August Meitler
Enid
Teat
Arthur Man
Robert Biel
el Reno
Marvin Bauman
Guyman
Walmar Frank
Tulsa
Clarence Knippa
Charles Keturakat
Perry
Thank You Note From Milwaukee Penned for Parker VP
Philip Hull of Parker Pen Co received a teachers note praising kindness during a tour. The missive mentions returning two containers of pens picked up by students.
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Milwaukee
Philip Hull
Parker Pen Company
Fletcher Man Is Charged With Improper Parking
Pasek Patrick Fitts of Rt 1 near Lawton is charged with improper parking on U S 277 six miles south of Lawton yesterday after a patrol stop.
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Fletcher Man
Pasek Patrick Fitts
Rt 1
Fitts
Lawton
U. S. 277
Bull Reaches Weight to 1800 Pounds In Show
A bull reportedly weighs as much as 1800 pounds, highlighting extreme size in the livestock display.
Author Traveler Dies At Age 98 In New York
W Poultney Bigelow of Saugerties New York died at age 98. An author and world traveler he sparked several controversies with outspoken views. He was once a boyhood friend of Kaiser Wilhelm II and remained on and off friends despite a 1914 quarrel over the war. Their friendship was later renewed.
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N. Y
W.poultney Bigelow
Bigelow
Kaiser Will
Germany
Kaiser
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