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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1954
Page
16
Don Stokes of Plainview's Ponies holds a .449 batting average through June 15 and leads in hits with 91 and total bases with 160. He is ahead of the pack for the league crown as the season progresses.
The Junior ABC League shows three 3 2 records Dodgers Pirates and Red Sox tied for first. Pirates Tom London leads with two shutouts while Hal Snider Dodgers has two hitters, and batting averages for multiple players are listed across leagues. Yankees lead Intermediate, with Clay Allen Red Sox top hitter at .615.
Louise Brough of Beverly Hills beat Shirley Fry of Akron 6-4 6-4 to win the London grass court women’s singles title. Lewis Head retained the men’s title with an 8-6 6-4 victory over Mervyn Rose. Connolly did not compete in women’s singles.
Big Dean Stafford veteran outfielder dropped 15 points but still led the Big State League in runs batted in and home runs his .370 average ranked fourth among all hitters He had 69 RBIs up five from the prior week and slugged two more homers for a total of 16 Three Corpus Christi Clippers topped the batting parade Juan Sentics led with .406 Chili Bigham hit .081 and Al Facchini .378 Stafford broke Corpus Christi monopoly but Billy Capps followed at .367 Moe Santamauro Tyler .355 Lorenzo Cabrera Bryan and Hank Robinson Galveston .354 Chase Riddle Galveston .351 Bignam kept his lead in triples with 12 Earl Hamman of Temple had 19 two base hits The leading pitcher was Ray Nicolosi of Waco who won all three decisions Far Caldwell started the season with Harlingen then Corpus Christi and won eight games against one defeat Billy Bagwell and Roy Contreras near the top in pitching but both joined the Dallas team in the Texas League Other top pitchers included Jim Price Jack Sheetz Ras Sims Roger May Rafael Rivas Jim Vitter Gale Pringle Billy Hees and Jim Vitter Corpus Christi led in team batting at .324 Waco led in fielding with a .972 percentage.
Three undefeated squads headline Lubbock city softball at midpoint. Asbury Methodist leads the Texas Church with a 2.5 game edge over Westminister Presbyterian, Pigely Wiggly tops the Women's league by the same margin over Woody Tire, and Shepherd King Lutheran holds the American Church lead while pressed by Arnett Benson Baptist.
Baylor University revealed a three game swing into Utah and two in Oklahoma for the 1954 55 season under Coach Bill Anderson. The Bears will visit Brigham Young in Provo on December 17 18 Utah State in Logan December 20 and Oklahoma in Norman December 5 and Tulsa in Tulsa December 6 Oklahoma comes to Baylor December 14. Also on the slate is the Southwest Conference pre season tournament in Houston December 27 29 with Alabama as guest. Hardin Simmons visits December 2 Phillips Oilers visit December 9 and North Texas visit February 1.
Six of the eight National League leaders in shutouts since 1946 have been left handed. The fact highlights the prevalence of lefties among top pitching performers in NL history.
Betty Jameson of San Antonio defeated defending champion Louise Suggs of Atlanta 6 and 5 in Chicago to claim the 1954 Women's Western Open after rain-delayed final holes. Jameson had earlier shot a 74 in the morning and led 3 up at lunch, rallying through the final rounds to secure her second title. Suggs, a four-time winner, fell short despite a late surge after the break. Jameson reached the final by beating Patty Berg 2 and 1 in the morning match. Suggs eliminated Betty Hicks 5 and 4 in the semis.
Frankie Hill Murdock from Waxahachie fights The Masked Marvel in Wednesday's main event at Jamboree Hall. The Marvel, back after 18 years, defeated Johnny Demchuck last week. Semifinal features Jack Terry from Hollywood vs Ray Stevens of Columbus, Ohio. Detton vs Bruno opens the card, with tickets available by phone or at the arena office.
Loren Langston hit a home run and two doubles to spark the Elks Lodge to a 15 4 win over First National Bank in a Pony league game at Covington Field. Cecil Wylie Arnold Lipps and Ronnie Thompson added two hits each, Thompson with two doubles. Roger Pierce homered for First National. Bill Golightly earned the win, Raymond Padgett took the loss as Livesay Real Estate visits the Elks Monday at 8 p.m.
On Your Own a dark bay filly owned by the King Ranch won the Gazelle Stakes at Aqueduct by a length over Evening Out. Jockey Sidaie Arcaro rode Eve n ing Out in a furious stretch, but On Your Own held on as Fascinator ran third and Happy Mood fourth. The win paid $21,000 boosting the King Ranch total to $58,900 with odds of 22.00 4.20 and 2.20 at post.
League leading Yankees face runnerup Dodgers Friday in the weeks premier game at the South Plains Lions Midget field. Yankees hold 5-1 in six, Dodgers 4-2 a game back amid a busy week schedule with Red Sox Pirates series and other matchups.
Remy LeBlanc of New Iberia and Roy Sanner of Port Arthur top the latest Evangeline League stats with 18 homers each as LeBlanc edges Sanner in hits and batting average. Dossey tops with 100 hits while Arcella and Vega post notable performances. Crowley, Thibodaux, and Port Arthur vie for team marks.
Buffalo journalist Ron Schmitt, batting .450 for Buffalo in the Municipal League, 19, was signed by the St. Louis Cardinals. The club plans to assign him to Hamilton Ont club in the Pony League Class D system.
Promoter Norm Rothschild said he would guarantee Archie Moore sixty thousand dollars to defend the world light heavyweight title against Harold Johnson of Philadelphia in Syracuse. Moore was to defend in San Francisco on July 14, but that bout was postponed.
Sharp's Flowers saw their first place lead shrink to two games after a 15 14 loss to West Texas Construction. Jim Nelson led the winners with three hits and solid pitching. Bill Logan had four hits for Sharp's Flowers, while John Painter took the loss. In Pee Wee play Hub Motor beat Addressograph 31 13 as Rob Westerburg won on the mound and Wayne Fuqua, Eddie Metzig and Pat Pattison led the offense for Hub Motor. Addressograph's Bill Donahoo led the losers with the bat. Pakistan has asked bids on extensive new telephone equipment in Karachi.
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