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Iis'e-mi ns e to I Use; New] lory! ians!’ Iblow :l al-/ith-ead-lostYcpimdedjin*loughfirst.y L4, j hadickey ninth s the i the that ener bis'ieaLlii field,) j aljinallviinch-f Sam j and! d, it ke It. | Nuiv j 1 his!fallstubby Cliird j ]imil* •bases; nr ot [ lomerl it one!si art -o 6-4 ►Vood-_emon i sixth | in.wilh! ?ricanj mlng.f eight ilnth. York Jckcd a.5 ah o JL3 2 3—Uxllj Oklahoman Stan 1'hnlmJack Shirley-(riff lit) siffns 5i SL Louis Cardinals contract while scmiL lrred Ilmvn -looks on. ...Sooners' Shirley Inks Contract With Cards, Goes to OmahaJACK SIITSILKY, Oklahoma uni-vnrslty's versatile Imsnbnl) star, Saturday signed n Sl„ Louis Cnr-dl«nl contract. *le will rminrt Immediately to (he Omaha chib or Lhr class A Western league, Rcdblrd scout Fred Jlawn said alter closing the deal.The 21-year-oW (be Cardinal pactAlins nulHc InV.eri in Oklahoma CUyfor j* sizeable bonus as Ihe Cardinals oulbkl iliu Biooklyn Dodgers aari Chicago White Sox.Shirley will try his talents on I.he mound, at. Omaha but may be switched lo cither the cal chcr’s post or on InficJd rlol. The' pood-looking rfiorlcrass country producl was a. catcher for Southslcte hlphschool and has played some at shortstop.Diu lnc his three years at OU, 1ip compiled a 17-4 record on the mound, including ail fl*l record In 1PS1 when he chalked up important victories against Ohio State and Tennessee in the NCAA baseball tournament at Omaha which Mir Sooners won in lour straight games.He graduated In June will! s double major in sneiiii studies ana physical education. His earned run average in IHS1 was l.Vl and he tailed al a J50 clip.During bis junior ye nr he posted mound viclorfcs ovrr Texas1 national clutmplons. 7-5. lor the Longhorns* second loss lit 54 collegiate contests find Oklahoma AM. He 1ms never lost Lo the Aggiitt, winning four times*: His Lhree-year pvcr-all earned run1 average is 2.8H.Shirley \x lt;1-1* weighs 185 and Is a native of Jackson county where hf played Junior Legion, higbfcchool and scmipro ball, . . . ■■*AT Omaha, Shlrfrj' will jnfji former Sooner Bob Stephenson, shortstop. Stephenson, a Sialr prod* uut, played six years vriih Shirley including Legfon, semlpro and college same*,Shirley Is the third Sooner fo be ffjgni'd by Jlawn, who covers the south wet t for the Cardinals. The olhers are Btephenson and Jim Kirk, outficJrier-pltcher now with Pocatello. Idaho In the Pioneer league.
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Oklahoma City Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US
Sun, Jun 24, 1951
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