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The Lawton Constitution from Lawton, Oklahoma • 10

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Controversial Hartack ulfills Trainer's aith In on i Just Ask The Yankees Lawton Nine Braves Eye Banks VeteranStaleyStillAsisRegi1(1 TernfK or ChisoxftakWay only Iowa State within striking i distance of the Cowboys in the SILVER MINE: Jerry Barber veteran shot maker from 091 As He Grows Older liaritj'on the greens and sensa SPRING SALE! NAVAC Erie Monti 0000 72 75 71 Air Conditioner Sale! BEAT THE Regular 29500 war 4 of the meet 8 8 10 colt then Jong 2 5i 6 8 Ace Untouchable Cub Leader Claims VACATION TRIPS! 24 Hoar Servtoe REBUILT MOTORS By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS No doubt about the best Okla homa High School track teams this year The issue was settled Saturday at the state schoolboy track meet in Norman Lawton ran away with Class AA honors Pauls Valley was the best of a crowded Class A field and Tishomingo emerged atop the Cass teams BOKT in WIMTEJ WUTEEI DAMAGE YOUR CAR! Shawnee hosted Midwest City in a regional semifinals battle this afternoon The game was rained out last weekend Spectators at the meet also got an eyeful of three prize athletes still not fully seasoned but spec tacular Preston Bagley cA Mid west City showed the form and the times of a top sprinter He tied the state record for the 100 yard dash running a 37 century 10 THl IAWT0N CONSTITUTION MowtayMa 9 l0 Arcaro Nearly Rode Venetian Way Our Motors Win Double the Life of tour Automobile 10000 MB Guaranies One Day Serrtae AU Makes and Models CAP Wlreptoata) Los Angeles gleefully plays with of winners and losers alike Venetian Way and Bally Ache leave Tuesday for Baltimore and the Preakness Victoria Park Tompion and ninth place Divine Comedy also are expected to start Orlando ta Ken Venturi 81060 Palo Alto I ei fan Staging HUH Calif 75 70 73 Rotary Track Carnival On Deck Here Tuesday a 13 3 effort Sam Puttkamer was second in the sbotput Dickie erguson was a solid rtmnerup in the 440 Grif fin ran third In the 100 and Russ remin wound up in a third place tie in the discus to account for oth er Lawton points Pittsburgh shortstop Dick Groat had a miserable day 'He went for 4 and committed three errors two in the fifth inning when the Giants scored six times as 10 men came to bat Joe Gibbon winner of his first two decisions failed to last an inning and was charged with his first defeat Medals for first second and third places tn all verify will be presented by the Rotary dub and trophies will be awarded to team champions in each division Since Holland has ruled out Banks perhaps the chief winter acquisitions Richie Ash burn and rank Thomas came up in the talks They would be the only surprises in a trade since all other Cubs seem more vulnerable Defending Champs all In OC ourball OKLAHOMA CITY (UPD Larry Casey and Terry Wilcox de feated def ding champions Beigti and Tommy Black in semi finals of the Oklahoma City four ball golf tournament Sunday carding a five under par perfor mance for the 4 3 victory They advanced to the finals against Chris and Aldy Gers who defeated Winston Galbraith and Bob Rust 3 2 in the other semifi nal match By HAL WOOD United Press International LAS VEGAS Nev Jerrv Barber playing better as he grows older leaves tonight for prt Worth and the Colonial Invi tational Tournament with confi dence oozing fronr every pore aft er his slaughter of the big names in th Tournament of Champions named for a Miami la street i to record of 2:01 1 5 in the lorida Although Bally Ache was no match for Venetian Way as he kept intact Ms record of being in the money in all of his 24 starts except the first he easily defeat ed Victoria Park for second money of $25000 The Canadian colt be longing to Taylor of Toron Staley was called in to rescue Billy Pierce in the ninth inning with the White Sox leading 3 2 one run already in and Roger Maris ma first It was here that Skowron hit his double off the knuekler Maris went to third and Ellie Howard was passed intentionally to load the bases Pnarth VUVH MaiC IXaUUcUlKh' have an outstanding pitcher in Buddy Hannon who hurled both ea ju consecutive scoreless innings a mvjt camera Miawest City's top stickers are shortstop Roger Simon centerfield er Sammy Pitts and secondsaek er Henry Johnson up to a complete overhaul with original factory parts ERNIE LOWERS 1 ine regional Class AA baseball championship will be at stake I Tuesday at the Lawton high dia mpnd i Wolverines defending state champions will play either Shawnee or Midwest City at 2:30 pm for one of four berths in the state playoffs IBS picked up two other gold medals Craig Hadley winning the discus with nifty heave of 149 and Pat Henneesee eas EUGEHE BOWMAN HOUSE CLINIC 620 6th EL 222S Ted Kluszewski let it go bv and Yries Over Shawi1 and Pitch the tying run was in Tony Kubek The triumph gave the Giants sweep of the three game series with Pittsburgh and boosted them to a fun game lead over the Pirates ade Midget 11 years and under Junior T2 and i years The Peewees will engage in a 10 man An All State basketbailer ar roll Johnson is one of Shawnee's top pitchers and also is a JOO sticker Coach Ed Skelton can also call on unbeaten Richard Drake Gary Terry or reg ular first sacker Russell Ellis to hurt THIS AD WORTH $1000 On Any Motor Install In Next 14 Days! 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I Ellis has belted the ball at a mean 401 clip this season and leads the Wolves in runs batted in home runs doubles triples and runs scored Shawnee has a 9 9 season record and Midwest City stands 11 1 In conference play the Wolves wound up 4 4 and the Bombers 6 2 Lawton coach Bill Arrington will probably send ace righthander Bob Cox to the mound Tuesday Cox hurled just two innings in relief against Duncan His winning effort in the state meet was 98 Bagley is junior and probably the best Oklahoma schoolboy sprinter in 25 years Roger Weidenmaier of El Reno another junior set a new state meet pole vault record with a leap of 12 feet inches He may be the man to beat the state record set by Aubrey Dooley Mike Ringer of Pauls Valley is the premier' sophomore Roberts scored 13 points leading Cal McLish won his second game and outfielder Vada Pinson See Page The Braves reportedly are seek ing a relief pitcher and an in fielder Boudreau who replaced Charlie Grimm as Cub skipper last week has stressed that the Cubs biggest need is a durable starting pitcher who can be count ed on for a nine inning job and 15 or more victories The Braves have several veter ans who would fill this Bob Buhl Warren Spahn and Lew Bur done a lot of talking but mat is as tar as it gone so fat hr csitN 4 lJUVU7 11113 oanhs so naturally he was men tioned But we made it clear oanas never wm be traded After talks in his offiep with Dressen 'Holland was on the phone with John McHale general manager Dressen also called McHale from a public phone booth in Wrigley ield McHale is expected to talk in person with Holland today when the Cubs try to beat the weather man and get in a game witii the Braves Dressen fired up the rumor mill when he said: be surprised at some of the names that came dp in my talks with Lawn Mower Service actory Approved for Briggs Stratton and Clinton Gas Engine Saturdays 1158 960 classic for 3 a 7 furkng prep race April 30 in year olds at Churchill Downs and which Bally Ache beat Venetian the renewal of their rivalry in Way by more than three lengths the $100000 added Preakness at told him to give Venetian Pimlico May 2L Way a good workout for an addi finally decided to stick tional quarter said Sqvin with Hartack although 1'U admit ski did but war standing up (hat I together with many others in the saddle all the way When approve of his ioutspoken I want a horse to get tough attitude And I am glad 1 did workout I want the boy" to sit He obeyed my mstructions to the Coach Jim Wolverines outclassed the Class AA field as Lawton's unbeaten relay teams scored impressive wins The 880 foursome of Jim Mc Jim Hamilton Carrel BoWman and Bill Griffin edged OC Douglass in a thrilling dud and the mile foursome ran away and hid from the field in the final event winning by over 20 yards Members of that flashy foursome are Hamilton Bowman Griffin and BiH Walker In other National League games Cincinnati won its seventh straightwith a 5 2 decision over the SL Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia defeated Los Angdes 4 2 Rain forced postponement of the Mil waukee Chicago game This is only fourth full season' in the majors Mike won 12 and lost 16 last year In three of his defeats his team mates failed to get him a run Twice he lost 14) In six others the Giants got him only one run Twice he lost 2 1 This year be already has pitched two shutouts and two one run games He has a two hitter a three hitter a four hitter and a six hitter The Giants got as many runs for McCormick Sunday as they got him in 12 games last year bash ing 13 hits off five Pirates pitch ers Pittsburgh chipped in with seven errors and seven bases on bans Every Giant regular hit safdy 'except Orlando Cepeda Catcher Bob Schmidt had a single and two doubles Willie McCovey who re ceived his 1959 rookie award be fore the game drove in four runs to raise his league leading total to 27 Willie Mays had a single and double and boosted his league leading batting average to 4S Leadoff batter Don Ria rings ma scored three moved into second plate with a little mare than a half mile to go caught the pace setting Bally Ache and Bob Ussery round the last big turn went ahead of Leonard ruchtman hard hitting nearing the quarter pole and widened his margin in the drive for the finish line rode him like somebody 8186S3615600 JOO Cowboys Roll oward Big 8 Baseball lag By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Colorado has the task of trying to stop Oklahoma State's baseball team this week in a series at Stillwater If Colorado fails that will leave Prep Athletes Barber Plays Better Shine In Track Derby been faulted He has fought verbal ty (with track officials for refusal to ride an assigned horse and criticized by newsmen and jock eys for his surliness often dis played for no apparent reason Viritors to the jockey room aft er the Derby said they note a single other rider congratulate 81000 ar Mosth! LAWTON MOTOR EXCHANGE 1918 CaciM Rd EL 5 2H6 was on my tail all the said Har the flOWO first place jackpot la the tourney here Sunday as he blanketed the field by four Stroups those big young guys should be said little Jerry after the victory I am the oldest and smallest man in the Barber 44 and 130 pounds did everything a Sam Snead or Ben Hogan could be expected to do in his romp away victory Among them: set a course record of 268 for the 72 holes on the Desert Ian Country dub layout 28 birdies against six bogles and one double bogey for the 72 holes 13 of the 16 lang par five holes six traps and got out of every one for a par or birdie All tins put him four strokes in front of second place Jay Hebert who picked up more than most tourneys pay for winning Julius Boros1 Mid Pines NC came next with 274 for $4000 and Don Whitt Borrego Springs Calif the first day co leader finished fourth with a 275 and got $3000 Barber had rounds of 69 66 66 67 for his 268 Sunday under the stiff pressure of challenges from PARMENTER INANCE CO Low Gwf Lcnum on Any Good Security i BANK RATES Elevator North Building Entrance Second leet (UTT NATIONAI Bl DG namea tor a Miami ria street to record of 2:01 1 5 was beaten a nose by Bally Ache victorv was worth X11 i in cash alone and boosted Vene tian total bankroll for 15 races to $280127 The other big chunk of the total came fci a de feat of Bally Ache in the $100000 added Washington Park uturity last September Blumberg paid a mere $10500 for the colt As the third choice of a disappointing estimate crowd of 75000 he paid $1460 for a $2 win uotei trouble with Sovinski was not the firrt Time th 77 vear Venetian Way the 1U miles in 2:02 2 5 compared old Black Lick Pa native has LA action here Tuesday afternoon in the annual Ro tary Club track meet A total of 25 schools in four divisions will be in action at the Lawton high track Preliminaries start at 1 pm and finals at 4 The junior highs also get into the act competing for honors in the Intermediate division for boys 14 and Big Eight assuming Iowa State can handle Missouri this week NehTaitJra YurlWf jju done at Stillwater Oklahoma State knocked off the Comhuskers 2 0 Still Dressen says: you fry for a trade yob may as well go for a big Bethany Coaches Moving To Perry PERRY (UPI) Leo owler and Gene Smith both of Bethany have been named athletic coaches at Peny high school for the next school year owler has been head football coach at Bethany the past five years Smith has been basketbal coach and grid assistant there tar two seasons 1 CHESS CHAMP RETURNS BUENOS AIRES Bobby ischer the United 17 year old chess champion left today to return to his home in Brooklyn i He said he had decided against going to Moscow and would re turn here for another international chess tournament next month 'Bonus Baby' Paces Giants Early Surge! By JOE REICHLER Associated Press Sports Writer And a boy shall lead them ormer bonus baby Mike Mc Cormick youngest of the Giants is the new ace of San pitching staff The 21 year old unbeaten south paw Sunday pitched the Giants into possession of 'first place with a 13 1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates The Pasadena youngster who now makes his home in San Mateo CalU tamed the Pirates with six hits for his fourth victory In 45' innings he has yielded but 27 hits and nine runs for a L80 earned run average capture the second jewel racing's triple crown But it was a dose call for oft remonstrated Hartadc Sovinski who trains Vene tian Way for Isaac Blumberg of 1 Chicago revealed today that as late as last riday he was toying with the idea of replacing Har tack knew I could get Eddie Hebert and Boros he was out in 33 and back in 34 Masters champion Ambld Pal mer Ligcftner Pa finished in a tie for fifth place with National Open champion Billy Casper Ap ple Valley Calif at 276 and they each collected $1650 Biggest fold up of the day came when Ken Venturi Palo Alto Calif who had started off the fi nal round trailing the leaders by just six strokes blew to a 41 on the first nine ended jrith a 77 and finished in 17th place in the 21 man field Defending champion Mike Sou chak Grossinger NY much better ending up in 16th place However everybody in tids J2Uainent gets a minimum of $1000 The mooeywtnners: Jerry Barber sioOX) on Springs CaHf 67 72 6M8 273 Billy Casper 81650 jo Pocono Manor Pa 6S TO 73 279 Tom Nleporte 81220 373 UoMa i vu uMjea over me woives I this spring conference me dirt and Mans was forced at I play 1 0 and 6 3 xxiri mi anomer i roller and Skowron was forced ineir tvni Haaiey tapped still a third roller toward first haso Put Jby the time Nellie ox got to it i ended it with a liner right to fielder Al Smith The Sox scored five runs in the 10th and Staley held the Yanks to a meaningless single by Mickey Mantle a spot like that 10th said Staley don't do much worrying You have all the per centages going for you All you do is throw it over and let them hit it They all hit At 39 how long can he keep this up? Come to think of it is he really 39? what the book says" he replied with an impish grin Yank Manager Casey Stengel had nothing but praise for him rasped Stengel had had luck With any luck at all he would have had a double play on Lopez or Berra As it was I had three shots at him' instead of two And I do a thing except three little rollers a lovely fellow that rambled Stengel yon have fo give him a lot of credit In getting Lopez on that 3 1 pitch he took care of a very skilled hitter The same with Berra I tqlnk the reason be haa beeir doing so well of late ts that he had added another Lopez like all the good relish rolling out on a 3 1 pitch also is high on Staley had to get it low to me and he sighed the Yank flychaser what you can do with "The tying run never should have scored in the first complained ox muffed the play" Angeitt SS 70 71 73 X2 Muon Rixtolph 8XJ89 CUrkxvWc Tenn 88 73 Mike Souctmk 12 57 73 67 72 71 2S3 in the saddle and I told Hartack letter be up on Venetian Way again in the The genial trainer of more than Hartack who curtly advised 20 years said today he like By CHARLES CHAMBERLAIN Associated Press Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) The Chicago Cubs in the National League caboose with a 6 12 showing are ready to trade high and handsome with Ernie Banks listed as the only untouchable Will talk trades with all clubs in the league and well talk a bout eery piayer got except said Vice President John Holland Banks is the only untouchable on the team We are willing to trade any number of other front if we can get what we need in return ts no pang: in our desire to trade but both our new mana sci lxxi ouuureau ana myseii feel that we should shop around" With three straight games with Milwaukee being rained out in Wrigley ield Holland and Braves' Manager Chuck Dressen have done considerable huddling A report that a big deal be tween the two clubs Involving from three to eight players and including Banks the Most Valu able Player winner the last two years was knocked down by Holland txy mi ixmtuuAN Associated Press Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) Gerry Staley the 39 or more year old won der man of the Chicago White Sox completely happy with him self This despite the obvious facts that: 1 He allowed an earned run yet this year in 17 innings of relief pitchinjp 2 He already has picked up three victories 3 He put the finishing touches to New York Yankees Sunday in an 8 3 Chicago victory he said today mulling over the game threw just two knuckleballs One Bill Skowron hit for a double and the other I even get over the plate Not so Big Eight Standings GB and 7 2 last Saturday Dick Soer gel pitched a two hitter for the in the first game and Ray Bond gave up only five hits in the second Oklahoma and Missouri rrisy have bumped each other out of the race by spotting at Columbia Grand siam home runs settled both games Ron Cox hit the big blow to give Missouri the first de cision 6 5 and rienree Keraak clouted the Sooners into the second game victory 7 4 Iowa State slipped a little by dividing a double bill with last place Kansas State at Ames Iowa State took the first game 243 and State took the second 6 5 for its first league victory of the season Kansas beat Colorado 14 8 at Boulder collecting six unearned runs through seven Colorado err rors The two teams were the only ones to play a complete ser ies sharing a doubleheader ri dav The standings now show Okla homa Slate 9 2 Iowa State 9 4 Oklahoma 8 5 Missouri 7 4 Colo rado 6 6 Kansas 4 8 Nebraska 3 8 and Kansas State 1 10 Three game series are sched uled riday and Saturday with Colorado at Oklahoma State Iowa State at Missouri Oklahoma at Kansas State and Kansas at Ne braska OklafKim State 9 2 lo Stale 9 4 Oktahorn 8 5 Cotorado J'6 unju Nebraska Kassas Stale LOUISVILLE (AP) Bill Har said the 52 year okl ex i photographers arid newsmen in tack horse Nd 1 contro baker from Kankakee HL as he the quarters after the race versial figure did what he was talked of 311 length that his name was Bill not Willie told last Saturday and (1) won the triumph over Bally Ache in last i incurred the ire of Sovinski after Way and (2) earned his way into STRIKES some of the 10000 stiver dollars he won in annexing the title In the Tournament of Champions at Las Vegas yesterday Locddng over shoulder is actress Asa Maynor queen of the tourney The only ante air conditioner sold guaranteed to cool your car to yotu satisfaction or your mosey baplt I Be sure to see this unit before vnu huv mrvilttanee for your car Maw rtnlv C92Q uirrol Cage Blowers CoRtrol wr Electric Clutch ii bSSto AUTO GLASS AND AIR CONDITIONING CO 205 Charter Ioww owrier EL 071T Rio Grande Valley It was by Manuel Mota in the fifth inning Amarillo beat Victoria 2 1 as Arnie Briggs posted his first vic tory of the season San Antonio beat Tulsa 9 8 The Oilers scored all their runs in the ninth Don Prince had pitched a 4 hitter until the explosion came with 12 Oilers going to the plate and getting seven hits A bases loaded double try Harry Keister and a 2 run homer by Jim were the big blasts Kansans Capture Team Pin Crown DENVER Salina Kan" 'captured first place in Division 2 team standings of the international Bowling Congress Sunday night by rolling 2476 That sent the Kansans ahead of Belle ourche leader the past 10 days in the tournament that continues through May 25 The South Dakotans posted 2458 Leadership in the qfher divisions remained unchanged Saturday Lawton crushed Dun can here 15 3 to reach the region al finals The Sate tournament is on deck riday and Saturday at Oklahoma City matching champions of four regional mpets Midwest City was favored to top ple Shawnee today on the strength Of two victories over Ao Giants Hike Texas Lead By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Rio Grande Valley moved two games out front in the Texas League baseball race Sunday with a 5 3 victory over Austin and is on the way to Mexico to Start interlocking play with Pueblo of the Mexican Leagtfe the of the inter league competition under the ban ner of the Pan American Asso ciation our of the Texas League clubs will be in Mexico Tuesday with Austin at league leading Monter rey Tulsa engaging the Mexico City Tigers Amarillo at Vera Cniz and Rio Grande Valley in the Mexican capital San Antonio gets Poza Rica at home while the Mexico City Reds will be at Victoria Monday is an off day for both leagues a further intimation by Hartack that Venetian Way wasn't fit knew I had a fit said Sovinski fit in fad that all he did the last week was gallop except for that speedy three eighths blowout riday "Arid I let Hartack know it I told him you ever let this horse have his head early in the rave ur Sovinski said bis only instruc lack time I hit him was to closed fast and finished 24 tiort to Hartack for the Derby was just before we turned for home lengths in front of Whit to lay back in the third or fourth 1 told everybody after the iori 1 Tompion the fading favor goinp down the back stretch and 'da Derby that my horse definitely i ite then make his move was short that day Sut that he The frack was far from fast but How well this worked is shown was one to look out for in the Ken the son of Coinage stepped I by the results Venetian Way tucky Venetian Way the 1U miles in 2:02 2 5 compared liefer 7 4 1 'ziMB JIM IHf 7 mjgjiExyoBm: tint mi I WARPORT Mead tetok.

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