Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-08-28 | Page 16 | Sooner Nine Cops Semipro Crown Again

Sooner Nine Cops Semipro Crown Again WICHITA Kan Han Aug 28 UP- UP Semipro baseballs baseball's national tournament tour tour- which started two w weeks eks ago with fireworks and ended In Ina ina ina a riot near had its first repeating champion today undefeated today undefeated Duncan Duncan Dun Dun- can Okla The Sooner nine beat Mount Pleasant Texas 5 2 to win first money and an expense all trip to Puerto Rico to meet Guayama insular champion In a series startIng startIng starting start- start Ing September 7 Piling up 53 runs to 11 in seven victories th the Oklahomans had to beat down the bouncing young Texans twice t en route the first time by a bare 2 1 margin So popular were the hustling Texans that fans swarmed the diamond diamond diamond dia dia- dia- dia mond in protest Sunday night when umpires called Hugh hit a ground rule ground rule double after Fielder Jimmy Summers Summers Sum Sum- mers raced Into the overflow of spectators along left field fence to pull the ball bail down Duncan scored on the play play play-a a arun run not needed to win win and and It took tooka a half dozen policemen 30 minutes to get the customers back in their seats Most popular player of the meet by jy fan vote was Johnny Hill Mount Pleasant first baseman Leading pitcher was Roy Ray Helser who won four and lost none for Silverton Ore Top hitter was Bruce Sloan Duncan left fielder who batted A running scoop and one- one handed toss to second by Johnny M Marrow also of Duncan was desIgnated designated des des- the tourneys tourney's most sensational sensational sensational sen sen- play It came in Duncans Duncan's 5 3 elimination of Enid Oklahoma rival