Ravens end season with baseball doubleheader and Little State track
Anderson College hosts Indiana Central in a Hoosier Conference baseball doubleheader while a portion of the track team travels to Ball State in Muncie for Little State competition. Seniors Carey Moffit Sturdivant and Allen lead the Ravens as they aim to finish strong behind Hanover in the conference standings with multiple standout events and field events highlighted.
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Aigieu Suuiwal Anu
Greenwood High School
Roger Allen
Hepler
Gary Rusbin
Hugaton
Kans
Bob Bartz
Stevensville
Mich
Ernie Rangaras
Hanover
HCC
Moffitti
Anderson
Neil Snarr
Dayton
Mt Lawn Opens Track Season At Mt Lawn Speedway
Mt Lawn Speedway gears up for the 1957 racing season opening Sunday night May 26 at 8:30 p.m. CDT with stock-car heats and a main event. Harold Hurst returns as narrator and track manager. The card includes three 10 lap heats a five lap match race a 15 lap semifinal and a 30 cent per lap main event. Indiana tops Minnesota 4 3 in a Big Ten baseball game with Carl Kirkpatrick and John Anderson homering in the fourth.
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Lawn
Harold
Dutch) Hurst
Muncie
Williams Shoots Pigeons Creates MSPCA Probe
In Boston, slugger Williams allegedly shot 30 to 40 pigeons at Fenway Park while warming up, prompting the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to launch a full investigation after the Red Sox return from Baltimore. Herman N. Dean of MSPCA vows inquiry despite club permitting noise claims.
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Tea Williams
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Herman N. Dean
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Williams
Dean
Sunday School Group To Honor Kegling Champs
The Anderson Sunday School Athletic Association will honor season and tourney keglers at 6:30 p m Friday June 7 in the YMCA Green Room. Champions listed include Bethany East Lynn for season and tourney. Individual honors include William Laswell Ralph Heller Virgil Needler Marvin Bricker Ralph Heller Paul Janes and La Yarnn Wallan with various high series and games.
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Trials And Full Program Set At Sun Valley
A half day at Sun Valley Speedway features sprint and card racing. Four hour qualifying sessions determine starting positions for tonight’s seven event card led by a 30 lap feature. The ninth annual Little 500 will use the same starting order in tonight’s program.
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Sun Valley Speedway
Baptist, N. Anderson And East Side Win Softball Victories
First Baptist shut out Bethany 13 to 0 behind Couch with strong pitching. North Anderson defeated Perkinsville 8 to 2. East Side beat First Friends 7 to 2 in Sunday school C Division games at Shadyside Park.
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Couch
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Perkinsville
East Side
First Friends
Shadyside Park
Anderson earns NCC runner-up at chilly Muncie meet
Anderson finishes second in the North Central Conference warmup at Muncie as area athletes compete in a four hour session from noon to 8 p.m. Tech places third with 38 points. Kakomo and Marion follow. Red Amick drives the Hall Farms Cadillac Special in stock car heats and Bobby Cleherg headlines at Sun Valley with Stock Roadsters racing next week. Local athletes post multiple top finishes including Watson first in one event and Dortrecht leading the mile relay.
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Rio
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Richmond
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Archie Lacy
Texas
Billy Wade
Houston
Tom Cherry
Steve Watson
Clem Wood
Bill McFarland
Watson
Wood
Tom Borders
Jerry Dortrecht
Cecil Young
Jim Seal
Bob Page
Larry Clem
Isom
Campanella Aces Two Homers In Dodgers 6 0 Win
Roy Campanella returned from a five game benching and slugged two homers driving in four as Don Newcombe blanked the New York Giants 6-0 at Ebbets Field. Campanella hit the first homer in the second inning off Johnny Antonelli and the second in the fourth. Carl Furillo fueled Brooklyn with four RBIs including a fifth homer as Pee Wee Reese added a seventh inning RBI.
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Roy Campanella
Don Newcombe
New York Giants
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Giants
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Dodgers
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Gill Hodges
Furilio
Pee. Wee Reese
Steve Ridzik
Nelycombe
Ebbets Field
City Amateur Baseball Loop Opens June 3
Anderson's Amateur Baseball Association launches its season at Memorial Park in the week of June 3 to 6 with five returning teams and one newcomer. Opening game Monday June 3 features the Markleville Merchants versus Rybolt's Sporting Goods. The Anderson Urban League plays Meadowgold Dairy Tuesday. The Floor Store, runner up last season, faces 1956 playoff winner Anderson Sporting Goods Wednesday.
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Anderson Urban League
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Anderson Sporting Goods
Fred Elliott
Kokomo
Jon Ganenles
Gary Frov’ Bel
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South Bend
Washington
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Ile
Man Truex
Warsaw
Bob Buck
Gary Froebel
Oatesa Archey
Marion
Law- A
Renee Montgomery
Len Williams
Manderson
Pete Vaultovo
Billy Moore
AABA
Sansport
Frank Woschitz
Bend
Earl Smith
Gary
Gue
Horace Hunt
Ernie’ Rangazas
Gene Robinson
Ryholt
State Track Meet Qualifiers and Records Highlight Hoosier Names
Courtney Brooks and Johnsons Heinlein Guinnup participate in the Indiana state track finals in Indianapolis. Mike Johnson competes in pole vault Nat Johnson in high hurdles Courtney in shot put and Brooks in 410. The meet records list times and marks across 100 200 hurdles relays and field events with many Indiana schools named.
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Brooks and Johnsons
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Guinnup
Hamblen
Anderson
Mike
Nat
Johnson
Elwood
Larry Courtney
Madison Heights
Bob
Brooks
Indianapolis
Tech
Mike Johnson
Morey and McHale Eye British Amateur and Walker Cup aims
Dale Morey and Jim McHale said they will target the British Amateur next week as a path to the U S Walker Cup team. Morey from Indianapolis and McHale from Philadelphia foresee limited spots, with strong showing in Britain boosting chances. Meanwhile the city baseball league adopts night play with nine innings, 18-man rosters, and a 15-game schedule under lights.
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Formby
England
Dale Morey
Jimley McHale
Britain
Minneapolis Jale
Morey
Indianapolis
McVale
Score Raises Shades Off Eyesight Hope for Indians Return
Cleveland. Herb Score removed his dark glasses in Lakeside Hospital for the first time since his May 7 injury. Eye specialist Charles J. Thomas said recovery now depends on light response and is optimistic he will pitch again, though no date is set.
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Akins Stops Beecham In Three Rounds In Televised Bout
Veteran Virgil Akins quickly finished Jimmy Beecham in three rounds of a nationally televised welterweight bout. Akins, ranked fifth for Carmen Basilio, outboxed Beecham who substituted for Randy Sandy, as Beecham pressed forward before a flashing right hook ended the fight at 2 minutes 23 seconds of the third. Beecham, 22, sought his first major breakout after a strong amateur career. Akins, 29, maintained control and ring savvy through two rounds before the finish.
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Indianapolis
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Brae
Stilt Decides to Remain at Kansas
Lawrence Kan The Stilt known as Wilt Chamberlain a Kansas basketball star Friday rejected reports he would turn pro and said he would stay at Kansas He has two years of eligibility left and issued a statement via Coach Di Taro's office indicating he intends to remain in school and complete work toward a degree.
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Chamberlain
University of Kansas
Kansas
di Taro
Lincoln Moves Well The Final 200 Yards Miracle Mile
Lincoln of Australia surged from back in the final 200 yards to win the Miracle Mile at Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles. The English challenger Derek Ibbotson set the pace early as 30,000 fans watched. Hewson and Tabori finished strong in 4 01.4, with Ibbotson fourth in 4 01.6. Frick Announces Plans For All-Star Contest
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