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Newspaper
Anderson Herald
Location
Anderson, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1955
Page
8
Sandor Maharos led a dramatic track night at White City Stadium as he clocked 8 minutes 33.4 seconds to smash the world two mile mark, with Laszlo Tabori and Ken Wood close behind in a high profile British Games showcase.
World flyweight champion Pascual Perez of Argentina blasted Yoshio Shirai of Japan to retirement after five one sided rounds in Tokyo before 18 000 fans. Shirai fell five times as Perez defended the crown for the first time since last November and eyed a London bout. Shirai announced his retirement through his American manager Dr Alvin Cahn.
Tom Cherry of Muncie led all 100 laps and set a track record at Sun Valley Speedway in the seventh annual Little 500. The 125 mile race finished in 2 hours 15.5568 minutes with Pete Allen and Clarke Lawicki following in the top positions. Cherry previously won in 1950 1952 and 1954 before an estimated 8000 fans at the quarter mile dirt oval.
Mike Borson shot 67 to win gross honors in the Clyde Armstrong Memorial Day 18 hole event at Grandview Municipal links. Oscar Melson Jr and Jack Beck were other gross winners. net winners included Andy Skiles and George Spradlin in a multiway tie.
The Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals in a May doubleheader, winning 9-5 in 10 innings and 4-3 in 11. Bob Speake homered twice and drove in four runs, sparking a Cubs surge as rookie Larry Jackson held the Cardinals to four hits early and Ernie Banks hit his 11th homer. Howard Pollet earned the win in relief for Chicago. The crowd of 28,258 watched the Cubs extend a strong run, while St. Louis dropped its seventh loss to lefthanded pitchers in ten days.
Tommy Byrne returning from a six week layoff held Washington to four hits as the Yankees split the doubleheader with the Senators. New York won the second game 5 to 3 after Washington captured the opener 3 to 2 in ten innings.
Fresno mourns Billy Vukovich a 36 year old midget racing ace whose fiery Indianapolis crash on Memorial Day shocked hometown fans. He promised his wife Esther it would be his last Memorial Day race and planned to settle with a service station business.
Indiana high school senior Ron Loneski joins the Indiana All-Star basketball squad for two charity games against Kentucky All-Stars. The 6 foot 5 guard, No 8 in writers polls, owns all scoring records at his school with 1400 points in 70 games. The games are June 18 at Butler Fieldhouse and June 20 at Louisville Armory to benefit blind funds.
Richmond based report notes the Class B Piedmont League reconstitutes by adding former Interstate cities Hagerstown Maryland York Pennsylvania and Lancaster Pennsylvania while Roanoke Virginia exits early. The circuit now includes Virginia towns Colonial Heights Peters burg Sunbury and still features Norfolk Newport News Lynchburg and Portsmouth.
Chicago Black Hawks and Detroit Red Wings completed a major eight player exchange. Chicago acquired Benny Woit Glen Skow Tony Leswick and Johnny Wilson from Detroit while sending Gordon Hollingworth Dave Creighton John McCormack and Jerry Toppazzini to the Red Wings. Hawks owner Jim Norris called the deal very advantageous.
Cub Scout teams from Anderson, Chesterfield, Summitville, Alexandria, Lapel, College Corner and Florida Station begin a 6 p.m. weekday league at Edgewater Park Meadowbrook and Forest Hills diamonds. Competition runs June through early August with no official standings to emphasize fun and learning.
Babe Zaharias pulls out of National Golf Day due to health issues. Patty Berg will replace her against Ed Furgol in a charity round at Olympic Golf Club San Francisco next Saturday with regional clubs competing and a medal for best score.
Tommy Carroll, an 18 year old Yankee bonus rookie, is identified as the youngest player on the New York roster.
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