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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1956
Page
12
Hank Aaron muscled a four for five performance including a home run, two singles and a double to lift the Braves to a 7 3 win over Brooklyn. Aaron’s hit spree raised his average to .313 and sparked Milwaukee’s offense as St Louis closed in.
In Toronto the Maple Leafs drop a home game to Rochester 5-0 marking their ninth loss in 17 at home. Montreal wins 8-4 over Buffalo as Columbus beats Miami 6-1. Havana edge Richmond 2-1 in 10 innings. John B. Kelly, father of Princess Grace of Monaco, leads the Atlantic City Racing Assn.
Cincinnati rookie Darred Robinson starred in a 6-3 win over the New York Giants, belting his eighth homer of the season, adding a double and a single, driving in two, scoring twice, and handling five chances in left field. Roy McMillan contributed a second homer, Ed Bailey scored, and Cincinnati moved up to third in the National League standings.
Sal Decides Not To Retire After Baseball Career Reignites Following Sale to Brooklyn Dodgers. The 39 year old former Dodger pitcher joined his new club Tuesday and reported feeling better after arm trouble. He began with pitching practice and is set for his first Brooklyn start, after missing time due to his father’s death in New Jersey.
Cleveland Indians yielded three unearned runs in the first inning and dropped a 5 3 decision to the Boston Red Sox. Early Wynn took the loss after the shaky start, ending a streak of five unearned runs allowed in 29 games.
The Buchtel baseball team, led by new manager Wagner after Jack Kieffer’s resignation, hopes to end a two game skid and expand the Little League program with about 50 interested youths. Standings show Chauncey, Sunnyhill, The Plains, Somo, Stewart, Nelsonville, Coalton, and Buchtel amid a tight race. Sunday schedules include Coalton at Nelsonville and Chauncey at Sunnyhill.
The St Louis Hawks signed Macauley, former St Louis University All American, from the Boston Celtics for about 15000. He was reported to have accepted a salary cut.
Hardy of Atlanta driving Symbol Sole led the featured fifth race at Lebanon Raceway to a clear finish. The trotting horse posted 2 10 25 for the win, his third this year in 13 starts, as $57,223 was wagered by 1604 attendees.
Williams clinched the Little Three baseball title with a 2 1 victory against Amherst on Tuesday. The series between Williams and Amherst dates back to 1880 and had Amherst leading 95 92 in the tally.
PITTSBURGH an Frank Lane Cardinals general manager says the Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies rejected moves for Redbird centerfielder Bill Virdon before his late trade. Lane notes Wid Matthews was upset Virdon joined Pittsburgh for Bobby Del Greco and Dick Littlefield and that the Cards had asked for Bob Rush in return. He adds Virdon had been offered to the Phillies in a multi player trade with a request for Richie Ashburn, which was declined.
In San Antonio Willie ep 128 pounds from Hartford stopped Manuel Armentores 125 from Mexico City. In Miami Beach Chico ejar 188 from Stamford defeated Gus Rubicini 185 from Toronto with a technical out.
In Grand Rapids Minnesota a group of 20 Big Ten football coaches and athletic directors failed to finalize a nine game round robin for 1950 60 and made no progress on an eight game proposal. They planned to seek faculty approval of the new program this weekend in Minneapolis. The meeting occurred in northern Minnesota.
World auto racing champion Jui Manuel Fangio, famed for steering Mercedes cars, collided with a Fiat Topolino at a Genoa traffic light. Only bumpers scratched. he quipped he feels safer in a race. In other sports notes, a faculty panel debates an eight game league schedule within a ten game framework as a solution to non conference conflicts.
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