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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1955
Page
11
Baltimore Orioles struggle with 17 runs in 13 games as they suffer eight shutouts. The club has managed 73 hits in 400 at bats for a .183 batting average in this stretch.
Montreal shut out Syracuse eight to nothing as Havang led Rochester’s loss to Columbus delayed by weather. Memphis beat Chattanooga while New Orleans and Mobile split, and Dallas defeated Fort Worth in a Texas League clash. Oklahoma City topped Tulsa in another Texas tilt and San Antonio routed Beaumont as Shreveport won.
Houston offers a $750,000 gate guarantee to bring the Rocky Marciano Archie Moore heavyweight championship to the city. Real estate dealer Richard McClendon said he leads a syndicate ready to fund the bid and declined to identify the local group backing it. The International Boxing Club's Harry Markson said a match must be secured first. Houston competes with New York Chicago New Orleans and Los Angeles for the fight.
In New York Tommy Hurricane Jackson defeated Jimmy Slade in a ten round outpoint. In Paris Milaire Protest stopped Nate Brooks in five rounds. In Brockton Johnny Howe outpointed Leon The Mule Johnson over seven rounds.
Newcombe of the Dodgers leads the National League in control with 16 walks in 115 innings, a 1.25 per game rate, surpassing Philadelphia’s Robin Roberts who has 25 walks in 141 frames. In the American League, Sandy Consuegra of the White Sox shows the best walks per inning, at 1.23 per game across 73 innings with five wins and two losses.
In Ivry sur le Lac Quebec six blind skiers from Montreal including three women water skied behind fast motorboats on Lake Manitou. Led by George Cohen 41 who has been blind a decade the event sponsored by CNIB and the Montreal Association of the Blind drew astonished onlookers and distressed guide dogs on the dock.
An eye examination and glasses for Bill Virdon of the Cardinals transformed him into a major league star, turning a routine setback into a career milestone for the outfielder.
A jaw bone and a pair of giant tusks were found at the Palisades dam site in Idaho. Worker William Donaldson of Idaho Falls reported the tusks measure four inches at the small end and up to 12 inches diameter near three feet from the tip, and he planned to enlist Idaho State College to identify them.
The 1955 ordinance restricts traffic on Oakland Avenue Winona Street Elm Street McKinley Street and Chatham Street among others with specified one way directions. Violators face misdemeanor charges and up to ninety days in jail or up to $100 fine. Mayor Charles R. Hansen approved the measure on June 21 1955 with four yeas and no nays.
In San Angelo Texas Red Worley boxed 185 to outpoint Ponce De Leon 195 en route to victory. The report lists Florence fighter Pappy Gault at 120'5 stopping Jim Calcutt at 125' and references Washington D C. prior action.
The International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union settles a Taft-Hartley strike damage award with $250,000 from Hawaii sugar companies for a 1948 jurisdictional suit. Juneau Spruce Co. of Alaska receives relief. wage claims from Hawaii members and individual union members are involved in the offset.
Crooner Bing Crosby shows pals a telegram from Phil Tanner of San Francisco offering a two week engagement with a possible extra two weeks if he proves himself. The message hints at a possible extended stint if Crosby performs well.
Waterloo barber shop operators approved a 25 cent price increase making haircuts cost 1.50. The rise was voted in by the master barbers and takes effect immediately in the city.
Mount Pleasant resident Roscoe Calloway is Iowa champion teen driver and will compete in the national contest July 25 in Washington D C.
Des Moines IA Wayne Mc Coy 44 a widely known Iowa accountant died Saturday night He was a native of Clarion and lived in Des Moines at the time of his death He is survived by his wife and two children.
Mrs Dorothy L Towne of Des Moines was elected president of the Reserve Officers Association Ladies of the United States at the ROAL convention held in Boston last weekend. She succeeds previous leadership and will oversee ROAL activities nationwide.
Waterloo Deere Works local of the CIO United Auto Workers voted 1501 to 85 to authorize the union's executive board to call a strike if needed. The master contract expires July 31 and negotiations for a new agreement continue in Moline Illinois.
James Martin Griesel, 13, son of Mr and Mrs Harry Griesel of Sioux City, died after an accidental hanging incident in a garage. Police and emergency crews responded to the scene. Further details about the circumstances were not immediately released.
Science offers Blue Lustre carpet cleaner mixed with water and a brush to lift forgotten colors from rugs and upholstery. The nap stays open and lofty after cleaning. Easy to use. One half gallon cleans three 9 by 12 rugs.
County coroner Dr. Thomas L. Cobden said the youth blacked out from pressure of a rope around his neck. The rope had been thrown over a rafter in a home incident reported Saturday.
Burlington youth Larry Liles aged 15, son of Mr and Mrs Herschel Liles, was injured fatally Saturday when he fell from a tractor on a Sperry area farm and the vehicle rolled over him.
Technical difficulties in transporting blood led Rickie Campbell fund trustees to refuse offers from Anamosa State Men’s Reformatory inmates to donate blood for six year oldIndianola leukemia patient Rickie Campbell.
David Allen Cook 12-day-old son of Mr and Mrs Richard J Cook was found dead in his crib by his mother and apparently suffocated.
Sister Mary Kathleen 60 a Holy Name school teacher in Dubuque was found dead in a room at St Marys Convent in Ramsen Iowa. She had been visiting relatives and staying at the convent death attributed to a heart attack.
George S. May announces cash prizes totaling 212000 for his professional tournaments at Tom O Shan ter on Aug 414. The move signals a major incentive in Chicago sports betting circles and could attract top players to the new circuit.
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