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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1955
Page
6
Billy Pierce and Curt Simmons show revival signs as they win key games. Pierce pitches a 4-1 victory over Cleveland, boosting Chicago within a half game of the Indians while Simmons earns his first win since shoulder trouble with the Phillies in a 6-2 win over the Giants.
Veteran jockey Johnny Adams will be honored at Washington Park for joining the 3000 win club. He rode Mister Black to victory in the $25,000 Continental Turf Handicap at Balmoral, becoming only the fourth American to reach 3000 wins behind Arcaro Longden and Atkinson.
National League standings brief and game results with schedule updates for Wednesday and Tuesday. Key matchups include Brooklyn at Pittsburgh and New York at Philadelphia with noted pitchers and records. multiple postponements and late results across the American Association Texas and Western Leagues.
Detroit Tigers defeated the Kansas City Athletics 9 to 6 after 11 pitchers and 40 players used in the game. Al Kaline hit a three run homer and drove in four, while Gus Zernial also connected for a three run shot. Al Aber earned the win for Detroit as Johnny Sain took the loss for Kansas City.
Minnie Minoso of the Chicago White Sox, hospitalized after a dizzy spell from a head injury, may be released from Mercy Hospital Friday. Neurologist Dr Harold Voris said there is no brain injury while team physician Dr John Claridge later noted a small fracture in the temple region from the prior head impact in New York last Wednesday.
Chicago White Sox manager Marty Marion credits Billy Pierce for regaining form as he fires a three hitter to beat the Indians 4 1. The win moves Pierce to 2 8 1 on the year and lifts Chicago within 1 1 2 games of the Yankees and a half game of Cleveland. Pierce says five days rest helps him, after a 9 10 last season and 18 12 in 1953.
NEW YORK reports manager Charlie Dressen of the Washington Senators vows changes within ten days. He discusses trading a top pitcher for a shortstop who can hit, aiming to boost offense while praising pitching. Calvin Griffith and George Weiss fielded trade talks, including a proposed deal involving Bob Porterfield or Maury McDermott.
Norman Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Sooners, champions of the Big Seven baseball title, staged a two run eighth inning to erase a deficit and beat Kansas 4-2, completing a two game series sweep over the Jayhawks.
The Tri-State Women's Golf Association schedules a June 8–10 event at Chanute Country Club with 120 players from Kansas Missouri and Oklahoma. Defending champion Jean Ashley leads entrants from Chanute Iola Fort Scott Joplin Bartlesville and more as flights and contests set the agenda for medal play and trophies worth 300.
A speed boat race is rescheduled for Sunday, June 5, at Santa Fe park lake. Erie Coffeyville and Chanute boat enthusiasts met to organize with Bob Hullett of Coffeyville directing under the Southeast Kansas Boating Association. Volunteers to stake buoys, a sound truck and ambulance will be provided locally. The program includes amateur races with 20 cubic inch motors, B and A classes, a 25 h.p. Johnson Evinrude event, hyro runabout, and a free for all race.
Light heavy champion Archie Moore is ranked the top heavy weight contender after his victory over Cuba’s Nino Valdes. The result marks the first time since Sugar Ray Robinson’s split welterweight and middleweight titles six years ago that a boxer has placed in two divisions, with Robinson at the time holding welterweight crown.
In Sacramento Joey Lopes suffers a decision loss to Sandy Saddler in a 130 5 pound bout in New York. Miami Beach sees Joe Lind say win a 190 pound bout in Brooklyn as Bert Whitehurst loses out. Chicago hosts Benny Thomas who defeats Johnny Gray in a 196 pound matchup.
Presbyterians beat the Methodists 16 to 7 in a game called after fifth inning under the eight run rule. Junior Hall pitched two hits for First Baptists in a separate 7 to 3 win over Lutherans while the Presbyterian offense produced across all innings.
Alf M. Landon of station KSCB Liberal Kansas was elected vice president of the National Daytime Broadcasters Assn yesterday.
National Boxing Assn. put lightweight champion Jimmy Carter on the unavailable list until he fulfills a postponed title defense with Bud Smith in Boston. Carter cited a sore throat and weakness making the June 1 bout at Boston Garden impossible. In Sacramento, Joey Lopes defeated featherweight champion Sandy Saddler by unanimous 10 round decision, improving his status while Saddler faced mounting pressure. In St Louis, Charley Green, a Pacific Coast middleweight, talked up plans against Holly Mims.
Washington's Mims, ranked fourth middleweight, meets Los Angeles challenger Green in a 10 round CBS bout. Green, unranked, vows he can win while Mims relies on his spotless record. Mims carries 389 wins, 12 losses, 5 draws in 56 career fights. Green has 42 wins, 27 knockouts in 54 bouts, all on the West Coast.
A rodeo and cutting horse contest sponsored by the Yates Center Saddle Club will run Friday and Saturday nights at the Woodson County Fair Grounds under lights. Events start at 8 p.m. Floyd Rumford of Abbyville produces the rodeo with cutting horse points counting toward the Kan- title.
The Chanute Tribune issue dated Wednesday May 25 1955 reports local news briefs, society notes, and community updates from Chanute Kansas including social happenings, town events, and short notices gathered for residents.
The 1955 SAS Championship features Rumford supplying rodeo stock and clown acts. A Saturday night dance follows the rodeo events.
The Wichita Chamber of Commerce board adopts a resolution urging Sedgwick County to set speed limits on all roads. The piece notes the potential health impact of severe coughing on blood pressure.
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