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Newspaper
Chanute Tribune
Location
Chanute, Kansas, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1955
Page
6
The Braves cling to a slim lead in the NL race as injuries and slumps bite stars Thomson Adcock and Mathews. Spahn struggles while Conley tops the rotation. a 5 4 loss to Cincinnati widens the gap behind Brooklyn.
Preparations for the Veterans of Foreign Wars baseball program advance with four managers for boys 8 to 12 and eight teams of about 15 players each. A 5:2 pm meeting at City Park will assign youngsters to teams. a 15-18 year old team will practice Sunday at 2 pm. The south diamond is being repaired and a backstop installed at Roosevelt school. Jim Scott says the 15-18 team will play only within 50 miles of Chanute and inquiries to help fund equipment should go to the post.
AP baseball update lists American League standings with New York leading at .684 and Cleveland at .622. Friday schedules feature New York at Baltimore and Cleveland at Kansas City among others. Thursday results show Brooklyn beating Pittsburgh and Philadelphia topping New York, with multiple games postponed due to rain.
Carlos Chavez of Los Angeles outpointed Morris Leviege of San Jose on a 10 round decision. Melvin Barker of Austin defeated Danny Cardenas of San Antonio in ten rounds. Don Jose of Stockton won a 10 round decision over Joe Cardenas of Los Angeles.
Jerry Hoyt heads the front row after posting the pole in the first qualifying run at 140.045 mph in the Jim Robbins Special. Jack McGrath set a track record 142.580 mph on the second day to join Hoyt on the front outside. Bill Vukovich and other top drivers chase the $150 per lap prize on the 2.0 mile track as Hoyt vows to stay focused despite the fast lineup.
The Chicago Cubs win 3-0 over the St Louis Cardinals as Howie Pollet earns his first win of the year with six hits allowed and Bob Speake drives in two runs with a homer. Speake Superman stretches Cubs surge, hitting .284 with seven homers and 23 RBIs through a hot stretch. The staff, led by Pollet and Jeffcoat, yields two runs in the series and racks up six shutouts and eight complete games.
Trade talks between New York and Washington stalled over the inclusion of Gerry Lumpe a 21 year old shortstop batting .329 for Birmingham in Class AA Southern Association Lumpe top prospect in the Senators package for Maury McDermott or Bob Porterfield Yankees refuse to part with him citing equal regard Lumpe served in the military until recently and began in 1951 with the Yankees minor leagues progressing from McAlester to Joilpin s to Binghamton before joining the service
Boston Red Sox star Ted Williams, aged 36, is expected to debut tonight against the Washington Senators in a birthday return for manager Mike Higgins. Williams carries a .348 lifetime average as the sixth-place Sox try to rebound after losing three of four to the Orioles.
The text advocates strict uniforms for working girls, requiring bun hair, flat shoes, black stockings, bloomers, and a dark blue middy. It claims the dress would be comfortable yet unattractive and predicts that uniformed workers would be less visible in public and on company time. It asks if anyone opposes the plan.
New York lightweight Lulu Perez challenges Carmelo Costa in a Brooklyn title bout at Madison Square Garden. If Perez wins he moves to 126 pounds and eyes a rematch with Sandy Saddler, though Costa aims to prove readiness for a championship run. The bout airs on NBC with 10 rounds set.
Manhattan and Penn State were labeled favorites as the 79th IC4A Track and Field Championships opened in New York. Athletes from 47 colleges compete in a two day carnival with trials scheduled today in 12 events and the finals in 16 events set for tomorrow.
A violent storm sank a tugboat pushing an excursion barge carrying about 60 schoolchildren and 47 adults on the Mississippi River near North St Louis. Coast Guard and local boats rescued all aboard and crew. captain Roy L Barkhall, 51, said he turned landward as the barge went over.
HAL BOYLE argues that attractive working girls distract male coworkers and reduce productivity. He cites a typical office scene and estimates 40 million men spend half an hour daily staring at female workers, costing 228 years of work per day. He suggests uniforms to make workers nondescript and unappealing.
In Dixon Illinois the Jefferson School boiler room froze due to over insulated pipes. William Haarbauer reported the boiler room had no heat. The Board of Education voted 296 dollars for a unit heater to restore heat.
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