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Newspaper
Childress Index
Location
Childress, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1956
Page
5
Tomorrow's Colt League games are moved to Tuesday night due to the American Legion visit to Mangum on Monday. The Braves will meet the Colts at 6 30 and the Braves will face the Indians at 8 15, with both games here.
Cleveland Indians erased a six run deficit to beat the New York Yankees 15-8 in a three hour 47 minute game. Preston Ward delivered a go ahead two run single in the seventh as Rocky Colavito and Vic Wertz homered and the Indians piled up 17 hits. The loss left the Yankees with four errors and their worst showing of the season before a 31 419 crowd.
Joyner leads the league with a .400 average and 86 hits while Guettler moves clear in home runs with 26 and RBIs with 63. Fort Worth’s Napoli leads steals with 10 and Tulsa’s Patrick and Dallas’ Hisel Patrick share seven triples each. Shreveport posts a team batting average of .295, edging Houston by three points.
The Philadelphia Phillies rallied in the seventh inning to defeat the Chicago Cubs 6 to 4 in game two of a four game series. Saul Rogovin earned the win for Philadelphia, improving to 2 3 on the year.
Eddie Robinson homered off Cal McLish in the sixth to give New York an 8-7 edge. The Indians answered with four runs off Tom Morgan in the seventh and added another four at bats against Tommy Byrne in the eighth to clinch the game.
Brooklyn overcome a 5-0 deficit as Carl Furillo hits a leadoff single in the 10th, Gil Hodges doubles, Campanella walks, and Jackie Robinson drives in a run. Clem Labine earns the win with a single of his own, then Gino Cimoli and Campanella score on later hits to seal the victory over Cincinnati. Earlier, Ted Kluszewski hit a bases-loaded homer for the Reds and Ed Bailey tied it with a ninth-inning shot.
Baltimore Orioles rout Kansas City 4-1 as Ray Moore throws a five hit game in the first game of a day night doubleheader. Moore improves to five and four with four strikeouts as Enos Slaughter scores on Johnny Groth’s ninth inning double.
Norwegian whaling expeditions produced 317000 barrels of oil during the first 29 days of the 1955 Antarctic season.
Rochester New York hosts the 56th US Open at Oak Hill with Ken Hogan aiming for a fifth title and Sam Snead seeking his first win. A blue ribbon field includes Fleck, Furgol, Boros, Middleton, Burke, Ford, Thomson, Ward and other former champions. International contenders include Henry Cotton and Roberto Di Vicenzo.
Russ Craft, an eight year NFL veteran, has joined the Pittsburgh Steelers coaching staff announced Saturday. Craft brings extensive professional experience to the Steelers as they prepare for the upcoming season.
Doug Sanders of Miami Beach loses on the 19th hole to Franco Bevione in the semifinals of the French Amateur. Bevione will face Henri de LaMaze in a 36 hole final after De LaMaze beat Gunnar Carlander 2 and 1. The United States will have no finalist for the French or British Amateurs. Beharrell won the British title. De LaMare is favored to win the French crown for the third straight year.
Milwaukee's Bobby Thomson, benched four games ago for weak hitting, returned with three hits and three RBIs as the Braves blanked the New York Giants 4 0. Thomson added two doubles including a two run shot in the first inning while Lew Burdette pitched a complete game.
New York reports outfielder David Smalley of Albuquerque New Mexico became the first Navy player to win the Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League batting crown by posting a .310 average this season. Official statistics released Saturday show Smalley led the league in hitting.
In Inglewood California Swaps captured the Agro Naut Handicap at Hollywood Park in 1 33 1 5 to set a new world mile record. He led by about a length and a quarter over Bobby Brocato with Wilie Shoemaker riding and extended his new mark to become the third world record Swaps has broken this season. Porterhouse finished third and Penna II fourth in the six horse field.
Chicago Bears president George Halas announced on Saturday that Texan Bobby Watkins, a standout rookie halfback last season, has signed for the 1956 campaign. Watkins, from West Texas State, totaled 553 rushing yards with a five yard per carry average.
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