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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1955
Page
7
Natick wins Sunday at Wellesley with a trio of hits by Johnnie and Buddy in a 320 foot dash. The late afternoon spree highlighted a strong team effort as the town rallied for a decisive victory.
Fragmentary report mentions players such as Ron Yank Devlin and Roger Bobby, with notes on pitchers, batters and early game actions. The text is garbled but references a baseball context and at least two named individuals.
Fragmentary notes reference Walter and Forte in steam era contexts with mentions of hits and clay figures. Reader glimpses show names like Pind and 929, suggesting a catalog of events or players from an old publication.
The fragment notes a 400 number and Elmer as a focal name with unclear context. It references a topic tied to Elmer and a 400 unit figure, suggesting a local event or notice without full detail.
West Concord May 10 reports the West Concord softball league opening with five games. General Radio outlasted the Reformatory 15 7 in eight innings. Lombard led with four hits including a home run. Bridge Acres beat Leo’s Bombers 10 9 as Freddie delivered a key triple. Leo’s Bombers routed the Reformatory 22 10 behind Tony Pagano two doubles two triples and a homer. Bridge Acres defeated Acton Wizards 14 10 to remain in first place tie with General Radio after Wendall Jones held the mound for the winners.
Middlesex defeated St Sebastian’s 9 to 0 on May 11 in a tennis exhibition. On the following Saturday Miss Joan Sullivan of Belmont and Miss Joan Stockdale of Lexington joined four Middlesex players for exhibition matches, pairing Sullivan with Tommy Léa and Davis, then Sullivan with George Moffett against Stockdale and Romaine.
J H S defeated four straight teams after beating Concord 8 to 2. Acton Junior High School’s baseball schedule shows losses 19 3 to 8 2 2 0 and 253 to Maynard Wayland Weston and Concord. Acton travels to Lincoln Tuesday and hosts Maynard Thursday the 19th.
In Boston on Sunday afternoon five starters paced by Joe Francis 342 led the diocesan rolloffs with Dorchester and St. Michael's from Bedford among the teams. Francis 342 tied for fifth as the leader set the pace in a tight race.
Sudbury High dropped an extra inning duel to Wayland 13-9 after a seven inning game extended by a free hitting rule. Sudbury trailed 7-3 entering the seventh before a late rally tied the score, but Wayland pulled away in the ninth with four runs to clinch the win.
Hopkinton High School shutout Stow on Memorial Field 3 to 0. Pitcher McBride allowed one hit while fanning ten for Hopkinton, as Cassidy powered the offense with two triples a double and a single. Stow’s G Banks played solid defense and had a strong showing in the field.
In the West Concord softball league Rideout Fenton's face Reformatory Emerson Leo's Bombers clash with Acton Wizards. General Radio Field hosts Bridge Acres versus Hos Bombers with Emerson Reformatory against General Radio. Home team listed as Acton Wizards.
Concord high school trackmen trailed at the Belmont Replayé missing the title. The 440 yard relay placed third with a 47.3 heat time while the 880 yard squad also finished third in its heat but did not win a prize.
The Weston Wayland 4 H Horse Club hosts an annual show for the Children's Unit of the Metropolitan State Hospital on Saturday May 21 at 30 a.m. Tickets available from club members. Nancy Ela Wayland shows the event, with Sarah Cox as secretary and Thomas Cahill Sudbury leading grounds, trophies overseen by Holly Dickson Weston and Jean Wesley Wayland, publicity led by Miriam Brooks Weston with Dorothy Campbell and Carol Deverall Wayland, Joanna Bartlett Weston, and ticket co-chairs Ann Kelley Weston and Ainslee Baldwin Wayland.
Acton High School baseball team beat Lancaster 16-7 at James Field to win its second game in the Wavin Sets League. Both teams had five hits. Tigers errors and loose play helped Acton pull ahead as Ayer leads the standings.
Maynard Junior High edged Lincoln Junior High 5 to 4 at Alumni Field after a back and forth game. Lincoln led 4 0 after two innings while Maynard tied the game at 4 4 in the fourth and scored the winning run in the seventh as Jimmy Brooks stole second and scored on Koskinen’s groundout.
Concord High pitcher Dick Goyette hurled an 84 shutout against Wakefield in a Middlesex League game at Wakefield. Goyette struck out 14 to raise his season total to 118 with three walks. Pete Purcell had two hits in four runs as Concord improved to six wins, five losses.
McGrath and Duenvan pitched to a local win with Fraser driving in two runs and Mantioso scoring. Robbins pitched for the losers, allowing seven hits. Concord faces Wayland in a league game, and U S poultry output has more than doubled since 1935–39 while eggs have roughly doubled.
The Maynard high school Junior Senior Prom was held May 13 at the George Washington auditorium with music by Paul Ambler and his orchestra. Kathleen Niemela was crowned queen. the court included Kathleen Spratt, Dorothea Murphy, Carolyn Quirk, Audrey Albert, Carol Seura, and Beverly O tools. An after-prom dinner party followed at the Meadows in Framingham.
Hudsons baseball team outlast Maynard 4 to 3 in 12 innings at Crowe Park. Rollie Chartrand pitched all 12 for Hudson, as Maynard tied the game in the ninth on unearned runs before Paul Bulter doubled and Bob Moraes delivered the go ahead hit. Hudson improves in Midland League race and hosts Assumption Worcester later today.
Elizabeth Williamson daughter of Thomas J. Williamson is accepted at Hickox Secretarial School in Concord Elzabeth shows interest in shorthand and typing. Two poems by W Harold O Connor published in a Boston newspaper praised Renaissance and Reach. Green Acres Nursery School rummage sale organized by Home Economies classes in Waltham. Concord DeMolay boys, led by Barry Andrews and others, won first place at Brown University track meet.
The Concord Middlesex School second baseball team won both games last week defeating Noble and Greenough 4 to none and Saturday beating St. Sebastian's 16 to 0. The report notes the strong performance and scoreline.
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