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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1956
Page
7
The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-5 as Dale Long and Frank Thomas fueled the rally with two doubles and a single by Long and two singles by Thomas. Thomas drove in the decisive run in the seventh. Long also scored twice.
The six team league includes Zalmeck's Elehyntki Esso St Thomas Church Fox Keystone Raymond's and Union City Merchants. Play begins May 21 on the new high school field with rosters due to Lou Hanna by May 27 limited to 19 players. The top four teams enter playoffs for the championship trophy.
National League standings show Brooklyn leading with a 4 2 record and Pittsburgh at 4 2 while Cincinnati sits at 6 1 67. Yesterday Brooklyn beat New York 7 2 and St Louis defeated Chicago 6 0. American League notes Cleveland leads with strong marks. results include New York 4 Baltimore 2 and Washington 4 Boston 1. Tonight Pittsburgh visits Brooklyn and Philadelphia hosts New York.
Oesch claimed first place with an eight game total of 1595 earning 50 dollars and a trophy. Morton finished second at 1577 for 25 dollars with a host of prize winners listed including Chillock Sample Hammond Becker and Baker. Oesch also rolled the high single game 239 while Sample had 224 and Becker 252 was the high handicap score.
Twenty two professional golfers tee off at Desert Inn Country Club for the $97,500 Tournament of Champions. Backers bid a total of $192,000 on players, with top buyer Frankie Laine paying $16,500 for Littler who won $72,000 last year. Auction pool donates 10 percent to the Damon Runyon Cancer Fund.
Corry Area High School's track team opened on a new surface finishing second to Youngsville in a triangular meet with Northern Areas of Sugar Grove. Youngsville led 57 points, Corry 42, Northern Area 18. Connie French and Tom Potocki highlighted the day with school records and wins in the shot put and high jump respectively.
Twenty year old Jack Howard of Augusta, Georgia, defeats golf star Doug Sanders to advance to the North South Amateur quarter finals at Pinehurst. Howard faces Frank Strafach as Dave Smith and Bill Hyndman loom in the other half.
The International Boxing Club case went into recess as two promoters testified they must share profits with the TBC to stage heavyweight bouts featuring Mzzard Charles. The antitrust suit against the TBC and affiliates continues with Judge Sylvester J. Ryan presiding.
In New Orleans Charley Joseph, 23, narrowly defeats Milo Savage of Salt Lake City by a split decision after 10 hard rounds. Promoter Jack Kearns praised Joseph as a complete boxer with outstanding punch and movement, signaling strong support for his middleweight title prospects.
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Charges against AAU secretary Ferris dominated debate as former champions called for reform. Oakland official Hansen defended Ferris while Fulton accused him of approving excessive expenses. Veteran athletes including Harris Browne Nowicki and Santee weighed in on amateur rules and payouts in a Life magazine report.
Long and Stank hit two doubles and a single with two runs scored as Pirates beat Philadelphia 6 5. Thomas added two singles including the tying run in the seventh. Haddix pitched a two hit shutout for the Cardinals over Chicago 6 0.
Buffalo defeats Richmond 3 to 0 while Miami beats Toronto 6 to 2 and Montreal wins 6 to 3. Rochester at Columbus game postponed.
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