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Newspaper
Corry Evening Journal
Location
Corry, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1954
Page
7
Bobby Avila of the Cleveland Indians slugged two home runs, including a ninth inning shot with one on and two out that salvaged the club from defeat.
After a St. Louis hearing, Ed Stanky, manager of the Cardinals, apologized for last Sunday's fight. Warren Giles handed five day suspensions and fines to Stanky and others, with Yvars and Torgeson also punished. The ruling upheld the game forfeit and reflected a tense baseball moment.
Baseball action highlights a 16 inning tie between the Indians and Red Sox as Boston ties the score in the ninth on a Bobby Avila homer after late drama. The Yankees win 4-1 over the White Sox while Giants take a 7 game NL lead with 19 innings of play delivering key wins.
Moose defeats the Elks 7 to 5 in a Little League finale while Aero Supply overturns the National Bank 10 to 8 in the Teener League. Moose rallied with a six-run sixth inning after trailing 5 to 4, aided by an error and bases on balls. The Teener game featured a six-run sixth by Aero, with nine hits overall, and Bankers scoring across four innings.
Western Auto defeated Ajax 11 to 7 in the last City League softball game. Tony Amoroso homered for Western Auto while Merle Ottaway took the loss for Ajax. Ralph Dipas of New Orleans and Ar mand Sivole of Montreal are listed in a stray line with odd percentages.
Standings show Cleveland leading the American League with New York close behind and Chicago at mid pack. In the National League New York tops the list with Brooklyn and Cincinnati fighting for second as Philadelphia trails. Yesterday’s results include Washington 9 Baltimore 1 and New York 2 Cincinnati 1 in 14 innings.
Billy Melby used a cobra twist to pin Tarzan Hewitt in the decisive third fall at Corry Roller Synthis t. Lewin defeated Wally Greb by toe hold and reverse shoulder press to win a quick two fall match. Bob Snyder won by disqualification over Johnny Malinch after 17 minutes. Promoter Abe Cohen plans another show in about three weeks despite the small attendance.
The 36th PGA Championship opens in St Paul Minnesota with possible record crowd if weather and form cooperate and Sam Snead performs well.
WBEN TV Buffalo presents a dense Thursday schedule listing Superman, Art Linkletter, News Caravan, Red Skelton, boxing, late news, weather, and sports. Daytime programs include Morning Show ib News Girl Tale Learn on Live Garry Moore Arthur Godfrey You and Your Family Love of Life Search for Tomorrow Matinees, then Johnny's Show Double or Nothing and Meet the Millers. Evening features include Bob Crosby, Secret Storm, Fun to Learn, Children's Theatre, Howdy Doody, Dragnet Ford Theatre Ellery Queen Mystery Baseball Hall of Fame and more.
Maureen Connolly, tennis star known as Little Mo, was seriously injured in San Diego when she was thrown from a horse against a moving cement truck. She suffered a broken right leg and muscle tears, ruling her out of defending her U S singles title at Forest Hills. She remains in hospital with a leg cast and faces at least a week of hospitalization and a period away from tennis.
Chicago reports Yolande Pompey a 25 year old West Indian from Trinidad meets Moses Ward of Detroit in a 6-2 favorite bout. The fight is billed as Pompey best all around fighter in the British Empire and airs tonight at 10 p m on national television.
In a tense international match Montreal edged Ottawa 2 to 1. Other results show Rochester defeating Syracuse 6 to 0 and Toronto posting a 4 to 0 win.
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