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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1955
Page
6
Elston Howard homered in the eighth as the Yankees beat Chicago 4-3 at Comiskey Park, surviving two Yankee errors and injuries to keep a strong AL lead. Jerry Coleman suffered a brain concussion, and Yogi Berra and Joe Collins contributed to the late miscue.
Yankees infielder Jerry Coleman was hospitalized in Chicago with a brain concussion and possible skull fracture after being hit by a pitch from Harry Byrd of the White Sox in a 4-3 game. He wore a plastic helmet and the injury prompted immediate X rays and further study. He had returned from a three month layoff due to a broken collar bone and had previous shoulder injuries in Boston.
New York Hector Constance from Trinidad is a 7 to 5 favorite to defeat 29 year old Ramon Fuentes of Los Angeles in a 10 round bout at Madison Square Garden tonight. If Constance performs like his February KO of Kid Gavilan he should win, else Fuentes could pull the upset. The bout begins around 9 p.m. EST and airs on ABC for radio and television audiences.
RSA defeats Robbins 6 1 in first round action as Thikol Gentles and Wolverine fall. Wolverine’s Nunely belts two homers in a five inning upset loss while Gentles beat Hill Chevrolet 3 1. Robbins, Wolverine, Hill Chevrolet exit opening night as Thikol, Gentles and RSA advance.
The page lists Wednesday schedule with games: St Louis at New York Cincinnati at Philadelphia Chicago at Brooklyn Milwaukee at Pittsburgh. It also shows American League standings with teams such as New York Cleveland Boston Detroit Kansas City Washington and Baltimore along with a few Tuesday results including Baltimore 4 New York 4 and Boston 6 at City.
Chattanooga's Jim Lemon ripped four homers driving in seven as the Southern Association stars beat the league-leading Birmingham Barons 10 to 5. Lemon hit all four off different Birmingham pitchers, with Olson, Hamilton, and Pilarcik also homering for notable offense. A 19,830 crowd set an All-Star attendance record in Birmingham.
In San Juan the 4 year old thoroughbred Camarero extended his unbeaten streak to 54 consecutive victories tying a historic record set by Kincsem the legendary Hungarian filly who raced across Europe to build the mark Mon day secured the milestone in a dominant performance extending Puerto Rico’s storied race history.
The article notes Kincsem’s competition in the late 1870s including a dead heat and a runoff victory by five lengths, with an era-typical want ads closing line.
Vernon Law pitched 18 innings and left after 18 as the Pirates beat the Milwaukee Braves 4-3 in 19 innings. Bob Friend earned the win in relief as Eddie Mathews hit a go ahead homer for Milwaukee earlier. Law struck out 12, allowed nine hits and walked two in one of the majors longest games this season.
Herb Welch won two of three falls in the Coliseum main event as promoter Gulas calls the match wild. Carlos Rodriguez lost the first fall by eye rubbing, Welch then won the bout with a series of flying mares. In the prelim Cordova defeated Dick Dunn in the final fall after Dunn fouled the referee. A later card features The Red Devil vs Lucky Gilpin in a barber shaved or unmask stipulation. A Brandeis study cites knee injuries as a top football ailment.
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