Sunday Split Day Across American and National Leagues
Sunday was marked by splits for both leagues as Dusty Rhodes delivered a pinch single to beat Chicago 3-2 and Frankie Baumholtz's first pitch homer decided the decisive game. Leo Durocher blamed himself for a late miscue as the Giants and Dodgers endured a rough day with a mix of comebacks and clutch homers by Mantle, Hunter, and Carrasquel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dusty
Jim Hearn
Bobby Hofman
Ernie
Dee Fondy
Stan Hack
Frankie Baumholtz
Clyde McCullough
Durocher
Leo
Hearn
Baumholtz
Marv Grissom
Baumholitz
Grissom
Brooklyn
Giants
Milwaukee
Phillies
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Ramon Kejias
Redlegs
Jackie Collum
Casey Stengel
New York Yankees
Cleveland
Billy
Hunter
Yanks
Chicago
Jim Rivera
Dick Donovan
White Sox
Washington
Bobby Feller
Indians
Senators
Duke Maas
Detroit
Baltimore
Orioles
Cal Abrams
Kansas City
Boston
Hector Lopez
Jackie Jensen
Red Sox
Polo Grounds
Sal Maglie
Ken Boyer
Cardinals
Jim Hughes
Dodgers
Eddie Mathews
Robin Roberts
Philadelphia
Ernie Johnson
Andy Carey
Mickey Mantle
Chico Carrasquel
Sox
Rivera
Lollar
Carey
Gil McDougald
Vic Wertz
Bobby Avila
Tribe
al Smith
Baseball scores and schedule notes from a busy Monday
Rough 10 inning games, multiple standings shifts, and a dense Monday schedule across the league. New York at Detroit and Cincinnati at St Louis highlight a day with suspended games to be completed and several high scoring affairs across Brooklyn Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
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Boston
Henday
Washington
Baltimore
New York
Kansas City
Kanees Gly
Detroit
Brooklyn
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Suggs Wins East Open. Crocker Falters in Reading
Louise Suggs won the 1955 Women's Eastern Open at Berkshire Country Club Reading Pennsylvania with a 291 total five over par. Faye Crocker led for three rounds but shot 77 in the final round to finish one behind at 292 and collect second prize. Beverly Hanson finished third with 300, while Betty Jameson tied for fourth with 301 alongside Betty Hicks and Vonnie Colby.
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Reading
Louise Suggs
Sea Island
Faye Crocker
Montevideo
Uruguay
Suggs
Miss Crocker
Georgia
Beverly Hanson
Indio
Calif
Berkshire Country Club
Betty Jameson
San Antonio
Tex
Betty Hicks
Palm Springs
Vonnie Colby
Hollywood
Fla
Major League Leaders National League Batting and Pitching
The Associated Press lists NL leaders with Ashburn batting .358 for Philadelphia, Snider leading in runs with 47 and RBIs at 56, Mueller with 67 hits, Snider and Campanella tied for 17 homers, Boyer 10 steals. Newcombe 90 strikeouts in 5 decisions and Jones 78 in pitching.
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Associated Press
Ashburn
Philadelphia
Snider
Brooklyn
Mueller
New York
Campanella
Boyer
St. Louis
Baseball Leaders Highlight 1950s American League
Kuenn of Detroit leads batting with .125 average on 125 at bats and Mantle of New York tops runs with 49 and tied for second with 13 stolen bases. Wynn of Cleveland and Ford of New York post 5 decisions each with a 2.74 ERA and .875 fielding independent pitching noted.
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Kuenn
Detroit
Mantle
New York
City
Rivera
Chicago
Wynn
Cleveland
Ford
Snead Wins Robin Golf Event With New Putt Method
Sam Snead captured the Deepdale Robin Golf Tournament title with a course-record 65 on the final five rounds, totaling 4 points. Johnny Palmer finished second at plus 22 as Snead credited a new spot putting approach for overcoming past woes.
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N. Y
Sam Snead
San Francisco
Peatrang
Sam
Snead
Deepdale
Johnny Palmer
Palmer
Peter Thomson
Australia
Champi
Marty Furgol
Doug Ford
Cary Middlecoff
Ted Kroll
Schiff Posts Best Score on National Golf Day
New York reports indicate Mike Schiff of Detroit's Tom O'Shanter Club posted the lowest net score among about 190 000 golfers who paid a dollar to try to beat Ed Furgol and Patty Berg on National Golf Day. Schiff's gross 86 with 33 handicap yielded a net 53, with Dave Rundle in second at 81-26-55. Betty Jane Bobel led among women with 72-10-62 as about 35,000 golfers beat the champions. Funds go to the Red Cross and the National Golf Fund.
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New York
Mike Schiff
Detroit
Tom O’shanter Club
Ed Furgot
Patty Berg
Furgot
Miss Berg
San Francisco
Olympic Club
Schiff
National Golf Day
Dave Rundle
Airways
Fresno
Calif
Betty Jane Bobel
Glou- Lite
Magasion
Furgol
The
Red Cross
National Golf Fund
Dirt Track Champ Dies In Crackup At Iowa Fairgrounds
Bob Slater 29, national dirt track champion from Kansas City, was killed in a crash at the Iowa Fairgrounds dirt track during a 50 mile feature. Slater led from seventh to the front before wrecking at the fatal curve, dying of multiple fractures as 12,000 spectators watched. Jud Larson won the race in 45 21.82.
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Des Moines
Bob Slater
Slater
Kansas City
Iowa Fairgrounds
Offenhauser
Mary Lou
Bud Randall
Cincinnati
Jud Larson
Austin
Tex
Barons Face Atlanta-Chattanooga Feud For First in Southern Assn
Two young righties square off in a key Southern Association tilt as Atlanta hosts Chattanooga. Bob Giggie and Mike Krasnak will start for their clubs, with a win boosting Atlanta ahead of Chattanooga and ending Nashville’s eight day lead. Birmingham beat Nashville 11-8 and Little Rock split with New Orleans in a soggy, delayed slate.
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Associated Press
Bob Giggie
Milton
Mass
Atlanta
Mike Krasnak
Lookers
Crackers
Chattanooga
Lookouts
Birmingham
Nashville
New Orleans
Little Rock
Pets
Trenton Net Star Seeded First In Blue Gray Tennis
Eddie Maylan of Trenton New Jersey ranked seventh overall is seeded No 1 among American entrants in the Blue Gray Tennis Championship at Montgomery Gustavo Palafox of Mexico tops the foreign seed list The event includes the Rosemont Challenge Bowl opening rounds run through Sunday in both men and women divisions Jean Clarke of Birwood is No 1 American in the women's field Yola Ramirez leads foreign women players Calhoun Dickson of Tampa and Les Longshore of Anniston compete with recent Alabama state finalists
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Yola Ramirez
Mexico
Calhoun Dickson
Tampa
Fla
Alabama
Mobile
Anniston
Les Longshore
Dickson
British Golf Fans Suffer Back-To-Back Losses In Big Events
In St Andrews and Royal Lytham St Annes British crowds watched American dominance grow as USA players won the Walker Cup 10-2 and Joe Connrad, a 25 year old from San Antonio, defeated Alan Slater 3 and 2 in the British Amateur final. Officials lament a shrinking pipeline of young British golfers to meet American strength.
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ST. Anes
England
St. Andrews
Royal Lytham
St. Annes
Britain
Alan Slater
Little Joe Conrad
San Antonio
Nashua Favored in Belmont as Few Opponents Emerge
New York June Belmont preview notes only two horses likely to oppose Nashua at Belmont Park for the 87th Belmont Stakes. Jon Dobson's Nance's Lad and Sandy Lawrence's Jabneh are listed as definite rivals with Swaps in the West and Summer Tan sidelined, leaving a weak field for America's Test for 3-year-olds.
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New York
Nashua
America
Belmont Park
Swaps
Eddie Arcaro
Belair Stud
Jon Dobson
Nance
Lad
Sandy Lawrence
Jabneh
Saratoga
National Motor Contest Assn Record for the Distance
Bobby Grim of Indianapolis finished second and Randall placed third in the national motor contest association distance record event.
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National Motor Contest Assn
Bobby Grim
Indianapolis
Randall
White Sox Trade Dorish for Orioles Moss in Player Deal
The Chicago White Sox announce a straight trade sending pitcher Harry Dorish to Baltimore for catcher Les Moss. Dorish, 32, mainly reliever, has a 31-20 with Chicago and 2-0 this season in 13 games. Moss, 30, hit .358 in 27 games with a career .291 in 1949, joins as third catcher and right-handed pinch hitter.
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Chicago
Chicago White Sox
Harry Dorish
Baltimore Orioles
Les Moss
Dorish
White Sox
Sox
Boston Red Sox
St. Louis Browns
Moss
Browns
Red Sox
St. Louis
Sherman Lollar
Clint Courtney
Junior and Little Leagues Open With Three Games
This afternoon and tonight the Little and Junior baseball leagues begin their session with three games. At 5 PM the Civitans meet the Vols at Delano Park and the Eagles face Nursery at West Town Field. At 7 PM the Junior League opens with VFW versus the Elks at West Town Field.
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Delano Park
Civitans
Vols
Eagles
West Town Field
West Town
V.F.W
The
Elks
Census predicts California population tops 18 million by 1965
The U S Census Bureau projects California will exceed 18 million residents by 1965 and will surpass New York State in population, signaling rapid growth in the West and shifting state demographics nationwide.
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U.S. Census Bureau
California
New York State
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Leo Durocher
Dusty Rhodes
Elmores
Decatur
Hudson
Lightfoot
Anu
John Derek
Diana Lynn
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Desperado
Wayne Morris
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Holly ST
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Peonear
Southern Associa
Crocker
Newcombe
Jones
Will Grimsley
Mets
Soervine
Robert Talemar Carder - Wel Ferre
Barons
Nings
Trenton Net
Belmont
Rai Sai
Ay Asi Deat
Zane Powell
Howard Kee
Rosseini
Fiat
Wallis
Southern Engineering CO
Birmingham Am
Lana Turner
Edmund Purdom
Louis Calhern
Audrey Dalton James Mitchell
Weville Brand
Walter Hampden
Taina Elg Francis J. Sullivan
Sandra Descher
Petre
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