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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1956
Page
6
The opening day features two matchups at the School field and West Town field. The Braves coached by Ray Adams face the Giants led by Walt Hammond. The Red Sox under Tracy Knight meet the Yankees steered by Jack Jones.
Big Ed White the Memphis outfielder boosted the team with 12 hits including three home runs and 11 RBIs over the five games. Memphis moved to second place after sweeping Nashville 6 4 and 12 in the twinbill. Chattanooga swung past Little Rock 5 3 and 7 4 while Mobile edged Birmingham 3 2 and New Orleans beat Atlanta 3 2 after a 9 4 first game loss.
Austinville defeated the White Sox 19 to 9 to pull within one game of the league lead. Juanita Miller starred with two home runs and a double in four at bats. Tonight at West Town two league games are scheduled with Chemstrand vs Jets at 7 and White Sox vs Austinville at 8 15. Thursday Delano Mutual faces White Sox and Austinville plays Chemstrand.
The Tennessee Valley Redbirds beat the Cubs 9-5 after Denison Rice pitched strong, limiting the Cubs to six hits. Joe LeCroix took the loss for the Cubs.
Montgomery Rebels linger in the South Atlantic League but face possible sale after Knoxville representatives sought the franchise for free. Rebel president Preston Langston and officials said the team loses about 500 dollars per game and could not continue without a sale or new funding.
Cincinnati reports Olympic guard Robin Freeman, star Ohio State scorer, lost parts of his middle and index fingers in a woodchopping accident. He was treated at Good Samaritan Hospital and listed in good condition.
The New York Yankees salvaged the finale of their three game series with Cleveland by blanking the Indians 6-0. The Pirates were shut out 3-0 by Herm Wehmeier as St. Louis stayed in contention in the NL pennant race.
The schedule shows Milwaukee and Kansas City games with results against Baltimore Chicago Boston Detroit Cleveland and New Orleans. It lists Milwaukee Brooklyn St Louis Kansas City Chicago Detroit and Memphis matchups and notes Sunday results across several games.
Broadcast schedule fragment shows multiple stations and programs including Tops In Pops News and Jubilee Gospel. Entries list times such as 6:00 7:55 8:55 10:05 11:55 for Tops In Pops and News. Other items include From Dugout Birmingham Barons and Yawe Patrol with various news segments and musical shows.
Tony DeMarco of Boston and Vince Martinez of Paterson New Jersey meet in a ten round welterweight bout in Boston. The bout promises fireworks as two of the division's hardest hitters collide Saturday night.
Marlene Bauer Hagge, 22, Asheville North Carolina, won the $12,000 Round Robin tournament in Virginia Beach with a 60 point plus total and earned $2,000 as she heads to Detroit for the upcoming LPGA event. Foy Joyce Ziske of Waterford Wisconsin finished second with plus 28 points after a strong round.
Gene Littler swept to a 24 point victory in New Rochelle collecting 3000 dollars as Lloyd Mangrum praised his form and predicted Littler’s strong Open prospects at Oak Hill Rochester starting Thursday.
Austinville Trade School beat County 9-8 for their first win of the season in five starts. McCulloch and Brazelton each collected three hits in a 12 hit assault, with McCulloch adding a triple and two RBIs and Brazelton a home run. Clellie Owens and Otis Walden hit back to back homers to seal it in the ninth. McCulloch pitched all nine for the win, White the loss.
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