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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1956
Page
8
Elks (4 3) face Moulton (2 5) at Delano Park as Chemstrand seeks second win over Wolverine. Chemstrand owns seven wins in eight starts while Wolverine stands 5 2 in league play. Merchants are idle tonight. About 7 14 million Americans over 65 receive Social Security benefits.
Dick Barone drove in the tying and winning runs with a 10th inning triple as New Orleans beat Birmingham 6 4 to snap Gebhard’s streak. Emil Panko homered late to force overtime, and Nashville piled up offense in a high scoring Dell game.
County league action features league leading Caddo hosting Trade School in pursuit of a sixth win. Caddo is 5 1 while Trade School sits at 1 5. Other games have Slipup at Aus tinville L and M at Cataco and Flint at Bates.
Cardinal fans reel as Frank Lane conducts a four for four swap sending Red Schoendienst to the Giants for Alvin Dark Whitey Lockman Ray Katt and Don Liddle join St Louis Dark is praised as leader while Lane reshuffles positions to fit Dark at shortstop with Bias moving to second and Hal Smith becoming top catcher.
About 300 athletes from 87 schools begin the 35th NCAA meet in Berkeley with trials for finals and Olympic trials in Los Angeles. Standout events include the 100 and 200 meter dashes and the 1,500 meter run featuring Duke’s Dave Sime and Bobby Morrow of Abilene Christian.
American League standings show Chicago Boston Cleveland and Baltimore leading with varying records. Thursday results include New York over Boston 5 to 10 and Milwaukee beating New York 5 to 2. Upcoming games list New York at Seattle and Milwaukee at Chicago. National League and Southern standings mix teams like St Louis Birmingham with rain affecting several games.
The Yankees beat the White Sox 5 1 to extend their AL lead to five games as Bob Grim pitched a four hitter and Mickey Mantle homered for his 22nd. Cleveland dropped 10 9 to the Red Sox while the Giants acquired Al Dark and Whitey Lockman in trades before the deadline.
In Sylacauga Alabama seeded players won to reach semifinals of the Cotton States Tourney Boys and Junior Boys divisions. Matches featured Ernest Cox Lee Fentress Carver Blanchard Douglas Stewart and Drayton Nabors advancing with Nabors defeating Scott Henson 8-6 6-2.
In Montgomery rain forced a day-long washout of the Blue Gray Tennis Tournament. Officials planned a condensed schedule with doubles starting today and as many singles matches as possible to cut the field to four semifinalists by Saturday.
Braves beat the Cubs 5-4 and Indians routed the Red Sox 10-5. Indians improved to 2-0 while Cedar Tigers had a 15-3 win Tuesday. Johnny Cowan held Cubs to four hits as Roger Hammond allowed seven hits. Tommy Smith allowed two hits against the Red Sox with 12 team safeties. Gerald Holt took the loss for Boston. Yankees were set to face Tigers and Giants to meet Dodgers in upcoming games.
Belmont stakes entry list shapes as Unpredictable Needles appears the favorite for the 88th Belmont Stakes to be run tomorrow. Trainer Hugh Fontaine readies his first starter in the $100000 added classic while pondering past favorites that paid little when odds on. Other expected runners include Calumet Farm’s Fabius Career Boy Jazz Age Christiana Stable’s Ricci Tavi Sandy Lawrence’s Beau Diablo Frosty Mr and Fortune P Ryan’s Charlevois.
The Montgomery Country Club is set to end operations this Sunday, marking the final day for members and events as the club winds down its activities. The closure details, including affected memberships and any remaining bookings, are to be announced by officials.
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