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Newspaper
Garden City Telegram
Location
Garden City, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1955
Page
4
Today's schedule features New York at Pittsburgh with 7 listed games set. Reanlia, Philadelphia 6, Brooklyn 4, Cincinnati 4, St. Louis 0, Milwaukee 8, Chicago 1. New York at Pittsburgh postponed due to rain.
CHICAGO Dick Donovan a 28 year old rookie righthander who underwent surgery three weeks ago pitched the Chicago White Sox to an 8-2 victory over Detroit surprising many but not manager Marty Marion Donovan had blanked the Tigers 2-0 earlier and the White Sox pulled within a half game of the Yankees Marion had warned against rushing Donovan after an emergency appendectomy on July 39 and doctors had said he might not be able to pitch for six weeks
Wichita Swim Club won the Missouri Valley AAU swimming and diving championships at Homestead Country Club scoring 447 points. They led by eight diving points and outpaced Homestead, with Naval Air Station Hutchinson taking open men’s honors and Kansas City Athletic Club claiming open women’s division.
Pueblo moved to second while Wichita fell to third after a doubleheader split. Pueblo battered Sioux City 5-3 and 10-1, Lincoln hammered Des Moines 17-3 as an afternoon rain halted the first game. Roosevelt Evans opened with a four hitter in a 6-3 Indians win over Colorado Springs, then Sky Sox erupted for 13 hits to take the nightcap 10-4 aided by five eighth inning runs.
North Platte Plainsmen, Nebraska champions, surged to the third round by a 12-1 win over Cleo Springs Oklahoma, as Nick Adzick and George Nicholas led with 16 hits and scoring in all but one inning. The team opened with an 8-1 victory over Peoria Caterpillars. Other first round results included Midland Pennsylvania over Raymond New Hampshire 6-2 and Huntsville Alabama over Ashland Kentucky 12-3, while Peoria ousted Fort Smith Arkansas 12-3 and Holden Missouri knocked out Crystal City Missouri 5-1.
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Chuck Davey, once a television boxing idol, ends a 15 month retirement tonight to fight Pat Manzi of Syracuse in a 10 round bout in Saginaw Michigan. The 29 year old Michigan State graduate quit after a seventh round KO by Vince Martinez. His decline began February 11 1953 when Kid Gavilan stopped him in the 10th round of a title fight. Also on tonight’s card is a 10 round middleweight bout between Rinzo No cero and Paola Melis at New York’s St Nicholas Arena.
Arnold Palmer captures the Canadian Open at Toronto with a near record 265 total, 28 under par. He leads by four strokes over Jack Burke Jr. and five over Freddie Hawkins, as Johnny Palmer holds the best score at 263 in 1952.
Minnie Minoso shows full recovery for the Chicago White Sox as he bats in 13 straight games. He has 24 hits in 58 at bats lifting his average from .257 to .280, going 6 for 9 with a triple and a homer in a doubleheader sweep of Detroit, 2-0 and 8-2.
Columbia Columbus Country Club hosts the International Jaycee Junior Golf Tournament where 17 year old Phil Rodgers of California wins the main championship by one stroke, 287, over Jack Rule of Waterloo Iowa. Rodgers seals California’s sweep across the main event B division team contest and driving title. Dick Carmody of Long Beach captures the B division title after two playoff rounds with a 70 while Toeka cards an 80.
National women's open champion Fay Crocker will head the three day contest for the $5,000 Women's Heart of America Invitational in Kansas City starting next Friday. Entrants include Missouri's Marian Gault Kansas starter Jean Ashley Cha nute Louise Suggs Bauer sisters Betty Bush Marilynn Smith from Wichita Betty Ticks Beverly Hanson and Betty Jameson among those expected to compete.
LOS ANGELES The Redskins expect halfback Joe Scooter Scudero to return in about three weeks after an on field cough realigned a dislocated rib cartilage from the recent Redskins Rams game without surgery. Doctors announced the slip back into place and cancellation of the planned operation.
Charlotte scene opens the 55th National Women's Amateur Championship at Myers Park Country Club with Marlene Stewart of Canada and Barbara Romack of California as early favorites. Stewart, 21, 118 pounds, is British champion 1953 and Canadian titlist thrice in five years, while Romack, 22, 110 pounds, defends her title and has recent British runner up status.
Finney county wool growers vote on a market agreement that deducts one cent per pound from each 1955 clip incentive payment. If two thirds of sheep and lamb owners voting approve, funds are used for advertising and sales promotion. deductions may also apply to wool and mohair for several years. ASC urges voting by August 19 with ballots mailed in.
Milwaukee shows strong form as right-hander Bob Buhl returns to form after a slow start. He beat the Chicago Cubs with seven hits allowed, boosting his ERA to 2.85 and grabbing second in the National League ERA rankings behind Robin Roberts.
A Detroit incident involving a dangerous bird attributed the blaze to a bird picking up a lit cigarette and dropping it in its nest inside a garage. The estimated damage stands at about $300 and no injuries are reported.
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