Last Ditch Rally By Cubs Downs Giants 5 3
The Cubs push a seventh inning rally to beat the Giants 5 3 in Babe Ruth League action. Junior Martin and Bill Pyles held steady until a final Cub uprising after two passes and a sequence of safeties.
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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1955
Page
2
The Cubs push a seventh inning rally to beat the Giants 5 3 in Babe Ruth League action. Junior Martin and Bill Pyles held steady until a final Cub uprising after two passes and a sequence of safeties.
A panoramic view from the Polo Grounds in New York captures a recent night game scene showing action across the ballpark. The photograph was taken by an unnamed photographer.
In Nottingham England Jack New York beat Johnny Chicago by knockout while Gardner and Willams posted scores in England and Rugby. Detroit and Washington also show win totals as Kansas City Baltimore and New York list records and standings. Rafael Merentino knocked out Harry Smallwood in Brooklyn as part of the Pet. GB table.
The New York Giants announce a two day baseball school and tryout camp at Ziesing Field Spelter near Clarksburg on June 14 and 15. Sessions start at 10:00 am with positions coached, practice games played, and expenses reimbursed if a contract is offered. Bring uniform glove and shoes bats provided Tony Ravish lead instructor James West local rep Charleston Route 6 Box 200.
West Milford special reports the Monongahela Valley Senior Bowl adds 12 West players led by James Hutton and Roger McIntyre from Washington Irving and Lumberport to face Monongah’s East lineup. Hutson, a 200-pound three-sport standout, is Yale-bound. McIntyre was WV high school football scoring leader in 1953. The inaugural West team game set for July 29 at Clarksburg’s Stadium, with two scholarships awarded to state schools.
Taylor County Baseball Association to collect for the National Polio Fund on Flag Day June 14. Donations from Strand vs Elks Little League game funnel through Bob Considine to polio relief, with 50 percent returned to local uses. No admission charged, donations welcomed at each game as the association reports strong turnout and orderly crowds. The league season opened Memorial Day with Babe Ruth and Little League games, and a soft drink sale supports league finances. a note on the native kangaroo rat ends the item.
In a press box tale from a bygone era, Herbie Score, the Lake Worth Florida rookie, dazzles with fast pitched outs against the Baltimore Orioles then fades after four innings. Observers debate his pace and future strikeout potential as Hank Foiles defends Score’s capacity to go nine innings.
Mobile beats New Orleans 2 1 and Nashville defeats Birmingham 3 0 in Southern Association action with Nashville also winning 14 3 in the second game. Atlanta at Chattanooga postponed due to rain while other games are scheduled. In the American Association, a drought digest notes dates and a valley resident’s daily consumption of three pounds of dried dates.
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