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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 11, 1956

Page

2

Golf and tennis results from September weekend events

Amateur golf and tennis results across several venues. England-Brit women win HN Gurus Cup after five matches. Gene pe wins Palm Beach round robin, Ted Kroll and Don Finster gard place high. Gene Dahl wins Same amateur in Johnstown with 276 total. Bever k Baker Fleitz and Jennifer fet claim Swiss women’s singles. Henri De La Maze retains French amateur title with 2-up over Benito Bevione.

Lugano Switzerland Beverk Baker Fleitz Long Beach Alif Jennifer Fet Braley Head Australia

Red Sox Top Tigers in 22 10 rout and Cubs rally to edge Giants 9 8

In Babe Ruth League action the Red Sox crushed the Tigers 22 10 as seven runs came in the first inning aided by walks and Tiger errors. The Cubs then trailed the Giants 3 0 but climbed back to win 9 8 in a seesaw nightcap with timely hits and aggressive baserunning.

Red Sox Tigers Cubs Giants Tiger Barry Williams Harry Arble Guy Nicola Joe Woods Steve Withers Johnny Clelland Mike Milanovich Howard Trickett Bill Walters Sox Withers Scrap Board Junie Cross Don Brady Teddy Garrett Billy Cross Tommy Johns Jimmy Lord Lloyd Shrivers Grover Stewart Jog Stewart Lloyd ' Shriver Jim Powell Leonard Phelps Miller Bob Greathouse Billy Thorn Smith Stockett Garry Miller Phelps Luke Ringler Art Stockett Butch Isner Terry Keener Charlie Costolo Turocey

Major League Baseball Leaders By United Press

Mantle leads in home runs and runs batted in with the Yankees and is among top hitters. Berra and Boyer also post strong totals for 1952, while Kuenn Long and Ashburn headline other hitters and pitchers Lawrence Brewer Labine Freeman McDaniel top the pitching charts across the circuit.

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Snead Praises Littler's Golf at Open Championship

New Rochelle New York Thirteen top pros showed off for the U S Open in Rochester New York praising Gene Littler a 25 year old from Singing Hills California. Littler finished 24 points ahead of Ted Kroll and 28 ahead of Don Fintserwald among 15 rivals. Sam Snead ranked eighth and said anybody that hot can win the Open.

New Rochelle N. Y Rochester Singing Hills Calif Gene Littler Ted Kroll Don Fintserwald Nybody Sam Snead

Detroit and Kansas City split doubleheader in baseball action

In game one Detroit and Washington teams battled with runs across innings before Detroit posted a 9 to 6 victory. Major players included Maas Masterson Chakales and Wiesler contributing to the scoring and pitching outcomes. In the second game Detroit failed to secure the sweep, as Washington tallied late runs to complete a 9 to 2 win with Ditmar securing the win. The day also featured Baltimore and Cleveland defeats, while National League action saw Brooklyn and Milwaukee edge their opponents in separate contests.

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Phillies and Cubs split first game in pitchers duel

First game features Valentinetti and S Jones earning decisions as Chicago and Philadelphia battle 6 to 6. Owens and Negray combine for a Chicago win in the nightcap while Pittsburgh and St Louis split a doubleheader with low scoring games and decisive late runs.

Phila Chicago Owens Negray Roberts Seminick Jones Lown Landrith S. Jones

International and Southern League score roundup highlights

Colubus edged Montreal 10 1 in the second game while Havana beat Rochester 11 6 in the opener and Memphis crushed Nashville 12 0 in the second. Portland? Not listed.

International Columbus Montreal Columbus Toronto Richmond Buffalo Miami Havana Rochester Southern Memphis Memphis Nashville Atlanta New Orleans Chattanooga Little Rock Mobile Birmingham

Redlegs Face Loss Of First Place If Bat Slumps

Cincinnati Redlegs idle but a Brooklyn Dodgers win over St. Louis tonight could jolt the NL race. A Charley Neal two run homer broke a 6-6 tie, with Ed Roebuck delivering key relief for Brooklyn as 27,319 fans watched. Ransom Jackson and Ted Kluszewski joined Wally Post with homers in the pivotal game.

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Dodgers Expert Wins 100 Grand on TV Show

Mrs. Maisie Chen, a Chinese American Dodgers expert, won 100000 on The Big Surprise and will bring her Hong Kong mother to the United States. She escaped Communist China over a year ago and is 60, having attended her first baseball game in 1950. She answered questions about the 1955 World Series, which the Dodgers won. Jack Solomons, frustrated with unfair British taxes, plans to stage more fights in the United States and Canada and withdraw from promoting in Britain.

New York Maisie Chen Brooklyn Dodgers Saturday Night Hong Kong China Solomons London Jack Solomons United States Canada Britain

Poirier Ortega Box Bout Betting Lines Set

Middleweights Gene Poirier of Niagara Falls New York and Gaspar Ortega of Mexico City Mexico are at even money for tonight’s TV ten round bout at St Nicholas Arena.

Fight Money Even New York Gene Poirier Niagara Falls Gaspar Ortega Mexicali Mex St. Nicholas Arena

Pirates Topple in Lights, St. Louis Triumphs in Weekend Split

In a weekend split, the Pirates sit nine and a half games behind first in a pennant race after a Sunday doubleheader with St Louis. Musial Walls Viron Freese homer for St Louis while Kline Wehmeier face Kravitz split the decisions in a 6 1 to 3 8 win for St Louis. The Pirates rest before a two game series with Cincinnati amid a tight race.

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Mantle Tops All Star Balloting Field For Leagues

New York Yankees star Mickey Mantle leads American League center field with 3,328 votes while St. Louis Cardinals first baseman second baseman Red Schoendienst tops National League voting with 2,530 votes in early returns from the Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick office.

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