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Grafton Sentinel

Location

Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jun 29, 1955

Page

2

Antlered 9 Down On 4 In Little League Action

The Strand overcame a 2-0 deficit to beat the Elks 5-4 in a late afternoon Little League game. Lonnie Lough earned his first victory with four hits allowed as strand teammates Hedrick and Dunham fueled the offense with key doubles and timely hits. The Elks, led by Harry Arble, drew within 3-2 but Strand pulled away in the fourth and final frames.

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Moore and Famechon Honored in Ring Magazine Ratings

New York heavyweights Archie Moore and French featherweight Ray Famechon were honored as Ring Magazine released its latest ratings. Moore named Fighter of the Month, Famechon boosted from third to top contender for the world 126 pound crown.

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Minor League Results From United Press American Association

In the American Association games Denver beat Louisville 10 to 9 while Charleston won 4 to 2 over Minneapolis. Charleston also took the first game 12 to 3 against Minneapolis. Toledo edged St. Paul 1 to 0 in the first, and St. Paul won 8 to 7 in the second. Indianapolis defeated Omaha 6 to 4 in the first game, while Omaha won 7 to 1 in the first against Indianapolis.

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Boxing results from United Press by location

Freeport New York Larry Baker outpointed Jackie OBrien in a 10 round bout. Houston Texas Billy Peacock knocked out Alex Fimbres in four rounds. Chicago Illinois Bobby Boyd kayoed Lloyd Trittlet in three. Halifax Nova Scotia Kenny Lane outpointed Richie Howard in twelve. Miami Beach Florida Harold Drummondville outpointed Carter. Newark New Jersey Allan McFater outpointed Julio Mereros in twelve. Montreal Quebec Tony Percy outpointed Joey Maxim in ten. New Orleans Louisiana Willie Pastrana outpointed Montreal opponent in ten.

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Carter Defends Lightweight Title In Boston Showdown

Jimmy Carter of New York enters as a 3-1 favorite to defend his lightweight title against Wallace Bud Smith of Cincinnati in a 15 round bout at Boston Garden. The 11th title defense has drawn less local buzz than Carter’s past paydays. Both fighters trained hard and predicted knockouts in a blacked out New England card.

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Slugging Duke And Man Stan Top Star Vote

CHICAGO Slugging Duke Snider of the Brooklyn Dodgers and Stan Musial of the St Louis Cardinals led the All Star baseball poll today. Snider moved ahead of Richie Ashburn by about 12 024 votes with 848 203 to 836 179 in the National League center field race.

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Baseball scores from Southern Association games

Scores from the Southern Association include Little Rock 2 Nashville 5, Birmingham 2 Atlanta 23, Memphis 1 Chattanooga 9, completion of the suspended Memphis 7 Chattanooga 7 after 9 innings, Mobile 8 New Orleans 0. A dog with 42 teeth is noted in local trivia.

Southern Association Little Rock Nashville Birmingham Atlanta Memphis Chattanooga Mobile New Orleans

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