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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1955
Page
31
Cleveland beat New York 7-4 in spring action with Herb Score delivering four scoreless innings to extend his streak to 13. Wynn pitched five, then Score blanked the Giants, moving the Tribe to a 7-6 edge in the spring series. Kiner homered for Cleveland.
Cincinnati Redlegs and Washington Senators clash at Finch Field Monday afternoon in a 2 PM exhibition. Expected stars include Kluszewski Vernon Nuxhall Greengrass and Temple for Cincinnati and Vernon Porterfield McDermott Busby Yost for Washington.
New York Yankee pitcher Bob Grim went the distance for the first time this season as the Bombers beat Birmingham 11 to 7 at Birmingham Stadium. Mantle hit a 425 foot homer and McDougald drove in runs as New York used five pitchers in a rain interrupted game. Grim earned the win with Cross taking the loss.
Dee Fondy slugged two homers driving in seven as the Chicago Cubs beat San Antonio 16 to 10. Hank Sauer Ted Tappe and Ernie Banks also homered for Chicago while Minner and Kaiser allowed the burst for San Antonio.
Baltimore pitcher Saul Rogovin won for the Orioles in an exhibition game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, despite giving up 11 hits in six innings. The Orioles broke a 2-2 tie with two seventh inning runs to win 5-3.
Wally Moon delivered key blows for the St. Louis Cardinals in an 11 inning exhibition win over the Chicago White Sox 8 six to 7. Moon tied the game with a two run double in the ninth and drove in the decisive run with an 11th inning single. Nellie Fox and Stan Musial also homered in the affair played in Houston.
Gray of High Point and Austin Yates of Thomasville win the 1955 Hi-Tom ticket sales contest by selling 840 dollars worth of preseason books. Gray receives a season pass, two exhibition game tickets, and a spring training pass. Yates earns two exhibition tickets and a season pass.
Louise Suggs shot a 3 under par 74 to extend her two round total to 149 and a four stroke edge over Betsy Rawls and Alice Bauer Hagge in the $5,000 Oklahoma City Women's tournament. Mary Lena Faulk fell to 161 after an 84. Patty Berg and Jackie Pung struggled with putting as the field heads to final 18 holes.
In Wilmington on April 2 experts pick Souchak to win the Augusta Masters, citing his $11,200 official earnings and hot streak. Sam Snead is listed second with 12 votes, Ben Hogan 11, Cary Middlecoff 10, followed by Littler Toski Rosburg Barber and others in single digits.
Weathering grounds causes cancellations at COLAEBIA and Milwaukee while action resumes in Sanford and Kissimmee. Teams Philadelphia Boston Denver Toledo spar with rain and innings credited as the end of stoppages.
Billy Maxwell clings to a one stroke lead at the Azalea Open after 54 holes in Wilmington North Carolina. Maxwell shot 68 to finish 201 total, matching Mike Souchak who also 68 but trails by one. Bobby Toski sits two back at 203 with Jay Hebert 205 and Doug Ford 206.
Hi Toms business manager George Erath announced that Jack Simpson was assigned from the Cincinnati Redlegs roster to the Hi Toms for the upcoming baseball season. Simpson, a switch hitting shortstop, was highly sought after after graduating high school in 1953 and last year played for Johnny Van der Meer at Colonial Heights in Class B Piedmont league.
North Carolina State 3 Clemson 3 called in 8th due to rain. Emory and Henry 7 Concord 4. Colby 14 Faireigh Dickinson 11. Wofford 9 Citadel 1. North Carolina 4 Michigan State 1 Wake Forest 6. Maryland 2 Virginia 15. Colgate 5 Davidson 10 Washington & Lee 3. Michigan 8 Georgetown 3. Maryland State 6 Howard 3. Georgia 5 Florida 3. North Georgia College 4 Western North Carolina 2. Miami Ohio at Newberry cancelled. Ft Jackson halted after 5% rain. Gate Rate 114 Pitsburgh 34.
Weather halts spring drills for the High Point Thomasville Hi-Toms in Douglas, canceling an exhibition with the Columbia Reds. Tomorrow the team faces the Nashville Vols as they assess players for potential minor league calls, while Bill Blanton and Woody Rich show promising signs in return workouts.
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