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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1956
Page
27
Vic Wertz hit his 22nd homer to win one game and later doubled in the 10th to score the deciding run as the Cleveland Indians swept Baltimore Orioles 4-3 in both games before 22,986 fans.
Tuesday night the Hi-Toms host Kinston at home with no admission charged. A players relief fund drive will collect from attendees to reimburse losses from a recent Finch Field robbery. Officer George Erath says proceeds will support players who lost money and jewelry. donations likely from all attendees.
Washington tops Chicago 6-5 as Ed Yost belts a bases loaded homer off Dick Donovan in the fourth inning, with the game halted by rain. Chicago suffers its 12th loss in 13 games.
Lee Skidmore unattached from Columbia tops the Carolinas AAU Senior Swimming Championships at City Lake Pool. She clocks 5:41.6 in the 400-meter freestyle and 1:24.35 in the 100-meter butterfly, breaking her own mark and a 1955 record, while Glynn and Pennyneye Glynn set new marks in the 100-meter freestyle and the 100-meter backstroke respectively as Greensboro dominates the opening day. Greensboro leads both divisions with notable relay and individual wins.
Red Sox slugger Ted Williams hits a home run a double and a single driving in four against Detroit but again spat toward the press box after the game. Williams had threatened to continue his spitting campaign against local writers amid ongoing friction with Boston reporters.
The Kinston Eagles defeated the Hi-Toms 5-3 to notch their second consecutive victory and eighth win in 13 games. Duffalo earned the win in relief of Cleo Lewright after Hi-Toms tied the game. Rich took the loss allowing a double.
The Carolina League standings show Hi-Toms at 48 runs and Danville at 46 with 1 game separating. Today’s games include Hi-Toms at Danville, Greensboro at Fayetteville, Winston-Salem at Wilson, and Kinston at Durham all at 2:30 p.m. Saturday results feature Kinston 5 Hi-Toms 3 and Durham 6 Greensboro 2 with fielding miscues noted.
The American League standings show New York leading with a .282 mark, Cleveland at .270, and Boston near .311. Yesterday Boston beat Detroit 9 to 3 while Kansas City defeated New York. Cleveland split with Baltimore in a twi night doubleheader. tonight Chicago visits Washington.
Baseball results show Milwaukee, Brooklyn, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, St. Louis and New York scoring across several games. Pairings include Simmons against Burdette, Law against PSheunger, and Drysdale against Erskine with Koufax facing Schmidt. New York visits Chicago with Antonelli Gomes Kaiser and Jones in the lineup.
Fayetteville wins both games to stay in first place in the Carolina League. In game one Dick genie doubled home two runs and Ed Cook hit a three run homer in the first inning as the Scots took an early lead. Ray Konkoleski held Wilson to three hits until the eighth when four Tobs runs produced the margin. Bill Carr finished with a strikeout to close the ninth.
The Sunday School softball league playoff action starts Tuesday with two semifinal series. Highland Methodist faces Rankin Memorial at Springfield Middle, West End Mission hosts Pilot View Baptist at Lylefield, both 6 p.m. Games continue Thursday with Highland vs Rankin at 8 15 and Pilot View vs West End at 6 30.
Philadelphia defeats Milwaukee 85 in 15 innings as Del Ennis hits a two run homer and Harvey Haddix drives in three while pitching nine. Eddie Mathews Hank Aaron and Johnny Logan homer for Milwaukee in a rain delayed 15th inning before Stu Miller gets the win. Crowd 36 764.
In Greensboro on July 21 the Durham Bulls ended Greensboro Patriots four game run by a 6-2 score. Bill Mitchell held the Pats to one hit through five innings before loosening late. Mitchell still had a three hitter after seven frames as Durham built a 2-0 lead in the third on unearned runs.
Danville Leafs beat Winston-Salem 4 to 2 as three hits and a two-run sacrifice fly key a sixth inning rally. Roy Nelson tripled and Leon Wagner scored on a single, with McCovey and Taylor among sparks, while Winston-Salem honors five baseball hall of famers in the pregame ceremony.
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