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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1955
Page
6
Durocher admits mistake as Hearn falters in the ninth. Baumholtz belts Grissom’s pitch for a late winner, dropping the Giants 3-1 after Hofman homered and Banks reached in the opener. Yankees pull even with Chicago aided by Hunter inside-the-park homer in 10th and Rivera’s grand slam.
Pittsburgh faced Cincinnati in a two game set with a 7-6 opener Pirates win behind Ramon Mesias who drove in the go ahead run, and a 5-1 nightcap loss as Jackie Collum scattered nine hits for the Reds. Max Surkont earned the win in game two while Bob Purkey took the loss.
First rounds begin today in the Indiana Country Club championship with 81 players in four flights. Defending champ Tom Kerr meets George Miller in the top flight while pro Joe Nagy enforces a Sunday completion deadline. Red Blue match not played yesterday.
Fulton Run Dodgers under their third manager in four games defeated the league leading Coal Run Barons 5-2 yesterday. First baseman pitcher Chuck Lezaniec took over after John Gulakowski quit, with Gulakowski having replaced John Cikowski on Thursday.
Lezanic hurled the Dodgers to a 6 hit victory while Hetrick took the loss as Fulton Run and Lucerne tie for third at 5-4. Barons drop to 7-2, tied with Plumville for the lead, with Coal Run, Hardiv Lovisa and Abbey contributing in a high scoring fifth inning rally.
The Junior League game between Homer City and Indiana, set for today in Indiana, will now be played at Lucerne at p.m. Heilwood has signed John Pru sak who will be eligible June 7.
The Chicago White Sox announced a straight player deal trading pitcher Harry Dorish to the Baltimore Orioles for catcher Tesu Moss. The exchange centers on a single-player for single-player swap.
National League standings with Brooklyn and New York atop, Milwaukee and Cincinnati midtable, plus daily results and tonight’s schedule from Chicago to St. Louis. American League leaders New York and Cleveland followed by Detroit and Chicago consignments, with tonight’s games and suspended matters noted.
Sammy Snead credits a new putting technique for a runaway victory in the Deepdale Round Robin Golf Tournament. He posted a course-record 65 to finish with 46 points, securing $3,000 in first prize as Johnny Palmer trailed second with 22 points. Other top finishers included Peter Thomson, Marty Purgol, Doug Ford, Cary Middlecoff, and Ted Kroll.
Local baseball and softball schedule lists multiple leagues across Indiana and nearby towns. Matches include Plumvine at Indiana, Parkwood at West Lebanon, Heilwood at Elders Ridge, Martin Center at Dixonville, Homer City at Dixonville, Indiana at Lucerne, Bell at Indiana Legion, Fourth Ward at Third Ward, Lucerne at St Matthews, and Homer City Little League games including Ritchies vs Lucerne and Betty Miller ya in American League va.
Lt Joe Monrad of San Antonio Texas defeated Alan Slater of England 3 and 2 to win the British Open at St Annes England.
Nowrytown climbed to the top of the Minor County League with a 6 1 to 1 6 victory over Shelocta yesterday. Heral Negley delivered his second triple of the game in the fifth driving in Paul Gais and Gene Pretier. Negley scored on Sam Rossi sacrifice fly after Cup scored earlier in the inning.
Negley and Cup dominated on the mound as New Ry town built a 5-2 lead in the third inning with a pair of doubles by Glenn and Don Carnahan and a later run scoring hit by Gais. Arch ie Cup won the decision over Wendell Carnahan after Negley’s early relief helped secure the victory.
McIntyre defeated Saltsburg 8-3 behind a 11-hit attack and strong early offense. John Shutka stopped Saltsburg on six hits as McIntyre built five runs in the first two innings with key hits from Louie Guella and Marty Konko.
District Six high school baseball playoffs are set with five teams. Armagh Brown of Reedsville faces Center Hall in the opening game at Milroy tomorrow evening. Laura Lamar High of Homer City plays the Wednesday winner at Hastings at 1 pm. Mastings-Elder meets Moshannon Joint at 2 pm. The two afternoon winners meet that evening to decide the champion.
Lucerne miners scored five runs in the first inning and built a 15 to 6 victory over Creekside. Joe Toscano had three hits in four trips and four runs scored. Reed led Creekside with three hits. Pruner started for Creekside and walked four in the first as Stadtmiller took over. Novak earned the win for Lucerne. Reed, Dixon, and White contributed for Creekside.
South Bend won its third Minor County League game, defeating Iselin 4-2 yesterday afternoon. The Saints scored three runs in the first inning and one in the second, taking the lead on a Iselin error and key hits. Iselin answered with two runs, including a third inning triple by John Gordish and a single by Bobby Bendis, but could not overcome South Bend’s early burst.
Ernest Ramsey pitched six solid innings before George Hodak closed out a 11-0 victory for Clymer over the Marauders. Clymer rapped 15 hits off Alex Zbur and Tip Agnello, with Metro Misko and Dale Rushton among the run producers as the offense poured in across the fifth to eighth innings. Hodak recorded two walks and one strikeout in the final frame.
County baseball and softball teams list players signed and released with release or eligibility dates as submitted by league secretary Granny Barclay.
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