Schoendienst Joins Braves in Trade After Career-High Start
Red Schoendienst sparked his Milwaukee debut with the Braves after a 3 for 1 trade from the Giants. He said he was happy and ready to help Milwaukee win the pennant, while the Braves shipped Bobby Thomson Danny OConnell and Ray Crone to New York.
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Giants
Bull Rigney
Cincinnati
Ray Crone
Danny O'Connell
Bobby Thomson
Braves
Red Schoendienst
Milwaukee
Unifax
Philadelphia
Milwaukee Braves
Lew Burdette
Schoendienst
Macias Shines In Boxing Win Then Hints At Movie Role
Ww-Raul Macias, Mexico City star, retained his NBA 118-pound title with an 11th round technical knockout of Dommy Ursua. He plans to begin work on a film titled The College Boy after the bout as promoters haggle over a world title clash with Alphonse Halimi before Oct. 1.
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San Francisco
Raul Macias
Mexico
Mighty Mouse
Mexico City
National Boxing Assn
Dommy Ursua
Luis Andrade
Macias
Dicker
France
Alphonse Halimi
NBA
World Boxing
Ty Cobb Batting Record Highlight
Ty Cobb compiled a .367 batting average over 24 major league seasons, the highest mark in the era. Rogers Hornsby finished next at .358 over 23 seasons, a standout feat for the period.
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Ty Cobb
Rogers Hornsby
Eau Claire Cups Twins Lead With 9-2 Win and Rally
In a Northern League twin bill St Cloud tops Fargo-Moorhead 4-1 in the opener as Fargo suffers a 9-2 loss to Eau Claire. Eau Claire mounts a six run third to beat Grand Forks 9-2 tying the league lead with 26 wins. Duluth Superior downs Aberdeen 6-1 in the other game. Hal de Mars earns win in Grand Forks Eau Claire contest while Howie Rouse and Jim Hopkins homer for the winners.
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Associated Press
St. Cloud Rox
Fargo
Fargo-Moorhead Twins
Eau Claire
Grand Forks Chiefs
Twins
Grand Forks
Duluth Superior
Aberdeen
Winnipeg
Wausau
St. Cloud
Bob Dennison
Fargo - Moorhead
Gene Elliott
Lefty
Hal de Mars
Soldiers Grove Defeats De Soto 7-1 in Independent Baseball
Bill Hoffland fans 14 as Soldiers Grove overwhelms De Soto 7-1. Hoffland allowed seven hits with 14 strikeouts. O'Donnell doubled, Stafford drove in runs, while Crogan pitched for De Soto with 12 strikeouts and seven hits allowed.
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Bill Hoffland
GROVE
Tribune
Soldiers Grove
Wis
de Soto
Eli Crogan
Tom O'Donnell
John Stafford
Gilman
Salem Leads W-W Bangor Tomah Triumph
West Salem crushed West 15 to 1 as Ankney and Johnson pitched for Salem. Salem remains unbeaten in three W-W games while Westby drops to 0-3 after the loss. Linding and Eastman handled Westby’s pitchers and Bill Leonard, Don Groth and Bob Meinking had two hits each for West Salem. In Tomah, Tomah beat Cashton 6 to 1 as Lund pitched a four-hitter and Curry Felker and Zellmer led the offense. Bangor defeated Coon Valley 6 to 0 behind Corky Schilling who struck out 14. no extra-base hits.
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Westby
Wis
West Salem
Wisconsin
Salem
John Ankney
Eddie Johnson
Lincoln Stafslien
Linding
al Eastman
Bill Leonard
Don Groth
Bob Meinking
West Salerm
Tomah
Cashton
Mike Lund
Bill Felker
Tom Curry
Bob Hundt
Curry
Felker
Duane Zellmer
Ron Mashak
Corky Schilling
Bangor
Schilling
Soldiers Grove
Minnie Minoso on Hitting Curve Balls and Pitch Selection
Minnie Minoso, Chicago White Sox outfielder, shares lessons on swinging only at good pitches and studying pitchers. He explains practicing curve balls in Cuba, then exploiting them in the majors, noting his 1956 season and entering 1957 with a .307 lifetime average.
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Cuba
Minnie Minoso
Chicago White Sox
Two Records Pending For Vaulter Gutkowski
Gutkowski from Occidental might set a world record at the National AAU in Dayton. His 15 ft 9 1 2 in vault in the NCAA meet surpassed his 15 ft 6 1 2 in mark, though a pole mishap raised questions about record validity.
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Austin
Tex
Bob Gutosski
Occidental
Dayton
Ohio
West Coast
Cornelius Warmerdam
Chicago
Warmerdam
Bob Gutowski
Modesto
Calif
Playing Regular Key For Tiger Star Charley Maxwell
Detroit outfielder Charley Maxwell, after years of limited play, earned regular status in 1955 and hit .326 with 28 home runs and 87 RBIs. He advises young players to learn regular at bats, study weaknesses, and focus on contact and hitting to all fields.
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Tiger
Charley Maxwell
Detroit
Mayer Wins U S Open in 7 Stroke Playoff Over Middlecoff
Dick Mayer, 32, from St. Petersburg Fla, defeats Cary Middlecoff by seven strokes in a playoff at Inverness Club Toledo Ohio to capture the U S Open. Mayer earns 7200 of 30000 purse amid 98 degree heat and sudden fame.
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Toledo
Ohio
Dick Mayer
St. Petersburg
Fla
Wall Street
Cary Middlecoff
Inverness Club
Mayer
Cary
Middlecoff
Sam
Braves Aim High for Wichita's Triple A Return
Wichita general manager Lynn Stone releases Milwaukee Braves two goals for Wichita's second Triple A season. Improve last season's seventh place and double 1956 attendance to about 214000. Manager Ben Geraghty expected to boost stock with his winning record in the minors. Current roster includes Hanebrink Hersh Koppe Malkmus and pitchers Valentine Jay Paine Willey Gorin and McMahon. Stone cites farm system success as sign of upcoming player help for Wichita.
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Wichita, Kan
Lynn Stone
Wichita Braves
Milwaukee Braves
Wichita
Stone
Wichita Stock
Ben Geraghty
Milwaukee
Harry Hanebrink
Earl Hersh
Joe Koppe
Short
Bob Malkmus
Corky Valentine
Atlanta
Joe Jay
Phil Paine
Carl Willey
Charlie Gorin
Don McMahon
Geraghty
Jacksonville
Fla
Ben
Major League Stars Deliver Early Season Wins
Don Mueller hit a three run homer for the Giants in a 4-3 win over Cincinnati while Harvey Kuenn homered in the 10th to lift Detroit past Boston 2-1. Von McDaniel and Hart Wilhelm handled pitching as St Louis beat Brooklyn 7-6 in the opener and 8-4 in the rematch with 18 year old McDaniel picking up his first major league win.
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Don Mueller
Giants
Harvey Kuenn
Tigers
Mueller
Cincinnati
Kuenn
Detroit
Boston
von McDaniel
Hart Wilheim
Cardinals
McDaniel
Petret
Cards
Brooklyn
Wilheim
Willard Schmidt
Wanon
St. Louis
Feigner Fours-man outplays Quality in exhibition win
Eddie Feigner and his four man softball squad defeated the nine man Quality Lumber team 9 to 5 before over 1,000 at West Avenue diamond. Feigner struck out 16 in seven innings, while his lineup collected 12 hits led by Meilicke Kinzer Jones and Took. Quality’s Synoground matched a one hitter in a separate game for Rochester Eagles.
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Eddie Feigner
Quality Lumber and Coal Co
West Avenue Diamond
Arcadia
Sparta
Feigner
Rolf Synoground
Orris Thompson
Len Wingers
Bud Smith
Quality
Syncground
Bob
Jim Warner
Mead Kinzer
Jerry Jones
Mike Meilicke
Meilicke
Anderson Wins Feature Race At North La Crosse Speedway
Dubby Anderson of La Crosse won the feature and second heat in the day’s stock car events at North La Crosse Speedway driving No. 45 Jr. Dewey Moore, also of La Crosse, finished second in the feature and won the consolation race. Marv Fenske, Winona, took the first heat but exited after a rollover. Junior Ferguson was treated for burns after attempting repairs on car Y 4.
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Dubby Anderson
la Crosse
Anderson
No. 45 Jr
Dewey Moore
Marv Fenske
Winona
Minn
Arlo Zieman
Ray Peterson
Consola
Tion
Junior Ferguson
Hixton Breaks Gilmanton Streak in Skyline Tilt
Hixton won 7-5 over Gilmanton to pull two games ahead in Skyline baseball. Three Hixton pitchers allowed five hits, Rollie Larson hit two homers, and Ralph Sabota added a homer and a single as Hixton finished with 11 hits. Gilmanton had a late rally thwarted in the seventh. Taylor topped Trempealeau 3-1 in the other Skyline game, with Don and Ron Johnson combining on the mound.
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Quality
Little Justo’s
Madison
Willie Taylor
Ronnie Barnes
Joe Smelzer
Jim Knutson
Tribune
Hixton
Gilmanton
Taylor
Trempealeau
Skyline
Black River Falls
Melrose
Wis
Atkinson
Bob Byington
Fred Kleba
Gordie Rustad
Rollie
Larson
Ralph Sabota
Harvey Hanson
Don
Ron Johnson
Ebersole
Hank Matson
Verdell Johnson
Roger Johnson
Ken Howell
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Eastman
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Sund
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Was
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Gutowski
Bernie Moore
Wade Thompson
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
St. Dial
Synoground
Rochester Eagles
Wayne Knipschield
Don Hawkins
Rustad
Canner
Byington
Kleba
Jennings
Skyline League
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