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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1956
Page
5
TOPEKA The 1966 total of polio cases in Kansas now stands at 10, up from 4 years ago. Four new cases among small children were reported last week.
Detroit Tigers sale tightens as bidding closes at midnight. Spike Briggs to name top offers from a field led by a four to five million dollar range. Approval hinges on Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick and future ownership by Briggs group with July 30 decision deadline.
Ted Williams sparks a rally as the Red Sox win 3-2 over Washington and push toward a pivotal four game set with the first place Yankees. Chicago White Sox move up with a 9-3 win over Detroit while the Dodgers lose again as Cincinnati takes NL lead with a 2-1 decision. Giants top Brooklyn 2-1 and Cubs defeat St Louis 6-3 in other games.
John F. Warner, 27, longtime Kansas University track coach and former U S Marine, was appointed head track coach at Colgate University. He will assist retiring coach John Rourke this fall for cross country and lead indoor track next winter. Warner graduated from Syracuse in 1951 and has coached at North Syracuse high school.
The St Louis Cardinals, trading surge behind them, fell to the Chicago Cubs 6-3. Warren Hacker, 1 7, yielded a three run third inning cushion, with Hal Smith homering. The loss leaves St Louis five games out of first and barely above .500.
Mike Souchak of Grossinger SLY shot 33 33 68 at Hoylake to set a new course record and secure a qualifying spot for the British Open. His 144 36-hole total finished well inside the mark, with a near-miss on a final putt denying a 67. Previous 69 mark was by Flory Van Donck and Charlie Ward.
New York Joe Giardello knocked out Tony Baldino of Wilkes Barre Pa in the first round at St Nicholas Arena under high heat. The former middleweight contender weighed 159 1 2 pounds and earned his 59th win against 130 losses ending Baldino’s two fight skid in a service interrupted career.
Gil Hodges catching for Brooklyn last night after an absence behind the plate since 1948. Kindars, recalled to handle catching due to Campanella’s sore thumb, moved from first base as the Dodgers fell 5-2 to the New York Giants. Rube Walker started, but was lifted for a pinch runner, while Campanella was benched then ejected for disputing a call.
George Kell of the Baltimore Orioles eyes an all-time fielding mark at third base before the All-Star Game in Washington after a 70-game error-free stretch. The 33-year-old veteran aims to surpass Willie Kamm’s 1928 record of 7h while Baltimore plays a series leading into the mid summer classic.
Retired prisoners of war from Japan arrive in Maizuru after over a decade in captivity tied to Chinese Communist forces. The group, shown during the decommissioning ceremony aboard a transport vessel, expresses a formal statement and praises efforts by allied leaders.
A freight train runaway collided with a passenger train at Namishihoro station in Kushiro Japan. Four people were killed and thirty injured twenty of them seriously in the wreck.
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