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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1955
Page
9
WEST TEXAS-NEW MEXICO standings show Pampa 17 6, El Paso 2 0 and Albuquerque 9 5 with Clovis 5. Akeeppd? rain halts Amarillo at Lubbock.
National League action with Milwaukee and Brooklyn games featuring homers by OConnell Bru ton Snider and Hodges. Cincinnati and New York traded runs with Kluszewski Post Smith homers. American League includes New York Kansas City Baltimore Cleveland Boston Chicago Washington Detroit with multiple runs and homers by Skowron Renna Berra Rosen Kaline Torgeson and Delsing.
Cincinnati beat New York 17 to 0 with Collum, Staley and Freeman driving in runs. Hofman and Mays hit homers for New York as Hofman, Mays and Batts homered in the loss. Chicago defeated Pittsburgh 12 to 2 behind Rush and Tremel with Fondy homering for Chicago. Chicago and Pittsburgh played a 19 inning marathon, with Chicago winning 12 to 7 as Jackson homered. St Louis shut out Philadelphia 6 to 0, Repulski homered for St Louis. Philadelphia later beat St Louis 7 to 3 with Ennis homering. Kansas City beat Ford, Konstanty and Berra 9 to 3 in a game noted for pitching by Ford and Litmar.
Barcelona Spain report on the second Mediterranean Games closing day notes France leading the unofficial team standings by a wide margin. French athletes excelled in track and field, pushing other nations far behind as the event concluded.
Earl Mossi, the Cleveland relief pitcher, has allowed only one earned run this season across his first 27 innings in 16 appearances.
Lexington Keeneland sales start Monday with up to 366 yearlings from top thoroughbred stables. Last year’s auction total reached 3,419,300 dollars with a 9,940 dollar average, a North American record likely to be topped this year.
Northville, Mich. leads with Tommy Bolt, inspired by Ben Hogan, advancing to the PGA semifinals after routing Lew Worsham 8 and 7. Bolt credits Hogan’s grip change and mental shift, saying the triumph comes from advice while facing public scrutiny and a temperamental label. Cary Middlecoff awaits in the semis as Bolt seeks the title.
Milwaukee ace Gene Conley has developed a stiff shoulder and will be out of action indefinitely, casting doubt on his availability for upcoming games and forcing the club to adjust its rotation.
Mayo Smith hails Saul Rogovin as a strong new discovery after a 6-0 win over Cincinnati and a 2-0 rain-shortened shutout of St Louis. Rogovin's quick impact contrasts with dismissals by Casey Stengel Paul Richards and Leo Durocher, who doubt his staying power despite his New York roots and recent free-agent signing.
Poirier, once a rookie of the year candidate, begins anew Monday night at St Nick’s Arena facing Danny Jo Perez after a june knockout loss to Oscar Pita in a fight hailed as the year’s best. Perez steps in for Christensen in Chicago telecast. card also features Olson, Lane, Lakatos, and Fullmer vs Flanagan in regional show lineup.
After Robinson's split decision over Rocky Castellani in San Francisco fans wonder why he does not box Ralph Jones before a potential middleweight title bout with BoBo Olson. The Tiger from Yonkers edged Robinson in Chicago. Gossip points to Olson Robinson for the title in October with Willie Pastrano facing Chuck Speiser after Pastrano's win over Joey Maxim.
The Associated Press notes home run highlights from Sunday featuring players Fondy Jackson Cubs Kaline Torgeson Delsing Tigers Skowron Berra Yankees Renna Zernial A's Carrasquel White Sox Rosen Indians Kluszewski Post Smith Redlegs Dark Hofman Mays Giants O'Connell Bruton Aaron Braves Snider Hodges Dodgers Repulski Cards Morgan Ennis Phils.
Dick Blair of Kansas Tom Courtney of Fordham and Bob Seamon of UCLA led a touring United States track and field team to victory over Czechoslovakia in an international meet Sunday. The U S team won five of eight events.
Ozzie Virgil of Dallas slugged a eighth inning homer to lift the Eagles 7-6 over Houston keeping Dallas two games ahead in the Texas League race. He added two singles three runs and a steal as San Antonio beat Fort Worth 5-1. Tulsa beat Shreveport 7-4 with Pitula strong in relief. Oklahoma City swept Beaumont 5-1 and 4-3 as Papai won his seventeenth and Bobby Howard homered twice.
Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees hit a two run triple in a 7 3 victory over Kansas City and added a double with a run in the nightcap 2 0 win Alvin Dark of the New York Giants collected two hits including a home run and scored twice as the Giants fell 6 4 to the Cincinnati Redlegs in the first game
Randy Jackson of the Chicago Cubs hit his 16th homer driving in both runs but the Cubs lost 3-2 to the Pittsburgh Pirates in the second game. Pirates secured the win with late scoring to defeat Chicago.
Bobby Morgan capped Philadelphia’s 6-5 first game win over St. Louis with his eighth home run and two runs scored. The Phillies offense built a early lead then held on in a tense finish.
Washington infielder Jerry Snyder smacked three singles in four trips but the Senators lost 7-3 to the Detroit Tigers in the first game.
Mrs. D. A. Ballard of Oklahoma City won the windup of the Great Western handicap trapshoot in Wichita. She led the women’s handicap division by hitting 94 targets out of 100.
Brooklyn Dodger outfielder Duke Snider drives in 101 runs after Sunday doubleheader against Milwaukee, leading the majors in homers with 34 and ranking second in NL batting at .331 as he pursues the triple crown. Del Ennis trails with 78 RBIs, while Richie Ashburn leads batting at .336.
Wayne Van Voorhees of Palm Beach Florida defeated Tony Mottram of England to win the men s singles title in an international tennis tournament in Travemunde Germany. He won 6 1 1 6 6 2 to seal the championship.
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