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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1955
Page
17
Fragmented OCR copy reports varied AL and NL box score fragments including Cleveland, Boston, Detroit, and Chicago with inconsistent player lines, errors, and unclear innings. Reads like a jagged sports ticker with misread names and numbers. many lines unreadable or merged.
Californians paced by Allen Geiberger keep four of 16 berths in the national junior golf championship at Purdue South Course. Geiberger matched strokes with Lee Raymond in the fourth round, while Jon Sommer upset Deane Beman nearby. Other Californians Dick Foote Phil Rodgers and Bill Seanor also won Thursday as quarterfinals loom.
Baseball game brief noting HUI 1 and Dloge 008 200 with RBI details for Hice Conta Winceniak Wade Reegner Kazak 2B Razak B Federati Wade Sterson HR Mauch and more, plus various pitching and fielding notes from a chaotic box score. Sacramento Oakland and Portland summaries appear with multiple player mentions and line scores.
Readable portions show multiple teams and players noted with incomplete scores. The roundup mentions tonight’s games at various fields including Park Dim and Trinity, listing teams such as Bendix, Hawkins, and Guthrie alongside players like Hewitt and Cooper, with times and venues referenced.
In Oslo the Norwegian track body questioned Belgium's Roger Moens 1 45 7 clocking as a world record arguing a pacer aided the run. Officials said Moens was helped but the time may stand as a Norwegian record under local rules.
Ray Terry of Jacksonville Fla., led the Air Force world wide golf tourney at 211 after 54 holes, carding a 72 in the third round to keep the top spot. Bill Morrow of Shreveport La. stayed second at 214 after a 72 but a triple bogey on a long hole hurt his chances. Defending champion Lt Joe Conrad of San Antonio Tex. shot 72 to finish at 223, still trailing the leaders.
Sid Gilman led the Rams roster of 43 players traveling to Portland Oregon for a Saturday night exhibition against the Pittsburgh Steelers. The trip includes a large contingent of Rams candidates and a planned lineup for the game.
In Chicago the Tam O'Shanter American tournament saw Arnold Palmer Wally Ulrich and Ted Kroll share the lead after first round 68s. Doug Ford Mike Souchak and others trailed by up to nine strokes as 43 of 146 pros posted par or better. Patty Berg and Carol Bowman led the women’s pro group with 75s, while 18 year old Wiffi Smith topped the women’s amateur day with 74 for a seven stroke edge.
Incredible Ernie Banks hit three homers in the 11 10 Cubs victory over the Pirates becoming the eighth major leaguer this season to reach that mark. The record previously stood at seven in 1950. Other players with three homers in a game this year include Snider Burgess Bell Ennis Kat Mantle Zauchi.
The box score details a high scoring NL game featuring Reese Labine and Labine for New York with Magazines and St. Louis. Key players include Musial, Lazzeri, and Grissom amid a flurry of hits, walks, and RBIs. The summary notes late-inning twists, scoring bursts, and pitching lines from Meyer, Gross, and Burdette.
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