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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1955
Page
4
Manager Marty Marion arts his Chicago White Sox to stay in reach of the Yankees and Indians amid a split with Baltimore. He shuffled positions to keep Nieman in the lineup as Minoso moved to third, Fox homered, and Consuegra and Pierce closed out games. The day ended with mixed results across the league as Detroit and Washington posted wins and other teams shuffled standings.
Associates Press reports the St. Louis Cardinals hit three homers, two with men on base, to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-3 at Busch Stadium. Red Schoendienst Bill Virdon and Sally Hemus homered, with Virdon driving in two in the eighth to seal the victory. Paul LaPalme relieved Luis Arroyo to quell a Pittsburgh rally in the eighth as Dale Long and two others threatened. Arroyo earned his seventh win. Bob Friend took the loss.
The Associated Press lists AL batting leader Kaline at .372 with Kuenn also high. Mantle leads runs with 55, Kaline and Mantle tie 44 RBI, Kaline 81 hits, Finigan and Henson top doubles, Mantle 6 triples, Kaline 5, Zermal 15 HRs, Minoso and Rivera 8 steals. Pitching shows Wynn 8 1 with .889, Donova and Ford 7 2, Score 107 strikeouts ahead of Turley 96.
National League leaders highlighted include Ashburn of Philadelphia hitting .356 and Kluszewski of Cincinnati at .337. Snider of Brooklyn leads runs with 53 and RBIs at 63, while Aaron and Mueller tie for 74 hits. Mays and Bruton top triples, Snider hits 20 homers, Boyer steals 18, Jones has 81 strikeouts.
In a busy slate, Peoria beat Cedar Rapids 9 to 2 while Terre Haute defeated Keokuk 6 to 1 and Quincy outscored Waterloo 10 to 5. A Montreal boxing note lists Bobby Cour Chesne from Holyoke Mass and Pat Marcune of Brooklyn at 129 pounds in a drawn bout.
In Kansas City the Red Sox mounted a late rally as Jackie Jensen belted a two run homer during an 11 hit attack. Ray Herbert took the loss, his sixth, as Boston tightened the score but failed to steal the game.
Thursday see Cleveland at Washington and Baltimore at 6 p m. Detroit at New York and Chicago at Boston both noon. Wednesday results show New York 6 9 Kansas City 6. Washington 7, Cleveland 0. Baltimore 6 0. Chicago 5 2. Friday games include Washington at Baltimore 6 p m. Chicago at New York 6 15 p m. Cleveland at Boston 2 noon and 6 30 p m. Brooklyn at Cincinnati 7 p m. Philadelphia at Milwaukee 1 30 p m. New York at Chicago 12 30 p m. Pittsburgh at St Louis 7 p m. Cincinnati 5, Brooklyn 2. Philadelphia 4, Milwaukee 0. St Louis 7, Pittsburgh 3. New York 7, Chicago 2. Friday results Pittsburgh at Cincinnati 9 p m. der Orie at Milwaukee 8. Philadelphia at Chicago 3 23. Brooklyn at St Louis 7 p m.
Mick ey Walker, boxing authority, weighs in on how the good little man might fare versus the good big man. He recalls the Toy Bulldog’s range across welter, middle, light heavy, and heavyweight. Walker predicts Archie Moore beats Bobo Olson next Wednesday in a 15 round bout, Olson lacking Moore’s experience.
Orestes Minnie Minoso of the Chicago White Sox and Ted Kluszewski of the Cincinnati Redlegs regain leading positions in the All Star poll. Minoso leads the AL left field race by 761 votes over Gus Zernial, 15 072 to 14 311, while Kluszewski holds a 1 462 vote edge over Stan Musial at first base in the NL, 16 774 to 15 312. Balloting ends midnight July 1 for Milwaukee County Stadium on July 12.
By ED FURGOL 1954 U S Open Champion You can't get your right side into an uphill lie as fast as when you have a normal lie. The ball usually travels higher and shorter on this shot. So take a club one number longer than the distance would ordinarily require. Play the ball toward the center of your body. Use less backswing, less pivot and use a shorter grip. And to keep your balance, don't hurry your backswing. AP News features.
Ralph Guglielmi Notre Dame quarterback signs with the College All Stars for a Chicago Soldier Field game against the Cleveland Browns then joins the Washington Redskins for the 1955 NFL season. The text notes Tommy Dixon defeating Gaston Boy in Charlottetown.
The 55th United States Open golf championship starts in San Francisco at Olympic Country Club with 162 players including Ed Furgol, defending champion. The field features stars like Hogan, Snead, Nelson and Littler along with 17-year-old Beane Deman, aiming for a five time winner status. The course plays 6,700 yards with a 70 par as roughs and weather add challenge ahead of the 72 holes.
Mt. Vernon junior Legion squad beat Beckmeyer 8 to 0 for its second win. Pete Bauxsein pitched Mt. Vernon to victory, limiting Beckmeyer to four hits with five strikeouts and no walks. Mt. Vernon had six hits aided by five Beckmeyer errors, while Jefferson Post had six players with one hit each. Mt. Vernon, 2-0 in the division, hosts Salem next Monday with Don Blue Phelps slated to pitch.
The Parkmore Grill and Lasco senior softball teams meet at 7 30 under lights at City Park diamond to makeup a rained out contest. Admission is free.
Western Michigan and Wake Forest clash for the NCAA baseball world series title in Omaha after a series of wins and losses. Western Michigan blanked Wake Forest 9-0, then Wake Forest won 10-7, sending both teams to an elimination game where Wake Forest beat Oklahoma A and M 2-0.
Lawrenceville hosts the central Illinois district SCCA races featuring more than 130 sports cars. The 3.3 mile flat course at Municipal Airport includes 11 turns and a one mile straight. The day-long event closes with a 99 mile race.
Mayor T. O. R. Buford of Mt. Vernon proclaims Saturday June 18 as Little League Junior League Day. He urges community support for a youth athletic program that teaches sportsmanship and teamwork through civic volunteer leadership.
Billy Peacock known as Sweetpea knocked out Raud Macias in the third round on Wednesday night in Los Angeles. Peacock landed a jaw fracturing left hook to win the non-title bout as Macias faded after an early edge. Macias entered as a 15-5 favorite after defeating Peacock in Mexico City last year.
J C Caroline, Illinois football captain from Columbia, returns to Champaign campus to enroll in summer session. He needs nine credits to regain Big Ten eligibility, recovering from a 1954 shoulder injury that kept him from spring practice. He plans to register this weekend and begin classes Monday while his mother recovers from surgery.
Between Asbury Park New Jersey and Berkeley Carteret Olson teases a title bout with Archie Moore. He boasts two titles and a knockout history against Maxim while detailing his training and quirky persona. The piece weaves in boxing lore, golf notes, and sports gossip around Olson’s circle.
Indians vs Moose Lodge 775 and several fixtures listed with team results. Senators beat Jefferson County Shrine 2 to 0 in a low scoring game. Hall pitched for Senators with 2 strikeouts. Tigers used D Hood as pitcher and Setzekorn catching. Dodgers faced Guy A Wood Agency and King City. Downey pitched for Dodgers with Bulock catching. Tigers used Holding and G Moore.
The Indians acquire Gene Woodling and Billy Cox for Wally Westlake and Dave Pope as Cleveland guards its title bid. Baltimore trades Harry Byrd to Chicago White Sox and tries to shed more of its Yankees haul while Detroit secures Earl Torgeson from Philadelphia. Ted Gray signs with Cleveland, and other shifts spread across St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and Chicago clubs.
M O Valleys baseball game results show Hannibal LaGrange 2 runs, M O Valleys 5 in a high scoring affair with multiple innings listed. Scoring by innings indicates a late surge by M O Valleys with strong hitting from Olx and Kokomo, while Dubuque and Paris contributed smaller totals.
The International Olympic Committee awarded the 1960 Summer Games to Rome. Detroit had offered to cover athletes travel costs, estimated at about 300 dollars per person, but Europe’s likelihood under Olympic tradition kept Rome the favorite. A decision on the 1960 winter games was pending.
United States Olympic Association executive director J Lyman Bingham credited Russia with heightening American support for the Olympic fund. He notes a $1.1 million target funded by voluntary contributions as colleges, Junior Chamber of Commerce, Life magazine, and a Hollywood dinner push to back a full U S team for 1956. The Winter Games are in Cortina Italy and Melbourne hosts the Summer Games.
In a 7-0 win over Cleveland, Dean Stone pitched his third complete game of the season, ending the Indians five-game streak and snapping Washington’s seven-game slide. Nellie Tex went 3-for-4 in both games of a two-night doubleheader, homering in each, as Chicago White Sox beat Baltimore 2-0 after a 6-5 setback.
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