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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1956
Page
4
The Chicago White Sox crushed the New York Yankees 14-2 and 6-3 to sweep the four game set, cutting the Yankees' AL lead to one game as Milwaukee and Cincinnati posted wins elsewhere. Ed Bailey, Frank Robinson, Bobby Avila and Earl Averill homered for Cleveland. Lew Burdette and Gene Conley starred for Milwaukee in a four game sweep of the Giants. Celtics note: irrelevant.
Ken Boyer, from Alba Missouri, slugged two homers and a triple driving in three in the first game as St Louis beat Philadelphia 8 4. The Phillies answered in the nightcap on a ninth inning pinch single by Frankie Frisch? No. The nightcap saw Alvin Dark homer and Wehmeier get the win in relief. Boyer added a single and run in game two as Wally Moon scored the tying and winning runs on Ray Katt singles. In the ninth Elmer Vale opened with a triple for the Phils but Lindy McDaniel allowed a game winning hit by Baumholtz after two intentional passes loaded the bases.
Kalamazoo Michigan begins week long action to decide singles doubles and team titles at the NCAA collegiate tennis championships. Tulane and Southern California defend their crowns and are strong favorites. Fifty nine players entered as action runs to June 30 with Beloit Hardin Simmons Indiana Kalamazoo Michigan State Normal Michigan State Murray State Northwestern Rollins Stanford Tulane UCLA Detroit Illinois Michigan Oklahoma Wayne Western? Willamette and Xavier among observers.
Rain in the sixth inning helped Pittsburgh snap an eight game losing streak as Laurin Pepper earned his first major league win. Spook Jacobs, who joined the Pirates Friday, drove in Eddie O'Brien for the only run off loser Sam Jones. Chicago tied it with Walt Moryn's seventh homer in the eighth to break a 3-3 deadlock in the opener.
National League standings show Milwaukee leading with 34 wins and a .607 percentage, followed by Cincinnati and Brooklyn. Sunday results include Milwaukee sweeping New York and St Louis routing Philadelphia, while Chicago beat Pittsburgh and Brooklyn edged Chicago in a rain-shortened second game. American League leaders New York at 40-24 pace, with Chicago and Cleveland closely behind. multiple rain-affected games noted with upcoming matchups listed.
Chicago White Sox rout New York 14-2 and 6-3 to sweep a four game series. Larry Doby slugged two three run homers and boosted his average to .273 with four hits in the opener and three in the nightcap. The eight game win streak is the longest in the American League as Doby drives in 36 RBIs and the Sox pull within one game of the AL leaders. Yogi Berra and Casey Stengel acknowledge the swing of fortune as the Yankees fail to homer in the four games.
The final U S Olympic track and field trials bring together veteran champions and top high school athletes for 17 events. At Bakersfield last weekend nine AAU records fell and a 110 hurdles mark and a 100 meters mark were equalled. Navy's Jack Davis and USC's Oe Attlesey figures highlighted the results as three finalists per event advance to Australia.
Lary Doby blasted three run homers in each game of a Chicago White Sox doubleheader to rout the New York Yankees 14-2 and 3-2, narrowing the gap to within one game of the league lead. Redlegs pitcher Joe Nuxhall then became the first visiting lefty to win at Ebbets Field by a three hitter, besting the Dodgers 2-1 after winning the opener 10-6.
Nominations for the Independence Day Handicap include King Bebe Hopeful Sam Clynon and Creme-De-Cocoa among others for the mile and 70 yards route on July 4 at Fairmount Park, with more races planned and first post 2 15. Meaux leads the current jockey standings with five wins on Thursday night totaling 52, ten ahead of Jake Colclasure, as Fairmount’s holiday program draws 12 000 fans.
Tenite Mt. Vernon Tire Service meets Logan Street at 7 as Wagner Electric faces De Molay at 8 30 in league softball at City Park diamond. About 350 fans watched a Junior League baseball exhibition Saturday as Jaycees beat First National Bank 10 9. First National led 9 5 into the ninth before rallying, Jaycee Abe Hawthorne doubled to left center and Jim Moore’s single scored the decisive run in the ninth.
All American center Bill Russell totaled 17 points in 17 minutes as the San Francisco Dons overwhelmed Caracas Central University 91 to 48 in an exhibition game. The U S Collegiate Champions built the tour’s highest score on the Latin American trip.
Don Zimmer blasted Hal Jeffcoat in Brooklyn saying it’s okay if his best pitch is a shot in the face and he should switch back to the outfield. Jeffcoat began as an outfielder in his majors career.
Detroit fans witnessed the Tigers slump to sixth place after an eight game skid as manager Stanley W. Harris, 59, faces pressure from president Walter O. Briggs Jr. amid ownership uncertainty. Briggs warned of a change if ownership remains muddled, while Harris’s calm style and limited player contact drew criticism from players and writers alike.
Jim Minor, captain of the 1956 University of Illinois football team, returned after missing two seasons due to a chronic shoulder injury. He underwent surgery before 1955 spring practice and then became Coach Ray Eliot's regular center during the season in Champaign Illinois.
Marlene Hagge, 22, from Asheville, N C, captured the LPGA title at Forest Lake Country Club after a sudden death playoff against Patty Berg. Both finished regulation play tied at 291 after 72 holes. Hagge parred the first extra hole for a par five and an 18 inch putt while Berg missed from seven feet. Berg’s 24 year pursuit of the major title ends with this loss.
In Columbus Ohio a 246 player field from 67 universities began a week long chase for the 59th National Intercollegiate Golf Championship. Joe Campbell of Purdue posted 69 with Ohio State partner Rick Jones to lead the qualifier while LSU seeks its second consecutive team crown and Notre Dame, Rice and North Texas State field strong scorers.
Green Hills Country Club golfers led by Onorio Gherardini who shot 72 earned medalist honors as the Mt Vernon event produced a 472 team total to nip Centralia by four strokes. Frank Dozier posted 73 and Pursie Pipes 75 as the six low scores for Green Hills and Homestead were tallied.
Roy Glenn, home pro at Mt. Vernon’s Green Hills CC, won the Taw Teerehs Tr. Open title at Lawrenceville. He shot 69-71 for 140 to take $500 top prize on the par 72 course, edging Charley Harter who earned $250 with 69-73. Earl Greenwell was third, and Eddie Held fourth with even par 72-72.
Ben Hogan and Peter Thomson led the Canada Cup at Wentworth with 68s in round one as Hogan drew a 20,000 fan crowd. Thomson and partner Norman Von Nida forged a two man 142 to top the team standings while Snead and Hogan moved into the individual chase.
The Houston teen Sam Giammalua, 21, unseeded, is seen by British experts as the strongest U S chance at Wimbledon in England. Analysts expect him to challenge in the fourth round against Vic Seixas if he advances, with Sven Davidson looming in the quarterfinals. Seixas is seeded eighth, Davidson third, while Australians Lew Head and Ken Rosewall, both 21, head the field.
The season's top performers include Mantle and Piersall leading in batting and Hall of Fame era highlights across both leagues. Notables: Mantle of New York with a .376 average and 27 home runs. Boyer and Musial topping RBIs in the NL. Mays and Long shining in stolen bases and homers. pitching leaders Pierce and Lawrence posting strong win percentages.
Mexico City welter Ricardo Moreno, age 122, boxed Frankie Campos of Los Angeles, 118, to a knockout in the fourth round.
Two U S world record holders lost their specialties as Hawaii swimmers dominated the closing four day meet. George Breen lost the 1500 meter freestyle to 17 year old George Onekea, a Honolulu schoolboy and national champion. Robin Moore, holder of the world 100 yards freestyle record, fell to Bill Woolsey in the 100 meter sprint by three feet. Woolsey also won the 50 200 and 400 meter events. Yoshio Oyakuwa beat the Americans in the 100 meter backstroke breaking the American record by five tenths of a second. Oyakuwa led Frank McKinney Jr. and Al Wiggins in Ohio State third as McKinney had earlier beaten Oyakuwa in the 200 meters.
From Champaign Illinois three 1956 Illinois varsity football teammates who helped the 1954 Fenger high school eleven win the Chicago city championship, fullback Jack Delveaux and tackles Ron Nietupski and Art Krumrei, are making strong bids for starting positions on the line.
Detroit fighter Duke Harris wins a close decision over Ramon Fuentes in Los Angeles. Harris improves to 148 percent? official scoring unknown. Fuentes listed at 149 percent. Bout details remain partially unclear due to OCR.
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