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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1955
Page
6
The standings show Cleveland and New York near the top with Kansas City and Detroit trailing. Schedule notes mention Chicago at Kansas City at 2 PM and Detroit at Cleveland at 11 PM, with Boston visiting New York at noon. Only games scheduled.
The second annual Big Muskies reunion for former independent football players is scheduled for August 21 at the Legion home in Muscatine. It includes a 1 p.m. fish fry and invites former Muskies and their wives with reservations due by August 15 at Eich enauer's Cigar Store.
Des Moines Park Lane defeated Sully Ottumwa Ads 14 to 3 while Boone Merchants beat Mer chants 2 to 1. Sioux City Marlies Kell dominated Mason City Artz Marritt 11 to 1 as the Iowa Softball tournament begins with three late games and results from Tuesday night.
Philadelphia left fielder Del Ennis drove in his 1000th career RBI with a sacrifice fly in a 9 1 Philadelphia victory over Pittsburgh. He joins Ted Williams Musial Slaughter and Vernon as the other active players with 1000 RBIs.
In San Antonio Texas Art Andrews Iowa City Iowa lost a five set final to Earl Baumgardner Oakland California sealing his spot among eight players chosen for the U S Davis Cup junior squad. Baumgardner later teamed with Roger Werksman to win the doubles title 6 3 8 6.
The Associated Press reports a tight pennant chase as Cleveland climbs to second with a 4-2 win over Detroit and a 4-1 Kansas City triumph. Boston and New York split with key homers. Brooklyn and Chicago win while St Louis and milwaukee suffer losses. Musial hits his 999th extra-base knock as Pirates and Reds stumble behind.
Rene Vega 28 year old Cuban star in the Big State League notches his 26th win and extends his streak to 11 victories in a 10-1 win over Harlingen. After homering he clashed with Port Arthur pitcher Bill Bagwell triggering a free for all leading to ejections. Vega’s early success fuels majors ambitions.
The College All Stars plan a pass heavy attack against the Cleveland Browns as Friday night’s game approaches. Star backs and receivers including Ralph Giali, Paul Larson, Ron Drzewiecki, and Jim Hanifan are named along with coach Curly Lambeau guiding the strategy. Cleveland coach Paul Brown warns his team to expect an extraordinary All Star squad.
Detroit challenger Harris stops Eu Banks in Pittsburgh as Velas Imuez outpoints Sacco in Oakland highlighting a night of boxing results across major cities.
Welterweight champion Carmen Basilio faces Italy's Italo Scortichini in a non-title 10 rounder at Madison Square Garden. Basilio, 28, 147 pounds, idle since his title win over DeMarco, aims to extend his unbeaten streak to 13 fights. ABC telecasts at 8 p.m. CST.
Ed Hagermann led the city tourney with a hot display at Park Lane. He earned a key victory in a point match with an eagle on the 343 yard No 4 hole.
The Kansas City Athletics broke the all-time home attendance record with 961,555 total and an average of 19,231 after 24,383 turnout for a Tuesday game against Chicago. The team has 20 home dates left and drew 304,666 at Philadelphia last year, surpassing the 945,078 mark set in 1948.
Miguel Diaz of Havana won a decision over Carlos in Miami Beach. Henry Gault of Spartanburg outpointed Filberto Osorio in New York. Frankie Daniels stopped Taylor in Los Angeles. Joey Lopes of Sacramento outpointed Bobby Woods in Spokane. Ramon Fuentes of Los Angeles defeated Al Juergens in San Antonio.
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