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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1955
Page
12
Yogi Berra belted his 17th homer off Chicago's Dick Donovan in the sixth inning to back Tommy Byrne as the Yankees alb via beat the White Sox 1-0. Byrne improved to 9-2, Donovan took the loss after a strong start.
Westminster Maryland July 26 Indian Jack Bighead and All American Frank McDonald showcased pass catching as the Baltimore Colts moved through their third straight day of work focusing on the air attack. Bighead from Pepperdine College and McDonald from Miami led receivers as Searbath Kerkorian and Engels connected on multiple throws. The club trimmed its end rack to nine by waiving Baltimore native Wal lard Leach.
American League leaders listed with New York and Chicago atop. schedules include Kansas City at Washington and Detroit at Baltimore with starting pitchers noted. Yesterday results show Washington and New York winning, plus other outcomes across the league and upcoming games through tomorrow.
Kaline leads Detroit with a .358 batting average and 87 runs while Jensen of Boston drives in 76. Power and Finigan pace Kansas City with 23 doubles, Mantle and Carey tie for 8 triple, Kaline hits 23 homers and Rivera steals 15 bases. Byrne of New York 9 2/3 318 and Score has 154 strikeouts. In the NL Ashburn tops with .337. Snider drives 64 runs and 102 RBIs for Brooklyn. Aaron posts 124 hits. Logan 28 doubles. Bruton 9 triples with Milwaukee Long. Newcombe of Brooklyn earns a .944 ERA. Jones of Chicago has 128 strikeouts.
Keith Duncan delivered a clutch line drive in the bottom of the last inning to score the winning run as Walkersville came from behind to beat Yellow Springs 7-6 in Frederick County Junior Baseball League action. Ron Smith opened with a homer, Bob Hooper added three hits in a 6-1 Walkersville lead before Yellow Springs rallied late behind Hartsock and Morgan. In a separate Junior County Softball League game Liberty routed Frederick Rollers 17-3, led by solid hitting from Nargett Rippeon and Lambert backed by Lamb May and Titlow.
The Elks rallied in the fifth inning to beat Brush 9 6 at Baker Park Tuesday night and capture the American Division crown. Petey Rinehart opened with a first inning homer, Lowe faltered in the fifth, Burdette pitched a complete game, and Ox Fibre was shut out in the sixth. Myersville kept its streak alive with a 10 3 victory over Mt Carmel in Junior County Baseball League play Tuesday night.
Sugar Ray Robinson rises to No 3 challenger to world middleweight champion Bob Olson after a San Francisco win over Rocky Castellani, moving past Joey Giardello who drops from the list. Holly Mims climbs to No 2, Castellani slips to No 4, and Charley Homez holds No 1 contender status for Olson.
A pair of doubles produced six runs in the Mount Carmel victory. Bob Fouche added two singles in three at bats to lead Mount’s offense. Final score details are obscured, with partial references to Crone and Art Simon scoring lines and unrelated notes about large reptiles in Frederick.
North End Cafe defeated East End Tavern 7 3 at Baker Park on Tuesday as Shafer pitched a second consecutive no hitter in the Hagerstown Major Softball League. The wily right hander, now with North End Cafe, also tripled in the winning runs in the fourth inning to break a 3 3 deadlock. Frankie Rehmann and Bill were among the credited scorers.
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