Budges Tops Skelly 2 1 In Ottawa Softball Playoff
Budges defeated Skelly 2 to 1 in the first of a three game playoff for the 1956 Ottawa Softball league crown. Both pitchers Webber and Shisler threw two hitters amid several errors as Budges edged ahead with a first inning error and a sixth inning single aided by a stolen base. The series shifts to Forest Park for another game tonight with the local title to be decided.
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Budges
Skelly
Larry Webber
Rex Shisler
Webber
Larry
Rowe Dean Reddick
Bob Reddick
Shisler
Forest Park
Bennett Building Contact Details
Included are references to Dr Don L McKelvey and Bennett Building with a contact phone number 38 for inquiries or appointments.
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Don L. McKelvey
Saints Edge Bears in 10 innings for league lead
The St Paul Saints defeated the Denver Bears 9-8 in 10 innings, snapping a seven game drought in Indianapolis and moving into first place as Omaha crushed Minneapolis 13-4. Indianapolis led the league, with several teams idle.
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St. Paul Saints
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Indians
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Omaha
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Millers
Wichita
Louisville
Charleston
Seeks Garden Bout After Diaz Decision
Tony Tex Gonzalez, from East Orange New Jersey, won a unanimous 10 round decision over Italy's Fernando Spallotta at St. Nicholas Arena. Gonzalez broke the bout open in the eighth with a flurry of lefts and rights, then swept the final rounds to secure the victory on all three official cards. Weighing 159 pounds to Spallotta's 160, Gonzalez earned his third straight win and draws interest for a Madison Square Garden main event.
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Tony
Tex) Gonzalez
Madison Square Garden
Italy
Fernando Spallotta
East Orange
N. J
St. Nicholas Arena
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Fernando
Invader
Tex
Art Mercante
Joe Eppy
Artie Aidala
Spallotta
Major League Leaders Spoils From The Associated Press
National League batting leaders include Aaron Milwaukee .334 Moon St Louis .326 Musial St Louis .316. Runs batted in highlight Musial 90 Kluszewski 84 Adcock 81. Hits Aaron 148 Musial 142 Ashburn 138. Home runs Snyder 33 Kluszewski 31 Robinson 30. Pitching leaders Newcombe 19 6 .760 Buhl 145 .737. American League batting Mantle .362 Williams .345 Maxwell .334. RBIs Mantle 107 Kaline 94 Simpson 89. Hits Mantle 151 Kaline 148 Fox 146. Home runs Mantle 42 Wertz 24. Pitching Ford 14 4 .778 Pierce 17 5 .773. Buy or Sell through Want Ads.
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Moon
St. Louis
Musial
Kluszewski
Cincinnati
Adcock
Ashburn
Philadelphia
Snyder
Brooklyn
Robinson
Newcombe
Buhl
Mantle
New York
Williams
Boston
Maxwell
Detroit
Kaline
Simpson
Kansas City
Fox
Chicago
Wertz
Cleveland
Ford
Pierce
Reds Yell Foul As Braves Edge Reds
Lew Burdette of Milwaukee beat Cincinnati 3-1 amid accusations from Birdie Tebbetts that he used a spitball under rules. Tebbetts read rule 8.02 aloud as umpires checked the pitcher and his glove multiple times with no foul found.
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Lew Burdette
Milwaukee
Birdie Tebbetts
Cincinnati Redlegs
Redleg
Burdette
Tebbetts
League
Plate
Bill Engeln
Larry Goetz
Lew
Birdie
Braves Lead NL Race as Burdette and Spahn Shine
The Milwaukee Braves, with Burdette, Spahn and Buhl atop NL earned run averages, extend their strong hold on first place as Cincinnati and Brooklyn vie for position. Mathews and Adcock homer in a 3-1 win over the Reds, boosting Milwaukee to a 234-game lead back home. Spahn nails the final out after Burdette’s eight innings, Robinson hits his 30th and Burdette remains dominant with a 2.46 ERA, tops in the majors.
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Cincinnati
Milwaukee Braves
Burdette
Spahn
Buhl
Lew Burdette
Redlegs
Bob Buhl
Dodgers
Warren Spahn
Braves
Ed Mathews
Joe Adcock
Brooks Lawrence
Milwaukee
Cincus
Mathews
Hank Aaron
Lawrence
Adcock
Frank Robinson
Ted Kluszewski
Wally Post
Fred Haney
League Standings and Tuesday Schedule Highlight Baseball Rivals
A mixed page shows league standings with teams like Milwaukee Cincinnati New York and Brooklyn and upcoming Tuesday games including New York at Milwaukee Brooklyn at St. Louis Pittsburgh at Cincinnati and Philadelphia at Chicago plus Monday results and scattered notes on rail freight versus passenger revenues and insect migrations. The data includes win loss records, percentages and games back along with the nights’ fixtures and a 1955 rail revenue comparison and fly migration distance.
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Gomez
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Crane
Conley
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Wehmeier
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Cincinnati
Law
Joe Gross
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Chicago
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Va Jones
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Boston
WhHson
Nixon
Detroit
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Bunning
Stewart
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Leaders Lose Ground In Western League Night Action
Amarillo dropped to Sioux City 12 7 as Lincoln fell twice 6 1 and 5 4 to Colorado Springs. Topeka beat Pueblo 8 5 while Albuquerque and Des Moines split 16 8 and 11 2. Topeka catcher Sam Taylor hit a three run homer in the 10th for his 24th of the season.
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Topeka
Pueblo
Lincoln
Colorado Springs
Albuquerque
Des Moines
Sam Taylor
Hawks
Taylor
Nashua Stricken With Colic After Saratoga Attack
Nashua the millionaire colt, insured for $3.25 million, rested in his stall after colic at Saratoga Springs. Trainer Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons, 82, hopes to decide tomorrow if Nashua will start in Saturdays Saratoga Handicap. The decision hinges on how he responds to treatment after a second colic episode in 10 days.
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Saratoga Springs
N.Y
Nashua
Sunny Jim Fitzsimmons
Atlantic City
Hitchhiker vanishes after wallet swap in Baltimore
A man riding with Roy Lenard of West Trout Louisiana left a truck after Lenard asked for the driver’s registration card. Lenard handed over his wallet, the hitchhiker vanished with $162 inside. Lenard explained the event to police yesterday.
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Roy Lenard
West Trout
Lenard
Runnerup Spot Is Legion Goal In Ottawa Olathe Game
Ottawa Olathe American Legion baseball game next Monday determines runnerup spot in league. Stafford team tickets sold to cover trip expenses for local players. Marshall Allen notes travel destination depends on funds raised. Davis, 8 2 record, expected to start for Staffords. Ottawa 14 7, two losses to Lawrence. district tourney 9 3 Ottawa over Olathe.
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Staffords
Marshall Allen
Ottawa
Olathe
Lawrence
Glenn Davis
Emporia
Topeka
Ottawa Merchants
Davis
Labor Must Fight For Rights In Politics
Kansas City reports AFL-CIO chief George Meany urging union voters to oppose Taft Hartley and right to work bills while noting many members fail to vote. Missouri AFL CIO leader John Rollings backs electing sympathetic officials. Richard P. Brous of Fox Midwest warns box office receipts down 45 percent since 1946, signaling a bad year for the film industry.
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Missouri Afl Cio
Fox Midwest Theaters, Inc
Richard P. Brous
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