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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1955
Page
7
Boston powered to a 4-2 opener and 10-5 nightcap, led by Ted Williams's double and homer, with Wil Lard Nixon earning a 7-2 mark over New York in the opener. Jackie Jensen and Norb Zimmer’s late blasts sealed the nightcap as Ike Delock finished strong.
Baseball box scores show Boston and New York in a twin bill with pitchers Nixon Turley and Hurd, plus Detroit Cleveland, Chicago Kansas City, and Baltimore Washington results. Notable lines include Williams Mantle and Berra homers, Kaline and Doby multi hits, and Paw Sox and Stobbs stanzas finishing with late innings. Continuous totals: Boston 7 9 9. New York 7 12 9. Cleveland 10 16. Detroit 5 8. Chicago 8 7. Kansas City 4 11. Baltimore 6 14.
Brooklyn built a 2 0 1 0 4 3 0 1 0 line to defeat Philadelphia 7 3 with Hoak Reese Snider and Hodges driving runs. In other N L action Cincinnati toppled Chicago 9 2 as Kluszewski Banks and Sauer delivered RBIs.
Musial drives in two runs and Repulski adds two as St Louis tops Milwaukee 5 to 4. Moon and Mathews contribute extra-base hits while Crone and Crandall hold on in relief for the Cardinals. Dayton era box score shows strong St Louis offense overcoming early Milwaukee pressure.
New York and Pittsburgh produced a tight game as Donoso earned the win while McCall took the loss. Key moments included Lynch, Mays, and Taylor driving runs, with 14 left on base combined and solid relief work shaping a 4-3 final.
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Charleston's Senators defeated Toledo 6-0 in game one then lost 7-4 in the nightcap. Grimsley shut out Toledo on two singles and Charleston piled up 15 hits including back to back homers by Northey and Rapp. Powell exited after four runs as Toledo rallied in the second game.
New York Ted Williams, aged nearly 37, says he will play as long as he can help the Boston Red Sox after recovering from back inflammation that sidelined him for 10 days. He homered for his 10th of the season and boosted his batting average to .386 in a 4-2 win, then walked as a pinch hitter in the second game of a doubleheader against the Yankees.
Major League standings by league with teams and records lead into today’s schedule. American and National Leagues list top clubs, recent results, and tonight games including Cleveland at Kansas City. Pitcher matchups Wynn versus Shantz highlight the lone game.
The Metropolitan AAU keeps a silver cup for the first American to run a four minute mile before November 1 1946. Since Roger Bannister and John Landy rattled off fast times the trophy has remained unclaimed as Wes Santee and other Americans fall short. War years delayed action and the cup sits tarnished awaiting a home and a first American to reach the mark.
In Fort Worth the Ben Hogan golf club plant reports a flood of orders following Jack Fleck's upset victory at the National Open in San Francisco. The factory says it has more business than it can handle, with 600 sets monthly earlier and about 460 now. Hogan plans to ship some "second-line" clubs from the accumulated rejects, while expanding production and bringing plating in-house.
New York Milo Savage 161 and Sammy Walker 1564 fought in a card in Salt Lake City with Savage winning on points. Quebec Gerry Drouin 145 defeated Armand Savoi in Montreal in a ten round bout.
New York and Detroit outfielder Al Kaline and Philadelphia slugger Richie Ashburn topped major league batting leads last week. Kaline rose eight points to .373 on 18 hits in 43 at bats, while Ashburn slipped four to .349 with 10 safeties in 31 trips. Campanella, Doby, and Kuenn also paced the leagues as the race for home runs and RBIs tightened across both leagues.
Hopkinsville Kentucky reports Kitty League president Shelby Peace predicts the end of most minor leagues as major clubs own the operations. He cites TV broadcasts and weather hurting attendance at Kitty League games. Madisonville faces folding after Thursday unless new financing is found, threatening to reduce the league to five clubs and triggering a league meeting to survey options.
The Intrepid baseball team from the carrier defeated an Italian all star squad 12 to 8 with most hits grounders line drives or bloopers to center. The players practice on the flight deck where foul line hits drop into the sea behind first and third base.
Batting leaders include Kaline Detroit at .373 and Mantle New York with 69 runs scored and 65 RBIs. Pitching honors show Konstanty New York with 60 wins in 1,000 strikeouts, while Newcombe Brooklyn and Jones Chicago post 110 strikeouts each.
Pitcher Tom Hurd allowed two hits in 6 1 3 innings of relief to gain his fourth victory as Boston won the nightcap 105 and swept the doubleheader from the New York Yankees. Duke Snider powered the Dodgers with 26th and 27th homers and five RBIs in a 3-for-4 first game, adding an RBI and a 2-for-3 night cap in an 11-2, 6-3 Brooklyn sweep for the Phillies.
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