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Newspaper

Raleigh Register

Location

Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 20, 1955

Page

7

Yankees Win Crucial Series Opener at Comiskey Park

The Yankees beat the White Sox 4-3 as Elston Howard hit a two run homer in the eighth. New York trail Chicago 3-2 after seventh inning errors by Berra and Collins, but take the opener to widen their AL lead. Injuries hit as Jerry Coleman suffers a brain concussion after a pitch, while Walt Dropo homered for Chicago.

ED Wilks Associated Press New York Yankees Yanks Comiskey Park Chicago White Sox Yankees Elston Howard

Major League Standings And Schedules World of baseball news today

American League leaders New York Cleveland Boston Detroit Kansas City Baltimore Washington Chicago and others show standings and upcoming games today. National League leaders Brooklyn Milwaukee New York Chicago St Louis Philadelphia Cincinnati Pittsburgh with varied results and notable late innings. Tomorrow nights schedule features key matchups across both leagues including New York Chicago Boston Kansas City and Baltimore Detroit games.

Associated Press New York Ss Chicago Cleveland Sophoe Boston St Detroit Kansas City Washington Si Baltimore New York Susce Ceccarelli Wight Bunning Washington Cleveland Schmitz Wynn Boston Pe.- Ge Brooklyn Milwaukee Philadelphia St. Louis Cincinnati Pittsburgh Rush Davis Newcombe Lees Poholsky Antonelli Crone Surkent Littlefield Fowler Klippstein Simmons Mrozinski Chgo B’klyn St.Louis

Batting Leaders and Pitching Totals in MLB Accounts

Lists show Kaline Detroit batting .365 with 79 runs and 129 hits. Jensen Boston 74 hits, Kuenn Finigan 22 doubles, Mantle New York 21 homers, Rivera Chicago 14 steals. Donovan Chicago 12 wins and 0.857, Newcombe Brooklyn 15-1 with .938.

Kaline Detroit Jensen Bost Kuenn Finigan Kansas City Mantle New York Rivera Chicago Donovan Cleveland Camp'n'lla B'klyn Snider Brooklyn B’klyn Aaron Milwaukee Bruton Long Pittsburgh Boyer St. Louis Jones Newcombe

Pirates edge Brewers in 19 inning two way duel

Pitcher Vern Law worked 18 innings for the Pirates in a 4-3 win over Milwaukee, allowing nine hits and fanning 12 while shutting out the Brewers from the fourth inning. Babe Birrer hit two three run homers as Detroit beat Baltimore 12-4, driving in a pitcher a near ML record for RBIs in a game.

Kansas City Detroit Baltimore Pittsburgh Milwaukee New York St. Louis Cards Philadelphia Cincinnati Brooklyn Chicago Vern Law Pirates Bob Friend Dale Long Frank Thomas del Crandall Billy Bruton Gene Conley Brooks Washington Bob Lemon Nats Ralph Kiner Dean Stone Associated Press Pittsburgh Pirates Babe Birrer Detroit Tigers

Major League Boxscores Kansas City vs Boston and New York

Box scores show Boston scoring six to KC three and New York topping Chicago four to three. Key players include Jensen Zauchin Power Slaughter Astroth and Nixon for KC. Berra Noren Mantle and Maris for NY. Drops and Howard homer for Chicago. Lollar and Dropo strong behind the plate.

Kansas City Dman Power Sib Klaus OSI Ter Wil’ms Lfé Ozermialls St’p Simps’n Jensenrf Ofinigan Zauchin Lopez DeMaestri Ditmar Fricane Boston R—Goodman Williams Jensen Hatton Zernial Astroth E— Slaughter Finigan RBI Slaughter Piersall Goodman Hr—Jensen Sb—Simpson Littrell Bb—Nixon Fricano Harrington So—Nixon Kinder Ho—Nixon Rer—Nixon Pb—Astroth W—Nixon L—Ditmar U—Umont Rommel Paparrella Honochick

Milwaukee and Cincinnati baseball double feature chaos

Milwaukee and Pittsburgh game fragments mix with Cincinnati Philadelphia and St Louis New York updates. Key players include Mathews Aaron Lynch Freese Long O'Brien Burdette Jolly and Law. Final lines show runs, hits, errors, and pitching notes across multiple games in a single late edition.

High school scores quick hits from the region

Bluefield 3 Pulaski 2. Johnson City 6 Bristol 3. Kingsport 6 Wytheville 5. Marion 4 Salem 4 called in 13th curfew.

Bluefield Pulaski Johnson City Bristol Kingsport Wytheville Marion Salem

Newest Cardinal Schmidt Shuts Out Giants

Willard Schmidt, the newest Cardinal, silenced the Giants in a 3-1 victory in the first game of a two-night doubleheader. The 26-year-old right-hander struck out six, walked none, and used a mix of fastball, curve, and slider to impress in his debut after a week with St. Louis. The Cards later lost the second game 4-2 as Schmidt’s rookie classmates Larry Jackson, Luis Arroyo, and Floyd Wooldridge joined him in a notable starting quartet.

Cleveland Jackie Jensen Boston Norb Zauchin Ellis Kinder Willard Nixon Babe Birrer Frank Lary Detroit Orioles Robin Roberts Phils Robin del Ennis Murry Dickson Redlegs St. Louis Windy McCall Willard Schmidt Giants Bill Virdon Ken Boyer Willie Mays New York Cardinals Omaha Schmidt Norman Okla Larry Jackson Luis Arroyo Floyd Wooldridge Brooks Lawrence Gordon Jones Harvey Haddix Houston Rochester Cardinal Chicago Cubs Jim King Redwings

Yankees infielder Jerry Coleman injured after beaning

Chicago May Yankee infielder Jerry Coleman was hospitalized with a brain concussion and possible skull fracture after being struck by a pitch from Harry Byrd in the seventh inning of a 4-3 win over the White Sox. He had returned from a three month layoff for a broken collar bone and wore a plastic helmet at bat.

Chicago Jerry Coleman New York Yankees Mercy Hospital Coleman Yankees Chicago White Sox Sox Harry Byrd John Claridge White Sox Claridge Marines Boston Yankee

Boxing results shuffled cards in Miami and Halifax

The report lists bouts with boxers including Bob Satterfield of Chicago and Joe Rowan of Philadelphia drawing in Miami Beach. It also notes Seattle's Bob Albright versus Toxie Hall of Chicago drawing, and Halifax's Richard Howard outpointing Pat Marcune in New York, with scores cited.

Associated Press Miami Beach Fla Bob Satterfield Chicago Joe Rowan Philadelphia Drew Seattle Bob Albright Los Angeles Toxie Hall Halifax N. Y Richard Kid) Howard Pat Marcune New York

Pros Start Play In PGA Tourney at Meadowbrook Club

Detroit notes the 37th National PGA Golf Tournament opens at Meadowbrook County Club with little rough a factor. Veterans Lew Worsham and Vic Ghezzi say the course is easy and missing rough will shift the verdict to accurate putting. Players expect decisive scoring on the green.

Detroit Meadowbrook Northville San Francisco Vic Ghezzi New York Chick Harbert Nough Sam Snead Cary Middlecoff Jack Fleck Harbert Wally Burkemo

Law Is Wee Bit Tired After 18 Innings Pitching Heroics

Vernon Law of the Pittsburgh Pirates pitched 18 consecutive innings in a 19 inning 4-3 win over the Milwaukee Braves. He struck out 12, yielded nine hits and walked two, leaving after 18 to protect his arm as Bob Friend earned the victory in relief. Eddie Mathews hit his 23rd homer off Law.

Pittsburgh Vernon Law Pittsburgh Pirates Milwaukee Braves Pirates Yipee Fred Haney Bob Friend Braves Law Eddie Mathews Joe Adcock

Yankees Beat White Sox On Howard Two Run Shot

Casey Stengel lamented Yankee hitting as New York overcame a three game skid by defeating the Chicago White Sox 4 to 3. Elston Howard delivered a two run homer in the eighth, lifting the slumping club while Berra and Mantle continued their quiet run. The Yanks outhit Chicago 9 to 8 with Gil McDougald adding three singles.

Chicago Casey Stengel New York Yankees Yankees Chicago White Sox Detroit Tigers Elston Howard Sox Marty Marion Stengel Howard Bill Skowron Hank Bauer Casey Skowron Bauer White Sox Yanks Gil McDougald Berra Mickey Mantle

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