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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1956
Page
7
Cleveland's Indians stumble as Yankees push another lead. Bob Lemon and teammates struggle in June while Boston's Red Sox top the Tribe 10 9. Yankees win, boost AL lead, White Sox follow, Braves keep pace as trades shuffle rosters.
Durango Colorado report notes Wayne Nelson of Bakersville California won first prize in a fishing contest with a 50 pounds inch trout from the Pine River. His bait was a marshmallow.
Yesterday results show Boston defeated Cleveland 10 to 9 and New York beat Chicago 5 to 1. Tomorrow’s schedule has Washington at Chicago, Boston at Detroit, and New York at Cleveland with game times listed.
Details of a doubleheader between Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees with RBI, hits, errors, and pitching lines. includes team scores 7-9 and 10-9, individual performances for Philley Mantle Collins and McDougald, and for Cleveland versus Boston with Rosen Daley Hegan Mele Jensen Buddin Lemon and Delock in action.
New York trailed 6 0 after three innings as Milwaukee pushed ahead 6 0 and held on for a 5 2 win. Mays and Crandall homered for the Braves while O Connell Bruton and Torre paced Milwaukee with RBI hits. Castlem an and Mathews shared fielding miscues for New York. Spahn earned the win with 10 strikeouts, Gomez took the loss, and Wilhelm pitched despite a 9th inning scare.
The New York Yankees bring Norm Siebern and Billy Hunter back for a three game series with the Cleveland Indians. Siebern returns from Denver where he hit .300, while Hunter replaces an inactive player sidelined by a fractured ankle. Eddie Robinson, batting .222 with five homers, is sold to the A's as part of roster moves along with Lou Skizas. Renna and Burtschy are also sent to the A's in the shakeup from the 1953 deal.
Mercer County Board of Education accepted the resignation of Princeton High School football coach Bill Jones who had been appointed last week. Former West Virginia University star Jimmy Walthall was chosen to fill the vacancy. Jones left to take a similar job in Maryland. Walthall, a Princeton native, graduated from WVU in 1949 and has coached at Bluefield Beaver High School.
Baseball executive Red Lane makes a four for four swap sending Red Schoendienst from the St. Louis Cardinals to the New York Giants in exchange for Alvin Dark and other players. Cards acquire Whitey Lockman Ray Katt Don Lilly and Dark in a move aimed at reshaping for the 1956 NL race. Lane cites leadership and infield reform as goals while Cardinals plan shifting Dark to short and Blasingame to second with Lockman moving to first and Moon to center.
Beckley area supplies stock cars for Skyline Raceway weekly programs in Charleston West Virginia. Four Beckley region entries are set for Friday 8 p.m. races with 30 minutes of time trials. Cecil Hughes of Sophia leads entrants, with Paul Prince and Benny Bennett also listed among Beckley drivers.
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