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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1956
Page
8
Philadelphia Cincinnati game details show Ashburn Robinson and Kluszewski with multiple hits. New York and St Louis clash features Musial and Banks with home run by Musial. Several other NL and AL matchups include batting leaders, runs, RBIs, and pitching lines across the day’s twin bills.
In the American League Mantle of New York leads in batting and runs with 424, 21 runs, 23 RBI, and 28 hits. Ford tops pitching with 401 strikeouts. In the National League Bailey of Cincinnati hits .459, Musial drives in 17, Post hits a home run, and Mizell records 1.000 ERA.
National League pennant math shows Milwaukee leading by 20 points but trailing Cincinnati by a full game. St Louis sits third on percentage as Milwaukee’s 9 games in three weeks tilt the table. Braves lose 150000 admissions amid rainouts and split results while Yankees pull ahead in the American League.
Batting: Gus Zernial lifts Kansas City Athletics from .298 to .352 with five hits in seven at bats including two homers a double and two singles while driving in five runs in a 10-7 and 13-3 double victory over Washington. Pitching: Whitey Ford of the New York Yankees becomes first pitcher to reach 40 wins by blanking the White Sox as the first game of the doubleheader ends.
Boxing notes report the Wednesday night heavyweight elimination at Miami Beach featuring Bob Baker of Pittsburgh and Johnny Holman of Chicago in a 12 round bout. Baker is a 9-5 favorite, with the winner to challenge for the heavyweight crown succeeding the retired Rocky Marciano. An additional May 23 Detroit Olympia match between Satterfield and Johnny Summerlin is noted, plus Joey Giardello’s return to New York to face Charley Cotton at St Nicholas Arena on television. Giardello recently earned a New York license after a Pennsylvania jail term for assault. DuMont will televise.
Mike Souchak, former Duke football star, captured the Colonial National Invitation with a 1-under 69 final round to finish at even 280, beating Tommy Bolt by one stroke at Colonial Country Club. Bolt’s late surge included a birdie finish and a near eagle on the 18th, as Mindlecoff, Dickinson, Bayer, and Leonard chased a share of the purse.
Charleston Senators wrap up a poor home stand with a 64 loss to the Omaha Cardinals in a protested game. Charley Kress argued a called strike in the fifth inning as his bat flew and he trotted to first amid a protest from Omaha manager Johnny Keane and an umpire consultation.
Kress exited early and Senator manager Charley Metro protested the call. Pete Vosey struggled in his first AA start, yielding three runs in the eighth after taking the loss. Charleston rallied for three runs late but still trailed 6-4. In homestand the Senators went 1-3 versus the Cardinals and Denver, leaving 78 on base and being outscored 33 to 8. Tonight Charleston starts Jim Bunning (2-2) against Jim Constance (2-1) to open a four-game series.
In the opening game at the Polo Grounds Dale Long belted two homers off Johnny Antonelli, ending his home run drought from last season. New York Giants pitcher era continues with early exit as Pirates surge.
Four members of the Beckley Archery Club competed in an open tournament at Forest Hills Archery Club in Huntington yesterday. Mrs. Walter S. Krysztofik won first place in the women’s expert class for instinctive shooters, and Miss Lucille Smith took first in the archer’s class, also in instinctive shooting. W. A. Fadeley and John L. Lamb were the other local entrants, among about 100 competitors, but did not place.
A brief political advertisement pledges punctual, honest, and efficient service from the candidate for Town District I. The message asks for voter support and help in carrying out duties and delivering justice.
Hollywood fighter Armstead, age 129, stops Vic Ponce in San Pedro while Kid Anahuac, 126, Mexico, outpoints Gil Cadillli, 125, in Los Angeles. The card features fighters from Los Angeles, San Pedro, Mexico City, and Mexico, with 10 rounds noted.
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