Groundskeepers as edge in baseball strategy noted
The piece recounts managers using groundskeeping tricks to aid teams. Examples include Cincinnati Reds under Bill McKechnie watering or drying infield dirt to slow or speed grounders, and packing clay before plate to favor hitters. It cites the Indians and Tigers with stadium mounds and baselines adjusted for bunting and steals, plus a joke about scattering pebbles to force more errors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill McKechnie
Cincinnati Reds
Bill
Pittsburgh
McKechnie
Waner Brothers
Lloyd
Paul
Chicago
Tigers
Briggs Stadium
Tony Kochivar
Tiger
Jess Walls
Detroit Tigers Radio and TV Coverage with Mel Ott
The Detroit Tigers will be carried on radio and television with komentator Mel Ott and Van Patrick providing play by play and analysis. The coverage offers fans in the area access to live game broadcasts across multiple stations and channels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit Tigers
Mel Ott
van Patrick
Musial Named Player of the Decade by Experts
Stan Musial is acclaimed as the Player of the Decade covering 1946 to 1955. The award presented at a July luncheon of the Touchdown Club in Washington honors his peak era, with DiMaggio and Williams as runners up and Bob Feller involved in presenting the prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stan Musial
Musial
Touchdown Club
Washington
J.G. Taylor Spink
Bob Feller
Feller
Spink
Joe DiMaggio
Ted Williams
St. Louis Cardinals
DiMaggio
Williams
Robin Roberts
Yogi Berra
Esy Cam
Legion
Mel Ott
Bob Broeg
Broeg
Baltimore Orioles
Pittsburgh Pirates
Baltimore
Pittsburgh
George Kell
Kell
Willie Kamm
White Sox
Major bids pour in for Tigers as Briggs Stadium sale looms
Spirited bidding from eight syndicates for the Detroit baseball club and Briggs Stadium signals top value for major league property. Hollywood financier Robert Goldstein says his offer surpasses 4 million dollars while Charles Finley and George Storer push beyond 5 million. Knorr group and others also enter, with results expected by July 31 and ownership transfer likely around October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Briggs Stadium
Spike. Briggs
Tiger
Robert Goldstein
Hollywood
Clark Gable
Charles O. Finley
Chicago
Gary
Ind
George B. Storer
Miami
Fred Knorr
D. Lyle Fife
Lion
Jack Kent Cooke
Herold Gross
Lansing
Mich
J. W
Billy) Mortell
Jackson
George Halas
Chicago Bears
Briggs
Walter O. Briggs
Spike
Ford C. Frick
Harridge
Will Harridge
Harry M. Sisson
Knorr
Tigers
Michigan
Sisson
Charles T. Fisher, Jr
The
National Bank of Detroit
Frick and Harridge
Detroit Baseball Co
Everett E. Fisher
W. Dean Robinson
Phillip A. Hart
Peter J. Monaghan
Florence McCredie
Andrew C. Davison
Detroit Wabeck Bank and Trust Co
Bliss Finlay
CPA
Ernst and Ernst
Rule Bans Major League Pitching By Nondesignated Players
The article notes a rule adopted two years ago preventing anyone from pitching in the major leagues unless designated as a pitcher. It cites exceptions for using pitchers in other roles and recalls old stunts by Stan Musial and Al Dark. It also tells a Ty Cobb Walter Johnson anecdote and recounts Gary Timmons at a Sacramento Solons tryout who married at 11 30 and pitched before leaving for his honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stan Musial
al Dark
Ty Cobb
Walter Johnson
Washington
Johnson
Cobb
Sacramento ‘Solons
Pacific Coast League
Gary Timmons
Dodgers Hit Three Consecutive Home Runs To Beat Phillies
Dodgers batters Duke Snider Randy Jackson and Gil Hodges hit consecutive home runs on June 29 to power a 6 5 victory over the Phillies, the first time a major league club won a game by that sequence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodgers
Phillies
Duke Snider
Randy Jackson
Gil Hodges
Probate Court sets deadline for claims on Mary E Childs estate
Michigan probate court orders creditors to file written sworn claims by September 21 1956 with fiduciary Garth R Beckington at 9205 Garfield Whitmore Lake Michigan. Public notice to run weekly in the Saline Observer for three weeks prior to hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garth R. Beckington
Garfield
Whitmore Lake
Michigan
A. D
Saline
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Mel Otf
Cleveland
Indians
Bob Lemon
Jockie Robinson
Phil Rizzuto
Ted Kluszewski
Sam Chapmen
PWS
Ya Ae
Citizens Bank
State Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Bengals
John Fetzer
Kalamazoo
Knorr Group
Muddy Ruel
John McHale
Bucky Harris
Les Secure
Taekae
Kevelings Drug Store
Sylvester Veitch
Cuwhitney
Chicago Cub
Don Kaiser
Braves
Cub
CU Whitney
Puris HA
Fordomatic
Doug Gregory
Ann Arbor Street
State OF
County OF
Washtenaw
Mary E. Childs
A. Ka
M. E. Childs
M. Ella Childs
Mary Ella Hazelton Childs
Sala Ge
Anna Douvits
Saline ,Michigan
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