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Newspaper
Sidney Telegraph
Location
Sidney, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1956
Page
5
SHS basketball coach Bill Harris announces a shift from structured plays to a wide open offense. The defense will press throughout the game with a rushing zone to trap opponents and trouble ball handlers.
The piece surveys baseball feuds and heated moments, noting the Gomez Adcock clash in Milwaukee and Rigney's plan to pitch Gomez again. It cites Williams hitting his 400th home run, Snider’s taunts, and a Wisconsin decision canceling 1957 58 games with LSU over a non integration law affecting Sugar Bowl participation.
Sidney Broncs travel to Cleveland Field to face Scottsbluff Elk in a pivotal Panhandle Oil League clash as Kimball controls the race with a 9-1 mark after a forfeit win over Dalton. The weekly standings also list Minatare at Peetz and Bunker Hill at Alliance with postponed games affecting the title chase.
Softball fans in Sidney will enjoy a coed doubleheader Sunday evening. At 7 p.m. the Sidney Cubs, a girls team managed by Ethel Reutzel, face a Sterling club, followed by Rae's Sporting Goods slating a match with Iliff, Colorado. The Cubs have one loss from their lone game.
Triples G Mecker Sc J Schwartz Sid Noted National League results Cubs 4 Phillies 3 Braves 13 Giants 3 Redlegs 7 Dodgers 2. American League Yanks 7 Tigers 3 Athletics 8 Red Sox 4 Nationals 5 Indians 4 White Sox 3 Orioles 2.
In the Midget League Kaycees defeated VFW 7 to 3 while Firemen beat Town Country A 7 to 0. In the A Minor League Rotary edged Elks 7 to 4 and Kaycees topped Lions 15 to 4. Kiwanis defeated Oddfellows 9 to 6.
Police freed two 9-year-old boys and a 14-year-old companion who admitted stealing tropical fish from a school to start a business for 100 percent profit. Officers noted they were told their ideas on free enterprise were sound but ethics were poor.
Sunal defeated CWA 6 to 2 at Legion Park in Sidney City softball action last night. Rae's blanked 0P 0 with Ivan Adams tossing a two hitter in Rae's win.
LPV fans eye Sunday games as Sidney visits Potter and Gurley hosts Dalton. Peetz travels to SOD for a pair of high school basketball matchups.
Wheat harvest ends near Lodgepole Valle as the Junior Baseball League resumes activity Sunday with three games on the docket and five more in makeup. Sidney plays Potter in a top two clash while Gurley visits Dalton and Peetz goes to Sioux Or dance Depot.
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