Three Cards Lead Voting For All-Stars
The three St Louis Cardinals sluggers Stan Musial Rip Repulski and Ken Boyer lead in the balloting for the 1956 All-Star game in Washington on July 10 as the last four days of voting run. Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra lead the American League, while Dale Long and Red Schoendienst top the National League with the rest of the tabulated votes and positions listed by the commissioner's office.
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Stan Musial
Rip Repulski
Ken Boyer
Mickey Mantle
Yogi Berra
New York Yankees
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Dale Long
Redbird
Patterson Hand Injury Gives Hope for Moore Title Fight
Heavyweight contender Floyd Patterson hopes his injured right hand heals in time for a September title bout with Archie Moore at Yankee Stadium. Trainer Charley Goldman cited Rocky Marciano’s similar injury, saying Patterson could fight three months after his break if luck holds.
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Archie Moore
Charley Goldman
Rockey Marciano
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Patterson
Cas D'Amato
Rocky
Moore
Yankee Stadium
Tommy Hurricane Jackson
the Garden
Floyd
Braves Nip Pirates as Spahn Wins Fifth on Eight-Hitter
Pitching: Ww Spahn of the Braves shut down the Pirates 3-2 for his fifth win, fanning seven and walking none. Hitting: Mickey Mantle of the Yankees belted his 25th homer of the season at Briggs Stadium to break a 4-4 tie, leading New York past Detroit 7-4.
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Pirates
Mickey Mantle
Yankees
Ted Williams
Detroit
Briggs Stadium
Tigers
Rangers Trade Wally Hereheimer for George Sul livan
The New York Rangers sent right winger Wally Hereheimer, a 29 year old four season NHL veteran, to the Chicago Black Hawks in exchange for center George Red Sullivan.
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New York Rangers
Wally Heresheimer
Chicago Blackhawks
George Red Sullivan
Fanfare and early tracks noted in scattered lines
The item notes Randy Turpin knockout of Jacques Bro at 175 pounds, with Turpin’s win recorded in Birmingham England. It adds a Red Bank New Jersey reminiscence: old Monmouth Park races ran clockwise in 1870. Also mentions Syracuse rowing course on Onondaga Lake with a finish line 500 yards from the New York State Thruway.
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Old Monmouth Park
Red Bank
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Onondaga Lake
Syracuse
N. Y
New York State Thruway
Kokomo Dodgers Bus Crash Kills Two Men
Two men from Holland Michigan died when their car and a bus carrying 18 Kokomo Dodgers players collided on U S 31 thirty miles north of Indianapolis in Tipton County Sheriff Grimme identified the victims as Bobby Seagraves and Arthur Olson McFarland. Bus driver Paul Dudley Blue of Greenfield sustained a broken foot while players escaped unharmed. The team, a Brooklyn Dodger farm club in the Midwest League, had been returning from Paris Illinois.
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Tipton
Ind
Holland
Mich
Kokomo Dodgers
U. S. 31
Indianapolis
Tipton County
Paul Grimme
Bobby Seagraves
Arthur Olson McFarland
Paul Dudley Blue
Greenfield
Brooklyn Dodger
Paris
Ill
Baseball Rule Qs and Bowling Earnings Highlight 1950s
The column covers infield fly rule applications with runners advancing on a dropped ball and automatic outs for the batter, plus balk rulings where any motion on the rubber is balk. It also notes 1950s bowling earnings by Bill Lillard and Fred Bujack, listing their prize amounts.
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Bob Reinhart
Nuclear electric power program advances with many reactors planned
The Atomic Energy Commission and electric utilities lead a broad program to research and build multiple reactor designs. More than 300 million dollars and 44 electric companies back the effort, aiming for economical, efficient reactors while testing many types for future commercial plants. Independent electric companies form a task force to speed development.
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Electric Companies
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America
Electric Light and Power
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Electric Light
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