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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1955
Page
11
Report covers multiple baseball games with notable comebacks and decisive scores. Ken Boyer belts two homers in a Cardinals win. Pirates, Phillies, and Dodgers contribute heavy scoring adds in varied matchups across the National League.
Washington report recalls Harry The Hat Walker now managing the St. Louis Cardinals after years as a football style auto backer in 1946. The piece notes his past nickname and a quip about signing Dizzy Dean while he tried to ghost write contracts.
British Amateur champion Joe Conrad from San Antonio heads to Paris to chase the French National title as rain taps the start. He beat Alan Slater 3 and 2 in England to seal the British crown and eyes another win in France despite fatigue.
Thompson wins a Milwaukee race after a close finish with Eddie Elison driving the lead car. Russo trails closely but skids to miss a collision and only minor damage occurs to the cars. Pat O Connor in No 69 from Terre Haute spins on the north turn and later exits due to lack of speed.
A race car driven by Briar Johnson of Richmond Indiana bumped another car and swerved into a judges stand at Dayton Speedway on Sunday. Dave Ritchie of Cincinnati was killed and Johnson was hospitalized for observation. Ernie Derr of Keokuk Iowa won the 300 lap stock car race in a 1954 Oldsmobile.
A.A.A. sanctioned big car racing returns to Salem Speedway on June 12 featuring Bob Sweikert and Jerry Hoyt among top entrants. Daylight saving time marks time trials at 1 p.m., with four 10-lap heats at 2:30 p.m. and a 30-lap 12-car feature to close the program.
The U S Open enters a tougher era with five former champions exempt only by last five wins with regional trials under way. Exempts include Harbert Palmer Littler Mayer Mangrum Bolt Mayfield Snead Mengert Horvath. Ralph Evans and Bud Holscher lead Los Angeles qualifiers. San Francisco regional hosts 20 spots for 245 entrants.
Slammin Sam Snead, at 43, won the Palm Beach Round-Robin for the fourth time, setting a course record 65 at Deepdale. He trails in the U S Open chase but leads the Vardon Trophy race with a 69.41 season average, amid talk he could finally win the Open in San Francisco.
The Associated Press recap lists Sunday baseball results across the M C V League with Mattoon defeating Paris 4 to 5 and Lafayette beating Dubuque 10 to 12. Paris and Mattoon hit home runs by DeRousse Welgoss Steele Henderson Kitchen Badia and Strickland.
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