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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1956
Page
8
Terre Haute Huts face league leader Evansville Braves in a 7:30 p.m. Memorial Stadium clash as part of a six game rest mid at home stand. Evansville holds a one game lead after weekend wins while Terre Haute seeks to swing the race with a late seventh inning rally against Burlington previous day.
Terre Haute Huts struggle to raise 11 500 to finish the season as Detroit Tigers await financial status. About 8000 already raised in a two week drive with six days left, plus a parachute jump before the Evansville series and Loop Cab Company transport aid. Donations from unions and local firms range from 10 to 500 dollars with pledges topping 1000 dollars from several individuals and groups.
All American Bill Russell scored 17 points in 17 minutes as the San Francisco Dons defeated Caracas Central University 91 to 48 in an exhibition in Caracas. The U S Collegiate champions rolled to the tour’s highest score on Sunday night.
Local 157 defeated Bedford Independents 4 to 3 on Sunday at Commercial Solvents diamond. Notable pitching paired Don Galloway for Bedford and Jim Cundiff for Local 157. Key hits came from Chuck Decker Bob Dennany with a double and single each and Jim Bell with a triple.
Twelve year old Chris Van Saltza of San Jose set a new world record for the women's 500 yard freestyle at the Santa Clara Valley A.A.U. meet in San Jose on Sunday with a time of 5 52.5.
The White Sox crushed the Yankees 14-2 and 6-3 to sweep a four game set, closing within one game of New York. Milwaukee, Cincinnati, St Louis and Philadelphia also won, while Detroit, Chicago and Boston suffered losses in a busy day of action. Continued on Page 9, Column 3.
George Amich of Los Angeles wins the Langhorne 100 mile national championship for Indianapolis cars on a one mile dirt track. He finishes in 1 hour 3 minutes 1.463 seconds at 95.212 mph with no pit stops. Gene Hartley places second and Al Keller third. Pat Flaherty spins on lap 62, unhurt. Jimmy Bryan leads early then runs out of gas, finishing lower.
The Wabash Valley Fair in Terre Haute hosts Racing Greyhounds on August 13 with shows at 2 pm and 8 pm. The traveling venue mimics Florida tracks with cage starts and a mechanical rabbit, no betting, many prizes, and an announcer narrating each race. Tickets available by contacting Margaret Jane Adams or the Fair Office. fair runs August 12 through 19.
Final Olympic tryouts open in Los Angeles with 15 athletes per 17 events across three trials the armed forces collegiate and national A A U. Top three from each event earn a spot on the fall trip to Australia. At Bakersfield nine A A U records and two others were smashed or tied.
Junior swimmers from Terre Haute Country Club beat Meridian Hills from Indianapolis 118 to 60. The meet at Terre Haute pool featured numerous event wins including open 440-yard freestyle won by E Baur and open 100-yard freestyle won by M Parine.
The scoreboard lists scores for games including Terre Haute Burlington Evansville Keokuk Cedar Rapids Quincy Waterloo Peoria and others. It includes series results Milwaukee New York Cincinnati Brooklyn Chicago Pittsburgh St Louis Philadelphia and details of Mondays and Tuesdays matchups with pitchers and postponed games.
Gordon Pirie of Britain won the 1500 meter in Amsterdam as part of an international track meet finishing in 3 minutes 43.7 seconds. He previously set a world 5000 meter record and tied the 3000 meter standard last week.
Wayne Newton nine of Terre Haute defeated Logansport Legion 5-3 and 5-2 at Spencer Field. Larry Smith allowed seven hits and eight strikeouts. Garry Canning hit a single and homer to pace the winners. Shue starred in center for Logansport with several key catches.
A team captained by Jerry Russell won the Elks Fort Harrison Country Club low net tournament with a 287. The Rus sell foursome included Bob Abbott John Ennis and Ken Moulton. Walter Artz Ralph Nolte Mel Hudson Pete Chastagn er and Ernie Baker Don Henry Howard Haig Paul Mascari tied for second at 269. Russell also led with low gross 71 while Dick Adamson was second with 72 among 52 players, the largest field ever at Elks golf events.
Sullivan Merchants defeated Simms Brady 6 to 0 as Larry Rodabaugh pitched a no hitter. He struck out 12 batters while Bill Metheny led the offense with three hits. Batteries Rodabaugh Vandergriff Johnson Clark Sluder.
Van Buren defeated Fontanet 12 to 3 in Fontanet on Sunday. Pete Phelps led Van Buren with four safeties in five at bats. Fontanet’s Gibson knocked in two of Fontanet’s three runs and Fontanet stranded runners after the early innings.
New Goshen won 6 to 2 over Terre Haute Boys' Club on Sunday afternoon in Goshen. Stu Vickers powered the win with a three base hit with two runners aboard. Batteries Crombie and Gillen supported the victory for New Goshen to improve their standings.
Indiana high school All-Stars led by Oscar Robertson were favored to win the two game charity basketball set against Kentucky. Robertson scored 34 points as Indiana routed Kentucky 92-78 in Indianapolis before 14 578 fans, earning the Star of Stars award. Kentucky guard Corky Winthrow left with fouls after 13 points, and Kelly Coleman was held to 17.
Chicago June 25 Dave Philley outfielder for the White Sox was fined 250 dollars by American League President Will Harridge. The penalty follows Philley charging pitcher Bob Grim of the Yankees after being hit by a pitch on Saturday.
The flyweight and bantamweight world titles, the only world championships staged outside the U S, rise this week in Uruguay and Italy. Pascual Perez defends the flyweight crown against Oscar Suarez in Montevideo, the first world title match there. Robert Cohen meets Mario D Agata for the bantamweight belt in Rome, the first title bout there since 1933.
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