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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1956
Page
3
In a booming golf era sponsors and fans swell amateur and professional events. Players worry about overlapping schedules and dwindling fields. A clearinghouse for dates could prevent clashes and preserve strong tournaments.
Regional sports items include Tri-City Babe Ruth leadership with Howard Thrower Jr and Benny Tollinger. Cairo Bainbridge Cairo teams coached by Tommy Taylor Mickey Cooper and Jimmy Harrell. Award chatter from Indianapolis Rookie of the Year Bob Veith and an Indy seventh-place finish. Golf reports from Columbus Ohio and Florida Seminoles players with scores around 72 to 75.
Yesterday results include Atlanta 3 Little Rock 3 suspended end of 8th to allow travel, Mobile 5 Nashville 0, New Orleans 11 Chattanooga 0. Today schedule features Atlanta at Chattanooga Birmingham at Nashville Little Rock at Memphis New Orleans at Mobile plus New York 6 Brooklyn 3 Cincinnati 14 Pittsburgh 3 and Brooklyn at Philadelphia Chicago at Milwaukee New York at Pittsburgh.
With two days to go for the Piney Woods 38th annual golf tournament at Glen Arven Country Club, entries from five states and nearly two dozen cities have signed up. Notables include Frank Boynton of Orlando and: Rod Hester Cairo Julian Roddenberg Cairo Bryant Harvard Glen Arven. Bobby Dunn Florida State. Frank Mulherin Augusta Lewis Hall Singletary Thomasville Jim Melton Lake City Ed Hiles Atlanta Russell Ketchan Sea Island Dr John McKey Orlando Melton Brannon Lake City Ralph Roddenberg Cairo Collins Thomasville. The event uses match play to decide the title and tees off Saturday and Sunday. The course, though rain-soaked, remains in good condition.
Vidalia Indians blank Sandersville Giants 5-0 as Dick Stigman stuffs 12 strikeouts after working into the seventh. Frank Reveira homers for Sandersville, Lou Holdener collects three Vidalia singles, powering a 4 2 record in the series finale.
Smoky Burress hits a three run homer in the eighth inning to power the Cincinnati Redlegs to a 4-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. The feat marks the Redlegs 100th homer of the season as Ed Bakey shares catching duty and Cincinnati tightens the NL race near first place.
Tallahassee youth Booker Moore holds a one stroke edge entering the final six holes of the Southern Junior Golf tournament at Tallahassee Country Club. Moore totaled 149 after rounds of 75 and 74 in the 17-18 division, with Howell Fraser leading the 15-16 bracket and Jimmy Blanchard top in the 13-14 group. The Augusta Country Club claimed the team title with 625.
P-Bill Veeck plans a major league comeback bid for the Detroit Tigers. He has organized a syndicate with a New York broker and a Baltimore brewery executive to meet Detroit Baseball Co. book requirements, with a $250000 good faith to inspect the books.
Heavy rain forced postponements for a junior baseball game between American Legion Post 31 and Moultrie and for a Legion Post 222 softball matchup with Powell Produce. This marks the third consecutive rainout delaying local Legion and YMCA contests.
Moultrie roars to a 19-1 Georgia-Florida League victory over Tifton behind two eight-run innings. Don Crane improves to 5-5 with solid support as Bill Weddle collects three hits. Wayne Scranton pitches a five-hit gem for Albany in a separate 10-inning win over Fitzgerald.
Rick Jones of Ohio State advances in the 59th National Intercollegiate golf championship with quarterfinal match play underway. Survivors include Rex Baxter Jr. of Houston, Bill Foote of UCLA, Jimmie Hiskey of Houston and others from Oklahoma A&M, North Texas State, SMU, and North Carolina amid upset losses of Purdue’s Joe Campbell and LSU’s Cecil Calhoun.
The speaker notes bids may be rejected while confirming the estate’s intent to retain control of the Tigers in Detroit, signaling ongoing negotiations and possible franchise ownership considerations.
Thomasville Dodgers suffer second straight loss in the second half as the Albany Cardinals hammer 14 hits and push seven runs across in the seventh inning. Smith Wilson Glaser Scott lead Dodgers with three hits though Haverly Perry limit TDs to five. Cardinals pile on with Mathis loss.
Albany defeated Thomasville 7 to 4 after a late surge in the ninth inning. Key hits from Glaser Scott and Riddle helped Albany pull ahead as Haverly struggled on the mound for Thomasville. Wexler fanned for Wexler and Perry earned the win while Mathis took the loss.
In Atlanta Mary Crawford defending champion faces Janice Phelps in a semifinal for the 1997 Georgia Women's Amateur golf title. The other bracket has Harold Denson vs Grady McDonald. Phelps beat Barbara Gaillard 6 and 4. Crawford beat Peggy Simpson 2 and 1. Denson beat Weatherall 1 and 3. McDonald beat Sidney Smith 1 up.
The Chicago Cubs have secured 36 opening day wins in the National League while suffering 20 losses and one tie.
Jim Francis, a 6 foot 8 inch forward from Brigh ton Massachusetts, is described as the tallest member of Dartmouth’s basketball squad.
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