St Louis Beats Mets In Slugfest At Busch Stadium
Musial and Virdon lead St. Louis offense with runs batted in. Monzant takes the loss as Brooklyn and Milwaukee win. Red Sox and Cubs split, Nixon wins for Boston while Chicago falls.
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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1955
Page
15
Musial and Virdon lead St. Louis offense with runs batted in. Monzant takes the loss as Brooklyn and Milwaukee win. Red Sox and Cubs split, Nixon wins for Boston while Chicago falls.
Bill Adams, manager of Aetna Finance Co, promotes a $50 Get Acquainted Plan offering $50 or $100 on name only for 30 days to any steadily employed person. Larger amounts up to $300 available with fast service. The firm invites all to visit or call for details at 76 S. Stone Ave and 2212 S. 6th Ave with phone numbers provided.
In a game from Cincinnati, Philadelphia led 3-0 before Cincinnati tied it 3-3. Ennis and Greengrass drove in runs for Philadelphia, while Gross and Wehmeier held late. Minarcin earned the win and Meyer took the loss with 2 strikeouts.
In Kansas City the Orioles beat the Athletics 8 to 1. Astroth and Philley provided three RBIs, with Astroth hitting a homer. Lopat earned the win, Harrington took the loss, and 3,660 paid.
Washington overcame Detroit 9 to 8 in a tense contest. Key hitters include Kaline and Yost for Detroit and Torgeson and Courtney for Washington. Multiple pitchers saw action as the game closed with a late Washington surge.
In a crowded ballpark, Cleveland defeated New York 6 to 3 behind strong hitting and sharp defense. Gene Rosen led the Guardians with three RBIs while Mantle and Berra contributed for the Yankees.
At Meiji Shrine pool opening of the United States Japan swimming championships Furukawa lowered his 200 meter breaststroke world record to 2 33 7 beating his prior 2 53 4 as twenty thousand fans watched. Bill Woolsey of Hawaii Swim Club set an American 200 meter freestyle record in 2 07 5. Don Harper of Ohio State won the springboard diving event over Yutaka Baba of Waseda University.
In National League South Arizona bank lost 3 to 3 while San Xavier held on for a 3 to 1 win. American League yielded a 5 to 1 final with Valley Bank defeating Fed. Federal League saw Sunset Dairy edge Poon Mini 5 to 2 and Spiegel homered for Sunset. Cactus League Lumber District beat Johnson 6 to 1 with Heinig homer supporting Lumber District.
Over 2,000 wrestling fans watched Great Togo, Tosh Togo, and Tom Martindale win the featured six man tag at the Tucson Sports Center. The opening fall went to Ricky Waldo’s team of Waldo, The Black Panther, and Danno McDonald.
Next week at the Tucson Sports Center Kim will wrestle Great Togo and Tosh Togo under handicap tag rules. Kim aims to win in 30 minutes without a fall or forfeit, with preliminaries featuring Tom Martindale and Danny McDonald versus Skippy Jackson and the Black Panther, plus a late countout of Waldo.
In Los Angeles Joe Miceli of New York defeated Art Aragon of Los Angeles by points over 10 rounds. In Pontiac Gene Linscott from Pontiac beat Art Andrews of Superior by decision in a 10 round bout.
The college All Stars intensified both offense and defense drills at Soldier Field ahead of the August 12 clash with the Cleveland Browns. Ohio State kicker Tad Weed reported at 145 pounds and was placed on the fat Men's table, having kicked 10,000 straight practice field goals, with best form at 139 pounds.
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