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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1955
Page
6
Boston fans catch pennant fever as the Red Sox climb to fourth place at eight games behind the Yankees after a 24–29 stretch and a doubleheader sweep in New York. Manager Higgins stays calm while Yankees skipper Stengel warns rivals to take Boston seriously.
Results show Philadelphia 65 Brooklyn 4 and Cincinnati 5 St. Louis 4 among yesterday’s games. Tonight’s action features New York at Baltimore and Cleveland at Kansas City as standings tighten in the American League East and Central.
Grove Lime loses 6 to 5 in a late rally at Senseng Park against VFW Pony League. Grove led 5 4 after five innings before Kehler triple and three walks produced two runs. Sibert started, Rainsberger and Kibler produced key hits, McGolerick tripled for VFW.
A compact shopping feature highlights Winchester as a bustling retail hub with the motto Where Bargains Abound. The piece markets local stores and daily deals shaping the city as a premier shopping destination.
In Senseny Park Montague crushed Sacred Heart 17-3 as Opequon and Market share the lead with 5-1 and 4-1 records. Opequon built a 3-0 edge, Sunnyside tied it at 3-3 in the sixth, then Opequon pulled away behind Boyd's triple and five-hit pitcher Bobby Smith.
Winchester led Strasburg three to zero when rain halted the game at New Market in the third inning. The contest was a rescheduled affair from a prior rained out tilt in Winchester. No date for the replay is set.
At 7 45 am the Shenandoah at Riverton is described as in good flow. North Fork is clear and the South Fork is clear.
Floyd Patterson schedules a heavyweight title bout with Rocky Marciano for June 1957 if the champion still holds the title. The 20 year old Brooklyn native faces Arch McBride in a 10 round bout at Madison Square Garden, to be broadcast by ABC. Patterson has fought heavyweights before but McBride is not among the top contenders, though he recently beat No. 9 Bob Satterfield.
At Camp Pendleton California Corporal Randall M Jr and Private Wallis O Vic tory pinned new stars on Brig Gen Randall M Vic tory to mark his promotion from colonel The two sons were in training at the base where their father serves as assistant commander
Senseny Park saw high scoring as four Little League games produced 73 runs. Workingman's Store beat B and M 4 1 with Ted Reed's three hitter and a homer. Dr Pepper toppled O Sullivan 8 2 behind Price and Perry seven hitters. National Fruit defeated Shoecenter 16 14 on Newcome's grand slam. Bell defeated Miller and Anderson 16 12 as Taliaferro and Atkinson won pitching duties.
On his 85th birthday W. J. Pannell recalled arriving in Austin 84 years ago when land could be bought for a pair of boots. He quips that his family did not buy a chunk of it due to lacking boots.
The Thoroughbred Racing Associations report 30 million attendees at U S tracks last year. About twenty of the forty major tracks set new attendance records.
The Kansas City Athletics beat the Cleveland Indians 4-3 as Tom Gorman, 29, shut down the Tribe in the ninth after a tied 3-3 score. Gorman improved to 4-1 with nine saves in the season while the A's moved to 10-2 in their last 12 decisions.
National Leaguers, led by Ted Kluszewski Duke Snider Ernie Banks and Eddie Matthews, open favorites over the American Leaguers in the 22nd All-Star Game in Milwaukee. The Nationals aim for high scoring with power hitters while the Americans rely on Mickey Mantle as their top home run threat.
Ashland racer Cal Johnson, a popular driver at Winchester Airport Speedway, suffered severe third degree burns after his car burst into flames at Waynesboro last Saturday night. He escaped through the right window, endured hospital transfer to St. Luke's in Richmond, and faces at least a month of recovery with burns to the face, nose, ears, chin, upper body and right arm.
Baltimore heavyweight Bert Whitehurst was treated at a Detroit hospital for a slight brain concussion and heat exhaustion after a Motor City Arena bout. Johnny Summerlin of Detroit won an eight round unanimous decision with a strong late attack.
Boston shortstop Billy Klaus nursed a painful ankle sprain but hoped to be ready for a two night doubleheader with the Washington Senators at Fenway Park. X rays showed no break after he injured the ankle sliding into third in the first game at Yankee Stadium.
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