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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1956
Page
3
B and M defeated Dr Pepper 5 to 3 to clinch the National League majors championship for the second straight year as Bill Riley earned the win. Workingmans crushed O Sullivan 14 to 5 in the other game to take third place.
Sledge took the loss after seven strikeouts and six walks as the winners posted ten hits total. The game details show two and three hits respectively for key players, with the victorious side totaling ten hits in the contest. Current league standings follow this result, outlining team positions and points.
Brakeshoe and Novick join forces to face Charles Town VFW in a twinbill at Senseng Park starting 7 o'clock. Bobby Jackson and Jim Hockman offer strong local pitching for Novick while Paul Coltrider and Bill Longerbeam work for Charles Town. Teddy Keller of Winchester will play short for Novick in both games.
The National League standings show Milwaukee leading with 56 wins and 33 losses, followed by Cincinnati 53-39 and Brooklyn 52-39. Yesterday Brooklyn edged Chicago 4 3, New York beat St. Louis 6 5, Philadelphia defeated Milwaukee 5 2, and Cincinnati beat Pittsburgh 3 2. Tomorrow schedule features Chicago at Brooklyn, St. Louis at New York, Milwaukee at Philadelphia, and Cincinnati at Pittsburgh.
American League standings show New York leading with 64 wins and 30 losses, Cleveland 54-37, Boston 52-40, Chicago 46-43, Baltimore 42-51, Detroit 42-51, Washington 36-59, Kansas City 34-59. In latest results New York beat Kansas City 10-9 in fourteen innings, Boston topped Chicago 4-3, Detroit defeated Washington 5-4, Cleveland beat Baltimore 3-2. Next games listed include Boston at Chicago and New York at Kansas City with respective starts in the afternoon.
New York slugger Mickey Mantle posts a .370 batting average and leads in runs with 83 RBIs 82 and hits 122 while also pacing homers with 32. Boston ace Brewer tops pitching with 143 strikeouts and 824 earned runs.
An old law forbidding policemen to hold part time jobs outside the department has been lifted so long as the jobs align with police traditions. A related rule banning police wives from working has also been scrapped.
Bob Mavity may not return to Montevideo as football coach this season while Scotty Hamilton could rejoin Broadway as coach. Wayne King leaves Strasburg High for Culpeper High, creating a vacancy at Strasburg. Charles E. Cooley resigns from Harrisonburg High to pursue private business. Melton F. Wright named head at Blue Streak High. Cooley credited for service and district leadership.
Montevideo High placed on athletic probation for one year for violating the out of season practice rule in football. Warren County High principal James Duff reported the penalty to the News-Record. Harrisonburg and Broadway High forfeited games after self-reporting preseason baseball practice with outside leagues.
Three DiMaggio siblings Joe Dom Vince will form the outfield for a San Francisco old timers team in an exhibition against Los Angeles veterans on Aug 4 at Wrigley Field. Joe and Dom will travel from New York while Vince resides in San Francisco.
The Evening Star reports the only real casualty so far this softball season was Denny Shackleford taking a blow to the mouth near the right field fence during a game.
Winchester lost 1-0 to Brooklyn Park in the Pony League tournament at Baltimore Park Maryland. The double elimination event resumes with Winchester facing a winner from yesterday. Brooklyn Park had three hits to Winchester’s one.
Marshfield Mass. Boston Cathedral High School coach Jack McCarthy persisted after an earlier missed attempt at Marshfield Country Club. He finally sank a hole-in-one from the sixth hole after a single shot with a witness present.
Hockman hurled a three hit game to defeat Brakeshoe 4-0 in city league action. Whitlock took the loss with four hits allowed as Republic Oil plated all four runs in the first inning. Brakeshoe scattered three singles while Wisecarver and Carter each had two of Republic’s four hits.
Margaret Allen of Arlington captured her third consecutive Virginia women’s amateur golf championship, defeating Sydney Elliott of Charlottesville 5 and 4 in the final match at Hot Springs Virginia.
Lynchburg faces Waynesboro tonight in the state Babe Ruth League final. Johnny Austin starred for Lynchburg with two one hitters in last night’s semifinal, as the team seeks the championship.
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