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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1956
Page
8
Winchester Nationals beat Mt Jackson 7-3 in the Little League tournament advancing to face the winner of Front Royal versus Broadway Plains District for the Area 1 championship. Reed earned the win with 13 strikeouts. Galladay took the loss.
Hank Aaron powered Milwaukee with three hits and four RBIs including the 16th homer as the Braves beat the Dodgers 8-6 at Ebbets Field. Milwaukee moved seven straight wins over Brooklyn, pulling five games behind New York and extending its NL lead.
David R. Hensley of Martinsville is the new commandant at Fork Union Military Academy. He succeeds Maj. Paul M. Fletcher and will hold the rank of lieutenant colonel. A former University of Richmond football star, Hensley came to Fork Union in 1954 as assistant football coach and history instructor, and in the past year was named head football coach.
Reed homered in the third as Winchester and Mt. Jackson players tallied hits. Del linger doubled in the sixth during a three run rally. Galladay Foltz Patton Price Wolfe and Harper added hits for Winchester while Polk had two hits for Mt. Jackson. In Front Royal, the American all star game tied 5 5 at the end of six with Audacille delivering a homer in the eighth to win.
Tomorrow's schedule features Milwaukee at Brooklyn 7 00 Cincinnati at New York 12 30 Chicago at Philadelphia 7 00 St Louis at Pittsburgh 7 15 New York 13 Cleveland 6 Baltimore 4 Kansas City 3 10 innings Detroit 4 Boston 1 Only games scheduled Washington at Chicago 1 30 Baltimore at Kansas City 9 00 Boston at Detroit 2 00 New York at Cleveland 7 00
Doug Hoback, 13, of Valparaiso Indiana, died in a hospital after failing to qualify for the Akron Soap Box Derby regional finals in Gary. He had qualified as Valparaiso Class A champ on July 4 and battled lymphosarcoma. His doctor said he never gave up and his dream was to race.
Sprint star Dave Sime announced doctors at Duke Hospital found his right leg is about 14 inches larger in circumference than his left. The imbalance likely caused the pulled groin that sidelined the Duke runner from the Olympics. Sime said he will resume running next week while attending summer school as a sophomore.
New York lightweight Carlos Ortiz earned a split decision over Tommy Salem at St. Nicks last night. Ortiz required seven stitches to close a cut over his left eye, keeping him at 16-0.
A jury acquitted former boxer Buddy Baer of one count of child molestation and another of lewd acts. Two other charges were dismissed earlier by Judge Kenneth L. Holaday on Baer's attorney motion in Van Nuys California.
Mickey Mantle tied Babe Ruth’s 60 homer pace by belting his 33rd and 34th in a 13-6 win over Cleveland. The Yankees raised their win total in their 97th game as Mantle added a July surge with a grand slam his first of the season. Ruth previously hit nine in July and nine in August before a 17-homer September finish.
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