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14 KOKOMO (Ind.) TRIBUNE Tuesday, July 31, 1956 Semifinal Tourney Here American Legion Team Gets Through District Tourney At Anderson ANDERSON- Sam West's Jun ior American Legion team ad vanced to the semi-final round the state tournament here Mooda; by defeating Anderson Post 127 10-7, to capture the district tourna ment crown. THE SEMI-FINAL meet will be held at Kokomo on Saturday will Kokomo, Marion, South Bend am the winner from Fort Wayne bat tiing it out. Pairings will be made at a later date. Bob Limey got the mound victory but he needed help in the ninth from Don Howard who pitched to only one batter. Lin- Bey also had two hits for the winners.

Kokomo took a 2-0 lead in the third but Anderson rallied to even the score in the fourth. West's aggregation broke things wide open in the fifth wheVi it scored five times to move to a 7-2 margin. ANDERSON scored four times In the eighth on an outfield error with the bases loaded. Kokomo, however, 'charged back and moved to a 10-6 lead. Anderson manufactured a single marker in the ninth, Tom Simmons was the bitting star for the Kokomo Club with three bingles in five trips.

He also had a three-bagger as did Virgil Joseph, Dave Myers and Dyri Martin. Don Whiteheadj Jeff Orbaugh and Myers each posted two hits while Jerry Smith, with three bits, led Anderson. Linzey gave up nine hits but fanned 11 and walked only one. Box Score ANDERSON NO. 127 (7) AB 0 0 2 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 9 Weber, cf J.

Smith, Jb 4 Sheety, Simpson, ss Davis, rf Luak, ib Gelllnger, Jb R. Smith, Melson, If Furnish, Ashley, 5 5 4 I 1 TTotils KOKOMO (10) sey, T. Smith, MIDWEST' LEAGUE W. L. Pet G.B.

Lafayette 16 12 .571 Paris 15 IS .556 Dubuque 16 '15 13 IS 15 15 17 17 .552 .536 .483 .464 .433 .414 1 3 4 Vk Mattoon Clinton 14 Michigan City 13 KOKOMO 13 Decatur 12 Monday Results Mattoon 15, KOKOMO 3. Decatur 4, Michigan City 3, Dubuque 9, Lafayette 7. Paris 7, Clinton 2. Tuesday Schedule KOKOMO at Decatur. Lafayette at Clinton.

Michigan City at Mattoon. Paris at Dubuque. By The Associated Press NATIONAL LEAGUE; W. Pet GB Milwaukee 57 34 .626 Cincinnati 57 Phils Hand Kokomo 3rd Setback 15-3 0 i St. Louis 46 I Philadelphia 45 AB sis 1 i 2 2 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 10 Hickman, 000 422 UnieyT 422 Howard, 0 0 0 Totals 37 10 14 ran Miller in 1th.

ANDERSON 000 100 793 KOKOMO 002 050 14 4 Errors: Sheedy, Simpson, Luck, Simmons, rf Joseph, cf Myers, Sb Whitehead, 2b Swing, If 4 Martin, ss 3 Miller, 2b 4 -Moloch Simmons, Myers, Martin, Miller. Huns latted in: Sheedy, Simpson, Pavis, Simmons 2, Josej- 1 2, Linzey. Davis. Three-base hits: Sheedy 2, Simmons, Joseph, Myers, Whltehead. Stolen bases: J.

Smith, Simmons, Whltehead 3, Martin. Sacrifice: Myers. on bases: Anderson 5, Kokomo 6. Bases on balls: Off Furnish 1, T. Smith 1, Linzey 1.

Strike-outs: By Furnish 2, Ashley 3, T. Smith 2. Linzey 11. Hits: Off Furnish, 7 for 7 runs in 4 1-3 Innings; Linzey, 9 for runs In 8 2-3 runs in 3 Pittsburgh 43 .594 Vh .568 5 ..495 12 .469 14V4 .457 .426 18H .360 24 39 Brooklyn 54 41 47 51 51 Chicago 40 54 New York 33 57 Tuesday Schedule Milwaukee at Brooklyn (at Jersey City) (N) Cincinnati at New York (2) (twi-night) Chicago at Philadelphia (N) St. Louis at Pittsburgh Monday Besulti Milwaukee 8, Brooklyn 6 Cincinnati 4.

Pittsburgh .3 Philadelphia 5-4, Chicago 4-2 Only games scheduled Wednesday Schedule Milwaukee at Brooklyn (N) Cincinnati at New York (N) Chicago at Philadelphia (N) Cincinnati New York Chicago at Philadelphia (N) St. Louis at Pittsburgh (N) 67 30 56 39 Ulut 111 llllllllgBj nowOTU, JOr rlllU 4Kf 1-3 inning. Winning Chicago 48 44 3 2-3 inlngs; Ashley, 7 for 3 Innings; Howard, 0 for 0 runs ey. Losing Soils ig pitcher: Furnish. and Nicholson.

Urn. Three Anderson hurlers -issued 14 hits. Whitehead had three stolen bas- i including a theft'of home for the visiting Kokomo nine. Anyone Can Hit Homers In BROOKLYN (ffl "Love that year. Last year I couldn't beat AMERICAN LEAGUE W.

L. Pet. GB New York Cleveland Baltimore 44 .691 .589 10 .592 13tt .45423 .45423 .388 29V4 .354 32W, Brooklyn" is the theme song of Milwaukee's Joe Adcock and Bob Buhl. Adcock, a .300 bitter, is batting .455 against Brooklyn with home runs in eight consecutive games against the after last night's 8-6 victory at Ebbets Field. Buhl owns a 6-0 record vs Brooklyn with six straight victories and a fancy 14-4 season "Anybody can bit in that ball park here," said Adcock, Milwaukee's powerful first baseman.

"The ball travels good, the fences "The bal travels good, the fences are nothing. You know if you get good wood on it, it'll bounce off a fence or go into the seats." Adcock drilled a 3-0 pitch by Roger Craig, never before beaten at Ebbets Field, into a deep sector of the upper stands in left center field in the fifth inning with Hank Aaron on base. It was- his, ninth homer off Dodger pitching, leaving him only four short of the National League record for homers off one club. Hank Sauer, ften with Chicago, hit 13 against Pittsburgh. Before Adcock hit the homer, his 23rd of the season, he doubled in the second inning.

His four at bats made his season record 15 hits in 33 trips against Brooklyn with nine homers and 18 runs bat- "The main difference in nw is that I finally learned to pitch. "Warren Spahn helped me gain that added confidence." Mantle, Adcock Approaching Homer Records NEW YORK IB-Mickey'Mantle of the New York Yankees and Joe Adcock of the Milwaukee Braves are within reach of the major league record for home runs by one player against a single club in one season. Lou Gehrig of the Yankees belted 14 against the Cleveland Indians in 1936 for the major league mark. League record The National is 13. by Hank Detroit 44 53 Washington 38 60 Kansas City 34 62 Tuesday Schedule New York at Cleveland (N) Boston at Detroit (N) Washington at Chicago (N) Baltimore at Kansas City (N) Monday Results New York 13, Cleveland 6 Baltimore 4, Kansas City 3 (10 innings) Detroit 4, Boston 1 Only games scheduled Wednesday Schedule Washington at Chicago Baltimore at Kansas City (N) Boston at Detroit New York at Cleveland (N) AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Pet.

GB Denver 66 42 Indianapolis 58 46 Minneapolis 54 Omaha 54 St. Paul 49, Umisville 48 Wichita 46 Charleston 46 .611 .558 .519 .495 .490, .453 .439 .434 19 Omaha 8, Indianapolis 4 Denver 8, Wichita 6 (10 innings) Charleston at St. Paul, rain Louisville at Minneapolis, rain Tuesday's Games Denver at Wichita Indianapolis at Omaha Charleston at St. Paul (2) Louisville at Minneapolis (2) ted in. Buhl was disappointed at falling to go the route.

Although he has a rep as a Dodger killer, he hasn't pitched a complete game at Ebbets Field in eight major league starts, three of them this year. "I guess I was trying too hard," he said in the clubhouse. "I don't know how to explain the success I'm having with Brooklyn this Sauer, then with the Chicago Cubs, against Pittsburgh in 1954. Mantle, who tops the majors with 34 for the season, hit his eighth and ninth of the year against Cleveland Monday night in a 13-6 victory. The Yankees have seven games remaining with the Tribe.

Adcock walloped his ninth off Brooklyn pitching in Monday night's 8-6 Milwaukee victory, II was his 23rd of the season. The 6-1, in the first round of the four runs and iced an 8-6 victory N.Y., ousted John Barcus, Muncie, Braves have seven games remaining with the Dodgers. MAJOR LEAGUE STARS By The Associated Press Pitching: Virga Trucks, Tigers-Worked in and out of frequent jams by sprinkling eight walks through a three-hitter that beat Red Sox 4-1. Hitting: Hank Aaron, is over Dodgers with his 16th homer. Only One Hoosier Survives First Round Net Play KALAMAZOO.

Mich. (SI Only one of six Hoosiers survived the first round of the National Junior and Boys Championship. The lone winner was Tom Stewart of Columbus. Stewart defeated Andy Adeboij, Baltimore, Paris Club In Trouble At Clinton CLINTON, la. While the Lakers extended their baseball mastery over Clinton here Monday night, the Paris club's troubles with the city of Clinton also mounetd.

Added to the list of alleged grievances against the Paris club daring Us visits here was the act of arson. Clinton police who were called to (be Paris dugout to deliver a lecture about alleged use of profanity during a previous Lakers-at-Clinton series were sumoned to the same site again Monday when fans In the first base box seats smelted smoke daring the-fourth inning. Police said they discovered a wood-and-paper bonfire boning in the ramp leading from ihe dufint under the stands to the clubhouse. Police said (hey were told by the Paris players that the fire was started "to keep, away the mosquitoes." At (be, request of the (he Lakers extinguished their bonfire. The Paris clnb did not use (he visiting clubhouse facilities during the series here.

Business manager Harland Anglese of Clinton had barred the Lakers from (be clubhouse last month after charging that Paris players used abusive language to fans at Rlvervlew Stadium here and also caused property damage In (he locker room. Anglese said (be Clinton dab will not use dressing room facilities at Paris for (he rest of the season. Moreover, Paris became a "commuter" club upon arrival here Sunday. The clnb was (old by (ha management of (he Lafayette and Clinton Hotels bere (hat It could no longer be quartered (here. Clinton clnb officials say (he hotel management (bat action without their knowledge, apparently because of alleged disturbances (he club had caused daring Its last series here.

At any rate, the Lakers stayed in a Dabuque hotel Sunday night and "commoted" the 60 miles between (he (wo Iowa cities. Denver Adds To AA Lead, Tribe Bows to'Omaha By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Denver Bears lengthened their American Assn. lead to six games Monday night as rain abbreviated the league's activity to just two contests. The Colorado entry won an up- lill, IMi victory over Wichita in 10 innings as runnerup Indianapolis took it on the chin from Omaha, Downpours washed out the Charleston-St. Paul and Louisville- Minneapolis games in the twin cities.

Tony Kubek lashed out a double to core Bob Martyn from first base in the top of the 10th for keifar, Dodgers Move Over For Two-Game Series With Last-Place Commodores MATTOON Mattoon's Phillies, who have had an easy time of it for the past two nights, handed Ko- como's Dodgers their third straight defeat, 15-3, here Monday in the final game of their two-game series. Kokomo invades Decatur Tuesday for a two-game set and then travels to Michigan City for two more, games before returning home on Saturday to meet the White Caps. Three more Dodger Lambasted! KOKOMO (3) Sank, rf Yoder, Ib Miles, If hurlers Smith, rf, L1 i it. Moseley, 3b, rf were pounded for 17 hits as Merrigan, MUD IN THEIR TRY Deep, sloppy going didn't stop British runners in the Interservices Championships at Royal Air Force Stadium in Middlesex. Aircraftsman Marty Firth, last here, won the three-mile.

Cpl. B. B. Heatley, 128, on top at this stage, ran second. Cpl.

S. S. Eldon, 131, second here, finished third. North Side, Economy Win In Tourney Games North Side Plumbing and Economy Home Improvement squeezed out victories Monday night in the Indiana Amateur Softball Association tournament at Foster Park. North Side edged Bud's Shell of Economy goes against Stellite in Phillies scored in every inning but the first.

Starter Emmy Unzicker was charged with the loss, bis 12th against seven victories. Rookie Ed Smrekar went all the way in posting bis second victory against no losses. DAVE GOTTSCHALK, Charlie Randall and Nat Dickerson paced the Mattoon attack as every man in the lineup except Shortstop Jackie Robinson hit safely. Gottschalk started the Phillies on their surge with a two-run 16th of the season- in the second. Randall poled his 13th of the campaign with two mates aboard hi the third.

Dickerson had four hits, two doublet and two singles, hi five official trips to the plate. Four Dodger errors plus eight walks issued by three Kokomo pitchers aided the Phillies as Mat- Durden, Ib Abraham, 2b Unzieker, 1 Totals ...32 out for Logan, cf Jonleti, If Randall, Ib Dlckertm, Ib Jb Suttlcmyer, rf Shlmfeael, Robinson, Smrekar, Totals AB 4 2 1 1 12 for rOON AB 1 Unxl (11 i i 1 11 0 1 1 4 2 0 3 0 9 1 0 1 24 cker I) 0 1 0 10 0 10 0 27 oat A 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 a 4 1 2 11 In A 0 1 0 0 0 1 11 DM. 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 4th. 0 I 0 0 1 1 KOKOMO MATTOON' 033 in 3, Voder 2, Randall InlmfttMl, 3B Logan, Purba'ugh, Smrekar. Dlckerson the first game, and North Side'toon poured three runs across in M0 tackles Coonrod Motors in the the second, third and sixth frames' HALE, in pitching North Side to seventh plus single runs in the its 2-0 nod over Bud's Shell, struck fourth and eighth.

Yoder, Cottschalk, Dlckenon 2. 3b Randall. SF Purnaugn, snlmfessef. Smrekar, Oottschalk and Dlckanon Abraham and Durden. 12, Mattoon 11.

2, Bafus 2, Merrigan 4, Smrekar f. zlcker 2, Merrigan 1, Smrekar HO 4 In Bafus. 1 In 1-3; Merrigan, 12 In 4 1-3. 6-4, Bafus 14, Merrigan S-7, Smrekar W. (24).

(7-12). and Carlton. Time me second, uura anu SLXUI irames i and added two in the fifth and AP, blX Other Wire Services on Hand Greentown, 2-o7 and' 10 and walked one. while WHILE HIS MATES were blast- Af Olvmnic whipped Shoffner Standard Dryer, gave up just fourjj Unzicker, Don Bafus and Walt ice, 1-0. Hale pitched the four-hit hits, he fanned two and walked Merrigan.

Southpaw Ed Smrekar shutout for North Side, and Jones gave Shoffner just four hits. TUESDAY SCHEDULE Economy vs. Stellite North Side vs. Coonrod Motors In Tuesday night's action, Economy and North Side will try to five. was holding the Dodgers at bay NEW YORK GB-The Associated Press is joining with six otter North Side scored single tallies as ne went the route in his first world wire services to gather all in the third and fourth innings ar ting assignment of the season the basic results of the Mel- gain the victory.

Bud's Shell nev- 0 rac )j up his second victory of bourne Olympic games. er threatened. Economy Home Improvement scored one run in the home haH of the eighth inning to break up a pitchers' duel remain unbeaten in tourney play. ne ones and Bulger. Box Scores BUD'S SHELL (0) AB Bontrager, 3b 3 0 Callls, ss 2 0 Myers, rf 3 0 Harper, Ib 0 Riley, cf 0 Ellis, 2b 3 0 B.

Armstrong, 3 0 C. Armstrong, 2 0 Dryer, 2 0 1 0 Totals 25 0 NORTH SIDI PLUMBING (2) AB Hanklns, cf 3 0 Tyler, rf 2 0 Davis, 2b 1 0 fisher. Ib 0 Rale, 3 0 Tilley, If 3 1- Morrow, 3b 3 0 DePruna, ss 2 0 Davy, 2 1 Wilson, rf 0 0 Totals 22 2 batted for C. Armstrong in 7th. SUD'S SHELL, 000 000 NORTH SIDE 001 100 Two-base hit: Myers.

Bases on balls: Dryer 5, Hale 1. Strilw-outs: Dryer 2, Hale 10. Hits: Off Dryer, 4 for 2 runs In Innings; Hale, 4 for 0 runs in 7 Innings. Winning pitcher: Hale. Los- Ing pitcher: Dryer.

Umpires: Mulllns and Hilton. between the jthe year. The Dodgers nicked him for two runs in the third on Paul the win- Abraham's lead-off doable, Un- loser zicker's Infield oat sending him to third, Zot Sasek'g walk and Bob Voder's doable which tallied NEITHER TEAM scored during the regulation seven innings, but! Abraham and Sasek. In the Economy chased home the winning run in the eighth. In gaining the triumph, Jones sixth, Dick Moseley was passed and went to sectmd on Merrigan's single.

Dnke Dnrden's gave up four hits, fanned six and infield out poshed Moseley to walked three. Bulger was tagged for five hits, struck out two and walked three. Shoffner threatened to blow it wide open in the eighth when Arnie Pasquali doubled. But that n'was the extent of the damage. i lucseiey ana Batting .029 positions each.

third and a moment later he rode home on Jim Porbangn's sacrifice fly. For the second straight night, the Reiserless Dodgers were ma-! nipulated around the field with four Nate Smith, Oilman Returns Moseley and two) This will mean that the writing staff at the games, headed by Ted Smits, AP general sports editor, will be able to concentrate on descriptive, features, interviews and the story behind the Olympic drama. Joining with the Associated Press hi the results pool are the Agence France Press; the Australian Associated Press, the International News Service, Reuters, Tass, and the United Press Associations. This is the first time such a cooperative pool has ever been set up on a major news event games are Nov. 22-Dee.

8. the season. BROOKLYN are Smrekar, in winning, walked nine ceptions to the baseball rule that men and fanned the same number, pitchers don't hit, but Brooklyn i Unzicker took the loss, his llth of Dodger righthander Roger Craig isn't one of them. He's without a hit in 43 at bats this season. And in 26 trips after being called up in mid-season last year, he had only two hits.

His major league lifetime THE SETBACK was Kokomo's 13th in 31 games for the second half of the campaign STth in games for the entire season. To Grid Coaching INDIANAPOLIS Ul Ron Hallman has been named bead football coach at Carmel High School north of Indianapolis, succeeding Burr Weddle, who win coach at Manchester College. Hallman helped Angus Nichosea coach Indiana Central's unbeaten 1954 team, but was out of the fession last boys' singles. Also in the boys' singles Roger Wendt, LaPorte, lost to Rodney Susman, Ladue, Jack Fitzpatrick, Bluffton, was defeated by Lawrence Nagler. Roslyn Heights, N.Y., 6-2, N.M., beat Doug Robinson, Jpdi- anapolis, 6-1, 6-4; Dick McGaw, Fort Wayne, lost to DeEdward Greer, Houston, 6-0, 7-5, and Richard Razzetti, Old Westbury, 6-S, 6-1.

Denver's whining run. Kubek then tallied an insurance run on Zeke Bella's base Omaha built up an 8-0 lead over Indianapolis through six innings and coasted to victory behinc Marty Kutyna's good pitching. Kutyna had -a three-hit shutoul going until the seventh, when the Indians pushed over their first run. Homers by Rudy Regalado and Joe Altobelli produced three more Indianapolis runs in the eighth. Dick Schofield paced Omaha's 12-bit attack on three Indian pitchers with two home runs and a single in four official trips to the SHOFFNER STANDARD (0) AB Smith, 3 0 Butcher, Ib I 0 idle, rf 4 0 Johnson, 3b 4 0 Pasquali, cf 3 0 C.

Cox, Ib 300 Sherrow, If 300 BulKer, 1 0 0 Totals 27 0 4 ECONOMY H. IMPROVEMENT AB DeWltt, rf 4 Sears, ss 3 Heathcoat, Jb 4 Russell, Ib 4 Shlvely, cf 4 Bartrum, 3b 3 Powell, Saul, if Jones, Totals 30 1 SHOFENER 000 000 ECONOMY 000 000 Two-base hit: Pasquali. Double plays: Smith to Butcher to Cox, Bulger.I to Cox. Bases on balls: Bulger Jones 3. Strikeouts: Bulger 2, Jones! 6.

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