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The Shreveport Journal from Shreveport, Louisiana • 14

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w''A TODAY'S NEWS TODAY-WITH TODAY'S PICTURES roun THE SHREVEPORT JOURNAL THURSDAY MAY 31 1956 0 inth Innin ally hreveport Wins Ifl Texas League Dallas and Tulsa Win Double Houston Streak Is Halted Lynn's Two-Run Single Big Blow (First Game) ROVSTON AD Adams cf 3 0 I l'hillips 2b 3 0 0 Valeralaic 312 3 0 1 Prowne lb 3 1 1 Rae If 3 1 1 Smith rf 300 Amaro at 301 rand 301 2 0 0 Clark 0 0 0 (Second Game) AUSTIN ARRHOA Thomas 3b 8 0 I 0 6 Frey or 5 1 3 4 0 Taylor lb 3 2 2 0 1 Malkmus 2b 4 1 I 3 3 Daley If 4 0 2 2 0 Solt et Laguna 50130 Hdliaren ri-it 50120 Caro as 30131 Johnson is 21010 0 A 1 0 2 2 2 1 3 0 1 0 20 22 50 0 1 By The Associated Press The Houston Buffs still led the Texas League Thursday but their all-time high streak of 13 games lay a heap of rubble under the talons of the Dallas Eagles The Eagles beat Houston 18 6 I Totals 37 5 12 27 II OKLAHOMA CITY I ABRHOA Shreveport Sports Averages BATTING AVERAGES AB 2B 33 HR RBI Joyner 182 43 71 17 3 4 35 Pringle 18 2 6 0 0 1 3 Newkirk 12 2 4000 1 Martin 6 0 2000 1 Guettler 163 46 54 8 0 25 57 Coogan 179 36 59 11 2 3 26 Lynn 170 24 56 13 1 0 19 Peden 151 23 47 9 0 10 34 Ackeret 157 la 48 5 2 4 21 MeGaha 40 8 12 2 0 2 6 Parsons 68 11 20 3 0 0 6 Hollis 181 26 51 4 2 3 20 Fine 16 0 4 1 0 0 0 Hamm 124 17 29 5 1 1 17 Bogan 9 2 2 1 0 0 3 Jones 33 4 6 2 0 0 5 Craddock 6 0 1000 0 George 20 0 3 0 0 0 1 1noblauch 27 5 4000 1 Abfomowitz 4 1 0000 0 Totals 1643 279 496 84 11 53 259 13 ER RBI 3 4 35 0 1 3 00 1 00 1 0 25 57 2 3 26 1 0 19 0 10 34 2 4 21 0 2 6 0 0 6 2 3 20 0 0 0 1 1 17 0 0 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 496 84 11 53 259 Totals 26 3 6 DALLAS CoArrticlia 2b 463B It 3 1 1 4 0 2 Comnidis 2b AB11110A t)100re it 33 111 1 unham r1 4 0 2 BB AVG 5 290 0 333 0333 0333 0 331 1 330 1 329 2 311 2 306 0 300 0 294 2 282 0 250 2 234 0 222 0 182 0 167 0 150 0 148 0 000 21 03 Igek lb 2 0 lodgers 4114 0 paveivort 3b 21110 41101 Pabek 3 3 3 6 1 Taussig cf 3 1 3 5 0 Rodriguez 30000 0 A At Fair Motorcycle Champions To Race Here Sunday Pearson et WehmeYer al York lb Sezesny 2b Maro lewskt rf Antonello If Cash Ktilingsworth 3b EnNtagglo Yoke 1) 30036 40070 40130 41130 30140 40050 31100 10114 10001 8-2 and 20 in two nine-inning Memorial Day games at Dallas to movp to two games be-bind Shreveport beat second-place Fort Worth 7-5 to leave the Cats a game and a half behind the Buffs Tulsa whipped San Antonio 4-2 and 11-8 in both ends of a twin bill and Austin crushed Oklahoma City 15-2 and 5-3 A purse of $900 will be at stake here Sunday afternoon whensthe White Eagle Motorcycle Club sponsors its first racing program of the 1956 season at the Fair Grounds Totals 29 8 13 21 5 Houston ono no 1-2 Dallas 110 150 z-8 Browne Moore Rodgers Davenport 3 Taussig 2 Cosmidis Dunham Dabek Taussig HR Browne Davenport Taussig SR Cosmidis to Rodgers Left --Houston 3 Dallas 7 2 Clark 1 8 Hughes 2 Clark 2 11 in 41 Clark 2 in 1 f2-01 Stein and IslaleskY attend Game) Totals 29 3 6 27 11 Austin 001 020 200-5 Oklahoma City 101 NO 001-3 4 York 2 Taylor Daley 3 Caro Antonello Thomas Marolewski Pearson Pearson Johnson Taylor Caro Maggio to Wehmeyer to York Malkmus to Caro to Taylor Wehmeyer to York 14 Oklahoma City 4 DI Maggio 3 Yoke 2 Johnson 2 DI Maggio 4 Johnson 3 12 in 71 innings: Yoke 0 in 1a Johnson Car man and Briseese A-1197 17 300 End Series With Cats Tonight Move To Dallas for Four The Shreveport or ts rallied for three runs in the ninth inning to beat Fort Worth for the second straight time last night 7-5 and will meet the Cats again tonight before moving over to Dallas for four games with third-place Dallas Bill George (4-5) is slated to go against the Cats tonight and will be opposed by Ralph Mauriello (0-0) Shreveport gained a 4-0 lead through the first five innings of play last night but a four-run fifth pulled the Cats up on even terms and then the home town club went ahead in the sixth with a single run This is how matters stood as the Sports came to bat in the upper half of the ninth Red Hollis opened the ninth by reaching first on a walk Manager Mel McGaha followed with an infield hit Fred Martin laid down a perfect sacrifice bunt to advance both runners and at this Point Robert Werner was sent tn point Robert Wegner was sent to ABRItIOA Chattanopga Quits Cellar In Southern PITCHING AVERAGES IP NV SO Newkirk 31 2 0 13 Knob lauch 741f 6 1 36 Fine 482i 3 3 19 Pringle 60 2 2 36 Martin 25 3 3 5 Craddock 14 1 1 7 George 661i 4 5 26 Hogan 3213 2 3 20 Abromowitz 12 0 0 6 HOUSTON AB I Adams et 4 0 Phillips 2b 4 0 Valenruela 3b 4 Prowne lb 4 0 Pae It 3 0 Smith 3 0 AMATO 811 3 0 Patton 3 0 blutiett 3 0 PCT 1000 857 500 500 500 500 444 400 000 BB 15 40 17 22 7 7 $5 13 5 2 3 0 5 11 0 3 0 2 0 1 2 4 1 0 2 (First Game) BAN ANTONIO ABRHOA Roberts lb 30181 Celery 2b 3 0 0 4 2 Hollmic If 40010 Brown ri 30130 Grace 30110 Robinson 3b 3 1 1 1 2 Tasby cl 20000 1-Powis 10000 Melton 0 20101 2-Scheib 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 31 0 4 26)(14 DALLAS ABRHOA 'n1'57111104 To 4 0 0 2 4 Moore If 40020 Dunham et 4 1 3 2 0 lb 4 0 0 14 0 Rodgers as 4 1 2 1 3 nivennort 3b 3 0 I 0 5 Tammuz et 30120 Schmidt 30141 Roberta Is 3 0 1 0 2 Marshall Wins From Hollins Riders from six states have sub mitted their entries for the eight-event program which will start with time trials at 1:30 o'clock The first of eight races is scheduled at 2:30 o'clock Numerous popular riders have advised officials they are overhauling new machines for use in the White Eagle races Among the riders to perform here are Everett Brashear national champio Tommy Byars the four-time Texas State and Southwest champion Dale Breedlove holder of the local track's one-half mile record-2633 Bates Mollyneaux recent winner of the 100-mile tea ture at Daytona Beach Fla Oklahomans prepared to risk their life in the chase for money are Eugene Reed Curley Sutton Harold Hainer of Tulsa and Robert Lutz of Oklahoma City A pack of crackerjack riders en tered from Houston include Louis Siebe Burt George Norris Legg Dorwin Beavers Jack Gholson and Tieser Advance tickets for the motorcycle races may be purchased at Gorman's Harley-Davidson Center on Texas avenue or at the State Fair headquarters in the grand stand Shortstop Andre Rodgers crashed a homer over the left centerfield fence with Art Dunham aboard in the ninth to give the Eagles the second game victory over Houston Neil Roberts allowed Houston four hits in the second game after Freddie Rodriguez allowed the Buffs six in the opener Russ Rae and Pidge Browne each hit first-game homers for Houston Dale Matthewson scattered six San Antonio hits in the opener but needed help from Tulsa reliefer Bill Tremel in the seventh after San Antonio's Brooks Robinson smacked a two-run homer The Oilers wrapped up the nightcap with seven runs in the sixth inning Bob Will and Frank Cars well each hit three-run homers in the sixth for the Oilers Austin pitcher Bill Tosheff staked to a six-run lead off Indian hurler Jack Swift in the first inning coasted to victory in the first game at Oklahoma City with a nine-hitter Bob NIalkmus hit two homers for Austin to slam across four runs Albie Pearson opened the second game for Oklahoma City with a solo homer but Austin tied it up in the third Oklahoma City went ahead again in the bottom of the Totals 28 2 7 18 9 TULSA ABRHOA WIll el 40210 Goryl 2b 41252 Williams lb 4007 2 Clarkson 3b 3 0 1 14 Carswell It 40010 Ernaga if 21010 Fanning 10130 Helium ss 2 1 0 13 Matthewson 11110 Tremel 00000 By The Associated Press President Joe Engel who drew laughs recently by comparing his Chattanooga Lookouts to Needles the late-starting race horse had the look of a minor prophet today as his ball club rose to sixth place in the Southern Assn after a long term in the basement Engel predicted better things for the Looks last weekend while they were sweeping a three-game series from Atlanta and vacating the cellar Last night they took two games from tailend New Orleans 4-3 and 115 and climbed over Little Rock into sixth by one percentage point Chattanooga's sweep over the pathetic Pelicans left the Lookouts with seven victories in their last nine games Totals 32 2 2 27 15 out when winning run scored Hougton MO Don Dallas 000 000 002-2 Davenport 2 Valenruelo to Amaro to Phi 'ling Left 5 Dallas 4 1 3 Mullett 3 Roberts 41-21 (-1) Stem Mlaesky and smith A-3632 Bobby Jones 160 of Bossier City scored a decision over Monroe's Henry Burton 163 Probably the best fight of the night developed between Jesse Coins 141 Monroe and Willie Roche 143 Austin Tex which the former won by decision Columbus Marshall la8 Shreveport defeated Roy Johnson 165 Monroe on a decision in the six round of their preliminary bout The night's opener ended in a TKO for James Starge 140 Shreveport over Leroy MacAfee 143 Red Chute The bout was stopped ia the first round Marshall of Shreveport won a six-round decision over Johnny Hollins Austin Texas in the feature of Wednesday night's card at the Sportsatorium The local boxer who weighed In at 210 pounds won four of the six rounds from his 207-pound opponent Marshall got in some telling punches during the early rounds before both boxers adopted wrestling tactics to throw each other to the mat several times in the latter stages of the bout In the six-round semi-final bout Totals 25 4 7 21 11 1Grounded out for Tasby in Ith out fur Melton in 7th San Antonio 000 000 2-2 Tulsa 011 101 z-4 Tasby Coryl Will 2 Robinson 2 Will 2 Robinson naga An tonio 7 Tuksa PI 6 Melton 4 Tremel Melton in 6: Trentel 1 in I Melton (Fanning Ernaga) (7-1) to 12-2i Kueren Fischer A-3500 (Fleeting Garnet 8AN Alit 0510 AB 11 0 A Roberts lb 4 2 2 0 Caffery 2b 5 0 0 6 2 Powis cf 2 4 2 1 Roberts lb Cettery 2b Powis el Meet Gime) AUSTIN ABIITIOA Tbelmas 3b 3 2 I 2 4 Trey el 21000 Taylor lb 8 2 2 8 2 Ialkmua 2b 5 3 3 3 3 Daley rt 4 I 2 2 0 Hallgren if 3 2 0 2 0 Caro is 5 2 3 2 4 Solt 22100 Toshelf 20020 third but the Senators scored two runs in the fifth to go ahead for good 21 13 0 A 3 0 2 0 Rrown Gram Clsrk 88 11011wic It Robinson 3b Meitner Evanit 3-Scheib 4-Holizanole Birrer 0 11111l 41125 1111 3 200 0 00 2 00 0 fin 0 00 0 000 1 4 4 3 0 Totals 31 13 12 OKLAHOMA CITY AR rearsnri a 4 0 2 webmeyer IS 4 1 1 'insk lb 4 0 1 SC7f11 2b 2 0 0 A tioneilo It enkins rt 4 I 2 3 0 0 Bk 3 0 0 Kilitnitsworth 31s 3 0 1 Suift st 000 Aletricles 0 0 0 0 1-6enth 101 iloitsnui IS 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 I 0 1 0 0 1 Totals 38 8 14 24 14 ABRHOA 5 1 2 3 0 4 2 2 8 1 5 2 2 11 1 9 1 3 1 2 0 4 1 3 2 0 1 0 0 8 1 4 0 3 4 0 4 0 2 0 3 4 1 0 2 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Will cl Gory! 2b lb jrntICY It Erneite ri Beilino Cnhen st 141ePli Lceros I ierkson 3b McClure HI cl Dry' 21 litiamb lb MICY rswell It remel maga rt alitfts 3b-11 elltno is nhen 4b1 t-Pit etrros ft lArkson 3b IcClure Totals 21 2 0 21 11 for Aldridge in 4lh Anglin eon ell 1-15 Oklahoma City 100 010 2 4 Daley 2 Toshelf Thomas 2 Wehme2er Taylor 2 Solt 3 Caro Antoneiln Wehmever Tayint Caro Malkmtis 2 Snit Toilheff to Caro to Tnsheff 2 Wehmeyer to Screens' to YArk Oklatintra Cita lfl 5 Aldridge 2 Holism ntheff 4 2 in LA In Aldrifig 6 In 31) 'Imam' 4 in Harper and Carrigan the mound to face lefthander Billy Lynn Lynn singled past short scoring two runs to put Shreveport ahead 6-5 Dale Coogan followed I with a single to left that scored Lynn Bob Wells came in to relieve Wegner and he got Erv Joyner and Billy Parsons out to retire the side Fort Worth put on a threatening rally in their half of the ninth but other than threatening could do no damage Martin got the first two Cats out but Jim Koranda singled and Jim Gentile walked Demeter took three straight balls before sending an easy fly into left for the third out Ivan Abromowitz started for the Sports and held the Cats hitless through five innings He weakened suddenly In the sixth and gave way to Tommy Fine who in turn was relieved by Fred Martin in the seventh Martin went the rest of the way and was credited with the victory Shreveport's runs In the first came as Coogan singl I to right field and circled the bases on Joy ner's triple to rightcenter Joy net came in on Guettler's infield out In the upperhalf of the fifth Hollis singled to left but was caught trying to steal second Mc Gaha beat out a hit to third and was forced out on Abromowitz' bunt Lynn doubled to left center and scored as Coogan tripled into the lettfield corner Joyner ended matters by popping out Pinch hitter Frank Marchio walked to start the Fort Worth sixth Dick Gray singled to right and Jack Spears tripled to right scoring both runners Fine came In to relieve Abromow'tz but be fore he could retire the side singles by Jim Gentile and Ray Shearer had scored two runs to even the score at 4-4 Gray singled in the lower hall of the seventh and scored when Lynn overcharged Spears drive to center that went for three bases This run gave the Cats a 5-4 edge that held up until the ninth 1 at le) -e I 1 I' 't--- A to C' CUS the Es 0 1: i tff il 1 'N041Viai 2 ILI If )11 it I II 94 -09- 1 at a 2 11 IA 1 kif(P 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