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A ROUNDUP OF THE WEEK'S NEWS
June 27, 1955
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June 27, 1955

A Roundup Of The Week's News

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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL (Week Ending June 19)

AMERICAN LEAGUE

1. New York
W-4; L-3
Seas.: 42-23
Pct.: .646

Detroit
7-6, 6-8
3-2

Chicago
1-2, 3-6
7-1, 5-2

2. Chicago
W-5; L-3
Seas.: 37-22
Pct.: .627

Baltimore
1-0, 5-6
2-0, 8-0

New York
2-1, 6-3
1-7, 2-5

3. Cleveland
W-4; L-4
Seas.: 37-26
Pct.: .587

Washington
6-4, 3-1
0-7, 8-5

Boston
5-6, 3-2
2-4, 7-11

4. Detroit
W-2; L-3
Seas.: 32-27
Pct.: .542

New York
6-7, 8-6
2-3

Baltimore
2-3, 7-0

5. Boston
W-6; L-1
Seas.: 31-32
Pct.: .492

Kansas City
12-4, 9-6
7-6

Cleveland
6-5, 2-3
4-2, 11-7

6. Kansas City
W-2; L-3
Seas.: 24-37
Pct.: .393

Boston
4-12, 6-9
6-7

Washington
4-2, 9-4

7. Washington
W-1; L-5
Seas.: 23-37
Pct.: .383

Cleveland
4-6, 1-3
7-0, 5-8

Kansas City
2-4, 4-9

8. Baltimore
W-2: L-4
Seas.: 20-42
Pct.: .323

Chicago
0-1 6-5
0-2, 0-8

Detroit
3-2, 0-7

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

Batting—Al Kaline, Detroit, .379
Runs batted in—Mickey Mantle, New York,
and Jackie 'ensen, Boston, 47
Home runs—Mickey Mantle, New York, 16
Pitching—Dick Donovan, Chicago, and Early
Wynn, Cleveland, 8-2

NATIONAL LEAGUE

1. Brooklyn
W-3; L-3
Seas.: 46-16
Pct.: .742

Cincinnati
9-0, 2-5
5-6

St. Louis
12-1, 4-5
7-4

2. Chicago
W-3; L-4
Seas.: 36-28
Pct.: .563

New York
0-5, 2-7
2-1

Philadelphia
2-3, 4-0
0-1, 8-7

3. Milwaukee
W-4; L-3
Seas.: 32-30
Pct.: .516

Cincinnati
4-6

Philadelphia
4-2, 0-4
0-3

New York
5-4, 7-4
8-7

4. New York
W-2; L-4
Seas.: 31-31
Pct.: .500

Chicago
5-0, 7-2
1-2

Milwaukee
4-5, 4-7
7-8

5. Philadelphia
W-4; L-3
Seas.: 27-33
Pct.: .450

Milwaukee
2-4, 4-0
3-0

Chicago
3-2, 0-4
1-0, 7-8

6. Cincinnati
W-5; L-3
Seas.: 26-32
Pct.: .448

Milwaukee
6-4

Brooklyn
0-9 5-2
6-5

Pittsburgh
1-3, 4-1
2-5, 4-0

7. St. Louis
W-3; L-3
Seas.: 25-33
Pct.: .431

Pittsburgh
5-10, 7-3
5-0

Brooklyn
1-12, 5-4
4-7

8. Pittsburgh
W-3; L-4
Seas.: 21-41
Pct.: .339

St. Louis
10-5, 3-7
0-5

Cincinnati
3-1, 1-4
5-2, 0-4

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

Batting—Richie Ashburn, Philadelphia, .352
Runs batted in—Duke Snider, Brooklyn, 68
Home runs—Duke Snider, Brooklyn, 23
Pitching—Don Newcombe, Brooklyn, 11-1

RECORD BREAKERS

Paul Anderson , fleshy 340-pound Toccoa, Ga. muscleman, gave appreciative Russians sample of his enormous strength, lifted 402.41 pounds in two-hands press, 425.565 pounds in clean and jerk, set two world records in U.S.-Soviet weight-lifting competition at Moscow. Other world record breakers: Tommy Kono of Sacramento, Calif., middleweight two-hands press with 291.5 pounds; Russia's Nikolai Kostylev, lightweight snatch with 270.113 pounds; Russia's Fyodor Osipa, middle heavyweight two-hands press with 316.8 pounds; Russia's Yuri Duganov, middleweight clean and jerk with 292 pounds (see page 11).

Harold Connolly , withered-armed Boston University graduate student, unfurled tremendous 201-foot 5�-inch heave in 16-pound hammer throw, broke U.S. standard at Quincy, Mass.

Mae Fagg, speedy Tennessee State A & I girl, ran 100-yard dash in 0:10.7; Cuba's swift Bertha Diaz zipped over 80-meter hurdles in 0:11.5 for new American marks in National AAU women's meet at Ponca City, Okla.

Adios Harry stepped off mile in 1:59 2/5, new world record for 4-year-old pacer on half-mile track, outran his half brother Adios Boy by two lengths in $7,500 match race at Westbury, N.Y.

GOLF

Jack Fleck , unknown 32-year-old public course pro from Davenport, Iowa who never took golfing lessons or won a major tournament, fired blazing 67 to tie limping Ben Hogan at 287, used his Hogan-made clubs to rack up string of birdies for brilliant 69 that upset the old master by three strokes in play-off for U.S. Open championship at San Francisco's rugged Olympic Club. Tied for third behind Fleck and Hogan were fiery-tempered Tommy Bolt , early leader, and Sam Snead , still looking for first Open victory, at 292, followed by Julius Boros and Bob Rosburg with 295; Doug Ford , Bud Holscher and Amateur Harvie Ward Jr. with 296; Jack Burke and Mike Souchak with 297 (see page 18).

John W. Roberts , 56-year-old Columbus, Ohio management consultant, fell behind after taking eight on 11th hole, snapped back to shoot 78, defeated veteran Roy Moore of Waterville, Maine, who had 79, in play-off for U.S. Seniors' title at Rye, N.Y.

Louise Suggs of Sea Island, Ga., leading money winner among women, dropped 25-foot putt for birdie on last green for 366 medal total and 44 plus points, nosed out pretty Marlene Bauer of Sarasota, Fla. by stroke to capture Triangle round-robin and $1,500 at Grossinger, N.Y.

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