Walkerton Independent, Volume 77, Number 43, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 30 August 1956 — Page 2

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Your Sports Corner By Robert Urbln THE MAJOR LEAGUE racc^ are getting light down to the d<; or die point, and indications now are the Yanks in the American league and possbly the Milwaukee Braves in the National league will bring home the bacon. Os course, the Yanks winning would be no 1 upset in the minds of 95% of, tiie baseball fans, but it would be a pleasing upset if the Braves were to top the Dodgers this year. SINCE MOVING INTO Milwaukee a few years ago. the Braves have been spurred on by a terrific’ 1 urnout of fans and have display- 1 < 1 far better ball than they did prior to their move from Boston Os course they have changed personnel considerably since then. < »ming up with several young ball players that have spear-' headed the attack. ONE PLAYER IN PARTICULAR, who has specialized in heating the Brooklyn ball club is Bob Buhl. Buhl won over the Dodgers Sunday for the seventh! time this year. This is a fantas-l tic figure because the Dodgers and the Braves have only’ met for series on seven occasions. This also means that Buhl is defeating the club the Braves have to beat to win the pennant. THE BREAD AND BUTTER man as far as the hitting goes is Hank Aaron Aaron is another that played nc ball at Boston as he is only in his third season with tlm Braves. Despite the fact that big Joe Addcock has gained most of the headlines as the long ball hitter. Aaron is the boy who gives that steady’ performance. Aaron is now bidding strongly for the National league batting title. DESPITE THE performances of these younger Braves, one in! particular stands out as an old-! timer who is really going strong. That is Warren Spahn, the stylish ! lefthander. Spahn has won 15 ball games and is the ‘stopper" on the staff. Spahn will reach the 2<»o win level with his next win to be one of the very’ few still playing ball who have achieved this feat. IN RECENT WEEKS, if the Braves win. the Dodgers win, if the Braves lose, so do the Dodgers. This has kept the Braves in front and they still have to be caught by either Brooklyn or Cincinnati. The Dodgers are trying to head off the Braves with a team that is certainly getting no younger. Duke Snider is rolling along now after a slow’ start, which is typical of an older l>all player. All the Dodgers, Snider, Hodges. Robinson, Campanelle, Reese, Furillo, are getting along in years playing wise and appear to be slowing dow’n. Maybe it is just one of the slow’ seasons before another red hot one, but whatever it is. it is hurting the Bums now. CINCINNATI IS STILL hanging on to hope on their main aaset, jiower. If they had one or more slatting pitchers on whom they could depend, they w’ould really be tough. Kluszewski, Bell, Robinson and Pots are all murdering the ball recently and bfeing only four games off the pace, certainly leaves them right in the middle of the fight. IN THE AMERICAN league the Yankees are hanging on to a comfortable kad despite the fact that they are not playing champ.onship ball on many occasions. Casey Stengal has had pitching trouble., hitting trouble, with the exception of Mantle's long blows, and just general all-round let down. How’ever, they stay’ ahead — ' -_■■■ > “a INMAMAmtS J Aug. 29-Sept. 7

b <. u. ■* of the streaks the trailin;; tiama go into. BOSTON. CHICAGO AND ('I.EYELAND have all had then tiie. in the number two spot. WD n ever a team gets in secund, they always take a tailspin. While the Yanks were losing during the past week, so were two of the three other logical contenders. This leaves the perennial American league champs still eight games ahead and the show no signs of slipping much more. j — ——■ - Playland Races Draw Interest Drewry’s i. offering a huge trophy to the winner of the 30-lap 'sprint car feature that is cn the racing menu for Playland Park’s half-mile Labor Day. Monday, Sepember 3. and the Michiana Bardahi distributor will present duving jackets to winners of other events that will highlight the holiday program. The big cars return to once j f amous half-mile after an absence |of five years and many automobile dealers and accessory’ outlets will contribute awanls to the top pilots who will handle the driving assignments of the sprint cars. Heavy road building equipment I is at work now on the big track to have it in shape for the event that will include time trials, four heats, the dash for the afternoon’s fastest qualifier, a 15-lap semifinal and the 30-lap feature.

Hurry! Hurry! Time’s growing short! YOUR MERCURY DEALERS’ d-»AWH to DUSK BIG [MI DEMONSTRATION MARATHON ! 6:00 am to 9:00 pm • Avgust 20-31 Stop by on your way to work. Bring your We’re out to prove to everyone that the 1956 “ 016 COOI - cool > 0001 of the evenin *- Mercury is the biggest buy of the year ... and If ‘ c ° me to U8 > telephone and we’ll do it with an old-fashioned, bumper-to- we ’ U dehver a demonstration to your door, bumper demonstration. Name your hour . . . from dav n to dusk!

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• because used car prices are the year’s highest. You can now own a new 1956 Mercury for very few dollars more than what a latemodel used car costa today. Wait ’til you see our w’de selection of body styles and colors. Try as you might, you can’t resist choosing. e because you get extra months of BIG M driving if you buy now. Don’t put off 'til tomorrow what you can drive today! You can tell the story of Mercury styling in one word . . .. I beautiful! And you’ll own the car . that won the 150-mile Milwaukee stock car race last month at an average 83.1 mph! < ‘ \

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Time trials will get underway at 1:30 with the first event scheduled for 2:30 P.M. The family of Herbert Hoover. 31st President, of the U.S., came to West Branch, lowa, 18 years before his birth. । It is estimated that there are about 75,000 patients admitted to mental institutions in the U.S. each year. | There arc more than 2,000 lakes within the boundary of the State 'of Maine, j ST. JOSEPH COUNTY CENTREVILLE FAIR CENTREVILLE. MICH. SEPT. 17 - 22 $20,000.00 Race Program Racing Every Afternoon Tuesday Thru Saturday A3own —

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Mere than 25 r X of the fires in the country are caused by careless smokers. The American Scholar is the name of the publication of Phi Beta Kapa Society. ; - _ ■ I RIALTO THEATRE WALKERTON IND. > (Tear me out and save) Thursday, Friday and Saturday Aug. 80, 31, Sept. 1 ! 5 SMASH UNITS! 1. “THE LAST FRONTIER” VIC MATURE, GUY MADISON 2. 8 STOOGES COMEDY 8. CARTOON 4. SPORTS 5. NEWS Sunday’ A Monday Sept. 2, 8 | Eva Marl. Snnd.rs HMi M«f ’ xb l Tuesday, Wednesday Sept. 4, 5 । DALE ROBERTSON, MARA CORDAY “A DAY OF FURY” ;

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