Sport: Scoreboard, may 16, 1955

¶ Bullet-Bob Turley, the fireballing righthander whom the Yankees bought from Baltimore last year, made his bosses look like smart investors. Only a stubborn scorer kept him from pitching a one-hitter as he struck out 13 batters and beat the Boston Red Sox 6-0, for his fifth victory and fifth full game in five starts.

¶With the help of a flying start as he took off on the anchor leg of a mile relay race against Ohio State and Army in Pittsburgh, Arnie Sowell, Pitt's junior speed boy, came home in front and stepped off one of the fastest quarter-miles in footracing history. His time: 0:45.4.

¶ While he and his teammates floundered along, nine games off the pace, the Giants' dour Don Mueller kept belting the ball with astonishing regularity. With four hits against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Don boosted his batting average to .407, stretched his hitting streak to 19 straight games.