Sport: Scoreboard, Jun. 25, 1956

¶Kentucky Derby Winner Needles loafed along in last place for nearly a mile, then galloped full-out down the stretch to win the 88th running of the $119,650 Belmont Stakes last week and establish his claim as the nation's best three-year-old.

¶After his Milwaukee Braves had slipped from first place in the National League to fifth in 13 days, jolly, banjo-strumming Charlie Grimm last week sadly submitted his resignation as manager, was replaced by Coach Fred Haney, who led the lackluster, last-place Pirates of 1953-55. ¶On Lake Onondaga at Syracuse, N.Y., Cornell's brilliant eight-man crew easily won the 54th Intercollegiate Rowing Association regatta,...

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