Joost First MLB Error as A's Fall to Red Sox
In a holiday weekend for baseball crowds, Eddie Joost of the Athletics made his first error after 41 straight errorless games, ending a 225 chance streak. Whitey Lockman and Gil Hodges drove in four runs each as the Giants and Dodgers tied 4-4 in 11 innings at Ebbets Field. The game halted to allow travel to the west for today’s invasions. The Giants remained in first, a half game ahead of the Cardinals. Brooklyn sat seventh. No other MLB games were on the slate.
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Des Moines Bruins top Cardinals in Western league clash
Tony Jacobs held Omaha to three hits over five innings and struck out seven as Des Moines defeated Omaha 7-5. Carl Sawatski tied the score with a two run homer in the fifth before Des Moines won in the seventh. Lincoln at Denver Sioux City at Pueblo Omaha at Des Moines. Henderson Wins. Grant-Menderson beat Grant 18-8 at the Grant American Legion park dedication.
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Baseball Scores From Yesterday in AL and NL
American League results show Boston defeating Philadelphia 8 to 1 and Washington beating New York 4 to 1. In the National League, New York tied Brooklyn 4 to 4 after 11 innings in the only game reported.
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Jimmy Thomson Fails To Qualify In Open Trials
In U S Open sectional golf trials 1418 entries were pruned to 171 at Riviera Los Angeles June 10-12. Defending champion Lew Worsham and top hopefuls chased spots. veteran Jimmy Thomson from Los Angeles Chicopee fell one stroke short after a 163 two-round score while Art Bell led with 143. Jack Harden fired a scorching 67 66 to pace El Paso’s strong day.
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Three American Women In Same Tourney Bracket
In the British women's golf tournament at St. Anne's on the Sea the quarterfinal draw put three U S survivors in one bracket. Louise Suggs faces Dorothy Kirby in the lower bracket while Kirby meets Mrs John Gee of England. Maureen Rutile faces Helen Holm and E M Hartley meets Jean Donald in the upper bracket. Semifinals were slated.
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Kansas City Nips Milwaukee 4-3 in tight pennant clash
The Kansas City team edged Milwaukee 4-3 as Dave Madison pitched eight hits with one earned run allowed. Columbus opens a series at Indianapolis while the Red Birds sit second, 3.14 games back, with Milwaukee and St. Paul four and a half games out. A Saints visit to Milwaukee begins a two game set after a single game last night.
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Wier to Wed Iowa City Star athlete plans marriage
Murray Wier, Iowa's all America basketball star, announces engagement to Marjorie Smith of Long Beach Calif. No wedding date set. Wier finishes a B A degree at Muscatine and has signed to play next season with the Moline Tri-City Blackhawks.
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Holmes And Musial Edge In Tight Batting Race
New York report shows Boston Braves outfielder Tommy Holmes leading the National League with a .394 average while Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals sits at .393. Frank Gustine drops to .386, with Johnny Blatnik, Richie Ashburn, Carl Furillo and others rounding the top ten. In the American League Ted Williams climbs to .374 leading in hits and runs, with Lou Boudreau and Al Zarilla also rising in the standings as Monday's averages are tallied.
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Bertola Chills Iowa Bout In First U S Start
Enrico Bertola former Italian heavyweight champ from Rome knocked out Orlan Ott of Hartley Iowa in 1:06 of the first round at Marigold Gardens. Ott was counted out multiple times and taken to hospital for observation with possible brain concussion.
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15 Days and 25 Dollars for Bluffs Man in School Fight
Council Bluffs judge Allan Ardell sentenced Otto Schuetz aged 39 to 15 days in jail and a $25 fine plus costs for assaulting Thirtow Brown outside the Jowana school house after a Lake township school board meeting. Brown may have lost sight in his right eye. Schuetz pleaded innocent. The board had discussed teachers' salaries the Woodland school fire reconstruction and an additional room at lowana school.
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Truman presses for passage of three bills before adjournment
President Truman urged quick action on three bills two days before the Republican convention in Philadelphia. Only the reciprocal trade extension cleared a chamber. The selective service revival won approval from armed services committees in both houses, but the House Rules Committee delays floor consideration. Wherry said the Senate may start draft debate after disposing of the war refugee bill tonight.
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Suggs Defeats Kielty to Enter British Women’s Final
American champion Louise Suggs of Atlanta beat Dorothy Kielty of Los Angeles 4 and 4 to reach the finals of the British women's amateur championship held today.
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Golf championship final set for 36 holes tomorrow
Jean Donald of Scotland advances to the final to meet Miss Donald in a 36 hole championship match. The Scot defeats Maureen Ruttle of England 3 and 2 to reach the final.
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Painter Stranded 250 Feet Up Steeple in Keokuk
Keokuk rescue people freed painter George Johnson a Quincey NL steeple jack trapped 250 feet above ground when his hosun chair and rigging jammed while painting the cross at St. Peter's church. Fire Chief John Gréheny and Captain Carroll Davis climbed the ladder inside the steeple to reach him.
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Twins at Massena Births Two Sets in Bristow Home
Mr and Mrs Terry Waters welcome twins at Bristow nursing home Friday morning May 28. Mary Jean weighs 6 pounds 2 ounces arriving at 6 36 while another Mary Jean weighs 8 pounds 6 ounces arriving at 6 50. The family also has two boys and a girl. this marks the third set of twins born at the Bristow home.
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Cumberland Couple Welcomes A Baby Boy At Atlantic Memorial
Cumberland residents Mr and Mrs Harold Bredehoff announce the birth of a 7 ounce son at 3 52 this morning at Atlantic Memorial hospital Avoca Bay Avoca. Mr and Mrs Richard Richner report a son born at Mercy hospital Council Bluffs on Tuesday. Elliott Arrives Parents Mr and Mrs Theodore Ackerman Hastings Neb welcome a newborn son after Mrs Ackerman former Miss Effie Kruse of Elliot Philadelphia. Roach completes hotel assignments for state delegations to the Democratic National Convention July 12. Iowa delegations will stay at the Adelphi hotel.
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Brown wins Clover Hills Open with 61 on short course
Des Moines pro Joe Brown of Des Moines Golf and Country Club posted one of Iowa’s lowest competitive rounds, firing 61 to win the first Clover Hills Open. He shot 30 on the nine holes, finishing nine under par and two under the course record. Drake student Eli Orlich was low amateur with $432.66.
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Iowa City names captains for 1919 Iowa baseball team
John Tedore right fielder from Waterloo and Jack Dittmer second baseman from Elkader were named co captains of the 1919 Iowa baseball squad. The Hawks finished with 15 wins and 12 losses, after posting five Big Nine victories and six defeats in the 1948 season. Top Town pitcher Jack Bruner won seven of 11 decisions.
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