Bessemer Speed Boys Triumph Over Park Falls 6 2
Bessemer opened the 1952 MW conference baseball season with a 6 2 win over Park Falls. Gordie Erickson threw a complete game with 15 strikeouts and four hits allowed for Park Falls. Key hits came from Bob Pozega and Don Pucilowski as Bessemer built a 2 0 lead, the clubs tied it before Bessemer erupted with three runs in the fifth and another in the sixth. Park Falls pitcher Carrigle fanned seven Speed Boys. Bessemer was without Jim Beissel and Tom Mazanec, attending Boys State.
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Bessemer Speed Boys
Park Falls
Peter Fusi
Gordie Erickson
Badger City
Gordie
Darrigle
Speed Boys
Carrigle
Bob Pozega
Don Pucilowski
Bessemer
Pozega
Crenna
Pucilowski
Don
Potega
Evans
Jim Beissel
Tom Mazanec
Boys State
Lansing
Speed Boys debut ready with 6-2 win over Park Falls
Coach Peter Fusi begins A. D. Johnston high baseball era as the 1952 MW schedule opens with a 6-2 win at Park Falls. Gorde Erickson pitched a masterful game with 15 strikeouts as rookie Buddy Van Holla shows promise at third base. Next up, Ironwood Red Devils visit Ramsay in a league doubleheader.
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Peter Fusi
A. D. Johnston High
Park Falls
Gorde Erickson
Buddy van Holla
Speed Boys
Ironwood Red Devils
Ramsay
Ram Say Park
Fusi
Erickson
Super
Udid
Manders Named South Coach For Annual North South Game
Phil Manders, longtime Wisconsin Rapids athletic director and coach, selected to lead the South squad for the North-South Senior Game to be staged Saturday August 5. Manders, renowned for football and basketball success at Rapids, has built a record of fundamentals, player development, and cool, steady play, with graduates advancing to college competition. He will choose his assistants as the South team prepares to again field a strong roster.
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Phil Manders
Wisconsin Rapids Wis
Manders
Jack
Minnesota
Chicago Bears
Pug
Phil
Drake
Colora
Harris Ill
Wisconsin Rapids
the Rapids
Wisconsin
Murray Jr
For Sale or Rent Farm Home Near Poor Farm Road
Seven room house with possible seven rooms and four acre farm available for sale or rent. Features include running water electricity and bath. Full basement and apple orchard. Located 114 miles north of Poor Farm Road inquiries to Mrs Mary Zeliska phone 73321 Bessemer.
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Poor Farm Road
Mary Zeliska
Bessemer
Traditional trout fishing rules challenged by Trueblood
In a Ted Trueblood column, the author argues against rigid fly fishing dogma. He favors downstream dry-fly presentation, deliberate drag technique, sinking leaders with tiny weights, and maintaining constant tension to wear out and land fish, challenging the era’s strict upstream rules.
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Ted Trueblood
Easler
Michigan bass push limit as season closed yet waters open
Michigan anglers report black bass eager to strike any lure while spawning, though the season is closed until June. The practice risks injury and mortality from unhooking and swallowed hooks, even as fish biologists say seed stock remains ample. Local pike fishers near Fletcher Floodwaters also struggle to keep bass off big lures.
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Michigan
Hillman
Fletcher
Michigan State Sports Highlights Across Disciplines
Michigan State shows strong performance in multiple sports. Spartans record 64 receptions among Big Ten peers, join conference officially in 1953. Freshman Jack Mayes from London Ontario earns team valedictory honors in hockey. Clarke C. Scholes makes All American in swimming for third straight year. Illinois suffers first defeat in four years to MSU gymnastics. Chuck Spieser from Detroit, former Olympic boxer, later NCAA champion at MSU.
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Michigan State
Spartans
Jack Mayes
London
Ontario
Clarke C. Scholes
Lsu
Chuck Spieser
Detroit
Michigan State College
Extra Herald copies found at Ben Frankl store and Herald office
The Herald announces additional copies are available for purchase at the Ben Frankl store and at the Herald office.
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The
Herald
Ben Frankl
Herald Office
Bessemer solicits bids for 300 feet of fire hose
The City Clerk in Memorial Building Bessemer Michigan invites sealed bids for 300 feet of fire hose with coupling to meet firemen specifications, with bids due in the city office.
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Bessemer
Memorial Building
Michigan
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