Suburban and Chicago All Stars Set for Comiskey Park
Two LaGrange lads lead a larger Suburban All Stars roster alongside Hank Meier Jack Dondhue Dick Blanchette Bert Haglund and others from Leyden Warren Burnell Dietrich Bartington Exp Mandel Spear Argo Lloyd Blasius Samp son Rasmussen Thornton. Chicago All Stars head to the White Sox dugout while Suburban team occupies visitors' bench. Tickets sold, Ladies and School Children's Day on July 1 at Comiskey Park.
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LaGrange
All Stars
Hank Meier
Concordia
Jack Dondhue
University
Dick Blanchette
Leyden
Bert Haglund
Warren
Burnell
Dietrich
Bartington
Art Exp
Northbrook
Dan Mandel
Norm Spear
Argo
Dick Lloyd
Oak Park
Don Blasius
Kenny Sampson
Don Rasmussen
Thornton
Chicago All-Stars
White Sox
All-Stars
Cominskey Park
Dick Porcaro
St. Rita
Joe Valeo
de LaSalle
Karol Kwak
Jim Noverini
Crane
Tech
Eddie Greichius
Foreman
Chicago
LaGrange hosts baseball clinic with legends and coaching
Local organizers announce a July baseball clinic at LaGrange Park featuring former Yankee Orr and a Babe Ruth influence. Les Glick, described as the championship high, aims to teach fundamentals like fielding and baserunning to area players, with drills and a one hour session.
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Les Glick
Rogers Hornsby
LaGrange
Illinois State Trap Shoot Draws Wide Attendance at Chevron Center
Gunmen on a four day Illinois State Shoot at the Chevron Sports Center drew over 8 000 spectators for the final day. More than 160 000 targets were broken in the event, with Frank Mitsch of Cedar Lake Indiana winning 2000 dollars as top money winner. Sill Vrenmen of Utica claimed overall four day victory and 1500 dollars while John Markham and Chevron organizers split prize money. Entries came from Alaska and Canada and as far south as southern Texas. A local Electro Morive division five man team attended but did not place. 22 LaGrange workers served as trap operators and general hands.
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Chevron
Walt LaVahn
Harold Stine
Secor I
Electro-Motive Division
John Markham
Hortion
Alaska
Canada
Texas
LaVahn
Sill Vrenmen
Utica
Illinois
Frank Mitsch
Cedar Lake
Ind
Chillicothe
TL LaVahn
LaGrange
Western Springs Indians Rally To Fifth Straight Baseball Win
Western Springs Indians beat Brookfield 7 3 in a Sunday afternoon game at Bring Rock Park to extend their streak to five straight. Kelso limited Brookfield to three hits while issuing four walks. Key hits from Burrus Radic and Bur rus loaded the bases in the third inning, leading to a four run surge. Burrus and Radic led the offense with two for four and a triple plus a single respectively, as the Indians added three more runs in the later innings.
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Western. Springs
Rucker
Radic
Vandeveer
Don Bagg
Indians
Ronnie Burrus
Joe Radic
Frait
All Stars edge Vets as league races tighten
The All Stars defeated Reynolds 22 to 0 behind Michaelis who allowed 22 hits for his fourth win. Lyonsville Vets sank Reynolds 9 to 5, moving to fourth place as Junior College leaders prep to face Reynolds. Upcoming games include Reynolds vs Junior College and VFWs vs Lyonsville as the league tightens.
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Shawmut
Michaelis
Veterans League
Cener
Reynolds
Lyonsville Vets
Junior College Ten
Reynolds Club
All Stars
Vfw’s
Lyonsville
Jim Foulis to Play In Victory Open at Elmhurst
The $15,900 Chicago Victory National Golf championships open today at the Westward Ho club Elmhurst with top pros and amateurs. LaGrange Country Club is represented by Jim Foulis club professional Marian Schuster and Willis Tewks.
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Westward-Ho Club
Elmhurst
LaGrange Country Club
Jim Foulis
Marian Schuster
Willis Tewks
From Little Acorns to Bomb Research Fund Began
In February 1940 a fund of 6000 dollars was made available to start research on the atomic bomb. This marked the beginning of a broader $2,000,000,000 expenditure planned to complete the bomb.
York Township High wins West Suburban Conference Presidents Cup
York Township High School of Elmhurst captured the Presidents Cup with 22 percent points, just 1 point behind LaGrange High, as the final West Suburban Conference standings disclosed by league secretary Fred L. Biester. The Dukes previously tied with Glenbard for heavy weight basketball honors and achieved various 1946 47 season placements across track football basketball tennis golf baseball cross country.
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York
Township High
Elmhurst
Fred L. Biéster
LaGrange High School
Lions
Dukes of York
Glenbard
Dukes
aGrange
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