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Newspaper
Brookfield Magnet
Location
Brookfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1954
Page
8
Readable lines show team series highs 2067 2879 2856 records and a high game 83 006 per individual. Names Kennedy 493 Bligh Snow 209 Petrucciani 202 Sloan secretary dated March 17 1954.
A chaotic OCR fragment lists numerous local businesses and players from a Protestant league bowling event. It includes Sproat Real Estate, Al 28, Clears au 8 ysper's Lounge, Awne's Bar B34y B0h2, Raz Drugs, Keda's Tavern, Horn's IGA, Lobster House, West Suburban Glass, Ameri Type Metal Co, Kovagk's Service Station, Kohout's Maple Grill, Bunny Browne's Bar, Morn's IGA, Violet Kostka, Betty Klanda, Charlotte Kotiza, Hermann-Kostka, Pauline K. Carlson as secretary, and various high scores and prize notes.
The Idle Nova League recaps team and individual bowling results for March 22 1054. High team series 2724 by Team High Series and High team game 820 by Castle Lounge. Individual leaders include Olson and Bl de Horse with 869 over 869. Heinz 221. Olsen 217. Mortier 202. Shana 186 leads high individual game.
Lyns Township High School frosh soph squad swept the Naperville Relays on March 18 finishing with 5846 points. Coach Russ Denson led the Cubs past Hloom 464, Glenbard 30, Hinadale 27, York 26, Naperville 2tta and Downers Grove. LaGrange best marks came from Doug Hughes in the 880 yard run with 2 18 and the 4x100 relay team of Stanley, Anderson, Williams and Seger setting swift times.
A fragment from March 12 notes results across events with individual honors and times. Names Dana Croce Leonard Hlavacek Wehrmeister Stead Jeffrey Ger Vase Davidson and Bruscato appear among high individuals with scores around five hundred. Team listings show Gervase Mesich Wootegang Port Cab Ca and TRF with various place counts.
Readable fragments show a jumble of names and percentages with unclear context. Key entities include Nazareth, Heinz, Rodger, Warner, Coronet, Bert, Jehasen, Broggi, and Dom or Domki. No coherent event or outcome emerges from the fragment.
Riverside Brookfield high school track team finished ninth with 10 points at the Naperville Relays held March 14 at Werner Fieldhouse. The A B squad tied Palatine for third in the medley relay with a time of 4 15.4, while Don Corwin placed third in the 60 yard dash. Lyons High won the medley relay event.
The 880 standard of 2 14 es set by Stattin in 1949 and the Cubs quartet beat old Naperville 2 41.8 by 2.8 seconds. York’s Tom Benjamin cleared 6-8 in high jump, John Haighbarger hit 10-6 4 in pole vault. Event winners included Curcio and Kokas in sprints, Hughes and Pond in the 880, and relay and field results across Hinsdale, Naperville, York, Glenbard, LTHS and Bloom.
Bloom dominates with 654% points to 52% for LaGrange and 28 for York. LaGrange wins three relays but takes only one individual title as key sprinter Bob McKown and others suffer leg injuries. Harold Caffey and Ted Caiazza lead LaGrange in field and track events. Peters of Glenbard breaks mark in shot put.
Edward Feeley Post 190 opened its newly redecorated hall with a St Patrick and American Legion birthday party Saturday March 13. The auxiliary president Thelma Markland announced new drapes made by the women. A post meeting Monday hosted Brookfield Businessmen and Kiwanis Club as a regular monthly feature. An invitation to a pot luck supper on March 24 at 7 pm was extended to post members and wives. Past Commander Art Fishback announced the Sons of the Legion charter. first meeting set for March 26 at 7 pm.
LaGrange police pistol squad finished the West Suburban Police Pistol League season with a perfect 17-0 record by defeating Western Springs 956 to 847 on March 16. Lt. John Walker led LaGrange with 275, followed by Charles Kreuz 288 and James Cline 235. others included Sgt. Howard Heinen 232 and Nick Dorshno 240 for LaGrange No. 2. Brookfield, LaGrange Park, Riverside, McCook, and Lyons posted varied scores in the windup matches as top scorers across teams.
Petrusha led Western Springs with 244 pins while Sgt. Prehnke 210 and Chief Petersen 197 contributed to LaGrange No 1’s effort. Crnkovich 205 paced McCook past Lyons, with Agostino 181 Guarello 176 and Miskulin 7542. Wu Huizinga 95 led the league in a post season party slated for Tuesday April 6 at 7 30 p.m. Want ads tease concludes.
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