Booming N Y Yanks Draw Record Single Game Crowd
New York fans packed Yankee Stadium for a 9-3 win over the Boston Red Sox, setting a new single game attendance record and surpassing prior marks. Joe DiMaggio led with a homer and four RBIs as the Yankees swept Boston.
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Cards Down Cubs in Monday Night Box Score
Major League Box Scores show the Cardinals beating the Cubs in a Monday night game with Evers Lake and Ken Koufax style notes. The sheet lists Lake’s home run and Slaughter’s two hits, plus pitching lines for Overmire and Schmitz with Umpires Jones McGowan Grieve and McKinley.
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National League standings and schedule note
National League standings show New York Chicago Brooklyn Philadelphia and others with mixed records. Tonight’s schedule lists Brooklyn at New York Raffensberger versus Koslo Philadelphia at Boston Raffensberger or Johnson Pittsburgh at Cincinnati Bahr versus Blackwell Chicago at St Louis Chipman versus Munger Pollet.
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Van Horne Legion Team Seeks Memorial Day Game
The Van Horne American Legion baseball team is seeking a Memorial Day game in Van Horne. Contact care of the Legion in Van Horne for arrangements and details.
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Polynesian Triumphs At Inaugural Handicap Race
The Elmdorf Farms Polynesian, the 4 to 5 favorite, won the $10,900 Atlantic City Inaugural handicap as the track opened its season. Polynesian ran six furlongs in 1:11 on a drying-out track after an all-night rain.
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Davenport Edges Danville to Move to Fourth in Three-Eye
Davenport climbs to fourth in the Three-Eye after a 5 to 4 victory over league leader Danville. The win, coming Monday, followed by 10 safeties, keeps the Cubs within striking distance of the top, per United Press dispatch.
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Springfield Tops Terre Haute In Close First Division Clash
Springfield edged Terre Haute 10-9 in a tight first division game. Waterloo climb to a fifth place tie with Terre Haute after a 5-4 victory over last-place Quincy. Evansville stayed third by beating Decatur 6-2 on 13 hits. Next Tuesday’s schedule has Quincy at Waterloo, Danville at Davenport, Evansville at Decatur, and Springfield at Terre Haute.
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Me Too Hands Defeat Wilsons Second Time In Open League
Me Too defeated Wilsons 5 3 for the second straight time to tie for the Major Open league lead and spark a scramble. Cherry hit a seventh inning homer with Gallagher on base for the winner after Me Too tied it earlier on Mulder, Faber, and Popp. McGill earned the win, while Jones allowed one run in relief.
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Saint Manager and Player Fined by League Proxy
Columbus UP Frank C. Lane, president of the American Association Baseball League, announced that St. Paul Saints manager Herman Franks was fined 25 dollars and outfielder Don Lund was fined 15 dollars for their delay in leaving the ball park after being ordered away by umpire Ray French in Kansas City on May 22.
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Helgason Named Grid Coach at Mason City
Helgason a Corning high school football and basketball coach is hired as Mason City high school head football coach for 1947. He will also coach sophomore basketball and assist in track.
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Marion High School Track Letters Awarded
Coach Lester Hipple awarded 14 major and 10 minor letters to the Marion high school track team. Bob Williams and Gene Hastings named co captains. Assisting Hipple were Willis Hulin and Harold Yeoman. Major letter winners include Charles Kurt, Dallas Carsner, Robert Williams, Eugene Hastings, Richard Fontain, Raymond Petersen, Neil Wood, Robert Kerns.
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Notable Names Across Local Minor Monogram Awards
John Jellison Robert Page Stanley Oakley Norman Severinsor Richard Jeffrey Loren Raddatz honored in local minor monogram awards. Awards also go to Jerry Jeffrey Valvard Blaze Herbert Hazewinkle Richard Krog Kenneth Otting David Rathie Ted Nofal John Bunting Charles Daws and Jean Michel.
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