Tigers Sign Alan Luce From Michigan State Baseball
The Detroit Tigers announce the signing of Alan Luce of Faris Michigan State University to a contract. Luce, 22, was MSU captain with a .310 batting average and nine home runs the season, a school mark. He will begin in Augusta Georgia in the Class A South Atlantic League and is expected to progress under sportswriter Bernie Wilson.
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Alan Luce
Faris
Michigan State University
John McHale
Tigers
Alan
Don Luce
Farwell
Michigan
Augusta
Georgia
Luce
Bernie Wilson
Lions Take Cubs 10-7 to Close First Little League Half
Lions avenged an earlier loss by beating the Cubs 10-7 on June 17. Butch Eberhardt earned the win over Russ Graham as Jarl Ruark led Lions with three hits. The week’s results wrap up the first half and set up potential playoffs between first and second half winners.
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Lions
Cubs
Chuck Stirling
Jarl Ruark
Butch Eberhardt
Russ
Graham
Tigers
Bears
Joe Hull
Danny Green
Terry Cooper
Jim Allen
Dan Green
Russ Graham
Tigers edge Welders 5 4 in season opener
Deb Nolan credited with victory for Clare Manufacturing Tigers as Jim Norcutt and Deb Nolan homer in a 5-4 win over the Welders. John Kegg suffers the loss.
Consumers Shop Around Meats Says Michigan Economist
Agricultural economist James Shaffer of Michigan State University notes in a survey of 2 100 Lansing households that 15 percent bought meat at a different store this week than last week. The study shows shopping patterns and home canning rising with most food shopping on Wednesday Friday or Saturday. About 44 percent do some home canning and 22 percent had a vegetable garden the prior year. Roughly half shopped at Lansing city market last year. US agricultural exports expected to reach a record about 4.5 billion in 1956 57.
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D. "Shaffer
Michigan
State University
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Shaffer
All-Stars Drop Two At Mt. Pleasant
Clare All-Stars in Mt Pleasant softball league lose twice to Fabs last week. June 19 heart breaker 24 1/2 to 24 1/2? No. Burke Rilett Tom Murphy Denny Benedict split pitching. Burke four RBI on two hits including two triples. June 20 loss 15 to 5 as Clare trio split mound duties. Clare seated third, three games behind Fabs and Mission Street Merchants tied for first.
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Mt. Pleasant
Don Wickert
Tom Murphy
Burke Rilett
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Burke
the. All Stars
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Burke’ Rilett
Denny Benedict
Al-Stars
Mission Street Merchants
Pistol Shoot Results Reported For 1957 Competition
June 24 event records First Division top scores with B Loomis 291.88 and H Wright 289.85 leading, F Norcutt 289.73, E Wright 288.68 winning shells as H Wright posts Actual High Score 273. Second Division lists S Flower 221 L Eisenhauer 213 D Burdo 202 and S Flower 175 with Shells awarded.
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B. Loomis
H. Wright
F. Norcutt
E. Wright
S. Flower
L. Eisenhauer
D. Burdo
S. "Flower
Hudlin Aids Tigers To Build Strong Pitching Staff
Ace Hudlin, famed as a miracle man, reshapes Detroit’s mound corps into a top unit with Jim Bunning Duke Maas and Frank Lary shining. Despite limited hitting, Hudlin’s focus on concentration and control, plus conditioning, keeps the Tigers competitive and hints at high ranks if batting returns.
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Willie George Hudlin
Ace” Hudlin
Jack Tighe
Tigers
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Hue
Jim Bunning
Duke Maas
Frank Lary
Bill Hoeft
Paul Foytack
Foytack
Hoeft
Lary
Bunning
Maas
Lou Sleater
al Aber
New York
Larry
Willis
Cleveland
Ace Dong
Tighe
Tiger
Clare Team To Play Hemlock In First Clare City Baseball Game
Clare starts league play in the Central Michigan Baseball League after a seven year gap. Mt Pleasant leads the standings with five wins and no losses as Clare, facing Hemlock this Sunday at 2 30 PM on the high school diamond, seeks its first win after opening with five straight losses. Deb Nolan pitched seven innings in a Pony League no hitter last week.
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Central Michigan Baseball League
Othr
Mt. Pleasant
Colemans
Hemlock
Oil
City
Midland Nicks
Midland Saranwrap
Placd
Schol
Theaton
Delwin Grange Wedding and Community Notes
A Delwin Grange gathering notes a surprise wedding of Dra and Mrs Fraser, with best man Lysle Calkins. The piece lists attendees, visits, hospital news for Teresa Pollard, and travels of locals including the Doren, Moore, Morrison, and McDonald families.
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Fragee
Frank ‘Lynch
Rather
Bernise Moore
Best
Man
Lysle
Calkins
Bill Heyer
Glenn Doren
Bert Clarké
Coleman
Charlés
Doren
Maryann
Teresa “Pollard
Mt. Pleasant
George Brock
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Jack Lansing
Bob Zypeski
John Russell
Roy Warner
Seiter
Dick Hunt
Clare Manufacturing
Jim Norcutt
John Kegg
Deb Nolan
Clare High School
Efrors
Swas
Deb
Nolan
Joel Tiet
United States
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Bill Kock
Mgr
Beck’s
Larry Beck
Prop
McEwan
Ae Oiler
Standard
Grange
Raymond McDongal
Midland
Donald -McDonald
Dorothy
Earl Walker
Cecil Epple
Isabella
Ford
Bean
Jer
Clare Michigan
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