That and This: A Patchwork of Baseball Gossip
Ted Kluszewski known for power and easygoing nature weighed in at a fictitious 14 pounds at his arrival in 1924. Indiana football star on a 1954 Big Ten title team, Nashua’s world record price and syndicate recovery noted. Sprague Cleghorn hockey great dies in Montreal in his early 60s. Tommy Holmes resigns as Portland Beavers manager. Bill Sweeney replaces him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Kluszewski
Cincinnati
Klu
Kluszewski
Ted
University of Indiana
Indiana
Nashua
Leslie B. Combs Hi Syndicate
Sprague Cleghorn
Montreal
Canada
Tommy Holmes
Portland Beavers
Bill Sweeney
Concord golfers slip in state amateur rounds
Concord players Geary and Rggie Johnston reach the 1956 state amateur at Belmont Country Club and Belmont. Geary and Johnston both win early rounds before losing in quarter finals and semi finals to Volpone and Stepenick as Fred Wright advances to the final. The report notes Volpone, 19, and the British rail mileage statistic for London commuters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Cal Geary
Concord Country Club
Charles Volpone, Jr
Ould Newbury
Belmont Country Club
Geary
Reggie Johnston
Middlesex
Johnston
Volpone
Larry Stepenick
Andover
Fred Wright
Oakley
Cahoon to Enter New England Amateur Championship
Concords Butch Cahoon state schoolboy golf champion of 1956 will enter the New England amateur at Penobscot Country Club Orono Maine. The event opens at noon and Cahoon may have a strong scoring chance after skipping the state amateur to focus on the New England meet.
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Concord
Harold
Butch
Cahoon
Concord Country Club
New England
Penobscot Country Club
Orono Maine
Concord Little League Beaten 13-1 by Assabet Valley
Concord Little League all star team coached by Lee Canlice and Slim O Neil lost 13 to 1 in a regional playoff at Maynard. Butch Cue pitched a one hit game for Assabet Valley and homered doubled and added two singles.
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Concord
Lee Canlice
Slim O'Neil
Assabet Valley All-Stars
Maynard
Butch” Cue
Derby Boys Face Costs as They Enter Soapbox Races
Boys entering Soapbox Derby cars are affected by rising living costs and now face new spending allowances and limits as they prepare for the race season.
Pairings listed for West Concord Softball League
West Concord notes next week schedule with Tudys facing Carlisle General Radio meeting Fentons Cushmans Acton and Reformatory against Oilers at 6 30 p m Tonight August 7 Oilers Carlisle Fentons Cushmans Reformatory Tudys Acton General Radio also at 6 30 p m Play runs through August 14 with potential playoffs.
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West Concord
Tudys
Carlisle
General Radio
Fentons
Cushmans
Acton
Reformatory
Oilers
Tudy
Concord Golf Tourney Postponed Again at Club
Concord Country Club did not host a golf tournament this weekend due to many members being on vacation. Officials hope to stage a tourney next weekend under Harold Cahoon, the pro, with assistant Stan Wasiuk directing.
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Concord
Concord Country Club
Harold Cahoon
Stan Wasiuk
State adds hunting and fishing lands in Massachusetts
The Division of Fisheries and Game acquired 579 acres near Peru Center for public hunting and added about a mile of the Quashnet river in Mashpee and Falmouth to public fishing grounds. A western district office and shop will be built near the Dalton Pittsfield line. Biologist Joseph Boccardy resigns to join the Federal Fish Wildlife Service with higher pay.
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Canada
Gulf
U. S
Division of Fisheries and Game
Peru
New Rea
Pere Center
Trout Brook
Division of Fisheries and ‘Game
Mashpee
Falmouth
Massachusetts
Route 28
Falmouth Mashpee
Western Wildlife District
Dalton
Pittsfield
Federal Soil Conservation Service
Joseph Boccardy
Zoobin and Stream Investigations
Federal
Fish @ Wildlife Service
Supper Tonight at West Concord Musketaquid Club
The West Concord Musketaquid Sportsmen's Club will host a regular supper and meeting tonight at the clubhouse on Harrington Avenue. Past President Fren and his committee will prepare the meal, and President Murdoch MacLeod will lead the business session.
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West Concord
Stow Offers Red Cross Swim Classes With Bus Route
About 40 children enroll in Red Cross Swimming Water Safety lessons at Hanson's Beach starting August 4. A Stow school bus will run a four circuit route each morning to pick up children along Great Road Bolton Road Maple Street Brook Road Harvard Road Taylor Road Oxboro South Acton Red Acre Lower Village White Pond Hastings and Sandy Brook areas with one mother aboard to supervise. Routes may change after the first day but pickups will occur at the noted points.
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Stow
Red Cross
Hanson’s
David Smith
Great Road
Brook Road
Bolton
Maple ‘Street
Harvard
Taylor Road
Oxboro Road
South Acton
Geki
Acton
Puttle Lane
Red Acre Road
Weinmann
South Ac‘om
Lower Village
Lower ‘Village
White Pond Road
Elaine Avenue
Hastings Street
Stow Center
Gleasondale Road
Cross Street
Randall Road
Sandy Brook Park
Gleasendale Road
Sudbury Road
Gleasendale Center
Lake Boon Road
Hanson’s Beach
Air Force Master Sergeant Sargent Transferred
Syracuse New York via UP reports John W. Sargent an Air Force master sergeant has been transferred from the Air Force Reserve Center where he served as sergeant major.
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Syracuse
N. Y
John W. Sargent
Air Force
Air Force Reserve Center
Falcons topple Hawks as Burke posts 337 in West Concord league
Marc Burke rolled 337 on singles 106 107 124 leading the Falcons past the Hawks 3 1 at the West Concord Couples League new Bedford Alleys. Don Wade added 326 while teammates Denaro Bartolomeo and Malcolm contributed to a 1699 team total.
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West Concord
New Bedford
Marc Burke
Falcons
Hawks
Don Wade
Wrens
Gulls
Eagles
Jays
F. Denaro
B. Bartolomeo
M. Burke
D. Wade
H. Malcolm
Dummy
J. Anderson
Stefanelli
T. Soberg
H. Soberg
M. Edwardson
T. Edwardson
M. Eddy
J. Pierce
J. Mascariello
L. Pierce
R. Eddy
E. Beatty
A. Wilkinson
G. Wilkinson
R. Beatty
L. Rae
B. Dickey
I. Dickey
Acton School Committee approves summer use of playgrounds
Acton School Committee grants permission for the Acton Community Center to use West Acton and South Acton elementary playgrounds for its summer program from August 6 to 31. Whitmen Pearson, former Acton superintendent, visited town to renew ties. Pearson leaves for Paris to resume duties with the 12th Air Force. Louis Leveroni and Ole Garthe finish sanding and varnishing over 100 high school desks and are washing and waxing floors. Families new to Acton may register children in grades 1-12 at Acton High School 8 am to 4 pm. Grade 1 entrants must be five years nine months by September 1, 1956. Mrs. Helen Detsch, English teacher at Acton-Roxborough Regional High, attends Boston University Summer School for Reading, Study in Secondary Schools, and Literature for Young Adults.
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Acton
Acton School Committee
Acton Compaunity Center
West Acton
South Acton
Whitmen Pearson
Pearson
United States
Paris
France
12Th Air Force
Louis Leveroni
Ole Garthe
Hgh
Julia L. McCarthy
Acton High School
Helen Detsch
Acton-Roxborough
Boston University
Plan pin league for Concord council knights
Concord council Knights of Columbus No. 287 plans a bowling league this season. Members who wish to join should contact Grand Knight Leon J Moreau Sr at 18 Walden Street.
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Concord
Concord Council
Knights of Columbus
Leon J Moreau
Walden Street
Four Strong 2 Year Olds Do Battle for Title
The piece notes four leading two year olds in early contention for the national juvenile title as Belmont Futurity and Garden State Stakes loom. Bold Ruler Greek Game Beaugerre and Beau Gerre are highlighted with Garden State Park nominations seen as pivotal. Greek Game rated green by Willie Hartack, Bold Ruler rests after a hind muscle injury prior to Sapling Stakes.
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California
George L. Lewis Leky
Mel
Mid-West
Fred W. Hooper
Wheatley Stable
New England
Peter Graffagnino
Beaugerre
TRA Board of Selections
Garden State
Jamaica
Ely
Willie Hartack
Bold Ruler
Nestul- Yah
Nashtgig
Erratic OCR fragment hints at names and events
Readable parts indicate names such as Alice Dods Mary Ann and Chadseys with mentions of leaders and a front and a cami. The text is fragmentary and lacks clear actions, dates, or places to specify a full event or outcome.
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Alice Dods
Mary
Ann
Sistant
Jah Chadseys
Local Play Areas Continue Classes Amid World of Activity
Concord area residents attend ongoing playground programs at Rideout Emerson and nearby spots while students prepare for closing exercises around August 16 or 17. Recent trips include excursions to Whalom Park and other local destinations.
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Corcord
Line Tension Rises as Fishermen Told to Stay Off Wires
Des Moines reports angry telephone users warning fishermen in the Liscamab area to keep off their lines. Mullins, a bridge observer, notes cast lines snagging and fouling wires over the river, prompting calls for safer fishing behavior and line discipline.
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Des Moines
Liscamab
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SANIA
Blanks
Chicago
Boston Red Sox
Mel Parnell
Chicago White Sox
Ghowing
Ssel
London
British Railways
N. E
Treasury
U.S
Treasury Department
The
Advertising Council
Five Town Weekly Enterprise
Quashnet River Property
George J. Cronin
MR. Roberts
Sgt. Sargent
Marge Again
Xeung Baty Ober
Lake Geneva
Wippera
War
Atar
Greyhound
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