Kenosha Prep Athletes Honored at First Lettermen Dinner
The Kenosha high school Lettermen's Dinner drew a capacity crowd with 75 athletes and coaches receiving trophies for football basketball track swimming and cross country. Featured speaker Harold Grange urged athletes to apply sports lessons to life and shared humorous career anecdotes.
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Kenosha High School
Chamber of Commerce
The
Jaycees
Prep
William “Bud” McCaw Me
Illinois
W. C
Tex” Reynolds
Racine
Kenny Hux
KHS
Harold “Red” Grange
Chicago Bears
Eagles Club
Grange
Reynolds
Prep Trophy Winners Highlight 1950 Wiscon sin Teams
Glenn Holt won the Bud McCaw Memorial trophy for athletics scholarship and leadership. Alan Ameche earned football honors with 60 points and state shot put title. Vince Bonofiglio won the Lions basketball trophy as captain. Bill Girman took track honors. Don Reuter led swimming scoring. John Rohde collected Kenosha Enterprises trophy as cross country captain-elect.
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Badger
Mel “Bus” Shimek
KHS
Marquette University
Eddie Kirar
Michigan
Don Fitchow
Kenosha
University of Wisconsin
John Robinson
Chamber of Commerce
Bud” McCaw
Glenn Holt
Holt
Jaycees
Alan Ameche
Red Raiders
Ameche
Red Fliers
Vince Bonofiglio
Lions Club
Vince
Reds
Chuck” Jaskwhich
B’nai Brith
Bill Girman
Girman
Afl-Cio
Don Reuter
Reuter
John Rohde
Kenosha Enterprises Inc
Rohde
Evening News Photo
Kenosha High
Glen Holt
Comets Take Two From Muskegon Club
The Comets captured two games from the Muskegon club in a twin bill. Final scores and game details are listed for the Kenosha Evening News roundup.
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Comets
Muskegon Club
Kenosha Comets Extend Win Streak To Six In Twin Bill
Kenosha defeated Muskegon 4 3 and 9 2 to extend their winning streak to six straight. The Comets sit within one game of first place Fort Wayne and within 35 points of South Bend as they travel to Waukegan for a single game tonight.
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Fort Wayne
South Bend
Kenosha Sunepuse
Racine
Rockford
Bob Oeeease
Grand Rapids
Muskegon
Kenosha
Peoria
Waukegan Dugdale Park
Kenosha Comets
Lassies
Kenoshans
Muskegon Lassies
Marty Rommelaire
Bobby Payne
Shorty Pryor
Arlene Kotil
Betty Francis
Kotil
Francis
Sams
Lovell
Beth Goldsmith
Marge Villa
Dollie Brumfield
Teeny Petras
Julia Gutz
Villa
Roller
Marge Silvestri
Jimmy Grant Joins Kenosha Chiefs Infield Strength
Jimmy Grant longtime Racine baseball veteran anchors the Chiefs infield at third base boosting the Kenosha contender in the Illinois Wisconsin Indiana league. Grant began in 1940 with Grand Forks North Carolina and rose to St Paul in 1941 then Chicago White Sox until 1943. He was sold to Cleveland and remained with the Indians through 1945. Grant’s major league career ended while playing second base for the Indians.
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Racine
Chiefs
Kenosha
Jimmy
Grand Forks
N. C
St. Paul
Chicago White Sox
Cleveland
Grant
The
Indians
Saliture Signs With Aberdeen
The Kenosha Chiefs second baseman Tony Saliture signed with Aberdeen South Dakota of the Northern league a St. Louis Browns farm club. Saliture a 20 year old product of local sandlots hit .318 with the Chiefs in 1949 and .310 with Illinois Wesleyan this season. He left today to join the Class C Northern league club after signing with Brownie scout Hugh Lott.
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Tony Saliture
Chiefs
Illinois Wesleyan
Aberdeen, S. D
St. Louis Browns
Saliture
Santo Saliture
18Th Ave
United Cleaners
The
Royals
Red Sox
Carl Fischbach
Wesleyan
Brownie
Hugh Lott
Grant returns to field after severed shoulder setback
After a severe shoulder injury from colliding with a wall, Grant vows to return. He joins Sacramento in 1946 and later mansagess Elizabeth City in the Albemarle circuit. Kenosha schedules include a weekend opener vs Monarchs and an elite Giants exhibition at Simmons Field.
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Sacramento
Richmond
Piedmont Loop
Raleigh
N. C
Elizabeth City
Albemarle
Frank Thompson
Chiefs
Kenosha
The
Monarchs
Whiting
Ind
Baltimore Elite Giants
Simmons Field
Tripucka Joins Chicago Cardinals In Major Trade
Notre Dame star T quarterback Frank Tripucka will play for the Chicago Cardinals this season. The Cardinals shipped Jim Cain and Clarence Self and rookie Ray Stackhouse to Detroit in exchange for Tripucka, strengthening the Cardinals’ backfield in 1948.
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Frank Tripucka
Notre Dame
Chicago Cardinals
Cardinals
Jim Cain
Clarence Self
Ray Stackhouse
Xavier
Cincinnati
Detroit Lions
Tripucka
Lee Savold Meets Bruce Woodcock in Heavyweight Bout
In London the 34 year old Lee Savold from Englewood New Jersey faces 29 year old Bruce Woodcock from Doncaster England for the world heavyweight title. The bout starts at 2 p mend 5 to 1 against going the full 15 rounds with Andrew Smyth officiating as amateur referee from Ireland. Savold is a 3 to 7 favorite.
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London
Lee Savold
Englewood
N. J
Bruce Woodcock
Doncaster
England
Woodcock
Bob Fitzsimmons
Savold
Andrew Smyth
Ireland
Smyth
Kenoshans Win Big at ABC Bowling Tourney
Kenosha pugilists Waino Jacobson and Norm Guttormsen led the Kenosha team to prize money at the American Bowling Congress tourney in Columbus Ohio. Jacobson teamed with Guttormsen for a 1105 doubles total while Guttormsen earned a 585 in singles.
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Columbus
Kenosha
Waino Jacobson
Norm Guttormsen
Guttormsen
Larry Ogrin
Ray Helixon
Lous Nielsen Lonnie Hull
Waine Jacobson
Lonnie Hill
City Schedules Wednesday Softball League Games
The schedule lists Blue Division minor games at St Mark's U S Naval Re Southport and Lincoln venues plus Red Division minor matches at Columbus Stadium Roosevelt and Stadium. Major league at Columbus and Roosevelt feature Kings Toppers Greco s Grill Cairo Camera Shop Tenutas Confectionery. PYC Men s Slowpitch at Simmons Field shows five Area matchups by church congregations.
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Southport
Proto
Nash Kenosha
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Columbus
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Stan & Ben's
Roosevelt
Reddy Kilowatt
King’s Toppers
Neubauer’s
Greco’s Grill
Kero Club
Cairo Camera Shop
Tenuta’s Confectionery
Two Slowpitch Leagues See Unbeaten Teams Stand
Club Cairo and O'Brien's Tavern kept clean slates as seven games produced major wins. Cairo broke a 5-all tie with a six-run third inning and added seven in the sixth to beat Alex Aull's 15 hits, while Hilltop Tavern toppled Rainbow Tavern 8 4.
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Club Cairo
O'Brien
Tigers and Cubs Shine in Weekend Baseball Skirmishes
Detroit swept Washington 7 4 on the road as 19th win in 22 away games kept them within 1 1/2 of the Yankees. Dodgers beat Cubs 13 1 as Roe allowed 28 batters. Kell tied for AL batting lead with 388 after four hits. Williams and Williams Kurt? plus Sox 51 runs in four days.
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Paul Milner
Dodger
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Minner
Russell
Phils
George Kell
Larry Doby
Evers
Dizzy Trout
Washingtons
Vern Stephens
Ted Williams
Mickey McDermott
Ellis Kinder
Kinder
Sugar Ray Robinson Faces Villemain in Pennsylvania Title Bout
Sugar Ray Robinson defeated Robert Villemain of France to claim the Pennsylvania 160-pound title before 22,004 at Municipal Stadium Philadelphia, winning 10 rounds to 5 on one judge’s card while others had 12-3 and 12-3 for Robinson. The fight leaves Robinson eager to pursue LaMotta and Graziano future bouts as the National Boxing Association eyed the outcome.
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Sugar Ray Robinson
Robert Villemain
France
New York
Harlem
Robinson
Pennsylvania
Municipal Stadium
Villemain
Sugar Ray
Jake LaMotta
National Boxing Association
Pennsylvania Commission
LaMotta
Rocky Graziano
Jake
Charley Daggett
Frank Knaresborough
Harry Lasky
Entries Close for KYF City Track Meet
KYF sponsors city track and field meet with entries closing Wednesday for boys ages 10 to 17. The event takes place Saturday at Lake Front stadium. George Limpert signals a possible KYF charter for a bus to the Big Ten Pacific Coast conference meet in Madison on July 20. more details at the Kenosha Youth Foundation.
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George Limpert
KYF
Madison
Kenosha Youth Foundation
Menasha Captures WIAA Baseball Title
Menasha high school won the WIAA state baseball title on its home grounds with a 9 to 6 victory over Campbellsport. Kosloski earned the win, replaced by Eisch in the fourth after Steinacher’s homer, and Eisch limited Campbellsport to one hit with nine strikeouts.
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Menasha
Wis
U.P
Menasha High School
Campbellsport
Tom Kosloski
Todd Eisch
Bud Steinacher
Eisch
Nels Langnes Makes Hole in One at Maplecrest
Nels Langnes aced Maplecrest Country Club 125 yards on the No. 4 hole during Sunday play with Robert Welch present. He used a No. 8 iron for the par three shot, the first recorded this season, and earns a season's Maplecrest membership along with Wheaties and Hole-in-One club status.
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Nels Langnes
Maplecrest Country Club
Langnes
Robert Welch
Maplecrest
Wheaties
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