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Newspaper
Kenosha Evening News
Location
Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1946
Page
10
Grand Rapids and Rockford squads clinched wins as the league slate produced tight finishes. Grand Rapids beat Racine 4 2 while Rockford edged Muskegon 6 5 in a high scoring exhibition. Rose Gacioch earned the win for the Peaches with Helen Smith homering for Rockford.
South Bend Blue Sox battle back to beat Kenosha Comets 7 to 4 to even the series at one game each. Key moments include Wirth and Faut walks and a seventh inning error by Fox influencing the outcome with Jo Kabick set to start the third game.
Delmer Ennis rookie Philadelphia Phillies outfielder rose from minor league service to major league prominence. After Navy service and a rapid late April debut, Ennis hit .333 with 41 hits, 13 doubles and 4 homers. He powered a 9 3 Phils win over the Reds and helped Brooklyn lead the NL with a 13 8 win over Pittsburgh. The article notes league-wide standings and upcoming games.
Ed Hickerson, rugged guard for the University of Alabama from 1938 to 1940, signed a contract yesterday to play for the Boston Yanks in the National Football League.
First Baptist won 10 to 6 over First Methodist in the P.Y.C. fast pitch league on Thursday at Simmons. The men’s bracket featured two big innings, five and three runs for the winners, while the losers opened with five in the first inning.
Thirty four sentences of statistics show rain postponed 10 of 68 league games, 13 one run decisions in 58 played games through June 5. Grand Rapids Chicks own 13 game home win streak, South Bend leads with 90 runs, Blue Sox beat Chicks 17 5. Team totals list South Bend 90 Grand Rapids 89 Muskegon 63 Rockford 62 Peoria 58 Fort Wayne 55 Kenosha 54 Racine 50. Racine four games rained out. Most clubs have been shut out once. Grand Rapids Fort Wayne Peoria whitewashed four times. Racine Muskegon South Bend blanked once. Several players shifted to pitching. top scoring game 17 by South Bend over Grand Rapids, second 16 by Rockford Peaches over Muskegon. Racine Belles play day games Sundays. Racine at home label night twin bill games.
Connie Mack asserts he will manage the Athletics and denies reports he will step aside. He says no replacement will lead the club while he lives. He predicts the A's will soon become a good and then a great team again.
Pittsburgh's Pirates players threatening to refuse the field against the New York Giants unless management accepts a National Labor Relations Board bargaining election. Guild spokesman Robert Murphy says 95 percent organized and warns of missing infield if play proceeds. CIO Steel City council pledges support, urging an election.
A two way tie for first occurs after last night’s Simmons slow pitch league play. Red Finish beat Furniture Finish 18 to 6, while Never Wins fell 1 to 0 to Mount and Caster. Steel Furniture edged Machine Shop 3 to 2. Mount and Caster and Machine Shop sit 5 .250 in the standings. Ted Williams homered with one on as Boston won its eighth straight at home. Hal Weafer ejected Jack Kramer after a benching altercation. Red Ruffing led New York to a 4 0 victory over Chicago. Sid Hudson shutout Washington 4 0. Detroit defeated Philadelphia 4 0 as Bob Lemon started the game for a brief stretch.
Somers Cardinal softball opens its 12th season at home against Milwaukee 800 Bar on Harmie Smith diamond at Somers and Green Bay roads. Milwaukee’s top pitcher Gene Raczkowski leads the visitors while Somers faces a choice of Earl Wood Racine or George Bosman for the lineup. Manager Binnie Thomas catcher Captain Bucky Thompson and Unk Larsen arrange a full schedule as the Cards aim for big time competition.
Wisconsin's Badger crew, undefeated in four races this year, posted a five minute mile on Lake Mendota as it resumed practice for the Northwest Maritime Regatta in Seattle on June 22. Coach Allen Walz plans daily workouts, two sessions per day before Seattle, using the same seven rowers with Fay as coxswain and Holtz at stroke.
Vagabonds B defeated Wildcats B 5 to 2 while Journal Greens forfeit over Wildcats C. George Limpert announced final league games Saturday and Sunday with division finals and Outpost championships, plus a Monday rally at 7 30 p m with movie showings and emblems for winners.
Simmons edged Chocolate Shop 7 6 in a city girls softball game at Lincoln Park. Simmons broke the game open with five runs in the fourth inning.
Frank Secorous delivered a twelfth inning grand slam to lift the Chicago Cubs to a 10 6 win over the New York Giants after a six run Cub lead faded in the eighth and ninth. Hank Wyse finished the final two innings. The Yankees blanked the White Sox 4 0 as Red Ruffing earned his fourth straight victory. Joe DiMaggio and Stirnweiss contributed for New York with Stirnweiss stealing three bases to lead the league.
Willie Pep versus Sal Bartolo for the world featherweight title in a 15 round Madison Square Garden bout. Pep is installed as the favorite in a bout seen as likely to produce another headline moment in the featherweight division.
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