Kenosha Chiefs Win Third In Row In Tri-State Action
The Kenosha Chiefs defeated Whiting 8 to 5 at Simmonsfield to earn their third consecutive Tri-State win. Ferraro earned the victory despite early trouble, while Zvoda and Beaster led eight Chiefs hits with key RBIs.
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Whiting
Ind
Kenosha Chiefs
Simmonsfield
Chiefs
Aurora
Fernwood
Louie Ferraro
Grajewski
Janik
Fritz
Seecue
Hoffman
Kovach
Radloff
Walenga
Kurry
Wadzita
Ritalska
Kenosha
Wicklund
Zvoda
Het Beaster
Krantz
Bienemann
Patton
Wierschem, Lf
Saliture
Ferraro
Schilling
Voseesees
FOSS
Wierschem
Hofman
Beaster
Ferrara
Pietrangeli-Griggs
Kenosha Evening News item brief June 29, 1949
Local brief from Kenosha Wisconsin dated June 29 1949 reports a minor city event with no further details available in the readable text.
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Kenosha
Wis
Walker Cooper Breaks Silence on Durocher Split
Walker Cooper says he sheds no tears for Lippy Leo Durocher and believes the manager wanted him gone. The 34 year old Cincinnati catcher recalls a mutual feeling and notes Durocher’s differing tactics hurt some players. Cooper admires Reds manager Bucky Walters and is glad with his new team.
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Pittsburgh
Walker Cooper
Lippy
Leo Durocher
Cincinnati
New York Giant
Durocher
Giants
Reds
Cooper
Bucky Walters
Badgers Lose Two Gridders
Madison Wisconsin two University of Wisconsin football letter men backs Bob Mansfield and Cal Vernon are ineligible for the coming season Vernon was dropped from school for scholastic difficulties and Mansfield will not enroll in summer school to make up a deficiency Mansfield was also a track star and Vernon held the 1948 national collegiate light heavyweight boxing title but was ineligible last season
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Bob Mansfield
Cal Vernon
Vernon
Mansfield
Speedy Mansfield
Mathias Trails In Decathlon As Final Phases Begun
In Tulare California nineteen or fewer athletes enter the last five events of the national decathlon championship with defending champion Bob Mathias favored to win. Irving Mondschein leads with 4025 points, Mathias is second at 3936, Bill Albans third, Roger Terwilliger fourth. Maryland, William and Mary and Temple add to Michigan State’s 1949 football slate.
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Tulare
Calif
Bob Mathias
Irving (Moon) Mondschein
Mathias
Bill Albans
University of Northend
Roger Terwilliger
Illinois Athletic Club
Olmo Returns to Dodgers After Signing Contract
The Brooklyn Dodgers announced outfielder Luis Olmo, a pardoned Mexican league jumper, has signed and arrived in Brooklyn. He is reinstated and will rejoin the team, with the Dodgers allowed to carry him as an extra man over the 25-man limit for 30 days under Commissioner Chandler’s ruling.
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Philadelphia
U.P
Brooklyn Dodgers
Luis Olmo
Dodger
Dodgers
Olmo
Brooklyn
Puerto Rico
Baseball
A. B. Chandler
Popular Champ Williams Tops All Star Balloting
Boston slugger Ted Williams leads the All Star poll with 1,418,327 votes in the final tabulations. He is the second consecutive year as the fan favorite, ahead of Jackie Robinson who trails by 85,924 as voting closes at midnight. The 16th All Star Game is set for Brooklyn's Ebbets Field on July 12.
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Boston Red Sox
Ted Williams
Brooklyn
Ebbetsfield
Chicago Tribune
Williams
Jackie Robinson
Brooklyn Dodgers
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Temple
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