Red Sox Rally Boosts pennant bid in late-season surge
Boston’s resurgence fuels a pennant push as they win 11-4 over Cleveland and 11-4 second game sweep breakdowns. Yankees edge White Sox in 10 innings to tighten chase. Indians stumble after a 12-bat third inning rally. Phillies extend NL lead. Cubs and Dodgers suffer heavy losses as standings shift across the league.
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Ohioan Loses Stock Car Race Becomes Flagpole Sitter
BANDARTON Ohio 1) Ian Red Norman sits atop a flagpole after losing a stock car race. A Daytona Beach driver challenged him last June that the loser would remain on the pole until the season ends. Norman has a shack on top, hasn’t shaved, and aims to beat the 118 day pole-sitting record.
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Mengelt Hurls No-Hit Win in Cataract Game
Mengelt pitched six innings of no-run ball as Cataract defeated Melvina 5-0 in the Coulee league Sunday. Rain halted the game after three innings of a separate contest, with Angely leading 4-0 for Coles Valley. In Sparta, Rei Reiber’s two-hit, 12 strikeout shutout sent the Shamrocks to a 12-0 win over West Salem.
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New Lisbon Thrashes Mauston for 17 Runs in League Clash
New Lisbon's Hiawatha league baseball team pushed toward the second half title with a 17 to 3 victory over Mauston. Reisenauer pitched a complete game allowing three safeties, fanning 16 and walking five. Kallies led the offense with three hits in five at bats, while Nicksic, A Wehman, and Bies contributed multiple hits. Krueger, Lillehamer, Reise nauer, Ristow, Braseh, and Geeg also figured in the outburst.
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Oldest Stakes Run At Saratoga Amid Historic Racing
Saratoga hosts America’s oldest annually renewed stakes. The Travers began in 1864 and the Otoga Cup followed in 1865. The note marks a long tradition as New York racing faced periods of closure in 1872 and 1911.
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Tourney Games Postponed At Merchants Invitational
Monday night games in the third annual Merchants Invitational were postponed due to saturated fields from Sunday rain. Officials shifted play to Tuesday and Wednesday nights, with consolation and championship finals moved to Friday.
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Onalaska and Melrose Post League Wins
Onalaska edged Melvina 1-0 in six innings as Tabbert homered scoring on Russ Mahium’s double. Osgood pitched, limiting Melvina to three hits. In Melrose Mindoro fell 8-6 as Ellmer Hecht pitched for Mindoro and Cotton closed for Melrose, with Nordstrom driving in three Melrose runs.
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Uniformed Rabbits Stir Talk In Hornell and Fort Worth
In New York and Texas leagues the chatter centers on jack rabbits in Hornell and Fort Worth uniforms rather than the rabbit ball. Hornell leads in stolen bases with 126, aiming to top Bradford’s 214 in 1949, while Fort Worth shows 106 steals in 71 games and targets the 235 mark set by Shreveport. Also noted: Babe Ruth was first to surpass 30 homers in a season, hitting 54 in 1920 and 59 the next year.
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Dixie Walker Named Southern Associations Manager of the Year
Dixie Walker, once a Brooklyn Dodger star, led the Atlanta Crackers to the top of the Southern Association in his rookie managing season. Editors favored him on 14 of 16 ballots, with only two ballots naming another as first choice.
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Fish Story Blown Up by Balloon Tether
Waynesville high school athletics coach E. C. Weatherby uses small balloons on bass fishing trips. He inflates a balloon and ties it to the caught bass with an eight inch string before releasing the fish. Weatherby then follows the balloon back to the water and often returns home with a full bag.
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Baseball standings and schedules in multiple leagues
American League games list Devtosy at Washington and Chicago at Boston along with Cleveland at New York and St. Louis at Philadelphia in twilight or day games. American Association features Toledo at Louisville Columbus at Indianapolis and Milwaukee at Bungeapolis. Wisconsin State League items note Appleton at Sheba Fond du Lac at Wisconsin Rapides Oshkosh at Green Bay and Wausau at Janesville. Carl Mermer has coached Columbia University's track and field teams since 1820.
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Faulkner Sets 260 Mile Dirt Track Record at State Fair Park
Walt Faulkner of Long Beach California won the AAA national dirt track championship at State Fair Park in Milwaukee, clocking 2 hours 12 minutes 26.05 seconds to smash Myron Fohr’s 1948 mark. Henry Banks finished second with Andy Linden and Duke Dinsmore in pursuit, while Tony Bettenhausen and Paul Russo trailed. Chuck Stevenson sustained a broken rib after a crash on the 35th mile.
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Henry Banks
Miami
Andy Linden
Indianapolis
Duke Dinsmore
Dayton
Russo
Henry Turner
Chuck Stevenson
Fresno
Erickson Dutcher Win Pro Amateur in Wisconsin Tour
John Erickson and John Dutcher of Menasha's North Shore club won the pro-amateur event on the Northeastern Wisconsin golf tour with a best-ball score of 67. They led their club to the team championship as three other pairs tied at 70 behind them.
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Russia Wins Track Crown At European Championships
Russia topped the European championships by winning the only track event and securing the unofficial team title. Britain totaled 108 points with eight titles, France had 107 points in third. Nikolai Karakulov anchored the 400 meter relay to a 41.5 second leg as 20,000 spectators cheered, amid talk the Soviets may enter the 1952 Helsinki Olympics after years of avoiding international competition.
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Badger Teams Split Northern Baseball Doubleheader
Sunday results show the Superior Blues take a 4-3 win in game one while the Eau Claire Bears dominate 10-0 in game two. Other league scores include Cloud over Duluth 8-2 Falls over Grand Forks 10-1 Aberdeen edging Fargo Moorhead 4-3 in 11 innings. Saturday actions saw Superior beat Sioux Falls 6-0 Fargo Moorhead over Eau Claire 6-4 St. Cloud topple Grand Forks 10-1 and Aberdeen Duluth postponement due to cold weather.
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Oshkosh Giants take twin bill. Janesville stays second
Manager Dave Gracia and Ed Barry led Oshkosh as the Giants swept Wisconsin Rapids 54 and 84 in a doubleheader. Janesville won both ends of a twin bill at Appleton 4 3 and 3 4, remaining in second place. Green Bay beat Sheboygan 4 3 and 8 7 in the other double feature. Wausau postponed at Fond du Lac due to wet grounds. Berry homered in the Janesville opener. Garcia tripled with bases loaded in the seventh of the nightcap. Ris 59 steals set a league record. Green Bay’s Ray Shearer went 4 for 5 in the opener. Green Bay also won the nightcap.
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Spinks and Pet Milk Open Softball Playoff Series
Sparta reports Sprinks and Pet Milk were scheduled to meet in the first game of a best two out of three softball series for the local championship weather permitting. Spinks won the first round crown and Pet Milk captured the second. The second game is set for Wednesday with a potential third game Friday.
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Pro Football Weekend Scores Shock RFC
Pro Saturday results show Whamington Redskins 31 over Chicago Cardinals 7, Chicago Bears 30 over Pittsburgh Steelers 14, Sunday Philadelphia Eagles 28 over San Francisco 49ers 10. Standings shift as teams display offensive power and defensive resilience.
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Fragmentary Ad Urges Strong Medicine Purchase Today
In an unreadable one hour note readers are urged to apply full strength for a certain foot ailment and to buy at all drug stores today. The garbled text mentions F. G. and possible orders or manufacturers. No clear names or places are legible.
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