Western Net Meet provides early seeds in doubles and singles
Neenah stars Talbert Segura Halstead and Hentzen win to reach Western tennis quarter finals. Wilson of Ottumwa falls to Dale Lewis while Segura faces Warren and Halstead meets Ruby. In women’s doubles Betz teams with McCrory to beat Bartholomew and Hernandez.
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Wis
Bill Talbert
Francisco Segura
Thane Halstead
Chicago
Herb Hentzen
Miwaukee
Wisconsin
Me Wilson
Ottumwa
Jim Young
Dale Lewis
Salt Lake City
Segura
Dick Warren
Halstead
Gary Ruby
Los Angeles
Hentzen
Nick Buzelich
Talbert
Pauline Betz
Marilyn McCrory
Gertrude Bartholomew
Mary Hernandoes
Detroit
Betz
Betty Ruth Hulbert
St. Louis
Mary Arnold
Wilmington
Del
Gloria Thompson
Joanne Dunn
Des Moines
McCrory
Foxx Dropped From Cubs Active List After 18 Years
After 18 years in MLB with the Cubs, Jimmy Foxx is removed from the active playing list. He will stay on as a coach and bullpen catcher while Japhet Lynn gains a roster spot. Foxx has a lifetime .328 batting average with one hit in 19 at bats this season.
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Chicago
Jimmy Foxx
Chicago Cubs
Foxx
Jia
Boston
Cubs
Japhet
Red) Lynn
Los Angeles
Recreation Bowling Alleys Change Hands In La Crosse
Frank Kaemer and Roy Wasmuth took over the Recreation Bowling Alleys in La Crosse on July 1 owning a part of the facility from E. Siedlitz. The alleys will reopen around August 10 with leagues continuing as before and teams urged to contact league secretaries. A meeting for league representatives will be set in the first week after reopening. Many employees will stay on, and alleys will be resurfaced with a new finish.
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Recreation
la Crosse
Frank Kaemmer
Roy Wasmuth
Plaor
the Recreation Pin
E. Siedlitz
Women Train at Hill Field in Evening Gymbo Ree Sessions
Utah civilians attend army physical training in evening sessions calling the classes the best weight reducing and body shaping they have found. Meanwhile Icelandic fishermen report record catches and profits amid wartime tensions.
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Hill Field
Utah
Pensive Joins Twilight Tear in Skokie Stakes Entry
Pensive a Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner runs as Twilight Tear’s running mate in Washington Park seven furlong Skokie handicap. Trainer Ben Jones pairs the Warren Wright duo as 6 to 5 favorite. Twilight Tear seeks her ninth straight win of the year and 13th in 16 starts. Occupy also a top contender at 8 to 5 in the seven horse field.
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Chicago
Washington Park
Ben Jones
Warren Wright
Twilight Tear
Ray Mueller Set to Break Consecutive Catching Record
New York. Ray Mueller of Cincinnati eyes a 134th straight catching game against the Brooklyn Dodgers to surpass George Gibson's 1909 record of 150 games. Mueller, 32, in his second Reds season, has .280 average and stellar defense with only five errors in 238 chances.
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New York
Ray Coleman Mueller
Cincinnati
Brooklyn Dodgers
George Gibson
Pittsburgh Pirates
Gibson
Pirates
Reds
Mueller
Braves
Ray
Sacramento
Sea Ray
Ted Collins Tries Boston Yanks Startup Regime
Ted Collins pushes a new Boston Yanks NFL club despite years of losses by others. He plans a heavy radio-funded stake, a 29-man squad, and a $100,000 payroll while forecasting slow initial profits but long term growth in a market he believes will grow.
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Boston
Nee Cg Dayone
New York
Ted Collins
Collins
Boston Yanks
National League
Report of Condition for La Crosse Trust Company 1944
The La Crosse Trust Company in Wisconsin filed its June 30 1944 report of condition showing total deposits of 17 378 27 and total liabilities plus capital accounts of 103 050 03. The balance sheet lists assets including cash 28 517 48 investments 31 441 74 and fiduciary assets pledged at 17 378 27 with capital accounts totaling 26 059 43. A notary public certified the sworn statement on July 5 1944.
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Reserve District No
National Bank of la Crosse
Wisconsin
United States
Federal Reserve Bank
la Crosse Trust Company
la Crosse
la Crosse County
H. A. Meteor
Helen S. Miller
Earley Receives Congressional Appointment to Naval Academy
South Bend Indiana Fred Earley Notre Dames midget halfback of 1943 has accepted a congressional appointment to the Naval Academy. He starred in the Iowa Pre Flight game with two extra point kicks after TDs. The article also notes that many West African natives consider the birth of twins unlucky.
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South Bend
Ind
Fred Earley
Notre Dame
Iowa
Naval Academy
Bluejackets Lose To Ford In Ninth Inning Heartbreaker
DETROIT Ford All Star team edges Great Lakes Bluejackets 2 to 1 as Gene Malish homers off Schoolboy Rowe in the ninth. Great Lakes had won 23 straight this season and 10 prior, but Rowe and Bert Fodor held them to four hits while Ford cashed in in the first and ninth.
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Detroit
Great Lakes Bluejackets
Gene Malish
Bluejackets
Dick West
Mizell Platt
Rowe
Malish
Great Lakes
Ford
Klinger
Millies
Cochrane
Fodor
Lindberg
Galesville Ball Player Hurt at Camp McCoy
Irvine Kriesel, 26, a Galesville resident and local ball player, was seriously injured last Wednesday in an accident at Camp McCoy. He remains in the camp hospital with head injuries, a fractured jaw, dislocation, five teeth knocked out, and concussion, and must stay quiet for 30 days. An unrelated note mentions Egyptian soap being made mainly from cottonseed oil and caustic soda.
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Galesville
Wis
Irvine Kriesel
Kriesel
Camp McCoy
Saints Pound Millers 13 to 0 in League Action
Saint s pounded the Millers 13 to 0 as Bill Webb held Minneapolis to 10 hits. Saints infielders Chuck Baron Joe Itter Frank Drews and Frank Pietcollected three hits each with Baron extending his hitting streak to 19 games. Red Marion hit a homer as Millers’ Bill Sahlin lasted only four innings.
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Louisville Colonels
Columbus
Colonels
Milwaukee Brewers
Toledo
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
Kansas City
St. Paul
Millers
Bill Webb
Bill Sahlin
Saints
Chuck Baron
Joe Itter
Frank Drews
Frank Piet
Baron
John “Red” Marion
Fred Vaughn
Yanks Triumph Over Cleveland
New York defeats Cleveland 6 to 2 as Ailey Donald pitches seven strong. Bud Metheny leads the attack with a home run and a single, with Milosevich and Etten driving in runs.
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NEW York
New York Yankees
Ailey Donald
Cleveland Indians
Bud Metheny
Yankees
Cleveland
Rocco
Gmilosevich
Hoag
Stirnweiss
Hackett
Metheny
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Lindell
Cullenbine
Stainback
Keltner
Etten
Mack
Grimes
Schlueter
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Smith
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Calvert
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Leonard Shuts Out White Sox in 3 1 Victory
Washington Senator pitcher Dutch Leonard baffled Chicago as the Senators defeated the White Sox 3 to 1 in a night game. Bill Dietrich, starting his third time in six days, again fell short of his 10th win. In Philadelphia George Caster of the St. Louis Browns held the Athletics to three innings of relief and delivered a bases loaded single in the ninth for a 4 to 2 win.
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Dutch Leonard
Washington Senators
Chicago White Sox
Bill Dietrich
Philadelphia
George Caster
St. Louis Browns
Philadelphia Athletics
Paul Trout Leads Tigers past Red Sox in Twilight 8 1
Paul Dizzy Trout of the Detroit Tigers joined the league’s 10 game winners list as Detroit defeated Boston Red Sox 8 to 1 in a twilight game.
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Boston
Paul
Dizzy) Trout
Detroit Tigers
Bengals
Red Sox
Sailor Baseballers Meet Madison Talent
Lieut. Commander Gordon Mickey Cochrane's Great Lakes naval training center baseball team will field an All-Star nine from the Madison Industrial and Home Talent leagues on Wednesday July 12 in Madison Wisconsin.
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Madison
Wis
Gordon
Mickey) Cochrane
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Fights Last Night in Jacksonville Bout Ends in KO
Gunnar Barlund of Finland, weighing 205 pounds, knocked out Bill Petersen of Chicago, at 8 in Jacksonville Florida.
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Associated Press
Jacksonville
Fla
Gunnar Barlund
Finland
Bill Petersen
Chicago
Beanies 10 Clash With 656th Crew In Diamond Battle
Beanies 10 faces the 656th Engineers from Camp McCoy tonight at 6 30 on West Avenue field The Beanie lineup includes Gabby Johnson Harry Wittenberg Jule Kriese Yip Christopher Petsey Voss Fritz Raith Pip Wuest Bob Coorough and Rudy Young Frankie Smith will make his first start of the year on the mound Smith last year held a QMs squad to one hit in a near perfect game Swish Beranek will relieve Smith if needed The 656th team sits fourth in the McCoy softball league with players from across the United States.
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New England
Collins
Yankees
Boston
Beanie
Camp McCoy
West Avenue Field
la Crosse
Frankie Smith
Chiut Halverson
Smith
McCoy Quartermaster
Qms
McCoy
United States
Gabby Johnson
Harry Wittenberg
Jule Kriese
Yip Christopher
Petsey Voss
Fritz Raith
Pip Wuest
Bob Coorough
Rudy Young
Swish Beranek
Local Archers Enter In Weekend Events At Fairgrounds
Archers are urged to participate in weekend events at the Fairgrounds Archery Range. Scheduled are York Round at 6 p.m. Saturday and Double American at 2 p.m. Sunday. Women, intermediate and junior divisions compete in multiple rounds with awards in six age groups. The article also notes a tangential fact about the lemur described as a ghost in Latin.
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Fairgrounds
Midwest Archery Association
York
Bordo's Top Raiders In Junior Loop Game
Bordo's defeated the South Side Raiders 12 to 9 at Hixon field in a Junior league contest. Shimanski homered and doubled, Baum homered and singled, Smith doubled, while Vrasak and Zahn doubled for Bordo's, placing them first on the south side.
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Bordo
McSpaden and Nelson Favored in Golden Valley Team Event
Jug McSpaden and Byron Nelson, dominating winners of eight of 13 titles in seven months, head a strong field as the Golden Valley invitational team championship opens at Harry Cooper's course. The eight-team, round-robin event runs through Sunday for a $1600 first prize war bonds, with 126 holes total. The format mirrors Inverness with plus-minus match play and 18 holes today, 36 holes daily through Sunday.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Jug McSpaden
Byron Nelson
Harry Cooper
Toledo
Inverness
McSpaden-Nelson
Chick Harbert
Mike
Stallion Meet Set for Today at North Randall
Stallion stake for three-year-old pacers at North Randall features Wilkco Farms' brown colt by Volemite, favorite after cutting his own 2:05 record last year. He previously won the Matron stake in straight heats last week. Jessis Mite, Yankee Maid stablemate, adds two-year-old pacing stakes drama with a 2:05%%4 win in the Farms stake led by Henry Thomas.
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Cleveland
Attorney
North Randall
Wilkco Farms
Tobin Shuts Cubs. Reds and Phillies Win Big
Jim Tobin pitched the Boston Braves to a 7-2 win over the Chicago Cubs, lifting Boston to seventh while Chicago fell to the cellar. Cincinnati beat Brooklyn 4-1 as Ed Heusser limited the Dodgers to three hits, and Philadelphia shellacked Pittsburgh 12-2 behind multiple hurlers.
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Associated Press
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
New York U
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Boston
Chicago
New York
Ed Heusser
Dodgers
Cincinnati Reds
King
Owen
Heusser
Mueller
Philadelphia Blue Jays
Pirates
R. Barrett
Peacock
Starr
Rescigno
Cuccurrullo
Lopez
Camelli
Cardinals Triumph Over Giants In Night Game
St. Louis defeated the New York Giants 4 to 1 as George Munger improved to 11–2. Stan Musial hit a double and a single and closed in on Dixie Walker’s .372 league batting average.
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St. Louis Cardinals
New York Giants
George Munger
Stan Musial
Dixie Walker
Civilian Sports Take On New Importance In Camp McCoy
Camp McCoy Wisconsin expands civilian employee athletics with five bowling teams forming this week at post alleys. Bowling schedules set for Monday or Tuesday evenings. Softball and horseshoes leagues also organizing under Lieut June Gaskins and Post personnel chief John F Burke.
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Post Supply
John F. Burke
Station Hospital
Ethel Coffman
Muriel Luhrs
Jay Putnam
Inez Smith
la Crosse Ordnance Command
Dorothy Solberg
Post
June Gaskins
Burke
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