Intra-City Baseball Duel Ends In Tight Late Rally
Central highs baseball team edge Logan 9th inning rally to clinch at least a tie in the Intra-City championship. Logan led early with two runs and held a 3 3 deadlock before Central's late surge produced four runs in the ninth as Hauge and Shillings shut down the Rangers in a game marked by errors and base-running miscues.
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Central High School
Central
Jim Krett
Jerry Bendel
Logan
Bendel
Bob Falk
Jim Scheel
Falk
Neee Ey Shila
Otto
Sparta Defeats Cataract In Memorial Day Tilt
Sparta wins 4 to 1 in seven innings at Sparta Memorial Day. Kiddie pitched seven innings for Sparta with seven strikeouts and one walk, allowing four hits. Cataract’s W Schwanke gave up two runs in five innings. West allowed two runs in relief. Spink led Sparta with two hits in three at bats.
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Sparta
Wis
Monroe County Baseball League
Kiddie
Vistors
W. Schwanke
West
Hanners
Brown
Helgereen
Spink
WIBC Tourney Reverts To Intersectional Play
The Women s International Bowling Congress world championship returns to intersectional play with Gold Medal Beer favored to win after a 2 721 score by Silver Seal Soda of St Louis. Edna Kagel and Tillie Jardine led Gold Medal Beer in a strong showing as Ohio Printing Co Columbus paced last night s teams with 2 432. Martha Hottman of Medicon Wis led in all events with 1 789.
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Kansas City
Silver Seal Soda
St. Louis
Gold Beer
Edna Kagel
Tillie Jardine
Ohio Printing Company
Columbus
Ohio
Martha Hottman
Medicon
Wis
Robson wins 500 mile race at Indianapolis honors record prize
George Robson took top cash of 420,350 for winning the Memorial Day 500 mile race at Indianapolis Speedway. The event distributed 5115,100 to 33 starters, with second through tenth place prizes to Jackson, Brisko, Horn, Andres, Chitwood, Durant, Villoresi, Wearne, Sheffler, and Devore. Protests over Robson’s refueling rule breach were rejected but a 1,000 fine recommended. other drivers faced crashes and mechanical troubles amid a fast, high-stakes contest.
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Indianapolis
Thorne
George Robson
Indianapolis Speedway Memorial Day
Cairo
Egypt
the Speedway
Speedway Corporation and Accessory
Jackson
Palm Springs
Cali
Jose Chitwood
Reading
Louis Durant
Los Angeles
Gigi Villoresi
Milan
Italy
Frank Wearne
Pasadena
Calif
Bill Sheffler
Billy Devore
Sheffler
Devore
Speedway
Robson
J. H. Mehan
Ree
Carl H. Wallerick
Ralph Hepburn
van Nuys
Mauri Rose
South Bend
Ind
Rose
Big Ten Coaches Debate 1947 Schedules in Champaign
Big Ten football coaches enter day three of talks in Champaign seeking 1947 schedules. Indiana Purdue and Iowa clash over home and away games amid crowd concerns and reduced conference foes to five. Chicago exit looms and Rose Bowl fate sits with faculty, with no immediate action expected.
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Champaign
Big Ten
Indiana
Purdue
Iowa
Iona
Chicago
Maroons
Michigan
Pittsburgh
Lonkoski's Team Defeats Trailer Co in Industrial League
Lonkoski's Tavern of the 16 inch Industrial league beat La Crosse Trailer Co 4 to 3 at West Avenue last night. Kotnour and Roubik were the winning battery while Wathers and Tischer were the Battery for the Trailer Co. Heileman’s swamped Milwaukee Road 14 to 4 with Koelb the winner and Miller the loser. Trane Co won its forfeit game against La Crosse Tribune.
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Lonkoski's Tavern
la Crosse Trailer Co
West Avenue
Kotnour
Roubik
Wathers
Tischer
Trailer
Heileman
Milwaukee Road
Koelb
Miller
Trane Co
la Crosse Tribune
Ben Hogan Leads Round Robin Field At Winged Foot
Ben Hogan tops the Goodall round robin at Winged Foot Golf Club in Mamaroneck New York. He holds 25 points and a 216 to 222 lead in medal play while George Barron and Byron Nelson follow in the point standings. Hogan is the only player to have defeated all six opponents so far.
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Mamaroneck
N. Y
Ben Hogan
Goodall
Winged Foot Golf Club
Hogan
Herman Barron
Byron Nelson
Powerful AFL CIO Teams Battle In Copeland Park Sunday
A Sunday 2:30 baseball clash at Copeland Park pits the AFL squad against the CIO team in a likely battle royale. AFL trails the VFW for the league lead while CIO enters league play seeking its first win. Star players include Norm Hanson and Marv Grimslid with Gay Nesseth, plus a deep infield and strong pitching options.
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Copeland Park
AFL
CIO
VFW
Caledonia Street Merchants
la Crosse
Norm Hanson
Marv Grimslid
Gay Nesseth
Belmont Stakes Preview with Clubfoot Comet in Field
New York broadcast describes the Belmont Stakes with Clubfoot Comet from Richard J. Kieberg Jr.’s stable as the favorite in a field of ten. Lord Boswell Hampden and Mahout are noted challengers while Manor Lad Cable Cedar Creek War Watch and Winfields are considered overmatched entrants in the historic Triple Crown race.
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New York
Belmont Park
Texas
Richard J. Kieberg, Jr
Asault
Lord Boswell
Hampden
Philadelphia Swifties
Walter Jefford
Mahout
Lord B
Natchez
Withers
Manor Lad
Cable
Cedar Creek
War Watch
Winfields
Conn Weighs 183 Pounds for Louis Title Fight
Bill Conn weighed an even 183 pounds yesterday after nine rounds of training in Greenwood Lake. The heavyweight contender boxed nine full rounds bringing his total camp rounds to 195 and he expects another session today before facing Joe Louis in New York on June 19.
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Greenwood Lake
N. J
Bill Conn
Joe Louis
New York
Conn
La Crosse CIO Falls to Pigeon Falls in Ten Inning Loss
In Pigeon Falls Wisconsin on Decoration Day the La Crosse CIO team lost 6-5 in ten innings. Schell started for La Crosse allowing five runs in three innings. Yeager finished with one run given up. Pas tovich and Corrough each had two hits while Jacobson of Pigeon Falls delivered three hits including a triple.
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Pigeon Falls
Wis
la Crosse
Pastovich
Corrough
CIO
Jacobson
Western conference coaches set tentative 1947 football schedule
Champaign Illinois officials said football coaches and athletic directors from the Western Conference drew up a tentative 1947 schedule yesterday. The complete slate awaits final approval amid possible revisions.
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Champaign
Ill
Brewers Hold Off Blues in Final At Bat 5 4
Milwaukee manager notes say Owen Scheetz worked the ninth perils as Kansas City rallied for four runs on hits including a two run homer with two on. Russ Burns hit a homer. Kansas City starter Johnny Muldovan went eight innings and walked nine. Brewers win the lone American Association game of the night.
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Milwaukee’ Brewers
Kansas City
Blues
Milwaukee
Owen Scheetz
Scheetz
Russ Burns
Johnny Muldovan
Archery Club Opens Season at La Crosse Fair Grounds
The La Crosse Archery Club begins its season on Sunday June 2 at the fair grounds range with shooting starting at 2 oclock. The event combines a merit badge shoot and a three event elimination tournament and offers room for additional archers. A new merit lodge tassel award system replaces the felt arrowhead, and archers may upgrade classifications by trading in tassels. Public admission is free.
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la Crosse
Fairgrounds
Wisconsin Crew Seen Favored In Cayuga Lake Regatta
Wisconsin oarsmen, undefeated since the Annapolis win on May 11, enter a four crew regatta on Cayuga Lake near Ithaca New York. They are favored to beat Cornell Pennsylvania and Princeton over two miles in the varsity race scheduled for 4 p m CST after preliminaries for Jayvees and lightweights.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Wisconsin
Cayuga Lake
University of Wisconsin
Annapolis
Cornell
Pennsylvania
Princeton
Australians Seek U.S. Swimming Coach
The Australian Swimming Union seeks a government grant of £2000 to hire a leading American coach for the 1948 London Olympic bid. The proposal aims to bolster Australia’s chances with elite coaching support.
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U. S
Sydney
London
Commonwealth
Australia
Boston Leads In Close Wins
A survey of the first major league quarter shows the Red Sox and Cardinals atop in one run games. Cronin’s Red Sox lead with nine of 11 close wins while Yankees and Athletics lag. Yankees swept the A’s 8-1 as attendance neared 764 thousand for 22 home games at the new Yankee Stadium.
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John McGraw
New York
Boston Red Sox
St. Louis Cardinals
New York Yankees
Philadelphia Athletics
Joe Cronin
Red Sox
Detroit Tigers
Cleveland Indians
Washington
Chicago White Sox
St. Louis Browns
Cardinals
Brooklyn Dodgers
Boston
Braves
Billy Southworth
Pittsburgh Pirates
Cincinnati Reds
Chicago Cubs
Giants
Philadelphia Phillies
Yankees
Athletics
Mackmen
Yankee Stadium
Nimble and J. T. Barnes Enter Harness Championship
Nimble Volo from Mercer Pennsylvania and J. T. Barnes of Cambridge New York are named as new candidates for the Roosevelt Raceway harness crown. Nimble Volo won the Thunderbolt free for all trot last night with a 2 07 final heat, defeating John S Henrys J. T. Barnes in the early test. Beatrice Hanover of Arden Homestead Stable finished second to Nimble Volo in the second heat after posting the fastest mile of the program at 2 06 2.
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Westbury
N. Y
Roosevelt Raceway
Nimble Volo
J. T. Barnes
The
Moon
Parish Stables
Mercer Pa
John S. Henry
Cambridge
Milwaukee Washington Tops Prep Links Meet
Milwaukee Washington led after the opening 18 holes of the 36 hole state high school golf tournament with a 340, two strokes ahead of Wauwatosa. Tom Veech shared medalist honors at 80, two behind Beloit’s Phil Sant and Don Oates of Wauwatosa, as teams like Madison West and Wisconsin High of Madison trailed.
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Hartford
Wis
Milwaukee
Washington
Wautosa
Madison West
Wisconsin
Madison
Beloit
Tom Veech
Phil Sant
Don Oates
Wauwatosa
Oshkosh
Durand
Sheboygan Central
West Milwaukee
Delavan
Wisconsin Rapids
Jefferson
Clintonville
Lake Mills
Nation’s Waterfowl Population Falls Amid Higher Duck Stamp Sales
Dr Clarence Gottam assistant director of the U S Fish and Wildlife Service said the U S duck population dropped from 125 000 000 in 1944 to 80 000 000 today due to drought overshooting and disease The duck shooting season may be cut from 80 days to 45 or 60 days to curb the decline Horseshoe Lake Illinois a key feeding ground might close Outdoor Writers Association of America voted to visit Alaska next year
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Clarence Gottam
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Outdoor Writers Association of America
United States
Gottam
Horseshoe Lake
Ilinois
Alaska
Grimm reshuffles Cubs as Nicholson sits on bench
Chicago manager Charley Grimm again reshapes the lineup for the 17th time this season and has given up on Bill Nicholson despite his 1943 and 1944 home run and RBI titles. Ed Waitkus returns to first base with Cavarretta at right field as the Cubs face the Boston Braves in a key three game series. Nicholson's slump lingers at .174 and Grimm hints he could be traded while aging infielders lead a shuffled lineup amid lingering pitching issues from Primm and Borony.
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Chicago
Charley Grimm
Chicago Cubs
Bill Nicholson
Big Nick
Nicholson
Ed Waitkus
Phil Cavarretta
William
Waitkus
Cavarretta
Nick
Cubs
Boston Braves
Grimm
Chestertown
Husky
Stan Hack
Bill Jurges
Don Johnson
Cholly
Ray
Pappy) Primm
Hank Borony
Johns Throws First No Hit Game Of Local Softball Season
Orv Johns, veteran pitcher for Modern Laundry, blanked Bump Pump 3-0 at Longfellow diamond. He fanned 18 of 21, aided by Bob Scharnke's homer with a man aboard amid five singles by Thomason and Wallace.
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Bump Pump
Longfellow Diamond
John
Bob Scharnke
Johns
Thomason
Wallace
Cleaners
Bob Carroll
Weacen
American Legion
H. Devine
Techmer
Jerry Bendel
Madden
Heileman
Funeral Home Outfit
Tanke
Bendel
Mehren
Wandrey
Frankie Smith
Auto Lite
Butch Panke
Hank Kamperschroer
Eagle
Bach Christopher
Nelson Clothing Co
Tikal
Virgil Tanke
Occupy Tops Field in Will Rogers Mile Build-Up
In Inglewood California Occupy the Bull Dog Miss Bunting progeny carried 128 pounds to win the Argonaut Handicap at Hollywood Park. Jockey Charley Corbett steered the five year old to a two length margin over a varied field in 1 43 2/5 for the mile and one sixteenth course as talk grows for tomorrow's Will Rogers Mile stake event.
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Inglewood
Calif
Occupy
Hollywood Park
Will Rogers
Bull Dog
Miss Bunting
Charley Corbett
Louis on edge for battle with Conn in June
Promoter Mike Jacobs and heavyweight Harry Wills watched as Joe Louis trained briskly in Pompton Lakes New Jersey in anticipation of the June 19 bout with Billy Conn. Wills argued Louis should stay on edge now to avoid stale performance by fight night.
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Pompton Lakes
N. J
Mike Jacobs
Harry Wills
Joe Louis
Billy Conn
Standings and Friday results in early baseball leagues
New York 8 Philadelphia 1 was the only game played Friday in the standings report. Cincinnati at Chicago was postponed due to rain. Milwaukee 5 Kansas City 4 highlighted American Association action with a full Sunday schedule including Cleveland at Philadelphia and multiple intercity matchups across cities like St. Louis New York Chicago Boston Pittsburgh Brooklyn Cincinnati and Milwaukee plus Toledo Indianapolis Minneapolis and Louisville.
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Philadelphia
National League
Cincinnati
Chicago
American Association
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Kansas City
Cleveland
St. Louis
Boston
Detroit
Washington
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Columbus
Louieville
Toledo
St. Paul
Indianapolis
Minneapolis
New York UN
Mt Washington
Louisville
Milwaukee i
Cronin Starts New Chapter In Baseball
Joe Cronin begins a new phase as bench manager with the Boston Red Sox under a renewed contract that covers the rest of this season and next year. The move reduces the roster limit to 30 while Cronin draws a sizable salary before voluntary retirement, amid rumors of prior high pay from Yankee and other managers.
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Joe Cronin
Boston Red Sox
Cronin
Red Sox
Tom Yawkey
Joe
Yankee
Yankee Stadium
Leo Durocher
Brooklyn Dodgers
Billy Southworth
Braves
Connie Mack
Philadelphia Athletics
Two Thousand Attend Clayton County Memorial Day Horseshow
McGregor Iowa hosted its first Memorial Day horseshow at Clayton County fair grounds with 85 horses and ponies entered. Heileman Six Mule Hitch attracted spectators as $600 in prize money was awarded to winners including Jim Hubbard of Waterloo in stallion three gaited, D R Witter of McGregor in mare and colt, and Jack Schott of West Union in pony musical chair. Governor Blue spoke at Waukon and visited the event in the late afternoon.
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Mcgregor
Clayton County Fair Grounds
Heileman Company
Jim Hubbard
Waterloo
D. R. Witter
Jack Schott
West Union
Governor Blue of
Iowa
Waukon
Major League Leaders From AP Show Leaders Across Leagues
The Associated Press lists top players in both leagues. Stan Musial and Red Schoendienst pace NL batting and RBIs with St. Louis leaders in multiple categories while Ted Williams and Joe DiMaggio lead American League in batting and home runs with strong showings from Vernon and Pesky in runs and hits. Pitchers Ron Lanier and Harvey Reges head NL and AMERICAN listings with perfect records at 6-0 and 4-0 respectively.
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Walker
Brooklyn
Schoendienst
St. Louis
Reiser
Musial
Slaughter
Holmes
Boston
Reese
Herman
Seminick
Philadelphia
Pafko
Chicago
Mize
New York
Kiner
Pittsburgh
Kurowski
Haas
Cincinnati
Lanier
Reges
Vernon
Washington
Williams
Pesky
Doerr
Keller
Spence
Edwards
Cleveland
DiMaggio
Greenberg
Detroit
Case
Stirnweiss
Ferriss
Leonard
Boxing results from last night highlight scattered decisions
Beau Jack outpointed Johnny Greco in Augusta while Booker Beekwith defeated Willie Barrow in Chicago though Barrow was disqualified. Other bouts included Jimmy Sherrer in Hollywood and Frankie Augustian in Milwaukee with varying outcomes.
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Associated Press
New York
Beau Jack
Augusta
Johnny Greco
Montreal
Chicago
Booker Beekwith
Willie Barrow
Detroit
Barrow
Hollywood
Calif
Jimmy Sherrer
Milwaukee
Tho Frankie Angustian
Los Angeles
Rendler Hurls 7-1 Verdict in Wisconsin Baseball
Aquinas of La Crosse defeated Gale s ville 7 to 1 at Galesville as freshman pitcher Tommy Rendler hurled a five hit game. Bradburn powered the Blugolds with a home run and two hits, Curti added two, while Meunier allowed nine Aquinas hits and Berie scored Gale s ville s lone run in the final inning.
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Galesville
Wis
Aquinas High School
la Crosse
Gale Diamond
Tommy Rendler
Blugolds
Meunier
Dick Bradburn
Aquinas
Bradburn
Curti
Gale
Ron Beriie
Jackie Baer
Rendler
Malin
Blugold
Baer
Aquinas Ab
Galesville Nor Warner
Walles
Gamoke
Smith,if
Rol
Beirnec
Ganek
Lund
Byom
Ron. Beirnels
Exern
Boma
Meunter
Babe Ruth Passes on Newark Manager Job
Ruth says he sought the Newark International League manager post but was told another was promised. Returning from Mexico City, he waited for Larry MacPhail’s call, then learned George Weiss had promised the job to someone else. He plans no baseball work this year but would consider a U.S. opportunity next year.
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Babe Ruth
Swat
Newark
Ruth
MacPhail
George Weiss
The
Yanks
Chicago
George Selkirk
Mexico
United States
U. S
Davenport Takes Over First In 3-1 League
Davenport Cubs overtake Danville Dodgers for first in the Three-I league after a 5-4 ninth inning win in Davenport. Quincy staggers Terre Haute 10-9 in ten innings to climb from last place, while Evansville crushes Springfield 12-8 to stay within a game and a half of Danville. A Decatur Waterloo game was postponed.
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Terre Haute
Evansville
Danville
Springfield
Decatur
Waterloo
Neenah Red Rocket Net Team Heads Tourney
Manitowoc Wis four schools contest state tennis meet with Neenah leading at close of yesterday's play as finals loom for singles and doubles. Sheboygan North finished second with 14 points while Shorewood Wauwatosa and Madison West tied for third with 13 points.
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Manitowoc
Wis
Neeshah
Red Rocket
Sheboygan North
Shorewood
Wauwatosa
Madison West
West Allis
Shawano
Whitefish Bay
Milwaukee Juneau
Menasha
Milwaukee East
Milwaukee
Washington
South Milwaukee
Lincoln
Baraboo
Sherrer Wins TKO In Hollywood Bout
Milwaukee scrapper Jimmy Sherrer defeated Frankie Augustian of Los Angeles by ninth round technical knockout after a fierce battle in Hollywood. Sherrer improved to 156 and Augustian 148? in the bout.
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Hollywood
Jimmy Sherrer
Milwaukee
Frankie Augustian
Los Angeles
Clahed
Sherrer
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