VFW To Play South Ridge In Rain Rescheduled Tilt
Weather halted City League games at Copeland Park. CIO faced Peerless in the opener and the Legion met AFL in the 8:45 nightcap before rain postponed both games to Tuesday July 6. An exhibition VFW vs South Ridge game is set for tomorrow night at 8:15 under lights with Toepel planning key hurlers.
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Copeland Park
Peerless
CIO
American Leon
Bob
Schroeder
Rich Rick
Mess
Bill Meyer
Charlie Schmikla
Legion
AFL
VFW
South Ridge
Jim Sullivan
Eldon Meil
Ridge
Larry Toepel
Les Kessler
al Grat
Dick McKosky
Jack Reihl
Rube Nichols
James Lee Chosen Manager of American Olympic Boxing Team
James Lee of Cleveland Ohio was selected to manage the United States Olympic boxing team. John Sheehan of Boston was named assistant manager and coaches Jack Merdoncia from Oakland California and John J Walsh of Wisconsin were chosen. The team will be picked from 81 hopefuls in elimination bouts starting tonight at Boston Garden.
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Boston
James Lee Cleveland
Ohio
John Sheehan
New England Amateur Athletic Union
Jack Merdoncia
Oakland
Calif
John J. Walsh
University of Wisconsin
Boston Garden
Ted Allen Wins Hawkeye Holidays Horseshoe Championship
Des Moines report shows Ted Allen of Boulder Colorado defeating Casey Jones of Waukesha Wisconsin 50 39 44 50 50 46 in a three game match for the Hawkeye Holidays horseshoe title Allen pitched 257 ringers 99 double ringers and earned 117 dollars a gold trophy and a gold medal Jones took 75 dollars and a silver medal for second place
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Des Moines
Ted Allen
Boulder
Colo
Casey Jones
Waukesha
Wis
Hawkeye Holidays
Allen
Jones
BAF Triumphs 3-2 in Close Wisconsin Ball Game
Black River Falls Wisconsin saw a tight 3-2 win by the House of David with Akers on the mound allowing three hits while earning the victory. Wilburton also allowed three runs as the rivals kept the game competitive in a Gay afternoon contest.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Black River
Akers
Wilburton
La Crosse County Amateur Golf Tour Opens July 15
La Crosse hosts the 14th County Amateur Golf Tour starting July 15 at the Country Club and Maple Grove courses. About 100 entries expected with $300 in merchandise prizes for many. qualifying rounds run July 15 16, with 18 holes at Maple Grove on July 17 and final 18 at Country Club. Jerry Wollan seeks back to back title as 54 holes conclude.
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la Crosse
Country Club
Maple Grove
Jaycees
Pine Hills
Sheboygan
Jerry Wollan
Rich Jungen
Johnny Erickson
Cubs Hold Tryouts At Madison Breese-Stevens Field
Claude Passeau and Ray Prim former Cubs pitchers now roving coaches will run a Cubs tryout camp in Madison on June 28 and 29 at Breese Stevens Field at 2 PM. Only high school graduates may participate and those with remaining eligibility attend at their own risk. Graduates with Legion Junior eligibility are not to enroll.
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Madison
Wis
Claude Passeau
Ray Prim
Chicago Cubs
Cubs
Breese-Stevens Field
American Legion Junior Base
First Of 48 Baseball Tournaments To Open
The first of 48 sanctioned state semi pro tournaments opens in Perth Amboy New Jersey on Thursday. Winners advance to the 14th annual National championship in Wichita Kansas August 13 to 25. Some 1 052 teams will be certified to state events between July 15 and 30, says NBC president Ray Dumont.
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Wichita
Kas
Perth Amboy
N. J
Ray Dumont
National Baseball Congress
French Creek Nine Beats Beach 6-4 to Stay Unbeaten
French Creek remained undefeated in Trempealeau Jackson county league by defeating Beach 6-4 at Beach Wisconsin. Enghagen pitched the win and led at the plate with two singles while Moen and Stenberg formed the battery for Beach. Stenberg had two singles for Beach.
Blind bowling delivers first perfect 300 at Dunbar alleys
Al Wells of South Charleston bowled a flawless 300 in a Blind Bowling contest in Dunbar West Virginia. A curtain hid the pins while a scorekeeper relayed the score and remaining pins after the first ball. It marked Wells first perfect game and the first ever recorded at the Dunbar alleys.
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Stephens
Dunbar
Phils Cubs Display Top Form On Bases
At Shibe Park a Phillies Cubs double feature highlighted bizarre baserunning. Hal Jeffcoat and Curt Simmons sparked odd plays with two putouts in a single double play. Richie Ashburn and Johnny Blatnik tangled in a tricky tag sequence producing another double play.
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Philadelphia
Shibe Park
Chicago Cubs
Philadelphia Phillies
Curt Simmons
Phillies
Gene Mauch
Eddie Waitkus
Hal Jeffcoat
Mauch
Simmons
Bert Haas
Waitkus
Haas
Granny Hamner
Dick Haas
Dick Sisler
Jeffcoat
Phils
Richie Ashburn
Johnny Blatnik
Dick Culler
Ashburn
Culler
Andy Pafko
Catch
Blatnik
Pafko
Rutgers Passing Combine Reversed On Baseball Field
New Brunswick New Jersey The Rutgers football passing tandem of Frank Burns to Herm Hering appears again in baseball this spring Right hander Hering anchors Ward s pitching staff with Burns as catcher Both former Roselle Park High School teammates are noted as strong hitters
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New Brunswick
N. Y
NBA
Rutgers
Frank Burns
Herm Hering
Hering
Chuck Ward
Burns
Roselle Park
Waukon Opens Softball Season With New Field Lighting
Waukon starts its 1948 softball season delayed by field construction. The hillside field in the municipal park now features 4000 watts of lighting. Fifteen teams from the city and nearby communities will play a 14 week schedule with games on Monday Tuesday Thursday and Friday starting at 6 30. Teams include Theis Clothiers Red School Waukon Lumber Kaiser Frazer Ludeking Implement Anderson Produce and others.
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Waukon
Wowa
Theis Clothiers
Red School
Waukon Lumber Company
Kaiser-Frazer
Ludeking Implement Company
Anderson Produce
Waukon Newspapers
Social Grill
Round Prairie
City Club
Connor-Peyton Ford Agency
Sweeney's Oilers
Hanover
Postville 4-H
Townline
Horseshoe Tourney Set for Wisconsin Centennial Expo
The world horseshoe pitching championship comes to Milwaukee August 16 to 21 at State Fair Park as part of Wisconsin’s centennial exposition. Ralph Ammon, expo director, expects 200 men and 50 women from the United States and Canada. The women’s event is new this year with entrants like Fernando Isaís of Los Angeles, last year’s national champion, and Casey Jones of Waukesha, national runner-up for two years, both averaging in the 80s.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Ralph Ammon
State Fair Park
United States
Canada
Ammon
Fernando Isais
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
Casey Jones
Waukesha
Wis
Top College Golfers Open National Meet at Stanford
One hundred forty one of the nation s top college golfers begin two days of 36 hole qualifying for the 51st National College golf championship on the Stanford course in Palo Alto California The field will be cut to 64 with match play to decide the team title LSU holds the team championship while Dave Barclay of Michigan is the defending individual champion
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Palo Alto
Calif
Stanford University
Louisiana State University
Dave Barclay
University of Michigan
Waukon Beats Farmersburg 5-2 in Rain Shortened Game
In a game played in steady rain until the fifth inning, Waukon defeated Farmersburg 5-2 to stay atop the Scenic league standings with a 6-1 record. Plein and Reinitz drove in runs while Kramberr and Bereitscher pitched for Waukon.
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Waukon
Farmersburg
Plein
Reinitz
Kramberr
Bereitspcher
Rock Killer Fox After 20 Years of Hunt in Tarentum
John Cupec bagged a prized fox in Tarentum Pennsylvania after twenty years of chasing. He had no gun as his fox hound Bull tangled with the quarry and Cupec struck with a rock at twenty feet. The fox is described as among the district’s finest this season.
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Tarentum
John Cupec
Cupec
Hogan Demaret Capture Third Inverness Best-Ball Title
Ben Hogan and Jimmy Demaret won their third straight Inverness tournament with a 51 under par 126 holes, earning $3,500 plus $250 for 52 birdies and another $250 for back-to-back 60s. Hogan announced the event would be his last as a long stretch of tournaments wears him down.
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Toledo
Ben Hogan
Jimmy Demaret
Inverness
Hogan
Gene Sarazan
National League and American League batting and pitching leaders
Pointed brief listing of leading hitters and pitchers from both leagues. Includes Stan Musial and Neshe Kiner atop batting, Sauver and Kiner with RBIs, Ashburn and Torgeson stolen bases, DiMaggio home runs, Raschi and Brecheen top pitching records, with assorted team affiliations and numbers.
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Associated Press
Musial
Laver
Cincinnati
Kiner
Pusberen
Ashburn
Philadelphia
Torgeson
Boston
Branca
Brooklyn
Schmitz
Chicago
Jansen
New Trern
Peat
New York
Brecheen
St. Louis
Williams
Bouetek
Gurtend
DiMaggio
Boudreau
Cleveland
Coan
Washington
Keltner
Oil
Bt. Louis
Lemon
Newhouser
Detroit
Raschi
Scheib
Old Styles Break Even In Rochester Doubleheader
Heileman's Old Style Lagers split a Rochester doubleheader, winning 94 in the nightcap behind ace Clarence Beranek after a 4-2 defeat in game one to the Rochester City League All-Stars. The Lagers pounded Johnson Motors with 12 hits led by Bobby Bendel and Beranek, while Beranek struck out 10 in a strong two-way performance.
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Rochester
Minn
Heileman
la Crosse
Clarence
Swish) Beranek
Johnson Motors
Ashton
Link
Moscow Hunting Season Gathers Russians for Weekend Hunts
The 1948 Moscow hunting season is under way with crowded railway stations on Saturday nights as hunters load guns and gear. Many plan vacations to distant regions such as Siberia and the Caucasus while game reservations offer easy weekend trips near the city. Foreign residents in Moscow join a hunting club about 60 miles north of the capital.
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Moscow
Siberia
Urals
Caucasus
Stoddard Nips Peerless in Rain-Shortened Tilt
In a rain shortened five inning game Stoddard beat Peerless 11 to 9. Peerless had three hits from Rich Twite and Chet Rick while Bill Lawrence added three for Stoddard. The line score shows Peerless 1 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 and Stoddard 0 1 4 3 3 x 0.
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Stoddard
Wis
Stoddard Baseball
Peerless Ambers
Rich Twite
Chet Rick
Peerless
Bill Lawrence
Krismer
Hendrickson
Weisland
Fennig
Davis
Umao
Pulzer
Monnski
West Salem Beats Coon Valley In Little Eight Action
West Salem shelled Coon Valley 11-9 to hand the visitors their first loss of the Little Eight season. Bob Schroeder and Todd McElldowney led a 14 hit attack with a triple and two singles apiece. The win also came as Onalaska tied for first after edging Holmen 4-2 and kept pace with the leaders.
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West Salem
Coon Valley
Onalaska
Little Eight Loop
Wis
Bob Schroeder
Todd McEldowney
Haff
Gordon Henley
Nordstrom
Merv Henley
Layton Nelson
Schroeder
Tom Kinney
Stellah
Miller
Leif Larson
Goon Valley
Hoff
G. Henley
M. Henley
Nelson
Erick
Holmen
Dick Case
Chuck Olson
Bob Solberg
Russ Walden
Wayne Engstad
Olson
Solberg
Selbo
Case
Walden
Middle Ridge
Bangor
Mindoro
Melrose
Mindoro Baseball Club
Steve Cotton
South Tavern All Stars Triumph in Benefit Baseball Game
South Side Tavern league all-stars defeated North Side 13 to 4 in a Sunday benefit at West Avenue for Ed Coady who broke his leg. Dutch Bendel pitched the full game for the winners with Temp catching, while Wittenberg and Fitzpatrick allowed 17 South Side hits for the losers. Bendel and H Beranek had three hits each, with Bendel adding a double.
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North Side Tavern Circuit Stars
West Avenue
Ed Coady
Midway Bar
Dutch Bendel
North Side
Temp
Battery
Wittenberg
Fitzpatrick
South Siders
Bendel
H. Beranek
Coady
M. Walden
W. Gudie
Wausau and Sheboygan Close in State Loop Standings
Front-runners Wausau and Sheboygan sit one game apart in Wisconsin State League standings after split doubleheaders. Wausau beat Fond du Lac 8 6 in game one and lost game two 14 8 while Sheboygan dropped 5 4 to Wisconsin Rapids before rebounding 15 11. Green Bay tied Fond du Lac for fourth with 8 7 over Janesville. Fond du Lac fell to Wisconsin Rapids 11 5. Appleton beat Oshkosh 3 1. Two Saturday games were rained out.
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Wausau
Sheboygan
Wisconsin
Lumberjacks
Fond du Lac
Wisconsin Rapids
Green Bay
Janesville
Satur
Appleton
Oshkosh
North-South Star Prep Tilt Set for Breese Stevens Field
The Wisconsin high school north-south all star football game moves to Breese Stevens field Madison August 18 sponsor Milt Diehl said Wisconsin Coaches Association and Zor Shrine will host the event former site Camp Randall ruled out by Western conference rule both teams begin two week camp North squad to train at Stevens Point Teachers College South at Whitewater Teachers College seating to be expanded to about five thousand via extra bleachers
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Madison
Wis
Breese Stevens
Milt Diehl
Madison East High
Wisconsin Coaches Association
Association
Zor Shrine of Madison
University of Wisconsin
Camp Randall
Stevens Point Teachers College
Whitewater Teachers College
Sparta Keeps Monroe County Lead With 8-0 Win
Sparta, Ontario stays unbeaten in Monroe County League play after Dave Benedict pitched a three hit shutout over Cataract 8 to 0. Ed Kiddie led Sparta with two singles and a triple, while D Jenkins added two singles. Cashton beat Leon 4 to 0 in a pitching duel, Norwalk fell to Warrens 8 to 2, Wilton edged Tomah 5 to 4, and Ontario defeated Melvina 10 to 6 to stay tied for first.
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Sparta
Ontario
Wis
Dave Benedict
Monroe
S. Olson
P. Hoard
R. Hoard
M. Aney
D. Benedict
J. Fritsch
D. Linder
McNutt
Williams
Norwalk
Q. Kroeger
Warrens
Schendel
Purdy
D. Ziegler
P. Ziegler
R. Birkholz
R. Friedl
H. Felker
Rollie Schell
Wilton
Schell
Felker
B. Boehm
Tomah
Dwight Dickenson
R. Schell
Mittlestadt
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En Crosse Cribune
James Lee
BAF
French Creek
Beach
South Ave
Kegler
Rock Knocks Fox
Harbert
Ghezzi
Pontos
Johnsons
Beranek
Lagers
Heisemans
Swish
Bobby Bendel
Jack Grosskopf
Fritz Mekvold
Grosskopf
Barnes
Ronnie Barnes
Carl Miler
Gibbons
Rochester Secon
Beyers
Hooks Koeller
Heilemans
Tih
Helleman
ABA Groskopf
London
Mekvold
Teske
Coorough
Svendson
Aj Tanke
O Miller
Koeller
Mooent
England
Schroeder, Kinney and Stelloh
R. Miller
Don Gabrielson
Frank Bachman
Jack Weber
Arnie Undt
Ray Hesselberg
South Tavern Stars
The
U. S
Semsch Display Service
South Third Street
Cashton
Leon
P. Koessler
Alberts
Koessler
Wais
B. Wais
Monroe County
Melvina
D. Schmitz
J. Ott
G. Smith
J. Shea
Shea
L. Martalock
E. Buchholz
M. Hutchens
M Timmerman
H. Jewell
Pittsburgh
Tetley
Bette
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
North Third Street
Pittsburgh Paints
Wm. Strittmater
Palmer Hanson Howe
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