Giants Edge Cubs 5 1 in pitched game at Chicago
Monty Kennedy and Johnny Mize lead the Giants past the Cubs 5 to 1 before 5 560 fans in cold weather. Lombardi homered twice and drove in two, Lowrey started the scoring, and Gordon added a late RBI double.
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Mize
Harry
Sparta City Bowling Association closes season with awards
Ray Wincher of the Cola team earned a certificate of merit from the American Bowling Congress for a 277 high single. The City Bowling Association elected A. C. Swennes president again as leagues closed their 1945-46 season in Sparta Wisconsin.
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Stanley Hall
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Leslie Erickson
Hoppy
New Lisbon
Cashton
Erickson
Casey Jones
Menes
Beanie
Tomah
Don Buchert
Hollis Hopkins
Hoppy’s
Kins
Gophers Split With Indiana in Big Ten Baseball
Minnesota and Indiana ended their unbeaten run in the Western conference race with a 3 0 victory by Minnesota and a 10 2 Indiana win. Bob Schumach and Johnny Logan each yielded six hits and one walk in the opener as errors favored the Gophers. Indiana bounced back in the second game as Kilby and Jareck homered and Ralph Brickner held Minnesota to six hits.
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Ind
Minnesota
Indiana
Minneta
Hoosiers
Bob Schumach
Johnny Logan
Gophers
Jareck
Kilby
Ralph Brickner
Colonelship Saints Fall 6-5 To Louisville In Ninth Inning
Louisville overcome St. Paul Saints as Emory Rudd stopped a ninth inning uprising. Colonels built runs in the third and seventh on hits and an error with a wild pitch. John Welas homered in the seventh and Morris Lewis added three singles.
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St. Paul Saints
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Winners Named In Gale Double Bowling Event
GALESVILLE Wis Special Manley Mahlum of Holmen and Lloyd Kruse of Centerville won the $100 purse in doubles at the Gale bowling event. Mahlum also won the singles purse last year and Kruse previously co won mixed doubles. Their total with handicaps was 1627 pins, surpassing B Punk and C Ott of La Crosse who led with 1615 until the final round.
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la Crosse
Midwestern Archery Tournament Set for July 6 7
The Midwestern archery association 1946 tournament will be held in Fond du Lac Wisconsin July 6 and 7 with more than 350 competitors from 16 states expected to attend. The meet is the first regular association tournament since 1942 and will take place at the 35 acre lake side park range on Lake Winnebago.
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Assault wins Kentucky Derby in Texas bred winner milestone
Churchill Downs saw Assault, the Texas bred son of Bold Venture, win the 72nd Kentucky Derby by eight lengths over Spy Song. Tiny Mehrten rode the favorite on a record crowd surpassing 100,000 as Assault earned $96,400 and kept Texas dominance in the run for the roses.
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Glamour Boys Defeat Pla-Mor In Four-Player Match
Glamour Boys top Pla-Mor Glamour Girls 2204 to 2159 at Pla-Mor. Absent bowlers lowered scores as only four played. K. Perner led winners with 558 while Gerry Guggenbuehl led losers with 549. high single score not completed in readable text.
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Stymie Sets Mile and Eighth Track Record at Jamaica
Stymie, trained by Hirsch Jacobs for Mrs. Ethel Jacobs, equalled the Jamaica track record in the Grey Lag handicap, winning by two lengths over Bounding Home. Red Shoes captured the Pimlico Oaks under racing tumult as a foul claim was upheld against Ear Shot, with a final time of 1:49 2/5 on a sloppy track.
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Purdue Nips Bucks 11-10 In Ninth Inning Rally
Purdue overcame a late Ohio State lead with three ninth inning runs to win 11 to 10 and sweep the two game series. Bill Donnally started for Ohio State and allowed the tying run after being relieved by Bill Schmitter. Dick Magato earned the winning run with a timely single and a run scoring fly ball.
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Columbus Red Birds Rally To Defeat Minneapolis Nine 10-6
In Minneapolis the Columbus Red Birds built a 9-3 lead by the middle of the game and then coasted to a 10-6 win over the Minneapolis Millers. Chubby Dean lasted until the fifth inning before the visitors chased him with a five run burst. Bob Rhawn and George Stumpf homered for Columbus while Babe Barna homered again for the Millers to tie the league lead.
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Popcorn Tavern Team Tops AFL Bowling Meet
The Popcorn Tavern team rose to first in the AFL five man event at Recrea tion alleys by posting 2757 total on games of 926 864 and 967. Jim Lunde led with 596.
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Ilini Track Team Wins Quadrangular Meet
University of Illinois wins the quadrangular track meet at West Point with 80 points, ahead of Army, Dartmouth, and Columbia. Herbert McKenley shatters marks by winning the 440 yard dash in 48.1 and the 220 in 30.8, breaking 440 and 220 records previously held by Notre Dame and Fordham. Dwight Eddelman ties the Illinois high jump mark at six feet five inches, surpassing Columbia’s Bill Vessie who held the prior record.
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Jack Morris
Dwight Eddelman
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Bill Vessie
Bears Sign Harris From Auburn and Alabama
Chicago Bears announce the signing of center Bill Harris, a 230 pound 22 year old from Auburn who also attended Alabama and Howard College. Harris was discharged from service last fall. A separate note mentions a British prewar apiarist serving as a corporal in New Guinea discovering a bee species unknown to naturalists.
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Alabama
Howard College
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Rapids Win Pentagonal Track Meet For Wisconsin Rapids
A Wisconsin Rapids relay foursome led by Warren Hoff of Eau Claire high point man, in a cold wet Central High pentagonal meet on the Teachers College track. Final team scores: Wisconsin Rapids 47½, Eau Claire 37¾, La Crosse Central 34, Wausau 23, Stevens Point 6. Rapids edged Central before the relay, then won the relay to claim the meet.
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Stan Miller
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Holmen Blanks Salem Baseball Nine 5-0
Holmen blanked Salem 5 to 0 in Holmen Wisconsin as pitcher Charles Olson held West Salem hitless until the final inning. Salem committed four errors and had two hits while Holmen had two hits off Kas sel.
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Charles Olson
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Hurler Kassel
Peerless Baseball Practice Time Set at 2 15
Coach Toby Torsen announced Saturday morning that the Peerless baseball team will practice at 2 15 on the Teachers College D diamond. Domestic shipbuilding yards in Norway are overfilled with orders.
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Yankees Obtain Court Order Against Mexican Loop Agents
The New York Yankees said they obtained a New York supreme court order restraining Jorge Pasquel and his agents and journalist Bud Rennie from inducing any Yankee player to repudiate his contract or play in the Mexican league. A preliminary hearing was set for Tuesday to decide on permanence. Rizzuto and Stirling Weiss rejected Mexican offers and notified the club.
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Badger Cinder Team Defeats Notre Dame
Wisconsin defeated Notre Dame in a dual track meet by 69 2/3 to 52 1/3 at Madison. Lloyd Labeach led with wins in sprints and broad jump scoring 15 points, with Wisconsin sweeping first and second in both events. All field events except discus were indoors amid rain.
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Opening Date Set for Little Eight League May 12
Galesville Wisconsin reports May 12 as opening date for the re organized Little Eight baseball loop. Teams are in practice with Galesville twice already, and Ettrick and Galesville are scheduled to clash at Ettrick park Sunday. The eight team loop lists Oscar Stolander Holmen as president Elmer Newburg Bangor as vice president and Art Severson Galesville as secretary treasurer.
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Art Severson
Calvin Purdin Signs With Grid Dodgers
Calvin Purdin a Tulsa University graduate and former Chicago Cardinal halfback who specialized in pass catching signed a 1946 contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers in the All America conference the team announced yesterday Purdin recently was discharged from the navy.
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Calvin Purdin
Tulsa University
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Brooklyn Dodgers
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Navy
Onalaska Hosts AFL Team In Sunday Tune-Up
Onalaska will host the AFL club again Sunday afternoon in a tune-up game before the league opens May 14. The Onalaskans rallied with four runs in the ninth last Sunday to defeat the local nine, 8-4.
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Onalaskans
Final Preseason Meeting For La Crosse Baseball Clubs
Managers and officials of the La Crosse Baseball association meet Tuesday at 7 30 in the S and H to set rosters and study season plans. Opening night is Tuesday May 14 at 8 15 under Copeland Park lights with six teams aiming for balanced rosters as school ends. Season ticket sales and roster deadlines loom as prep players beyond Junior Legion strengthen teams.
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la Crosse Baseball Association
S. and
Copeland Park
Beloit Sets Javelin Record by Vince Strawbridge
Be loit college track records announce Vince Strawbridge of Green Valley Indiana set a new all time Beloit College javelin record with a 178 foot throw in a meet against Ripon. The previous record of 173 feet 8 inches was held by Ed Merrill.
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Wis
Beloit College Athletic Department
Vince Strawbridge
Green Valley
Ripon
Strawbridge
Ed Merrill
Textile making resumes in former wartime plants in Australia
Textile production has begun again in several former wartime plants across Australia, signaling a shift back to civilian industry. The resumption aims to boost local employment and rebuild supply chains after the war.
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