Little Eight scores and results from weekend games
West Salem drops 10 to 7 to Holmen in a close Little Eight contest as Selbo leads Holmen with four hits while Kinney goes the distance for Salem. Onalaska routs Melrose 10 to 1 behind Roger Furlong as Henry Blank homers. Coon Valley edges Middle Ridge in a tight 5 hit game keyed by Mashak double and two singles.
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West Salem
Wis
Holmen
Onalaska
Coon Valley
Mindoro
Tom Kinney
Salem
Warren Selbo
Ralph Miller
Truman Steller
Selbo
Harold Nelson
Gordy Gullickson
Horace Moran
Dale Erickson
Nerby
Olson
Selberg
Selbo, Kinney
Miller Stelioh
Melrose
Roger Furlong
Jerry Thienus
Steve Cotton
Wilbur Blackbeer
E. Blackbeer
Henry Blank
Oaalaska
Bob Gullickson
Middle Ridge
Gordon Henley
Hoff
Middle
Sparta Blanks Wilton in Monroe County Opener 10-0
Sparta opened its season with a 10-0 rout of Wilton as Kiddie held the home club to three safeties and 11 Wilton batters were retired by strikeout. Fritsch led Sparta with a triple and a single in four trips while Johnson, Kiddie and Jenkins added multiple hits.
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Sparta
Monroe
Fritsch
Kiddie
Jenkins
Johnson
Hecht and Thomp son Lead Mindoro Past Bangor 9-6
Elmer Hecht and Bob Thompson pitched Mindoro to a 9-6 win over Bangor Sunday afternoon with Larry Timm behind the plate. Frank Bachman and Hank Dessner pitched for Bangor and Art Wittmerhaus was the catcher.
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Elmer Hecht
Bob Thompson
Mindoro
Bangor
Larry Timm
Frank Bachman
Hank Dessner
Art Wittmerhaus
Spring Grove Drives In Five In Root River Tilt
Spring Grove tops Caledonia 10 to 1 as Oren Ellingson allows just one hit through eight innings before a ninth inning single ends the no hitter. Milt Howard hits a homer and Clint Dahl adds four hits for the winners.
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Spring Grove
Minn
River Valley
Oren Ellingson
Ellingson
Warren Garrud
Caledonia
Essex farmer installs 15 mile turkey alarm ring system
An Essex farmer outfits his farm with a 15 mile wire alarm around 300 Christmas turkeys. The system will trigger a bell in his bedroom if any bird is touched, aiming to deter burglars and protect the stock.
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Essex
England
Aquinas Nine Opens Bid For City Title Run
Aquinas high school baseball, led by Coach Jim Quinn, faces Central Aquinas on Copeland Field in the Blugoris 1948 finale. A victory would give Aquinas nine its fourth city championship and leave them undefeated.
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Aquinas
Copeland Field
Central
Jim Quinn
Aquinas Nine
Larry Mitchell Hurls Kendall To 4-0 Win
18 year old pitcher Larry Mitchell limited Elroy to four hits as Kendall beat Elroy 4-0 in a Juneau county game Sunday. Kendall scored once in the sixth and three times in the seventh to seal the win. Shelby and Collins worked the Elroy battery in the defeat.
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Kendall
Wis
Larry Mitchell
Elroy
Juneau County
Mitchell
Shelby
Collins
Lanesboro Ties Mabel For FC Loop Lead In Win
Lanesboro matches Mabel at the top of the Fillmore county league by defeating Canton 6-5. Dresselhaus led Lanesboro with two hits as Kneeskern took the loss for Canton while Mohney and Kneesern added two hits for their teams. Canton out hit Lanesboro 9-5. Mabel beat Preston 6-1 behind Beaver’s 16 strikeouts. Harmony downed Valley 5-3 as Sikkink won on the mound. Rushford captured its first circuit win 6-4 over Chatfield with Connelly, Wenzel, and Dubbs driving offense.
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Lanesboro
Mabel
Harmony
Rushford
Minn
Fillmore County
Canton
Carl Dresslhaus
Ralph Kneeser
Dresselhaus
Herb Mohney
Kneesern
Fillmore Loop
Preston
Gene Beaver
Tom Grebbin
Chatfield
Wesley Conaughty
Wally Amundson
Lowell Berkl
Bill Connelly
George Wenzel
Maynard Dubbs
Connelly
Wenzel
Dubbs
Berkland
Quarvenaughty
Amundson
Berg
Mabel Lanesboro
Preston Harmony Rushford
Canton Spring Valley
Kendall Crew Suffers Seven-Hit Chucker Effort
Hemerly delivered a key triple in the Kendal half of the sixth inning, the day's longest hit, as Kendall faced seven hits allowed by the chucker.
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Chucker
Kendall
Hemerly
Kendal
St Mary's Ridge Maintains Lead in Coulee Region Baseball
St Mary's Ridge beat Burns 13 to 7 in a game featuring 15 safeties for Ridge and 10 for Burns. Kroll and Schaub pitched for St Mary's with Weibel catching, while Haven and Carpenter shared mound duties for Burns and Christiania caught. Angelo's team defeated Kirby 10 to 7 as they pounded Powan for thirteen hits. Rockland opened season with win over Coles Valley 4 to 1 as Hesselberg struck out 13 in eight innings. Norwalk Mustang 8 Cataract 4 behind Berendes four hits.
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Cashion
Schmitz
Leland
Kowitz
M. Jernandez
Cashton
N. Kowitz
Jernander
Koessler
Hundt
von Ruden
Huntzicker
Sparta
Wis
St. Mary’s Ridge
Coulee
Burns
Kroll
Schaub
St. Mary’s
Weibel
Haven
Carpenter
Christiania
Angelo
Kirby
Powan
Zellmer
Leverich
Carlone
Pabover
Rockland
Coles Valley
Hesselberg
Campbell
Leis
Jones
Norwalk Mustangs
Cataract
Berendes
Mengeld
Mustangs
King Kong Kashey Meets Jack Guy in Avalon Showdown
The main bout of an eight thirty card pits King Kong Kashey against Jack Guy from Black River Falls as Guy hunts his winning streak. Olson defends crowns after Guy defeated Moody in an elimination bout, with Kashey famed for rough tactics and Gordienko facing Simunovitch in a semi. Opening undercard features Andy Gray from Milwaukee in a fast bout.
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Big Jack Guy
Dirty Abe
Kashey
Jack Guy
Avalon
Guy
Black River Falls
Mike Blazer
Sparta
Olaf Olson
Johnny Moody
Olson
Canada
George Gordienko
Lucky Simunovitch
Andy
Ring Villan
Milkwaukee
Play Two Games In FLU Circuit
A pair of nine run innings gave Team No 1 a 24 7 decision over Team No 2 in the FLU circuit at Hoodstreet Sunday afternoon. Reith Cunningham and Mueller with four hits each powered the winners who totaled 26 singles off Dobrunz. Reihl and Betz homered for Team 1 while Groetsch struck for four for the losers. Mueller Pederson were the winning battery.
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Hoodstreet
Reith
Cunningham
Mueller
Dobrunz
Reihl
Betz
Groetsch
Pederson
Second Shift Baseball Defeats First Shift 4 2
Thompson pitched for Second Shift allowing 10 singles as batters collected three safe hits. First Shift managed two runs while Second Shift pushed across four.
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Thompson
Indiana's freshman football coach joins Navy record system
Record System BLOOMINGTON Indiana introduced at the Iowa City Pre Flight school the cadet record system of Ted Whereatt was adopted by the navy for use through the entire air primary command. Whereatt is Indiana's new freshman football coach. Buy Savings Bonds.
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Ind
NEA
Iowa City
Ted Whereatt
Navy
Air Primary Command
Whereatt
Indiana
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