Michigan Wins Ist In Track Tourney
Illinois star Claude Young faltered in the 220 yard low hurdles in a rain soaked meet. Michigan led by the Hume twins won the Big Ten outdoor championship with 70 points, Purdue third, and Ohio State fourth as Young claimed two titles and Midwest rivals battled for team honors.
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Charles Chamberlain
Claude Young
Illinois
Iwan
Jack Martin
Hume Twins
Bob and
Ross
Purdue
Young
Michigan
Bloomington
Ind
Wolverines
Indiana
Bob Kelley
Kelley
Pae E Clouds
Ohio Tate
Northwestern
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Chicago
Bob
Ross Hume
John Purdue
Richard Barnard
Nelson Klaus
David Nichols
Iinois
John Schmidt
Ohio State
Bob Phelps
Bill Dale
Armin Bauman
70 Club Meet Slated For Today At Hunter's Lodge
The 70 Club meets today for the annual 700 Bowl of America. Activities begin this evening with a business session, introductions, committee reports, prizes and trophies, guest arrivals from Rochester Peoria and Iowa, installation of officers, and an out of town Rochester group led by E. E. Graletz.
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America
Ferd Lipovetz
Henry Wittenberg
Oscar Lyell
John Fuchs
Amy Anderson
Kegler
Ford Lipovetz
Heileman Brewing Co
Laundry i & Shop
la Crosse Tritot Ae Waren Wkbh
Horsea
Oscar
Joe Wiltinger
Hank Kreuzer
Geo. W. Schneeberger
Peoria
Rochester
Iowa
LeRoy F. Chase
King Pin
E. E. Graletz
Twilight Tear Tops Belmont Oaks Again
Twilight Tear dominates the American Coaching Club Oaks at Belmont Park winning by five lengths amid a 34,475 crowd. Favorite at 1-10, the Calumet filly coasted to victory in 2:21 for 1 3/8 miles, with Dare Me second and Plucky Maud third as Cassis upset in the Rosendan handicap.
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Belmont Park
Twilight Tear
Bull Lea
Warren Wright
Calumet Farm
American Coaching Club
Twilight
Conn McCreary
Dare Me
Mrs. Dodge Sloane
Brookmeade Stable
Plucky Maud
Saratoga
Wolverines Capture Big Ten Golf Event
Michigan clinched its eighth Big Ten golf title at Medinah Country Club with a 623 over 36 holes. Johnny Jensvold led individually with 153, while Wolverine captain Phil Marcellus earned the runner-up medal after a coin toss. Purdue finished second in the team standings, followed by Minnesota, Ohio State, Wisconsin, Northwestern, and Illinois. Indiana had two entrants and did not medal.
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Michigan
Medinah Country Club
Johnny Jensvold
Duluth
Minn
Wolverines
Jensvold
Michigan Tech
Stoughton
Mich
Wolverine
Phil Marcellus
Jack Culp
Purdue
Marcellus
Culp
Boilermakers
Minnesota
Ohio State
Wisconsin
Northwestern
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Peck Leads American Association Batting With .426 Average
Milwaukee outfielder Hal Peck posts a .426 batting average and 52 hits to lead the American Association through games up to last Thursday. John Wyrostek follows at .376 with 25 points, and Heinz Becker sits at .357. Intermittent notes cover RBIs, home runs, and pitching leaders, including Fred Pepper and Sylvester Goedde.
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Hal Peck
Milwaukee Brewers
American Association
Satu
John Wyrostek
Columbus
Heinz Becker
Milwaukee
Wayne Blackburn
Indianapolis
Como Cotelle
Jerry Burmeister
Babe Martin
Toledo
Peck
Eh Burmeister
Mar- Nick Polly
Louisville
George Stumpf
Earle Browne
Strick Shofner
Jim Cookson
Minneapolis
Fred Pepper
Kansas City
Sylvester Goedde
Julio Acosta
Brewer Becker
St. Paul
Sailor Trackmen Defeat Hilltops in Milwaukee meet
Great Lakes naval training center track team defeated Marquette University 86 to 45 in Milwaukee. Sam Lankford led with 11 points including first in the 220 yard low hurdles. Charley Beaudry and Jerry Thompson each posted two titles in multiple events. The meet featured 15 events with Great Lakes winning ten and several runners setting or challenging times.
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Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Marquette University
Mike Fogoros
Bluejackets
Sam Lankford
Great Lakes
Jerry Thompson
Thompson
Teixeira
Great
Polzin
Marquette
Lipski
Keuth
Betcone
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Seandry
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James
Tharp
Richardson
Eigner
Br Bates
Weisner
Mar
Story
Br Weisner
Walker
Gillett
Bates
Margquette
Lawrence
Banewald
Fieicher
Snowden
Nahil
Hirsch Powers Michigan Past Indiana in Doubleheader
Elroy Hirsch pitched four scattered hits to lead Michigan to a 12 to 1 win over Indiana in the second game, completing a sweep after a 14 to 3 opener. Michigan piled up 30 hits across both games and clinched the Big Ten title with the two victories.
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Bloomington
Ind
Elroy
Hirsch
Michigan
Indiana
Champaign
Wolverine
Beanies Nine To Hold Diamond Drill Monday
Beanies Nine to hold a diamond drill Monday at 6 30 p m reporting at West avenue. The squad lists Gabby Johnson Swish Beranek Frank Smith Harry Wittenberg Len Beranek Jule Kriese Yip Christopher Petsey Voss Rudy Young Fritz Raith Pip Wuest and Bob Coorough. First game against Camp McCoy 250th engineers team. Old Style Lagers have played together about 15 years dating to the Bodega Lunch Club and 1932 national title. Mooney Drashek departs from the squad.
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Swish Beranek
Frank Smith
Harry Wittenberg
Len Beranek
Jule Kriese
Yip Christopher
Petsey Voss
Rudy Young
Fritz Raith
Pip Wuest
Bob Coorough
Meers
Camp McCoy
Beanies
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Mooneydrashek
Raiders Golfers Top Old Abes in Dual Meet
La Crosse Central high school defeated Eau Claire high school 104 to 42 in a morning dual meet at Eau Claire. John Matteson posted 40 43 83 for Central, Ben Keeler 41 45 86, while Elroy Strand led Eau Claire with 89 as Fredrickson and Geske were close totals. The meet marked Central’s last dual meet of the season with state sectional action to follow at Baraboo.
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Wis
la Crosse Central
Eau Claire High
Abe
la Crosse
John Matteson
Central
Matteson
Dick Sippel
Raider
Ben Keeler
Abes
Elroy Strand
Strand
Keeler
Fred A
Claire
Albert Miller
Ayres
Miller
Ricky Wing
Jack Witzig
Wing
Witzig
Rich Fredrickson
Jim Geske
Fredrickson
Geske
Raiders
Baraboo
Baseball's Big Six leaders in batting and home runs
Summary of top hitters in both leagues. In the National League Roy Schultz and Hank Weintraub lead in batting and home runs with Kurowski also high for the Cardinals. In the American League Ted Tabor leads in batting with Seerey Hayes and Stephens also prominent. Home run leaders include O J Giants and Schultz Dodgers in NL and Seerey Indians with Hayes and Trosky also strong in AL.
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Walker
Dodgers
Tucker
White Sox
Musial
Cardinals
Hostetler
Tigers
Bordagaray
R. Johnson
Red Sox
Schultz
Weintraub
Giants
Kurowski
O.J. Giants
Seerey
Indians
Hayes
Athletics
Trosky
Spence
Senators
NEW York
St. Louis Cardinals
New York Giants
George
Whitey) Kurowski
Pepper Martin
Mel Ott
Howard Schultz
St. Louis
Munger
Gumbert
W. Cooper
Melton
Polli
Adams
Berres
Milers Pounce On Mud Hens In 6 1 Victory
William Otis Clark pitched the Minneapolis Millers to a 6 to 1 win over the Toledo Mud Hens in the series opener. Four ounces of dehydrated potatoes equal over two pounds of potatoes.
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Toledo
William Otis Clark
Minneapolis Millers
Toledo Mudhens
Central Net Men Take Second in Sectional Meet
La Crosse Central's Red Raiders finished second at the Wisconsin state sectional tennis meet in Madison. Madison West won with 22 points, Central totaled six in doubles and four in singles, with Bud Graham and Dave Solie runner up in doubles and Tommy Howe reaching the semis in singles.
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Madison
Wis
la Crosse Central
Red Raiders
Madison West
la Crosse
Mayville
Harold Carpenter
Graham
Solie
Pollard
Drake
Janesville
Altman
Hagstrom
Southern Loop Has Good Year
Southern association reports a strong start to the war year with attendance over 199,869 in 28 games, driven by night openings and two game series. President Billy Evans projects near 900,000 total for the season, noting Atlanta’s weak early turnout yet seven home games drawing 33,740. Birmingham Memphis New Orleans lead class A, while Chattanooga tops class B with 9,103 fans.
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Southern Association
Billy Evans
Loop
Southern
Evans
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New York
Birmingham
New Orleans
Chattanooga
Nashville
Little Rock
Knoxville
76th Division Nine Defeats Great Lakes
Camp McCoy's 76th division baseball team followed a 5-4 win over Fort Sheridan with a 7-4 victory against the Great Lakes Bluejackets at their training station proving their postwar form. The article notes Nazi Germany had produced synthetic gasoline from coal at ten million barrels annually before the war.
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Great Lakes
III
Camp McCoy
Fort Sheridan
Nazi Germany
Chisox Down New York Yanks 4-3 in curtailed series
Chicago White Sox snap Yankees five game losing streak with a 4-3 win as Bill Dietrich beats New York for the second time this season. Walter Dubiel took the loss for the Yankees while 4,561 fans watched at Comiskey Park.
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Chicago White Sox
New York Yankees
Bill Dietrich
Yankees
New Yorkers
White Sox
Walter Dubiel
Indians
New York
Stirnweiss
Moses
Rt Metheny
Schalk
Hodgin
Etten
Hoag
Savage
Carnett
Ib Lindell
Succinello
Hemsley
Webb
Milosevich
Tresh
Dubiel
I Dietrich
P Rosenthal
Rosenthal
Levy
Cuccinello
Stirn- Weiss
Dietrich
Boyer, Rue
Summers
Redbirds Drop Game to St Paul In Series Opener
Redbirds fall 8 1 at St Paul as Ernie Rudolph limits them to six hits including Joe Mack homer. Columbus drops two games behind Milwaukee in the standings after opening series loss.
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Columbus
Milwaukee Brewers
St. Paul
Ernie Rudolph
Redbirds
Joe Mack
Indians Humbled By Brewers 10-7
Milwaukee Brewers built a seven run fifth inning to beat the Indianapolis Indians 10 to 7. Hal Peck produced four RBIs with a homer a triple and a single as Milwaukee used four pitchers Sproul Bowman Hearn and Farmer to hold off a late Indian rally. Diehl took the loss for Indiana as misplays aided the Brewers.
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Milwaukee Brewers
Indianapolis Indians
George Mitrus
George Diehl
Tribe
Milwaukee
Charley Sproul
Bob Bowman
Dick Hearn
Jack Farmer
Indians
Hal Peck
Sproul
Bowman
Hearn
Palmer
Pruett
Farrell
Diehl
Poland
Schiueter
Cubs Win Seventh Straight Behind Schuster Double
Chicago Cubs beat the Boston Braves 3 2 as Bill Schuster doubled in the ninth to drive in Don Johnson after a sequence started by a Johnson single and Holm sacrifice. Don Johnson, Henry Wyse, and Schuster provided the decisive hit in a tense late rally.
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Cavarretta
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Holmes
Nicholson
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Dalless
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Workman
Hofferth
D.johnson
Phillips
Holm
Wietelmann
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Barrett
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Schuster
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Schade
Bee
Nichol- Holm
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Boston
Goetz
Jorda
Reardon
Chicago Cubs
Bill Schuster
Boston Braves
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Braves
Don Johnson
Bill Holm
Henry Wyse
Johnson
Brooklyn
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Reds
Brooklyn Dodgers
Ed Heusser
Curt Davis
Heusser
Max Marshall
Gerald Walker
Eric Re
Eddie Miller
Huesser
Mueller
Davis
Owen
Powerhouse Walker shines as Yale freshman football star
Yale freshman athlete Paul Walker dubbed powerhouse in campus circles hails from Fred M. Walker lineage of Chicago’s 1905 06 grid teams, linking historic program pedigrees to current squad prospects.
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Paul Walker
Yale
Fred M. Walker
University of Chicago Grid
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