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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1949
Page
5
Monroe shares top in Stateline League as Argyle upset Belleville 4 2. Monroe won four straight, led by Butts and Calder, with New Glarus beating Monticello earlier 14 1. Belleville’s Reich allowed 12 hits in the loss and Blanchardville date listed for Aug 14.
The Grand Circuit returns to Roosevelt Raceway for a six night stand with purses totaling 150000, then moves to Goshen NY where the season peaks with the 67000 Hambletonian on August 10. Saratoga Springs welcomes racing fans for the 83rd year as the 24 day August meeting opens featuring the 75th running of the Flash Stakes for two year olds.
The National Basketball League and the Basketball Association of America near agreement on a merger to end bidding for college stars. Big city BAA clubs and smaller NBL teams set to meet in New York to finalize details.
The three dash races at the 95th Green County Fair drew solid competition with no records set and no accidents. Saturday's heat results show competitive racing across events though none culminated in record times.
Beloit Juniors won the American Legion state junior baseball championship by defeating Milwaukee Bay View 7-3 in 10 innings. Kent Smith delivered a two run homer in the 10th to break a 2-2 tie as Frank Shafer earned MVP honors with a 14 strikeout, two walk, eight hit performance.
Wisconsin state semi pro baseball tournament action has the Milwaukee Highway Beers facing the Madison Badger Sports and Owne squad in the semifinals. The Badger Sports beat New Holstein 4-3 in a late quarter final, while Owne advanced with 6-4 over Ladysmith and 7-1 over Antigo. The Falks toppled La Crosse 10-0 after La Crosse had earlier ousted Milwaukee Allen Bradleys 6-4.
National League games feature Brooklyn at Pittsburgh Boston at St. Louis New York at Chicago. American League matchups St Louis at Washington Cleveland at Boston results include Brooklyn 7 6 Boston postponed rain. Various standings recap across AA Wisconsin State League and more with numerous scores and tomorrow’s schedule.
Lawson Drugs captured the Southern Wisconsin Amateur Softball tournament title by edging Walt's Briga oes of Beloit 1 0 in a tight final. Bud Knipschild earned the win with five strikeouts and one walk as Oregon’s Newton scored on a passed ball for the decisive run. Beloit Muni Electrics defeated First and Last Chance of Madison 2 0 for the consolation crown, Schmeltzkopf fanning nine for Madison and Morse two. Brodhead's Legions meet the Electrics Friday, with a donkey softball game set for Sunday.
The Milwaukee Brewers defeated Indianapolis 4-1 in the opener of a twin bill, but Les Fleming powered the Indians to a 7-2 win in the nightcap with a first inning homer. Norman Roy held Milwaukee to three hits in game one. St. Paul and Louisville split a doubleheader. Colonels won game one 7-3 and Eric Tipton’s steal sparked a 1-0 Saints win in the second contest.
Jim Milward of Green Bay shot par 72 in the final round to finish at 291 for the meet. Sam Snead fired 67 in the last round to capture the Western Open with a 268 total.
A Waupun State Prison baseball team defeated the Waukee police nine 10 to 2 on Saturday. Two fourth inning homers cleared the wall as volunteers rushed to retrieve balls but guards declined offers to fetch them. No stolen base tally was reported.
The Chicago Cubs fell 5-4 in 10 innings to the Philadelphia Phillies as Hank Sauer and Andy Pafko homered for Chicago. Gran Hamner doubled and Dick Sisler singled for the Phillies in the 10th to secure the win for Jim Konstanty. The Cubs also split a doubleheader with the Yankees, who won the opener 3-2.
Wisconsin amateur golf champion Bencriscutto, 28, from Racine Tavern, rallied from behind to defeat Jimmy Lohr of Sheboygan one up in a 36 hole final. Madison’s Doug Campbell won the junior title, Waukesha’s Ernie Schaffer Jr. beat a Milwaukee foe for runner up, and Milwaukee’s John Huebner defeated Basil Teeter one up for the senior crown.
Green Bay's second-place Bluejays edged league leading Oshkosh Giants 5-4 in 10 innings in a Wisconsin state league game last night. Appleton beat Sheboygan 11-10 in 11 innings to move to fifth. Wausau defeated Janesville 13-4. Wisconsin Rapids beat Fond du Lac 5-2.
Momer Kincaid of Carbon Cliff NL skimmed to three victories to take individual honors at the Midwest speedboat championships on the Fox river. He won the class By hydro class C service runabout and class C racing runabout, and placed second to Thomas Small of Milwaukee in class C hydro. The three mile course was sponsored by the National Power Boat Association.
Green Bay Packers start squad training with 43 candidates including 17 new men under coach Curly Lambeau. Three new assistants Tom Stidham Bob Snyder and Charlie Brock join as the 81st year begins with a morning squad meeting.
A W Kurth of Columbus Wis broke 199 of 200 birds to capture the class A singles title at the American Trapshooting Association central zone meet held in Blooming Prairie Minn He achieved the high score Saturday in a meet reported by the Sports Try Times Want Ads.
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