This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 19 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1948
Page
5
Monroe rode a dominating pitching performance by Lefty Andrews and four risky hits to frustrate sectional leader Blanchardville 9 to 1. Andrews fanned 11, yielded nine hits, and homered as Monroe exploded for four runs in the second and four more in the third to seize control.
Monticello clung to fourth in the Southern section Home Talent league by edging Belleville 6-4 behind 17-year-old John Winzenreich. Winzenreich allowed 10 hits and struck out three, while Monticello’s Harvey Loeffel and Belleville’s Hofmeister and Fahey each had key hits as the game remained tight until Monticello scored twice in the eighth to break a 4-4 deadlock.
Woodford’s Home Talent league squad upset Orfordville 2-0, securing its fourth Southern section win. Harold Shager doubled and Delbert Soddy singled to start a first inning rally, then Shager scored on a third inning HBP play. Minder added Woodford’s final run, while Minder and Knudson each pitched three-hit games.
Sunday's six race card at the Green County fair closed its track season with every horse earning money. Mark Hanna drove a meet record 2:06.8 in the free-for-all pace, while Ella Siskiyou won the free-for-all trot and several races were decided in two heats. Crippen suffered a broken leg in a spill involving Fair Hal and Henry Mc, with Crippen transferred to a Dodgeville hospital. horses unhurt included Fair Hal and Henry Mc.
At Wembley the U S faces field event woes with three track wins out of six events. Winter of Australia high jumps 6 ft 6 in, Nemeth Hungary hammer 183 ft 11 3/4 in, Felton Harvard fourth. Willie Steele US broad jumps 25 ft 8 in. Track results shine with Dillard 100 m in 10.3 sec, Cochran 400 m hurdles 51.1 sec, Zatopek 10,000 m Olympic record.
Northwestern Dyche stadium hosts drills for the 15th annual all star game in Soldier Field on August 20. Notre Dame coach Frank Leahy leads 70 graduates to form units to face the Chicago Cardinals. The game is sold out with around 100000 expected fans and features stars from Michigan and Notre Dame.
Freeport Firestone nine shut out the Monroe Major Softball All-Stars 3-0 at RTC Recreation Park. Mordick struck out 14 over nine innings, fanning three in the first, second and fourth frames, while Krattiger allowed eight hits and 10 strikeouts. In a prior minor league game Kundert Oilers beat Freeport minors 4-3.
Italy's Giuseppe Tosi and Adolfo Consolini shattered the Olympic discus mark in qualifying rounds. Consolini posted 167 feet 7 inches while Tosi reached 165 feet 10 4 inches, both confident they can improve in this afternoon's final.
Weather caused all other games to be postponed as baseball results emerged. In the American League Philadelphia defeated Detroit four to two, Cleveland won twelve to six over Boston, New York beat Chicago eight to seven, St. Louis topped Washington eight to five, while in the American Association Toledo triumphed fifteen to one over Minneapolis and Columbus edged Kansas City six to two. St Paul remained tied with Louisville eight to zero.
Cincinnati visits Boston Chicago hosts Brooklyn St Louis travels to New York Pittsburgh plays Philadelphia Philadelphia visits Chicago in the American League Boston heads to St Louis New York plays Detroit Washington meets Cleveland.
Milwaukee’s Bob Albertus won the 1948 Wisconsin state amateur golf championship with a 5 and 4 victory over Bowden Davis of Milwaukee. Albertus led from the start, finishing on the 32nd green as Davis conceded a six foot putt.
The Athletics reclaim first in the American League race by Sunday actions. Cleveland and New York rise, while Boston slides to fourth as Connie Mack’s club wins in Detroit. Vic Raschi and Tom Byrne pace Yankee wins. no-hitter buzz ends with Lemon’s two-hit gem.
Colombia once known as New Granada. long standing joint merchant fleet with Ecuador and Venezuela described as a shared regional tie across South America. The note highlights historic national name and economic collaboration among the three nations.
Fragmentary OCR data shows multiple names and times including Rhett Butler DeVola Frisco and Russell Scott with two race times listed. No clear event, team, or outcome can be determined from the readable text.
Green Bay Packers began their 30th annual training season at Lambeau Field with two workouts for 48 players including 15 rookies. Tony Canadeo reported for terms while Baby Ray remains unsigned. Ray is due to sign this week. Lambeau expressed cautious optimism citing increased speed and passing strength for the approach to a title campaign.
Madison reports season ticket demand for Wisconsin football exceeds last year. Athletic manager William Aspinwall says orders accepted until Aug 15, then tickets sold per game. Badgers begin home schedule vs Indiana on Sept 25.
The rehabilitated Duluth baseball team resumes Northern league action in a memorial series with Superior. After a 5 to 3 loss in the opener, the Dukes won 6 to 5 behind a three run ninth inning rally.
The Tom O Shanter extravaganza begins with 18 hole qualifying rounds led by promoter George S May. The field includes lesser known players vying for three meet sections and a 10 000 prize for the men pros. The event runs through Friday with a separate 36 hole session on weekend crowning world champions.
Monroe golfer Budd Riffle shot 76 to finish second at Swan Lake Country Club in the Portage Invitational. Three players tied for first with 75s: Seth Adolphson Edgerton Bruce Rogers Portage and Dr A T Geiser Horicon. Adolphson won the playoff with a one stroke advantage.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.