Bob Mathias Wins Decathlon Crown
Bob Mathias secures the decathlon title at the 1948 Olympic Games at Wembley after a long rain delayed event. He tops a field of 37 competitors, finishing with 6 974 points, aided by a 11 foot 534 inch pole vault and a 165 feet 1 inch javelin throw. Holland’s Fannie Blankers-Koen also makes history by winning her third Olympic gold in track and field.
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Wembley
Bob Mathias
Amerithe
Holland
Fannie Blanker-Koen
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Tulare
Calif
Bob
Victoria Manalo Draves
Pasadena
Ann Curtis
America
Denmark
Allen Stack
Yale
United States
Ignace Heinrich
France
Heinrich
Water Polo Teams Prepare For Beloit Match
The city water polo team holds final practice at Recreation Park Pool at 7 30 p m for the first game against Beloit city Wednesday night. Gene Davis as captain lists starters Fred Kundert Leo Hilfiker Bill Barmore Dave Eley and Joel Solomon for Monroe with two spots open to be decided among Dan Courtney Bob Wells Jim Share Ken Davis Jack Stafon Phil Teehan Bill Schneiderman and Ed McCardie.
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Recreation Park Pool
Beloit City
Beloit
Gene Davis
Fred Kundert
Leo Hilfiker
Bill Barmore
Dave Eley
Joel Solomon
Monroe
Dan Courtney
Bob Wells
Jim Share
Ken Davis
Jack Staffon
Phil Teehan
Bill Schneider
Ed McCardie
Williams to defend lightweight title at Yankee Stadium
New York reports Ike Williams of Trenton New Jersey will defend his 135 pound title against Jesse Flores of Stockton California in a 15 round bout at Yankee Stadium on September 22 promoted by the Twentieth Century Sporting Club.
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New York
Ike Williams
Trenton
N. J
Jesse Flores
Stockton
Calif
Yankee Stadium
Twentieth Century Sporting Club
Stanton Sets World Record Mile and a Half Pace
Dr Stanton set a world record of 3 minutes 13 seconds for a mile and a half pace during an elimination heat of the Downing Memorial on the Grand Circuit at Roosevelt Raceway last night.
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Westbury
Dr. Stanton
Downing Memorial
Roosevelt Raceway
Rock County wildlife cover project expands across state
The Wisconsin conservation department launches aRock County program to fence out livestock and plant 521,280 shrubs and trees on 103 parcels totaling about 824 acres to create wildlife cover. The model will guide cover efforts in about 30 counties with local cooperation from schools boy scouts and officials while noting cost limits.
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Wisconsin
State Conservation Department
Green County
Conservation Department
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Viroqua
Appleton
Oconomowoc
Plymouth
Porter
Lima
Boy Scouts
Brooklyn
Victory Tavern advances to finals with 2-0 win over Wenger's
Wally Bahler pitched well as Victory Tavern defeated Wenger and Kramer 2-0 at Recreation Park to reach the Major league elimination finals. Grossen's Tavern climbed to the league lead with an 11-5 past Gempler's Tire Shop, pulling a half game ahead in the pennant race.
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Victory Tavern
Wenger
Kramer
Recreation Park
Grossen’s Tavern
Gempler
Grossen’s
Kundert Oilers
Baumgartner’s
Monroe
Beloit
Wenger and
Bahler
John Krattiger
Victory
Grossen
George Grossen
Ralph Yeazel
Marion Mueller
Ping Pong Meet Slated at The Angle
The summer ping pong tour nament at The Angle will start next Tuesday night announced Lawrence L. Kitchen city recreation director. Events include boys singles girls singles and mixed doubles.
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Lawrence L. Kitchen
U S Five Await Meet Play Monday
American Olympic basketballers, unbeaten in preliminaries, rest in London ahead of the championship quarterfinals. They defeated Peru 61 to 33 and set up a path through Uruguay and the Mexico or Korea winner, with Bud Browning expected to retire from coaching on return to Bartlesville, Oklahoma.
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Tribe Wins Vital Game From Yanks
The Indians beat the Yankees 9-7 behind Bob Feller who, despite not pitching a complete game, helped push Cleveland to a half game ahead of the Athletics. Feller fanned once, walked five, and allowed 10 hits as he exited in the eighth. Ted Gray earned Detroit a 1-0 10 inning win over Washington in his first big league start. The White Sox defeated the Red Sox 4-3.
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Dick Kokos
Phil Murchildon
A’s
Pat Seerey
Red Sox
U S Sculling Champion Eliminated by Uruguayan Rival
John B. Kelly Jr., the United States sculling champion from Philadelphia, was defeated by G. E. Risso of Uruguay in the Olympic single sculls at Henley. A driving rain drenched the 1,900 meter race as Risso edged Kelly by four tenths of a second with a time of 8:09.3 to Kelly’s 8:09.7.
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Uruguay
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Four Wilsons Win Archery Team Title
Springfield brothers Jack Bob Norman and Howard Wilson captured the 64th National Archery Association team championship with a combined score of 2671 in Reno. Karl Dobyns of Fond du Lac Wisconsin was elected next year’s president with the 1949 tourney set for Fond du Lac. Want Ads are big producers.
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Tennis Classes Start Match Play This Week
Lawrence L. Kitchen city recreation director announced that tennis classes begin matches this week. The advanced class plays 4:30 to 5:30 p m on Monday Wednesday and Friday afternoons, while beginners play 4:30 to 5:30 on Tue and Thu and 9 36 to 10 30 a m on Saturdays.
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Lawrence L. Kitchen
Yesterday's Baseball Results Across Leagues
Scores summarize a range of games from the National League American League and American Association. Notable results include Brooklyn 4 Cincinnati 1 New York 7 Pittsburgh 6 St Louis 6 Philadelphia 2 Chicago 5 Boston 4 Cleveland 9 New York 7 Detroit 1 Washington 0 extra innings Chicago 4 Boston 3 St Louis 2 Philadelphia 10 inning details Columbus 9 Milwaukee 4 Toledo 3 St Paul 2 Kansas City 5 Indianapolis 4 Louisville 3 Minneapolis 2 10 innings.
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Tomorrow's Schedule Across Major League Cities
Schedule lists games between Chicago Boston St. Louis Philadelphia Pittsburgh New York Cincinnati Brooklyn Cleveland Boston Chicago Philadelphia St. Louis Washington Detroit. Multiple matchups indicate a busy day for MLB teams with travel and rivalries shaping the slate.
Reds fire manager Johnny Neun name Bucky Walters in season switch
The Cincinnati Reds terminate Johnny Neun’s contract by mutual agreement and name Bucky Walters as manager for the remainder of the season. Club president Warren Giles announced the move before the Reds at Dodgers game at Ebbets Field. Walters accepts the role discussing a limited tenure for the rest of 1947.
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Tourney finalists to clash Monday in Major league elimination
Baumgartner's will face Victory Tavern next Monday night in the Major league elimination round to resume the tourney after the intermission. The schedule shows the Major circuit wrapping up the second round while the Minor league still has about 10 games remaining to finish its second round. a third Major round remains uncertain.
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Baumgartner’s
U S Four Oar Crew Reaches Olympic Semi finals
The U S four oared crew with coxswain from the University of Washington beat Finland on day three of the Olympic regatta to advance to the semi finals. Stroked by Warren Westlund the crew led early and finished over two lengths ahead despite a brisk upstream wind. The time was thirty three seconds slower than the first round due to wind.
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Henley-on-Thames
England
United States
University of
Madison Bridge Team Defeated by Chicago Competitors
A Madison bridge team including Florence Meyer S Ruttenberg C L Wol denberg and Walter Greenberg lost by 300 points to a Chicago entry in the summer national and world bridge tournament. The Chicago quartet of Albert Glatt Robert Halpin Ralph Kempner and Oswald Jacoby won the first round in team-of-four play.
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Chicago
Florence Meyer
S. Ruttenberg
C. L. Woldenberg
Walter Greenberg
Albert Glatt
Robert Halpin
Ralph Kempner
Oswald Jacoby
Scotch golf event at Darlington Golf Club hosts Sunday
Shullsbury members of the Darlington Golf Club will host local members Sunday for a Scotch golf afternoon. The program includes a pot luck supper and entertainment after the games.
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Scotch Golf
Darlington
Shullsbury
Darlington Golf Club
Next week schedules outline minor and major league games
The schedule committee will decide next week on tournament plans. Thursday features Victory Tavern versus Waffle Shop in a blue ribbon contest. Major league action includes Wenger and Kramer against Schuetze Clothiers Tuesday after a band concert, with several outros across the week.
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Waffle Shop
Victory
Restaurant Nine
Wenger
Kramer
Schuetze Clothiers
Freeport
Kundert Oilers
Johnson Motors
Baumgartner’s
Wenger and Kramer
Palmer’s Tavern
Lanz Hardware
Bauman Hardware
Rudy’s Tavern
Firestone
Grossen’s Tavern
Phillips and Smith
Juniors Not Scheduled For Monroe Legion Game
The Monroe American Legion junior nine has no game tomorrow. A tentative plan for a contest with Freeport juniors was dropped since neither team has a home field available.
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Monroe American Legion
Freeport
Texas loop contributes to injured players fund
Dallas sends a $2,000 check to the Duluth Minnesota baseball team as the Texas loop's contribution for survivors of six players killed in a highway accident July 24. Air brakes for trains were invented in 1869 by George Westinghouse Jr.
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Texas Loop
Dallas
Duluth, Minn
Texas League
George Westinghouse Jr
Mangrum Wins All-American Tourney With 11 Under Par
Lloyd Mangrum, 34 year old war veteran, won the All-American pro tournament with a 72 hole 277 score, 11 under par, earning 10000 dollars and nudging toward a 10000 prize in the world championship series. Frank Stranahan led the amateur field with 283, three strokes ahead of Skee Riegel, as Babe Didrikson Zaharias capped the women's All-American with 309.
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Mustaschioed Mangrum
Tom O’shanter
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Toledo
Skee Riegel
Upper Darby
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Ferndale
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Weekend social roundups from Blanchardville area events
Attending the state American Legion convention in Milwaukee were Mr and Mrs H V Hanson and others. Numerous visitors including Alvin Jackson Chicago Maud Monroe Elvina Rust Lyman Pitkin and families joined Johnson Bredeson wedding guests from Monroe Rockford Shullsburg Madison Blue Mounds and Monticello. George Watkins recovered from illness. The note closes with a wine tip highlighting Riesling grapes producing Rhine and Moselle white wines.
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Milwaukee
H. V. Hanson
W. H. Dobson
Alvin Jackson
Chicago
Alvin Colden
Hollandale
Carl Alen
Johnson-Bredeson
Maud Monroe
Elvina Rust
Lyman Pitkin
June Miller
Dorothy Haur
Stella Brown
Frank Shippy
Monroe
Alvin Bredeson
Gus Bredeson
Rockford
Harold Thompson
Baraboo
Roy Zentner
Ed Marty
Dorothy
Eleanor
Clarence Elmer
Monticello
Howard Kammerude
Shullsburg
William
Isaac Paulson
Alvin Moe
Val Smith
Blue Mounds
Cave of the Mounds
George Watkins
John Wallen
Cumberland
G. G. Thompson
Albany Social Notes Resident Visits and Travel News
Albany society items list local residents traveling to Oklahoma City to visit relatives, taking trips to Fennimore and Beloit, and planning visits with family. Names include Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Schesser, Mrs. Gladys Stephenson, Warren Schesser, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Elmer, Arlyn and Shila Elmer, Karl Gene Blumer, Mrs. Virginia Bartlette Blumer, Dr. and Mrs. Oscar Dahlgren, Rev. and Mrs. Richard C. Werner, Mrs. A. C. Purinton, O. A. Ingalls, Vern Fergeson, C. H. Ferguson, James Price and family, and Trella Webb.
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J. R. Schesser
Gladys Stephenson
Oklahoma City
Henry Schesser
Warren Schesser
W. J. Heathcote
Elmer
Fred J. Blumer
Karl Gene
Blumer
Virginia Bartlette
Oscar Dahlgren
Evanston
Ill
Richard C. Werner
A. C. Purinton
Beloit
O. A. Ingalls
Vern Fergeson
Lebanon
Ind
C. H. Fergeson
James Price
James
Barbara
Wisconsin
Canada
Trella Webb
Gerald Killingstad
San Diego
Calif
Harry Gillies
Gillies
Webb
Tennis meet opens in Los Angeles week after court champions
An estimated 82,000 players who advanced from local tournaments seek national honors in a week-long tennis meet in Los Angeles. The event starts Sunday and features top competitors from public courts nationwide.
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