Braves Rally Past Cubs 4-3 in 10 Innings
The Milwaukee Braves edged the Chicago Cubs 4-3 in ten innings to chase a closer margin on the pennant race. Eddie Mathews and Henry Aaron produced key hits, while Johnny Logan delivered the deciding single in the tenth as Warren Spahn and Ray Crowe earned wins in a tight NL clash.
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ST. Louis
Milwaukee Braves
Chicago Cubs
St. Louis Cardinals
Braves
Warren Spahn
Willard Schmidt
Brooklyn
Johnny Logan
Warren Hacker
Danny O’connell
Eddie Mathews
Hacker
Henry Aaron
Mathews
Gene Baker
Aaron
Cubs
Ernie Banks
Ransom Jackson
Bob Speake
Lew Burdette
Gopher
Baker
Logan
Jim King
George Crowe
Meier Golf Open At Monroe Club Tomorrow
James Forbes of Monroe Country Club says more than 60 Madison golfers will enter the annual Herman Meier Swiss Cheese open, with about 10 locals joining a Lions Club tournament. Participants will lunch, play 18 holes, and dine at the club with a low net trophy and a pound of cheese for each stag player.
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James Forbes
Monroe Country Club
Madison
Lions Club
Forbes
Meier
Stoughton
Baseball Standings and Tonight's Schedule
American League standings show Cleveland and New York leading with Boston and Chicago in pursuit. Tonight Washington at Boston, 6 pm. other games include New York vs Baltimore and Kansas City at Chicago. National League lists Brooklyn Milwaukee New York Philadelphia Chicago Cincinnati St Louis Pittsburgh. several games scheduled including Brooklyn at New York and Philadelphia at Pittsburgh.
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Cleveland
New York
Chicago
Boston
Ste Wetroit
Kansas City
Washington
Baltimore
Detroit
Brooklyn
Milwaukee
Philadelphia
Cineinnati
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Clintonville Reschedules Centennial Event Due to Polio
Polio concerns force Clintonville to push the centennial celebration from August 18 to September 30. The city council approved the delay Saturday night on the health department’s recommendation.
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Clintonville
Ziske Takes Eighth in World Golf at Tom OShanter
Joyce Ziske of Milwaukee placed eighth among women professionals at the World golf tournament held at Tom OShanter Country Club, earning $400.
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Chicago
Joyce Ziske
Milwaukee
Tom O'Shanter Country Club
Northern Africa’s surface dunes reveal gravel and rock
Though pictured as endless sand, the northern African wasteland more often consists of loose gravel and windswept rock. The landscape's texture shifts with wind and erosion, showing a mosaic of rocky patches amid sparsely sanded areas.
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Africa
Boros Captures Tam O'Shanter Gold With 7 Under
Julius Boros roads the Tam O Shanter World Pro meet for a $105,000 haul. He shot 70 281 to win by two strokes over Fred Haas. Spectators numbered about 53 000 as Boros claimed a windup feat. Patty Berg won the World Women's Pro title with a 298 total and $5,000 prize.
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Chicago
Julius Boros
Connecticut
Tam O’shanter
Boros
Cody
Yeste
Southern Pines
N. C
Fairfield
Fred Haas
Tam
Patty Berg
Mary Lena Faulk
Madison Approves 70 Day Waterfowl Season
Wisconsin will open October 1 and run through December 9 for a 70 day waterfowl hunting season. The Conservation Commission unanimously approved extending the season to align with U S Fish and Wildlife Service limits for the Mississippi flyway states. The commission kept bag limits unchanged and maintained last year’s ban on wood ducks.
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Madison
Wisconsin
L. P. Voigt
The
Conservation Commission
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Mississippi
Red Sox win doubleheader opener 9 6 over Washington
Stars batting Norm Zanching homers twice and drives in five as Boston beats Washington 9 6 in the first game. Robin Roberts wins a 3-2 10 inning duel for the NL leading Don Newcombe who still seeks his 19th win but loses his third. Ted Kluszewski walls 40th and 41st as Cincinnati stays six games ahead of Babe Ruth’s 60 record pace. Elu lifts total to 41 in 118th game, Ruth needed 124.
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Norm Zanching
Red Sox
Washington
Robin Roberts
Phillies
Don Newcombe
Newcombe
Kluzewski
ST. Louis
Ted Kluszewski
Cincinnati Redlegs
Babe Ruth
Big Elu
Pheasants Released Across Green County in County Drive
The Green County Conservation League released about 1 000 pheasants with 2 000 total birds stocked in 16 townships. Ray L. Beckman praised the effort as the largest Spring release, while noting open dates and a statewide pheasant opening set for Oct 15. Derby winner points to medical study at Georgetown.
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Green County Conservation League
Ray L. Beckman
State Conservation Commission
Green County
Packers Face Browns After Spokane Exhibition Win
Packers after a 31-24 exhibition win over the Giants in Spokane prepare for a major pre season tilt against the NFL champion Browns in Akron Ohio.
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Packers
Stevens Point
Green Bay Packers
New York Giants
Spokane
Wash
Cleveland Browns
Akron
Rochester Boy Wins Akron Soap Box Derby
Richard T. Rohrer, a 6 foot 1 high school sophomore from Rochester, New York, wins the derby event in Akron Ohio while representing All-American Soap Box.
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Akron, O
Richard T. Rohrer
Rochester, N. Y
Milwaukee Clubs Dominate Semi Pro Tourney
Milwaukee hosts a four team semifinal in the Wisconsin semi pro base championship as Rohr Jewelers faces Falk and Harnischfeger takes Fire Department for a spot in the final. Winners meet Tuesday for the state crown and national Wichita bid after Rohr beat Kenosha 5-2 and Falk blanked Oconomowoc 7-0.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Falk
Fire Department
Rohr Jewelers
Harnischfeger
Wichita
Kas
Rohr
Kenosha
County Stadium
West Allison
George Durski
Carl Basco
Oconomowoc
Ashland
Ron Quandt
Quandt
Ed Stemas
Wisconsin Rapids
Allen Bradley
Menasha
Local Scores Highlight Lopsided High School Games
Kenosha defeated Milwaukee Long Island Homes 186 while Rohr blanked Wautoma 8-0 and the Fire Department routed Independence 11-0 in recent play.
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Kenosha
Milwaukee
Long Island Homes
Rohr
Wautoma
Fire Department
Independence
Arnold to Take Fifth Army Post in Chicago
Lt. Gen. William Howard Arnold will assume command of the Fifth Army in Chicago, replacing retiring Lt. Gen. Hobart R. Gay on Sept. 1. Maj. Gen. Phillip DeWitt Ginder will command temporarily until Arnold arrives from Austria, with Ginder remaining as deputy commander. Arnold led U.S. forces in Austria and fought in Pacific island campaigns during World War II.
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Washington
William Howard Arnold
U. S
Austria
5Th Army
Chicago
Hobart R. Gay
Army
Phillip DeWitt Ginder
Ginder
Arnold
Pacific
14Th Corps
Solomons
Philippines
Japan
Healy Elected National Commander of IO Military Order
A. J. Healy, 44, of Madison and twice commander of the Wisconsin department, was elected national commander of the Io Military Order of the Purple Heart on Saturday in Boston.
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Boston
A. J. Healy
Madison
Wisconsin Department
Lee Stamp Stirs Dixieland Storm
In Alexandria Virginia a dispute erupts over which city will issue the first Robert E. Lee memorial stamp Norfolk had been slated but Alexandria protests Lee was from Alexandria Rep Burr Harrison urged Lexington as the site noting Lee's university ties and burial there The American Philatelic Society convention in Norfolk influenced the initial choice The issue sparks heated rhetoric among local leaders and historians
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Alexandria
Robert E. Lee
Virginia
Post Office
Norfolk
Frank E. Mann
Washington
Lee
Mann
Burr P. Harrison
D-Va
Lexington
Harrison
Washington and Lee University
American Philatelic Society
Post Office Department
Lama's Brother Flees Tibet Fears and Seeks Asylum
The Dalai Lama's elder brother Tagister Denprabche reportedly fled Tibet under Communist rule and has found asylum in Tokyo. An American spokesman said he has been in Tokyo about 30 days and expects a permanent U.S. visa by month’s end.
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Tokyo
Tibet
Dalai Lama
U. S
United States
Tagister Denprabche
Death rate hits record low in 1954 per company records
A 1954 national death rate of 9.2 per 1000 population was reported as the all time low, according to an insurance company’s archival records.
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Burdette
Billy Bruton
O’connell
Jim David
Harri Chiti
Crowe
Bobby Thomson
Chuck Tanner
Banks
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BY Jimmy Hatlo
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Giltmore
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Thanx
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W.va
League
Georgetown University
David Laverty
Mineral Point
Albert Cobble
Long Beach
Calif
Eddie Skeets
His
Jolly
Turner Hall
Monroe
Fanny K. Engle
Freeport
U.S. Highway 75
Doris Engle Toelle
Everett E. Laughlin
al van Loh
W. Mosley St
Fifth Army
Lee Stamp
Chrysler
Lama
All America
Studer Super Service
6Th Street
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