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Newspaper

Monroe Evening Times

Location

Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Aug 22, 1947

Page

4

Rex Mays Drives to Three Wins at Fair

Rex Mays from Glendale California won three events at Milwaukee State Fair Park dirt track yesterday. He took the 20 mile feature in 13 minutes 25.70 seconds and a 5 mile heat, and posted a 38.48 second 1 mile qualifying time. A second sprint program was slated for today with a 100 mile AAA test Sunday.

Milwaukee Rex Mays State Fair Park Glendale Calif

Two Badgers Qualify for Great Lakes Amateur Golf

Tom Veech of Milwaukee and Mark Weidman of Barabog qualified for the fourth Great Lakes amateur golf tournament. Veech shot 151 for 36 holes and faced Pete Dye of Urbana, Ohio, who had 145. Weidman ran 149 and drew Alex Zgorka of Chicago who posted 153.

Chicago Tom Veech Milwaukee Mark Weidman Barabog Great Lakes Veech Pete Dye Urbana O. Dye Weidman Alex Zgorka

Heaty day tees off Monroe club handicap rounds

Torrid heat cut Thursday play at Monroe Country Club with Ray Mitchell beating P C Kehle 2 and 1 to reach the quarter finals. Mitchell meets Harold Heimann while John Wagner faces John Usher, Rollie Etter vs Bob Goetz, and Ken Stuart awaits the semi final victor. Qualifying for the club championship must finish by Aug 28 with match play to follow.

Monroe Country Club Ray Mitchell P. C. Kehle Mitchell Harold Heimann John Wagner John Usher Rollie Etter Bob Goetz Ken Stuart

Wrigley Denies Grimm Quits as Cubs Manager

Chicago owner Philip K. Wrigley rejected reports that Charlie Grimm would be replaced by Stan Hack. He stated Grimm remains manager of the sixth place Cubs and will stay as long as he wishes. The Chicago Herald American had claimed Grimm would leave for Cleveland to join Indians official William Veeck.

Chicago Philip K. Wrigley Chicago Cubs Charlie Grimm Stan Hack Grimm Chicago Herald-American Cholly Grimm Cubs Cleveland Indians William Veeck Milwaukee American Association

Riffle Second in Dixon Invitational Golf Event

Budd Riffle shot 38 35 73 at Dixon Country Club to finish second among 114 golfers in the Dixon Place Invitational. Elmer Hoffman and Don Raymond tied for the lead with 37 34 71, while Ken Detweiler also claimed a share of the title with 34 37 71.

Monroe Country Club Cinin Dixon, IL Elmer Hoffman Freeport Don Raymond Dixon Club Ken Detweiler

Brewers Rookie Named Outstanding Freshman

Columbus report says Alvin Dark, 24 year old Milwaukee rookie shortstop, won three quarters of votes for outstanding freshman by AA baseball writers. Dark, a Boston Braves property, reportedly signed for a 40000 bonus in 1946 and leads the league with 41 two base hits and 99 runs scored.

Columbus Alvin Dark Milwaukee American Association Baseball Writer's Chapter Dark Boston Braves

Juniors Face Schaefer Brush In Wisconsin State Tourney Start

The Monroe American Legion junior baseball team opens the Wisconsin state tournament at 8 PM in West Bend City Park against Milwaukee’s Schaefer Brush. The squad traveled by car, will stay through the event, and plays on to Sunday if they win the opening game.

Monroe John Augsburger Gottfried Augsburger Harold J. Lamboley Loveland and Benkett State OF Wisconsin Green County John Badertscher BE. EB. Brewer Brooklyn Albany Gren County Harold J. Lamboliey Monroe American Legion Schaefer Brush Milwaukee West Bend

Draw Tourney Pairings for Major and Minor Softball

Representatives from all major and minor league softball teams will meet at Recreation Park at 8 this coming Tuesday night to draw first round pairings for the post season tournaments. Herb Goecks, schedule committee chair, announced. If rain, drawings move to Goecks service station. Post season play begins September 2.

Recreation Park Herb Goecks Goecks

Power blackout hits Janesville factory district

Wisconsin Power and Light Co substation near Janesville suffered a lightning strike Wednesday. Distribution Manager L Hayes said normal service would take two to three days to fully restore after about half the system was brought back by Thursday.

Janesville Wisconsin Power and Light Co Dist L. Hayes Hayes

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