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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1948
Page
5
Monroe’s Home Talent nine dominates Woodford 18 2 as Lefty Andrews strikes out 11 and walks two while Gene Mason and Jerry Dwyer lead with three hits each. Monroe builds a 5 0 lead after two innings and plates 13 more across the final two frames.
Victory Tavern seeks a state softball berth in a district playoff at Monterey Field Janesville against a Janesville nine. The 8 15 p m game follows Victory’s midseason Major League elimination tournament win that qualified them for playoffs. The tavern nine will field six players from other Major League teams in Janesville.
Monroe golfer Budd Riffle took second in the Richland Center invitational, carding 37 36 73 on the par 72 nine hole course. Don Anderson of Richland Center won with 35 35 70, while Russ Fogl finished third at 37 37 74 among 70 southern Wisconsin players.
Pro football kicks off with the All America conference debuting its third season. Chicago Rockets host Los Angeles Dons at Soldier Field while New York Yankees visit Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field. NFL teams include Browns and Bills amid early season exhibition and night games.
Fred Meythaler and Nate Goetz advanced to the finals in the third flight of the annual handicap tournament at Monroe Country Club yesterday. Meythaler defeated Don Williams 3 and 2 while Goetz beat Ken Bauman 4 and 3. Poor turnout noted as many locals on vacation.
Fernando Isais of Los Angeles repeated as national horseshoe pitching champion by winning the finals at the Wisconsin Centennial exposition. He topped Charles Jones of Waukesha 50-49 to clinch his second straight title after finishing a 28-3 in a round robin, tying with Jones Zimmerman of San Francisco and Ted Allen of Boulder for second.
National League games included Boston 4 Brooklyn 3 and Pittsburgh 4 St Louis 1 New York 9 3 Philadelphia 4 0 Chicago 10 Cincinnati 3. American League games saw New York 10 Philadelphia 0 and Boston 4 Washington 1. etc.
Brooklyn visits Pittsburgh and St Louis hosts Washington under night lights. New York plays Chicago while Detroit travels to Philadelphia and Cleveland hosts Boston in evening matchups.
Grand circuit harness racing begins at the Wisconsin centennial exposition with four daily events over four days and a $100000 purse. Six stake races planned by the Trotting Horse Club of America, though only one entry in the messenger trot. Wisconsin horses face grand circuit entrants in invitational events and stakes across pacing and trotting gaits.
The Boston Red Sox rise to second in the American League behind Cleveland, led by Vern Stephens and Bobby Doerr who drove in three runs in a 4-1 win over the Washington Senators. New York and Chicago also gain ground as pennant races tighten across the league.
Monticello edged Blanchardville 7 to 5 in a Southern section Home Talent league game as 17 year old John Winzenreid pitched the full game and held the leaders to 10 hits. Monticello broke the game open with an eight inning rally after Doug Baker exited. Duerst and Loeffel started the frame with doubles and singles to drive in runs before Disch and Winzenreich contributed infield and outfield plays to seal the win.
Paul Bjork of Minneapolis won a 100 mile standard stock car race at State Fair Park on the dirt track in 1 hour 32 minutes and .02 seconds with a 1948 Kaiser. Johnny Dietz Milwaukee finished second in a 1941 Cadillac after initially leading. Dietz earned $1,658. Bjork $1,878. Anthony Grantelli of Chicago finished third for $1,450 while Norm Nelson of Racine was fourth and won $1,025.
Vandals O vice versa shooters from across the country arrive for the 49th Grand American classic opening day. The event offers a total prize purse of 50 000 with finals next Saturday. In three days of preliminaries about 223 000 targets were thrown as competitors paraded for a share of the prize pool.
The field featured notable talent and many unknowns as the total shots fired neared two million before all champions were named. Participants hailed from Alaska, the Canal Zone, Cuba, and Canada, with entrants from across the states.
The Monroe Cheesemen were routed 17 to 0 by Max's Apes of Winthrop Harbor in the Beloit inter-state invitational softball tournament. Ralph Phillips and John Krattiger struggled on the mound while Chuck Ebert accounted for the team's only two hits.
The United States ranks first in production of about half of the 30 most important mineral products. This indicates a strong industrial base and significant role in global mineral markets.
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