Monroe Athletes Defeat Beloit 84 to 68 in Dual Meet
Monroe Athletic Association swimmers defeated Beloit 84 68 in a season opener at the local pool. The meet featured four pool records plus multiple event records including Koenig 27.7 in junior girls freestyle and Benkett 37 5 in girls breaststroke. Beloit won several relays and the senior boys medley.
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Stars Batting Dustrn Rhodes Leads Doubleheader
Yesterday Rhodes of the New York Giants blasted two homers and two doubles, driving a 7-4 win after a 5-4 loss to St Louis. his six extra base hits tied a league record. Bob Lemon of the Cleveland Indians became the first 20-game winner this season with an 11th straight win, as Cleveland defeated Boston 6-2 and then won 8-1. Amazing bargains in The Times classified, check them daily.
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Packers Roll Over Steelers In 36-14 Preseason Victory
Green Bay, led by Tobin Rote and kicker Fred Cone with three field goals, cruised past Pittsburgh 36-14 in an exhibition win. Veryl Switzer and Floyd Reid produced key runs, while Gene Knutson blocked a punt for a first-quarter score as the Packers claimed their first preseason triumph under coach Lisle Blackbourn.
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Milwaukee Braves Attendance Record Streak Snapped
The 45,922 fans at Milwaukee's Sunday doubleheader with the Brooklyn Dodgers pushed the Braves’ season total to 1,841,666 across 59 home dates, 15,269 above their 1953 mark in the club’s first Milwaukee season, as they still host 12 more dates. The major league attendance record stands at 2,620,627 set by Cleveland in 1948.
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Fight Results cases from New York Hollywood and Havana
Paddy Young of New York stopped Joey Taylor of Binghamton in a 165 pound bout in New York. Freddy Babe Herman of Hollywood outpointed Graham Holmes of Hartford in a 140 pound bout. Dave Gallardo of Los Angeles stopped Palaquito Lopez of Cuba in Havana, weight not listed.
Curt Gonstead Fails To Qualify At DePere Meet
Curt Gonstead and his racer Hot Stix failed to qualify at the DePere National Boat Tourney after a start gun jump of under a second in the qualifying run. Ed die West of Beverly California won the class with first and sixth in two heats, while Gonstead’s factory representatives disputed the ruling. The 6th annual National Stock Outboard Championship drew over 15 000 spectators as time trials and speed runs closed the event on Fox River.
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Yankees Topple Sox in 4-1 Game
New York defeated Chicago 4-1 to extend their edge in the season series. Whitey Ford earned the win over Virgil Trucks, his 11th victory against the Sox with one loss. Cubs swept Pittsburgh 7-4 and 4-1 at Wrigley Field as Hank Sauer and Walker Cooper led an eighth-inning surge. Head coach resigns in Pittsburgh as Bach steps down and Kiesling becomes interim.
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Dodgers Rapidly Close on pennant as sweep of Braves extends lead
Brooklyn Dodgers clinched their NL pennant bid by sweeping the Milwaukee Braves 12 4 and 11 4 in a doubleheader. An eight run 11th inning set a league record and pulled Brooklyn within 1 1/2 games of the Giants as Duke Snider Hodges Amoros and Cox fueled the attack. The Brav es dropped two straight and fell six games behind the Dodgers and six behind New York.
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Ayulo Wins State Fair Big Car Race
Ayulo of Burbank California edged Chuck Stevenson by two seconds to win the 200 mile AAA big car race at Wisconsin State Fair Park. He set a record average speed of 96.24 mph and earned 7,700 dollars. Stevenson led 180 laps, Ayulo led the rest and won in the Pete Schmidt Special amid a 27,386 crowd.
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Highway Beers Fall To Sparklers In Semi-Pro Clash
In Wichita Kansas Saturday the Highway Beers of Milwaukee were eliminated from the National Non-Pro Baseball tournament after a 10 to 2 loss to Orleans Sparklers of Massachusetts. Cal Burlin starred for Orleans with five hits and two scores while batting cleanup.
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FHA Plans Court Fight To Recover Windfall Profits
Washington moves to reclaim millions in windfall profits from oversize federally guaranteed apartment loans. Albert M. Cole says Section 608 limits distributions to earned income and targets promoters. Action centers on Fort Lee New Jersey with plans to replace directors and sue for improper funds. Sidney Larner vows to defend rights and disputes the move as overreach.
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Tracy twirls 1 hit, 12 strikeouts to claim Wisconsin title
Jack Tracy allowed one hit and fanned 12 as Ke sha defeated Wau kesha 4 0 to win the Wisconsin softball title. Kenosha captured its second straight crown, remaining unscored upon in the double elimination tournament.
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Chorus Wins Again In National Legion Competition
The Milwaukee Alonzo Cudworth Post chorus repeated as champion Sunday in the national American Legion chorus competition.
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Baseball Standings and Sunday Scores Across Leagues
National League standings show New York lead at 80 47 with Brooklyn 49 61 7 percent Milwaukee 54 57 1½ games back Cincinnati 66 48 18 Philadelphia 68 46 21 Chicago 76 41 28 Pittsburgh 83 35 35 Sunday results feature Brooklyn 12 11 Milwaukee 4 4 in 11 innings Cincinnati 3 8 Philadelphia 2 4 Chicago 7 4 Pittsburgh 4 1 St Louis 5 4 New York 4 7 Tonight’s schedule Philadelphia at Cincinnati Brooklyn at Milwaukee New York at St Louis Tuesday’s schedule New York at St Louis Pittsburgh at Chicago American League leaders show Cleveland 89 40 69 Baltimore 42 32 51 and New York 89 40 69 among others with results Cleveland 6 8 Boston 2 1 New York 4 Chicago 1 Baltimore 85 Washington 40 Detroit 14 2 Philadelphia 3 1 Cleveland at New York Detroit at Washington Baltimore at Philadelphia A note on cattle values states the average U S cow was 128 per head Jan 1 1953 versus 179 in Jan 1 1952.
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