Phillips and Smith Triumph In 20-5 Slugfest
Phillips and Smith exploded for 20 runs to defeat Wenger and Kramer 20 to 5 in a Major League game at Recreation Park. Ralph Phillips pitched to hold Johnson Motors and Palmer's Tavern rallied from a six run hole with a nine run seventh inning to claim the minor league upset.
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Phillips and
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Wenger and
Kramer
Rudy’s Tavern
Lanz Hardware
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Schuetze Clothiers
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Spews Tavern
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Baumgartner’s
Ralph Phillips
Hardware
Palmer's Tavern
Johnson
Palmer
Baseball scoreboard of yesterday’s scores across leagues
In the American League Philadelphia defeated New York 4 to 3 while Washington topped Boston 7 to 6. Cleveland beat Chicago 10 to 2 and Detroit finished 6 to 0 against St. Louis. In the National League Cincinnati won 10 to 3 over Chicago, New York beat Philadelphia 7 to 0, Brooklyn defeated Boston 4 to 3 in 11 innings, and Pittsburgh edged St. Louis 2 to 1. In the American Association Milwaukee won 4 to 3 over Minneapolis in 12 innings, Toledo beat Indianapolis 5 to 3, St Paul overcame Kansas City 7 to 4, and Columbus defeated Louisville 5 to 3.
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Philadelphia
New York
Washington
Boston
Cleveland
Chicago
Detroit
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Toledo
Indianapolis
St. Paul
Kansas City
Columbus
Louisville
Tomorrow's schedule features multiple night games
American League clashes flag the night with Chicago at Detroit St. Louis at Cleveland New York at Washington and Boston at Philadelphia all slated as night games National League matchups include Philadelphia at Boston Brooklyn at New York Pittsburgh at Chicago and Cincinnati at St Louis all scheduled for night play.
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Detroit
St. Louis
Cleveland
New York
Washington
Boston
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
30 Golfers Enter Women’s Play Day at Monroe Club
Thirty members of the Monroe Country Club auxiliary participated in Play Day yesterday. A two flight low-total for even holes tournament saw Mrs. Charles Mathias win the first flight while Mrs. H W Biffle and Mrs. William Amstutz tied for second. In the second flight Mrs. Vic Carson took first and Miss Margaret Kundert second. Mrs. Nathan Bear won the blind prize. The annual women’s handicap tournament begins today with first round matches set to finish by August. Next Wednesday the auxiliary will hold Guest Day at Blackhawk Country Club Madison.
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Monroe Country Club
Country Club
Charles Mathias
H. W. Biffle
William Amstutz
Edwin Rufenachit
Vic Carson
Margaret Kundert
Nathan Bear
Appoint Full Squads For All Star Contest
The 15th major league all star game rosters were finalized with the American League listing 25 players eight pitchers and nine substitutes for the starters. Manager Bucky Harris completed the roster after fan polling while Leo Durocher built a 24 man National League squad with six pitchers and Brooklyn's Lippy adding four third basemen.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Wrigley Field
Bucky Harris
Leo Durocher
Brooklyn Lippy
Dodgers Ride Six-Game Win Streak To Tighten NL Standings
The Dodgers edged the Braves 4-3 in 11 innings at Ebbets Field to extend their winning streak to six and move within a tie for fifth place behind the Giants. Elsewhere, Indians beat White Sox 10-2 as Athletics edged Yankees 4-3. Feller won his ninth. Newhouser pitched a shutout for Detroit.
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Associated Press
Brooklyn Dodgers
Boston Braves
Ebbetsfield
New York Giants
Cleveland Indians
Philadelphia Athletics
Chicago White Sox
A’s
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Cardinals
Larry Jansen
Philadelphia Phillies
Richie Ashburn
Reds
Cubs
Chicago
Detroit Swim Trials Begin for Olympic Team Spots
More than 400 candidates started four days of tests at Rouge Park pools to win one of 48 places on the U S Olympic swimming teams. The opening day featured strong effort and emotional highs and lows as hopefuls competed for selection.
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Detroit
Rouge Park
Wolf River Fishing Violations Still Heavy
The Wolf River remains a major conservation law enforcement issue for the state. Chief Warden George Hadland says the river will be restricted to legal sport fishing and cites flagrant wholesale capture and commercialization in Outagamie Waupaca and Winnebago counties. Since April 1 arrests exceeded 100 with fines totaling 3700 dollars.
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Wolf River
State Conservation Department
George Hadland
Outagamie
Waupaca
Winnebago
Hadland
Baseball Fans to Aid Olympic Team Budget
Minor league baseball fans will be asked Sunday to raise about $90,000 to cover a deficit in U S Olympic team funds. George M Trautman president of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues announced the plan yesterday in Columbus.
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Columbus
George M. Trautman
National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues
Sunday designated Olympic Day at minor league games
Trautman urged designating Sundays as Olympic Day with fans allowed to contribute to the Olympic fund. He acted after learning the United States Olympic Committee might have to leave at least 70 qualifiers home due to lack of money.
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Olympic Fund
Trautman
United States Olympic Committee
Wards Report Increase in June Sales
Montgomery Ward and Co reports June gross sales of 105,305,279 dollars, up 17.5 percent from June 1947. For the first five months of the year, through June 30, gross sales totaled 508,033,386 dollars, up 9.9 percent from the same period last year.
Northwestern hosts London bound track team selection at Dyche Stadium
Evanston report states the American Olympic track team selection begins at Northwestern University Dyche stadium tomorrow at 5 p m with a goal of achieving 10 first place finishes. The event runs through Saturday afternoon and features prominent athletes from Evanston and Chicago area.
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Evanston, Ill
London
Northwestern University
Dyche Stadium
TVA Dams Create 10058 Mile Shoreline
Lakes impounded by Tennessee Valley Authority dams total shore lines of 10 058 miles across the system.
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Tennessee Valley Authority
Chicago Livestock Market Reports Mixed Gains and Declines
Livestock sales show gains in hogs and cattle with top hogs reaching 30.00 sparingly and cattle with steers up to 39.25 per cwt. Sows and calves move higher. produce prices hold with minor shifts in poultry butter and eggs. Market activity remains slow amid Berlin blockade concerns and coal mine stoppages.
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Chicago
USDA
U. S
NY stock market shows faint comeback signs
New York stocks opened with minor gains after early shakiness. Several issues hit new highs for the year or longer while most groups posted fractional advances, though declines appeared in nearly every sector. Overall turnover was slow with intermittent bursts of activity.
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New York
Three Year Old Killed by Bear in National Forest
A forest ranger's three year old daughter was carried off by a huge black bear in a secluded Sault Ste Marie forest area. Minutes after her body was found near the parents' cabin a posse shot and killed the animal. The searching party had been aided by local residents and authorities.
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National
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Here
Carol Ann Pomrankey
Bear Attacks Girl at Mission Hill Cabin
Carol Ann Pomrankey, 28 year old mother described frantic call when a hunger crazed bear dragged her daughter from the porch at the Pomrankey cabin near Mission Hill fire tower in the Marquette National forest. The body was found later a quarter mile away. The tragedy occurred about 3 PM with the bear shown to have seized her by the neck, causing instantaneous death.
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Carol Ann
Arthur Pomrankey
Allen
Pomrankey
Mission Hill
Marquette National Forest
Here
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