Waffle Shop Teams Dominate Local Softball Night
A slugfest at Recreation Park featured a 21 to 1 major league win by Waffle Shop over Browntown with 14 hits and two home runs. Browntown protested an illegal pitcher as Ray Keller allowed only two hits. Waffle Shop Juniors beat FFA 14 to 12 as Solomon and Weakly lead with multi hits and a key four-run fourth inning.
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Attlesey Sets World High Hurdle Record in Helsinki Meet
Dick Attlesey of Southern California eclipsed the world high hurdle mark for the third time this year by winning the 110-meter hurdles in 13.5 seconds at Helsinki. He beat Fred Walcott of Rice and Spec Towns of Georgia, who previously shared the record. The 6 foot 4 inch UC champ also ran 13.6 in College Park last month at the national AAU meet. Other U S winners included Bob Richards of Illinois AC in the pole vault and John Twomey of Illinois LT AC in the 3 000-meter run.
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Dick Attlesey
Southern California
Fred Walcott
Rice
Spec Towns
Georgia
College Park
U. S
Bob Richards
Illinois
John Twomey
Pep Wedded But Boxing Champion Suspended
Washington promoter Goldie Ahearn eyed later box office as Willie Pep, the featherweight champion, did not fight last night due to his honeymoon. The National Boxing Association suspended Pep for missing a scheduled 10 round bout with Bobby Bell of Youngstown, Ohio. Pep, 27, married Dolores Von Frenckell, 22, yesterday in Elkton Maryland. both hail from Hartford Connecticut.
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Washington
Willie Pep
Goldie Ahearn
Willie
National Boxing Association
Bobby Bell
Youngstown
Packers hold election for key offices at annual meeting
Green Bay businessman Emil R. Fischer was re-elected president of the Green Bay Packer football corporation at the stockholders meeting Monday night. Coach Gene Ronzani was named vice president and Frank J. Jones was re-elected secretary-treasurer.
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Emil R. Fischer
Green Bay Packer Football Corporation
Gene Ronzani
Frank J. Jones
Aldermen to Frolic in Milwaukee Baseball Challenge
Milwaukee city council accepted Chicago officials challenge for an aldermanic baseball game to be played in Milwaukee in September. The event pits rival city leaders in a friendly contest.
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Milwaukee City Council
Milwaukee
Pacific Coast Proxy Started at Platteville
Chicago businessman Clarence Rowland, president of the Pacific Coast league, is rebuffed for the sixth time in his drive for major league status. Born in Platteville Wisconsin 62 years ago, he vows to return next year and seeks exemption from the player draft while aiming to gain major league ranking eventually.
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Clarence
Rowland
Platteville
Wis
Kinsman Severson Set For Milward Cornelisen
Pro George Kinsman Jr and amateur Art Severson of North ernaire resort will tangle with Jim Milward and Frank Cornelisen of Oneida golf and riding club in an 18 hole best ball match at Northernaire golf course Three Lakes Friday. Milward top pro in the state and Cornelisen former Northeast Wisconsin amateur champ will face the third place man in both the Wisconsin Open and PGA meets in 1949 and a Madison lad member of the University of Miami golf team.
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Art Severson
Northernaire Resort
Jim Milward
Frank Cornelisen
Oneida
Hoeft Shuts Down Portsmouth in Pro Debut
Richmond Tigers rookie Bill Hoeft from Oshkosh pitched a four hitter in his first professional start. The lefthander carried a no hit bid into the sixth as Richmond beat the Portsmouth Athletics 13 to 1 in an Ohio Indiana League game. Teammates backed him with five runs in the first inning and two double plays.
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Richmond
Ind
Bill Hoeft
Oshkosh
Richmond Tigers
Portsmouth Athletics
Brewers hold off Red Birds in nerves jangling win
The Milwaukee Brewers opened an American Association home series vs Columbus with a 5-4 victory after fending off a ninth inning rally. Minneapolis beat Louisville 6-5, St Paul edged Indianapolis 2-1, and Kansas City topped Toledo 9-7.
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Associated Press
Milwaukee Brewers
Columbus
Minneapolis
Louisville
St. Paul
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Toledo
State leaders bow in Wisconsin State Baseball League action
Wisconsin Rapids defeated Oshkosh 14 to 4, while Green Bay topped Janesville 8 to 1. Wausau edged Appleton 8 to 7 and Fond du Lac beat Sheboygan 4 to 2 in the remaining league games.
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Wisconsin Rapids
Janesville
Green Bay
Wausau
Appleton
Fond du Lac
Sheboy
Landgraf Rites Set for Menasha Elks Leader
Funeral services will be held tomorrow for Val M. Landgraf 83 longtime member and former state filer of the Elks lodge in Menasha He was one of four surviving charter members of the Menasha Elks lodge and died at his home Sunday night.
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Val M. Landgraf
the Elks
Menasha Elks Lodge
All-Star Tilt Opens With Raschi and Roberts
Raschi and Roberts lead the 17th annual all star game at Comiskey Park as a sellout crowd of 49 000 awaits baseball’s showcase Fans voted Hank Sauer into the lineup but Burt Shotton defends the change with Sauer placed in center Sauer may prove the star of the game as managers shuffle pitchers Casey Stengel plans for after Raschi with Houtteman and Lemon possibly to follow
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Phils
Robin Roberts
Comiskey Park
Chicago White Sox
Burt Shotton
Brooklyn
Cubs
Hank Sauer
Sauer
A. B. Chandler
Shotton
Enos Slaughter
St. Louis
Ralph Kiner
Pittsburgh
Casey Stengel
Raschi
Casey
New York Yankee
Detroit
Art Houttemen
Cleveland
Bob Lemon
Victor Colorado Still a Mining Town and Visitor Draw
Victor Colorado remains a famed mining town and tourist draw, twin city to Cripple Creek, with streets once paved with gold attracting visitors and preserving its historic charm.
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Victor
Colorado
Cripple Creek
LaMotta and Mitri Battle for World Middleweight Title
Bronx boxer Jake LaMotta and Italian challenger Tiberio Mitri both predict victory ahead of their 15 round world middleweight title fight tomorrow night at Madison Square Garden. LaMotta vows to stay champion and claims peak form, while Mitri says his conditioning is perfect and he may surprise with power.
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Jake la Motta
Bronx
Tiberio Mitri
Italy
Madison Square Garden
Jake
Mitri
la Motta
New Dingell Fish Bill Wins House Approval
The House passed the Dingell bill to inaugurate a fish restoration program run by state fish and game commissions. Funding would come from taxes on fishing gear and be distributed to states by area and license sales. It now goes to the Senate.
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Washington
House
Fish and Game Commissions
Senate
Judo by Mrs N Miller and Rail Fare Note
Mrs N Miller teaches judo as Robert Deininger stays with the Glen Boyer family during his daughter and son-in-law trip to the east. The item explains railway fare structure in Japan with third class as the base, second class at twice, and first class at four times the third class rate.
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Robert Deininger
Glen Boyer
Japan
Court Sets Segregation Principle in 1896 Decision
A Washington column reviews how the Supreme Court since 1896 has upheld segregation in principle while applying rulings to strike down segregation over time. It traces voting, property, travel, and education cases, noting years 1927 1932 1944 1949 1917 1948 1941 1946 and 1950 as pivotal. The piece argues equal treatment emerges as the core through improvements in civil rights.
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James Marlow
Washington
U. S. Supreme Court
South
Texas
U. S. Court of Appeals
South Carolina
Weekend Socials In Monticello and Nearby Towns
Monticello residents hosted and visited relatives over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Edward Zweifel and Phillip visited Mrs J P Zweifel. Babler and Karlen families appeared at social calls in Monroe and Madison while the Frei tag and Babler group visited Brodhead. Zweifel hosted the Nonagon bridge club for dessert and two tables of contract.
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Madison
J. P. Zweifel
Herman Babler
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C. W. Karlen
Donna
Lora Dick
Henry D. Freitag
Brodhead
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