Gemplers Win Softball Crown in City League
Gemplers clinched the Municipal Softball League title by winning their 9th game in 10 starts, defeating Sahara Coal 60 as Sahara trails by 3% games with two remaining. Albany and Phillips-Smith split. Wittenbergh and Wuethrych starred for Phillips-Smith, while Blum fanned 14 for Gemplers. Upcoming games feature Sahara vs Commercial Bank and Gemplers vs Helland-Heins.
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Baseball Standings and Results From National League
National League board shows New York Brooklyn Milwaukee and St Louis leading with varied records and percentages. Monday results Brooklyn beat New York 9 to 1 and Milwaukee defeated Pittsburgh 3 to 1. Tonight St Louis visits New York and Cincinnati plays Philadelphia with Chicago at Brooklyn on Wednesday. American League list highlights Cleveland New York and Chicago atop standings with several matchups noted. no games scheduled. Robbins Approved: Laurence D. Robbins nominated as assistant secretary of the treasury by Senate finance committee, former Reconstruction Finance Corp official.
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Shullsburg Opens Semi-Pro Tourney Friday Night
Shullsburg faces Milwaukee Fire Department in the opening game of the 16th annual state semi-pro championship at Milwaukee County Stadium Friday at 8 30 p m. The event offers a $2000 prize and a berth in the national tourney for a $10000 purse.
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Monticello Tops Juda Girls in Opener 16 to 9
Monticello exploded for 13 runs in the first inning and held on to beat Juda 16 to 9 in the opening game of the new girls softball league. Helen Mueller hit a two run homer, Ida Black pitched, Naomi It ten caught. Juda's Beverly Torkelson pitched and Annette Figi was behind the plate. The second league game was set for Thursday at Monroe Recreation Park.
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Monticello
Ida Black
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Chicago White Sox prepare for crucial Yankees opener
Chicago seeks a three game sweep as manager Paul Richards plans to start Virgil Trucks against New York. Casey Stengel counters with Harry Byrd, with Byrd backed by Lopat and Reynolds or Ford. Yanks lead Sox 11-5 this season with a 3 of 4 series win in New York last week. The White Sox sit third, six games behind Cleveland and 4½ back of New York.
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Hickory Cheese Wins First Tilt in Little World Series
Hickory Cheese edged Tricket Transfer 5-3 in the opening game at Recreation Park. Pat Wuerich pitched a three hitter for the win as Trickel’s squad scored two in the sixth. Don Ingwell hit a triple to pace Hickory with four fifth inning runs. Remaining teams Braves and Red's Grill advance to round two with finals Sunday. Ronald D Johnson notes more games nearby as action continues. World War II housing stats mention France 400000 dwellings and Germany 1700000.
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Braves Topple Pirates 3-1 Behind Conley Four-Hit gem
Milwaukee Braves defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 3 to 1 as Gene Conley hurled a four hit game to improve to 9-5. Bruton opened with a triple and Mathews drove him home, with Adcock and Pafko adding later runs. The win keeps Milwaukee 10 1/2 games behind the Giants with a series finale upcoming.
Fights Last Night Summary via AP in Six Lightweight Bouts
Brooklyn fighter Costa outpointed Toweel in a ten round bout. Adnrews stopped Duelle in five rounds at Baie St. Anne. Reed outpointed Williams in ten in Los Angeles. Harper outpointed Sawyer in ten in Oakland. Davis stopped Takano in eight in Honolulu.
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Burkemo Captures Semi Final as Harbert Advances in PGA
In St Paul Minnesota defending champion Wally Burkemo beat former open champion Cary Middleco ok on the 37th hole of an overtime semifinal. Chick Harbert won 1 up over Tommy Bolt to reach the PGA Championship final. In Indianapolis Pat Lesser of Seattle set a qualifying record for the 54 year old women Western golf with a three under par 72.
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Brewers Battle Falks Tomorrow in Milwaukee Showdown
The Falk Corporation of Milwaukee, leading the Industrial league, faces Monroe Huber Brewers in an 8 P.M. game. Falk, run by Dick Falk, has won multiple league titles and competed in the 1941 and 1949 national semi pro tournaments. Manager John Schimenz fields pitchers Bob Eisenach Don Hagie Dean Lang and Bill Kerman in grey uniforms. Monroe counters with Dan Courtney Jerry Jordan or Dick Wainwright and Bill Moon behind the plate.
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Milwaukee Wins 1955 All Star Game Bid
Milwaukee awarded the 1955 All Star Game in recognition of Braves attendance records and fan support. Braves President Lou Perini and General Manager John Quinn lobbied for the honor at a New York owners meeting, unanimously approved. Mayor Frank Zeidler called it welcome news as Milwaukee eyes major sports events at County Stadium.
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Milwaukee All Star Game eyed for July amid schedule deferment
The text notes a chance for the National Football League championship game and that Milwaukee's first All-Star game has no date yet due to the 1955 major league schedule makeup. It suggests the game will likely be played in the second week of July.
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Dave Forbes Qualifies At State Golf Tourney
Dave Forbes of Monroe qualified for the 53rd Wisconsin State Amateur Golf Tournament with a score of 80 as a junior qualifier. Ronald Demuth of Milwaukee led junior qualifiers with 75, and three others scored 80 while the field ranged 75 to 84. Wally Atwood of Madison shot 68 at Tripoli Country Club to head 175 in qualifying.
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Dodgers narrow Giants lead with 9 1 victory
Carl Erskine of the Brooklyn Dodgers allowed five hits and an unearned run as Brooklyn beat the New York Giants 9 to 1 to trim the series lead to three games. Eddie Mathews drove in two runs with two singles for the Milwaukee Braves in a 3 to 1 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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