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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1950
Page
5
Monroe Cardinals host Blanchardville in a State Line league game then welcome Madison’s Wrench Builders for an 8:00 p.m. non conference tilt. Monroe seeks a 5–0 start as Blanchardville arrives at 2–2 and Madison previously beat Monroe last season.
National League results show Brooklyn 7 St. Louis 3 and Boston 6 Pittsburgh 5 with New York 6 Chicago 1. American League games include New York 7 St. Louis 5 and Chicago 7 Washington 1, with several tomorrow matchups listed by venue and start times.
Wisconsin, Alabama, Rutgers, and Washington State advance in the 1950 NCAA baseball tournament second round double elimination. Alabama beat Bradley 9 2 as Wisconsin routed Colorado A E 73, securing a spot in the winners bracket while two defeats would eliminate a team from the meet.
Recreation Park and nearby grounds host a Monday program with 8:30 to 11:30 swimming for all, baseball and softball leagues for boys at 1:30, and girls softball led by June Schoon. Preschool playgrounds at Normal school East school and Lincoln park operate weekdays since 1911, with Recreation Park open daily. A minor league softball game is postponed to avoid band concerts, and the major league Phillips vs Smith and Schuetze’s follows the concert.
Palm Beach golf tourney sees Lawson Little, Johnny Burke Jr, and Claude Harmon among leaders as Little holds a three stroke edge after day two. Nineteen holes remain at the club course with the final round at Wykagyl Country Club tomorrow. standings evolve quickly as players chase the unpredictable result.
The Milwaukee Brewers squandered a 4-0 third inning lead and fell 8-4 to Louisville, dropping the series to the Cardinals. Millard Howell earned his ninth straight win as Minnesota beat Toledo 10-6, while Columbus defeated St. Paul 7-6 in a late ninth inning rally. Kansas City at Indianapolis twin bill was postponed by rain.
Regatta on the Ohio features crews from 13 colleges racing for the Inter collegiate Rowing Association title. Rain and rough water threaten, with Washington University and UC Berkeley eyeing the west coast lead. Over 50,000 spectators expected at Ohio’s largest water event, recently moved from Poughkeepsie. Government engineers aim to ease flows to a pool, but heavy rain casts doubt on conditions.
Jefferson Center softball team overwhelmed Lamboley's Coal and Ice of Monroe 11 to 3 under lights. Dale Davis allowed seven hits while Herb Bell caught, Chuck Roberts faced 15 hitters, and Bill Beach recorded two strikeouts. Sunday night features Jefferson Jiffy Workers and Oakley girls 4H club games with other local matchups scheduled for Monday and Tuesday.
Boxing promoters seek a substitute for middleweight champion Jake LaMotta after Rocky Graziano withdrew with a left thumb fracture. The club spent hours scouting ether Lau rent Dauthuille of France or Tiberio Mitri of Italy, aiming for a June 28 title bout pending LaMotta’s agreement.
The White Sox beat Washington 7-1 for their sixth straight win before 24,026 at Comiskey Park. Ray Scarborough earned his third win in four starts, aided by Dave Philley’s fourth homer in a 7-run third inning. In New York, the Giants toppled the Cubs 6-1 as Sheldon Jones allowed five hits.
Andrews, star lefty of the Monroe Cardinals, pitched 16 innings in relief for Blanchardville Red Sox to beat Cuba City 4-3 in a Southern Wisconsin semi pro game. He fanned 32 in a standout showing, drove in the winning run in the 16th after Norm Strommen doubled, and kept Cuba City hitless through the late innings.
Southern California looks strong as the NCAA track meet enters its final round at Minnesota Memorial Stadium. After 10 event trials yesterday, the Trojans appear likely to exceed 50 points and threaten a 14th NCAA title in history.
Wimbledon report states the United States retained the Wightman Cup with a 7th straight win. In the day’s first match Mrs. Margaret Osborne Du Pont of Wilmington, Delaware defeated England’s Mrs. Jean Walker-Smith 6-3, 6-2, giving the U S its fourth victory in the best of seven series.
The Eastern All-Stars beat the Western team 6 to 5 in Beloit last night in the Southern Wisconsin Softball League annual all star clash. Monroe's Gene Mason and Al Henning played for the Western side. Henning started on the mound and Mason appeared in the outfield.
Mansfield Wisconsin coach Art Mansfield told the American Association of College Baseball Coaches that laminated bats tested by himself and the Forest Products Laboratory at Madison were satisfactory. The 1950 NCAA tournament was in progress as the report was given during the coaches gathering.
The American Legion with city and park offices set a June 21 dedication at Recreation Park to mark the start of the early season baseball and softball program. A ceremony will include speeches from officials, followed by Monroe Cardinals versus Beloit Colored Tigers, aiming for a larger crowd than last year’s 10,000.
Mrs Ralph Frautschuis visits with daughter and family at Red Oak while neighbors and relatives make Sunday calls at the Glen Bolender home. Attendance at NIU exercises honors Calvin Bostian. extended visits by Herdman and Hefty families mark a weekend gathering in DeKalb and Monticello.
Sunday afternoon visitors spread through area towns as families hosted relatives and friends. Alvina Hetty from New Glarus and Anton Hetty’s party from Monticello joined Roy Hetty at his home, with other guests including Jessie Folgate and Maude Askey at Freeport, and Carrie Brunkow at Astorolgate home. The report notes numerous dinners, outings to Lake Ripley and Lake Kupsey, and visits from travelers like Jeanne and Mrs. Bruce Fisher.
The 60 men of the Racine American Legion drum and bugle corps will give blood in addition to their musical performances for patients at the Wood VA hospital. After a June 25 drill and music exhibition on the hospital lawn, each member plans to donate a pint to the hospital's blood replacement program.
Today markets report mixed cattle and hog trading with receipts up and top hog price at 20.60 hit Monday after 20.25 close. Cattle weaker on steers and yearlings while bulls and vealers vary. stockers scarce and weights vary by class. Grains rise modestly with wheat leading early gains then retreating. July soybeans up more than 2%. Camp Williams reports Lt William Elsham of Minnesota national guard injured in a 300 foot parachute incident after engine failure.
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