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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1949
Page
5
A new ball diamond opens Sunday as part of league action. The Glate Line league features two wins and two losses as Helleville remains undefeated. Argyle, sharing last place with three losses, plans to rebound by Sunday.
The Monroe Junior American Legion baseball team will travel to New Glarus this Sunday for league games. Monroe sits second with Mt. Horeb and Middleton tied for third with two losses. Oregon is out after stepping back in the standings. Starting for Monroe are Roger Ruch, Bob Reider, Harold Pilz, Dale Davis, and Dale Davis in right field. others include Burleigh Bartlet, Raymond Keller, Bill Lengacher, Gus Ninneman, Rodney Speich, and James Schillinger.
New York state reports a population of 14,000,000, reflecting state demographics and growth. The figure underscores statewide trends in urban density and regional distribution, with implications for resources and planning.
The Eastern division defeated the Western 7 to 3 at Beloit Roosevelt field before 4 000 fans. Jerry Dwyer Monroe and Ernie Vogler Brodhead led Western bats with hits, Dwyer delivering a sharp double and a run while Vogler singled. Frank Godding took the loss for Scotties as Eastern pitchers Garbe Albright Everson teamed to hold Western at bay. Everson earned the win as West manager Fred Carlson Footville and assistants Esch and Larson oversaw their squads.
Wei mar is named as the birthplace of the Weimar Republic, the home city of Goethe and Schiller, and long associated with Franz Liszt for more than four decades.
Brodhead Legion softball hosts Family Night with ex minor leaguer Butch Henning pitching against Thomas Automotives of Rockford. Brodhead Junior Legion faces Davis, Illinois in a 7:30 prelim. Fathers day promo offers husbands full price while wives pay half.
Southern California led by Mel Patton qualified 12 sprinters for the finals at Memorial Coliseum as Stanford, UCLA, and Michigan State trailed with smaller groups. Patton posted 20.6 in the 220 yard dash heat, and his 9.5 in the century heat fell short of his world record.
Cary Middlecoff held a two stroke lead in the Motor City golf event at Meadowbrook Country Club after a 67 in heavy rain. He totaled 133 at halfway, with Bob Hamilton and Henry Ransom tied at 135 in second. The Memphis ace aims for the $2,600 prize after last week’s Open win.
Three drivers were injured in a dramatic three horse spill in the fourth race at Louisville’s new trotting track opening program. Virgil Altizer of Rushville Indiana was in serious condition with a possible skull fracture while Roy Blackburn of Vincennes Indiana and H. McGinnis of Franklin Indiana suffered leg and hand fractures respectively.
Col. Harry Cooper, former Secret Service official and presidential bodyguard, died after a gunshot wound to the head believed self-inflicted. He had been admitted to a Baltimore hospital shortly before his death.
Wisconsin oarsmen finished eight feet behind the University of Washington in a two mile race as the Huskies earned their first win of the season. Freshmen Huskies beat the Badgers by two and a half lengths in nine minutes forty nine seconds.
The Oshkosh Giants scored all runs with two outs in the ninth to upset the Wisconsin Rapids White Sox 6-5. Green Bay beat Janesville 9-4. Wausau beat Appleton 7-6 in ten. Sheboygan split with Fond du Lac 4-2 and 8-3.
Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox remained in front with 72,884 votes in the nationwide All-Star balloting. Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers ranked second with 66,814 votes as 240,274 total ballots were cast since June 10 for the July 12 game in Brooklyn.
Charles Leonard Gehringer a 46 year old former Detroit Tiger star will wed Josephine Stillen 30 in Santa Clara California at St Clare's church Miss Stillen a Calumet Michigan native flew to the ceremony for the marriage today
The Cubs lost 2-1 to Brooklyn as Gil Hodges drove in the winning run in the ninth for Bob Newcombe’s fourth win. Chicago White Sox dropped both ends of a day night doubleheader to Boston 4-3 and 10-8 with Junior Stephens and Ted Williams contributing in the afternoon and Matt Batts homering in the night game. Other NL scores included Cincinnati 7 Boston 2, Pittsburgh 6 New York 4, Philadelphia 8 St. Louis 0. AL results Cleveland 10 New York 4, Philadelphia 6 St. Louis 5. Detroit was rained out at Washington.
Today’s action covers the National League games New York at Pittsburgh Boston at Cincinnati Brooklyn at Chicago Philadelphia at St Louis and American League Cleveland at New York Detroit at Washington St Louis at Philadelphia Chicago at Boston. Yesterday saw Brooklyn over Chicago 2-1 and Philadelphia routed St Louis 8-0 with Cleveland topping New York 10-4. Tomorrow features NL matchups New York at Pittsburgh Brooklyn at Chicago Philadelphia at St Louis and Boston at Cincinnati alongside AL games Cleveland at New York Detroit at Washington and St Louis at Philadelphia twice. Yesterdays stars include Ken Keltner with two homers and four RBIs for the Indians and Robin Roberts limiting St Louis to five hits for an 8-0 Phils win.
The proportion of Negroes in the United States has fallen from about one fifth in 1790 to under one tenth in the current era. The statement notes a long term demographic shift in the national population composition.
Harness racing's 1949 Wisconsin Futurity Stakes open at Green County Fair July 28 31 with two and three year olds from across the U S and Canada. Entries listed by Louis R Wolleson include numerous trainers and horses from Milwaukee Madison Janesville Milwaukee and other towns as the circuit moves to Darlington Jefferson Wisconsin State Fair and Elkhorn.
An all-star State Line baseball team will be chosen by manager ballot from six league clubs and face the East Chicago Giants, an all-colored club, at the Monticello homecoming on July 17. Managers will vote on two pitchers two catchers and one player for each position, with counting of votes on June 28 after the first round.
Eau Claire's Bears won their second straight northern league baseball victory over the Superior Blues 13-9. Aberdeen defeated Grand Forks 7-2. Fargo-Moorhead beat Sioux Falls 10-8. Duluth at St. Cloud was postponed due to rain.
Cpl Severin Gunderson son of Rev and Mrs G M Gunderson of Cherry Branch Lutheran church arrived from Germany for a 60 day furlough with his family. He served in France and Germany with a medical and clinic detachment the past 39 months and will report to Fort Lewis Washington.
Italian news agency Astra says Yugoslav leaders warned Italy to respect the peace treaty and stay clear of Trieste. TheCapodistria counter-rally followed Sundays municipal elections where pro Italy forces won 40 of 60 council seats.
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