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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1949
Page
7
The eight berths for the finals March 10 12 at Madison will be decided in tiebreaking prep matches featuring 17 large schools and 15 small schools under 210 pupils. Blair back for a third straight Madison run faces La Farge while Brodhead and Hurley aim to extend Madison appearances.
Three Monroe teams finished in first or second in class C and D doubles at the Wisconsin Woman's Bowling Association state tournament in Madison. Margaret Marty and Lucille Cecil led class D with 851, Barbara Fritz and Bernice Holsapple earned second place, while Ide and Helen Burkhard Bacon claimed second in class C with Bacon scoring 492 and Burkhard 460.
Baseball spring training opens with the Giants seeking pitching help while Brooklyn fills third base depth. Connie Mack hints at one more winner, Don Kolloway signs with the White Sox, and Vic Raschi joins the Yankees for about 18000. Discussions of salaries and plans continue as players travel to camps in Florida.
Wisconsin plans a busy weekend with track trials in Champaign and a boxing meet versus Syracuse at the Field House. The Badgers face Minnesota in basketball, plus wrestling and swimming meets in Indiana, fencing against Oberlin and Ohio, and a Columbus gym meet with Ohio State and Indiana. Don Rehfeldt leads scoring amid anticipated title race as Minnesota aims to avenge a January loss.
The heavyweight contender Ezzard Charles from Cincinnati dominates a nationwide dispute over boxing control. The 20th Century Sporting Club and Joe Louis International Boxing Club clash for influence, with Charles at the center of the struggle.
Chicago hosts the 22nd annual Golden Gloves championship with 32 amateurs from 15 cities in a 24-bout card of semi finals and finals at the Chicago stadium. Chicago leads with five returning boxers from 312 entrants. Kansas City trails with four. Sixteen semi finals precede eight title bouts. finalists form the team to meet New York at Madison Square Garden on March 28.
Sam Wiedrick resigns as general manager of Maywood Park harness racing track in suburban Chicago. Robert G. Johnson, track president, announced the move today.
Cecil Jones, a new Moose Lodge member, tops the five game week euchre standings with 70 points and a 14.00 average. Ralph Kundert holds second at 13.61, while Al Bacon and Al Boss share third at 13.40 as eight players reach 70 points this week. The group includes Clark Kleckner Ozora Wickersham Gebhard Hauser Orville Bear Robert Blum Charles Schadewaldt Ed Hartwig and Jones. The tourney continues for at least three more sessions followed by a party for players and wives.
Ben Hogan, injured in a Feb. 2 automobile-bus crash, underwent a two hour operation in El Paso to prevent blood clots from reaching vital organs. Dr. Alton Ochsner of Tulane University performed the procedure and said Hogan will not be up for several months but is resting well.
Stub Kasten led the Bees Construction quintet with a 708 series at Pleasure Bend, first Monroe season 700 in years, plus 209 255 244 games as Kasten opened with seven strikes. Other top totals included Clayt Olson 631, G L Redman 605, Fred Goecks 606, Bernard Lee 600 and Ed Pickett 594 across multiple leagues and teams city wide.
In the opening round of the 19th annual Catholic high school tournament De Pere St. Norbert beat Madison Edgewood 51 to 43 after a 16 to 4 first period run. Bill Stoeckinger scored 21 for Campion in a 46 to 42 win over Chippewa Falls McDowell. Ken Wankowski led Don Bosco with 23 in a 47 to 39 victory over Messmer. St. Norbert meets Eau Claire St. Patrick next, aiming for a third straight title.
Sarasota report on Bill Veeck and George Weiss meeting with Commissioner A B Chandler over cross charges between the Indians and Yankees about two Negro players. Veeck cites Yankee signing of Luis Marquez while Weiss accuses Indians of signing Artie Wilson. Chandler will decide after several days.
A skier in the Harz mountains was detained by police for two days after accidentally crossing the frontier into the Soviet zone. He was compelled to give ski lessons as a condition of release.
The 39th Western Conference indoor meet begins tonight at the University of Illinois Armory with 275 competitors. Ohio State defends the team title, led by coach Larry Snyder as they chase a repeat despite a recent indoor loss to Michigan. Individual favorites include Indiana’s Charles Peters in the 60 yard dash, Ohio State’s Harry Cogswell in the 440, Michigan’s Herb Barton in the 800 and mile, and Wisconsin’s Don Gehrmann in the mile, with contenders from Illinois, Northwestern, and Minnesota vying for titles across events.
Wisconsin athlete Milt Padway set a pole vault record at 14 feet 15 inches in 1939. The achievement reflects strong performances by Wisconsin track and field in that era.
Brooklyn Millers head the American Bowling Congress 46th annual tournament after a 2995 team score. Nick Zazzelli 269 sparked the crowd along with solid marks from teammates and a dramatic 6 7 10 split conversion by Stan Slomenski.
James Rowland Angell, president emeritus of Yale University and former Yale leader, died at his New Haven home at age 79 after a long illness. He retired as Yale president in 1937 and later served as an educational adviser for the National Broadcasting Co.
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