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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1949
Page
5
Rampaging Yankees beat the White Sox 7-5 as relief pitcher Joe steadied after the sixth inning. The club built a three game edge over rivals and led Boston, with 16 games played.
Major League Leaders show Tebbetts of Boston and five players tied with two hits for 3 and 5, including New York and Trucks. Bears denote 44 at 1.000, with Bris ie and Cleveland tied 34 at 1.000. Strikeouts go to Newhouser. Detroit’s Troit lists 25, Trucks 19.
Ed Keating of Wisconsin, a tough lefty from Kenosha, seeks redemption after two losses despite yielding just nine hits in 17 innings. The Big Nine clash opens a weekend series with Minnesota, highlighting Keating’s timely return to the mound.
Brooklyn high school held a letter award ceremony with master of ceremonies P A and principal high cam M pate ge. Roger and William Wiedel led seniors Elsner Joy Jacobson Norman Schna bal and Lloyd Richardson in receiving letters. other honorees included Brooklyn high baseball team member Donald Tennouist and junior high coach Rev. Snow. Floyd Smith supervised the event.
Six Marathon county men faced fines totaling 325.50 after a police roundup. Warden reports they were netting suckers in a trout stream within a Three Lakes refuge in Oneida county. Names listed include Paul Zastrow and Erich Zestrow among others.
Milwaukee's Brewers moved to second place by defeating Louisville 14 to 9. Pete Fox, a left hander from Milwaukee, left the mound in the seventh but earned the win with four relievers. Jack Grifford took the loss. Jim Gleeson hit a homer and even stole home, while Louisville manager Fred Walters was ejected by umpire John Mullen in the seventh.
American League games list New York at Chicago Washington at St Louis Philadelphia at Detroit. National League Chicago at Brooklyn St Louis at New York Pittsburgh at Philadelphia. Yesterday New York beat Chicago 7 5 Detroit over Philadelphia 6 5 St Louis 3 2 Brooklyn 7 Cincinnati 5 St Louis 3 Philadelphia 2. Tomorrow schedule repeats teams and venues.
Pitcher Virgil Trucks of the Tigers limited the Boston Red Sox to three hits as Detroit won 5-1 for Trucks fourth consecutive victory. Mark Christman delivered a two run homer in the ninth as the Senators overcame an early Chicago seven run lead for an 8-7 Washington victory.
Mike Jacobs retires after 12 years as boxing boss and hands control to Joe Louis. Louis inherits the International Boxing Club of Chicago and promises to dominate nationwide. A TV deal valued around 750000 dollars ties Promoting rights to a new corporation and NBC involvement targets Madison Square Garden.
Charlie Gehringer, star second baseman for the Detroit Tigers, joins the Hall of Fame as the 56th inductee. He played 18 seasons with Detroit and received 159 of 187 BA a votes in Cooperstown, New York.
John Walter reports the local State Line league baseball team will practice at 1 p.m. Sunday at Recreation park. A 3 p.m. session follows for American Legion Junior baseball team members. This marks the third weekly preseason workout for both squads.
Madison reports detail a Bayfield deer problem with farmers Erickson and Compton describing crop and orchard losses. Warden Waskow and Assemblyman Squires call for a deer control program and zoned hunting, while officials acknowledge the crisis and seek a remedy.
Billy Herrman Jr. sparked a near world second by initiating a triple play for Clarksville tonight in the seventh inning with runners on first and second. Dick Matschat backed the effort at short, throwing to Don Stevens for the final out after a line drive to Herrman at second. This followed a similar play the prior night.
Classified brief notes heavy with promise for cheap labor opportunities. Short description hints at many tasks available but offers minimal pay. No specific employer names or locations provided in readable text.
Wisconsin teams faced mixed results as openings began in the Wisconsin State Loop. Fond du Lac beat Wisconsin Rapids 18 to 2 as Wausau and Green Bay were shut out by rivals, while Janesville defeated Appleton 104 to 0 in a lopsided early game.
Fragmentary text indicates a 196 graduate of the University of likely Wisconsin Bloomer area. Further readable details are unavailable in the supplied OCR snippet.
Local notices announce the upcoming opening of the State Line Loop this Sunday with family events and vendor displays at the site. Observers expect new routes, cotton and meat trade mentions, and continued development around Whametie during the week.
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