City Plans Two Slow Pitch Softball Leagues Opener Monday
Opening details for the city recreation department and American Legion softball programs outline a major and minor league, with play starting Monday night. Schedule includes Friday night outside games for minor league, plus early Wednesday slots for majors and Sundays for initial games.
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Baseball scoreboard wrapup and upcoming games
The Associated Press reports National League results with Brooklyn beating St Louis 3 to 1 and Chicago 4 New York 3 among other scores. American League guests include Boston 6 Detroit 1 and New York 11 St Louis 0 with several matchups listed for today and tomorrow.
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Boston
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Detroit
Cleveland
Washington
Sain fires second straight shutout as Braves top Pirates 3 0
Johnny Sain pitched six hits allowed and completed his second consecutive shutout, guiding Boston past Pittsburgh 3 0. Brings his string of strong outings after also blanking Chicago 4 0 in his previous start.
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Wayne Terwilliger
Andy Pafko
Cubs
New York Giants
Larry Doby
Indians
A’s
Tribe
Philadelphia
Lloyd Hittle
Washington
Track Meet Won By Eighth Graders
Brewers won a 6th 7th and 8th grade track meet with 95 points to 56 for the 7th and 18 for the 6th. Johnson led the 6th with a high jump of four feet one inch. multiple events listed with pointing results across grades and races.
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Snyder
Goetz - Brennan- Rauscher
Quinn
Croake
Ith
Lindsay
Rauscher
Mar- Barnard
Brennan
Ingwell
Stuessy
Barnard
Kubly
Stocker
Altman
Masshardt
Fan
Stauffacher
Martin
Donovan
Dwyer
Morty
Graziano Set for La Motta Title Shot in New York
Rocky Graziano appears bound for a title bout with La Motta after a fourth round kayo of Henry Brimm in Buffalo. He expects to meet La Motta at Madison Square Garden on June 14. Graziano voiced strong confidence and said the title clash will reveal who is the better fighter. In other action, the American Association Western swing opens amid rain and cold, with Minneapolis at St Paul postponed.
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N. Y
Rocky Graziano
Graziano
Buffalo
Henry Brimm
la Motta
New York
Madison Square Garden
Rocky
Associated Press American Association
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Tree Planting Takes Work But It Helps Conservation
Milwaukee paper notes how tree planting tests one person’s labor as a windbreak and wildlife habitat, describing the toil of seedlings, planting bars, spades, and roots. It cites Ed Hein on furnishing trees but requiring liniment from volunteers. The piece ends with a separate Belgrade dispatch accusing Soviet troops moving near Bulgaria and Danube bridge activity.
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Ed Hein
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Soviet
Russia
Bulgaria
Danube River
Romania
Ted Williams Chasing Babe Ruth's 60 Home Run Mark
Ted Williams aims for 61 homers and the lone season record as he stars for the Boston Red Sox. He already holds a .400 batting average and multiple MVP awards, with 11 homers in 28 games. Williams and Vern Stephens powered a 6-1 win over Detroit as the Yankees surge atop the league standings.
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Yankees
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Billy Johnson
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Indians
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Chicago
Philadelphia Athletics
Robin Roberts
Philadelphia
Ewell Blackwell
Cincinnati
Roberts
Phils
Reds
Michigan Bowler Gains Singles Spot
Dearborn owner Wisne, 30, advanced to the top 10 in the American Bowling Congress singles division. He tied with Dick Clark and Karl Mittelfeldt at 691 after a 266-215-210 set, as William Groom and others led the standings. Best doubles of the day was 1203 by Chet Biggs and Frank Mourand.
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Drexel Hill
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Fond du Lac
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Philadelphia
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Long Island City
N. Y
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Cincinnati
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St. Louis
Lloyd Jones
Youngstown
Joe Palladino
Cleveland
Art Kitchen
Lansing
Herbert Case
Detroit
Clark
Mittelfeldt
Chet Biggs
Frank Mourand
Clawson
LaCrosse Sheriff Challenges Board Over Jail Food Probe
Lacrosse County board probes jail food costs and prisoner feeding. Sheriff Vern Lamp challenges board by offering to take over the job himself. Lamp admits 34 cents profit per dollar of prisoner daily food, saying profits were earned by hard work. The request for six months of food cost records sparked the clash.
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Ury
Lacrosse County Board
Vern Lamp
Lamp
Gehrmann Nearing End of UW Track Career
Wisconsin star Don Gehrmann, four year distance ace, will make two more home appearances for the Badgers in a tri meet with Michigan and Northwestern before the Western Conference showdowns at Evanston and Milwaukee. He has won 75 of 86 starts, including the half mile and mile events, and anchored many relay victories. He will join an insurance firm in July and train for mile races in Madison as an independent.
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Don Gehrmann
Wisconsin
Badger
Badgers
Michigan
Northwestern
Pacific Coast
Camp Randall
Slim Star
Milwaukee
Gehrmann
Evanston
Minneapolis
Two Fishermen Drown in Gogebic Lake Incident
In Wakefield Michigan a capsized rowboat on Lake Gogebic led to two deaths. John Strough age 60 and Marshall Kent age 48, both Wakefield residents, perished while a companion tried to reach shore. Russell Osborn, 40, survived by clinging to the overturned craft. Rigging and dragging operations continued for the two bodies.
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Wakefield, Mich
Lake Gogebic
John Strough
Marshall Kent
Wakefield
Russell Osborn
Giants Bounce Rapids With Early Four-Run Lead
The Oshkosh Giants built a four-run first inning and defeated Wisconsin Rapids 9-5 to extend their lead in the Wisconsin state league standings.
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Giants
Associated Press
Oshkosh Giants
Wisconsin Rapids
Innings of the standings shift as teams clash
Fond du Lac crushed Sheboygan 9 to 2 to cement the Indians third place in the loop. Wausau endured an 11th straight loss, 6 to 4 to Appleton, while Janesville toppled Green Bay 11 to 1.
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Sheboygan
Wausau
Appleton
Janesville
Green Bay
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