Monroe's Squad Wins Janesville Invitation Meet Title
Monroe high school captured the Janesville Invitational in cold conditions with 602 points. Stoughton finished second with 41, Janesville third with 36, Rockton fourth with 34, Fort Atkinson fifth with 20, and Whitewater last with 9. Carter, Robertson and Prien led Monroe with top finishes in pole vault, low hurdles, and the 880 yard run. Next, Monroe advances to the sectional qualifying meet in Madison.
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Chuck Robertson
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Gangstad
Chambers
Brewers Outslug Saints for One-Run Victory
Milwaukee edged St. Paul 10 to 9 in a home run filled game to stay ahead of Kansas City in the American Association race. Edmundo Amoros hit a four bagger for the Saints, Jack Dittmer and Hank Ertman homered for Milwaukee, Al Unser connected in the fourth, and Bob Wilson belted a ninth inning homer before Murray Wall shut the door.
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Associated Press
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Saints
Kansas City
American Association
Edmundo Amoros
Saa
Jack Dittmer
Hank Ertman
Brewer
Davis defeats Monroe nine in 12th inning baseball clash
Davis Illinois edges Monroe Junior American Legion 4 to 2 in 12 innings as Jerry Jordan throws 12 strong frames with 21 strikeouts before Davis delivers a winning homer with two out in the 12th. Tom Bell leads Langston with three hits. Monroe collects seven safeties but can’t push across the decisive run.
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Monroe
American Legion
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Tom Theiler
Dick Hawley
Bill Heinzelman
Submarine Cable Leads To Eel Joke In 1850
Baseball scores and schedules accompany a quirky note about a French fisherman who hauled the first submarine cable across the English Channel the day after it was laid in August 1850. He mistook the cable for an eel. The sports results include NL games with Brooklyn Cincinnati Philadelphia etc and AL and minor leagues schedules.
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World Musky Record Prize Change Sparks Contests
Louis Spray, holder of the world musky record, offers a $2,500 prize to the first angler to top 69 pounds 11 ounces. The fish must be at least 5 feet long with a 31 inch girth, weigh and measure by Spray, and may be caught by any legal method. The Milwaukee Sentinel contest adds a car and $1,000 if a world record is set. Musky season opens Sunday on inland waters.
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Louis Spray
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Rice Lake
Milwaukee Sentinel
Sentinel
Wisconsin
LaMotta Claims Pace Won Fight Over Hairston
Jake LaMotta, at 30, outboxed 22-year-old Eugene Hairston over 10 rounds in Detroit to earn a unanimous decision. He said his pace carried him, noting Hairston was hurt briefly in the eighth but recovered as the bout wore on.
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Jake LaMotta
Eugene
Hairston
Jake
Pheasant, Builder Sit Tight in Duel on Markham Street
In Manitowoc a home builder and a pheasant hen contest who will occupy a Markham Street site this summer. The builder finished excavating the basement while the bird remains perched on the edge of the hole with her clutch.
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Manitowoc
Markham Street
Dodgers Tie Record Marathon In 19-1 Rout Of Reds
Dodgers erupt for 19 runs in the first inning setting modern major league marks for runs in an inning 15 touches eight records include 21 batters faced and 12 runs after two outs Billy Cox Pee Wee Reese Duke Snider and others appear in multiple at bats and scoring efforts across the inning.
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Murder, Inc
Brooklyn
Chuck Dressen
Dodgers
Cincinnati Reds
Chicago Cubs
Cubs
Billy Cox
Pee Wee Reese
Duke Snider
Reese
Snider
Jackie Robinson
Gil Hodges
George Shuba
Rube Walker
Novi-8 Sets Unofficial 140 MPH Mark at Indy Practice
Chet Miller in the Novi V-8 Pure Oil Special reached 140.187 mph on a practice lap at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The mark is unofficial pending qualification or the 500 mile race. The official one lap record stands at 139.010 mph, set by Freddie Agabashian in the Cummins Diesel Special during qualifying.
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Chet Miller
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
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Freddie Agabashian
Albany
Calif
Dodgers overwhelm Reds as Van Cuyk nets four hits
Chris Van Cuyk collected four hits in yesterday's 19-1 Dodgers win over Cincinnati, a total exceeding his entire prior big league career. Virgil Trucks and the Tigers blanked the Phillies 5-1 as his 15 2-3 inning no hit bid ended.
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Cincinnati
Virgil Trucks
Tigers
Detroit
Philadelphia
Two Softball Games Postponed to Monday
Practice round softball games originally set for tonight have been postponed to Monday night due to wet fields. Monroe Municipal Softball League director Red Wuetrich announced the teams and times remain the same as scheduled. Monday practice will feature Schuetzes Black Clark Pleasure Bend and Phillips Smith.
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Red Wuetrich
Monroe Municipal Softball League
Schuetzes
Black-Clark
Pleasure Bend
Phillips-Smith
Beloit Seems Out For Another Year
Beloit College faces another year outside the Midwest Conference after a one year expulsion. The conference track golf and tennis meets occur this weekend at Coe College Cedar Rapids Iowa with no decision on Beloit's readmission. Dr Nathan Pusey Lawrence College president and conference presidents association head said executives could not all attend and a fall meeting will decide the next steps.
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Beloit College
Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Southern Wisconsin
Nathan Pusey
Lawrence College
Pusey
Beloit
Wilmot Named Pro at Northernaire Golf Course
Wilmot a longtime Maple Bluff Country Club manager and PGA member in Wisconsin signs as golf pro for the season at Northernaire in Three Lakes. Owned by Carl Marty Jr the course focuses on group instruction for beginners and high handicap players. George Kinsman previously served as Northernaire pro.
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Maple Bluff Country Club
Madison
Northernaire
Three Lakes
Carl Marty Jr
Wilmot
PGA
Wisconsin
George Kinsman
Manitowoc Wins Fox River Valley Title Over Sheboygan North
Lincoln High School of Manitowoc clinched the Fox River Valley baseball championship by beating Sheboygan North 4 to 3. The win gives Manitowoc a 7 1 record for the season. A second place tie will be decided Saturday when Fond du Lac faces Oshkosh in a five team loop.
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Lincoln High School of
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Sheboygan North
Fond du Lac
Oshkosh
Browns Trade Adamle Phelps For Loomis In A Packers Deal
The Cleveland Browns sent Tony Adamle and Dopey Phelps to Green Bay for Ace Loomis, a young player Cleveland owned last season. Adamle plans to quit football to enter medical school, and coach Paul Brown says the trade aids the rebuilding program while emphasizing desire to win.
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Cleveland
Cleveland Browns
Tony Adamle
Dopey Phelps
Green Bay Packers
Ace Loomis
Adamle
Browns
Paul Brown
Packers
Brown
Davey Agrees to Vejar Rematch at Olympia Stadium
Chuck Davey of Michigan State College has signed for a rematch with Chico Vejar on June 11 at Olympia Stadium Detroit. Davey, undefeated pro, won a 10 round decision over Vejar in Chicago May 7. Vejar, a 20-year-old NYU dramatics student, has 1 loss in 49 bouts.
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Chuck Davey
Michigan State College
Chico Vejar
Olympia Stadium
Davey
Vejar
Chicago
New York University Dramatics
Dane County Clerk Rejects Statewide Run
Myrtle L. Hansen of Dane County Circuit Court clerkship will not pursue the secretary of state race. She will seek re election to her current post on the Republican ticket.
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Madison
Myrtle L. Hansen
Miss Hansen
Dane County
Wisconsin student wins Theodroe Her furth citation
Ruth Merow of Sparta, a UW Madison senior in the College of Commerce, received the Theodroe Her furth citation for efficiency and initiative at a ceremony last night.
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Madison
Ruth Merow
Sparta
University of Wisconsin Ollege of Commerce
Theodroe Herfurth
First Nail Making Machine Built In New York City Over A Century Ago
A historic note recalls the invention of the first machine for producing wire nails from iron and brass in New York City more than 100 years ago, marking a milestone in early metalworking.
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New York City
Giants Claim TV Lowers Seat Sales By 40 Percent
The New York Giants reply to the Justice Department anti trust suit in Philadelphia stating live television caused a 40 percent drop in advance sales of reserve seats. Club President John V. Mara signs the filing blaming TV growth for reduced demand and tying it to local TV ownership in the New York area.
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New York Giants
John V. Mara
U. S. District Court
Bert Bell
Justice Department
Giants
New York Area
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