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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1947
Page
5
Monroe softball fans will see three games per night as six Major league teams and ten Minor league teams participate. Recreation Park officials announced the summer program to manage the large number of Minor teams by limiting playing time for each.
Summer program officials in Monroe propose three games per night at 7 8 and 9 o'clock with one hour games and the last full inning standing as final. They may drop to one game later. Major League play to begin at 9. An all star team may form later with exhibition games.
New York Yankees players led by Joe DiMaggio Charley Keller and Aaron Robinson face fines from Larry MacPhail for resisting a promotional stunt involving a new uniform. DiMaggio alone fined 100 dollars as the team tries to focus on winning.
Johnny Lindell drew the MacPhailian wrath for allegedly advising younger players to skip banquets. Don Johnson and Frank Shea were fined for various conduct, with the club treating each case as an individual matter. DiMaggio said fines would be deducted from pay. A rainout postponed a planned clubhouse meeting.
Cardinals beat Pirates 4 1 at Sportsman’s Park in a 7th inning rally. Pollet earned his first home win of the year while Higbe struggled in his Pirates start. Manager Dyer argued a call with umpire Gore and was ejected, the only major league ejection of the night with 14,035 fans watching the solitary night game.
D Trickel of Monroe consigns Golden Palominos to a public auction of 150 show horses at the Chicago stockyards, a postwar first for Indiana Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Michigan consignors, with Tennessee walkers and various saddle and harness types on the block by Chicago Saddle Horse Sales. The Chicago area notes an influenza epidemic reference tied to 1918 in Asia.
A season opening softball game is scheduled for 7 30 p m Saturday in Monroe at Recreation Park. Lakeshire Marty of Monroe will face Lakeshire Marty of Dixon NL in a marquee early matchup.
A field of 457 competitors from 117 high schools will take part in Wisconsin's 51st annual interscholastic track and field meet at Camp Randall. Trials start tomorrow with finals at 1 p m. Defending class A champions are Milwaukee Washington, class B Whitefish Bay, and Kohler in class C.
Monticello residents share visits and events from Madison to Monroe. Mrs C D Curtis hosts, John Elmer and family visit Isaac Babler, and Nancy Becker attends a class. Zeller returns to California after mother’s death, and Monticello schools close for summer with several staff and visitors noted.
Salable hogs total 9,000 with mixed weights and steady to slightly lower bids. Cattle and calves show active trading, top prices around 25.25 for 1,020 to 1,075 pound cattle, cows and calves with varied demand, U.S. standards for eggs and butter remain steady, stock market quiet with mixed leadership and slight gains. St. Paul report notes a mistaken identity incident where two dolls were found under a stairs sheet after a resident reported baby feet.
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