Tigers Face Indians as Benton Spurs Tigers Lead
Benton and the Tigers beat the Indians 4-2 to widen Detroit’s AL lead to four games over the Yankees and Red Sox. Benton allowed three hits and one run in seven innings before Newhouser came in. Chicago Cubs take NL lead with 10-3 win over St Louis as Giants fall to Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Newhouser
Dizzy Trout
Virgil Trucks
Freddy Hutchinson
Big Four
Steve Bother
Trucks
Newhouser
Hal White
al Benton
Stubby Overmire
Benton
Indians
Bobby Feller
Tigers
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox
O'Neill
Chicago Cubs
St. Louis Cardinals
New York Giants
Brooklyn
Polo
Philadelphia Athletics
Sox
Philadelphia
Yankees
Washington
Yankee
New Yorkers
Ewell Blackwell
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Pirates
Cliff Fannin
Chicago White Sox
St. Louis Browns
Bob Gillespie
White Sox
Jackie Kramer
Browns
Fannin
Badger and Purdue Baseball Game Cancelled by Rain
The Big Nine conference baseball game between University of Wisconsin and Purdue University in Lafayette Indiana yesterday was cancelled because of rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Badger
Lafayette
Ind
University of Wisconsin
Purdue University
16 Positions Open for Indianapolis 500 Qualifying
The 31st running of the Memorial Day 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway drew bids from Rex Mays of Glendale and two veterans. Mays led with laps at 128.5 mph before front axle trouble, aiming for the fastest time and a $1,000 prize. Hal Robson and Pete Romcevich set early speeds in Palmer and Camco Ford cars, while Kuke Nalon and an English Racing association entry were touted as strong contenders.
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Rex Mays
Glendale
Calif
Mays
Kuke Nalon
Mercedes
Don Lee, Inc
Los Angeles
Racing ‘Association
Hal Robson
Berkeley
Pete Romcevich
Gary
Ind
Icamco Motor Ford
Monticello Social Notes From Mrs Curtis
Monticello society items list visits across towns including Mr and Mrs Henry C Elmer Mr and Mrs John Dahnke and families at Prairie du Chien. Accompaniments and visits by Becker Weller Albright Stauffer Ott Voegeli Zingg and Voegeli households to various relatives with excursions and commencement exercises noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry C. Elmer
John Dahnke
Prairie du Chien
H. A. Becker
Otto Weller
Pelmer Albright
Glenda
Bruce Babler
Winsow
C. M. Stauffer
Alvin Ott
New Glarus
Jacob Voegeli
Douglas Haskins
Zingg
Caroline Voegeli
Madison
Lydia Voegels
Clifford Ries
Mary Ann
Frans Riese
William Beller
Camp Douglas
E.W. Marty
Dorothy
Eleanor
Tommy
Ed Marty
Marline
Local Social Roundup of Sunday Visits and Weekend Plans
Residents and families from Monroe and surrounding areas spent Sunday visiting friends at Indian Ford Twin Grove and Orfordville. Notables include Mr. and Mrs. Robert Holcomb Jr Mrs. H Hoesly Miss Doris Curtis and Mrs W Zweifel Mrs A R Achtemeier elected secretary at a church merger meeting in Ripon and several trips to Evansville Madison Cumberland and Madison for events including a sister wedding in Madison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Holcomb Jr
Indian Ford
H. Hoesly
New
Glarus
E. W. Marty
Tommy
Eleanor
Dorothy
Anton Hefty
Herbert Bell
Bert Bacon
Twin Grove
O. D. Curtis
Doris Curtis
Robert Holcomb
Ripon
Jack Hoskins
Roger Klassy
Ann Schweizer
Orfordsville
Virginia Barlow
Madison
J. W. Bar
Willis Babler
Judith
Carol Bobby
Monroe
Dorothy Marty
R. N. Monroe
Wilbert Marty
Whitewater
Henry C. Elmer
Cumberland
Melvin Agen
Otto Weller
Warren Weller
Chrissie
Jackie
Vivian
Janet
Baseball Scoreboard and Schedule From Yesterday and Today
Yesterday results span the American and National Leagues with Chicago routing St Louis 5 0 and Cincinnati defeating Pittsburgh 6 1 among others. Tomorrow schedule lists five games including St Louis at Chicago and Cleveland at Detroit with additional AL and NL matchups.
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Chicago
St. Louis
Detroit
Cleveland
Washington
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Kansas City
St. Paul
Columbus
Louisville
Toledo
Indianapolis
Louis
American Association
Joe Louis Says 1948 Will Be His Last Year of Boxing
Joe Louis announced in a discussion that 1948 would be his final year in boxing. He cited high training costs and lack of lucrative title fights, preferring exhibitions which offer greater earnings and shorter preparation. He noted a possible future challenger could emerge by 1948, but he plans to concentrate on exhibitions for now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Louis
Lake C
Joe
Utah
Louis
South America
Browntown By Mrs L Crago Browntown
Mrs Edwin Dahlman and children Philip and Carla, Mrs An-
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Browntown
Mrs. ©. L. Crago
Edwin Dahlman
Philip and
Carla
Local Social and Town Updates In Martintown Area
Sunday visitors included Drew Klassy Monroe and Mr and Mrs Noel Chapin. Myron Hurd Freeport dined with Binger family. All streets under repair gravel and tar. Mrs Roland Aitchison and children visited ill mother Mrs Awarat Roekow in Winslow. Martintown school closed with Sunday picnic crowd. Alma Stark rehired for next year. Clifford Churchill Martintown attended Clinton funeral. Mrs Lewis Adzir covered store absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drew Klassy
Monroe
Noel B. Chapin
Myron Hurd
Freeport
B. W. Binger
Roland Aitchison
Winslow
Awarat Roekow
Martintown
Alma Stark
Clifford Churchill
Clinton
Lewis Adzir
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tiger
Cleveland Bowl
Cubs
Green County
Beether Fear Rg Home
Monticello
C. D. Curtis
J. E. Lovell
9Th St
Wisconsin
Green County Normal Alumni Association
Green County Normal School
Gehl Portable Mill
Roy Roderick
24Th Street
Coca-Cola Company
Freeport Coca-Cola Bottling Company
A. C. Schmid
Dist. Mgr
Waelli Trucking
Juda
Westinghouse
Burkhard Electric Co
12Th Street
Marv
Pure Oil
Marving. Ault
13Th Street
Firestone
ORC Rar
Norton & Schneider
Firestone Store
Friedman-Shelby
Trieeman
Shelby
Gow
Monroe Shoe Store
Friedman Shelby and
Red Goose
Gheer
Goetz
Rosalind
Melvyn Russell
Douglas
CTA Eld
Sid Caesar
Betsy Blair
Nina Foch
Americanicolor
Roy Rogers
Dale Evans
Gabby
Hayes
Nevada
Technicolor
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