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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1955
Page
6
The Brooklyn and Pittsburgh matchup headlines tonight with Brooklyn hosting at 6 p.m. and Philadelphia at New York following. Standings show Brooklyn leading with a .762 pace, while Philadelphia trails the top by several games.
Monroe high schools three entrants in the WIAA state track classic at Madison failed to score as West Milwaukee won Class B with 21 points. Local qualifiers from Ft Atkinson were David Dwyer John Drye and Jerry Stauffacher. Rufus King and Stevens Point tied for Class A with 21 points while Westfield and New Holstein tied for Class C with 22.
Two young pitchers join the Milwaukee Braves. John Edelman, 19, right hander from Havertown Pennsylvania, will join Thursday in Brooklyn after an 8-0 season at West Chester State Teachers College. John Matta, left-hander at Assumption College Windsor Ontario, assigned to the Northern League club in Eau Claire.
Pitcher Billy Pierce scattered seven Cleveland hits to seal a 5 0 second game victory after a 9 1 opening loss. In the first game Bob Speake of the Cubs belted a two run homer as Chicago beat St Louis 9 5 in 10 innings, then Speake homered again in the 11th to edge the Cardinals 4 3. Gilbert Saar of Chetek Wisconsin led bowlers with 1605 total, earning 1500 prize money in the Peterson Classic. Don Ellis of Houston won 10000 for 1622 at the same event.
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