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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1949
Page
6
The Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees clinched league flags setting up the Subway Series. The schedule lists October games at Yankee Stadium and Ebbets Field from October 5 through October 11 with potential extra days if needed.
The Wisconsin Badgers fought to a 13 13 tie with Illinois as frequent offsides and errors hindered offense. Coach Ivy Williamson seeks stronger backfield play and timing ahead of a key Big Ten clash.
Bears beat Cardinals 17 to 7 and Rams routed Packers 48 to 7. Tonight Detroit hosts Philadelphia, Washington visits Pittsburgh. Friday Green Bay meets New York, Saturday Chicago Cardinals play Philadelphia and Detroit visits Pittsburgh, Sunday Los Angeles faces Chicago Bears and New York Giants play Washington. Lebanon plans a 20 year reforestation program to restore cedars. Detroit’s Kell tops Williams by three points in batting race at .3429.
The season’s top batting leaders include Kell Detroit .3429 Williams Boston .34275 and Robinson Brooklyn .342. Williams leads in runs with Boston 150. Joost Philadelphia 129. Williams and Stephens 159 RBIs. Mitchell Cleveland 203 hits. Williams Boston 194. Williams Boston 43 homers. Kell Detroit 37 doubles. Mitchell Cleveland 23 triples. Dillinger St. Louis 13. Williams Boston 43 homers and Stephens 39. Stolen bases Dillinger St. Louis 20. Rizzuto New York 18. Pitching leaders: Kinder Boston 23 6 .793. Parnell Boston 25 7 .781. Trucks Detroit 154 strikeouts. Newhouser Detroit 141. Batting Robinson Brooklyn .342. Musial St. Louis .339. Runs Reese Brooklyn 132. Musial 129. RBIs Kiner Pittsburgh 128. Robinson Brooklyn 203 hits. Musial 207. Doubles Musial 41. Robinson 38. Triples Musial 13. Robinson and Slaughter 13. Home runs Kiner 54. Musial 36. Stolen bases Robinson era 37. Reese Brooklyn 37. Pitching Roe Brooklyn 15 7. Branca Brooklyn 13 5. Strikeouts Boston 152. Newcombe 152.
Flood waters across three nearby inland provinces swept Sunday killing at least 20 people and leaving hundreds homeless. Reports from Naples describe widespread damage as rescue work continues.
Kohler six man football defeated Argyle 25 to 13 at Argyle. Kohler struck in the second quarter with two long TD passes from Badina to Pohland, then extended lead with Reimann’s 51 yard run and Badura to Gascoigne for a two point try. Argyle’s Penniston scored on a 7 yard pass to Putnam and returned Kohler’s kickoff 35 yards for a TD. Final Kohler scoring came on a 20 yard pass Mueler to Badura.
Mrs. Lloyd Van Houten of 2201 12th Avenue tops a week of college football upsets with 12 correct picks out of 16 and four misses including the Yale Fordham cancellation. She earns two tickets to the Wisconsin California game at Madison on Saturday Oct 8. Second and third place finishers and honorable mentions are named with points totals and locations. next week the prize is a pair of tickets to the Wisconsin Navy game at Madison on Oct 15.
Marquette University football team returned to the Hilltop after a 48-7 defeat at Michigan State. The Hilltoppers, after a 41-0 loss to Wisconsin last week, host St. Louis University this Saturday night.
Byron B. Conway of Wisconsin Rapids has been reappointed Wisconsin State March of Dimes chairman for the 1950 term. Milwaukee attorney heads the organization in the state, guiding fund drives and public health efforts.
The St Louis Cardinals begin returning about 1.5 million dollars to roughly 115000 fans who ordered World Series tickets in expectation of winning the pennant. The club, leading the league for much of the season, fell behind after losses in Chicago dropping two of three to theubs.
Area high school football teams opening the season with defeats include Cuba City 34 to 0 over Florida? No. Cuba City 34 0 over opponents, Darlington, Reedsburg 7-6, Stoughton 7-6, Wisconsin Dells 6-0, and Wisconsin High 6-0. Darling ton, Janesville, Lake Geneva and Middleton ride three straight victories. Stoughton has two wins and a tie. Lancaster two wins. Baraboo and Platteville one win and one tie.
In Casper Wyoming area antelope are plentiful, perhaps more so than last year despite a hard winter. William Greub Perry Power Clarence Baltzer and Gilbert Baltzer flew there Thursday in Greub’s airplane and returned with one antelope each. They enjoyed a tail wind on the flight home yesterday.
The Browns and Bears emerged as early season favorites as they won big. Cleveland crushed the Los Angeles Dons 42 7 at home to move to 4 0 1 while San Francisco stands 4 1 0. Chicago defeated the Cardinals 17 7 and shared the Western lead with the Rams after Los Angeles routed Green Bay 48 7.
The annual cranberry harvest festival will be held here Saturday with 10,000 pieces of cranberry reportedly prepared for distribution or sale. Local organizers expect strong attendance as the event highlights Wisconsin Rapids’ fruit harvest tradition.
A day long festival features a free pie dispense with 16yearold Betty Crook serving as queen. A parade and a festival ball highlight the celebration.
A meeting of team managers for this season's city basketball activities will be held tomorrow night at the youth center. City Recreation Director L. L. Kitchen says discussion will cover a possible second league and plans for last year's loop. Meeting set for 7 30.
The burbot, a northern U S fish long seen as a pest for eating game fish, has been found to yield a liver oil richer than cod oil.
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