Catholic High routs Nichols in sectional win to reach semifinals
Catholic High trounced Nichols 14 to 8 in two innings to advance to the sectional baseball semifinals. Dick Petersen pitched one hitless frame as Catholic High piled up ten runs in the first inning and four in the second. Alexander led with three straight singles. Beene, Begey, Petersen, and Ales had solid at bats plus two doubles from Steele and Ales. The Musketeers will face Oakville in the semifinal after the win and a predicted pitching matchup of Father Dingman against Oakville ace Hardin and Petersen.
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Muscatine Catholic
Nichols
Muskateers
Oakville
Catholic High
Dick Petersen
Fridley
Alexander
Dora
Ales
Byrne
Steele
Jack Begey
Dingman
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UCD
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Cleveland
Bob Lemon
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Chico Carrasquel
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Gil Coan
Frank Comps
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Irv Noren
Compos
Duane Pillette
Hank Sauer
Dodger
Ralph Branca
Veterans Win in Majors In Thrillers Thursday
Dizzy Trout, Joe Dobson and Sid Hudson star in varied major league games. Trout relieves at Yankee Stadium to beat the Yankees 5 4 preserving Detroit win. Dobson hurls seven plus innings for an 8 0 White Sox win over the A's. Hudson edges Bob Lemon 2 1 in 13 innings at Griffith.
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Joe Dobson
Sid Hudson
Trout
Yankee Stadium
New York
Cedar Rapids Tops Quincy for First Place in League Race
Cedar Rapids beat Quincy 6-1 to take first in the Three League with a 5-2 season record. rookie pitcher Jack Bowes scattered five hits and Rocco Colavito, 18, homered twice to pace the Indians' 11-hit attack. Evansville edged Keokuk 5-3 behind John Brandreth as Terre Haute and Quad Cities routed Waterloo and Burlington respectively. Friday slate has Quad Cities at Waterloo and Cedar Rapids hosts Quincy.
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Cedar Rapids
Quincy
Jack Bowes
Canada
Gems
Rocco Colavito
Daytonia
Indians
Evansville
Keokuk
John Brandreth
Braves
Joe Andrews
Kerries
Terre Haute
Burlington
Herb Agase
University of Illinois
Ewell Utley
Wausau
Wisconsin
Quad Cities
Waterloo
Utley
White Hawks
Tigers
Vansville
Muscatine Runners Enter Ft Madison Relays
Muscatine sends fourteen varsity track men and four freshmen to the Ft Madison Relays with Ramseyer Molis Fischer and Brown in the mile and relay events plus Andersen Mise Hammann Hartsock in two mile races. Janney replaces Ramseyer on the mile relay. Burr is out with a pulled leg. Over 500 athletes from 35 schools compete in the 22nd annual classic.
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Ft. Madison
Muscatine
Ramseyer
Molis
Fischer
Brown
Andersen
Mise
Hammann
Hartsock
Waltman
DeHeer
Janney
Long
Ziegenhorn
Lofgren
Burlington
Jim Maas
Jerome Bailee
Ernest Morgan
Ellison Keuhn
Don Duncan
Ralph Burr
League Standings and Today's Baseball Schedule
Baseball today features Brooklyn at Chicago Labine against Lawn and New York at Pittsburgh night games. Boston visits Cincinnati, Philadelphia plays St. Louis, St. Louis hosts Boston, Detroit meets New York, Cleveland faces Washington, and Chicago travels to Philadelphia with multiple pitchers listed for each matchup.
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Lawn
New York
Pittsburgh
Koslo
Polett
Boston
Cincinnati
Raffensberger
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Meyer
Mizell
Cleveland Cincinnati
Washington
Detroit
Thursday's Results From Baseball Games
Chicago beat Brooklyn 7 to 2 and New York defeated Pittsburgh 13 to 5. Cincinnati won 7 to 6 over Boston while Philadelphia topped St. Louis 6 to 3.
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Brooklyn
New York
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Boston
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Saturday Basketball Schedule Matches Set
Saturday's card features Brooklyn at Chicago New York at Pittsburgh Boston at Cincinnati and Philadelphia at St Louis in planned games across the league with multiple city pairings on the slate.
Baseball scores and upcoming games for six teams
St Louis beat Boston 6 to 1 and Detroit defeated New York 5 to 4. Chicago shut out Philadelphia 3 to 0, while Washington edged Cleveland 2 to 1 in 13 innings. Remaining games list St Louis at Boston, Detroit at New York, Cleveland at Washington, Chicago at Philadelphia.
Track stars compete at southeastern Iowa meet
Track stars in southeastern Iowa will be present. The preliminaries were scheduled to begin at 3 p. m. this afternoon and most of the finals will be held tonight starting at 7 30 p. m.
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Iowa
Wilton Beats LeClaire 1-0 In Sectional Thriller
West Branch-Rex Oveson allowed three hits while Suiter yielded four as Wilton edged LeClaire 1-0 in a first round sectional game. Oveson pitched the complete game, Wilton pushed across the decisive run in the third on Coff and Freeland, and Wilton advances to face the West Branch Tipton winner on Monday.
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West Branch
Rex Oveson
Wilton
Suiter
LeClaire
Beavers
Oveson
Bob Coff
John Freeland
Derby entries and odds center on Hill Gail and Blue Man
Derby fever as 190 three year olds entered with Calumet's Hill Gail the favorite at 7 to 5. Blue Man of Rye runs second choice at about 7 to 2 as Odie Newell withdraws Gift Silver after a leg injury. Attendance expected around 100000 despite CBS TV coverage.
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White Oak Stable
Blue Man
Louisville
A. W. Abbott
Rye
N. Y
New York
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Count Flame
Master Fiddle
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Sam Wilson, Jr
Hope of Texas
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Hill Gail
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Gordon Guiberson
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M. A. White
Eddie Burke
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Calumet Flyer
Eddie Arcaro
Abbott
Conn McCreary
Court Turf
Cold Command
Keeneland
Wood
Silver
Grace Meerdink To Head Muscatine Women’s Bowling Assn
Grace Meerdink was elected president of the Muscatine Women’s Bowling Association at the annual meeting held Thursday night at Pla Mor alleys. Rosemary Hoffman became first vice president. Clarabelle Kurriger and Lillian Ahlf were elected second vice president and secretary respectively. Myrtle Othmer and Velma Umlandt held over as treasurer and sergeant at arms. Lillian Ahlf, Clara belle Kurriger, and Grace Meerdink were chosen to attend the state meeting next spring in Dubuque with Florence Bently, Ethel Axon and Margaret Naber as alternates. Sadie Stark presided. Eller Odell presented reports.
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Muscatine
Lillian Ahlf
Clarae Belle Kurriger
Florence Bently
Ethel Axon
Margaret Naber
Sadie Stark
Eller Odell
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