Yankees Keep Rolling Toward League Pennant With 12 Straight Wins
The New York Yankees extend their winning streak to 12 in a row with a 7-3 victory over Cleveland as Henrich, Gordon, Dickey and Rolfe homer. Walter Brown of the Giants and Boots Poffenberger of the Dodgers face scrutiny in a season of strong performances and managerial fines. Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, and other teams post wins in the same busy baseball night.
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Mulford Nine Falls From Unbeaten Loop Title Contention
Grace Lutheran defeats Mulford 6 to 1 at Weed Park, ending Mulford’s run in the league’s unbeaten class. Roach and Musser edge Street Department 4 to 1 at Jefferson Field after a stubborn battle. Twelve errors and key misplays shape the results as Warren Wintermute and Spindle Dittman work six innings for Mulford.
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Recreation body to show baseball film Thursday at Muscatine
The National League style baseball picture will be shown at Muscatine High School auditorium under the Muscatine recreation project supervision. John E. Frame, supervisor, announced the presentation set for 4 p.m. Thursday and urged all junior league players to attend.
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Musky Teams Prepare for Dual Meets in Local Area
Muscatine high school tennis and golf squads prepare for upcoming dual meets. A four man tennis team traveled to Rock Island for a match with Rock Island high school. Glen Bloom and coach F J Howe will attend the state finals in Ames. Musky golf plans an eight man squad against Iowa City high school at Mad Creek and will host Davenport high school at the municipal course.
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Pat Barry
Bob Phillips
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Lawrence Korneman
Blues Rally To Beat Millers In A Lively Showdown
Kansas City Blues overcame the Minneapolis Millers 10 to 6 to extend their league lead to two games. Fred Hutchinson and Al Fisher faced off in a pitching duel, while Milwaukee moved into a tie for fourth after a 9 to 6 win over St Paul. Indianapolis and Louisville were idle.
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al Fisher
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Merritt Cain
Frank Gabler
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Saints
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Louisville
Three Teams See Chance to Win Big Ten Pennant
Iowa Indiana and Purdue still have a mathematical chance to win the Big Ten baseball title as Wisconsin beats Michigan. Michigan falls to 6 4 with two games left. Indiana has seven wins in 10 games. Iowa idle, will face Wisconsin next week. Purdue could tie Indiana with a Michigan sweep.
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Hawkeye Baseball Preps for Notre Dame Series
Iowa faces Notre Dame after a 10 game win streak as Jim George leads with .434 and Bratten tops conference batting at .457. Notre Dame’s Hunthausen has five of seven decisions, while Ray Pinelli and Chet Sullivan pace the Irish hitters. The teams meet in Iowa City for Friday and Saturday games not counting Big Ten standings.
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Luther
New Quick Righting Earth In Ductor Compass
A newly devised compass fixes slow recovery after banking or diving. It overcomes earlier aircraft compass limitations by enabling rapid reorientation. The invention promises improved reliability for aviation navigation during maneuvers.
Athletic card draws large crowd at Junction airport
The American Legion event at Columbus Junction airport Monday featured lunch and music by the Columbus Junction band. A wrestling match saw Tiger Bill White of Washington defeat Scottie Sullivan of Cheyenne, Wyo in the first fall, with Sullivan taking the second, and White awarded the third. Referees were Tommy Jacobs and Gerry Reed. Al Barry announced. About five hundred attended. the next card is set for June 22 with district business in the afternoon and public evening.
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Sullivan
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Muscatine
al Barry
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the American Legion
Lead Changes In City Pin Tourney Ladies Singles
Helen Teichmiller took the Class B lead in the Journal City Championship women’s singles at Pla-Mar alleys with a 461 series, surpassing Blanche Nietzel’s earlier 434. Jean Legner moved to second with a 450 series as play continued Tuesday night.
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International Harvester
County Maintenance
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Elks Purples
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Yates Defeated by Fellow American in British Amateur
Hoylake England Dick Chapman of Greenwich Conn defeats Charley Yates of Atlanta in the third round of the British amateur golf championship by 5 and 3.
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England
Dick Chapman
Greenwich
Conn
Charley Yates
Atlanta
New Turn Signal Device Goes On Market With Fingertip Box
A newly perfected turn signal system enters the market featuring a control box mounted at the driver's fingertips and a headlamp visible over 100 feet in bright sunlight.
Round-Up Of Interesting Notes In Sports
A packed sports roundup notes Joe Louis bets and Baer stopping Nova in five heats, plus talk of Reds near .700, McKechnie hearing wolves in Rhineland, and Conn pursues title as television rises. It covers Mize near Ruth in homer pace, Jay Ellsworth quips on Hitler and Yankees, Halas and Bidwell meeting Luckman and Goldberg, Nova’s cold and Baer masking a sore beak, and Dom DiMaggio leading the Pacific Coast league praise with Vince DiMaggio hot for Kansas City. public chess scores warned not to be called here.
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Johnny Mize
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Nova and Baer Ready for New York Heavyweight Elimination Bout
Nova and Max Baer begin final training week for a 15 round elimination fight at Yankee Stadium next Wednesday. Promoter Mike Jacobs seeks a sparring setup away from the public eye as Nova recovers from a cold and Baer, older and untested in a year, shows solid conditioning in Ferndale New York.
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Nova
Mike Jacobs
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N. Y
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