Mohawks Stay Tied for First With 15 6 Win
Riverdale Mohawks beat Has sacs 16 6 to stay tied for first in the West Pullman loop. Starters Straven and Kasha led the offense with multiple hits and four runs scored. Wesse shifted to first base boosting defense. Manager Griffith signs Dreshall Wilkens and Bouchard for depth. Next up Hegewisch at Riverdale Park at 3 p.m. Sunday.
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Mohawks
Riverdale
Wesse
Hiram
Hegewisch
Riverdale Park
Griffith
Pirates Beat Bearcats 10–9 In Dolton Softball Clash
In Dolton park the Pirates defeated the Bearcats 10 to 9 as the older teams met for a league game. The Pirates led from the start, totaling 10 runs on 11 hits with 4 errors, while the Bearcats finished with 9 runs on 8 hits and 3 errors. Ralph Vlandenberg started for the Bearcats, Mitch Schaafsma pitched for the Pirates, and Smith homered for the Pirates with Brookfield replying for the Bearcats.
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Bearcats
Mitch Schaafsma
Fike and Staat
Pirates
Smith
Brookfelt
Ramblers Fall to Dixmoor Colts 5 1 in Debut Loss
Riverdale Ramblers, a newly organized baseball club, lose 5 to 1 to the Dixmoor Colts Sunday. Clarence Hammermeister stars on the mound with seven hits allowed and fourteen strikeouts while F Laube collects batting honors. Dreger and Reitz earn fielding praise. next up is Midlothian at Midlothian.
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Dixmoor Colts
Riverdale Ramblers
Clarence Hammermeister
F. Laube
Dreger
Reitz
Dixmoor
G. Kleinfelder
V. Wulff
J. Steinhauer
P. Miller
W. Reitz
M. Novak
T. Dreger
C. Hammermeister
Midlothian
Pirates Rout Supers In Doubleheader Week
The league leading Pirates won two games in two days. In the first game they exploded for 13 runs on 16 hits with six home runs by Dieck Haddon C Fike C Meyer H Abraham and R Grandmaison. Chuck Meyer pitched a near no hitter until the last inning when Super batter spoiled it.
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Pirates
Dieck Haddon
C. Fike
C. Meyer
H. Abraham
R. Grandmaison
Chuck Meyer
Tennis action halted by weekend rain at Dalton Park courts
Heavy rains rendered the Dalton Park tennis courts unfit for competition and washed out all weekend matches. The tourney was expected to finish by Sunday but rain halted play with no replacements announced.
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Dalton Park
American Legion Officers Elected and Upcoming Picnic
At the regular meeting John C. Hankey was elected Commander and Harry Meginnis Senior Vice Commander. The Paul Gall post hosts a basket picnic on July 18 at Brownell Woods Thornton with transport from nearby village halls. Members and auxiliaries invited. two shuttle trucks depart Noursh Riverdale and Dalton halls in morning and midday.
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John C. Hankey
Harry Meginnis
Axel Schnell
Carl Meginnis
J. G. Thul
Julius Nelson
James Young
H. Bock
R. Trimble
H. Wiebke
Paul Gall
Noursh Riverdale Village Hall
Dalton Village Hall
American Legion
Legion Club Rooms
Hampton Galloy Wedding at Dolton First Methodist
Naomi Jean Hampton and Lucien A. Galloy wed at the Dolton First Methodist Church on July 15. Rev. Donald R. Crocker officiated as guests, including bridesmaids Dolores Galley Virginia Hampton and maid of honor Marjorilee Hampton, attended in blue. A church basement reception followed for about 100 people and the couple began housekeeping at 14345 Oak Street Dolton.
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Marjorilee
Joan Miller
Dolores Galley
Virginia Hampton
Bette Hansen
Harvey
Oak Street
Dalton
Park tennis schedule inches toward weekend play
Vacations reduced entries as several players forfeited matches. Junior division finishes with three boys and E Schultz claims grammar school title by beating C Garvey 4-6 6-4 6-1. Senior singles only at second round. first round results include Fike over A Garvey 6-1 6-1 and others by forfeit. Doubles matches untouched. schedule lists Hair and Abraham versus Maxwell and Fike with winners facing McClellan and Klinkhammer.
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John Schultz
Dalton
Stanley
Klinkhammer
Fike
A. Garvey
Shepard
Abraham
David
Hair
Maxwell
McClellan
E. Schultz
C. Garvey
Quiet Riverdale Wedding Joins Wiegel and Garetto Families
Amelia Wiegel daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Wiegel of 259 E 186th Street Riverdale married Dominica Garetto of 10748 Indiana Avenue Roseland at Immanuel Evangelical parsonage Wednesday evening July 14 nine o'clock Rev Phil H Bassler officiated Michael Gazetto brother of the groom and Miss Dorothy Wiegel sister of the bride attended The couple will reside in Riverdale with the bride's parents.
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Michael Gazetto
Dorothy Wiegel
Riverdale
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