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128,000 Sport Fans Watched Shewbridge Field BattlesThe hotbed of organized girls’ softball could very well be located at Shewbridge field. 74th and Aberdeen sts., which happens to be the home grounds of the Garden City Brewers, winners of their second constitutive Chicago Girls Major league championship, and the mythical crown of Illinois.Attendance figures released this week by the Shewbridge field management show that close to 128,000 softball fans have passed through the turnstiles up to and including last Sunday.Split Two Games.iihst week end two of the largest crowds this season saw the Brewers split a two-game series with the Tom Boys of St. Louis. The Missourians took the opener, 6 to 2. before a paid attendance of 8.027, and Sunday night the Brewers won the finale. 4 to 0. behind the six-hit pitching of Catherine Fellmeth as 3,123 paid fans looked on.Saturday night the Tom Boys moved out to a four-run advantage before the Brewers were able to score. They picked up three runs in the third on three singles and three errors, and added another tally in the 'our on a single and an error.The Brewers made both of their runs in the sixth on three singles and an error. The Tom Boys came back with a run in the seventh on a walk and a triple, and their final run was produced on a home run by “Jonme” Shipley in the ninth.Two Homers.Catherine Fellmeth. one of the : Brewers' three ace pitchers who I has hurled over 350 victories inSunday night as she allowed six scattered hits. “Bubbles” Donahue and Marge Stefani both pounded out home runs in the opening frame to give the Brewers a rousing start.A single by Catherine Fellmeth. a passed ball, and two errors gave the victors another run in the sixth, and Jo D’Angolo scored the final tally in the seventh when she tripled to deep right center and scored on a wild pilch.Tom Boys to Return.Agnes Schlueter. who pitched the second game for the Tom Boys, suffered her first defeat in 21 starts, but hopes to avenge the defeat when the Tom Boys return to Shewbridge field on August 30 and 31 to battle the Brewers.Next Saturday and Sunday nights the Malburn Bakers, who moved into a tic for first place in the north division of George Sis-ler’s St. Louis league last week by defeating the league-leading Roth Rangers, will invade Shew-bridge field to battle the tough Brewers. Many of the members of the Mai bums formerly played with the Curlee Clothers. last year's St. Louis league champions who have disbanded.Tonight the Brewers will battle their bitter league rivals, the Down Drafts, and Friday night will conclude their Chicago Girls’ Major league schedule against the Rival Dog Food girls. Special ceremonies will be held prior to the Rival game to honor the Brewers who won their second straight league crown last week. Team and individual trophies, symbolic of winning the title, will be presented to Manager TickCl-.. Al..it - einiba10le?Deon•CicDuOl?PaDoM'«MeD'«stfArRaMiAsewAicanrfam12ofnu\v*«DikrScahmfg
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Suburbanite Economist
Chicago, Illinois, US
Wed, Aug 13, 1941
Page 41
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Robert P.
IL, USA 01 Feb 2018
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