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1 Play SoftballIITitle Games AtYMills TonightthirIROige?r-Championship games in the Amateur Softball association Metropolitan playoffs will be played at Mills stadium tonight lt;Thursday). At the same time, title games will be played at 8hew-bridge field and Spencer Coals park. Winners in the men’s and girls’ divisions will compete 11 for the world's championship at Detroit in September.Teams battling lor honors in i the men's bracket include the j powerful Park Ridge Merchants, five times winner of the Metropolitan title; Match corporation1se and Downers Grove, representingenatiinSt.icsthe west suburbs; Rheingold Beers and American Steel and Wire of the Waukegan district; Magic Chefs, and Gilbert Tool Works of j, m. j Blue Island. tce In the girls’ division the Rock-Olas, Mills, Rivals, Parichys, and ily Hydrox teams will compete. ! *er Tournament officials estimate li- that more than 50.000 will attend fi- the games at the three parks. Fast ro ball pitching, with the 12-inch v, at ball, will be used in all games. a ■ir Among the colorful performers )n | who will be .seen in action are Clarence 'Fat) Heuel. pitching t] as wizard of Park Ridge; Bill Bartz, R ie one-arm hurling genius of Match c a Corporation; Downers Grove's p st Lukas, and Rheingold's Neimi, p ie both slingshot experts: Renee- Sweet, Rock-Ola queen of strike-id outs with 3.642 in 250 games; tj r- Marge Stefani, Hydrox. only no- o; re hit hurler of the season, and Tom-lt mie Castator, Rivals, fastest of ig fast ball pitchers.anei01
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Chicago Garfieldian
Chicago, Illinois, US
Thu, Aug 22, 1940
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