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GARDEN CITY GALSTO SEE PAR ADE OFOTHER CITY TEAMSSIicmbridge I d. Solllmllrrs Pick of fountn's Best lt;pirL I'eanisTn the midst of a lengthy winning stieak and causing the pick of the country's best teams plenty of trouble. the Garden City Brewers todayingstnNonutlatlt;hal son sail a i parwore readying themselves for the big parade -uL out-of-tlt; wn invaders at Shewbridge field. 74th and Aberdeen stteets. during the next two weeks.Up to and including last Sunday's game, the Breuets had won a total of 35 games in 44 starts. They are currently leading the Chicago Girls’ Major league with 25 victoiies and 7 defeats, which is five and one-half games ahead of the second place Roekolas. Against some of the mostAulmetheCyiam:anccortheottiatelegipulDeiSoi•Scdieoutstanding traveling teams in the stiRabastioispemubojplaallknlt;hatthaFCoiketwirVmapaiL1'nited States they have triumphed 10 times in 12 starts.Saturday and Sunday nights they will go up against the Chrysler gills of Detroit. Mich., formerly known as the Romans. The Chryslers, state champions for six years until 1937, and runners tip for the woild's chain- Dy pionship in 1937. are the old team-j to mates of Marge Stefani one of the Brewers' ace hurleis. Thev have three outstanding players: AnnScotty, first baseman, is considered the “Lou Gehrig of softball for she hasn’t missed a game since she started playing and has always batted over .300; Ogla Madaer. motor city catcher, has been playing with the Chryslers for eight years and ltd the Detroit league in hitting last year, and Alma Miller, second sacker, is a veteran versatile fielder and fine hitter.Following the Chryslers into town will be the Cantaloup Queens of Phoenix, Aiiz., who will battle the Brewers on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. June Aimstrong, who pitched the Queens to their only victory in three games heie last year, is expected to hurl one of the tilts. One of the mcst popular members of the Cowgirls in their two previous trips to Chicago was Eleanor Firpo, shortstop. who is the Southwest A.A.U. 200-yard dash champion, and in 1939 won an Arizona beauty contest.Last week-end the Brewers ran their current winning streak to 12 straight by sweeping a two-game series with the Roths of St. Louis, and a one-dav stand with the Prasse Lumber gnls of Cleveland, Ohio. Tonight (Wednestlayl they will go up against their bitter Girls' Major league rivals, the Down Drafts, at Shewbridge field, and will attempt to go further ahead of the third-place Parichy Bloomer girls when the two teams clash Friday night on the local greensward. All of the aforementioned games will start at 9 p.m. with a preliminary game, featuring the Shewbridge Field girls, composed of Auburn Park lassies, commencing at 7:30 p.m.Catherine Fellmeth, one of the Garden City Brewers' three ace pitchers, made an outstanding record in the National A.A.U. women's track and field championships last week-end at Ocean City, N. J. Miss Fellmeth, a South Side resident, won the shot-put title and took third place in the discus throw. She was the defending champion In both events and is considered one of the most outstanding fill athletes of Chicago.—Write Today to a Buddy Away—1the Sol I In ers to wii gai we ta\TBn tier \\ a Milt; KmICO!\\ iOWWiMr111Mr
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Chicago Auburn Parker
Chicago, Illinois, US
Wed, Jul 09, 1941
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