Butte and Falls Legion Nines Clash at Clark Park
Butte and Great Falls Legion juniors duel at Clark Park tonight at 6:30 with a 1 p.m. Sunday return, after Butte opens district elimination vs Livingston. Copper league assigns umpires, and the series draws strong local interest as Butte seeks success in district 6 and a title shot in the West.
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Great Falls
American Legion
Clark Park
Livingston
Ed Gerry
Legion
Copper League
Sacred Heart St Joe junior nines win Southern league games
Sacred Heart beat Monroe 4 3 as Cavanaugh held opponents to two hits and Blow allowed three. St Joseph defeated Holy Savior 11 1 with Schara delivering three hits and Blaskovich charged with 10.
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Sacred Heart
St. Joe
St. Joseph
Butte
Monroe
Cavanaugh
Blow
Holy Savior
Schara
Blaskovich
East Butte Nine Triumphs Over East Side A C In Low-Scoring Showdown
East Butte Nine edged East Side A C 14 13 in an Intermediate league game last night. Pitcher Morrissey earned the win by delivering a home run contributing to the victory. The winners Hall Renouard Moran led with homers and strong at bats while Moran tallied a triple and two singles with two walks. Jones homered for the losers with D Lecos adding a triple and a single.
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Copper League
Bill McGonigle
Pat Kenny
Bill Janhunen
Great Falls
Butte
Bob Yerko
Yorke
Goodland
Falls
Morry Mulcahy
East Side
A. C
Highlanders
Morrissey
Hall
Renouard
Moran
Jones
D. Lecos
Jim Sweeney
Butte Central High
Montana
Podgurski
Walsh
Wold
Phippen
Little
Masters
North Siders
Le gion Batting Orders Announced For Clark Park Game
Tentative Le gion batting lineup lists Butte and Falls players at Clark Park. Butte positions include McMahon as shortstop and Kello third base with Leybold catching and Tremblay in center. Falls lineup features Ellis at first and Yurko pitching with Moriarity in center field and Palagi in right field.
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Clark Park
Butte
McMahon
Kello
Lash
Leybold
Roberts
Tremblay
McGonigle
Smyth
Matully
Falls—Ellis
Campbell
Yurko
Carlson
Rebal
Moriarity
Tabor
Herrick
Palagi
Tom Mulcahy
Clarence Merziak
Jim Kello
Bill Curran
al Smyth
Jack McMahon
Ed Lash
Frank Matully
Dee McGonigle
Joe Roberts
Owen Bush
Maurice Mulcahy
Bill Leybold
George Lee
Milt Goodland
Bumps Tremblay
LaMotta Edges Janiro In Slimming Middleweight Showdown
Jake LaMotta fought down to 154 1/2 pounds to win a unanimous 10 round decision over Tony Janiro at Madison Square Garden before an estimated 13 000 to 14 000 fans. Janiro, moving up from welterweight, dropped twice in the bout and lasted to four seconds before the final bell as LaMotta dominated with power and pressure. The bout drew about 14 165 spectators and paid gate around 71 874 dollars amid rumors of forfeit threats and DA scrutiny that did not affect the outcome.
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Jake LaMotta
Tony Janiro
Madison Square Garden
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Youngstown
Ohio
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LaMotta
Bronx
Jake
Janko
Bronx Fire Hydrant
Frankie Jacobs
Jacobs
Ruby Goldstein
Frank Forbes
George Lecron
Janiro
Butte to Host Giants Coach Mickey Shader in July School
Butte baseball fans anticipate a baseball school led by Mickey Shader of the New York Giants this summer likely in July. Shader previously ran a school here with Hank Severeid during his Cincinnati Reds stint. In local softball action Bluebird beat Scandia 19 to 9 last night with Bud Pressler belting a grand slam.
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Mickey Shader
New York Giants
Shader
Hank Severeid
Cincinnati Reds
Bluebird
Scandia
Bud Pressler
Young Star Helps Bat in Own Win Over North Side
Jim Sweeney a Butte Central graduate pitched a two hit win for North Side A C in Copper league action. He also drove in two runs and scored twice as North Side beat South Side A C 13 to 2 to extend the league lead.
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Great Falls
Herrick
Frank Matully
Tom Mulcahy
Butte
Seybold
Deer Lodge
Miles City
Glendive
North Side
Miners Union
South Side
Young Star
Walsh
Little
Podgurski
Koprovica
Devine
Faroni
Grimes
Phippen
South Side Earth
McCaughey
Cavin
Connors
Johnson
Gentry Antonich
Sweeney
Masters
Wold
Masterson
Peace
Janhunen
Dodgers Lead Narrowly as Hatten Guides Cubs Beat
Brooklyn gains a half game in the NL race by defeating Chicago 6-2 behind Joe Hatten who went the distance for his sixth win. Jackie Robinson drove in two with a bases loaded single, and Jorgensen and Stanky added RBIs in the big second inning. The Giants also won as Johnny Mize and Willard Marshall homered to back a 7-4 eleven inning victory over the Cardinals.
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Chicago Cubs
Joe Hatten
Brooks
Jackie Robinson
Hank Wyse
Wyse
Johnny Jorgensen
Peanuts Lowrey
Hatten
Eddie Stanky
Robinson
Cubs
Bill Lee
Jorgensen
Stanky
Meers
Chipman
Chicago
Lowrey
Reese
Hermanski
Cavarretta
Rickert
Waitkus
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New York
Johnny Mize
Willard Marshall
Giants
St. Louis Cardinals
Marshall
Ken Burkhart
St. Louis
Burkhart
Mize
Jim Hearn
Walker Cooper
Howie Pollet
Pollet
Buddy Kerr
Bill Ayers
Stan Musial
Kerr
Bill Rigney
Mickey Witek
Bob Thomson
Ayers
Chisox
Chicago White Sox
Washington
Senators
Floyd Baker
Comiskey Park
Probable MLB pitchers for Saturdays games
AP lists probables for Saturday games. NL matchups include Munger against Koslo in New York and Schmitz versus Barney in Brooklyn. AL games feature Shea for New York against Potter in St Louis and Newhouser facing Boston in Detroit among others.
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St. Louis
Munger
Koslo
Chicago
Brooklyn
Schmitz
Barney
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Strincevich
Schmidt
Cincinnati
Boston
Walters
Spahn
Shea
Potter
Cleveland
Marchildon
McCahan
Lemon
Gettel
Detroit
Dorish
Newhouser
Washington
Masterson
Rigney
Utah Game Director Elected President of West Group
Ross Leonard, director of the Utah game and fish commission, was elected president of the Western Association of State Game and Fish Commissioners. Salt Lake City selected as the 1948 meeting place with Emil J. N. Ott Jr. as vice president and Ben Glading re elected secretary. The group opposed sale of Taylor grazing lands in national forest reserves or other public domain to private interests.
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Ross Leonard
Utah Game and Fish Commission
Western Association of State Game and Fish Commissioners
Salt Lake City
Emil J. N. Ott
California Division of Game and Fish
Ben Glading
San Francisco
Montana Delegation to Sun Valley Meet
Montana State university representatives Doug Fessenden Bill Porter Kirk Badgley Ed Dugan and J E Miller will attend the Sun Valley spring meeting of the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate conference to discuss 1948 49 50 51 football schedules dates for the 1948 conference track meet North South division baseball playoff glass backboards central appointing agency for officials training film use and postwar eligibility questions.
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Bill Porter
Kirk Badgley
Ed Dugan
J. E. Miller
Montana State University
Sun Valley
Pacific Coast Intercollegiate Conference
Joe Louis Jr Born in Mexico City
Joe Louis Jr a 114 pound boy was born May 28 in Mexico City to Mrs Joe Louis. The heavyweight champion and his former wife Marva Trotter remarried last July in Indiana near Chicago and were divorced in 1945. Louis said he would meet her in Chicago and the baby named Joe Louis Jr. could follow a boxing path.
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Joe Louis
San Diego
Calif
Mario Gonarles Ulloa
Arturo Godoy
Joe
Louis
Marvan Trotter
Chicago
Jacqueline
Mexico
Indiana
Butte Boxers Take Early Leads in State Meet
In Helena on Friday night Ted Jordan of Butte Elks defeated stablemate Charles Kirk by decision to win the 135 pound novice title at the Montana A A U amateur boxing tournament. Other titles went to Tex O Leary 112 open Butte Ellis Ned Boyle 118 open Butte C Y O and D Inks Missoula 160 pound novice.
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Helena
Ted Jordan
Butte Elks
Charles Kirk
Montana A. A. U
Tex O'Leary
Butte Ellis
Ned Boyle
Butte C. Y. O
D. Inks
Missoula
Donohue
Butte
Gary Wilson
Livingston
Dick Chambers
Norman Snyder
Ronan
Fritz Duffy
Dean O'Leary
Jim McGowan
Eldon Snyder
Helding Named Captain of Montana Grizzlies 1948 Team
John F. Helding, a versatile athlete and 1946 Grizzly football quarterback, was elected captain of the 1948 Montana State University baseball team. He has played shortstop and third base for the 1947 squad, helping revive intercollegiate baseball in Missoula since 1928, and earned letters in two other sports after Army Air Force service.
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John F. Helding
Montana State University Grizzly
Helding
Grizzly
Army Air Force Service
Missoula American Legion
Missoula Post
Missoula High
Spartan
Grizzlies top Great Falls City in nine to two
The Grizzly nine battered two Great Falls City pitchers for 16 hits and rolled to a 9 2 victory Friday night in Great Falls.
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Great Falls
Montana State University Grizzlies
Great Falls City
Ingram Knocks Out De La Cruz At City Auditorium
Sterling Ingram of Denver delivered a sharp right hook Friday night to stop Francisco De La Cruz of Los Angeles before 1,500 spectators at City Auditorium. Ingram weighed 188 pounds, De La Cruz 229.
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Sterling Ingram
Francisco de la Cruz
Los Angeles
City Auditorium
Ingram
de la Cruz
Streams muddy and high with poor fishing across Montana
United Press reports most Montana streams remained high and muddy Friday night with lakes only marginally better. Forecast calls for weekend showers and little temperature change as anglers head into the third weekend, noting scattered fair and poor catches across many rivers and lakes from Augusta to White Sulphur Springs.
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Helena
United States Weather Bureau
United Press
Augusta
Split Rock Lake
Sun River
Division Dam
Gibson Dam
Tunnel Lake
Willow Creek
Wood Creek
South Fork
Sun
Dearborn
Billings
Big Hole
Bozeman
Gallatin
Glacier Park
Great Falls
Diversion Lake
Split Rock
Loma Lakes
Hamilton
Painted Rock
Havre
Fresno Dam
Missoula
Jocko
Lolo
Rock Creek
Fish Creek
Bitter Root
Clark’s Fork
Alberton
Lake Rowan
Flathead
Fort Peck Lake
Smith River
North Fork
Sheep Creek
Sutherlin
Harris
Martinsdale
Snead sets course mark before Furgol ties pace in capital open
Sam Snead fired a 65 to set a new course record and hold a three stroke lead at halftime of the $10,000 national capital open. Ed Furgol then matched with a 63, seven behind Snead, amid talk of a possible 60 with luck on putts. George Payton Tom Wright and Bobby Locke trailed in a crowded field including Jimmy Thomson Ellsworth Vines and Billy Griffin.
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Sammy Snead
Hot Springs
Ed Furgol
Pontiac
Mich
Furgol
Bobby Locke
South Africa
George Payton
Hampton
Tom Wright
Knoxville
Tenn
Locke
United States
Jimmy Thomson
Chicopee Falls
Mass
Ellsworth
Yankees Caught in Scuffle Lead to Fines and Injuries
Yankees catcher Ralph Houk was fined $100 by AL president William Harridge for shoving Detroit catcher Hal Wagner during a Detroit game. Houk acted after believing Wagner roughed Yankee Bill Johnson at home. The club also said Charley Keller, the league's leading home run hitter, is sidelined with lumbago.
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U.P
New York
Yankee
Ralph Houk
William Harridge
Hal Wagner
Detroit Tigers
Detroit
Houk
Wagner
Bill Johnson
Yankees
Charley Keller
Lumbago
English Derby Today Tops Tudor Minstrel in Derby Field
Jockey Gordon Richards rides Tudor Minstrel in a strong bid to win the 168th English Derby at Epsom Downs. Tudor Minstrel leads a 14-horse field with heavy betting support as fans expect a Derby victory that would crown Richards full of his career milestone. A £9,101 prize toward the winner adds to the race’s prestige while the Downs course promises its familiar ups and downs.
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Tudor Minstrel
Britain
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Blue Train
Minstrel
Bahram
Booter
United States
R. A. Curran
Julia Burnham
Satyajirao
P G A Invites Locke to Its Tournament
Ed Dudley president of the Professional Golfers Association announces Bobby Locke a top South African golfer will receive a special invitation to the National PGA tournament in Detroit June 18 to 24. Dudley notes Locke may not attend due to plans to play in the British Open.
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Ed Dudley
Professional Golfers’ Association
Bobby Locke
Dudley
Locke
Bears blank Washington State in rain shortened title clash
University of California defeated Washington State 6 to 1 in the opening game of the Pacific Coast collegiate baseball championship series. Nino Barnise limited the Cougars to six hits, overcoming a third inning scare when Washington State scored once. John Piscalini led California with a homer and a triple in three appearances as the Bears collected eight hits off Wally Kramer and snapped his seven game winning streak.
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REDS
Boston
Phil Masi
Boston Braves
Cincinnati Reds
Johnny Beazley
Beazley
New York
Kent Peterson
John Hetki
Mike
Berkeley
Calif
U.P. University of California
Washington State
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Cougars
John Piscalini
California
Wally Kramer
Bears
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Hostak Stops Raadik in Fifth Round KO
Al Hostak former middleweight champion defeated Anton Raadik Swedish star by technical knockout in the fifth round. The bout was halted at the start of the session by Dr J Drammis due to Raadik’s cut right eye. Raadik suffered his fourth loss in 13 U S bouts.
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Chicago
U.P
al Hostak
Anton Raadik
Browns Rally to edge Yankees in extra-base duel
St Louis Browns overcome New York Yankees 4 to 3 in a night game marked by eight extra-base hits. Vern Stephens homered with Jeff Heath aboard for the decisive margin, as Detroit's Tigers maintenance of first place softened. Joe DiMaggio hit a homer for New York, Allie Reynolds and Fred Sanford did not last long, and Joe Page took the loss after Heath tripled in the eighth.
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St. Louis Browns
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Joe DiMaggio
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Yanks
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Browns
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Yankees
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DiMaggio
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Stephens
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al Zarilla
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Sanford
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Dillinger
Elbert Stars as Louisville Colonels Pitcher
Billy Elbert, once Miles City Legion ace, has become a mainstay pitcher for the Louisville Colonels, the American Association affiliate of the Red Sox.
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Billy Elbert
Miles City Legion
Louisville Colonels
American Association
Red Sox
Yarosz Ties Up Victory Over Edgar In Detroit Bout
Stout hearted Tommy Yarosz from Monaco Pennsylvania repeated a prior win against Detroit's Jimmy Edgar in a fierce ten round middleweight fight at Olympia Arena Friday night.
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Tommy Yarosz
Monaco
Detroit
Jimmy Edgar
Olympia
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