West Side Grocers Ready to Clash With Rivals This Season
West Side Grocers train hard as season nears not affiliated with any league after Illinois Softball circuit dissolves. Manager Cy Stabler says top Joliet club will face national powerhouses using Rivals’ diamond as a neutral field. Key returnees include Joe Zulich and Ed Briese with several veterans back and 51-9 record last year.
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Joliet
Bernie Loeffler
Meroeffler
Ngthy
Athletic Field
West Side
Chicago
Rvals
Bismarck Brewers
West Side Athletic Plant
Naperville
George T. Jones
Bob Philbin
Middle West
West Side Grocers
Cy Stabler
Grocers
Illinois
West Siders
Joe Zulich
Zulich
Ed Briese
Gabby Hartnett
Meade Sports Highlights Review Flops at Joliet Card
Joliet audience shows little enthusiasm for the final wrestling card headlined by Jim Moe Millen. Promoter Bill Loughran questions next season’s fate amid woeful turnstile counts and public indifference.
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Bill
Aurora
Oval
Bob Burke
Washington Senators
Vernon
Gomez
New York Yankees
Raven A. C
Slovenia Hall
Twilight Baseball Dragons versus Gophers at Washington Diamond
Y M C A schedule shows Thursday 5 45 Twilight Baseball League matchup Dragons against Gophers at Washington Diamond. Friday 7 30 Golf meeting at Y M C A with Warren Dawson of Chicago as principal speaker and a Bobby Jones movie short.
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Twilight Baseball League
Dragons
Gophers
Washington Diamond
Warren Dawson
Chicago
Bobby Jones
Joliet Catholic Tennis Cancelled By Weather Then Mt Carmel Match Planned
Joliet Catholic cancels a tennis match with Morris due to bad weather and reschedules. The team travels Sunday to Chicago for a match with Mt Carmel. Doug Kennedy leads as ace with Bob Corcoran. teammates include Bill Minarich Bob Arshambeault and O'Brien.
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Joliet Catholic High School
Morris High
Morris
West Side
Chicago
Mt. Carmel
Doug Kennedy
Catholic High
Bob Corcoran
Bill Minarich
Bob Arshambeault
O’brien
Fifti High School Boxing Tournament Set at Joliet Catholic
Catholic high schools debut boxing tournament May 16 and 17 at Joliet Catholic High with four teams including Joliet Catholic and three visiting squads. Rev Father Terrence Fitzgerald, athletic director, spearheaded the event to test amateur boxing in a new capacity for youth.
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Joliet Catholic High
Terrence Fitzgerald
West Side
Youth At Heart
First Annual Catholic High School Boxing Tourney Planned
Dr George Faulkner leads the first Catholic high school boxing tournament to be held May 16 and 17 at the Catholic high school gymnasium. Three rival teams St Bede s Peru Mt Garmer Chicago Marmion Aurora compete with nine weight classes from 95 to 165 pounds.
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George Faulkner
Catholic High School
St. Bede’s
Peru
Mt. Garmer
Chicago
Marmion
Aurora
Squared Circle
Twilight Hardball and Softball Schedule at Washington Diamond
Monday schedules show Washer Works against Dor mitory and first Lutherans versus Trinity Evangelical at Washington Diamond for softball. Gospel Tabernacle faces St Peter's Lutherans. Tuesday twilight league at 5 45 features Veterans versus Gophers with church softball practice First Baptists versus St Johns English Lutherans. Evening final church meeting precedes league opening at 8 30.
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Washington Diamond
First Lutherans
Trinity Evangelical
Gospel Tabernacle
St. Peter’s Lutherans
Veterans
Gophers
First Baptists
St. John’s
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Eichelzer
Wallace
Esler
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Flynn
Kubinski
Quas Brothers
Golden
Tapio
Jonish
Janice
Stimac
Barker
Meade Sports
Joliet Auto
Washington St
Eastern Ave
Aage Hansen
Sol
Clover Leaf Dairy
Clover Leaf
Meade
Tourney Head
Artie Donovan
Londos Brannon
Public Service Company
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