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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1969
Page
9
Albert Lea and Red Wing meet for the Region One baseball title at Marcusen Park Austin at 1 p.m. Thursday to determine the region’s state tournament entrant and the 4th place Big Nine team. Red Wing 16-4 and Albert Lea 15-3 contest the crown. Albert Lea seeks its second state trip while Red Wing seeks first.
Turf Club extended its perfect start with a 7-0 forfeit win over Lantern Club to move to 5-0 while Coach Gar Nashs flashy Rebels defeated Merchants 29-4 for a 4-0 mark Kris Sanders and Sue Bawek hit homers as Rebels exploded late After two innings Rebels Merchants were tied 2-2 then six run fourth and 18 run sixth sealed the win Dairy Queen Dugans also homered twice in a 12-4 win over Clinic Pharmacy Four more games are slated for next Tuesday at Northwest Park
St Olaf Lutheran becomes the eighth team in the Austin Softball League and will open the season Thursday at 6 30 p m at Galloway Pit against Lansing. Other league members include Our Saviors Queens Church of Christ Sterling Christian St Edwards First Methodist and Grace Lutheran.
Last Friday's paid attendance of 1,769 fans at the Chateau Speedway topped Southeastern Minnesota crowds, beating the 1,531 at Olmsted County Raceway in Rochester for the first time.
Boston AP report Tony Conigliaro, 24 year old slugger of the Red Sox, was named Young Man of the Year by the Boston Press Photographers Association. The group represents photographers across New England and announced the honor today.
Adult bowling results list top five scores for men and women at the Austin Bowl including K Jochumson 566 H Brandt 559 G Krulish 554 M Pugh 515 M Beeman 503 for men and Pat Beeman 520 M Jones 490 H Brandt 468 E Hanson 434 F James 404 for women Echo Lanes Starlite Mix Doubles results feature Torgrimson 572 Elsie Wilson 54? Josse Kruehn 489 Maxine Frohrieh 470 Thelma Peterson 468 P Rewl 612 Zerby A Martin 538 R Austad 530 E Peterson 525 Tuesday nite doubles show Bugge 554 Adams 503 Callahen 496 Stanton 493 Johnson 473 E Bugge 589 Gurlickson 555 Blair 550 Johnson 547 Minerva Nielsen 523 Hezel Weber 514 Gloria Williamson 466 Sylvia Baldus 458 Rosie Meyers 455 More sports on page 10.
Tom Wagner, a freshman catcher from Austin Minnesota, earned a regular spot for Southern Colorado State College. He played 19 games with a .327 batting average and 0.993 fielding percentage, earning honorable mention on the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference all tournament team as SCSC posted 19-12 and RM Conference title.
AP reports the Minnesota Twins announced 660 of 661 ballots counted for the Greatest Twins Team. Six current Twins were chosen Harmon Killebrew at first Rod Carew at second Jim Kaat left hander and top southpaw Rich Rollins Zoilo Versalles now with Cleveland Ted Uhlaender and Tony Oliva. Bob Allison, Earl Battey and Camilo Pascual also named among the greatest.
Friday night stock car racing returns at 8:30 p.m. with a notable event on June 13 when Verlin Bakers formerly of Blooming Prairie will race at the Chateau Speedway in Lan sing drawing area fans and local attention.
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