Killebrew's ninth inning homer seals 4-3 win for Twins
Harmon Killebrew hit a leadoff ninth inning homer off Al Downing to give the Minnesota Twins a 4-3 victory over the New York Yankees at Metropolitan Stadium. Rich Rollins singled ahead of the blast, with Bob Allison and Rollins contributing earlier offense as Camilo Pascual held the Yankees to three runs through eight innings before Al Worthington earned the win.
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Lew Ferguson
New York
Minneapolis - ST. Paul
Yankees
Harmon Killebrew
Sam Mele
Minnesota Twins
Killebrew
Metropolitan Stadium
Rich Rollins
al Downing
Twins
Rollins
Mele
Allison
Camilo Pascual
Yanks
Pascual
al Worthington
Minnesota
Kubek
Versalles
Downing
Okostroph
Kindall
Batteyph
Goryl
Pascuale
Mincher
Wisconsin Junior Golfers Stage State Amateur Final
University of Wisconsin juniors Dave Penn and Jay Lohmiller reached the 36 hole championship round in the 63rd Wisconsin Amateur Golf Tournament. Penn defeated Ralph Schlicht 2 up after a strong putting day, while Lohmiller led Randy Robel 5 and 4 at the turn before closing with a 75 to Robel’s 78. The Madison pair, both Blackhawk CC members and UW teammates, edged toward the title as Jeff Radder and Dan Nitz provided the other final pairing options.
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Dave Penn
Jay Lohmiller
Penn
Lohmiller
Blackhawk Country Club
Butch) Schlicht
Madison
Randy Robel
Hartford
University of Wisconsin
Ralph “Butch” Schlicht
Blackhawk
Jeff Radder
Dan Nitz
Janesville
Schlicht
Robel
Waukesha
Whitewater State
Legion Baseball Fund Drive Reaches 253 in La Crosse
The La Crosse Legion baseball fund drive has raised 253 dollars toward sending 16 players two coaches and a bat boy to the State Meet August 5 to 9 in Appleton. Thirty four of 35 merchants contacted contributed with deadlines at 8 am next Wednesday. A further canvass is planned for Monday and Tuesday.
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la Crosse Legion
Appleton
Bill Parizek
Roy Wasmuth
American Legion Baseball Club
American Legion Club
la Crosse
Quinn’s Sport Shop
S and H’ Sport Shop
Paul Wuest
la Crosse Printing Co
Harold’s Men’s Wear
Berry and Morrison
Hamm’s
Roth’s Flor- Mart
Klein and Son Insurance
Ellickson Studio
Four Gunners Star At Airport Trap Club Shoot
Four gunners led the Airport Trap Club event with perfect 25x25 scores. Names include Kleinschmidt L Dittenger Hodons Becker and others posting top totals. another shoot is planned Sunday.
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Ron Kleinschmidt
L. Dittinger
Les Hodons
D. Becker
Kleinschmidt
L. Dittenger
W. Svee
Pickering
Doc Doyle
J. Pertzsch
Bob Hengel
L. McCoy
Ken Happle
Dave Hecht
Myrt Morrison Leads Country Club Women
Myrt Morrison shot 58 and a low net 68 to pace 18 hole women’s play at La Crosse Country Club in an individual horse race. Lindy Davis was second in class A with 49, Rachel Berg led class B with 53, Vi Nichols second with 49, and Marie Hafner had a low net of 76. Libby Schirmacher toped nine hole class A with 27 and 37 net. Jane Barton led class A with 26. Kay Malo 30 and Margaret Kosbab 40 in class B.
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Myrt Morrison
la Crosse Country Club
Lindy Davis
Rachel Berg
Vi Nichols
Marie Hafner
Libby Schirmacher
Jane Barton
Kay Malo
Margaret Kosbab
Our Savior’s Ties Trinity For First In JCL
Our Savior’s defeated Trinity 10 to 9 at Houska Park to pull even atop the Junior Church League standings. Dave Johnson collected four hits for Our Savior’s while Ken Jensen and Russ Kroner homered for Trinity. Both teams sit at 6-2 on the season.
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Our Savior’s
Trinity
Houska Park
Dave Johnson
Ken Jensen
Russ Kroner
Houston and New York split tight National League game notes
The Houston Astros and New York Mets split a doubleheader with a 3 2 decision and a 6 2 win for New York. Notable performances include home runs by Grote for Houston and Kranepool for New York, with pitchers Larsen and Lary recording decisions.
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Houston
New York
Larsen
Woodeshirk
Grote
Lary
Gonder
Cannizzaro
W— J Lary
L—Larsen
Johnson
Raymond
Nottebart
Fisher
W.fisher
L—Johnson
Kranepool
Tiger TKO’s Gonzalez in Sixth Round at Madison Square Garden
In a nationally televised bout, Dick Tiger pounds Jose Gonzalez to a sixth round technical knockout at Madison Square Garden. Tiger, once champion, proves he still has title-worthy power as he improves to 48 wins with 23 knockouts. Gonzalez drops to 10 losses in 39 fights.
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Associated Press
New York
Dick Tiger
Joey Giardello
Jose Gonzalez
Madison Square Garden
Tiger
Giardello
Ruben Carter
Carter
Invader
Africa
Gonzalez
Arthur Mercante
Tiger Ion
Oldest California race track Tanforan burns
Tanforan, California's oldest race track, was destroyed by fire in the abandoned three story grandstand and clubhouse. The blaze collapsed the grand stand wall into the street, disrupting service for hours. The 142 acre site, once used for racing until 1963, has been sold for 6.15 million dollars for residential and commercial development. The fire's cause was under investigation.
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San Bruno
Calif
Tanforan
California
San Francisco
Racine and Waukesha Victories Open Wisconsin State Baseball Tourney
Racine Redbirds rallied for a 5 3 win over Brown Deer as four hits produced three runs. Waukesha edged Milwaukee Police 2 1 behind Gary Siedschlag five hit pitching, preserving a shutout until the final inning.
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Milwaukee
Racine Redbirds
Waukesha
County Stadium
Redbirds
Brown Deer
Milwaukee Police Department
Ion
Gary Siedschlag
Little League Field Day Slated At BRF
BLACK RIVER FALLS Wis The Jackson Little League field day will be at Marks Little League Field starting 6 30 p m Tuesday Aug 4 Final team standings Gamble Store Sox 14 4 Co op Credit Union Twins 12 6 National Guard Braves 10 8 Torgersons Orioles 10 8 Texaco Cubs 7 11 Millis Brothers Tigers 1 7
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Black River Falls
Wis
Jackson Little League
Marks Little League
Gamble Store Sox
Co-op Credit Union Twins
National Guard Braves
Torgerson’s ‘Orioles
Texaco Cubs
and Millis Brothers Tigers
Christ Episcopal Wins Fifth Straight Softball Game
Christ Episcopal dominated English Lutheran 29 to 2 at Houska Park on Friday to stretch their Senior Church League win streak to five. Fred Abraham collected four hits including a homer, while Bob Schroeder added two homers. Trinity forfeited its game against Temple Baptist.
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Christ Episcopal
Houska Park
English Lutheran
Fred Abraham
Bob Schroeder
Trinity
Temple Baptist
Baldschun
Chris Short
Frank Howard
Ron Fairly
Phillies
Clay Dalrymple
Reds
Julian Javier
Bill White
Vada Pinson
Cardinals
White
Frank Lary
Mets
Bob Lillis
Nellie Fox
Jack Fisher
Colts
Ed Kranepool
Winnebagoes Play At De Soto Sunday
The La Crosse Winnebagoes aim for their third straight win Sunday night at 8 15 against De Soto. The team beat De Soto earlier this year 8 5.
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Winnebagoes
de Soto
la Crosse Winnebagoes
Miss Dahl Holds 3rd in National Rodeo Pole Bending
Rene Dahl of Westby Wisconsin placed third in the girls pole bending race as the National High School Rodeo enters its second go around Finals set for Sunday in Albert Lea Minnesota.
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Miss Dahl
Albert Lea
Minn
Rene Dahl
Westby
Wis
Naitional High School
Orioles Split as Pizarro Wins 14th in Season
Orioles drop a pair to Kansas City 7 6 after Ed Charles homer sinks McNally in the ninth. Juan Pizarro improved to 14 5 with a 6 0 whitewash of Washington. Brooks Robinson homered for Baltimore as Hank Bauer eyes more Bunker balance.
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Orioles
Juan Pizarro
McNally
A’s
Stu Miller
Steve Barber
Ed Charles
Barber
Bauer
Chicago White Sox
Washington
Cleveland
Detroit
Boston
Los Angeles Angels
Bunker
Rocky Colavito
Brooks Robinson
Baltimore
Bob Johnson
Charles
Ken Harrelson
Johnson
Jim Gentile
Doc Edwards
Exit McNally
Berto Campaneris
Miller
Nelson Mathews
Mathews
Wayne Causey
Jon Dick Brown
Pizarro
Bill Skowron
Ron Lee
Braves Dominate Cubs 13 3 Behind Sadowski Six Hit Effort
Milwaukee rips Chicago 13 to 3 as Bob Sadowski wins his fifth against six losses. Joe Torre Aaron Menke and De La Hoz drive in runs with homers triples and solid hits. Hank Aaron belts his 16th homer and Rico Carty Ed Matthews contribute in early innings as Milwaukee powers past Chicago at Wrigley Field.
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Chicago
Joe Torre
Menke
RFC
Hank Aaron
Denis Menke
de la Hoz
Sadower
Milwaukee Ski i Power
Braves
Tso
Chi Flourish
Cubs
Sadowski
Er de la Hoz
Woody Woodward
Maye
Aaron
Andreas Rodgers
Milwaukee
Bob Sadowski
Joe Amalfitano
Warren Spahn
Bob Buhl
Buhl
St. Louis Cardinals
Cincinnati
Rico Carty
Torre
Ed Mathews
Lee Maye
Mathews
Doug Clemens
Mike de la Hoz
Baseball Standings and Weekend Results Across Leagues
American League standings list New York Baltimore Chicago and others with records around and above .600. Weekend results show Baltimore and Cleveland strong while Detroit and Kansas City stumble. National League standings include Philadelphia San Francisco Cincinnati and Milwaukee with late games and Monday schedules.
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G.B
New York
Baltimore
Chicago
Los Angeles
Boston
Minnesota Wb
Detroit
Cleveland
Kansas City
Washington
Minnesota
Kansas
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Houston
Milwaukee
Pittsburgh
Coon Valley To Host Chaseburg In Tri-State Baseball
Coon Valley Wisconsin hosts Chaseburg tonight at 8 o clock in a Tri-State league baseball game.
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Coon Valley
Wis
Chaseburg
Dick Tiger Stops Jose Gonzalez In New York Bout
Dick Tiger defeats Jose Gonzalez by stoppage in New York. The Lagos based boxer advances in the light middleweight clash with a stoppage at six rounds.
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New York
Dick Tiger
Lagos
Nigeria
Jose Gonzalez
De La Hoz Proves Braves Bargain In Cubs Win
Mike de la Hoz, a late trade pickup for Atlanta, shone in a 13 3 victory over Chicago. He hit a single, walked twice, scored once, and raised his batting average to .300 while contributing sharp defense at second after Ed Mathews returned, including a sparkling sixth inning play that stifled a Cubs rally.
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Mike de la Hoz
Braves
Chicago
Mike de la
Frank Bell Hoz
Camejing
Milwaukee
Chicago Cubs
de la Hoz
Ed Mathews
Mathews
Billy Williams
de la Haz
Williams
Felipe Alou
Major League Leaders Batting and Pitching Highlights
The list covers top hitters and pitchers with league leaders in at bats runs hits and power numbers. Names include Williams Clemente Mays Oliva Killebrew Aparicio Brock and Koufax among others with figures for runs batted in doubles triples home runs and strikeouts. Team affiliations span Chicago Pittsburgh San Francisco Minnesota Boston Baltimore and New York.
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Williams
Chicago
Clemente
Pittsburgh
Mays
San Francisco
Allen
Philadelphia
Boyer
St. Louis
Santo
Pinson
Cincinnati
Wills
Los Angeles
Brock
Koufax
Marichal
Drysdale
Oliva
Minnesota
Mantle
New York
Allison
Stuart
Boston
Killebrew
B. Robinson
Baltimore
Bressoud
Yastrzemski
Freigoss
Versalles
Pirates errors sink to 8-6 loss to Giants in sloppily played game
The Pirates commit six errors led by Mazeroski Bailey and Pagliaroni as San Francisco beats Pittsburgh 8 to 6. Mazeroski's misthrows and Bailey’s errors help fuel a three-run fifth and an eighth inning surge by the Giants.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh Pirates
San Francisco Giants
Pirates
New York Mets
Giants
San Francisco
Bill Mazeroski
Bob Bailey
Jim Pagliaroni
Bailey
Hal Lanier
Lanier
Pagliaroni
Willie Mays
Mazeroski
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Blass
Sisk
W—Shaw
Tsitours
Purkey
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Cuellar
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Taylor
McCarver
W—Tsitouris
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Racine
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BRF
LA Crescent Legion
Post 595
Austin
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Gary
Rock) Lawrynk
Rich Meixner
Don
Butch) Murphy
Mike Ryan
Bill Harris
Roger Curran
Rich Ahrens
Gary Johnson
Steve Seiler
Don Schlicht
Bob Isbell
Rcy Lawrynk
Glen Peterson
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Hank Bauer
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Matty Alou
Billy O'Dell
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Jack Baldschun
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State Farm Insurance Companies
Bloomington
Illinois
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