Big 76th Post Rivalry Renewed At La Crosse Park
La Crosse baseball fans will see Camp McCoy’s 96th Infantry vs Post nines Sunday at 2 30 p m in a season rivalry game sponsored by the La Crosse Junior Association of Commerce. Gate receipts go to the McCoy athletic fund with advance tickets listed at local outlets.
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Brewers Open Series With Colonels After Biggs Arrival
The Milwaukee Brewers open a series with the Louisville Colonels as Arky Biggs joins from City Blues to fill third base. Biggs hits .370 and strengthens Milwaukee after a 5 game win streak. Louisville trails by three in the standings. Vic Logan stars for Indiana as Millers blank Miners 6 0 in the night cap.
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Don's Meets Waterloo At Hands Of Vic's
The Don's softball team of the Tevern league lost to Vic's 8 to 0 on Roosevelt diamond. Vic's hitters Banasik and Coelbe each had three at bats, Mike hit a two run homer, while Don's managed five hits and no errors. Vic's pitchers Dykeman and Ames allowed the shutout with help from solid defense.
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Boatman Wins High Ringer in Good Fellowship Horseshoe
Kenny Boatman tops Thursday event with a 49 percent ringer average as Bob Ejisler's team leads with 28 wins and 12 losses. Al Svee's squad 18–22, Al Jungbluth and Wally Schmeckpeper tied for third at 17–23. Schmeckpeper second high finger man at 45 percent. Regular league play canceled next week due to city tournament.
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Free-For-All Pace Tops Grand Circuit Card at OLD ORCHARD BEACH
Three pacers will race in the free-for-all pace on today's Grand Circuit program in Old Orchard Beach Maine. Carty Nagle, age 11, has a mile record of two minutes flat, set as a 10 year old. Purdue Hall and Odios join the field after fast season marks. Eleven two year olds named for a trot event. Also scheduled are a classified pace class 25 trot and a four year old trot.
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Box Scores P near Cherbourg in France is the site of town walls built in the 11th century.
Readable text notes Cherbourg area near France with reference to town walls dating from the 11th century. The fragment mentions a site near Cherbourg and medieval fortifications. No scores, teams, or clear events are provided.
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Entries For Fair Run Saturday 2 24 Trot Purse 400
Horse entries listed for a Saturday 2:24 trot event with a 400 purse. Owners and locations include Louis Saam West Allis Wisconsin agent George Dewar Westfield Wisconsin Glenn Barker Chicago Illinois Albert Gemmer Blue Mound Illinois Perry Rutledge Storm Lake Iowa Mrs John Henneck Harvard Illinois R 3 James C Perrin Bloomington Wisconsin.
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Harness Racing Sets Big Field At La Crosse Fair Weekend
Weather permitting, three days of harness racing begin today at 2 p m at the La Crosse Inter-State Fair. The program features large entries in the 2:18 pace and 2:24 trot with divisions planned for the crowded fields, and Sunday showcases the area’s fastest 2:10 class horses led by The Mint Guy Barnes Holly G Gayland Vor gamar Linehan Jeanette and All Spencer.
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Fieweger Commands Craft In Normandy Invasion
Jim Fieweger of Lawrence College reportedly commanded a landing craft during the Normandy invasion. Friends in Appleton confirm the versatile track and field athlete’s role in the Allied assault.
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Cubs Break Into First Division With Brooklyn Sweep
Chicago Cubs surge to the NL first division after a 6-2 and 7-1 doubleheader wins over Brooklyn. Bill Nicholson homers twice to push his season total, while Pitcher Bob Chipman improves to 11-4 with help from Claude Passeau. St Louis pounds Pittsburgh 15-2 as Teddy Wilks earns his 10th win. White Sox pull even with Detroit in AL after 3-2 and 5-1 wins.
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Pro and amateur golfers tee off in La Crosse Country Club match
Pro and amateur golfers will tee off at 1 30 p m Sunday at the La Crosse Country Club in a best ball format with cash prizes for pros and war bonds and golf gear for amateurs. Seventeen pairings feature players from La Crosse Philadelphia Providence and more with seven all amateur teams. First prize is 25 for the pros and a 25 war bond for the amateurs plus additional prizes and an individual low gross award. Public invited to attend.
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Bucky Walters Began Pro Career With High Point 1929
Cincinnati Reds star Bucky Walters started as a pitcher with High Point in the Piedmont league in 1929, marking the early stage of his professional baseball career.
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Franklin Dies Of Injuries After Boxing Knockout
Newark report says Lem Franklin, 28, Chicago heavyweight, died ten days after a knockout. Essex County medical examiner Dr. Harrison Martland said a brain injury from the punch or fall proved fatal, with autopsy showing concussion hemorrhages and no guaranteed healing path. Franklin collapsed after being knocked out by Larry Lane in Meadow Brook Bowl on July 24.
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Seventeen Players From 1941 All Star Game Enter War Service
Seventeen major league players who participated in the 1941 All Star Game have entered military service. The list includes several notable stars as they report for duty, reflecting the impact of global events on professional baseball and the nation.
Jim White To Face Bears In Charity Classic
Notre Dame tackle Jim White joins the College All-Star team to play the Chicago Bears August 30 at Dyche Stadium Evanston. White, 210 pounds, earned near unanimous All-American honors as a Navy V-12 student and played as a 1943 champion. Other selections include Bill Huber John Andretich Jim Dewar Bob Zimny Roy Grefe and J C Coffey with veterans from Camp Grant.
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Registration for YMCA Stay at Home Camp Ends Saturday
The third and last period of the YMCA Stay At Home Camp for boys ages 8 to 14 ends Saturday night August 5. Registrations must be completed at the main desk and signed by parents. The third period begins Monday August 7 at 9 am and runs two weeks three days each week. Basketball was invented in 1801 by James Naismith.
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