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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1958
Page
11
Roxie Fuller reached the finals in three events and won the junior girls singles to give La Crosse a championship in the Western Wisconsin Open. The La Crosse Tennis Club tournament drew 81 entrants from six states with Fuller also contesting the women's singles and doubles.
Milwaukee Braves announce Mel Roach will have knee surgery Tuesday after a torn ligament from a collision with Giants' Daryl Spencer. Roach is out for about six weeks, missing the rest of the season as Red Schoendienst returns. Mantilla also sidelined with facial injuries after crashing into the outfield fence.
La Crosse area tennis triumphs crown Fuller in girls singles and doubles titles. Sorum of Madison topples Meyer to claim women’s singles. Seiy, a Hungarian refugee, wins men’s singles. Eisner tops junior boys in Manitowoc event.
Lee Paul fired a six hit shutout as Bangor blanked La Crosse 2-0 at Copeland Park. Parizek led La Crosse with three hits, but Bangor stifled the visitors after the opening inning. Stanton contributed two hits for Bangor, which sits 4-1 in the second half.
Dodgers and Cardinals split a twin bill as Milwaukees Braves rode a six game win streak to a five game NL lead with a 4-3 and 6-0 over the Giants. Pirates edged St. Louis 2-0 in one game, while the other was halted by curfew.
The Nitehawks blanked the Mohawks 14 0 at Houska Park as Rube Gooderum pitched a no hit game with seven strikeouts and four walks while adding a home run to lead his team to a 10 1 league mark The Mohawks fall to 5 5 in Trane Co Plant League play Abegglen had four hits including a home run Guentz also homered for the Nitehawks The Pencil Pushers beat the Trances 23 6 at Trane Park for their 12th win in 15 league games R Wuensch Churchill and Henthorne each had three hits Churchill hit two home runs while M Wuensch Uhler and L Wuensch added one each R Wuensch limited the Trances to six hits for their eighth loss in 13 games.
The record highlights top 250 at bats hitters in the National and American Leagues. Ashburn and Mays lead NL batters in hits, Banks dominates RBIs and home runs, with runs and steals led by Banks and Mays. Pitching leaders include Turley and Turley again for strikeouts and win percentages.
Chicago White Sox beat New York 3-1 and 4-0 as Dick Donovan and Ray Moore struck out batters and held the Yankees to three and five hits. Boston and Detroit won, while Cleveland fell from second after losing twice to the Red Sox.
Halfback John Symank and tackle Forrest Gregg reported to Green Bay Packers training camp in De Pere Wisconsin. They are returnees from military service. Coach Ray McLean expects center Jim Ringo to arrive soon and praised the team's scrimmage with determined rookie Joe Francis of Oregon State shining in passing.
The Braves box score shows San Francisco 012 OO OOS and Milwaukee 002 O1x-4 with Adcock and Davenport delivering key hits. Spencer, Davenport, Mathews, O’Connell, Cepeda, and Logan figure in the fielding and RBI tallies as Trowbridge picks up the win and Antonelli takes the loss.
Milwaukee Braves win 4-3 in the opener behind Bob Trowbridge who relieves in the third. Joe Adcock hits a 470-foot homer, Aaron adds key hits, and Spahn blanks the Giants 6-0 for his 14th victory. Willie Mays and Bresaud reach third base but fail to swing momentum.
In a low scoring game San Francisco tops Milwaukee 2 to 0. Cepeda and Spencer produced key hits while pitchers Gomez Worthington and Johnson limited the other side. attendance listed as 42,498 with a 2:10 runtime.
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