Wills Keeps Dodger Speed With Mental Edge On Basepaths
Maury Wills maintains a planning mindset as he patrols the bases for the Los Angeles Dodgers. He studies pitchers, watches for give-away signals, and weighs his own frame as he pursues record numbers in stolen bases.
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Joe Reichler
Associated Press
NEW York
Maury Wills
Los Angeles Dodgers
Wills
Speedster
Ty Cobb
Cobb
Maury
Detroit Tigers
Winona Le Jetz Defeat Houston 9-1 in Gabrych Park Thriller
Winona Le Jetz toppled the Houston Legion 9-1 at Gabrych Park in Winona. Todd Spencer pitched five hitless innings before Tony Kreuzer finished, allowing a lone hit by Jim Vanderohe of Houston as Le Jetz built a early lead and cruised to the win.
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Winona
Minn
Winona LeJetz
Houston Legion
Gabrych Park
Todd Spencer
Tony Kreuzer
Jim Vanderohe
Houston
LeJetz
Bremseth
S. Bremseth
Spencer
Kreuzer
Allaire
Curran
Major League Leaders Show Steady Power and Speed Across Leagues
The American League leaders include Yastrzemski batting .332 with 133 hits and Whitfield driving 82 runs for Minnesota, while Campaneris swipes 38 bases for Kansas City. In the National League Clemente tops with a .345 average and Rose adds 144 hits, aided by Koufax’s 19 wins and 253 strikeouts for Los Angeles.
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Yastrzemski
Boston
Whitfield
Cleveland
Oliva
Minnesota
Versalles
Collavito
Horton
Detroit
Killebrew
Minnnesota
Richardson
New York
Aparicio
McDowell
Lolich
Clemente
Pittsburgh
Aaron
Milwaukee
Harper
Cincinnati
Rose
Johnson
Banks
Chicago
Williams
Callison
Philadelphia
Mays
San Francisco
McCovey
Wilis
Los Angeles
Brock
St. Louis
Koufax
Jay
Nuxhall
Gibson
Terrace Bar Edges Bohemian Hall In Extra Innings
Terrace Bar pushed across one run in the 9th inning to edge Bohemian Hall 10-9 in a Tavern League game at Copeland Park. Mossholder and Haverkamp homered for Terrace while Grosskopf homered for Bohemian Hall. Whitey’s beat Bud’s Bar 11-6 led by Fletcher two homers and Faas one. Oestricher homered for Bud’s. Glen’s beat Koelbl’s 10-8 with homers by Jackson, Priebe and Towson for Glen’s. Hauser pitched OK Bar to 7-3 over Latch’s. Monitor Bar scored 10 in first three innings to win 20-6 over Bud’s Bar. Patio Club plated 17 in a 17-8 win over Friendly Nabor with Woods two homers and Ford and Krull one each. Radell and English homered for the losers.
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Copeland Park
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Terrace
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Bohemian
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Whitey’s
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Soller
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Latch’s
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Patio Club
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Woods
Ford
Krull
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English
Ter
Bo. Hall
Lucey
Emery
Kraus
Whitey
Bud’s
DeLap
Brenner
Hefti Captures Most Fish in Pettibone Derby
Jim Hefti caught the most fish with 39 at Wednesday’s annual fishing derby held at the Lagoon in Pettibone Park. About 455 youngsters attended the event.
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Jim Hefti
Pettibone Park
Tennis Club Champions Photographed In La Crosse Tournament
La Crosse Tennis Club champions are listed with players across ages 12 to 18 winning singles and doubles titles. Notable names include Tom Grams Karen Murphy Tom Gullickson Dennis Almos Tim Gullickson Tom Murphy Kathy Carlsson Sue Gullickson Pam Lee Jan Walling Nancy Peterson Steve Largent Tim Walling Dick and Bob McLoone. The Tribune photo caption notes absence of several players.
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la Crosse
Tom Grams
Karen Murphy
Tom Gullickson
Dennis Almos
Tim Gullickson
Tom Murphy
Kathy Carlsson
Sue Gullickson
Pam Lee
Bill Menke
Jan Walling
Nancy Peterson
Steve Largent
Tim Walling
Bob McLoone
Tribune
Vikings Schedule Key Scrimmage As Camp Continues
The Minnesota Vikings plan a heavy intra squad scrimmage Saturday in Bemidji after a light practice day. Coach Norm Van Brocklin postponed contact work citing fatigue. Players Jim Marshall Bill Brown and Darrell Lester faced minor injuries but expected to be ready for the Steelers game in Atlanta. Mel Meeks, a 6 1 running back from Muskogee joined as a free agent.
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Bemidji
Minn
Minnesota Vikings
Norm van Brocklin
van Brocklin
Vikings
Pittsburgh Steelers
Atlanta
Jim Marshall
Bill Brown
Darrell Lester
Springsfield
Mass
Acorns
Koufax Aims for 30 Wins Says Gene Oliver
Milwaukee Braves executive Gene Oliver contends Sandy Koufax has a strong chance to become the first NL pitcher since Dizzy Dean in 1934 to win 30 games. Koufax, who beat Milwaukee 6-3 for his 19th win, dismissed any joke about laughing on the mound while noting the work involved in pitching.
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Milwaukee
Sandy Koufax
Los Angeles Dodgers
Gene Oliver
Milwaukee Braves
Oliver
Koufax
Braves
Dizzy Dean
Sandy
First Lutheran romps to 26 5 win in Lutheran League
Nine run first inning powers First Lutheran to a 26 5 victory over Our Redeemer at Memorial East Field. Willet hits two homers for First Lutheran while Fallendorf and Molzahn add one each.
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Fallendorf
Molzahn
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Thompson
Good Shepherd
Immanuel
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Our Savior
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Mt. Calvary
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Trinity
Rodgers
Runke
Lenser
Tanke
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