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La Crosse Tribune

Location

La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Aug 07, 1950

Page

13

Giants surge tightens NL pennant chase as Jansen and Maglie win

Giants climb in the National League race with wins over the Pirates led by Larry Jansen's 13th victory and Sal Maglie's ninth. Cardinals split a doubleheader with the Phillies to stay in contention as Boston, Brooklyn, and St. Louis also post victories.

Associated Press Giants Philadelphia Boston Brooklyn St. Louis Leo Durocher New York Giants Cards Larry Jansen Sal Maglie Pittsburgh Pirates Jansen

Douglas Leads All-American in Golf Tourney

Douglas tops the field with 141 after 36 holes, as Fea and Newark chase. Snead, Ferrier and Mangrum trail, with amateur McHale and Wehrle sharing the lead at two under after two rounds. Zaharias sets a tourney women’s record at 296.

Jerry Liska Chicago Rone Dave Fea Newark Dela Royal Oak Mich Skee Riegel Tulsa Okla Douglas Emmy Snead Jim Ferrier Jimmy Demaret Lloyd Mangrum Bobby Locke Snead Sambo Fredawkins Herman Keiser Skip Alexander Jag McSpaden Buck White Beverly Hanson Pasadena Calif Jimmy McHale, Jr Philadelphia Wilford Wehrle Ormond, Fla

Viroqua and De Soto Win Western Wisconsin League Games

In Viroqua Darrell Clements limited Prairie du Chien Packers to four hits with 14 strikeouts as Viroqua won 7-1. Both Darrell and Russ Clements had two hits. In De Soto B Syverson pitched eight hits for a 3-0 shutout over Soldiers Grove. Ford led the offense with three hits.

Viroqua Wis Darrell Clements Prairie du Chien Packers Russ Clements Steiner and Hermson Packers DE Soto B. Syverson Soldiers Grove Wisconsin Otis Clark Earl Ghelf F. Curti Ford Rushford Mabel Lowell McMillen Jerry Grebin Preston Tommy Grebing

La Crosse Faces Sparta In 8:15 P.M. Night League Clash

La Crosse and Sparta meet at Copeland Park at 8 15 p m in a Tri County night game. Corky Shillings starts for Sparta with Ralph Twite behind the plate. La Crosse aims to snap a four game skid and reach a 500 season mark behind a likely pitching match between Shillings and Schmikla.

la Crosse Sparta Copeland Park Crosse Trojan Battery Alger Corky) Shillings Ralph Twite Boston Braves Shillings la Crosse Central Tri-County la Crosse Junior Legion Twite Logan Luther College New Orleans Creoles Don Lefty) Gabrielson Charlie Schmikla Legion Ey Chucker AFL Schmikla Mikla Aquinas Jim Knutson Harv Krause Charlie Weigent Bill Parizek Jim Warner Orv Wetzel al Graf Todd McEldowney Gabrielson Dick Bradburn Lefty) Glasbrenner Porky Larson

New Toncontin Airport Terminal Opens in Tegucigalpa

Honduras celebrates the opening of the new Toncontín Airport Terminal in Tegucigalpa marking a milestone for local air travel and transport infrastructure.

Honduras Toncontin Airport Tegucigalpe

Trempealeau Edges Blair In 4-3 Baseball Fight

Trempealeau defeated Blair 4-3 in a tight Trempealeau Valley game. Olson pitched the complete game with eight strikeouts for Trempealeau while D Moen struck out seven for Blair. Rogness hit a triple for Blair in the eighth.

Blair Wis Trempealeau Trempealeau Valley Olson D. Moen Rogness

Golf meet opens in La Crosse junior tourney

Action centers on a 1 p.m. start for the Boys Junior golf tourney at La Crosse Country Club. The 18-hole qualifying round determines pairings for match play beginning Tuesday, with all rounds except the final set at 18 holes and the championship final featuring 36 holes.

la Crosse Country Club

City League Baseball Schedule Announced by Rod Martin

Rod Martin, director of the recreation department baseball program, released the remainder schedule for the city league. Aug 9 La Crescent vs AFL at 8 15 p m, Aug 10 doubleheader, Merchants vs Newburgs at 7 p m, VFW vs Onalaska in nightcap, Aug 12 exhibition La Crosse All Stars vs Broadway Clowns, Aug 15 doubleheader with Onalaska vs Newburys’ 7 p m opener and La Crescent vs Merchants at 9 p m, Aug 16 VFW vs AFL finale at 8 15 p m. Three All Stars exhibitions follow regular season. Doubleheaders seven innings, time limit 1 hour 55 minutes.

Rod Martin Theii Recreation Department la Crescent AFL Merchants Newburgs VFW Onalaska la Crosse

Eagle Bowling Heads State Monday Meeting

Eagle bowling captains will meet Monday night at the club to plan the coming season. The gathering starts at 8 p m and is called by league president Harry Blace.

Eagle Harry Blace

Nesheim's 17-Inning Homer Secures Spring Grove Win

Don Nesheim belted a homer with Stan Hahn aboard in the 17th inning, lifting Spring Grove to a 5-3 victory over Spring Valley and breaking a second-place deadlock in Fillmore County league. Nesheim and Moen had three hits. Hahn finished strong for Spring Grove.

Spring Grove Minn Don Nesheim Spring Valley Lanesboro Harmony Mabel Preston Rushford Canton Nesheim Stan Hahn Aitcher Duane Glenn Johnson Ralph Kneeskern Bob Young Pace Lanesboro Allen Bremseth Joe Staebell Duane Halverson Pat Caldwell Halverson Max Molock Rocky Carlson

Local golfers post sub par rounds at Maple Grove

Gale Weiss carded a three under 69 at Maple Grove Country Club while Nichols also posted sub par scores. Weiss logged a 34 on the first nine with two birdies seven pars and one bogey on the second nine. Nichols eagled the ninth twice and totaled a 34 for the second nine with multiple birdies.

Maple Grove Country Club Gale Weiss Nichols

Waggoner Wins Milwaukee District Golf Championship

Mel Waggoner of Janesville defeated Tommy Veech of Milwaukee 3 and 2 at Brynwood to capture the Milwaukee District Golf title. Other details note Bermuda Islands distances from Malifax and New York.

Milwaukee Mel Waggoner Janesville Public Links Tommy Veech Brynwood Bermuda Islands Malifax New York

Hambletonian Set Wednesday at Good Time Park

Bill Cane, longtime Hambletonian developer, stages the silver anniversary race at Good Time park in Goshen N Y. A record purse near 85 000 and an expected 21 000 crowd highlight the richest Hambletonian yet with favorites Star's Pride Lusty Song Florican Lord Steward and King's Ransom in contention. The race uses mile heats with two wins securing the trophy and purse.

Goshen N. Y Bill Cane New Jersey Cane Star’s Pride Lusty Song Florican Lord Steward King’s Ransom Miss Tilly Demon Hanover

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