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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1955
Page
11
Tomah beat Wilton 12 to 5 in an exhibition game at Tomah Wisconsin. Don Peth starred with a single double and triple in five at bats driving in four runs. Wilton’s Gib Schultz homered with the bases empty in the first and added a run-scoring single in the third.
Multiple league games listed for West Ave and parks including Dairyland Power Co-Op vs Allis-Chalmers, Copeland-Northern States Power vs Borden's Memorial, Northwest.W. A Roosevelt Co vs Ellis Lotheran, Bethel Lutheran vs Our Saviors Lutheran, First Lutheran vs Our Redeemer Lutheran, Emmanuel Lutheran vs Trinity Lutheran, Paul Lutheran vs English Lutheran, T-Squares vs Jphans Lueth Park, Braves vs Labs, Longfellow-Mawk-Eyes vs Old Grant Dacs, City Horseshoe Tournament at Mouska Park 7 00 pm.
Stan Musial belted his 24th homer and 1,090th extra base hit, but the Cardinals lost 6 to 2 at Milwaukee. Musial, on pace for 1,000 extra bases, shrugged off the milestone while George Crowe went 3 for 3 at first base during a rough stretch for St. Louis. Warren Spahn earned his 10th win as Braves held firm.
National Guard units stage a donkey softball game at North Side Park Saturday at 8:15 p.m. Donkeys replace players on all teams except pitcher and catcher while rules require mounting after hits and remounting before throwing. Guardsmen on Service Co. include Richard Graff and Leroy Graff. Battery A roster features Gene Rogers and Norman Pohlman.
Tremplo Sportsmen Club will host a field day at Perrot Park near Trempealeau Wisconsin on Sunday August 14. Events include a coon chase poultry shoot and retriever trials with prizes and trophies. The retriever stakes start at 8 00 a m with Hunting Dog Special and Amateur Handled and Trained categories.
The La Crosse Tribune reports last month action in the Northern Baseball League with Eau Claire beating Grand Forks 8-6 and Superior edging Aberdeen 4-3. Winnipeg beat St. Paul 4-3 and Fargo-Moorhead defeated Duluth 9-2 as Eau Claire outfielder Dick Phil...
In Tuesday night Classic league play at Trane Park and Houska Park Peerless Beer Depot and Causeway Beer Depot each won featuring grand slam shots. Al Harnish hit a bases loaded homer for Peerless in the first inning against Rowley’s to propel a 7-3 win. Dick Hackett belted a grand slam for Causeway in the first inning, sparking a 9-4 victory over Rustic Inn as darkness halted play after five innings.
In Chicago the Tam O'Shanter world tourney grips golf prestige as the Tam international matches end with a close predicted finish. Eight matches today will decide if the United States can mirror last year’s 6½ to 5½ victory while players like Ford Biagetti Demaret Haas and Kroll contest foes from Argentina Mexico Spain Japan Australia and Canada. In yesterday's play Ford Biagetti and Hebert Wininger split wins, Gutierrez Thomson Demaret and Haas triumphed, with a deadlock in the final pairing leaving the cup very much undecided.
Glen's Tavern pulled even in the tavern j league by beating Kabat's 7 to 3 in a makeup game at West Avenue. Glen's improved to 15 wins and 8 losses while Kabat's fell to 7 and 24. Guether, R. Smith and Blum had three hits for Glen's.
Hogan wins the South Side midget championship by defeating Copeland North Side 13 to 8 on West Avenue. Ron Larson pitched well for Hogan, backed by an 18 hit attack led by Big Netzer, Tom Flood, Jim Schultz, Larry Craighead and Dave Gaynor. Schultz hit a home run. Copeland’s Bob Dunham pitched the distance with Dave Colburn catching.
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