Ferriss Wins No 21 For Red Sox In 7 4 Victory
Delta Dave Ferriss pitched his 14th straight complete game and earned win number 21 as Boston, leading the league, defeated the New York Yankees 7 4. Ted Williams hit his 32nd homer and Johnny Pesky scored on the blast while Ferriss limited the visitors to three singles through eight innings.
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Boston
Red Sox
New York Yankees
Delta Dave Ferriss
Ferriss
Ted Williams
Johnny Pesky
Bobby Doerr
New York
Bonham
Queen
Nierhos
Fertie
H. Wagner
All-America Loop Players Lead All-Star Squad Clash
Chicago reports the 13th annual College All-Star game at Soldier Field with McMillin guiding the All-America Conference squad against NFL power Los Angeles Rams. Key starters include Indiana’s Bob Hoernschmeyer and Wisconsin’s Elroy Hirsch. Rams feature Elmer Angsman and Pat Harder. Evanston notes Indiana’s Hillenbrand, Harder, and Hirsch spark a Blues win in the intra-squad game 28 0 as prep for next week’s showdown.
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Chicago
Soldier Field
Bo McMillin
Los Angeles Rams
McMillin
Indiana
Rams
Cleveland
A.A
Elmer Angsman
Notre Dame
Pat Harder
Wisconsin
Chicago Cardinals
Jack Russell
Baylor
Max Morris
Northwestern
Martin Ruby
Texas A. & M
Mitchell Olenski
Alabama
Wisco Greich
Santa Clara
Garrard Ramsey
William and Mary
Bob Hoernschmeyer
Elroy Hirsch
Evanston
Ill
Billy Jilienbrand
Blues
Hillenbrand
Beckwith Holds MC Bat Lead In Monroe County Race
Sparta’s Bill Beckwith remains atop the Monroe County Baseball league batting race with a .404 average after a one hit performance in four at bats. Newcomers push the top tier as Roland Schell and K Parr near the 30 at bat threshold with strong early marks and high averages through 29 and 24 appearances respectively.
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Sparta
Wis
Bill Beckwith
Monroe County
E. Myers
K. Buchholz
Beckwith
Buchholz
Myers
M. Aney
Roland Schell
Norwalk
Schell
K. Parr
Ontario
Football Season Starts Across Wisconsin Colleges
Logan begins workouts August 26 under Head Coach Harold Blank with Rod Martin Art Bronson and Charlie Horton on staff. Central begins Labor Day drills with Walter Weigent coaching the Red Raiders and Willard Hanson and Harold Wheelock as assistants. Aquinas aims to start Labor Day under Phil Schrempf with Jimmy Quinn as mentor. Teachers College under Clyde B Smith plans Sept 28 opener versus St Marys at Winona. Western conference football practices open Monday with about 700 candidates at Illinois Wisconsin Iowa Indiana. Purdue Northwestern Minnesota Michigan and Ohio State start a week later totaling over 1,200 players including returning war veterans.
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College All-Stars
Los Angeles Rams
Chicago
la Crosse
Logan
Central
Aquinas
Teachers College
Rangers
Loganites
Harold (Nook) Blank
Rodney Martin
Art Bronson
Charlie Horton
Winona
Decorah
Willard Hanson
Harold Wheelock
McDonnell
Chippewa Falls
Clyde B. Smith
Teachers College Indians
Smith
Floyd Gautsch
Bob
Illinois
Wisconsin
Iowa
Indiana
Purdue
Northwestern
Minnesota
Michigan
Ohio State
Derouin and Kenney Set for City Tennis Final
On August 25 at the Teachers College courts Herman Derouin defends his city men's singles title against challenger Leo Kenney. Kenney led 2-1 last Sunday before a knee injury halted play, and the final was postponed to this Sunday.
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Herman
Babe) Derouin
Leo Kenney
Teachers College
Derouin
Kenney
Babe
Leo
Weekend and weekday youth leagues schedule across multiple sites
Recreation Baseball Intermediate League games listed for Monday through Friday at several fields including Copeland Hixon and North Side with matchups such as Merchants vs City Cars Trojans vs La Crosse Laundry and Raiders vs Doerflinger s. North Side Juniors and White Sox vs Canaries on Tuesday with 9 10:15 start times. Junior Legion and North Side Junior schedule show Copeland and T C fields with practices noted.
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Merchants
City Cars
Copeland
Red Sox
Trojans
Hixon
Raiders
Doerflinger'’s
la Crosse Laundry
North Side Cubs
Cardinals
Cubs
FBI
Hornets
White Sox
Canaries
Winhawks
Outers Labs
Rippers
Long Ones
City Cats
Wildcats
North Side
Eries
Eagles
Rangers
McDaniels
Junior Legion
le Crescent
T. C
T.C
Iverson and Christensen Face Proxy's Trophy Final
Carl Iverson and Art Christensen meet at La Crosse Country Club for the annual President's Trophy final. Christensen advanced by defeating Roy Poehling Saturday 2 up, carding 76 to Poehling's 81, including a 30-foot birdie at 18.
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Carl Iverson
Art Christensen
la Crosse
Christensen
Roy Poehling
Iverson
Poehling
Suggs Sweeps Western Amateur Title In 11 and 10 Victory
Louise Suggs of Lithia Springs Georgia captured her seventh major of the season by defeating Mary McMillin of Green Bay Wisconsin 11 and 10 in the 46th annual Women's Western Amateur at the Country Club. Suggs led with a 75 in the morning and was 35 over eight holes in the afternoon.
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Cleveland
Georgia
Louise Suggs
Country Club
Lithia Springs
Mary McMillin
Phyllis Otto
Mildred
Babe Didrikson
Miss Suggs
Des Moines
Miss Otto
Zaharias
Patty Berg
Miss McMill
Suggs
Mary
Ladies Classic Bowling League Meeting Set for Tuesday
The Ladies Classic bowling league will meet at Pla-Mar alleys Tuesday night at 8 p m Leone Lowell secretary states that all teams wishing to bowl this season must be represented by their captain or another member at the meeting to participate.
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Pla-Mar
Leone Lowell
Seven Games Left In Loop Play Onalaska Legion To Meet Wednesday
The Loop baseball race narrows with seven games remaining including a key Wednesday showdown between Onalaska and the Legion. AFL leads third round but needs three wins. Legion and Onalaska battle for post season positioning as CIO, Peerless, VFW, and others jockey for spots. Playoff dates to be announced.
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Onalaska, Legion
AFL
Legion
Onalaska
Legion Boys
CIO
Peerless
VFW
American Legion
Peerless Legion
CIIO
Baseball Standings and Weekend Schedule Notes
Standings from EF press show AL: Boston 7 New York 4 Washington 12 3 Philadelphia 7 5 Detroit 7 St. Louis 3 Chicago 4 Cleveland 1 NL: Chicago 2 Pittsburgh 1 Rain forecast for Philadelphia at Brooklyn and Boston at New York. Sunday schedule lists multiple intercity matchups and doubleheaders across leagues.
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Boston
New York
Washington
Philadelphia
Detroit
St. Louis
Chicago
Cleveland
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
American Association Milwaukee
Toledo
Kansas City
Columbus
Minneapolis
Indianapolis
St. Paul
Louisville
States adopt meadow lark as official bird
The meadow lark serves as the official bird for Kansas Montana Nevada North Dakota Oregon South Dakota and Wyoming in a coordinated state designation recognizing the native songbird.
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States
Kansas
Montana
Nevada
North Dakota
Oregon
South Dakota
Wyoming
Willie Pep to Fight Doll Rafferty in Milwaukee
Matchmaker Al Fain announced Willie Pep world flyweight champion will meet Doll Rafferty Milwaukee lightweight in a 10 round bout scheduled for August 26 in Milwaukee. Viscusi confirmed by phone from New York and will sign articles Monday. Rafferty must weigh 136 pounds or the fight could be canceled.
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Milwaukee
al Fain
Willie Pep
Doll Rafferty
Fain
Pep
Lou Viscusi
New York
Viscusi
Rafferty
Wings Trade Five Players For Summers
Detroit Red Wings announce a five player sale to St Louis of the American league for rights to defenseman Dan Summers. Key names include Sydney Howe, Carl Liscombe, Roland Rossignol, Eddie Bush, and Tommy Wilson, with Howe noted as the league’s all time scorer.
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Detroit
Detroit Red Wings
National Hockey League
Sydney Harris Howe
St. Louis
Dan Summers
Howe
Wings
Carl Liscombe
Roland Rossignol
Eddie Bush
Tommy Wilson
Indianapolis
Liscombe
Philley Sisti Tied For Batting Lead In A A Standings
Switch hitting Dave Philley of Milwaukee and Libby Sisti of Indianapolis share the American Association batting lead with .347 after 34 games and 15 hits for Philley. Johnny McCarthy trails at .345 for Minneapolis with several others below.
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Chicago
Dave Philley
Milwaukee
Indianapolis
Libby Sisti
American Association
Johnny McCarthy
Minneapolis
Johnny Dickshot
al White
Toledo
Chick Genovese
Louisville
al Roberge
Paul Lehner
John Douglas
St. Paul
Jerry Witte
Onalaska Faces Ridge Nine AFL At Holmen
In Little Eight baseball action Onalaska meets Middle Ridge on Ridge’s home diamond while Ettrick visits Galesville. Holmen hosts the La Crosse AFL club in an exhibition contest.
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Onalaska
AFL
Holmen
Middle Ridge
Ettrick
Galesville
la Crosse
Recreation Softball Lutheran Church League Schedule
The schedule lists August games across venues Hood Longfellow Onalaska Hogan and South Avenue Copeland. Bethel faces Our Savior s on Monday August 19 Trinity meets Mt Calvary Onalaska plays English St Paul encounters Emmanuel while Hogan hosts St Paul later.
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Bethel
Our Savior’s
Hood
Trinity
Mt. Calvary
Longfellow
Onalaska
English
St. Paul
Emmanuel
Hogan
South Avenue
Copeland
Our Savior's
La Crosse Jr Legion Headed to West Bend for State Meet
Junior Legion baseball of La Crosse defending the state title travels to West Bend Wisconsin for the August 30 through September 1 meet. A special night game at Copeland Park Monday aids fund drive as the squad, led by captains Jimmy Wanner and Gene Smith, prepares for a strong showing with a strengthened pitching staff and key veterans from last year.
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Junior Legion Baseball of
la Crosse
West Bend
Wis
Junior Legion
Copeland Park
la Crescent
Root River Valley Loop
Legion
Rod Martin
Jimmy Wanner
Gene Smith
Wanner
Smith
Bobby Falk
Ralph Twite
Willard Tanke
Jim Larson
Martin
Merlin Nehring
Fred Meir
Everett
Two Softball Tilts Set For West Avenue To Decide La Crosse State Bid
A 12 inch softball doubleheader at West Avenue playground starts at 9 30 AM with Eagles facing Heile mans and St Wencels against Auto Lite. A 3 3 tie last night left St Wencels and Auto Lite vying for the right to represent La Crosse at Manitowoc from August 31 to September 2. St Wencels led 7 4 last night but games went eight innings before darkness. Kabat homered for St Wencels in the sixth.
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West Avenue Playground
Eagles
Heileman’s
St. Wencel’s
Auto- Lite
la Crosse
Manitowoc
Kabat
Wencel’s
Carroll
Devine
Panke
Christopher
Auto-Lite
PGA Tourney Begins Monday in Portland Oregon
A field of about 120 professional golfers tees off Monday in the 28th National PGA Golf tournament in Portland. Teacher Ted ingworth of Waverly club earned entry as cancellations opened spots for Pacific Northwest pros. His star pupils Byron Nelson and Ben Hogan join Sam Snead and Lloyd Mangrum in an exhibition “Texas against the world” before the PGA event.
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Portland
Ore
Tedingworth
Waverly Club
Pacific Northwest
Glen Gardens
Fort Worth
Tex
Byron Nelson
Ben Hogan
Longworth
Lone Star
Texas
Hogan
Hershey
Nelson
Toledo
Sam Snead
Hot Springs
Lloyd Mangrum
Chicago
PGA
Tom Farris Traded To Bears By Bays
COLLEGEVILLE Ind The Chicago Bears announced the acquisition of quarterback Tom Farris former Wisconsin star in a player swap with the Green Bay Packers.
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Tom Farris
Bears
Collegeville
Ind
Chicago Bears
Wisconsin
Green Bay Packers
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Babe) Weigent
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