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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1948
Page
6
Leeports of AFL and CIO advance to the semifinal round in the Merchants Baseball Tournament. The La Crosse Tribune reports the teams winning key games as the event moves toward the final rounds.
All-America Conference opens in Brooklyn with the Dodgers facing the Yankees in heat. In Chicago, the Rockets host the Los Angeles Dons at Soldier Field as the league’s new season starts. Browns close exhibition play against the Baltimore Celts in Toledo. Preseason crowds set a strong box score, with eight exhibitions drawing 196,087. Debuts for three new coaches: Voyles, Phelan, and McKeever. Brooklyn newcomers include Chappus Feldberg Edward Strommeyer. Seven of eleven Rockets starters remain with the club.
Lesny Lloyd Mangrum fired a five under par 67 to lead the $12,500 Utah Open after 18 holes in Salt Lake City. Close behind were George Schnelingr of Ogden and defending champion Johnny Paulmer of Badin, along with George Fazio of Conshohocken and Ralph Blomquist of Glendale.
City League starts its 1848-49 season at the Arcade with the first bowling night airing at 7 p.m. Teams prepare to begin competition as skids, lanes, and schedules are set for the new year.
Syracuse stringer reports Scranton PA heavyweight Char d under suspension after a coughing spell caused him to be counted out in 1 55 of a bout with Oma in Detroit. Oma won by knockout as Chard slumped on canvas. Final cough spell was Chard s second. Deb Granky halted purse and suspended pending investigation. Babe Ruth Plaza project funded for Yankee Stadium area in New York City.
In Superior, Giants cut eight rookies from the Nations Football League squad, leaving 46 players. Names include guards George Reiss John Hanzel Walter Macenka Frank Lane Dick Reinking center Clit Rothrock and Howard Peterson. Tar Giang practiced pass defense as prep for the game with Green Box in Minneapolis Sunday.
La Crosse AFL clinches a cash award by defeating Waukon 9 to 4 at Cape land Park. Lefty Don Gabrielson dominated the early action, fanning 16 straight batters and holding the visitors hitless until the seventh. Jim Warner and Erv Malin led the offense with two triples and a homer, while Malin hit a 260 foot homer in the sixth. The night also featured CIO versus American Legion action and Norwalk Cashton protest resolution in another La Crosse Merchants Invitation game setup.
Stock boat races in La Crosse Sunday feature local and eastern racers on the Mississippi along Riverside and Pettibone Parks. Six events start at 1 30 p m with heats for three lap races and a free-for-all finale. banners from local dealers award seven trophies.
Howard Yerges, quarterback for Michigan’s unbeaten eleven last year, may join the Los Angeles Dons of the All-America Football Conference. Reports say the 22-year-old Columbus, Ohio, athlete has signed or will sign, though the club denies knowledge of a deal. The Dons open their conference season in Chicago Friday against the Chicago Rockets.
Tonight at Copeland Park features a twin bill in the four night triple headers with six teams remaining for the $1,100 prize. South Ridge faces La Crescent at 7 p m, followed by De Soto versus Cashton at 9 p m. Winners gain prize money based on standings after semis and finals next week.
Veteran champion Chick Evans, age 58, plans to use extra-long clubs in the 1948 U S Amateur at Memphis, viewing it as a stubborn experiment. He has not missed the event since 1907 aside from World War interruptions, and his 32-year-old Open and Amateur sweep remains his landmark.
TOMAH Wis Special A local baseball club launches a fundraising drive to buy lighting equipment for the field with a target of 15000 dollars. Equipment to be installed before year end, with grounds seeded for actual play in 1849. Individuals may sign 38100 notes for ten years at interest. a board of directors will be elected from signers to oversee finances.
Whitehall defeated Independence 7 to 1 in a Trempialgey valley league game. Jim Geske and Ed Bautch hurled Whitehall to the win, limited Independence to two first inning runs, and five Whitehall runs in the final frame sealed the victory. Nehring led Whitehall at the plate with a triple and two doubles, while Mylmeck added a double and a single and Sobor contributed two singles for Independence.
Decorah High began drills after issuing uniforms to 1063 candidates for the grid squad. Eight monogram winners return, but two 1947 stalwarts are out with Thompson leaving school and Rude sidelined by a knee injury. Returning lettermen include Losen Johnson Field Leikveld Peterson Dickman Herold Yarwood.
Zahn Sheet Met girls team will meet Mindoro girls in Mindoro Sunday at 2 p m for a return engagement after winning 11 to 1 in their first meeting. Zahns seek further games with La Crosse area girls teams and ask interested teams to call 3200 J in La Crosse.
SPARATA WIS Special Chip's Tavern of Bangor and the Milwaukee Road of La Crosse share first with 10-2 records in the intercity Softball league. Sparta is 9-2 and just a half game back with two games left as Bangor faces West Salem and Milwaukee Road meets Gateway Glass. A three way tie is possible if the final round produces a round robin.
Sparta Wis. three pitchers Benedict Kiddie and Johnson teamed for 21 victories and one loss to anchor a 213 overall Spartans season. Mitchell had one win and no losses, while Benedict struck out 23 and allowed only 46 hits in 80 innings, Johnson yielded 8 runs in 31 2 3 innings, and Kiddie fanned 27 in 99 1 3 innings.
The Wisconsin state meet in Milwaukee has been postponed indefinitely. Waterloo Town meet entries for September 4 and 5 are closed since August 24, with a note to contact the Contest Director at P O Box 2456, Waterloo if interested. Also news of CH47 engine completion and new Ohlsson 60 rotary valve units in stock at Given Hardware, Fourth and Pearl Streets.
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