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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1948
Page
7
Sheboygan clinches their second straight Wisconsin State league pennant by defeating Wisconsin Rapids 7-4 and 7-3, rallying from early deficits as Hill Ayer shines. The team’s four straight wins and 13 of 14 verify the title as the season nears its Sept. 6 end.
Spinks Clothiers defeated Pet Milks 18 to 3 in Sparta, keeping even with the Sullivans for first place. Betthauser, Go Christianson and Dick Matvinger led at the plate, Matvinger homering and driving in five as D. Schwanke worked four innings for the win.
Owners of nine National Basketball League teams approved a six day schedule opening Nov 1 and running through March 24. The league splits into two divisions with Syracuse Detroit Anderson and Hammond as the eastern group and Waterloo Oshkosh Shoborzon Tri-Cities Denver as western entrants. Three teams per division advance to playoffs, with second and third place teams meeting in a best two of three series, then division winners face off in a best three of five for the league title.
Norwalk Wisconsin notes the Norwalk Mustines, champions of the New Cotley Region conference, scoring 199 runs across 14 games while achieving 11 wins with one loss. Angelo led hitters with 109 runs. Cataract also performed strongly, and Coles Valley handed their only defeat.
Baltimore announced Oran McKinney, a standout from Western Kentucky, has signed to play for the Baltimore Bullets, champions of the Basketball Association of America, as reported yesterday.
Arcadia Wisconsin announced football practice for the 1948 high school team will begin Monday August 30 with equipment issued to players. Seven of twenty monogram winners return including Maron Angst Gerry Kules Willis Fernholz James Amundson James Tuscanny Roland Sebotta and Donald Galuska. Other squad members listed include George Galuska Roland Haines Roland Glowcheski Bob Studt Angmar Nelson Terry Gautsch Jack Mettlach Poen Bertleski and Mike Benusa. The season opener is September 17 against Augusta on the local gridiron under the lights.
Detroit Lions yesterday asked waivers on Stanley Batinski a 27 guard and prankish man with six years service. Halfback George Wilde 35 of Olney Texas joined the Lions from Washington Redskins. Detroit sent Ed Stneco veteran tackle to Washington.
Central high school opened its 1948 grid preparations with Coach Walter Weigent leading 64 players on Salter field and 39 more expected. Bluske delayed by medical slip. others busy with light drills and position work as 1948 offense is stressed during hot weather.
Box score notes list Foran Kennedy Punky Spence Doerr as batters with Doerr hitting a home run and three-base hits by Jepan Teb betes. DiMaggio steals, Bearden involved in several double plays. Cleveland left on 40, Hastan 4. Bearden six walks, Parnell three. Bearden 3 strikeouts, Parnell 4. Unclear names and numbers due to OCR errors. attendance listed as 20.
Pirates sweep Phillies 11-4 and 4-1, Kiner homers twice to pace Pittsburgh. Red Sox seize first in AL with 8-4 win over Indians as Doerr adds a three-run shot. Yankees rally past White Sox 6-2 behind Billy Johnson timely triple. Cardinals move to second by sweeping Cubs, Dodgers remain close after split with St Louis. Del Wilber contributes key hits in late action.
Stan Musial hits a key home run with the bases loaded to break a 5-5 tie in the late game. Enos Slaughter previously smashed a two run shot. Brooklyn beats Cincinnati 6-1 at Crosley Field as Pee Wee Reese adds a two run homer and Joe Hatten logs the mound win.
In Wichita Kansas the New Holstein athletic club Wisconsin state champions faces Golden Coors of Colorado in the National Semi Pro Baseball tournament at 6 pm. New Holstein and Golden have each lost once in four tournament starts. The Coors were national runners up last year. The loser will be eliminated after tonight's game.
Bears toppled Grand Forks 21 to 2 and the Blues defeated Sioux Falls in last night's Northern league games. St. Cloud shut out Fargo-Morthad 7 to 0 and Duluth beat Aberdeen 3 to 1 in other contests.
The Gateway Inn at 1002 Fackson Pike promotes nightly service with a menu of fried shrimp and chicken, fries, hamburger steaks, shrimp cocktails, and sandwiches. Orders can be prepared for takeout.
Kansas City's Bill Woop limited Milwaukee to five hits as the Blues won 6-2 in the four game series opener. Louisville defeated first-place Indianapolis 7-5 while Toledo beat Columbus 4-3 and St. Paul crushed Minneapolis 17-5. Hank Bauer starred with a five triple night as a 3-run fourth inning keyed KC's win. Frank Mancuso hit back-to-back homers for Toledo over Columbus. Jim Gleeson slipped on a fly ball as Ed Wright allowed two more runs in the seventh. St. Paul moved within a game and a half of Minneapolis for fourth with a 17-5 rout, as Saints bunched 22 hits off four Miller pitchers.
Purses totaling more than 35009 will be offered at the five day Grand Circuit meeting opening September 13 at Reading fair. The meet will be topped by the $8200 Futurity trot for three year olds. On September 15, the fair's race secretary Paul Esterly announced.
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