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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1963
Page
13
AP reports Baltimore pitchers Wes Stock and Dave McNally have 0 hits in major league careers and trade barbs in locker room chatter. Stock is 0-for-39 as a reliever, McNally 0-for-32 as a rookie, as teammates tease each other about hitting.
Hambletonian contenders head to the Du Quoin mile for 3 year old trotters led by Speedy Scot as Cheer Honey and Star Act race drivers face injuries. O'Brien rode Star Act on crutches with a wrist sprain while Cheer Honey recovers from a virus after last weekend's event.
In La Crescent Minnesota on Sunday the 1949 La Crescent City team and former state runners up defeated the Junior Legion district small post champs 5 to 4. The Old Timers used four pitchers Wayne Lottes George Sladky Al Babe Harnish and Walter Huebner with Milo Shepardson catching until Don Dunlap took over later.
Readable bowling scores show results for Ladies Powderpuff at Pla-Mor Lanes and Lutheran league play. Team results include Burke's Trucks, Pepsi-Cola, La Crosse Tribune, and others with high game tallies and individuals such as B Kurth, R Hafner, and H Oldenburg leading in totals and highs.
Helen Morton received the Gittens- Leidel Unit 595 trophy at the La Crescent Women's Golf Club wind up at Pine Creek Golf Course. Helen Vetsch won the S H Club ringer trophy. new officers were elected: Jane Blaushhke president, Margaret Keller vice president, Eunice Jacobson secretary, Rose Stejskal treasurer. A final two ball foursome will occur Sunday at Pine Creek with a 4 p.m. tee time and a potluck lunch at De Jarlais supper club.
John Hogden shot a five under par 103 to win the Galesville Open in Wisconsin. He posted 36 32 35 across 27 holes while Kurt Johnson won the first flight with 106 and Arcadia’s John Pierzina was runner up in the championship flight with 110. Ninety four players competed. La Crosse golfers placed in the top group in multiple flights.
Sulrovin Luke Aden a golden retriever owned by K. K. Williams of Milwaukee won first in the feature open all age stakes at the North Dakota Retriever Club licensed field trial. Handled by Richard Boycks of St Paul the five year old Wisconsin Dog led 24 starters through Friday and Saturday tests in Fargo.
Horses owned by Lynn Boehm and Cindy Raatz of La Crosse captured multiple places at the Trailer Duster's Saddle Club Western show in Sparta. Dusty Road led in AQHA senior reining, while Continental Patsch, Poco's Candy Kid, Little Toadette and others scored in various western and halter classes. The pair plan to repeat results at the La Crosse Riding Club show at Irish Hill Farm on September 14 and 15.
The Barton and Novak team posted a 62 net to win the Sadie Hawkins Day best-ball event at La Crosse Country Club. Second place went to the Quinn and Roush pair with 64 nets, while two teams tied for third at 65. High gross honors went to Dr. Harry Marshall and Roger Hafner, with a special prize awarded to Merrill Davis for a net of one on hole seven.
Marlin Walbeck won the feature race at Black River Falls Speedway on Saturday night. Marvin Marzoska of Rudolph took first in a 20 lap feature, with Les Katzner of Wisconsin Rapids and Ron Waite of Friendship finishing second and third. Loren Iverson won the local semi feature. Walbeck also won the heats, with Katzner, Georgeson, and Downing taking other heat victories. The track schedules weekly racing plus a Labor Day extra lap special.
Vince Sho mo of New York defeated Manny Burgo of New Bedford by decision in a 10 round bout in New Bedford. In Tokyo Yoshinori Takahashi beat Makoto Watanbe by decision in 12 rounds for the Oriental welterweight title.
In New York and Cleveland a major brawl followed a beanball between pitchers. Indians rookie Larry Brown required four stitches after a spike wound, while Dick Howser suffered a milder injury. Manager Birdie Tebbetts warned the incident could haunt the Yankees, who were admonished for provocations. Yankee manager Ralph Houk recounted slipping during the scuffle, while Yogi Berra and Joe Adcock offered humorous, tension easing remarks amid the melee.
St Olaf College enters 1963 football with hopes for depth and balance after losing standout back Mark Aamot. Coach Tom Porter returns 14 lettermen including quarterbacks Liesch and Rus, backs West Skoge and Mostrom, fullback Burner, and linemen Kispert Peterson and Meyer. Season opens Sept 21 at Lawrence followed by Sept 28 vs Coe.
Jim Hatfield of Neosho Missouri hooked a drive at Joplin's municipal course on the 15th hole sending the ball over U.S. 66 and into an oncoming car's windshield. After the ball caromed back to the fairway Hatfield birdied the hole but faced a demand to pay for the windshield from the car's driver.
Forest Hills hosts the U S National Singles with Dennis Ralston seeded third behind Chuck McKinley and Roy Emerson. The 21-year-old Californian must control temper and prove maturity as 224 players enter qualification for 16 spots in the 128-player bracket. Ralston recently helped the United States in Davis Cup play and with McKinley won the U S National doubles title at Brookline.
At the Minnesota State Fair Jerry Daniels of St Paul, a plumber's assistant, won the 15 lap feature in 6 05 38 and the second qualifying heat to reach six victories and nearly 3000 in earnings. Forest Lake’s Jerry Richert finished fourth as New model stock cars took over the track. A crowd of 10250 watched on kid's day and 100069 turned out for the fair overall, with the three day total at 358638, 15595 more than 1962. A TV interviewer suffered a broken ankle in a freak accident.
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