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Newspaper

La Crosse Tribune

Location

La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Aug 29, 1944

Page

9

Beanie's Old Style Lagers Beat 417th Medics 5 3

Beanie's Old Style Lagers captured their 13th win in 15 on the 1944 season by defeating the 417th Infantry Medics Sisters 5 to 3 at West Avenue playground Monday night. The game featured eight walks and miscues with four hits per side. Ray Soash pitched for the Medics yielding six walks as La Crosse benefited from errors and key hits. Swish Beranek struggled with control yet kept the game close.

Beanie 417Th Infantry West Avenue Playground Fellemans Ray Soash 417 Esser

Beanies Rally as Be Medics Edge Late Inning Run

Beanies win 5 to 4 over Medics in a seesaw game. Wuest, Christopher, and Crishopher drive runs with smart baserunning and errors aiding the rally. Beranek fans three in the seventh as Beanies secure the final game of the season against the 1640 MPs.

Beranek KB Soash Beanies Medics Arvin Thomson Young Tompkin Christophers Beser Boash P Wittenberg Zeocevich Ween Ohnson Kriese Coorough Christopher Eseser Witven Booth Wuert Wid Seash Zecevich Grosskop

Vic's Edge Dons 6–5 in 12-Inning Playoff Tilt

Vic's won the first playoff game 6 to 5 over the Dons after 12 innings. Koelbl collected three hits in five at bats for the victors while Weber had two hits for the Dons. La Fleur and Blanchard belted two home runs for Vic's with Weber homering for the Dons.

Vic Taveque A. Don's Onse Copeland Park Koelbl Weber Dons la Fleur Blanchard

Fights Last Night Report From Multiple Cities

Willie Pep won a non title decision over Joey in Springfield while Cleo Shams defeated Vic Creelman in Baltimore. Chicago bout saw Robert Earl outpoint Charley Parham and others listed with uneven weights and locations.

Springfield Mass Willie Pep Hartford Conn Joey Tamaqua Baltimore Cleo Shams Los Angeles Vic Creelman New York Chicago Robert Earl Charley Parham Milwaukee Lou Angelecci Charles Wells Garr Ind

Clubs scramble to get hurlers in tight pennant race

In post season talks at Landis office four American league clubs pursue extra pitching as stretch drive tightens. Boston tests Rex Cecil and Clem Dreisewerd while Yanks rely on Mel Queen. St Louis adds Willis Hudlin and suffers Bob Muncrief arm setback as Detroit and Cleveland wait to arrive. Red Sox beat Yankees 7 4 in Harridge league action. Mort recalls his 100th win as Cardinals edge Reds 3 2 with O Dea two run pinch homer.

K. M. Landis Yanks Tigers Boston Rex Cecil San Diego Clem Dreisewerd Sacramento Dreisewerd Floyd Bill) Vens Newark New York Mel Queen St. Louis Southern Association Willis Hudlin Cleveland St. Louis Cardinals Sportsman's Park Cincinnati Mort Kenny O’dea Harry Gumbert

Powell's 618 Earns Expert Archer Rating

Robert Powell joined expert archers in the La Crosse Archery Club by a 618 in the American round. On the last end at 40 yards he shot six golds. The result adds him to Class A for the club tournament starting Sunday at 2 p.m. Men shoot the York round, women the National, juniors a double American at 9:30 Sunday.

Robert Powell la Crosse York

Standings and Schedule in National and American Leagues

National League standings show St Louis Pittsburgh and Cincinnati leading with varied records. Today's schedule lists New York at Boston Philadelphia at Brooklyn Pittsburgh at Chicago and Cincinnati at St Louis with night starts. American results include Kansas City Milwaukee St Paul Minneapolis Toledo and Columbus with second games noted.

Associated Press St. Louis Pittsburgh New York Chicago Philadelphia Boston O Brooklyn Heenel Grounds Boston Cincinnati Ss. Louis Detroit Washington Milwaukee Toledo Louisville Columbus St. Paul Indianapolis Minneapols Kansas City Minneapolis Temperrew Keneas City G's Pet. Doerr Pax Siebert Phila Johnson MT Boudreau Cleve Stirnweiss N. Y I Byrnes Higgins Cullenbine Spence AB Musial Walter Medwick Hopp Weintraub Galan Holmes Hughes McCormick Cin Sanders

Brewers Split With Blues and Mud Hens

Milwaukee drops opener then wins 13 to 1 over Kansas City as Toledo blanks Columbus 6 to 0 to cut Milwaukee’s lead, while Indianapolis takes a twin bill from Louisville. Otho Nitcholas shuts out Minneapolis 6 to 0 but Saints lose 9 to 2 in nightcap. Halley’s comet won’t be visible again until 1985.

Milwaukee Brewers Kansas City Can Vince Debiasi Brewers Tommy Nelson Toledo Stan Partenheimer Wes Cunningham Otho Nitcholas Minneapolis Saints Millers Loren Bain Indianapolis Indians Louisville Bob Logan Orey Clark

Nelson tops All-American Open with 13,462.50 war bonds win

Lord Byron Nelson wins the All-American Open with a 280 score finishing three under par to claim 13,462.50 in war bonds. Ed Dudley places second with 285 after a late surge, followed by Buck White and Harold McSpaden. Amateurs Furgol Heilemann Christiansen tied for 295 in a playoff for the Simon-pure title amid women’s play won by Betty Hicks with 318 total.

Chicago Lord Byron Nelson Nashville Tenn George S. May Nelson Dudley Ed Dudley PGA Ace Pvt Buck White Harold Jug) McSpaden McSpaden Ed Furgol Detroit Ken Heilemann St. Louis Ed Christiansen Miami Fla Betty Hicks Long Beach Calif Dorothy Germain Philadelphia Sammy Snead Wisconsin Tom

More Than 100 Report For Opening Illinois Grid Workout

CHAMPAIGN Ill four more than one hundred candidates reported for the University of Illinois first fall football practice Monday. Fifty one players were absent from the Illini summer session which ended three weeks earlier as coach Ray Flot directed nine teams through light drills in preparation for the opener with Illinois Normal September 16. Eddie Bray and Buddy Young shared halves on one starting unit with returning lettermen Ralph Serpico Ray Ciszek George Bujan Larry Forst Bill Butkovich Jim Helbling and Lester Joop among the veterans listed.

Champaign Ill University of Illinois Illini Ray Flot Illinois Normal Eddie Bray Letterman Buddy Young Ralph Serpico Ray Ciszek George Bujan Larry Forst Bill Butkovich Jim Helbling Lester Joop

McCoy Softballers Clinch Group Two Title at Camp McCoy

Camp McCoy Wisconsin special report says the McCoy softball team defeated Gardner General Hospital ten 5 to 2 behind Charlie Rose four-hit pitching to seize the group two championship in the 6th service command ball tournament. They advance to a home and home series with Camp Custer group one titlist for the overall command championship.

Camp Mccoy Wis Gardner General Hospital Ten Charlie Rose McCoy Camp Custer

All-Star grid contest to attract 50 000 at Northwestern

Evanston reports the 11th annual All-Star football game at Dyche Stadium will draw about 50 000 fans. Sid Luckman will quarterback the Bears against a Collegians squad of 60-strong, with Lynn Waldorf leading recent and former college stars. The Bears, defending champions, will rely on 37 rookies as war-time pros face a fast, deep Collegians lineup seeking to upset.

Evanston Ill Northwestern University Dyche Chicago Sid Luckman Merchant Marine Bears Lynn Waldorf Collegians

Former Buckeye Guard Bill Nosker Killed in Italy

Maj. William C. Nosker 24 former guard on Ohio State University football and B-24 bomber pilot was killed over Italy August 15, the War Department informed his mother Mrs Leona C Nosker. Nosker played for Ohio State in 1938 39 40.

Columbus William C Bill) Nosker Ohio State University Mediterranean Italy War Department Leona C. Nosker Nosker Ohio State

Musial and Walker Neck in NL Lead as Doerr Narrowed AL Gap

In New York the Giants and Dodgers race tightens as Stan Musial tops the NL batting with .3543 while Dixie Walker sits at .3536. Bobby Doerr’s AL lead shrinks to three points behind Pete Fox and Dick Siebert after three decades of games played through Sunday. The article lists the top 10 hitters in each league.

New York Stan Musial Dixie Walker Dodgers Bobby Doerr Pete Fox Boston Red Sox Dick Siebert A’s Musial Walker

Cherokee Reservation Sited in Great Smoky Mountains

The eastern band of Cherokee Indians has a reservation established in the Great Smoky Mountains region of North Carolina.

Great Smoky Mountains North Carolina

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