AFL Tops VFW 4-3 In Extra Innings At Copeland Park
The American Federation of Labor baseball team defeated the Veterans of Foreign Wars 4 to 3 in ten innings to tie for first in association third round standings. Jackie Grosskopf delivered the decisive run with a single to center after AFL rallied for three in the eighth. Frankie left the game with the winning run driven in.
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American Federation of Labor
Copeland Park
Veterans of Foreign
Jackie Grosskopf
AFL
Frankie
Charlie Schmikla
Steve Pavela
Quinn
John Pavela
Eddie Broombaugh
Dhucker
Dick Bradburn
Vets
Joe Sierrani
Don Schlicht
Arnie
Judge) Veglahn
Exhibition and chum games highlight Copeland park schedule
The La Crosse Baseball Association lists no ball game at Copeland park tonight led by Director Louis Nel son with no league games likely Saturday or Sunday. Monday afternoon CIO AFL exhibition, Tuesday Sept 3 Joe Hauser and Sheboygan Indians visit La Crosse to face the All-Stars at 8 p m under the lights.
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Copeland Park
la Crosse Baseball Association
Louis
Sonny) Nelson
CIO
AFL
Joe Hauser
Sheboygan Indians
La Crosse Bowlers Seek Wartime Pinsetter Rule Change
La Crosse bowling owners discussed extending the wartime rule allowing underage pinsetters with parental consent and school approval. They cite shortages as older workers leave for higher wages and wartime needs fade. A state meeting in Milwaukee follows as owners push to preserve the game.
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Wisconsin
Wasmuth
la Crosse
Kegling
Schneeberger
al Watosh
Eagles
Milwaukee
Sia
Ee “Tina
Wencels Seek State Meet Trophy This Weekend
La Crosse's St. Wenceslaus softball team leaves for Manitowoc to join 21 others in the Wisconsin Rec. Association 16th annual state championship. Manager George Freisinger has 14 players including pitchers Frankie Smith and Cutch Carroll and infielders Bud Freisinger George Joseph Muggery Devine Booher Parizek Emil Verse. They open against Neenah at 4 30 p m Saturday, with potential second round versus Manitowoc on Sunday as Labor Day weekend play continues.
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la Crosse
St. Wenceslaus
Manitowoc
Wis
Wisconsin Recreation Association
George Freisinger
Frankie Smith
Devine
Boober” Parizek
Emil Verse
Robert Kabat
Rudy Young
Bernie Carroll
Jim Schaefer
Bob Hare
Wencelmen
Neenah
Shorty Resigns Again From West Point To Mississippi State
Mississippi editor reports Thomas Shorty McWilliams, West Point football standout, has filed his third resignation request in hopes of returning to Mississippi State. Purser Hewitt notes McWilliams prefers to study and play football in Mississippi if allowed, amid West Point resignation disputes. Coach Allyn McKeen says McWilliams dislikes West Point and longs to return to his alma mater.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Thomas
Shorty) McWilliams
West Point
Purser Hewitt
Cera
Hewitt
Allyn McKeen
Mississippi State
McWilliams
Point
Schmikla Hurls Strong Outing as VFW Edges AFL
Schmikla pitched a two hit contest with seven strikeouts but allowed eight safeties. VFW scored in the final innings to beat AFL 8 to 4. Quinn and Veglahn led the offense with key hits and RBIs as Brambaugh walked four and Schmikla fanned seven in 2 hours 12 minutes.
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Schmikla
Glas S. Pavelac
Brenner
Grosskopies
Byrness
Byers
Brmbsughp
Otte
L. Giase
Schmikiap
Richardson
Oonmmapestoenion Grob
VFW
AFL
Sierzant
Byrne
Ingham
Veglahn
D. Grlassbrenner
Quinn
Bradburn
Grosskop
Schmikia
J. Pavela
Otto
Broombaugh
Hayes
Eddy
Brewers Become Farm Club Of Braves
Milwaukee Brewers, a top minor league club, sold to Boston Braves owner Louis R. Perini. He bought Oscar Salenger's controlling stake for about 270000 dollars for 321 of 357 shares, with three Milwaukee partners holding the rest. Perini said the current management and Nick Cullop would stay through 1947.
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Brewers
Braves
Nick Cullop
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Brewers
Louis R. Perini
Oscar Salenger
Chicago
Association
Perini
Salenger
Armin McGregor
Chester Baird
Dudley Pierson
Jack O'Conner
Nick Cuillop
Two Games At Salem Tonight In West Salem Invitational
West Salem hosts two more softball contends in the invitational bracket with West Salem facing the Vet's club of Onalaska at 7 45 PM and St Wenceslaus of La Crosse meeting the Outlaws from Bangor at 9 30 PM Tonight's consolation games featured Madden's of La Crosse defeating Chippy's Tavern Bangor 16 to 7 with Reget and Bennington homering Schroeder of Bangor collecting four hits St Paul's Lutheran of Onalaska beat Market Tavern Sparta 19 to 13 A Schroeder pitched all nine innings for the winners Hahn and Spink worked for Market with Sparta and Onalaska homers by Smith of Sparta and Hauser of Onalaska Lemke had four hits for Madden's Walden and Smith added three apiece for Sparta
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West Salem
Wis
Vet's Club
Onalaska
St. Wenceslaus
la Crosse
Outlaws
Bangor
Madden's
Chippy’s Tavern
Reget
Bennington
Madden
Schroeder
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church
Market Tavern
Sparta
A. Schroeder
Hahn
Spink
Market Club
Smith
H. Hauser
Lemke
Walden
Baseball standings and Saturday schedule from a 1930s league roundup
Standings from Thursday show National League results with St Louis beating New York 4 0 and Philadelphia defeating Pittsburgh 5 2 Boston 4 Cincinnati 1 Chicago 3 Brooklyn 2. American League scores include New York 9 Cleveland 1 and Detroit 9 Boston 8 in 14 innings. Saturday schedule lists Brooklyn at New York St Louis at Pittsburgh Chicago at Cincinnati Boston at Philadelphia and other matches across the leagues.
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St. Louis
New York
Chicago
Brooklyn
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Boston
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Detroit
Washington
Indianapolis
Toledo
Louisville
Columbus
St. Paul
Minneapolis
American Association
Kansas City
Milwaukee
Pittsburgh American
Indianapolis A
Milwaukee A
Minneapolis Ev
Toledo A
Caledonia Bowling Center to Open 1946-47 Season
Caledonia Minn Bud Marnach announces the Caledonia Bowling Center will open for the 1946-47 season September 1. The alleys have been reconditioned and prepared for league play.
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Caledonia
Minn
Bud Marnach
Expect New Air Records At Bendix Race In California
National air races open at Van Nuys California with 22 planes in the Bendix Trophy 2000 mile dash for 25000. Dawn to afternoon action includes army navy and marine corps demonstrations and a six woman pilots six lap race for 5000. Tex Johnston powered P-39 hits 410 mph on a closed course as records loom.
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Cleveland
van Nuys
Calif
Army
Navy
Marine’ Corps
Frank Fuller
San Francisco
Jacqueline Cochran
Tex Johnston
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Thompson
Brewers Gain Half Game in Standings as Saints Beat Minneaplis
The Milwaukee Brewers added a half game in the American Association race after St Paul defeated Minneapolis 7-3. The Brewers beat Eau Claire 7-3 in an exhibition, with Jimmy Delsing, recently with Eau Claire and then sold to Chicago, homering and driving in another run. Louisville routed Columbus 7-4 and Indianapolis downed Toledo 8-4 in other league play.
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Milwaukee Brewers
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Brewers
Eau Claire
Louisville
Columbus
Indianapolis
Toledo
Jimmy Delsing
Chicago White Sox
Saints
Tribe
Walt Brown
Indians
Fred Walters
Chick Genovese
Chuck Koney
Jack Albright
Galesville Baseball Club Beats Trempealeau 7 to 1
Galesville wins under lights in Wisconsin at Trempealeau 7 to 1 on ten hits each side. Barney Stephens earns 10 strikeouts for Trempealeau while Alvin Ekern fans 12 for Galesville. Don Stuhr adds a triple and a single. Upcoming Sept 5 Little Eight All-Stars vs Bi-State All-Stars game noted.
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Galesville
Wis
Trempealeau
Barney Stephens
Alvin Ekern
Gale
Don Stuhr
Little Eight
Red Rose Named State League M V P for 1946
Fond du Lac righthander William Red Rose was voted Wisconsin State League most valuable player for 1946 by the league baseball writers association. At 21 the Alba Missouri native posted 17 wins and 1 loss this season.
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Fond DU L&c
Wis
William
Red) Rose
Fond du Lac
Rose
Baseball Writers’ Association
Alba, Mo
Bays Back In 5-Game State League Lead
Green Bay moved back into a five game Wisconsin State League lead after a costly 12th inning error gave Sheboygan a 6 5 win over Oshkosh while Fond du Lac fell 8 4 to Green Bay. Tex Grantham homered twice for Wisconsin Rapids in an 21 8 Janesville romp. Wausau beat Appleton 11 6.
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Green Bay
Sheboygan
Oshkosh
Bluejays
Fond du Lac
Wisconsin Rapids
Janesville Cubs
White Sox
Wausau
Appleton
Bill Dwyer
Cohen
Dwyer
Charley Whelchel
Gene Shields
Cubs
Tex Grantham
Janesville
Grantham
Hal Sanders
Kulig
Lumberjacks
Joe Pizzi
Panthers
Bob Keeler
Pizzi
Injuries Hit Wisconsin Football as Opener Nears
Madison Wis Injuries continued to plague the University of Wisconsin football squad as coach Harry Stuhldreher searched for a workable lineup for the season opener with Marquette on Sept 12. None of the injuries were serious but they limited hard scrimmage as Bob Rennebohm and Farnham Johnson starred at end in yesterday’s workout.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Harry Stuhldreher
Marquette
Bob Rennebohm
Farnham Johnson
Onalaska to host Galesville in Sunday playoff clash
Onalaska will battle Galesville at 2 p m Sunday in Onalaska Wisconsin. A protest over a previous game was upheld making this contest a Shaughnessy playoff decider for entry into the Little Eight. If Onalaska wins they advance.
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Onalaska
Wis
Galesville
Black River Defeats Whitehall 3-1 Behind Pitching Gem
Black River Falls Wisconsin Black River beat Whitehall 3 to 1 last night on four hit pitching by Wilbur Blackdeer The winners scored all their runs in the third after Whitehall took an early lead Blackdeer doubled Derringer added two singles DeBow doubled for Whitehall and Ken Swenson took the loss
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Black River Falls
Wis
Black River
Whitehall
Wilbur Blackdeer
Blackdeer
Derringer
Jack DeBow
Ken Swenson
Holmen hosts Ettrick playoff for Little Eight second
Holmen will host Ettrick in a Sunday 2 p m playoff for second place in the Little Eight. Holmen previously beat Ettrick 7 6 and lost to them 2 0. Bob Solberg or Myron Nerby to pitch for Holmen with De Paine for Ettrick. The Guatemalan government tightens rules on public auctions of timber contracts.
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Holmen
Wis
Ettrick
Bob Solberg
Myron Nerby
de Paine
Cubs Defeat Bums Again
Cubs beat Dodgers 3-2 as Cavarretta drives in a run and Borowy secures his ninth win. Cardinals rally from fourth place to close the gap with a 4-0 shutout of the Giants behind Howie Pollet for his 17th victory. Detroit tops Boston 9-8 in 14 innings, Greenberg and Kell driving the winner, while Gumpert wins for New York as Boston and Chicago idle.
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St. Louis Cardinals
Brooklyn Dodgers
New York Giants
Chicago Cubs
Dodgers
Howie
Pollet
Cards
Ace
Giants
New Yorkers
Dave Koslo
Phil Cavarretta
Hank Borowy
Cubs
Dave
Boo) Ferriss
Yankees
Cleveland
New York
Randy Gumpert
Bisons and Seahawks Reach Baltimore for Saturday Showdown
Buffalo Bisons and Miami Seahawks players arrived in Baltimore by plane on Thursday for the upcoming Saturday night game at the stadium.
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Baltimore
Buffalo Bisons
Miami Seahawks
La Crosse Junior Legion Aims For State Title In West Bend Opener
La Crosse defending champion Junior Legion baseball teams travels by car to West Bend Wisconsin for the second annual state tournament. They face Schaefer Brush of Milwaukee at 5 p m hoping to advance through brackets with a strong mound staff including Anderson Shillings Nehring Meir and sturdy infield and outfield options. If they win sat night action could reach semi finals and championship Sunday.
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la Crosse
Junior Legion
West Bend
Wis
Cream of Wisconsin
Schaefer Brush
Milwaukee
Rod Martin
Martin
Legion Mound
Junior Anderson
Onalaska Chucker
Alger
Cork) Shillings
Superior 9 Beats Blues in Big Northern League Win
The Superior Blues defeated Fargo Moorhead 8 to 5 in a Northern league baseball game last night.
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Associated Press
Superior Blues
Fargo-Moorhead
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South 16Th St
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South
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South 3Rd St
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Fifth Ave
Copeland Ave
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11Th St
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Mickey
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Pearl St
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South 4Th St
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Carroll W
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Zabawski, John
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