Garner Opens Season With Win Over Winona State Teachers
La Crosse State Teachers College defeats Winona State Teachers 50 to 39 on home court. Hap Cooks and Jack Foster lead with multiple baskets, Keppel adds inside scoring, and Horner contributes 10 points. Peerless team beats College B’s 24-22 in preliminary.
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Moose’ Hilke
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Jack Horner
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Russ Walden
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Euereagh
Metthusen
Irish Five Opens 1945-46 With 56 35 Exhibition Win
South Bend report says Notre Dame treated Camp Atterbury’s Attaboys to a 56 to 35 victory in an exhibition. Leo Klier and Vince Boryla led scoring as the Irish built a 36 to 16 halftime lead and pulled away.
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Ind
Notre Dame
Atterbury
Attaboys
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Vince
Bullets
Boryla
Elks Stag to Honor Chicago Tribune Sports Editor Arch Ward
Arch Ward, famed Chicago Tribune sports editor and author of works on Knute Rockne and Frank Leahy, will speak at the Elks annual athletic stag tomorrow night in club rooms. A buffalo steak dinner begins at 7 p.m. with Judge Ruediger as toastmaster, and musical entertainment by the Elks band.
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Elks
Buffalo
Ward
Business Today
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Notre Dame
Knute Rockne
Frank Leahy
New York
Stag
Frank Tighe
Ruediger
Elks Band
Quartette
al Kolb
Louis Hirschheimer
Edward Madden
Earl Frantz
Robert Bartl
Wilman Holds Tourney Lead In Fifth Annual All Star Bowling Event
Joe Wilman of Chicago led after 40 games in the national match game championship, with a 7 point edge over Andy Varipapa of Hempstead. Wilman posted 197.25 Petersen points, while Ther man Gibson of Detroit rose to third. The final standings list wins, losses, pins, and Petersen points for 16 finalists.
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Joe Wilman
Andy Varipapa
Hempstead
N. Y
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Varipapa
Petersen
Therman Gibson
Detroit
Scott Field
Cleveland
Ned Day
West Allis
Wis
de Bukowski
Pred Bujack
George Valles
Youngstown
Connie
Schwoegier
Madison
Paul Kromeki
Soldiers to Compete in Ping Pong Tourney at Camp McCoy
Soldiers at Camp McCoy Wisconsin will compete in a post wide ping pong tournament held Wednesday night at Service Club 1. First prize is a nationwide call, with additional prizes for second and third places. Entry can be made by calling Mrs. Wilma Rock at 385 or at the service club before the 6:30 p.m. match.
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Wis
Service Club 1
Wilma Rock
Service Club
Badger Cagers Beat Marquette 42 32 in Madison Showdown
Wisconsin, after a slow start, defeated Milwaukee rival Marquette 42 to 32 before 13 000 at the field house. Menzel Cooke and Mathews led scoring as the Badgers built a 22 15 halftime lead and used a safe ball control approach in the second half. Glaesner Palesse and Kallenberger added late to trim the margin.
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Marquette University
Milwaukee
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Cooke
Mathews
Badger
Glaesner
Palesse
Kallenberger
Girls Industrial Basketball League Seeks One More Team
Four teams are set in the girls industrial basketball league with a fourth coming. Interested players should report to Logan Avon and Sill streets Thursday night December 13 at 7 pm for a commission meeting to plan gym assignments and coaches. The season opener shifts to January 17 for coaching.
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Auto-Lite
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Logan
Avon and Sill Streets
Girls’ Athletic Commission
The
la Crosse Athletic Council
Emma Lou Wilder
Miles
Ann Thomas
Alice de Bower
Clarice Oren
Fern Ehlers
Mmes
Fred Michel
Charles Becker
Jake Hoeschier
Hixon Gym
Erik Erickson
Allen Rhude
Jerry Peterson
Art Bedessem
Bedessem
Rhude
Erickson
Peterson
Rhode
Longfellow
George Odom's Barn Across From Mayer Stable
Arcadia California jockey George Odom runs a barn for Jay Paley's horses at Santa Anita located directly across from the Louis B Mayer string he trained until recently.
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Arcadia
Calif
George Odom
Jay Paley
Santa Anita
Louis B. Mayer
Prep Elevens To Name Most Valuable Men
Three La Crosse high schools will name season MVPs at the Junior Chamber of Commerce athletic stay at the Avalon Ballroom Tuesday at 7 30 p m. Wiscon sin coach Harry Stuhldreher will speak and show Big Ten game films including Minnesota. Logan high cancels its game with Winona that night. The All City football team will receive prints of a Tribune photo. Alfred W. Rice leads the Tribune presentation with introductions by Walter Weigent Joan Michuta and Ray Niobe. A buffet luncheon closes the program. Tickets available at Wissman s Wittenbergs Sheldon s and the S and H.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
Avalon Ballroom
Harry Stuhldreher
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Logan High School
Winona High
Tribune Sports Department
Alfred W. Rice
The
Tribune
Stag
Walter
Babe) Weigent
Central
Joan Michuta
Aquinas
Ray Niobe
Logan
Fleet City Gridders Meet El Toro Marines for Service Title
Fleet City's Bluejackets facing El Toro Flying Marines in Memorial Coliseum in a marquee service clash. Buddy Young leads Fleet City with nine wins and a tie while El Toro relies on Paul Governali and Elroy Hirsch to rally a revenge bid after a 21-7 loss.
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West Coast
Memorial Coliseum
Fleet City
Bluejackets
el Toro Flying Marines
Buddy Young
Illinois
Charley O'Rourke
Boston College
Harry Hopp
Nebraska
Steve Ju
Richard Erdlitz Dies While Wintering in Miami
Richard Eck Erdlitz 49 a Northwestern coaching staff member and former NFL official died yesterday in Miami Florida Relatives in Menominee received word Erdlitz had moved to Evanston from Menominee months earlier then wintered in Miami He previously coached at Iron Mountain Oshkosh and Miami before joining Northwestern in 1944
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Mich
Richard “Eck” Erdlitz
Northwestern University
Miami
Fila
Erdlitz
Evanston
Iron Mountain
Oshkos
Fla
Northwestern
Indiana beats Washington St Louis 53 to 39 in college action
Indiana defeats Washington St. Louis by 53 to 39 as another slate of college games unfolds. Wayne tops Albion 39 to 35, Holy Cross 45, CCNYU 35, Akron 70, Ohio Wesleyan 4, and Michigan 69, Western Michigan 49.
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Washinggton
St. Louis
Wayne
Albion
Holy Cross
CCNYU
Akron
Ohio Wesleyan
Ohbio State
Pittsburgh
Michigan
Western Michigan
Notre Dame
Camp Atterbury
Illinois
Great Lakes
Detroit U
Michigan Normal
Oklahoma A. and
Westminster
Finding
Defiance
Ohio U
Marietta
Iowa State College
Loras
Hamline
Stout Institute
Iowa
Denver
Ohio Northern
Ashland
Arabian Mat Man Meets Nagurski At Avalon Show
Prince Emir Badui of Arabia, 225 pounds, will wrestle Bronko Nagurski in the windup at the Avalon ballroom tomorrow night at 8 15 p m. Nagurski, famed football star and world heavyweight wrestling champion, faces the foreign challenger who is praised as a top foreign wrestler in 20 years. Two women wrestlers Ann Laverne and Evelyn Wall meet in the semi windup, with opening bout featuring Stanley Myslajck and Gene Bowman.
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Prince Emir Badui
Bronko Nagurski
Minnesota University Grid
Avalon Ballroom
Prince Emir
United States
Los Angeles
New York
Badui
Medina
America
Bronk
Ann Laverne
Evelyn Wall
Stanley Myslajck
Minnesota
Gene Bowman
Kansas City
McCoy Cagers Dominate La Crosse in Sparta Debut
The Camp McCoy basketball team defeated La Crosse Modern Laundry 51 to 28 in Sparta Wisconsin. McCoy led 16-8 after one period and 37-16 after three. Ahlbon scored 15 and Dwyer 11 for McCoy while Scharnke led La Crosse with six points.
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Wis
Camp McCoy
Walloping
la Crosse
Dick Byers
Leroy Gobis
Charlie Whiting
Pla-Mor Pinboys Defeat Recreation Pinboys in Match
Pla-Mor Pinboys defeated the Recreation Pinboys 2133 to 1930 on winners' lanes Saturday morning. M Krajewski rolled 179 for high single. J Ott led with 476 in three games. Rediske 154 for top loser game. Rediske and Stingl both 407 in three-game totals for the losers.
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Recreation
M. Krajewski
J. Ott
B. Rediske
L. Stingl
SBC Gals Defeat Glamour Boys In Bowling Match
The SBC Gals beat the Pla-Mar Glamour Boys two of three games at Pla-Mar alleys yesterday. They won 873 and 981 in the two victories after dropping the second game by 43 pins. E Pohlman led with a 515 series while Oscar Palmquist topped Glamour with 47.
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Pla-Mar
Glamour Boys
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Oscar Palmquist
Stage Seven Games In Recreation Loop
Stage Seven basketball results from Longfellow junior high include seven games in two divisions. Yellowjackets beat Balduzzi’s Grocery 12-10, Joe's Pantorium defeated Hotshots 24-17, Rangers toppled Hornets 46-4, Raiders downed Spitfires 245. R. Yanzer and W. Conley scored four each for Yellowjackets.
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Yellowjackets
Balduzzi’s
Joe’s Pantorium
Hotshots
Rangers
Hornets
Raiders
Spitfires
R. Yanzer
W. Conley
D. Strittmaier
Lions
Kennedy Paces AAF Scoring in Army Air Forces Football
Bob Kennedy and Bob Paffrath lead AAF scoring with 36 points each as Kennedy tops total yardage at 1,319 in the first two-thirds of the season. Kennedy, a former Washington State star, and Paffrath, ex Minnesota, head the conference in yardage and points per figures released Saturday by the AAF.
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Bob Kennedy
Air Force
Army Air Forces
Kennedy
Washington State
Bob Paffrath
First Air Force
Minnesota
AAF
Enforce Fresh Rule Restored by Big Ten in 1947
The Big Ten voted to restore peacetime athletic standards by 1947 including a four year maximum on varsity participation and a one year residence requirement for freshmen. Ex servicemen receive leniency, with special transfer rules and individual review for those called into military service.
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Big Ten
Picard Leads Miami Open With 204 After 54 Holes
Henry Picard the Cleveland based golf pro shot 68 to reach 204 for 54 holes and lead the $10,000 Miami open. Ben Hogan from Hershey Pa is two back with 206 after a 66 while Harold Jug McSpaden of Sanford Me sits at 207 one stroke behind Hogan.
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Fla
Henry Picard
Cleveland
Picard
Ben Hogan
Hershey
Little Atom
Hogan
Harold “Jug” McSpaden
Sanford, Me
Bermuda Sees Exports 700000 Lily Bulbs To U S This Year
Bermuda projects shipments of at least 700000 lily bulbs to the United States during the current year, signaling strong horticultural trade activity between the two regions. The bulb export target reflects broader Bermuda floriculture efforts and trade ties with U S buyers.
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