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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1961
Page
17
A Park and Recreation Department notice seeks a child’s age and name for a ski instruction clinic. It includes a parent or guardian signature line and mailing address to La Crosse City Hall for submission.
The park and recreation department schedules a four day ski instruction clinic starting Tuesday December twenty sixth at Mount La Crosse. Lead instructor L P Pinski heads a Mt La Crosse based staff. Registration ends Friday at 5 p m with forms available in The La Crosse Tribune and mailing to City Hall. Equipment rental is offered at Mount La Crosse.
Football fans may obtain the official souvenir program of the Minnesota UCLA Rose Bowl game by sending $1 to Official Rose Bowl Program Box 909M Pasadena 1 California.
Wilma Rudolph of Tennessee State repeated as AP Female Athlete of the Year after leading with 178 of 250 ballots. Her rivals included Mickey Wright and Darlene Hard, with Betsy Rawls, Bonna De Varona, Carolyn House, Angela Mortimer, Anne Quast Decker, Willye White, and Louise Suggs also among the top ten. Rudolph plans to return to TSU around Jan 2 to prepare for the indoor season.
Leonard B. Allison known as Stub, 69, a former University of California head football coach from 1935 to 1944, died in a Berkeley hospital after a heart condition. He previously coached at Wisconsin, Washington, and South Dakota and served as Wisconsin boxing instructor and athletic staff member. He retired last July and is survived by his widow Ethle.
Milwauk ee Braves pitcher Warren Spahn named Veteran Athlete of the Year by AP members. He praised staying active, noted he will be 41 next April, and recalled his 1961 season with 21 wins and a no hitter, bringing his career total to 309 wins and a 3.09 ERA. Archie Moore and Stan Musial trailed in voting.
Marquette defeated Wisconsin 92 75 before a arena crowd of 11 138 in Milwaukee. Ron Jackson led Wisconsin with 28 points while Dave Erickson scored 24 for Marquette as the Warriors pulled away after a 23 23 tie, dominating the boards 52 30 and shooting 549 to 385 from the floor.
Ernie Hefferle announced he will resign as Boston College football coach to return to the University of Pittsburgh as an assistant. Hefferle, 46, compiled a 7-12-1 record over two seasons and had one year left on his contract after succeeding Mike Holovak in 1959. Alumni factions had expressed disappointment with his performance.
Pepperdine University in Los Angeles announced on Wednesday it will quit football after 16 seasons due to rising costs. The decision follows a similar move by the University of San Diego, making Pepperdine the second Southern California school to drop the sport.
Tommy O'Boyle, 44, was named Tulane's new football coach on Wednesday replacing Andy Piltney. He aims to focus on recruiting as the first major step to improve the program's fortunes at his alma mater in New Orleans.
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