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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1944
Page
8
Central's Red Raiders host Aquinas Blu gold in a high school city showdown at Hixon Court. Both teams seek a strong start to the new year with Aquinas averaging 31 points per game and Central around 23, while each defends well.
Ford Lipovetz announces the 42nd Annual State Bowling tournament in Milwaukee with La Crosse alleys reserved for 12 teams on April 1 and 9:30 p m, 16 doubles and singles on April 2 at 9:45, plus 16 doubles and singles at 11:15. Entry closes January 31 at Milwaukee State office.
Galesville Wisconsin prepares for curling on covered rinks with a round robin schedule and the Burns bonspiel in late January. Curling club officers include Arnold French president Earl Trimm vice president Oscar Haug secretary and Sanford Dale among others. Skips listed feature J O Beadle Ralph Young Gale McKeeth and several others with changes to teams announced.
In Monday YMCA league action Moto Meter defeated St James 34 to 27 as Bonasik 12 and Koeller Ott seven led Moto Meter. DeMolays edged Uptown 38 to 35 with Hogue Pappas and Rudy each on 11, Dwyer 16, Lind nine for Uptown.
Willie Hoppe the 40 year old billiard great and Welker Cochran the 18.2 balkline king begin a 1900 point nontitle event in Kansas City on Wednesday. The match moves to Chicago Detroit and New York for the remaining rounds.
AP summary lists scattered game results with Camp Edwards 103 Chatham Coast Guard 33 and Olathe Naval Air Base 59 Rockhurst 2, Oshkosh 53 Fort Wayne Kinois 45, Wisconsin 43 over time, Notre Dame 36 Purdue 32. incomplete details for several matchups.
Illinois beats Wisconsin 45 to 43 in overtime after 25-18 halftime lead faded. Key players include Wendland with 20 for Wisconsin and Patrick, Kirk, and O'Brien for Illinois. Bonds: Big Ten opener in Madison before about 8,000 fans. Purdue-ND game noted with Purdue ineligible Bill Lodge.
In the Ge Galesville alleys holiday tournament, 56 men’s doubles and 26 mixed doubles entries competed for cash prizes. Top doubles duo Howard Barenthin and Lawrence Hamilton led with 1,178 total, while Vera Hanson and H. Small led mixed doubles with 1,135. Other award winners included Cronk and Beadle 1,173. Fisher and Small 1,165. Younker and Brenegan 1,137. Ofsdahl and Redsten 1,135. Rickman and Sweeney 1,128. Nelson and Daffinson 1,122. and Larson and Charlotte Larson 1,104 in mixed doubles.
Team standings and bowling averages for the Ladies Classic League are listed. The fragment notes Lieut Woodrow W King as captain of Penn State's 1941 team and mentions duty in Africa, suggesting wartime context.
On Camp McCoy alleys the 417th Infantry bowling team posted strong numbers averaging 203 pins per man after a 1,015 single game and a 2,910 three game total. Sgt Tom Collins led with 226 and Sgt Bill Kleiner added 219 as the team beat the 901st Field Artillery. Other notes include the 585th Infantry beating the 304th Infantry and the 776th Ordnance taking two from the 76th Signal company as Headquarters Co. downed the 76th MPs.
In Pittsburgh Zivic, weighing 152, KO'd Harris 155, both from Pittsburgh, in a rough main. In Newark Cox 190 and Randolpha 171, both from New York, battled to a draw 8 rounds. Chicago saw Reeves 171 from Cleveland outpoint Fitzjames 175 from Cantor 8 rounds. San Francisco's Moore 141 of Baltimore outpointed McDaniels 148 of Los Angeles in 10 rounds.
The piece explores how to place returning service athletes in pro and amateur roles as the war ends. It mentions stars Hank Greenberg Luke Appling Hugh Mulcahy and Zeke Bonura as potential promoters and highlights plans for college and schoollevel opportunities. It notes a Coast Guard sleeper Clayton Farrar aims for Grover Cleveland meet January 15 and mentions Lou Salica against Manuel Ortiz as February prospects. The article also discusses changes to the national collegiate basketball tournament including a possible shift of finals to New York.
Chicago reports a manpower shortage in baseball as the 1944 season looms with about 190 players in the armed forces and 600000 service members attending games as guests. Despite calls and losses, American League clubs expect to field competitive teams and continue wartime entertainment and war-relief efforts. Attendance in 1943 neared 4 million with a 69 990 World Series crowd and $308 000 raised for war charities.
Logan high school’s Rangers host Cotter from Winona on Friday at 8 p m seeking revenge after a 42 27 loss. Captain Ronnie Rieber leads with 58 points, while Ken Ingham tops city scoring at 64. Bob Stuhr and Dick Remen anchor the guards and forwards Schultz and Nelson are starters. Logan carries a 4 2 record, with a preliminary 7 p m game likely if Cotter second string cannot reach La Crosse.
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