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La Crosse Tribune

Location

La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Jul 02, 1968

Page

5

Schmidty's Downs King's Leads Tavern League Halfway Mark

Schmidty's extended its Tavern League lead to 15 wins in 17 outings by crushing King's 13-2 at the midway point. Whitey's moved to 12-2 by beating Popcorn 13-8, Vogue stayed third with 12-3 after a 34-10 win over Glen's, and Popcorn upset Vogue 11-9 with two homers from Dick Meinzer. Latch's won twice to reach 12-3, 400 Club improved to 10-5 with a 21-3 win over Krazy K, and Snuffy's rose to 10-6 after a 16-15 eight-inning victory over Monitor.

Schmidty’s King’s Whitey’s Vogue Glen Popcorn Dick Meinzer Bob Bosch Jerry Liston Latch’s Terrace Glen’s Krazy K Snuffy’s Monitor Joe’s OK Key Tosa Club Bohemian Hall Bohemian Bill Turn‘quist Glen Dallman Steve Sofia Mike Regge Sportsman Paul Losen Chiefs The Labs Doug Gardner Cubs Long Horns Tigers Grandads Red Burners Haggerty Liston la Fleur Stange Besch Meinzer Tosa Viner and Gasson Rendier Fanta Wilhelm Wew McQuinn Fowler Graff Reso Turnauist Sofia Dallman Demorest Kaufmann Graf and Hampe

Gibson Keeps Streak Alive In 5-1 Cardinal Win At Dodgers

Bob Gibson ends Don Drysdale shutout string but loses chance at further records as St Louis tops Los Angeles 5-1 at Dodger Stadium. Gibson improves to 7th straight win and 1.13 ERA, while Drysdale falls to 10-5. Julian Javier and Orlando Cepeda drive in runs for the Cardinals. Len Gabrielson and Tom Haller deliver early Dodgers threats.

Los Angeles Dodger Len Gabrielson St. Louis Cardinal Bob Gibson Gibson Ron Fairly Associated Press Don Drysdale St. Louis Los Angeles Cardinal Dodger Stadium Dodgers Tom Haller Ron John Edwards Gabrielson Drysdale

Legion sponsors special race at Tomah Sparta Speedway

The Ameri can Legion will sponsor a special race at the Tomah Sparta Speedway Friday night a change from Thursday as earlier reported. In Onalaska Rivertal Riverland League softball Bob's Bar Genoa defeated Mel and Bills Onalaska 11 to 3 Sunday with E Ross homering for the winners.

Tomah Wis Ameri ‘Can Legion Tomah - Sparta’ Speedway Tribune Onalaska Bob's Bar Genoa Mel & Bill’s of E. Ross Ithe

Onalaska Sweeps West Salem In Salem Twinbill

Onalaska wins its fourth and fifth Western Wisconsin League games by sweeping West Salem 7-0 and 4-0. Randy Millis pitched a two followed by Dennis Lemke three hitters. Dunham hit a two run homer in the opener and Onalaska built early leads in both games.

West Salem Wis Onalaska Wisconsin Randy Millis Dennis Lemke Bob Dunham Dan Adams Greg Henriksen Millis Benson Bina Lehman Lemke Lawrynk Glennie Ledman

Wreck-em Rodeo Slated for July 4 at Spring Grove Park

A Wreck-em Rodeo featuring old cars is set for July 4 at Spring Grove Recreation Park starting at 2 p.m. The note adds 1967 PGA best nine hole scores of 29 by Gay Brewer in Pensacola Arnie Palmer in Los Angeles and Jack Nicklaus in the Sahara Invitational.

Spring Grove Minn Gay Brewer Pensacola, Fla Arnie Palmer Los Angeles Jack Nicklaus

Olympic Track Squad Chosen Amid Boycott Tensions

The Olympic Track and Field Committee named 193 athletes for a high altitude training camp at South Lake Tahoe amid boycott fears. Notable inclusions include Earl McCullouch and Gerry Lindgren, with two Caucasians added to balance events. Final trials will simulate Olympic conditions near Mexico City altitude.

Jack Stevenson Los Angeles United States Olympic Track and Field Committee Harry Edwards San Francisco South Lake Tahoe McCullouch Detroit Lindgren Lake Tahoe Mexico City

Major League Leaders in Batting and Pitching

American League leaders include Harrelson Boston .312 and Yastrzemski .302 with 43 runs by McAuliffe Detroit and 42 by White New York. F. Howard Washington leads RBI with 58, Uhlaender Minnesota tops hits with 80 and McAuliffe Detroit leads doubles with 7. In National League Rose Cincinnati hits 108 with 53 runs. McCovey San Francisco 90 homers. Marichal San Francisco 14 3 leads pitching. Marichal 119 strikeouts.

Harrelson Bost Oak Yastrzemski McAuliffe Det White N.Y F. Howard Wash Uhlaender Minn R. Smith B. Robinson Balt Fregosi Calif W. Horton Campaneris Cardenal Cleve John Chic McLain McDowell M. Alou Pitt Rose Cin Flood St.l McCovey S.F Perez Brock Clemente B. Williams H. Aaron Atl Hart Wills W. Davis L.A Marichal Koosman Singer Jenkins Chie

NFL AFL preseason slate features Mexico City game

Eagles meet Lions August 11 in Mexico City at Aztec Stadium using a new conversion rule experiment. The 68 game slate includes six nationally televised exhibitions and interleague matchups to test running or passing after touchdowns.

NEW York Philadelphia Eagles Detroit Lions Mexico City Chicago Toronto United States ABC. TV Cbs-Tv Green Bay Milwaukee Mon Dallas Minnesota St. Louis Sun Baltimore AFL Cincinnati NFL Giants New York Jets Shea Stadium Jets

Tri State All Star Rosters Set For Fourth Of July Game

Tri State League selects Western and Eastern division lineups for the July fourth all star baseball game in Chaseburg. Western starters include Imhoff Bissen Meiners Schroe der Fink Lanswerk Valley Easley with probable pitchers Buege or Anderson. Eastern lineup features Garrett Ekern Connors Stendahl Henley Wellendorf Jam bois Rudie or Davidson Overson or Speigler. Co captains of the 1968 US Olympic hockey team are Herb Brooks and Louis Nanne, both UMN alumni.

Chaseburg Don Imhoff New Albia Tim Bissen Caledonia Bob Meiners Eitzen John Schroeder Joel Fink Roger Lanswerk Spring Grove Roger Valley Harpers Ferry John Easley Ken Buege New Albin David Anderson Tom Garrett Lansing Bert Ekern Alan Connors Dewey Stendahl Jim Henley Chaseiburg Bob Wellendorf Norm Jambois Genoa Cent Dee Leirfteich Bois Ron Rudie Gary Davidson Dennis Overson Stoddard Dan Speigler Waukon U.S Herb Brooks St. Paul, Minn Louis Nanne Minneapolis University of Minnesota

Baseball Standings and Monday Results Recap

The grid shows teams with records and games back for the pennant race led by Detroit and Cleveland with holding patterns for Minnesota Oakland and California. Monday night results include Washington over New York Detroit beating California Boston defeating Oakland Chicago over Baltimore and Cleveland topping Minnesota.

W. L Detroit Cleveland Baltimore Minnesota Oakland California Boston New York Chicago Washington

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