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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1968
Page
4
Arcadia falls 5-1 as Hockenberg and Remen pace Onalaska with a dominant 5-1 win in the Coulee Conference. Bangor uses three pitchers to defeat Holmen 6-4 in the other league game with strong relief and late scoring.
Blair rolls to a 23 to 3 victory over Independence in a Dairyland Conference game. Rod Anderson earned the win for Blair allowing three hits as independents slipped to 4-5 while Blair sits 7-1 in league play. Bill Skroch homered for Independence while Blair teammates Brent Mathson Roge Feegan andDwite Frederixon each collected two hits.
American League standings show Detroit leading with 53 wins and Cleveland 46. Friday results include New York 2 Baltimore 1 and Detroit 8 Oakland 5. NL notes St Louis 51 30 and Pittsburgh 40 37 with multiple results and upcoming games listed.
Wilt Chamberlain, star center of the Philadelphia 76ers, is traded to the Los Angeles Lakers for center Darrall Imhoff guard Archie Clark and forward Jerry Chambers. Cash amount not disclosed. 76ers also name Jack Ramsay as new coach replacing Alex Hannum. Chamberlain says no trade without his permission and hints at a West Coast move.
Paul Brown ends five years out of football and joins the Cincinnati Bengals as coach general manager and part owner. He watches about 50 rookies report to camp at Wilmington College in Ohio as 30 more rookies join Saturday and veterans arrive July 10. The Bengals have sold 18 000 season tickets the largest advance sale in Cincinnati sports history and a league first for an expansion club.
The Los Angeles Dodgers, dropping five straight and slipping to seventh in the NL, reportedly plan changes despite officials declining to comment publicly. Hitting woes persist, with Don Drysdale the latest focal point before a 2-0 12th inning loss to Cincinnati after May delivered the decisive blows.
Pete Kohnert pitched a two-hitter with 16 strikeouts to lead Major's Minors to a 3-1 Pony League win over the 13th Ward Warriors. Dane Pengra hit a fourth inning homer and a fifth inning two-run triple scoring all Major's runs. Tim Carroll went seven innings for the Warriors.
De Soto topped Mel and Bills Bar 21-19 to win the Hokah Minnesota Riverland League slow pitch tournament. Earlier De Soto beat Toby's Bar 32-31 in an extra inning game to reach the final rounds. Genoa beat Chaseburg 22-17 to reach winners bracket while Onalaska beat Genoa 15-8 to reach the final. Hokah, host and first-half league winner, did not participate actively.
Amos Red Thisted, recovering from a January stroke, announced Friday his retirement from the Milwaukee Sentinel sports staff. The veteran reporter has served as a sports writer for nearly 50 years.
Boy's Club senior baseball team defeated La Farge 9-2 behind Steve Shuda three-hitter with 11 strikeouts and Greg Schlifer two hits including a two-run double. A six-run first inning propelled the visitors as La Farge stranded 10. Schlifer and Shuda led the offense with timely hits as Boy's Club improved to a third straight win.
Journalist Joe Garagiola recalls the excitement and challenges of hosting NBC Tonight and sitting in for Johnny Carson. He discusses calls from the network, consulting with Jack Paar, and the evolving guest dynamic with Beatles members John Lennon and Paul McCartney during the show week.
Detroit rides Bill Freehan power to an 8-5 victory over Oakland with two three run shots 400 and 430 feet. Freehan drives in six runs to lift the Tigers to 10 of 11 and 14 homers this season. Other AL results include Boston over Minnesota Chicago over Washington New York over Baltimore and Cleveland over California.
Defending champion Bill Toomey leads a 30-man field in the first half of the national AAU decathlon championship in Santa Barbara. He has won three titles but injury limited his practice as participants vie for Olympic trials invitations at Lake Tahoe on Sept. 6-7.
Jim Stone fired two perfect 25 x 25 scores to win the Airport Trap Club shoot on Wednesday night. He added rounds of 24 x 25 and 22 x 25, while Al Kulas, Dick Abraham, Jack Fisher and Jim Hamilton posted multiple high totals. Women and juniors also posted notable scores, including C. Schapfel and Matt Hamiston leading their divisions.
Jim Huettel of Madison fired a 33 37 70 to lead the Wisconsin amateur medal play first round. The field of 120 will play 18 more holes today and be cut to 40 plus ties for Sunday's final rounds. Huettel is one under par with a one stroke lead over Orv Erickson, with Harry Simonson and defending champion Dave Lund among others at 73.
Lee Trevino, 28, forges ahead at Warwick Hills with a four under 68 to sit at 138 after two rounds of the Buick Open. Julius Boros posts a 70 to stay within one stroke at 139 as Fred Marti and Tom Weiskopf trail in the 125000 event.
Minnesota hammered by ten base hits to four as Cal Elmer and three Twins relievers fail to stop Boston. Ken Harrelson belts a three run homer, Rod Carew and others scratch hits but cannot ignite a comeback. Minnesota drops to fifth, 13 games behind Detroit. next up Dave Boswell vs Gary Bell.
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