Packer Press Day Highlights Packers and Strike Talks
The Green Bay Packers hosted Press Day at North Shore Country Club near Menasha with Vince Lombardi, Tom McCormick, and Phil Bengtson. Players and coaches avoided specifics on the NFL strike while discussing prep time for All-Star consideration and team negotiations.
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Green Bay Packer
North Shore Country Club
Menasha
Packers
Vince Lombardi
North Shore
Lake Winnebago
Packer
Tom McCormick
Jim Irwin
Green Bay
Jack Arnold
Gage
McCormick
Pickett
Lombardi
Phil Bengtson
Engison
Forrest Gregg
Bart Starr
Christianson Dominates Foxhead Shoot in Wisconsin
Howie Christianson of Galesville led a Wisconsin-Minnesota Trapshooting League meet at Warrens with a 96 on the 16-yard line to win class C and later a 93 from 20 yards in the handicap, followed by a 45 of 50 in class B doubles. Don Graham of Winona won class A doubles and long yardage handicap. Other winners included Dave Shaw and Duane Schoepp of Winona, Lonnie Muller and Jack Fisher in yardage and shootoffs. Upcoming league action is set for August 4 at La Crosse Airport.
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Warrens
Wis
Foxhead
Howie Christianson
Galesville
Don Graham
Winona
Graham
Dave Shaw
Muller
la Vera Campbell
la Farge
Jack Fisher
la Crosse
Campbell
Fisher
Joe Robertson
Elroy
Stan Hollenbeck
Hollenbeck
Robertson
Robert Haberman
Tomah
la Crosse Airport
Casper Leads British Open by Four Shots
Bill Casper of San Diego moved four strokes ahead at the British Open after two rounds at Carnoustie. He cited a nonallergy diet of smoked salmon duck salad grapefruit and peaches after slimming from 220 to 185 pounds. Nicklaus also at 145. 69 on Thursday boosts his chances as the field narrows to the low 45.
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Don Horn
San Diego ‘State
Carnoustie
Scotland
Bill Casper
San Diego
Calif
Casper
United States
Britain
Tony Jacklin
Brian Barnes
Bob Charles
New Zealand
Gary Player
South Africa
Jack Nicklaus
Columbus
Ohio
Paddy Skerritt
Ireland
Dave Thomas
Wales
Maurice Bembridge
England
Nicklaus
Muirfield
Big Bear
Packers Barred From Camp Hold Vet Rookies Drills
Green Bay veterans led by Bart Starr practiced at a high school field with 13 other Packer veterans and several free agents while barred from official training camp amid a dispute between club owners and the NFL Players Association. Starr supervised a passing drill and sprints, Ken Bowman commented on the effort, and rookie fullbacks Brendan McCarthy and Bob Apisa suffered pulled muscles during a fundamentals drill.
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Green Bay
Green Bay Packers
Bart Starr
Packer
National Football League Players Association
Phil Bengtson
Brendan McCarthy
Boston College
Bob Apisa
Michigan State
Bengtson
Premontre High School
Starr
Ken Bowman
Rushford Beats La Crosse Legion Two 2-0 in League Play
Rushford’s Legion baseball team defeated La Crosse Legion Number Two 2-0 in Houston Fillmore Legion League action. Gary Quarry carried a no hitter into the eighth before Terry Johnson doubled with one out, spoiling the bid. Quarry allowed one hit and four walks with four strikeouts. Bob Reichgelt matched with ten Ks on five hits.
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la Crosse Legion
Copeland Park
Wally Mears
Legion No. 2
Dan Wagner
Caledonia Legion
Frank Hottinger
Mears
Bill (Booker
Parizek
Legion No
la Crosse
Chaseburg
Legion
Memorial Field
Jay Buckley
Steve Cooley
Bud MacKendrick
MacKendrick
Cincinnati
Legion No. 1
Winona
Winona Legion
Jiff Wigdahl
Ken Barrett
Bob Formanek
RBI
Wigdah
Servais
Schmidt
Barrett
Frederick
Cooley
Kroner
Esmond
Ae Kamia
Tooke
Blank
Formanek
Ee Hottinger
Savier
Cusicu
Hayes
Bodels Wettstein
Halverson
Reichgeleee
Hottinger
HTN
TN Kroner
Rushford
Minn
Terry Johnson
Gary Quarry
Johnson
Quarry
Bob Reichgelt
Lacrosse
ABR
Overland
Wettstein Sf
Quarry P
Kujawski Sf
Carreis‘n Sf
Heilman
Iverson If
Oj Hottinger
Kjenski Ss & OjJohnson
Lincoln torches Augusta in Dairyland clash for 136 run rout
Alma Center Lincoln exploded for ten runs in the first three innings and cruised past Augusta 136 in Dairyland Conference action on Thursday.
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Alma Center
Wis
Lincoln
Augusta
Arcadia and Onalaska Win In Coulee Conference Action
Arcadia defeated Bangor 6-2 to move within a step of the Coulee title as Jim Rolbiecki and Arnold led the offense and Bangor’s Bob Steigerwald homered. Onalaska blanked Holmen 3-0 behind Chuck Hockenberg who struck out 17 in a one hitter.
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Onalaska
Arcadia
Bangor
Holmen
Chuck Hockenberg
Jim Rolbiecki
Rolbiecki
Arnold
Bob Steigerwald
Jeff Tabbert
Steve Stuhr
Ron Whiteman
Jim Wittenberg
Whiteman
Mike Spah
Wittenberg
Coulee
Melrose-Mindoro
West Salem
Chuck Timm
Onalaska and Tomah win district baseball titles bid
In Sparta Wisconsin Onalaska defeated West Salem 12 7 and Tomah beat Bangor 4 3 to reach the La Crosse District Non-Professional tournament final. Tomah pitcher Howard Bloom no hit Bangor with 11 strikeouts and eight walks. Bloom left the game after a ninth inning walk but Pongratz delivered the game winning single. West Salem and Bangor meet in the consolation game while Onalaska and Tomah will clash for the title at 8 p.m. Sunday.
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Sparta
Wis
Onalaska
Tomah
la Crosse
West Salem
Howard Bloom
Bangor
Bloom
Karl Haverly
Onalaska Southpaw
Dan Walters
Dennis Lem
Ke. Lemke
Ken Herlitzka
Tunie Hofer
Ron Allen
Walters
Larry Lawrynk
Hoier Jin Onalaska
Dan Adams
Allen
Tom Blaken
Randy Millis
Adams
Tom Niedfeldt
Roger Benson
Bob Dunham
Fritz Pongratz
Tunney Strozewski
Strozewski
Ted Schleicher
Bob Ducklow
Greg Roraff
Ron Grovesteen
McLendon and Thompson Lead Milwaukee Open Round
Mac McLendon and Rocky Thompson shot 66s to lead the Great Milwaukee Open at North Shore Country Club as winds eased. Several notables including Boros Trevino and Weiskopf sit one or two strokes back with two rounds remaining.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Mac McLendon
Rocky Thompson
McLendon
Thompson
North Shore Country Club
Lake Michigan
Birmingham
Ala
Dick Lotz
Fred Marti
Red Horn
PGA
Overlook Park
Kan
Dave Stockton
University of Houston
Wichita Falls
Tex
Paul Falls
Cleveland
Tom Schaller Wins Feature At La Crosse Speedway
Tom Schaller of Holmen won the feature race at La Crosse Speedway on Wednesday night with Don Grant briefly leading before Schaller took the win. Wirtz and Marcis chased for second as Schultz set the fast time of 14.70 seconds and Trickle and Marcis prepare for the Milwaukee 200.
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Tom Schaller
Holmen
la Crosse Speedway
Curt Iverson
la Crosse
John Brevik
Fairchild
Schaller
Dave Marcis
West Salem
Bill Wirtz
Wisconsin Rapids
Dick Schultz
Medford
Gary Nicols
al Kroes
Jack Burchell
Schultz
Trickle
Marcis
Milwaukee
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Christianson
Packer Patter
Doug Hart
Carroll Dale
Jim Weatherwax
Big Jim
Zeke Bratkowski
Dale
Gregg
Hart
Horn
Legion Squads
National Football League
Twen
WWE
Rushford Downs Legion No
Onalaska Skrede
Lamb
Meinking
Millis
E.miller
Dunham Ss
Haverly
Blaken
Gilbert
Binass
Allen If
Dovenb’s
Connors
T.miller
Niedfeildt
Stellerf O/ Olson
Olson Rf
Benson
Holer
Lawrynk
Lemke
Seeger If
Herlitzke
E—Millis
Skrede
Stella
Seeger
Dunham
Bina
Haverty
Dan Bina
Rand Millis
Tom Iedfeldt
Tonie Hofer
Niedfeldt
Toman Abr Korn
Stroz
Ski c
Tylika Cf
T.schiei
R Cf
Henley Ss
Duck
Ss Lf
Antony Rf
Sesolak If
Groves
Nicolas If
Pongratz
Sedevie
K.schlei
Zier
Henry
Youngs
Taylor Rf
Roraff P
Bloom P
Ima
T. Schleicher
Antony Nicolai
Julius Boros
Tom Weiskopf
Lee Trevino
Rod Horn
Hale Irwin
Bobby Mitchell
Dave Marad
Jay Hebert
al Geiberger
Ted Makalena
Steve Oppermann
Tom Bolt
Marty Fleckman
Mike Hill
Rod Funseth
Chi Chi Rodriguez
Jim Colbert
Steve Spray
Bob Johnson
Dick Crawford
Dan Sykes
Charles Sifford
Harold Henning
Ken Venturi
Terry Winter
Chris
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