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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1949
Page
9
The En Crosse Cribune highlights a ballgame where the Phillies hit six homers to rout the Cincinnati Reds 12 to 3. Key long balls and strong pitching backed the decisive win.
Andy Seminick homered three times as the Philadelphia Phillies belted five long balls in the eighth inning to match a major league record and defeat Cincinnati 12 to 4. Del Ennis and others added power as Ken Raffensberger exited early after a rough start. The night also featured Yankees and Dodgers losses tightening the NL lead and a lone Indians win.
Highlights include Game where New York beats Chicago with Page earning the win and Gumpert taking the loss. Also Boston loses to Cleveland 8-3 as Lemon gains the mound win and Kinder suffers the defeat. Philadelphia edges Detroit 4-5 in a pitching duel while Washington defeats St Louis 4-1 with Sievers and Yost producing key RBIs.
About 1,700 Tomah fans watched the Indians beat Sparta 8 to 4 at home. Tomah built an 8-2 lead by the end of the third inning as Bert Tracy collected a single triple and a home run, while Kiddie struggled on the mound for Sparta before Benedict closed the game.
Britannica reports that among certain African tribes a wife may divorce her husband for not sewing her clothes, illustrating a marital norm tied to domestic labor duties and social custom.
Nan ny Fernandez and Jack Conway connected for two Indianapolis round trippers and Cully Rikard drove a sixth inning double to edge Milwaukee 3-2 in the American Association series. Roy Hartsfield homered for the Brewers, with a late eighth inning rally by Milwaukee falling short as Bob Klinger earned the win and Pete Fox the loss. Elsewhere St Paul defeated Louisville 14-19, Columbus beat Minneapolis 12-7, and Kansas City and Toledo split two games with Blues 4-1 and Toledo 2-0.
Jake La Motta will travel to Detroit for a 15 round middleweight title bout against Marcel Cerdan on June 15. Cerdan plans to depart Loch Sheldrake New York on Monday. The Santa Clara basketball squad contains only two players from outside California.
The annual Northeast Iowa open golf tournament sponsored by Oneota golf and country club will be played Sunday June 5 on the Oneota course. It is a 27 hole medal play event with I N Rounseville and Thurst Krome in charge. flights are set by the committee and awards go to winners runners up and the medalist.
Mauston Wis Special Fifty three members of the Mauston Ladies Star Bowling League held their annual banquet. At the business meeting Mrs Harold Hanson was elected president Mrs Ivan Dusell vice president Mrs Russell Hale secretary treasurer and Gretchen Holgate sergeant at arms.
Blues beat Grand Forks 4-2 while bears split with superior in a twin bill. Aberdeen won opener 4-2 and lost 9-6 in the nightcap. Fargo-Moorhead toppled Duluth 9-6 and Sioux Falls edged St. Cloud 3-2 in loop games.
Bruce Woodcock reclaimed British Empire and European heavyweight titles by stopping Freddie Mills in the 14th round at White City. The victory sets up a Sept. 6 bout with American Lee Savold for the vacant world heavyweight championship as promoter Jack Solomon markets the event for Joe Louis.
Wisconsin ace distance runner Don Gehrmann was elected captain of the 1950 track squad on Thursday night. He succeeds co captains Tom Bennett and George Kailas, who served as leaders for the team.
Class AA games at West Avenue Eds Tavern vs Howies Bar Houskas Park Newburgs vs Milwaukee Road Ward Ave West S and H vs Heilemans Class A Hogan Naval Reserve vs La Crosse Cooler Co Ward Ave East Piggly Wiggly vs Swift and Company Longfellow Recreation Lanes vs National Guard Sunday schedule follows.
Bruce Woodcock defeated Freddie Mills by knockout in London. The bout took place before a large crowd with Woodcock delivering decisive blows in early rounds. Mills failed to answer the bell for the final round as Woodcock secured victory.
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