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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1949
Page
18
MSC athletes regain eligibility after Western Conference ruling by Commissioner Kenneth L. Wilson. The decision follows a prior declaration that four MSU players were ineligible for baseball for receiving money to play in a Vermont summer league.
Wilson notes no similarity between two cases as the conference ineligibility committee dicta bars the baseball players. Richart observes Michigan State kept Western Conference rules since 1946 while the Jenison awards were halted after disapproval last year. Barney McCoskey batted .326 for the Philadelphia A's in 1948 with no home runs in his first season since 1939.
Chicago report outlines top contenders for the 49th National Open at Medinah No 3. Sammy Snead, Bobby Locke, Johnny Palmer, Cary Middlecoff and Lloyd Mangrum are highlighted for precision iron play and controlled shotmaking on the 7040 to 7130 yard layout. Hogan's 276 is cited as a benchmark while implications of foreign winners and tough terrain are noted.
Twenty college baseball teams with strong springs enter the third National collegiate A A championships elimination. Four survivors meet in a double elimination final at Wichita June 22 to 25. District tours open with St Johns Brooklyn Rutgers Seton Hall and Penn State vying for district two. Purdue Western Michigan Notre Dame in first round at Kalamazoo and Lafayette. Indiana and Purdue top the Big Nine. Western Michigan claims mid America title.
Ponder, trained on his Kentucky Derby farm, surged from eighth in the Peter Pan handicap to win by three fourths of a length at Belmont Park. Jockey Steve Brooks steered the Pensive colt to a 1 49 clocking as Colonel Mike held on for second and Curandero finished fourth amid a nine horse field. The win sent backers home with a 7.10 payoff for the winner.
Capot and Ponder renew rivalry in the 10th Peter Pan handicap at Belmont Park with seven rivals. Ponder, Kentucky Derby winner for Calumet, likely faces Capot as favorite on the mile and an eighth course in front of an expected 40 000 crowd. Also entered are Old Rockport Curandero Pibroch Colonel Mike Reveille Cochise and Ocean Drive with Colonel Mike and Cochise ineligible for next week’s Belmont.
Heileman's Old Style Lager softball team will host the Watkins nine of Winona at West Avenue diamond Sunday morning. Game starts at 10 30 a m with Clarence pitching for the home team and Stan Knopick opposing for Winona.
The three state trapshoot, La Crosse annual event across Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa, ends Sunday with four class champions. In Saturdays 200 target handicap H E Crist and P H Helms tied for honors while Lorenzen edged Graham in the doubles shootoff.
Nimbus, owned by Mrs. M. Glenisteg and ridden by Charlie Elliott, wins the 170th Epsom Derby in a photo finish. Amour Drake finishes second while Swallow Tail takes third. Loy al Forest falters as Ugongo is scratched. Nimbus earns first money of 56,680 dollars amid a field of 32 three year olds.
Jack Dempsey the former heavyweight champion will main attraction at a Lions club benefit wrestling show at Copeland park 8 30 pm. Dempsey will be arbiter as six well known grapplers clash in one fall bouts including Abe Kashey facing Black Abe Dempsey and Lew Newman in a heavyweight clash. Stan Myslajek returns to toss roughhouse tactics against Johnny Long with other bouts featuring Kuss versus Tommy Rice. Tickets are on sale at the S and H cigar counter.
The six team city league begins at Copeland Park with CIO facing the American Legion under lights at 8 p.m. The season runs three nights weekly, with CIO’s strong 1948 mer chants background and Legion’s improving squad set to clash, followed by La Crescent vs AFL on Wednesday and Onalaska vs VFW on Friday.
Madison West replaced Racine Park at the top of Wisconsin high school golf winning the two day 36 hole WIAA tournament with 626 strokes. Medalist honors went to Doug Campbell of Wisconsin High at Madison with 147. Wauwatosa was runner up with 638. John Noland of Janesville was medalist runner up with 150. Other top players included Koepcke, Baker, Bruce, Haak, and Thomas with notable scores.
An under fender electric device buzzes when the car approaches within four and a half inches of the curb. It aims to protect fenders and is claimed to speed up and simplify parking.
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