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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1947
Page
6
Onalaska and VFW played a disorderly game at Copeland Park with ten errors and many walks. Gene Osgood delivered a clutch single in the ninth to drive in the winning run as Onalaska erased a seven-run deficit to win 10-9.
Peerless teams meet VFW at 8 15 under the arcs at Copeland Park. Peerless won its only start this season, while VFW is yet to win in two starts.
Onalaska rallied with a late surge, overcoming VFW by ninth inning hits. Joe Mooney led the Onalaska offense with a long double and Osgood delivered the decisive liner as Onalaska piled up 11 hits against Olsen Meil and Grubb. E Malin added three hits for VFW.
St Louis manager Eddie Dyer says his Cardinals are more united now than they were last year after sweeping a two to one series with Boston. He notes the club has tightened bonds amid rumors of dissension and predicts a hot streak will return them to form.
The revived two day Tri State Championship shoot begins Saturday at Myrick Park with 100 target 16 yard and 100 target handicap events. 150 gunners from Wisconsin Illinois Iowa Minnesota and others expected. Sunday features 200 target class competition with state championship teams formed from Saturday top shooters.
Peerless baseball team will travel to Spillville Iowa Sunday for a contest with the city team. Manager Ossie Wuest announced that all players will leave Jack's Bar at 10 30 Sunday morning.
The Milwaukee fight night featured Jimmy Sherrer defeating Ed O’Neill by technical knockout at 3rd round stoppage while Monard Richy edged Ben Evana on points in Madison Minnesota and a bout in Oklahoma City drew interest.
ONALASKA 604 302 0 OMA near 10 11 runs in a chaotic box score. Palmer leads with multiple errors and hits while Olsen Meili Grubb each contribute strong pitching feats. Attendance 550. Umpires Baird plate Carrol bases. Time of game 23.
Toledo's Mudhens climbed to second in the American Association by sweeping Milwaukee in the series finale. KC fell to Columbus 10 6 as Indianapolis beat Minneapolis 4 3 and St Paul edged Louisville 6 5. Eight hit ball by Chet Johnson but Brewers still scored only in the fifth and ninth. Al Dark and Tom Neill doubles produced one run in the fifth. Murtaugh homered with Gene Nance aboard in the ninth for two more. Proledo allowed seven hits in six innings, while Columbus rookie Alex Patterson earned his seventh straight win. Red Barrett worked the ninth for Minneapolis, and Curt Davis began the ninth for St Paul before Coffman yielded a run.
A 35 member Western Conference track squad has five Badger athletes and others from Indiana Ohio State Michigan Northwestern Minnesota Purdue Iowa and Wisconsin. The group will face Pacific Coast Conference talent in an inter conference dual meet at Berkeley on June 28 after gathering June 23 in Berkeley following the N C C A A championships in Salt Lake City.
The Mexican League announces that Max Lanier will return to Mexico to play for the Veracruz Blues after accepting terms. Lanier led the circuit last season with eight wins and three losses in 18 appearances and opposed a winter offer of 7500 dollars.
Ray Wiersig, longtime coach at Algoma High School, was named head football coach at Washington High School in Two Rivers Wisconsin. He will also serve as assistant basketball coach replacing Harry O’Mealy who left for McAllister Ohio. Wiersig is a 1940 graduate of Stevens Point State Teachers College and hails from Colby Clark County.
La Crosse State Teachers College will send one relay squad to the Marquette cinder meet in Milwaukee Saturday. Bill Cross Nugent Jack Meade and Frank Blandin will compete under the Indian colors.
Mel Ott calls the New York Giants a hustling club with belief and spirit. He credits Walker Cooper Bobby Thomson and Johnny Mize for the turnaround and expects pitching to improve with Larry Jansen and Bill Ayers. Ott says the club is in a tight six game race with the Cardinals Cubs Dodgers and Braves as main threats.
Ray and Sam's softball team handed Monitor Bar its first defeat of the season at Copeland Field in the 16 inch Tavern league, 3 to 1 in eight innings. Fitzpatrick and Soller pitched for the winners and Monitor, nine and eight hits respectively. The winning run came in the eighth as Ray and Sam's pulled ahead in the fourth and Monitor tied in the fifth.
In Milwaukee Jimmy Sherrer the welterweight from Milwaukee stopped Ed O Neill at 1 50 of the seventh after a hard right forced the Detroit fighter from the ring O Neill had been hurt earlier in the round Sherrer weighed 153 pounds to O Neills 151 and twice floored him in the second round Also in the card Jackie Dart hard halted Forrest Dever at start of the third round earning a TKO Dart hard weighed 152 1 2 pounds Dever 148 1 2
Fransonian owned and driven by Dewey Urban of Zanesville Ohio won a mile trotters race as part of Maywood Park’s fourth grand circuit program before 5846 fans. Fransonian beat Frisdell owned by C F Rumsey Sr of Princeton Michigan by a half length after a late stretch challenge.
Freshman Harry Taylor led the Dodgers to three straight wins with a 3-0 shutout of the Giants following earlier five and two hit performances. Cincinnati blanked Philadelphia 5-0 as Ewell Blackwell and Grady Hatton fueled a doubleheader sweep. Marty Marion homered for St Louis in a 5-3 win over Boston as New York and Philadelphia hung tight in the pennant races.
The Eau Claire Bears defeated Grand Forks 4-2 while the Fargo Moorhead twins beat St. Cloud 6-5 in the only Northern league games last night.
National League results Chicago 5 3 New York 1 9 St. Louis 5 Boston 3 Brooklyn 3 Pittsburgh 0 Cincinnati 5 6 Philadelphia 0 3 American League New York 7 Detroit 0 Philadelphia 5 Chicago 2 Washington 3 Cleveland 0 American Association Toledo 6 Milwaukee 2 Indianapolis 4 Minneapolis 3 St Paul 6 Louisville 5 Columbus 10 Kansas City 6 Saturday schedule Cincinnati Boston Chicago Brooklyn St Louis New York Pittsburgh Philadelphia Washington Chicago New York St Louis Boston Detroit Philadelphia Cleveland Milwaukee Louisville St Paul Toledo Kansas City Indianapolis Minneapolis Columbus
Washington hosts a $10,000 National Capital Open where 30 of 104 starters were under par in round two. Early 66s by Jimmy Thompson and Sam Snead set pace, with E J Harrison close behind and several others within a stroke. William Griffin of Georgetown, an amateur, also featured among leaders.
Appleton and Wausau share second behind Sheboygan with Papermakers and Green Bay sweeping Oshkosh and edging Wisconsin Rapids. Ed Vesely belted a 350 foot homer for the Cubs as multiple errors marred both Oshkosh and Fond du Lac games. Dean Perks pitched seven innings for Wau sau to beat Oshkosh. Tom Appleton threw a four hitter for Green Bay.
The Boston Yanks NFL club announced a five game exhibition tour across the midwest and south starting this season. The schedule includes a September 14 contest against the Green Bay Packers in Milwaukee. The note mentions a separate line about the spinning art dating to 3500 BCE.
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