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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1969
Page
9
The 400 Club and Schmidty's Roll On win to stay undefeated in the city slow pitch Tavern Softball League. Houser led downing the Keg 16 to 5 as the Keg dropped in both National and division standings after a night of 17 hits by the 400 Club.
Former Rex Mays winners Lloyd Ruby of Wichita Falls Texas and Mario Andretti of Nazareth Pennsylvania top a 150 mile race field in Milwaukee. Ruby won last year and has recent strong showings in Bettenhausen 200s with Andretti close behind.
Yonkers N Y AP Overcall the 6 year old Cape Town sired pacer owned by Mrs Helen Buck Far Hills New Jersey won the 50000 International Pace for the United States at Yonkers Raceway in a world record 3 02 5. He sped the final quarter in 29 5 and finished 8 1/2 lengths ahead of Blaze Pick of Canada. The victory gave Overcall six straight wins and 5 1 this season with a dramatic late surge from fifth at 1 1/2 miles.
Belmont High School coach William Jantsch resigns after ten years as basketball head coach and five years as football coach. He will join Dubuque High School faculty in Iowa as science teacher and assistant football coach. Jantsch earned multiple Black Hawk Conference coach of the year honors.
Vernon Telephone Co op team dominated the Area Bowling Moonlighters with a 750 individual tally by June Gordon and high game 212 by Gordon at Viroqua Sunset. In the Kickapoo league at Viroqua Sunset Lanes, K and L Inc led team and game with 2458 and 879, while Loren Lenox rolled high 570 series and 219 high game.
Rochester Mayo and Edina are favored to win the 1969 Minnesota High School Track and Field meet hosted by Macalester College in St Paul. Time trials start at 4 p.m. with seven events. finals at noon Sunday. Defending champs Moorhead and stars Garry Bjorklund and Colin Anderson are noted pre meet standouts.
The nation's first ski flying event is set for February 27 to March 1 near Ironwood Michigan on Copper Peak Hill. Gogebic Range Ski Corp. announces the tourney on a 120 meter jump, the longest in North America.
Nancy Richey of Dallas reaches the French Open semifinals at Roland Garros, aiming for back to back titles. Margaret Court, Ann Jones, and Lesley Bowrey also vie for the women’s crown as 10,000 fans watch. In men’s action, Rod Laver and Ken Rosewall reach the final after wins over Okker and Roche for a $7,000 prize.
Los Angeles AP report says Red Kelly is glad to be out as coach of the Los Angeles Kings after a mutual parting. Rumors of dissension with GM Larry Regan had circulated for months. A successor will be named at a Friday news conference.
Klein & Son rally from a two run deficit with two in the seventh to top Pogy's Pizza 5 3 at Powell Park. Mike Geary four hits and Bob Dunham two hits paced the winners as Credit Union’ s Tom Larson and Dave Walsh added two each in a 9 3 win over Village Shopping Center. Credit Union pitcher Mike Viner earned the victory.
Coon Valley moved into sole first place in the Western Wisconsin Baseball League by defeating Tomah 12 to 1. Dave Manchester earned the win as the undefeated expansion club improved to 4-0, one-half game ahead of Bangor while Tomah dropped to 1-2.
Junior golf begins at the La Crosse Country Club at 9 a.m. Monday. Registration is set Monday for all Country Club member youths up to age 17, per program director Mrs. Wollschlaeger. In other notes, Mike Hegan and Tommy Harper appear in baseball rosters for the Seattle Pi lots with positions listed.
World mile record holder Jim Ryun of Kansas leads a field of 28 United States Olympians at the 30th annual Coliseum Compton Invitational at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Olympic winners Willie Davenport Bob Seagren Bob Beamon Al Oerter Bill Toomey join John Carlos in notable events as Lennox Miller looms in the 100.
Barr Blakeslee Potter, a junior from St. Joseph Missouri, will captain Yale's 1969 70 varsity fencing team.
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