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Newspaper

La Crosse Tribune

Location

La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Jun 09, 1948

Page

10

Indians Beat Red Sox 2-0 Behind Bearden’s Six-Hitter

Gene Bearden pitched a six hit shutout to lift the Cleveland Indians to a 2-0 win over the Boston Red Sox in Boston. Lou Boudreau hit a two-run homer in the fourth as Cleveland extended its lead to three and a half games atop the standings.

Gene Bearden Hal Newhouser Phils Joe Reichler Associated Press New York Yankees Cleveland Indians Indians Tribe Allen Gettel Hal Peck Sherman Lollar Ray Mack Los Angeles Red Sox Boston Athletics Yankees Lou Boudreau Cleveland Chicago White Sox Yankee Stadium Detroit

Boxing Results Across Cities

Fights last night listed from Spokane Buffalo Brooklyn Utica and Honolulu with outpoints and knockouts. Notable bouts include Eddie Beshore winning over Tiger Jack Pox in Spokane and Lee Oma defeating Walter Hafer in Buffalo. A cruiserweight clash between Pedro Jiminez and Sailor Ike Patton in Honolulu ended in a three round crawl due to inaction. A penguin reportedly eats over four pounds of fish daily.

Associated Press Spokane Wash Eddie Beshore Fl Mont Calif Tiger Jack Pox Buffalo N. Y Lee Oma Detroit Walter Hafer Washington, D. C Brooklyn MacArthur Stadium Ruby Kessler Lee Lucignano Hoboken N. J Utica Lee Sala Donora Indian Gomez Hevana Honolulu Pedro Jimipez Vallejo Ike Patton

Glen Selbo Emerges As Top Class B Third Baseman

Glen Selbo of La Crosse Logan High School fame builds a reputation at Quincy as a standout third baseman for the Gems. Starting every game, he hits at a $25 clip, leads in RBIs with 30, and ranks among the top hitters behind Jerry Snyder and Bob Marquis while also playing pro basketball in the off season.

Quincy Glen Selbo la Crosse Logan Fred Gray Quincy Herald-Whig la Crosse Selbo Shorstop Jerry Snyder Bob Marquis University of Wisconsin Oshkosh All-Stars Clen Walter Selbo Wood Street Wis

Streak of baseball results and schedules across leagues

Tuesday results include AL games: Detroit 2 Philadelphia 2, Washington 6 St Louis 6, Cleveland 2 Boston 2, New York 3 Chicago 1 in 12 innings, and NY 3 Chicago 1. NL Boston 11 Chicago 1, Brooklyn 6 Cincinnati 8, St Louis 7 Philadelphia 8, NY at Pittsburgh postponed by rain. AA Milwaukee 4 Indianapolis 3, Columbus 13 Minneapolis 3, St Paul 15 Louisville 6, Kansas City 5 Toledo 4. Wisconsin Midwest results and Thursday schedule follow with multiple intercity matchups.

Detroit Philadelphia Washington St. Louis Cleveland Boston New York Chicago Brooklyn Cincinnati Pittsburgh American Association Milwaukee Indianapolis Columbus Minneapolis St. Paul Louisville Kansas City Toledo Wisconsin Rapids Janesville Sheboygan Wausau Oshkosh Appleton Fond du Lac Green Bay National League Associated Press Louis Kersey City Wisconsin State League Fond du Lat Appiedon

Salem Tigers win in intercity loop opener two games

West Salem, Wis. The inter-city AA Softball League opened with two games at West Salem. Gateway Glass lost 12-4 to West Salem as Diekroeger Zantow and A Meyer held opponents to three hits. Semlar Leicht led Salem with two hits. In the other, Tighe's Tigers beat S and H 9-4 behind Carl Powers four hit effort with Dwyer homer and Reichgelt doubles.

West Salem Wis Gateway Glass Tighe S Tigers S and H Crew Salem Diekroeger Zantow A. Meyer Evenson Semlar and Leicht van Allman Gateway Dansberry G. Miller Tiger Carl Powers Jack Dwyer Bob Scharnke B. Reichgelt Wohlhofer Tighes Tigers Tikal C. Powers Johnston

Clever Sunny Scores Easy Harness Victory

Clever Sunny led early and held a five length advantage to win the Grand Circuit feature at Fairmount Park before 5 180 spectators driven by Tom Beasley. Vanity Herbert paid 19 to win in the opener and Don Chimes 9 20 in the second race as a $114 20 daily double paid out. The night saw mutual handle total 58083.

Fairmount Park Clever Sunny Tom Beasley Vanity Herbert Don Chimes

Plan Summer Program For Elroy Youths

Elroy Wisconsin recreation director John Howland announced a supervised eight week summer program from June 14 to August 7 for all ages. Daily activities include softball baseball volleyball football basketball ping pong horseshoes and more with events like bicycle races hobo parade hobby contest track meet and doll buggy parade. Evening softball emphasis. park facilities for practice. Six teams Hercules American Legion Senior Scouts VFW Rotary Steffen's Garage hold organization meeting. league play runs June 14 to July 29 with August 2 3 and 5 set for a tournament.

Elroy Wis John Howland Howland Hercules American Legion American Legion, Senior Scouts VFW Rotary Steffen’s Garage

Chips Tavern Beats Salvation Army In Bangor Showdown

Chip's Tavern of Bangor outslugged the Salvation Army from La Crosse 11 to 7 in a power filled game. Yeager and Erickson homered for Chip's Tavern while Grabhorn and Rhomg hit for La Crosse Salvation Army, with Grabhorn and Yeager each allowing seven hits.

Bangor Wis Chip’s Tavern Salvation Army la Crosse Yeager Grabhorn Wittmershaus J. Erickson Banor Rhomrg

Lutheran League Roosevel t First Onalaska Clash

Wednesday schedule lists Lutheran League games including Roosevelt First Onalaska versus Our pchar Hogan Mt Calvary versus St Paul West Avenue Trinity versus Immanuel Isse la Plume Bethel versus English Nis Chalmers Copeland Sluggers versus Third Shift Hood Street Engineers versus Office South Avenue Plows versus Cultivators Longfellow Foundry versus Outcasts.

Brewers Clinch Ninth Inning Win Over Indians 4 3

Damon Phillips drove in Norm Ozark with two out in the ninth to lift the Milwaukee Brewers past the Indianapolis Indians 4 3. Al Epperly started, Glenn Elliott finished with four strikeouts, and Red Barrett took the loss. St. Paul toppled Louisville 15 6 while Columbus beat Minneapolis 13 3 and Kansas City edged Toledo 5 4. Earl Naylor and Roy Campanella homered for Saint Paul. Bill Howerton had five straight hits for Columbus.

Damon Phillips Norm Ozark Milwaukee Brewers Indianapolis Indians St. Paul Louisville Columbus Minneapolis Kansas City Toledo Indians Brewers al Epperly Milwaukeeans Glenn Elliott Indianapolis Red Barrett Cal McLish Earl Naylor Roy Campanella Saints Mel Himes Earl Toolson Bill Howerton Harvey Haddix Leon Culbertson Ralph Houk Ma! Mariette Milwa McLish Barrett Hutchings Lopez Glanss Epperly Elliott Burris

Sparta Nips Tomah Crew in 57 minute softball win

Sparta All Stars defeated Tomah Veterans Hospital 2 to 1 in a fast Class AA Intercity league game on the local diamond. Jenkins opened the seventh inning with a line drive homer to left center to end the game after Sparta tied it in the sixth. Brasic allowed five hits for Tomah as Wandschneider gave up seven for Sparta. Hopkins and Jaeger led their teams with timely singles. In the nightcap at Sparta, Milw Road from La Crosse crushed Onalaska Vets 14 to 2 with Johns driving in two singles and 11 runs off two pitchers aided by 13 Vet errors.

Sparta Wis Sparta All-Stars Tomah Mader Strazewski Schmitz Jenkins Brasic Wandschneider Hopkins Jaeger Hardy Wandchneider Benedict Bangor Diamond Bangor Milwaukee Road Club la Crosse Onalaska Vets Club Johns Vets Milw Onalaska Philips Tikal Barnes Hefti Isle la Plume Heileman’s Kitty Korner Heiseman Clarence Swish) Beranek George Mekvold Frits Mekvold Bob Bendel Bob Coorough Ronnie Barnes Brewery Beranek Heileman Tanke Leith

Babcock Triumphs Over Mahlum In Class A Horseshoes

Mahlum suffers first defeat as E Babcock wins in Class A action on Isle La Plume courts. Schmeckoeper leads standings with 4 1 record, Mahlum top in ringers with 90 score, while Banasik and Powers share strong 2 1 marks and other results listed.

Manley Mahlum Isle la Plume E. Babcock W. Schmeckoeper Mahlum L. Banasik L. Powes K. Boatman Ringer

French Creek Nine Beats Disco 10-8 at Blair

French Creek defeats Disco 10-8 on Sunday at Blair in the Jackson Trempealeau league. Enghagen pitched a full game with nine scattered hits. Helstad homered and singled, Mahlum doubled and tripled, while Anderson started for Disco before Kampen relieved in the first. Hegg to face French Creek June 13 at Ettrick Diamond. Laurel Thompson manages French Creek.

Ettrick Wis Disco French Creek Blair Enghagen Anderson Kampen Helstad Mahlum Hegg Laurel Thompson

Newbury's Triumph Over Gateway Glass In National League Final

An overflow Isle La Plume crowd witnessed Newbury's defeat Gateway Glass 5 to 1 in the league final. Heiam earned the win over Evenson, with Arentz homering for Newbury's in a low‑scoring contest.

Heileman Kitty Korner Newburg Gateway Glass Heiam Evenson Arentz Newbury Dansbury Lepsch

Sparta Baseball Opens Night Tilt With Whitehall Crew

Sparta, defending Monroe County league champions, travels to Whitehall for the season’s first night game. Manager Apple plans Mel Johnson to start against Whitehall, with Benedict and Kiddie in reserve and Jim Fritsch catching. Whitehall, with a storied club, plays on a field regarded as one of the district’s best.

Sparta Wis Sparta Baseball Club Whitehall Mgr Apple Mel Johnson Hardhitting Benedict Kiddie Jim Fritsch

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