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Newspaper

La Crosse Tribune

Location

La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

Jun 16, 1959

Page

12

Moon Drysdale Lead Dodgers Over Braves 4-0

Los Angeles Dodgers defeated Milwaukee Braves 4-0 behind Don Drysdale who struck out 12 and allowed four hits. Wally Moon belted a three run homer, matching Drysdale’s early lead after a seventh inning run. Milwaukee’s Lew Burdette took the loss as the Braves fall further in the standings.

LOS Angeles Wally Moon Don Drysdale Los Angeles Dodgers Milwaukee Braves Milwaukee San Francisco Lew Burdette Johnny Podres Drysdale Braves Jim Gillam Zimmer Moon Wes Covington Frank Torre Bill Bruton Frank Howard Victoria Tex Casey Wise Don Demeter Unifax Wise Gilham Mathews Neal Aston C'ington Hodges Torre Howard Bruton Fairly Rf Crandall Demeter Logan Roseboro Buhi Vernon Hon Crandall Buhl Gilliam Hr—Moon Sb—Bruton RBI McMahon U— Dixon Secory Smith Dascoli

Junior Church League Opens Play Thursday

The Junior Church League begins softball at Memorial Field with games on Thursdays at 5 45 p m and 7 15 p m. Opening matches feature Beth el Lutheran against English Lutheran and Caledonia Methodist versus Christ Episcopal. Additional schedule items list several matches through August with multiple church teams facing each other.

Memorial Field South Diamond Bethel Lutheran English Lutheran Caledonia Methodist Christ Episcopal Bethe We Christ Episcopal Trinity Bethel Caledonia Bethe Beithe Chri Episcopal English

Youth Registration Set At Three Sites

Registration for youth league baseball at Memorial Field is Wednesday at 1 30 p m. Longfellow Field hosts registration Thursday at 1 30 p m Copeland Park registration occurred today.

Memorial Field Longfellow Field Copeland Park

Prairie du Chien blanked Eastman 12 to 1 in high school game

Prairie du Chien crushed Eastman 12 to 1 Monday night. Interested managers should contact Charles Hyke at Prairie du Chien High School. Scoreline shows Eastman 00100 13 51 and Prairie 223 221 x-129.

Prairie DU Chien Wis Eastman Charles Hyke Prairie du Chien High School Prairie

Salt Lake City Beats Vancouver In PCL Clash

In Salt Lake City the Salt Lake City team defeated Vancouver 2 to 1 in the Pacific Coast League. Other results include Louisville over Charleston 2 to 1 in the American Association, Indianapolis 5 over Omaha 3, St Paul 1 over Houston 0, and Denver 3 over Fort Worth 2. International League featured Richmond 10 over Rochester 4 and Buffalo 19 over Columbus 4.

Salt Lake City Vancouver American Assn Louisville Charleston Indianapolis Omaha St. Paul Houston Denver Fort Worth Richmond Rochester Buffalo Columbus

Hornets Top E Racers In Trane Loop

The Hornets won their seventh game in 10 starts Monday night with a 15-10 decision over the E Racers in a Trane Co. Plant League game at Lueth Park. Also at Hogan Park Pencil Pushers defeated the Trances 13-3 as R. Wuensch handled four hits. Blue Lions beat Labs 18-9 at Memorial South and Old Grandads edged Pole cats 9-7 at Memorial North. Homers were hit by Priedel, Volten, Kokott, Scheit zach, Wuensch, Churchill, Maybee, Schmidt and Holman. The Nite Hawks are 4-0 and Chiefs 7-1 in the league.

Hornets Eracers Trane Co Blue Lions Labs Memorial South Old Grandads Polecats Memorial North Priedel Volten Kokott Scheitzach R. Wuensch Churchill Maybee Schmidt Holman E-Racers Nite Hawks Chiefs F-Racers Kabat Marcus Dwyer Lounsbrough MecSteen Peterson J. Delap Labs Happel Miller and Murak Cooley Johnson Crook Neuman

Bev Hanson Wins Open in Sudden Death at Minneapolis

Beverly Hanson of India California and Fara go North Carolina won the American Women's Open in sudden death over Louise Suggs of Atlanta after both tied at 297 in 72 holes. Hanson sank a four foot birdie on the first extra hole to claim victory as Suggs missed a 12 foot birdie chance. Third place went to Mickey Wright with 300, followed by Joyce Ziske and Betsy Rawls at 301. Hanson earned 1,313 dollars while Suggs took 1,012.

Beverly Hanson Fargo N.D Minneapolis Donald Shhiff Louise Suggs Hanson Suggs Unifax India Calif Farago N.C Atlanta Miss Hanson Beverly Miss Suggs Mickey Wright San Diego Joyce Ziske Milwaukee Betsy Rawls Spartanburg D.C Patty Berg Carol Sorenson Janesville Wis Ann Johnstone Mason City Iowa

Baseball Standings and Results Update

American League results show Detroit defeating Baltimore and Cleveland beating Boston while Chicago topped New York and Kansas City beat Washington. Washington 8 Kansas City 8 on Monday. Tuesday games include Detroit 6 Baltimore 4 and Cleveland 5 Boston 1. National League standings list Milwaukee and Pittsburgh atop, with Chicago and Los Angeles close behind. Only game: Los Angeles 4 Milwaukee 0.

Detroit Baltimore Cleveland Boston Chicago New York Kansas City Washington Milwaukee San Francisco Pittsburgh Los Angeles Cincinnati St. Louis Philadelphia Aaron Burgess Pittsburgh Mathews Pinson Banks Robinson Clackney Cepeda

Major League Leaders Baseball Stats Snapshot

Detroit standout Kaline hits .357 and Kuenn leads batting with .361. Killebrew tops RBIs with 48, Mantle steals 14, Fox multiples in hits, and Williams and others chase doubles. Pitching marks feature Wilhelm 91, Larsen 61, Drysdale 103 strikeouts, and other leaders across leagues.

Kuenn Detroit Kaline Killebrew Washington Yost Skowron New York Fox Chicago Runnels Boston Wiliams Kansas City

Patterson Training Alone Reflects Self Rule as JohansSon Fights Loom

World heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson trains without a fixed trainer in his corner for the June 25 title defense against Ingemar Johansson at Yankee Stadium. Manager Cas D'Amato, who oversees Patterson's camp, says Patterson decides when and how long to work out and that he remains highly self disciplined and intelligent. D'Amato compares Patterson's autonomy to legends Louis and Marciano, noting only Tunney and Walcott historically exercised similar control.

Floyd Patterson Cas D'Amato Patterson Sweden Ingemar Johansson Yankee Stadium Floyd D'Amato Joe Louis Rocky Marciano Gene Tunney Jersey Joe Walcott

Indians Back In First Spot

Cleveland’s revived Indians, powered by three homers and led by Jim Baxes Woody Held and Minnie Minoso, surge to the AL lead with a 5-1 win over the Red Sox. Rocky Colavito sparked the streak with a four-homer game, as Cleveland extends to six straight victories and moves one tenth of a percentage point ahead of idle Chicago.

Cleveland Indians Detroit Tigers Boston Chicago White Sox Tigers Hoyt Wilhelm Baltimore Washington Kansas City Harmon Killebrew Senators Gary Bell Jim Baxes Woody Held Minnie Minoso Yankees Rocky Colavito Colavito Minoso Bell Jackie Jensen Pete Runnels RBI Red Sox Wilhelm Kaline Ray Narleski Dick Sisler Bud Daley Killebrew Jim Lemon John Romanosky Kent Hadley Chuck Stobbs

First Money Shoot Staged By Gun Club

The La Crosse Gun Club held its first money shoot of the year at Myrick Park range with more than 20 shotgun artists on a fall afternoon. High gun in Class A went to H Gundersen and Haskell, Class B to Robert Hengel, Class C to Dave Raatz tied Jim Haminston.

la Crosse Myrick Park Dr . H. Gundersen Harvey Haskell Robert Hengel Dave Raatz Jim Haminston Haskell Robert M. Miller Robert Krett Ben Voss Jim Pertsch

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Bob Buhl Don Zimmer Dodger Gil Hodges John Roseboro Zeker Eddie Mathews Henry Aaron Covington Bull Gilllam John J. Freisinger Earl F.’Stuckert Freisinger Agency Billy Flamio Peter Schmidt Rudy Ellis Covert Mich Abe Linnear Rick Gene Gray North Little Rock Ed Walker New Orleans Henry Hank Willie Vaughn Hollywood Rome Charlie Douglas Pranco Caruso Drew West Ave Wiggert Bros Quality Lumber & Coal Co Trane Park Trane Cove John's Jackson Plaza Horseshoe Houska Park Classen A&b Trane Loop National Airport Allied Aviation Fueling Chevrolet Chevy Ray Hutson Chevrolet, Inc Cass Streets Bev Hanson Major League Lopez Aparicio Mantle Larsen Wynn Cimoli Dark H Anderson White Louis Bissingame Elston Jones Chatham, N.J Ap) — World Johansson Associated Press Eddie Yost al Kaline Larry Osborne Harvey Kuenn Charlie Maxwell Adcock Palko O'Brien Rice Wise Roach i Lopate
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