Gophers Aim for third win in City league twin bill
La Crescent hosts American Legion in game one at 7 p m with Manager Al Grob’s Gophers unbeaten and leading by a half game over Peerless and Schlitz. Legion faces CIO in nightcap as both teams chase a second place tie amid strong mound crews.
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la Crescent
American Legion
CIO
VFW
al Grob
Gopher
Peerless
Schlitz
Onalaska
Bill Meyer
Legion
Legion Nine
Gophers
Wayne Lottes
Jerry Johnston
L= Crescent
Meyer
The
Wally Mears
Stub Yeager
Jim Sullivan
Pakistan Moves Toward Expanding Production for Industrialization
Pakistan plans to boost production as a core strategy to accelerate industrialization. Government and industry officials discuss scaling resources, refining processes, and improving infrastructure to support growing manufacturing capacity.
La Crosse Tribune Friday News Briefs June 18 1948
Local page itemization from the La Crosse Tribune dated Friday June 18 1948. Chronology unclear. contains brief news scraps and notices common to the era.
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THE
LA Crosse Tribune
Baseball Teams Still Register Captains Engage Clubs
Captains of Cub Midget Junior and Intermediate leagues can still engage their clubs for the coming season. South side units sign with Bob Bauer at Salterfield while northsiders go to Copeland where Ray Nibbe leads.
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Bob Bauer
Salterfield
Northsiders
Copeland
Ray Nibbe
West Salem Wins 7-5 Over Bangor In Eight
West Salem edged Bangor 7 to 5 in the LittLe Eight game. Schroeder struck out 19 for Salem while Ghelf fanned 18 for Bangor. Hammes led Salem with a homer a double and a single as Salem scored three in the eighth to seal the win.
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Bangor
Wis
West Salem
Bob Schroeder
Salem
Earl Ghelf
Ghelf
Dave Hammes
Ed Hesselberg
Ronnie Knutson
Schroeder
Miller
Wittmershaus
Fights Last Night by Associated Press
Reports from Minneapolis and Indianapolis describe box results. Willie Pep outpoints Miguel Acevedo in Havana non-title lightweights. Billy Smith stops Bob Garner in Oakland Louisville bout. Mass Trish Pat Shan- remains incomplete.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis
Willie Pep
Harford
Miguel Acevedo
Havana
Indianapolis
Billy Smith
Oakland
Calif
Bob Garner
Louisville
Mass
Trish Pat Shan
Williams Holds Lead in Star Baseball Poll as Musial Rises
Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox and Lou Boudreau of Cleveland remain first and second in the all star poll conducted by 448 newspapers magazines and radio stations for the 15th annual game in St. Louis July 13. Stan Musial of the St. Louis Cardinals moves into third with 4419 votes, edging Joe DiMaggio who has 4290.
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Chicago
Ted Williams
Boston Red Sox
Lou Boudreau
Cleveland
Stan Musial
St. Louis Cardinals
St. Louis
See Us's 12 7 Victory Over Beaners
The See Us's beat the Beaners 12 to 7 in the Tribune carrier league opener at West avenue diamond. Paul Rathburn led Leeds's with three hits in five trips. Don Bett and Tom Wuttke added two hits each. Jim Evans and Don Bett homered for the winners. Jerry Zellmer homered for the losers along with other solid at bats.
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Beaners
West Avenue
Paul Rathburn
Leeds
Don Bett
Tom Wuttke
Paul
Jim Evans
Jerry Zellmer
Don Lance
Ken Balzer
Lance
Balzer
Hursday
Copeland Park
Fence Dusters
Dobbers
Marcus Doolittle
George Latshaw
Tom Ambrose
Elwood Harebo
Guatemalan Mine Venture Set by US Capital Backed Firm
A Guatemalan mining firm backed by United States capital plans the first large scale mining venture in Guatemala. The project signals a major expansion of foreign investment and resource development in the country this decade.
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United States Capital
Guatemala
Three Hurlers Star In State Loop Games
Wisconsin State League action saw Wausau extend its one game lead as Ed Lubanski of Wausau shutout Fond du Lac 12 0 while Bill Fischer of Wisconsin Rapids won his fourth straight in a 12 2 victory over Fond du Lac. Sheboygan's Lowell Grosskopf pitched 15 innings to beat Green Bay 5 4 and Ben Nord Homered in the marathon clash.
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Wausau
Sheboygan
Green Bay
Wisconsin Rapids
Fond du Lac
Lowell Grosskopt
Wisconsin Rapid
Bill Fischer
Ed Lubanski
Oshkosh
Janesville
Ben Nord
Red Fischer
Bob Umstead
Jug Girard
Darrell Sutton
Girard
Umstead
Fischer
Sutton
Grosskopf
Ed Jaehnke
Young Fischer
White Sox
Marathon City
Appleton
Lubanski
Papermakers
High Scoring doubleheader in Sparta softball league
In Sparta Wisconsin a doubleheader featured two wild high scoring games. Inks Cothiers beat Watts Bar 12 to 10 while Sullivan's Pool Hall defeated Rahr Radio Shop 17 to 14. OD Schmitz hit three homers and Bill Schwanke plus Earl Schwanke added two each for Pool Hall.
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Sparta
Wis
Sparta City
Inks Cothiers
Watts Bar
Rahr
Sullivan
Cook
D. Spink
Manuel
OD. Schmitz
Bill Schwanke
Earl Schwanke
Rahrs
Bean
Rahr Chucker
Lanier All Stars Crush Schlitz In Copeland Park Drubbing
Lanier All Stars routed the Schlitz Bombers 18 to 2 at Copeland Park before about 600 fans. Lanier’s former major league stars, banned for years, struck early and often, blasting four Schlitz pitchers for 17 hits.
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Max Lanier
All-Stars
Schlitz Bombers
Copeland Rk
St. Is Cardinal
la Crosse
Copeland Park
Schlitz
South Ridge Schlitz Meet Ridgers In Baseball Clash
South Ridge travels to face Ridgers in a high scoring baseball contest. All-Stars led 8 2 after three innings as Maglie and Klein sparked Lanier while Schlitz hitters Parizek Olson and Breard produced late runs. Pitchers Mitchell Murray Hogden and Lepsch worked in a long game with Maglie earning the win.
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Schlitz
South Ridge
Ridgers
Arcs
Norm Freitag
Toby Tovsen
Don Gegenfurther
Vince Hogden
Lanier
Lou Klein
Cardinal
Stars
Maglie
Roy Zimmerman
Bill Parizek
Don Olson
Stan Breard
Klein
Danny Gardella
Jim Steiner
Myron Hayworth
Gerry Greider
Dick Lepsch
Mitchell
Ken Murray
Mel Johnson
Hogden
Lepsch
lTovsen
Murray
Peop Jjehneon
G'nfurther
Schutz
Breard
Feiker
Greider
King
Hoseh
Toveen
Hmayworth
Steiner
Gardella
Hayworth
Feldman
Olson-Parizek
Ott-Parizek- Greider
All-Stars
Johnson
Umpres
Toledo Beats Brewers 6-5 on Ninth Inning Double
Don Richmond doubled in the ninth to drive in two runs and give Toledo a 6-5 win over Milwaukee. Milwaukee drops 32 games behind the Indians in the American Association race. St Paul defeated Minneapolis 7-3, Columbus beat Louisville 8-4. Yankees edged Kansas City in an exhibition as Cliff Mapes led with three hits and scored the winning run.
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Don Richmond
Milwaukee
Indianapolis
Toledo
Brewers
Indians
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Columbus
Louisville
New York Yankees
Nsas
Siehassats
Earl Toolson
Tommy Glaviano
Lefty Morrie Martin
Saints
Millers
Kansas City
Yankees
Cliff Mapes
Blues
Billy Brown
New York
Mapes
Heileman’s beat Policemen in 16 Industrial league clash
Heileman’s scored seven runs in the second inning to defeat the Policemen 9-2. McDowell had three hits, Koelbel earned the win with five hits allowed, Krause took the loss.
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Heileman’'s
McDowell
Koelbel
Krause
BRF Juniors Top Humbird City 5-3 at Fair Grounds
The Black River Falls Junior Merchants defeated Humbird City 5-3 on the fair grounds diamond Wednesday evening. BRF Juniors sprinted to an early lead and maintained it through the game, with solid defense and timely hits sealing the win.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Humbird City
Fair Grounds
County Donkey Squad Named for July Donkey Ball Event
A county donkey ball team, led by Manager Walter Affeldt, will face city officials July 1 at Copeland Park in a fundraiser sponsored by the La Crosse Junior Chamber of Commerce. The squad features two large personalities, John Ward and Sheriff Vern Lamp, plus a roster of county supervisors and officials. Proceeds fund a public address system for the new fairground recreation field. The program opens with a 7:15 p.m. softball game, donkey ball to follow at 8:15 p.m.
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Copeland Park
la Crosse
Vern Lamp
Affeldt
Bernard Zahn
Karl A. Schaettle
Larry Schaefer
Merritt Gibson
Frank J
Dutch) Kaul
Melvin Gilberg
Frank Check
Spencer Udell
Rockland
C. A. Beranek
Jaycees
Fairground
Bob Deters
Jaycee
Holmen Renews Little Eight Rivalry With Coon Valley
Holmen baseball hosts Coon Valley in a Little Eight league clash on Sunday June 20 vying for first place. Chuck Olson or Bob Solberg will start for Holmen while Henley or Hoff likely starts for Coon Valley.
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Holmen
Wis
Coon Valley
Chuck Olson
Bob Solberg
Henley
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Deerr
Boston
Suder
Kell
Detroit
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Henrich
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Wright
Rosar
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Stanky
Murtaugh
Pittsburgh
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Elliott
Kurowski
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South Third Street
Tribune
Toby Towsen
Bombers
Larry Mitchell
Sal Maglie
New York Giant
Lanier All
Acusnet Titlist
U. S
Maple Grove Golf Club
J. Ranney, Prop
Wrecker Service
Oy Onkee
McKenzie
Chevrolet CO
Cy Schenley
Gord
Sas
Waukoy
Heileman’s Beat Police
Policemen
Keileman
Weiland
Gjerde
Ellis
de Lux Engineering
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Xnutson
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