Area golf routes near La Crosse draw players from many towns
A letter praising regional courses notes La Crescent Galesville and Rushford as accessible options. Travel distance and cost influence play, with 11 communities within 50 miles offering public nine hole layouts. Beyond 60 to 85 miles lie Prairie du Chien Richland Center Reedsburg Durand Mondovi and Lake City.
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Caddies in New York state gain minimum wage rule
A new rule sets a $2.25 minimum wage for caddies carrying one golf bag across 10 to 18 holes starting Oct 1, with nine-hole wages at $1.25. Dorothy Larson played a nine-hole round at Maple Grove in 10 putts for a 45. Billy Sixty Jr and rivals Bob Johns and Don Iverson played 18 holes at La Crosse Country Club with Johns 70, Sixty 73, Iverson 74.
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Don Iverson
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Stock Cars Enter Reverse Race at North La Crosse Speedbowl
A reverse race will highlight the Sunday stock car program at the North La Crosse Speedbowl. About 20 cars are expected. Time trials begin at 1 30 p.m. with the main races at 2 p.m.
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Grove Hosts Coon Valley Nine Saturday
Soldiers Grove Wisconsin hosts the Soldiers Grove Coon Valley football game rescheduled from Sunday to Saturday night after a rainout. Local teams meet for a weekend gridiron clash with implications for standings.
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City Tourney Finale Set for Sunday at La Crosse Country Club
The City Medal Play golf tournament reaches its championship round Sunday at La Crosse Country Club with 27 players chasing medalist Don Iverson. First prize is the Quinn Sports Shop trophy. Iverson, 13, shot 70 to lead at halfway, with Gale Weiss 72 and Jim Burns 73 as threats.
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Yankees edge Indians as Coates stars in debut relief
In a tight AL race, New York slips to fifth but closes to two games back of Cleveland. Jim Coates earned the win in relief of Whitey Ford, who left with an ankle sprain after a rough sixth inning. Hank Bauer and Yogi Berra delivered clutch hits as the Yankees won 3-2, with Berra notching his 1,200th RBI.
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OBrien Breaks Own Shot Mark In AAU Event
Parry OBrien set a meet record 62 feet 2 1 2 inches to win his seventh AAU crown at Boulder. Norton and Howard won titles in sprints and hurdles. Morrow faded in the 100. Connolly claimed the hammer, Calhoun the 110 hurdles, while Davis faltered in the 400.
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Harold Connolly
Southern California
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Major League Leaders in Batting and Pitching Listed
Leading American League hitters include Kaline Detroit with 84 hits and Killebrew Washington 52 RBIs plus 34 home runs. Williams Kansas City 20 doubles and Aparicio Chicago 19 stolen bases highlight AL. NL leaders include Aaron Milwaukee 104 hits and Banks Chicago 67 RBIs. Pitching leaders show Wilhelm Baltimore 9 1 record and Pace Pittsburgh 11 0.
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Eau Claire Beats Aberdeen 8-3 to Extend NL Lead
Bill Carpenter pitched steadily and Ed Olivarez hit a tie breaking homer as Winnipeg built a 42 game lead over Aberdeen in the Northern League. The Goldeyes swept St. Cloud 4-1, while Aberdeen fell 8-3 to Eau Claire as Steve Dalkowski again lost command. Duluth Superior beat Minot 7-5 and Grand Forks defeated Fargo Moorhead 3-0.
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Quality Caps 9th Win as Three Share Second Place
Quality Caps 9th win sharpens its lead in the Classic Softball League beating Trane Co. 2-1 for its ninth straight victory. Trane Co., John's Jackson Plaza and Wiggett Bros. tie for second with three wins and six defeats. Willie Taylor held Trane Co. to one hit with four strikeouts, while Len Wingers and John Brodie had two hits each for Quality. John’s dumped Wiggett Bros. 5-1 in six, with a five-run burst in the sixth. Dave Bruha pitched five hitters for John’s, Ken Garves and Marv Earp each had two hits.
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Cubs Edge Yankees In Rainy Carrier League Opener
Cubs beat Yankees 17 15 in five innings as Bob Pendleton collected five straight hits. Gary Taylor Tom Hangen and Greg Evenson homered for Cubs while Ronnie Bell held the mound for Yankees. John McConaghy and Banasik had three hits for New York with Evenson and Ba nasik also going deep. Next action Tuesday features Rebels Indians Braves Cubs.
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Bob Devine
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Greg Evenson
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JR Legion Hosts Green Bay Sunday at Copeland Park
La Crosse Junior American Legion baseball opens with Green Bay Sunday at 2 p.m. at Copeland Park. Report by 12 45 p m. Coach John Hyland announces week ahead games include Reedsburg Tuesday at Copeland and a Wednesday practice at West Salem with West Salem High School providing opponents.
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Loras College Coach Resigns After 18 Years
In Dubuque Iowa Vince Dowd longtime Loras College basketball coach resigns to enter private business He compiled 302 wins and 169 losses over his 18 year tenure and ends his role with the program announcing the move Friday.
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Loras College
WIAA Recommends Games Without Loss Of School Time
Stevens Point AP The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Assn Board of Control urged that all high school athletic contests except state meets be held without loss of school time. It allocated 10000 for 1960 to promote a new one piece neolite football shoe to reduce knee and ankle injuries. Schools get 5 per pair up to 22 pairs, first come first served until funds run out. A rubber coated metal bird cage face protector was approved for 1959. John Roberts to pursue a more acceptable baseball tournament program amid criticism.
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Local Man Sinks Two Deuces Ace On Same Hole
Ray Wrobel of La Crosse shot a remarkable round at La Crosse Country Club on the 116 yard par three 16th hole. In a three-time back nine run he made two deuces and a hole in one with a No 7 iron, first ace in 25 years of golf. Witnesses were George Lassig Bob Cronk and Tony King Jr of La Crosse.
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Giants Rally Edges Braves To Overtake N L Lead
Sam Jones shines after early trouble as Jackie Brandt delivers a two run single in the bottom of the 10th to lift the San Francisco Giants past the Milwaukee Braves 4 3 and seize a half game atop the National League standings. Brandt, Cepeda and Davenport help fuel the late rally while Jones earns the win, moving to 3 6 on the season and tallying nine strikeouts as Milwaukee drops from first.
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Johns Meets King and Court at St Paul
Johns Jackson Plaza will meet the King and His Court softball team Sunday at St Pauls Midway Stadium at 8 p.m. The Classic League team will use the services of one of St Pauls all time softball greats Johnny Vollmer for half the game.
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Green Bay Tops Lincoln in 10th In Three-I League Thriller
Green Bay edged Lincoln 5-4 in 10 innings to pull within one game of Des Moines in the Three-I League standings. Al Kenders homered for Des Moines as Sioux City beat the Demons 6-3, while Topeka moved to third with a 7-1 win over Fox Cities. Bert Dziadek pitched well in Topeka’s victory.
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Jack Evans
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Cedar Rapids
Biebel Named Cubs Road Secretary Succeeds Bob Lewis
CHICAGO AP Bob Lewis retires as traveling secretary for the Chicago Cubs after long service under nine managers Don Biebel 27 formerly a catcher from Menasha Wisconsin succeeds Lewis remaining in advisory role Biebel’s family ties include Har old Biebel and Norman Biebel His signing followed Detroit Tigers bonus accord steering Hoeft to the Cubs Dusty Rhodes recalls to Giants in 1958 as pinch hitter and Giants win 1954 World Series over Cleveland
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Bowling Baseball League Standings and High Scores
In the Bowling Baseball League standings the Reds lead with 605 619 69T while the Tigers show 592 a 1588 series. Dodgers 92 647 561. Indians 39 633 583. Cards 612 585 634. Giants 630 624 637. Cubs 565 567 583. Braves 589 596 631. High Eight in league: Men Bernie Nehis 537 and Cliff Schroeder 534. Ladies Delores Nuitleman 479 and Clara Schroeder 339 with top single scores Bernie Nehis 224 and Delores Nuitleman 180.
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Cports a Crosse Tribune Item From June 20, 1959
The Crosse Tribune item dated Saturday June 20 1959 was delivered by RFD on June 2 and reflects local sports and community notices. Names and teams appear in brief snippets about games standings and local headlines from that period.
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Baseball Standings and Results Roundup
American League standings and recent results include Cleveland at New York Detroit at Washington Chicago at Boston and Kansas City at Baltimore with rain postponements. Sunday features Cleveland at New York Detroit at Washington Chicago at Boston Kansas City at Baltimore plus a Monday New York at Kansas City game. In the N L San Francisco leads Milwaukee and St Louis, with several completed and postponed games across Philadelphia Pittsburgh Cincinnati Los Angeles and Chicago.
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Minor league baseball scores and boxing results from New York to Sao Paulo
Pacific Coast League games lead with Vancouver 4 Sacramento 3 in a resumed May 1 contest, Sacramento 5 Vancouver 4, Seattle 3, Salt Lake City 2 Portland 6 San Diego 3 Spokane 5. International League Montreal 5 Rochester 3 Havana 0-7 Rochester 3 Columbus 1 in 12 innings Richmond 5 Buffalo 0 Toronto at Miami postponed. American Association St Paul 4 Dallas 2 11 innings Louisville 4 Omaha 3 Indianapolis 5 Charleston 3 Denver 3 Houston 2 Fort Worth 2 Minneapolis 2. In boxing at Madison Square Garden Florentino Fernandez 144 Cuba stopped Stefan Redi 147 Passaic NJ 7. Eder Jofre Brazil stopped Angel Bustos Argentina 4 bantamweights.
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