Tackles Vanish From Southeastern Conference Prospects
SEC football coaches brace for further defections as top linemen abandon college play for professional or baseball opportunities. Tennessee star Ken Frost shifts to Dallas Cowboys, Ed Nutting joins Cleveland Browns, Frank Lasky denied summer school, Tulane’s Reynolds loses scholastic eligibility, and Mississippi’s Dickie Smith signs a Milwaukee bonus as football futures fade.
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Atlanta, Ga
Tulane
Mississippi
Milwaukee Braves
SEC
Ken Frost
Tennessee
Dallas Cowboys
Frost
Georgia Tech
Ed Nutting
Cleveland Browns
Nutting
Florida
Frank Lasky
Lasky
BRF Edges Out West Salem 6-5 In Make-Up Game
Black River Falls relief pitcher Sam Mills held West Salem scoreless from the fifth. BRF scored the winning run in the eighth to move to 3-4 in Western Wisconsin League. West Salem drops to 2-5. game called early due to lateness. Hayden homered and doubled for BRF. Haverly homered and doubled for West Salem.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Sam Mills
West Salem
BRF
Bobby Smith
Jim Spreister
Tom Hayden
Carl Haverly
Haverly
Leonard
Adams
Mills
Hayden
Houston Signs USC Pitcher for $100000 Bonus
Wally Wolf, USC right hander and NCAA champion reliever, signed a $100000 bonus contract with the new Houston NL club. He turned down a $75000 offer from the Dodgers to join scout Bobby Maddock. Wolf reports to Houston this week to pitch in the American Association.
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LOS Angeles
Wally Wolf
University of Southern California
Houston
Wolf
Trojan
Los Angeles Dodgers
Bobby Mattick
Brumel High Jump Mark Debated for U S Recognition
Valery Brumel cleared 2.23 meters in Moscow, a mark that would be a world record but U S rules convert to 7-3 3/4 inches. John Thomas’s 2.22 record under U S rules equals 7-3 1/2, creating an oddity. The issue hinges on measurement conventions and conversion tables used by the AAU.
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Associated Press
NEW York
Valery Brumel
Moscow
Valery
Tass
John Thomas
United States
Thomas
Boston University
Brumel
AAU
Philadelphia
Madison Square Garden
Leningrad
Henderson Edges Smith In 25 Lap Feature Thriller
Cecil Henderson won the 25 lap feature at North La Crosse speedway after a wheel to wheel rush with Chuck Smith on lap 22. Officials said calcium chloride would be laid down to cut dust ahead of next Sunday time trials.
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North la Crosse Speedway
iChuck Smith
Henderson
Keith Holte
la Crosse
Chuck Smith
Onalaska
Smith
Glen Henderson
Westby
Ray Beaser
Melrose
Lyle ‘Sheehan
Arliss Mickelson
Viroqua
Monte Lecher
Junior Ferguson
Winona
Pipestone
Bemidji
Rochester
Hinckley
Springfield
Washburn
North St. Paul
Fergus Falls
Barry Johnson
Joe Jarvis
Johnson
Minnesota American Legion
Jarvis
Twins Sign Kodel To A Small Bonus
Minnesota Twins announce signing of 18 year old Milwaukee high school pitcher Wayne Kodel for a small bonus. Kodel, a right hander, recently graduated from Wisconsin Lutheran High. He is assigned to a Class D affiliate as part of the club's early signing activity.
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ST. Paul-Minneapolis
Minnesota Twins
Milwaukee
Wayne Kodel
Koedl
National
Wisconsin Lutheran High
Ford Frick School
Kodel
Cardinals
Wytheville
Julio Gotay
Charleston
Blair-Taylor Tops Skyline Contenders as Lights Fail
Blair-Taylor claimed undisputed first in the Skyline League after Hixton-Alma Center, leading 3-0, saw the game halted when power failed in the third inning. Whitehall crushed Gilman-ton 18-4 behind a grand-slam by Herb Johnson and homers from Bautch Holte Smick Helgeson, while Gilmanton fell to 2-1.
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Hixton-Alma Center
Blair
Whitehall
Gilmanton
Watkins
Winona
Cochrane
Blair Taylor
Herb Johnson
Don Bautch
Herb Holte
Mark Smick
Larry Helgeson
Gene Sosalla
Helgeson
Smick
Poeschel
May
Larson
Skyline
Fransworth Wins Midwest Drag Racing Title at Great Lakes
Pete Fransworth of Milwaukee defeated Jim Russel of Hammond Indiana in a best of five match race to capture the individual Midwest Drag Racing championship at Great Lakes Dragaway. Fransworth totaled 16 of 30 points in the series while Russel posted the fastest speed 172.81 mph, and Russel the quickest elapsed time 9.23 seconds.
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Union Grove
Pete Fransworth
Milwaukee
Jim Russel
Hammond
Ind
Great ‘Lakes
Fransworth
Russel
Vikings to Play Intra Squad Game at Moorhead State
ST. PAUL AP The Minnesota Vikings will stage an intra squad game at Moorhead State College on August 13 announced by General Manager Bert Rose. The event replaces the canceled game with the Chicago Cardinals and doubles as the opening feature of the Concordia College Coaching Clinic.
La Crosse Silver Sluggers Hold First Day at Memorial Field
Thirty two young players joined the two day La Crosse Tribune Silver Sluggers baseball school on its first day at Memorial Field. Rain postponed Monday’s schedule and mild Wednesday weather was forecast. Participants hail from Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa with coaches Alan Elger of Milwaukee and Bill Fitch of Coe College guiding outfielders in drills and positional work.
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la Crosse Tribune-Silver Sluggers
Memorial Field
Alan Elger
Milwaukee
Bill Fitch
Coe College
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Elger
Braves
Silver Sluggers
Milwaukee Plus High School
Bribery Scandal Expands With Lacort and Green Arrests
New York police sought nationwide alerts for the arrest of Boston’s Philip Lacort and New York’s Joseph Green amid a growing college basketball bribery probe. The District Attorney announced charges of bribery and conspiracy affecting 36 players across 21 colleges, with 44 games tied to point fixes. Portnoy of Columbia, tied to $1140 payments, was dismissed after Columbia confronted the findings.
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Philip Lacort
Boston
Joseph Green
Lacort
Green
Frank Hogan
Ivy League
Hogan
Fred Portnoy
Columbia University
Columbia
University
New Yorker
Portnoy
New England
Aaron Wagman
Joseph Hacken
St. Patrick’s Day
North Carolina
Erwin Takes First In Two Kart Events
Bob Erwin of Austin Minnesota won two kart events at the Indianhead Kart Club races in West Salem on Sunday taking Class A super and Class B super titles. Other results list top finishers in multiple classes including A-1 A- SUPERS and B-1 events with names from La Crosse Chippewa Eau Claire and Manston. Sportsmanship awards went to David Jelinek and Terry Balbach.
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Austin
Minn
West Salem
Butch Barney
Eau Claire
Doris Erwin
Bobby Webber
la Crosse
Jerry Evans
Chippewa Paris
David Parker
Robert Freisinger
Wisconsin Trooper Wins in Indiana Combat Pistol Meet
Sgt. Norman E. Krause of the Wisconsin Highway Patrol won first place in Class C at the Indiana University combat pistol matches held Sunday in Bloomington.
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Ind
Norman E. Krause
Wisconsin Highway Patrol
Indiana University
Faulk Wins Third Straight in Eastern Open Playoff
Mary Lena Faulk of Sea Island Ga captured the Women Eastern Open title with a 10-foot birdie in the first extra hole to take the $1247 prize. Jo Ann Prentice who never won on the tour missed a three-footer on the final green to force a three way playoff with Faulk and Mickey Wright of San Diego.
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Dillsburg
Mary Lena Faulk
Sea Island
Miss Faulk
Jo Ann Prentice
Miss Prentice
Mickey Wright
San Diego
Calif
Birmingham
Ala
Vikings Sign End and Name Team Physician
The Minnesota Vikings signed defensive end Don Ellersick from the Los Angeles Rams after he agreed to a 1961 contract. Ellersick is 6-1 and 190 pounds and played college football at Washington State. Dr. Donald Lannin of St. Paul was named team physician.
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ST. Paul Minneapolis
Minnesota Vikings
Don Ellersick
Los Angeles Rams
Vikings
Ellersick
Washington State
Donald Lannin
St. Paul
Wisconsin Students Fall From NCAA Tennis Meet
Three Wisconsin players were eliminated from the NCAA Intercollegiate Tennis Championship in Ames Iowa. Manitowoc natives on Michigan State and other matches saw Brian Eisner lose to Bob Bowditch Harvard while Pete Braizon of Arizona defeated Dick Hall and Wayne Peacock of Wisconsin dropped a three set decision to Jack Kamrath of Texas.
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Michigan State
Brian Eisner
Bob Bowditch
Harvard
Pete Braizon
Arizona
Dick Hall
Wayne Peacock
Wauwatosa
Michigan
Jacki Kamrath
Texas
Two Brothers Cleared Of Conspiracy In Illinois Case
Two former Skokie police officials, Louis Hennig and Arthur Hennig, were acquitted of conspiring to obstruct justice. Judge Sigmund Stefanowicz directed a verdict of acquittal after prosecutors failed to prove material elements. Arthur was also acquitted of bribery related to a 1959 drunken driving case. a separate perjury conviction against associates stood. The defense plans an appeal.
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Skokie
Louis Hennig
Arthur
Sigmund J. Stefanowicz
Criminal Court
Arthur Hennig
Brookfield
Wis
Roger Milz
Stefanowicz
Hennig
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