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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1947
Page
5
In a double victory, the Indians beat Fond du Lac 10-6 and 17-12 and shut out Appleton 11-0. Other state league results saw Wausau beat Green Bay 8-5 and Wisconsin Rapids edge Oshkosh 7-5.
In Inglewood California the Hollywood Turf Club backs a plan to return breakage to bettors. Current practice splits odd pennies between track and state. The proposal would pay to the nearest five cent point, potentially redistributing about ten thousand dollars daily per track.
Merrillan erupted for seven runs in the final inning to defeat Hixton 7 to 6 in a Western Wisconsin League contest. Hixton led early with a 1 0 deficit and two big innings, but Merrillan answered with three ninth inning runs. Brookings led Merrillan with four hits while Lee doubled and singled for Hixton. Staais pitched for Merrillan and Jennings started for Hixton.
Spring Grove wallops Black Hammer 12-8 at home in Rot River loop action. Ellingson pitched. Bakken and Nesheim caught. Deters led with four bingles including a homer. Bodga added two hits including a four-base hit.
LaBan Sky's Service Station routed the Jaycees 21 to 4 in Sparta Senior league action, limiting the Jaycees to four hits and committing eleven errors. James led La Banskys with three singles in six at bats.
Tonight’s postponed first round game at Copeland Park pits the CIO against the AFL with a win needed to stay tied for first with Peerless. CIO aims to snap a three game league skid as Bill Killeen plans a rotation of Fry or Alberts and Fritsch behind the plate.
Slaughter of the St. Louis Cardinals remains the top vote getter in the All-Star Baseball poll with 334,814 votes as four days remain before nominations close. Al Simmons previously set a record with 346,291 votes in the 14 year ago poll at Wrigley Field. About 500,000 ballots were cast for the starting lineups.
Bethel defeated Our Savior's 5 to 3 in a postponed game at Isle La Plume. Bethel out hit 9 to 5 as Mahlke and A. Mikelson paired for the loss for Our Savior's. H. Smevoy homered for Our Savior's, while Syverson and Graft led Bethel with two singles each.
La Crosse Junior Legion, 1946 Wisconsin champions, defeated Onalaska 14 to 1 at Copeland Park. Wolff led La Crosse with two hits including a triple, while Hambone Nehring earned the win as three La Crosse pitchers worked. Onalaska starter Wilhelm exited after five, with Malin and Stuhr handling the later innings.
Caledonia Minn special 4 H Play Day on Saturday June 28 at 10 00 a m features three softball tournaments for boys girls and mixed teams Glenn Prickett assistant state club leader will speak at noon program in the bandstand of the grandstand Volunteer clubs include Mayville Golden Gophers Newhouse Norsemen Spring Grove Hustlers Mayville Blue Ribbon Strivers Houston Vikings and Cushion Peak Echoes Junior leaders in charge are Leo Stoltz Valois Palen Milton Howard Margrete Christianson Winnifred Klein Reports show captains in Jefferson Flyers Mound Prairie Up and Coming Wesley Van Gundy Hokah Champion Workers Bernard Feldmeier Badger Wonder Workers Rolf Jore Caledonia Champion Racers Valois Palen Jefferson Super Do s Alden Olson Money Creek Livewires Daniel Mann Howard Carlson Cushion Peak Echoes Dillon Hempstead and Robert Anderson.
Tests are under way to determine how deep fishermen should probe for fish at Lake of the Ozarks Missouri. Conservation officials report fish occupy varying depths by season and researchers are charting these variations.
The Milwaukee Brewers lost a doubleheader to Minneapolis, 15-7 and 14-5, dropping from sixth to near the bottom of the American Association standings. Minneapolis broke open the opener with a seven run fourth inning, backed by Bama Bay and four Chicago clubbers, while the nightcap saw Milwaukee rally briefly before Minneapolis pulled away.
Tall Ewell Blackwell pitched 8 2 3 innings of no hit ball against the Dodgers before Eddie Stanky’s single broke the bid in the ninth. The Braves won 4-0 in the opener as Carl Furillo hit a grand slam in the second game, and Brooklyn lost the second game 9-8.
The Eau Claire Bears won two one run games over Aberdeen 4 3 and 3 2 while the Superior Blues split two shutouts with Fargo Moorhead losing 3 0 then winning 8 0 in the doubleheader.
Detroit reports four second generation golf pros Melvin Harbert Jim Ferrier Art Bell and Vic Ghezzi advanced to the National Open PGA semi finals after overcoming tough match play at Plum Hollow Golf Club Ghezzi defeated Lew Worsham while Harbert beat Leland Gibson Bell edged Ky Laffoon and Ferrier toppled Lloyd Mangrum to set up California clash Ferrier Bell winner meets Ghezzi Harbert in 36 hole final tomorrow.
Mabel defeated Lanesboro 7-2 to seize the first half championship of the Fillmore County League. Four runs in the fourth inning, two in the sixth, and one in the eighth fueled the win. Lindell led Lanesboro with two hits. Burnstad and Lindrum topped Mabel with two hits apiece.
National League standings list Boston leading Chicago by one game with Cincinnati and others trailing. American League shows New York and Detroit near top with Cleveland and Boston bottom. American Association features Minneapolis and Indianapolis atop their division with draws into late night games. Multiple city matchups set for tonight include Brooklyn at Pittsburgh Philadelphia at Cincinnati Boston at St Louis New York at Chicago and others across leagues.
Springfield manufacturer slashes prices on fluorescent Christmas tree lights by 24 percent signaling a holiday push. The move aims to boost sales as the Yuletide season nears.
Middle Ridge wins 2-0 over Holmen in the ninth inning behind six hit pitching by R Cavadini. L Cavadini starts the ninth with a fielder’s choice, Rollins walks, they advance on an infield out, and Hundt’s single brings home two runs. Gene Nerby takes the loss after matching Cavadini through eight. Trempealeau tops Bangor 17-2 as W Stephan wins on the mound and Hayter catches.
Spring Grove Junior Legion edged Caledonia 4 to 3 at the Spring Grove ballpark. Mueller pitched a three hit game for Spring Grove with Nesheim catching. Loger pitched for Caledonia allowing four hits with Rollins catching.
Sparta edged Cataract 5 to 4 to maintain first-half lead as West and Helgerson faced tough pitching. Melvina fell 3 to 1 to Tomah, allowing Sparta to hold sole possession of the top rung. Schell struck out 11 in a 3 for 3 day for Cataract. Norwalk lost in ten to Warrens.
In Ann Arbor Michigan the University of Michigan course played at 72 par appeared reasonably safe as the first round of the National Collegiate Golf Championship began.
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