Ontario Defeats Melvina To Claim Western Section Title
Ontario shut out Melvina 8-0 as Don Ferries drove in three doubles for the winners, completing a first round in the Wildcat League. La Farge took the Western Section lead with an 8-0 win over Melvina and 12-7 over Norwalk, while Camp Douglas won 14-1 and Mauston prevailed 14-5.
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la Farge
Norwalk
Ontario
Melvina
Wis
Wayne Marshall
Mert Peterson
Dick Trapp
Junior Riddle
Bob McNatt
John Williams
Roger Sullivan
Don Ferries
Dan Collins
Camp Douglas
al Lind
Arland Elsing
Jack Mortenson
John Nicksic
Elroy
New Lisbon
Wildcat League
Wilton
Hillsboro
Mauston
Hagge Captures LPGA Title In Sudden Death
Marlene Bauer Hagge, 22, of Asheville, defeats Patty Berg in a sudden death playoff at Forest Lake Country Club to win the LPGA championship. Hagge earns 1350 in prize money after finishing regulation at 291. Berg misses a seven-foot putt on the first extra hole and fails to win a major after a 24-year wait.
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Detroit
W— Port
Blond
Marylene Bauer Hagge
Asheville
M.C
Vettern Patty Berg
St. Andrews
Inu
Forest Lake Country Club
Hagge
Philadelphia
Dick Mayer
St. Petersburg
Fla
Bud Holscher
Apple Valley
Calif
Mayer
Holscher
Western Wisconsin League action crown changes as Newburgs top Viroqua
In Copeland Park, Newburgs rose to 1st in the Southern Section with a 7 3 victory over Viroqua. Newburgs battered by four extra base hits including doubles from Gooderum Hawkins Dunham and Jacobson allowed nine hits. Viroqua’s Munson Buros Young plus Larson produced three safeties.
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la Crosse Newburgs
Wisconsin
Copeland Park
Viroqua
Newburgs
Rube Gooderum
Don Hawkins
Jim Dunham
Carl Munson
Curly Buros
Jiggs Young
Munson
Don
Red) Jacobson
Leon wins Coulee League game on five hit effort
Leon defeats Cataract 11-2 in a Coulee League contest behind Billy Richards five hitter. Richards allowed a ninth inning two run homer by Thurston for Cataract. Jim Schmitz had two doubles and two singles, while Norm Baker and Herb Fox each doubled twice.
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West Salem
Wis
Onalaska
John Ankney
Ankney
A. Miller
D. Smith
Leon
Billy Richards
Richards
Thurston
Jim Schmitz
Norm Baker
Herb Fox
Craft-Cochran Splits With Local Teams
Craft-Cochran softball team of Waterloo Iowa split a doubleheader Saturday night at West Avenue diamond. Raymond Bros beat Waterloo 5-4 in the opener on heavy hitting led by Rube Gooderum who had a homer a triple and a double. Waterloo came back to win the nightcap 5-2 as Gooderum collected three hits in four trips and Dale Johansen held Quality Lumber & Coal Co. to two in the nightcap.
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Craft-Cochran
Waterloo
Iowa
la Crosse
West Avenue Diamond
Raymond Bros
Rube Gooderum
Iowans
Down Quality Lumber & Coal Co
Gooderum
McGrew
Raymond
Ray Kroner
Bob Maringer
Pushers and Nite Hawks win in Trane Co. Plant League games
The Pencil Pushers defeated the Mohawks 25 0 at Houska Park as Wuensch pitched a three hitter and Coughlin Jelan each had three hits. The Nite Hawks won 13 8 over Old Grand Dads at Trane Park with Barwick allowing six hits and Tauscher homering. The Hawk Eyes won their first game 16 15 over the Punchers at Hogan Park with Shales homering for the Punchers.
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Nite Hawks
Grand Dads
Trane Park
Barwick
Tauscher
Gehler
Hawk Eyes
Punchers
Hogan Park
Shales
Jamaels
Kabat
Ziske Places Fifth in LPGA Event at Detroit
Milwaukee golfer Joyce Ziske earned 571.50 dollars for finishing fifth in the LPGA 300-yard final. She was nine strokes behind leaders Marlene Bauer Hagge of Asheville NC and Patty Berg of St Andrews NL. Also noted is a claim that Norway has eradicated brucellosis in cattle.
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Joyce Ziske
Milwaukee
Miss Ziske
Marlene Bauer Hagge
Asheville
N.C
Patty Berg
St. Andrews
Leon Seeks Sunday Baseball Game for July 1
The Leon baseball team of the Coulee League seeks a game on Sunday July 1 due to an open date. The request comes from Leon Wisconsin in a special report.
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Tomah
Wis
Tomah-Sparta
Camp Douglas
Leon
Leon, Wis
Hogan Thomson Tie For Canada Cup Lead
Ben Hogan and Peter Thomson led the Canada Cup golf event after opening rounds at Wentworth. Hogan posted a 68 to sit atop the individual medal play, while Thomson matched the score and joined partner Norman Von Nida to lead the two-man team competition with 142.
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Virginia Water
England
Ben Hogan
Peter Thomson
Bright Young School
Hogan
Wentworth Club
Sam Snead
Thomson
Norman von Nida
Trempealeau County League action features Ettrick loss
Ettrick suffers first league defeat as Independence scores all seven fifth inning runs to win 7 5. Gib Pampuch and V Pampuch each have two hits for Independence. Fran Wall and Rollie Bierne lead Ettrick with multiple hits. Arcadia and Blair also post league results.
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Ettrick
Strum
Independence
Whitehall
Blair Et Ae Osseo
Ase
Arcadia
Wis
Trempealeau County
Ing Ettrick
Gib Pampuch
V. Pampuch
Gib
Fran Wall
Rollie Bierne
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