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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1949
Page
6
Pla-Mar alleys host the annual city bowling tourney with 96 squads competing for cash prizes over three weekends ending March 20. Heaviest out-of-town registration from Bangor. 165 doubles and 325 singles entrants. Class A and B handicapped divisions.
Winners take on each other Friday night in Sparta Wisconsin to determine who advances to the state tournament. Blair La Farge Logan and Lancaster clash in early games with Friday winners meeting Saturday for the sectional title. Coaches and officials are listed with rosters announced for each team including Blair La Farge Lancaster and Logan.
Twelve members of the Luther Norsemen received letters for the season. Senior Arnold Veglahn and freshman Vince Schroder were among those honored. Luther will lose four of five starters this June but has reserves showing promise and Kenny Bey expected back next season after a knee injury.
Melody Mill stretched its lead in the Women’s Thursday league by defeating Oxford 8 to 4. Swertz and Martin starred for the top team as Amber Inn beat Friendly Nabor 6 to 5 and Bungalow Inn won 7 to 5 over Five-Milers. WW posted its first win, 7 to 5 over Ritter’s.
Gus Lesnevich, chasing a light heavyweight title, knocked out Eldridge Tman of Conn. in 21 seconds at Mosque Arena Newark weighing 184 1 2 pounds. Manager Joe Vella said offers from the Tournament of Champions and names like Lee Savold or Ezzard Charles were discussed, with no commitments yet.
Onalaska's Vets Club captured the Thursday night division title in the American Shuffleboard league defeating Ed's 12 to 4. Van Riper and Van Riper led the champions with four points, while Schilling and Furlong added three games.
Dar es Salaam reports that the principal difficulty for the large A2 project in Tanganyika is dry red soil that is breaking the hardest steel plow blades available, hindering agricultural work and development efforts.
Ettrick Blair Galesville and Melrose freshmen and sophomores played in Ettrick. Ettrick beat Melrose 26 12 in the afternoon. Galesville beat Blair 27 13. In the night Ettrick edged Galesville 29 26 and Blair won against Melrose 22 18.
AP reports scattered college basketball results across regions. Notable scores include Westminster Pa 95 over Wesh Jefferson 89 and Davidson 56 over North Carolina State 64, with Wake Forest 42 defeating George Washington 21. Additional results show Wyoming? Texas Tech 81 over Abilene Christian 54 and Central Washington 2 over Pacific 0.
Baseball camps bustle with pitchers sought by the Giants and Dodgers, while Connie Mack eyes a new winner. Don Kolloway settles with the White Sox, Raschi signs for about 18000, and Russell Christopher leaves the Indians. Ted Kluszewski eyed for a stronger Reds, and Drews aims to prove himself as a starter for the Browns.
Thirty two amateur boxers from 15 cities compete in Chicago for 16 semifinal berths in the 22nd Golden Gloves. Returning contenders include five from last year and runners up Kansas City and others with entrants from Oklahoma City Denver St. Louis Cleveland Gary Fort Worth Nashville Grand Rapids Los Angeles Cincinnati. Semifinals lead to eight title bouts and a chance to face New York in Madison Square Garden for the inter city championship on March. The Chicago champions head to international bouts in Chicago Stadium May 18.
Rowley's basketball team in the city recreation league seeks games with out-of-town squads. Interested teams may call Walter Erickson at 2044 or write him at 210 So. 14th.
La Crosse volleyball team will host Red Wing at the YMCA gym in La Crosse Minnesota on Saturday night at 7 30. Playing coach Hal Schroeder says the public is invited to attend free of charge.
The Bachelor Club of the Cush ion Rebound league defeated Shangri-La 18 to 2 led by Lakken Misna M Evans and Ratke with clean sweeps Rex Bar beat Victoria Hotel 13 to 7 as Luehne Knutson posted all counts Victoria fell 13 to 7 Deason Coady led the victors Gladstone upset Our Corner 11 to 9 Manske Goldsmith Marasek Pumerjo scored eight in a row Next week the Bachelors visit Our Corner for the championship race
Lou Pagliaro, 5 foot former national table tennis champion, headlines an exhibition at Logan High School gym Saturday at 8 p m. A Junior Chamber of Commerce and city recreation department event, Pagliaro partners with Hamilton Canning and faces four masked marvels. Tickets are on sale at Berg s Ruud s Hebberd s Terp s or at the door.
Jim Miller of Breezy Point, 83, held a perfect cribbage hand Thursday night while playing with Fred Shumway. Miller, with 20 years in the game, had three fives and the jack of clubs. the cut five clubs completed a 29 point hand, the first time he achieved perfection.
In BRF Wisconsin Sparta Trojans face Black River Falls Legion quintet in the nightcap of a two bill doubleheader at 7 and 8 p m Friday. The opener features the ROO Eagles against the Black River Falls Boosters on the Black River hardwoods.
Wisconsin faces a busy weekend with boxing against Syracuse, wrestling and swimming at Bloomington and Lafayette, fencing against Lin and Ohio, and a basketball game versus Minnesota. Don Gehrmann leads in the mile events while Don Rehfeldt tries to extend scoring honors against Jim McIntyre and Meyer Skoog as Minnesota holds a recent win advantage.
Boxing results list Lesnevich from Cliffside Park KOing Elk Gridge Batman and Angort stopping Johnny Bryant. Johnson outpointed Mebsey in Philadelphia.
The report lists A B A games with Minneapolis 82 a 7 New York 86 Providence 65 Philadelphia 90 Chicago 75 Baltimore 94 St. Louis 66 and National League results with Anderson 71 Denver 62 Dayton 60 Moline 58 Sheborgen 63 Waterloo 57 Syracuse 67 Oshkosh 55. A young race horse named Thin owned by S E Pershell, a University of Illinois graduate, is noted.
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