Mrotek and Getgen Reach NAIA Finals in Bloomsburg
Wisconsin wrestlers Pat Mrotek and Glenn Getgen advanced to the NAIA finals at Bloomsburg as four others fell in semifinals and three in quarterfinals. Mrotek beat Harland Leopold 6-1 at 137 pounds, while Getgen defeated Lonnie Lawrey 6-0 at 157 pounds as River Falls and Superior vie for team honors.
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Pat Mrotek
River Falls
Glenn Getgen
Superior
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
Mrotek
Harland Leopold
Concordia
Illinois
Getgen
Lonnie Lawrey
Hillsdale
Charles McCreary
Robert Douglas
West Liberty
Richard Culver
Grant Nelson
St. Cloud
Jerome Halverson
Joe Ingarossa
C.W. Post
Dean Dix
William Garson
Ron Markley
Superior State
John Welliver
Indiana State
Leonard Pettyjohn
Portland
Ore
River Falls State
Raymond Strom
Eastern
Herb Schutt
James Shipp
Western Illinois
Terry Linander
Lock Haven
Glenn Gergen
J. W. Welburn
Appalachian
N.C
Ronald Waynne
Leroy Blackfur
Eastern Illinois
Robert Zimmerman
Willam Garson
Harlem Satellites to Face Local Team in Black River
In Black River Falls Wisconsin on Sunday evening March 24 the Harlem Satellites will play basketball against a local team at the city gymnasium. The City Baseball Team sponsors the appearance.
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BRF
Black River Falls
Wis
Harlem
Black River Gymnasium
Sanders Delivers Near Flawless Open Round in St. Petersburg
Doug Sanders led the St. Petersburg Open after a second strong round, firing 67 to follow 68 for a 135 total. George Bayer and Dave Marr tied for second at 136 while Tommy Bolt stood five back in third at 137. Sanders attributed the surge to keeping the ball in the fairway despite ongoing shoulder and neck tension.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Doug Sanders
University of Florida
Sanders
Tommy Bolt
Palm Desert
Calif
George Bayer
South Pasadena
Dave Marr
New Rochelle
N.Y
Mighty G. E. Captures Washington Park Pace
Mighty G. E. drove from fifth to win the featured $2,500 mile pace at Washington Park by a length over Mighty Victor. The 5-year-old horse owned and driven by Virgil Wentz of Tomah Wis clocked 2 minutes 7.8 seconds and paid $37.80, $10.80 and $4.60. Deleon Kidd finished third before 8,792 fans.
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Chicago
Mighty G. E
Mighty Victor
Washington Park
Mighty H
Virgil Wentz
Tomah
Wis
Deleon Kidd
Packers Send Season Ticket Renewal Cards by Mail
Green Bay players renewal cards were mailed to season ticket holders with a return date of April 15. The 1963 game schedule will be announced as soon as it is available from the National Football League office.
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Green Bay
Green Bay Packers
Green Bay Packer
Packers
National Football League
Jim Taylor Day Celebrates Packers Star in Baton Rouge
In Baton Rouge a hotel ballroom hosted over 400 people for Jim Taylor Day honoring the Green Bay Packers fullback and former LSU star. Speakers included Gov Jimmy Davis and Vince Lombardi with family, teammates, and LSU figures such as LSU athletic director Jim Corbett. Taylor recovering from a liver infection received gifts and praise from the crowd including a donated lot by Corbett.
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Jim Taylor
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Green Bay Packers
Jimmy Taylor
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Vince Lombardi
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Packers
Jim Corbett
LSU
Billy Cannon
Roy Winston
Tommy Neck
Wendell Harris
Mel Branch
Warren Rabb
Gov
Jimmy Davis
Packer
Paul Hornung
Braves to broadcast 12 Florida exhibition games
Milwaukee Braves announce a 39-station radio network across Wisconsin and nearby areas to carry 12 Florida exhibition games. Earl Gillespie will call play by play with Tom Collins joining later. schedule includes opponents such as Twins, Pirates, Washington, Cincinnati, Mets, St. Louis, Orioles, Yankees.
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Milwaukee Braves
Florida
Wisconsin
John McHale
Braves
Minnesota Twins
West Palm Beach
WEMP
Earl Gillespie
Tom Collins
SEC Clears Offering On Stock Of Braves
The Securities and Exchange Commission approved a stock issue by the Milwaukee Braves Baseball Club totaling 115000 shares offered only to Wisconsin residents at up to 11.50 dollars each. In Milwaukee the price was 11.88 dollars. Proceeds totaling 900000 dollars will repay a bank loan used to finance the club’s 1960 purchase from Perini Corp for about 6 million dollars.
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Securities and Exchange Commission
Milwaukee Braves
Braves
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Perini Corp
Canadiens defenseman Fonti undergoes 72 hour neck surgery
Montreal Canadiens defenseman Lou Fonti, who suffered a severe neck injury on March 9 causing mild arm paralysis, completed a 72 hour operation Friday and was later reported in very satisfactory condition.
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Lou Fontinato
Montreal Canadiens
Mississippi State Protests Coed Tennis in SEC
Mississippi State coach Tom Sawyer questions gender in SEC tennis after Alabama’s Roberta Alison, a top amateur, defeats Rick Wise 6 0 6 0. Alabama, Auburn and Mississippi protest and default matches in response to coed participation allowed by a new SEC rule. commissioner Bernie Moore says no action on the protest.
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Ala
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Tom Sawyer
Bernie Moore
Sawyer
Alabama
Roberta Alison
Miss Alison
Rick Wise
Spring Hill
College
Jason Morton
Auburn
Mississippi
Alison
SEC
Moore
Alexander City
Martha Leveritt
Tulane
Snyder
Morton
Wife and children leave Cuba to join Mejias
The Globe reports Roman Mejias in Scottsdale training with the Red Sox confirmed his wife and two children, plus two sisters, have been brought out of Cuba with Red Cross aid. He has not seen them 14 months and expects a reunion today.
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Boston Globe
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Cuba
Red Cross
Scottsdale, Ariz
Baseball
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Mejias
the Globe
Scottsdale
Dick O'Connell
Red Sox
Little Tom Niedfeldt Big Star For Luther
Onalaska Luther High School guard Tom Niedfeldt stars despite being 5 7 as he nears the end of his junior season. He has 617 career points at Luther and 409 points in the 1962 63 season, earning all conference and tournament honors while balancing academics and student leadership.
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Tom Niedfeldt
Luther
Onalaska
Wis
Onalaska Luther
Niedfeldt
Luther. Bi
Feldt
Herb Grams
Grams
Manitowoc
Fox Valley Lutheran
Mindoro
Hawks Named Most Improved Team In Pro Circuit
The St. Louis Hawks are the NBA's most improved team this season. Despite a 119 108 loss to the San Francisco Warriors in Oakland, they hold 18 more victories with one game left, finishing 47 32 under new coach Harry Gallatin and clinching second in the Western Division.
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National Basketball Association
San Francisco Warriors
Oakland
Hawks
Harry Gallatin
New York Knicks
Chicago Zephyrs
Hogan Expects Golf Return By 1964 After Shoulder Surgery
New Orleans AP reports Bantam Ben Hogan, 50, eyes a comeback after shoulder repair at Ochsner Foundation Hospital. He says doctors expect him to start playing in six to eight weeks with another two months to regain form, aiming to compete in 1964 tournaments following a 1949 auto accident that nearly ended his career.
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New Orleans
Ben Hogan
Hogan
Ochsner Foundation Hospital
Seibel Earns No 8 Scoring in Big Ten
Chicago AP reports Ken Seibel of Wisconsin finished eighth in the Big Ten scoring race. He averaged 18.43 points per game in the just completed season, behind Ohio State star Gary Braddis who led with 30.9 points per game.
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Chicago
Ken Seibel
University of Wisconsin
Big Ten
Siebel
Ohio State
Gary Braddis
Y basketball senior men's league results and standings
Police Department led week with 57 Mindoro and Village 13 posted 81 71 and 60 to notable scores. Rich Lemmen topped La Crosse Cooler with 28 points while Dan Dunham scored 13 for Police Dept 13.
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Dairyland Power
St. Coney Island
la Crosse Cooler
Mindoro
Village
la Crosse
Rich Lemmen
Jim Schultzbert
J.c's
Jerry Schu
Coney Island
Danny Adams
Kirt Horswill
de Molay
Jerry Delaney
Dan Dunham
Hollis New Village
Braves Defeated by Tigers In Florida Exhibition
Milwaukee bus delay forced a late start as the Braves lost 5 4 to Detroit in Lakeland. Denis Menke led with three RBIs on two doubles, while Paul Foytack won for Detroit. Buddies supplied by Detroit’s 3 0 after three runs in the second, with a wild pitch sealing the win in the eighth.
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Tiger
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Foytack
Gotan See
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Bill Faul
Menke
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Wismer Ousted as Titans Sold in $1 Million Deal
After three years of losses and controversy Harry Wismer is out as president and major stockholder of the New York Titans. The bankrupt AFL club was sold for $1 million to a racing executive syndicate led by Sonny Werblin of New York after bankruptcy filings showing assets of 271 990 and liabilities of 1 341 000.
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Harry Wismer
American Football League
New York Titans
Wismer
AFL
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Red Ink
New York Giants
National Football League
Joe Foss
Titan
Sammy Baugh
Joan E. Joyce
David A. (Sonnny) Werblin
Monmouth Park Race Track
New Jersey
BRF Indian Cagers to Play Sunday Tilt
Winnebago Indian basketball players coached by Rev. Mitchell Whiterabbit stage an exhibition at Black River Falls gym at 2 p.m. Sunday. Players include Dallas White Curt Blackdeer Reuben Rave Loyal Shegonee and Ronald Anawash. They recently received 65 dollars from the Lions Club for uniforms and will join the Midwest All Indian tournament at the University of Chicago Field House March 30 and 31. They play the Menomonie Indians from Mequon Sunday.
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Wis
Mitchell Whiterabbit
Dallas White
Curt Blackdeer
Reuben Rave
Loyal Shegonee
Ronald Anawash
Black River Falls Lions Club
University of Chicago
Menomonie Indians
Mequon
Galesville City Team Joins Hiawatha League
Galesville joins the Hiawatha League for the upcoming season under manager William Schwarzhoff. The eight-team circuit includes Kellogg Winona Rollingstone St Charles Alma Fountain City Cochrane Trempealeau and Galesville across Wisconsin and Minnesota.
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Galesville
Wis
William Schwarzhoff
Hiawatha
Harlem Satellites Tour Ends With Westby All Star Clash
Harlem Satellites will face a Westby all star team March 18 at 8 p.m. in Earl C. Knutson gym. Rookie Brown leads the Harlem unit famed for the Magic Circle display. Westby counters with nine players including Hassel Nelson Holte and Brehm.
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Harlem Satellites
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Harlem Globetrotter
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Robert Flugstad
William McCormick
John Torkelson
al Vandenberg
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