Millers Triumph Over St Paul 5-3 in Intercity Series
Babe Barna homered with two on in the sixth to cap a 5-3 Millers win over first-place St Paul. Indianapolis swept Louisville in a twin bill, while Toledo dominated Columbus, and Milwaukee dropped games as Kansas City split. Barna’s blast erased an early St Paul lead. Tipton homered for the Saints. Clark relieved for Louisville in five innings.
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Babe Barna
St. Paul
Millers
Indianapolis
Louisville
Wlde Mud Hens
Columbus Rec Birds
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Brewers
Apostles
Barna
Minneapolis
Eric Tipton
Saints
Larry Rosenthal
Emery Rudd
Johnny Welas
Indians
William
Otey) Clark
Clark
Colonels
Boston Red XK
Toledo
Freddy Sanford
Red Birds
Pete Mazar
Hens
Salem Downs Holmen in opener 8 4 at West Salem
West Salem high school opened its season with an 8 to 4 win over Bangor after a 6 4 scoreline. Don Cassell pitched effectively for West Salem leading with 3 hits by Freeman Newburg and Cassell combining for the victory as Salem totaled 10 hits and 15 bases.
Viroqua Splits Twin Bill With Tomah
Wisconsin high school baseball doubleheader ends split as Viroqua defeats Tomah 5-4 in game one while Tomah wins 1-0 in game two. Mortrude and a Viroqua battery lead in game one with two hits. Donsky and Dickenson pace Tomah with two hits each. Donsky takes pitching duties in game two with Harris adding two hits for Viroqua.
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Wis
Specul Oses
Viroqua
Indians
Tomah
Mortrude
Viroqua Battery
Lind
Dickenson
Viroquans
Donsky
Oferson
Harris
Central Net Team Edges Logan 4 3 in tennis match
Central High School edged Logan 4-3 on the Teachers College courts to defend its city net title. Rod Adams defeated Jim Scheel 3-6 6-3 6-4, John Grant beat Gordie Peterson 6-3 6-3, and Charley Weigent plus Jim Berg gave Central the lead with two wins. Doubles Scheel Grant won 9-7 6-2, while Weigent Winter lost 4-6 0-6 4-6 to Jones Foster. Central meets Onalaska Thursday, Logan faces Winona Saturday.
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Central High School
Logan
Teachers College
Rod Adams
Ranger
Raider
Jim Scheel
John Grant
Central
Gordie Peterson
Bob Jones
Bill Winter
Charley Weigent
Jim Berg
Dick Ov
Ken Teachout
Raiders
Onalaska
Winona
Sparta Takes Two From Westby In Conference Doubleheader
Sparta high school swept a West Central Gateway Conference doubleheader at Westby. In game one Sparta led 9 to 2 and won 8 to 1 as Ziegler had three singles in four trips and Wayne Schanke opened the seventh with a triple. Westby’s Nelison allowed 13 Sparta hits, while Sparta turned two double plays in the second game and Ziegler added two doubles. Snodgrass homered for Westby with a three-base hit.
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Sparta
Wis
Sparta High School
Westby
Nelison
West
Women's Pin Congress Revives Annual Tourney
The Women's International bowling congress resumes its 37 day tournament in Kansas City with 20 teams warming lanes and over 7 000 contestants. A 49 569 prize pool awaits in the 26th tourney with entrants from Ohio Illinois Wisconsin Iowa Michigan and Milwaukee among the top teams and cities. Previous champions Nina Van Camp and the Logan Square Buick team return to defend titles.
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Kansas City
International Bowling Congress
Midwest
Ohio
Illinois
Wisconsin
Iowa
Michigan
Milwaukee
Nina van Camp
Chicago
Logan Square
Buick
Detroit
Clara Allen
Feller No-Hits Yankees. Cubs Top Brooklyn In 11 Innings
In a dramatic day of baseball, Bob Feller twirled a no hit no run game to beat the Yankees 1 0 for Cleveland. The Cubs erased Brooklyn from first with an 2 1 win in 11 innings as Dominic Dallessandro forced in the decisive run with bases loaded. White Sox fell 3 2 to Washington while Boston crushed Detroit 4 0 and Philadelphia edged St. Louis 12 8. Pittsburgh beat Philadelphia 4 1 as New York and Cincinnati weathered rainouts.
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Robert Feller
Yanks
Cleveland
New York Yankees
Chicago Cubs
Brooklyn
Chicago White Sox
Washington
Feiler
Boston
Detroit
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Pittsburgh Pirates
Philadelphia Phils
New York
Cincinnati
Cubs
Dominic Dallessandro
Ed Waitkus
Dodgers
Heinz Becker
Waitkus
Emil Rush
White Sox
Lewis
Ed Lopat
Chicago
Bob Fellert
Yankees
Frankie Hayes
George Stirnweiss
Les Fleming
Tommy Henrich
Joe DiMaggio
Stirnweiss
Charley Keller
Ray Mack
Tigers
Hold Elections Of WRA Officers At T. C.
Election of officers to the Women s Recreation Association at the Teachers college will be held on Thursday and Friday. Nominees include Bernice Winrow of Beaver Dam and Aphie Thanos of Milwaukee for president, Mary Dawn Durnford of Richland Center and Dorothy Johnson of Whitehall for vice president, Norma Degen of Burlington and Beverly Wolf of La Crosse for secretary, Evelyn Dziedic of Milwaukee and Mrs. Louise Halford of Antigo for treasurer. Officers this year include Evelyn Findlay of Milwaukee as president, Gertrude Itzin of Burlington as vice president, Mrs. Louise Halford as secretary, and Jeanette Witt of Boscobel as treasurer.
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Women's Recreation Association
Teachers College
Board of Control
Bernice Winrow
Beaver Dam
Aphie Thanos
Milwaukee
Mary Dawn Durnford
Richland Center
Dorothy Johnson
Whitehall
Norma Degen
Burlington
Beverly Wolf
la Crosse
Evelyn Dziedic
Louise Halford
Antigo
WRA
Evelyn Findlay
Gertrude Itzin
Jeanette Witt
Boscobel
Ike Williams Wins On Convincing TKO
Ike Williams defended his lightweight title with an eight round technical knockout of Enrique Bolanos in Los Angeles. Williams knocked Bolanos down four times from the third round and the referee stopped the bout at 2 minutes 32 seconds of the eighth round. Williams earned $20,000 to Bolanos's $10,000 as promoter Cal Eaton eyed a gate near $100,000 from a crowd around 20 000 at Wrigley Field.
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Los Angeles
Ike Williams
Enrique Bolanos
Bob Montgomery
New York
Pennsylvania
Williams
Benny Whitman
Bell-Time
Bolanos
Wrigley Field
Cal Eaton
AFL To Practice At Hixon Thursday
AFL baseball team schedules a 6 p m practice Thursday at Hixon field announced by Manager Norm Hanson. The AFL will play Onalaska Sunday afternoon at Onalaska with the result to be determined on the day.
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AFL
Hixon
Hixon Field
Norm Hanson
Onalaska
Bowling Scores Slump in ABC World Championship
In Buffalo, ABC officials cut prize thresholds as erratic bowling reduces expected scores. A 2650 team total may win five-man money, 1120 in doubles, 570 for singles, and 1775 for all events. If ceilings fall below 3000, it would mark the first since 1922. Milwaukee Heils lead five-man totals at 2995.
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Buffalo
N. Y
American Bowling Congress
ABC
Eli Whitney
Whitney
Lincoln Life Insurance
Fort Wayne
Ind
Milwaukee Heils
Logan Defeats Mauston In League Doubleheader
Logan Rangers overwhelm Mauston 12-3 and 13-3 in a West Central league twin bill. Lefty Jim Hauge allowed only two hits in game one as Logan piled up ten hits and built a lead with early runs. In game two the Rangers exploded for thirteen runs on sixteen hits, D Twite and Bill Black driving much of the offense. Mauston struck first but could not sustain the rally, leaving Logan poised for a conference doubleheader against Tomah next Tuesday.
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Mauston
Wis
Mauston High School
la Crosse
Rangers
Logan
Jim Hauge
Olson
Lawver
Diask
Rick
Ralph Twite
George Field
Althouh
D. Twite
Bill Black
Stan McCurdy
Bohen
Remington
Field
Black
Vince Hogden
Bernie Hefti
Fred Genz
Tomah Indians
Standings and results from American and National leagues
Standings and results show American League games with Cleveland 1 New York 0 Boston 4 Detroit 0 Philadelphia 12 St Louis 6 Washington 3 Chicago 2. National League Chicago 2 Brooklyn 1 after 11 innings. Putmureh 4 Philadelphia 1 New York at St Louis wet grounds. Boston at Cincinnati rain. American Association Minneapolis 5 St Paul 3 Indianapolis 9 2 Louisville 2 8 Toledo 3 Columbus 1 Only games scheduled. Thur sday schedule Cleveland at New York Detroit at Boston St Louis at Philadelphia National League Brooklyn at Chicago New York at St Louis Boston at Cincinnati Philadelphia at Pittsburgh American Association Columbus at Milwaukee Toledo at Kansas City Indianapolis at St Paul Louisville at Minneapolis
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Cleveland
New York
Boston
Detroit
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Washington
Chicago
Brooklyn
PutMureh
Cincinnati
Minneapolis
St Paul
Indianapolis
Louisville
Toledo
Columbus
National Leager
Pittsburgh
American Association
Milwaukee
Kansas City
St. Paul
Deiron
St Louis
Louis
CIO Practice Session At Copeland Park
Marv Grimslid of the CIO announces a team practice at Copeland Park Thursday at 6 p m. All members are urged to attend as suits will be issued after the drill.
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CIO
Copeland
Marv Grimslid
Copeland Park
Grimslid
No-Hitter Threat Fellers Ninth Inning Thriller at Yankee Stadium
The crowd of 37,144 watched Bob Feller in a tense ninth inning as he carried a 1-0 no-hitter against the New York Yankees. Joe DiMaggio lined out after Stirnweiss reached on an error, and Charley Keller lined out to end the threat as the miracle moment finally arrived.
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New York
Yankee Stadium
Bob Feller
Robert
Yankees
Bronx Bombers
Rizzuto
Short
Frankie Hayes
Feller
Yankee
George Stirnweiss
Les Fleming
Cleveland
Tommy Henrich
Stirnweiss
Henrich
Keltner
Joe DiMaggio
Joe
Keller
DiMaggio
Charley
King Kong
Ray Mack
Archery Club Plans Three Event Elimination Tourney
La Crosse Archery Club outlines an outdoor season with local and National Archery Association mail tournaments and field events at Recreation Department range. A 32 entry draw will pair archers, with men and women shooting different distances. 26 entries already. Contact Walter Wilder within two weeks. competition runs June 2 through June.
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la Crosse
Walter Wilder
Galesville bats fall as Cotter high tops season opener
Galesville loses 6-0 to Cotter High of Winona in the season opener. Meunier pitched for Gale with nine strikeouts and three hits allowed. Vondrashek struck out 11 and yielded three hits for Cotter. Gale hitters Beirne Meunier and Ferber produced Gale’s only offensive chances. Barth and Ruhnke each had two Cotter safeties.
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Galesville
Wis
Cotter High
Winona
Meuier
Vondrashek
Gale Hurler
Aemen
Beirne
Meunier
Ferber
Gale
Barth
Ruhnke
Cotter
Ripon College Teams Defeat Oshkosh State Teachers
Ripon Wisconsin squads swept Oshkosh State Teachers with the track team winning 914 to 394 and the golf team edging the Peds 8 7 to 342. Shepard led on the track with firsts in the high hurdles and high jump and second in the low hurdles.
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Ripon
Wis
Ripon College
Oshkosh
Shepard
Williams Fights Bolanos in Mexican Locals
Ike Williams stops Enrique Bolanos in Durango in an eight round TKO. In New York Lenny Mancini outpoints Vic Costa in a separate NBA title bout with Mancini earning the victory for the Manhattan arena.
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Los Angeles
Ike Williams
Trenton
N. J
Enrique Bolanos
Durango
Mexico
New York
Lenny
Mancini
Youngstown
Vic Costa
Mexican Madness Roils Yankee Camp Over Rizzuto Deal
New York Yankees president Larry MacPhail denied offering Phil Rizzuto a new contract to counter Jorge Pasquel. Rizzuto said he had no interest in Pasquel’s overtures after reps approached him at Yankee Stadium and near the West Side elevated highway.
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NEW York
New York Yankees
Larry MacPhail
Phil Rizzuto
Jorge Pasquel
New York Post
Rizzuto
Yanks
MacPhail
Pasquels
Yankee Stadium
West Side
Goal Set At 1000 Tickets For Night Baseball Drive
La Crosse six teams launch a mass drive to sell 1000 season tickets at 5 dollars each, good for twenty admissions. Proceeds fund a revived city league opener May 14 at Copeland Park under lights. District reps include VFW, American Legion, breweries, CIO and AFL locals, with outlets at S and H Sheldon’s, Uptown Cigar, Bodega, and Wittenberg’s.
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la Crosse Baseball Association
Onalaska
Copeland Park
Ball Park
Sixth Street
Jay
Max Affeldt
VFW
Russ Seger
I. H. Sheldon
American Legion
Main
Jay Street
la Crosse Breweries
Toby Towsen
Sixth
Pine
Eagles Softball Practice Open to New Players
Members of the Eagles softball team in the Tavern league will hold a practice Thursday at 6 p m at Hogan School diamond. Positions are open and anyone wishing to play is urged to come out.
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Eagles
Hogan School Diamond
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Don “Arnie” Cassell
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Freeman
LeRoy” Newburg
Roland “Rum” Groth
Alvin “Wimpy
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Roly Trinity Men's League Quality Cos
Justin's
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Gchupert
Tevern Zehr
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Punerai
Ividwsl
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W. Vollenweider
G. Yorn
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Jungen
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J. Kamina
B Kammer
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Metroid
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Wurvrel
Women’s Pin Congress
Olson’s Sporting Goods Store
South Third
Joe Dobson
Boston Red Sox
Hal Newhouser
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Connie Mack
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Heuge
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Pat's Shell
Diane P la Crosse
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Euler Cafe
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J. Papacek
C. Eckhardt
Oswiler
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Nu Luxe
Genzile
Rt Modern Dairy
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Murphy
Bodega
Badger Lumber
T. Miller
Insey A. Anderson
E. Olsen
Ant D. Weigel
H. Stephens
R. Lowell
H. Wittenberg
J. Wais
Recreation Lanes—Handicap League
Ows
Gardenias
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M. Nuttieman
B. Thill
J. Laveld
M. Marsh
M. Donovan
H. Schroeder
HH. Hall
Daw-Cio
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Wachs
Johnston Son Vvneman A. Graft
Bkilbeck Ae
A. Veneman
Spika
M. Rida
FE Hetu
Linde Cathedral
Papentus
la Crosse Hay Works
Stark
Madden's Ff
Hammes Garage
R. Jungen
Might In Ag
Rev. Halker Eir
C. Henneser
Hase
A. Gilbertson
Che la Crosse Tribune
Firestone Store
Arenz Shoe CO
By Ted Meier
Yankee Camp
Pasquel
America
Kenny Blanchard
Tribune
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Gay Nesseth
Kiwanis
Rotary
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Jaces
Elmer Shilling
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H. Sheldon’s
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