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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1963
Page
11
Louisville AP reports this year's Kentucky Derby features eight bluebloods and a colt needing to move early to stay in sight, with the race marked by the Silky Sullivan era vibes.
Silky Sullivan mentioned as a historic name while 1962 PGA notes show Phil Rodgers posting a 263 at the Tucson Open. In horse racing news No Robbery leads Greentree Stable with early speed and Candy Spots as 6-5 favorite for the 89th Derby run, alongside Chateaugay Gray Pet and Never Bend as potential pace rivals.
Forty high school teams from three classes compete in the Peacock Relays at Memorial Field. La Crosse Central leads Class A with strong relays and defending status, while Class B includes Mosinee and Sparta entries and Class C features Gail-Ettrick shifting up. Rain is likely. meets have a history of wet falls and occasional cancellations.
Readable items list athletes and performances across 1950s to 1961 from Racine County teams including Lena, Blair, Whitehall, Mineral Point, and Gale-Ettrick. Events cover pole vault, high jump, broad jump, sprints, hurdles, and relays with times and distances such as 12 feet pole vault and 10.2 seconds 100 yard dash.
Stan Musial delivered a three-run double in the seventh to lift the St. Louis Cardinals to a 4-3 win over the Chicago Cubs. The hit tied Babe Ruth for the major league record with 1 356 extra-base hits, as Musial extended his career milestones and Cardinals stayed two games ahead of Pittsburgh and San Francisco.
The La Crosse Winnebagoes announce a three week series of baseball tryouts led by coaches Joseph Gohres and Bill Parizek. A session is set for Sunday at 1 30 p m in Copeland Park with league play anticipated to begin in June on Sundays.
Bob Hendley pitched eight innings of three hit ball, delivering an 8-0 win over the Cincinnati Reds on a road trip finale. Hank Aaron homered, Eddie Mathews returned to lineup, and Don Dillard contributed. Spahn and Hendley lead Braves with seven wins combined.
Logan High down 7-0 to Central in Copeland Park, scoring four runs in the fourth and three in the seventh. Coady earned the win in relief, while Sheldon and Weldon had two hits apiece. Yarolim ek tripled home the tying and winning runs with two on and two out.
The United States targets 100 plus golds at the Pan American Games in Sao Paulo as it closes in on the climactic events. The men's basketball team meets Brazil in the title game after a 96 54 win over Mexico, while the women's team battles Brazil for the championship. Boxing features two U S survivors Fred Lewis and Lee Carr in finals against Jamaica and Brazil respectively.
Minnesota’s 1963 swimming team received national recognition with eight All America selections by the NCAA. Senior Steve Jackman and sophomore Wally Richardson head the list, each named in four events, joined by Ralph Allen, Ray Ellis, Virgil Luken, Bill Milota, Bud Erickson and Mike Stauffer.
La Crosse State College defeated Winona 102-742 and Eau Claire 1244-515 in a quadrangular. St Marys beat Eau Claire 102-442 and Winona 10-5 while Eau Claire edged Winona 912-819. Ray Scofield led with 67. Other scores include Toussaint 75, Molstad 77, Armstrong 75, Hogenson 75, Kowalczyk 76, Hartzer 75, Van Hoof 70, Ne doba 72, Black 72.
Clyde Rusk of West Allis Wisconsin was named Thursday as the new head basketball coach at Lawrence College. Rusk compiled a 184 151 record in 15 years of high school coaching and held championships in football and basketball at his first coaching job in Marengo Illinois.
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