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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1963
Page
5
Julius Boros shot 66 to reach 137 halfway, giving him a two stroke edge over Doug Sanders in the Colonial National Invitation as Jack Nicklaus and other contenders chased on a 7011- yard par 70 track. Palmer faltered with 75 to sit 149.
The claim states July 4 1872 as the birth date of Calvin Coolidge. No corroborating context is provided in the text.
The Milwaukee Braves finally beat a left handed pitcher, Chris Short, 4-1 in Philadelphia. Denis Menke and Roy McMillan hit homers as Milwaukee stopped a six game skid, while Dennis Lemaster earned his first win of the season in a rain shortened game. The Braves sit six games behind the Giants with a televised next match and Sunday doubleheader in Philadelphia.
Local newspaper note records delivery of the Oporte La Crosse Cribune on Saturday May 11 1963 with rural route delivery on May 13. Indicates timing of press run and mail distribution details.
Green Bay Packer Boyd Dowler was ordered to stand trial in Boulder Municipal Court on a disturbance near a University of Colorado girls dormitory. He waived a jury trial, with a June 28 date set and a $100 bond posted. Dowler said he entered the dormitory briefly while searching for a friend.
Wisconsin’s golf team finishes an undefeated dual meet season at Maple Bluff Country Club with two wins and a tie. The Badgers improve to 14 victories, no losses, and one tie, beating Purdue 24-18 and Indiana 20-16 while tying Michigan State 15-15. Medalist honors go to Bob Meyer of Michigan State with 148, followed by Roger Eberhard of Wisconsin at 150. Purdue defeats Indiana, Michigan State beats Purdue, and Indiana defeats Michigan State in other Maple Bluff matches.
The La Crosse Winnebagos will hold a practice at Copeland Park this Sunday at 1 30 p m. The drill aims to sharpen fielding and batting skills ahead of upcoming games.
Totals show Milwaukee 26 7 and Philadelphia 19 13 with Menke McMillan two RBIs and homer each. Lemaster pitched 2 innings, Short 5 1/3 with a 0 4 line. Weyer Harvey and Barlick also used. Attendance 11,904.
The standings show San Francisco leading with a .633 percentage, followed by St. Louis Chicago Pittsburgh and Los Angeles in the top group. Rain and twilight games shuffle the daily schedule with results including Houston over Chicago and New York over Cincinnati.
In Eau Claire Wisconsin Memorial edged La Crosse Logan 327 to 350 in a dual match. The low four scores counted with Dennis Marker 87 Bob Johnson 89 and Dick Koeller 81 for Logan while Doug Lindsay 77 Pete Roe 80 Jim Long 86 Ben Procter 84 and Gary Auer 91 led Eau Claire. Memorial next plays Viroqua Monday and hosts Winona Tuesday at Coulee Country Club.
Westby topped Soldiers Grove 8-5 in a nonconference game. Dennis Peterson doubled and singled while Ron Rudie added two hits. For Grove, Anderson, John Thorne, and Don Sannes had two hits each, with Anderson hitting a double.
In a Root River Conference game Caledonia routed Rushford 8-2 as Mike Percuoco struck out 11 and walked four. Joe Deters doubled for the winners while Rushford managed early runs. Peterson and Lanesboro also played in a separate dual track meet where Peterson won 64-54.
The data show leaders in batting, pitching and fielding from both leagues. Notable figures include Kaline and Hinton leading batting in the American League with high averages and runs, while F. Alou and Aaron top various National League categories. Pitching leaders include Fischer and Simmons with standout win totals and Cheney and Sanford with high strikeout counts.
In the Northern League Winnipeg beat Aberdeen 4 to 3 and Grand Forks topped 81. Cloud 5 to 3 while Duluth-Superior status at Bismarck-Man dan remained postponed by weather. Midwest results include Burlington 7 Decatur 1 and Waterloo 4 Quad Cities 3 with Clinton ahead of Quincy 0. Boxing reports feature Mildenberger outpointing Von Clay, Cofie defeating Manca, and Takayama besting Yang Jai-Keun.
Gene Lipscomb known as Big Daddy, a former Colts and Steelers defensive tackle, died after an apparent heroin overdose in a Baltimore apartment. Authorities noted needle marks and a home-made syringe. companion Timothy Black was held for investigation.
Gale-Ettrick edged Trempealeau 60 to 58 in a dual track meet at Trempealeau Wisconsin. Doug Nichols and Ralph Remus led GE with wins in pole vault and sprint events while Duff Emmons of Trempealeau won the mile in 4 55.4.
Dodgers edge Giants 2-1 on Don Drysdale strong six hit performance and a late Dick Altman homer salvaging a close pitcher duel. The win narrows the Dodgers gap to four games behind the league leaders as St Louis wins 1-0. Elsewhere Mets halt Reds 3-2 on Jim Hickman homer. Cubs fall 4-1 to Farrell’s six perfect innings.
In Rochester Minnesota Aquinas beat Lourdes 358 to 359. Aquinas scorers include John Haugen 91 Jim Hoeschler 94 Tom Barton 92 and Loring Davis 86. Lourdes top scorers were Mike McNeil 95 Mike Gibbons 82 George Vasiloff 95 and Jim Deutsch 87.
Logan defeated Viroqua 5-2 in a dual match at VIROQUA. Singles results include Genady Hlushko and Dennis Almos for Logan winning in straight sets, Glenn Peterson and Rich Duncan also winning for Logan, while Dick Stevens beat Dennis Loeffler for Viroqua. Doubles saw Hlushko-Peterson and Helgerson-Gulbranson win for their teams.
Aquinas edged Assumption 50 to 46 to take the King’s Games track championship at Eau Claire. Chuck Bigley swept two events the broad jump 19 5 and 180 yard low hurdles 21.5 seconds while Pat Murphy led the Blugolds with a first in the high hurdles and Jim Simpson won the 100 for Campion.
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