Winning the Big One and the Olympic Shot Put Record
The piece discusses chasing big victories in sports and cites Al Feuerbach’s 71 ft 7 in shot put at San Jose versus the Munich Olympic gold by Wladyslaw Komar. It notes U S Olympic pressure since 1936, and mentions George Woods Allan Feuerbach Brian Oldfield and the May 27 Vons Classic in the Coliseum.
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Yankees
Sam Snead
Sam
Augusta
Greensboro
Merion
Oakmont
Baltusrol
al Feuerbach
San Jose
Munich
U.S
George Woods
Allan Feuerbach
Brian Oldfield
Wladyslaw Komar
Coliseum
Feuerbach
Indy
Allan
Randy Matson
Parry O'Brien
Bill Nieder
Rome
Parry
Nieder
O'Brien
Tokyo
Montreal
WWTI Finishes Third in Rochester Golf Meet
Western Wisconsin Technical Institute placed third at the Rochester Junior College Invitational with 321 strokes. Rochester won the event with 299, while Austin Junior College was second at 318 as Lakemound, Inverhills, Wilmer, North Hennepin, and Normandale trailed.
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Rochester
Minn
Western Wisconsin Technical Institute
Austin Junior College
WWTI
Lakemound
Inverhills
Wilmer
North Hennepin
Normandale
Mike Herzog
Cavaliers
Eric Winnue
al Follendorf
Steve Anderson
Rich Green
Jeff Kish
Stewart Thompson
Kickapoo Panthers Top North Crawford 9-6 In Viola Baseball
Randy Williamson went 3 for 3 with a double and a single driving in three runs to lead Kickapoo over North Crawford 9-6 in Viola. Nick Schoville earned the win with two hits while Norm Olsen took the loss for the Trojans.
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Viola
Wis
Randy Williamson
Kickapoo
Panthers
North Crawford
Nick Schoville
Norm Olsen
Trojans
Viroqua Tops Boscobel In Wisconsin Golf Meet
Viroqua defeated Boscobel 199 to 176 at Hickory Grove Country Club in a Southwestern Wisconsin Athletic League golf match. Medalist Gary Buros shot 42 for Viroqua, with Kevin Schlicht 44 Toby Groves 44 Mark Starr 46 and Steve Larsen 45 for Boscobel.
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Boscobel
Wis
Chippewa Falls Girls Track Meet Sees Colburn Third in 100
Carol Colburn of La Crosse Central was the lone Red Raider to finish in the top five, taking third in the 100 yard dash at the class A Chippewa Falls sectional. Wisconsin Rapids led the 13-team meet with 45 points, Marshfield close behind with 44.
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Chippewa Falls
Wis
la Crosse Central
Carol Colburn
Red Raider
Miss Colburn
Wisconsin Rapids
Marshfield
Rapids
Logan Trackmen Turn Back Winona in Non Conference Meet
The La Crosse Logan track team won 11 events to beat Winona 74 to 53 at Swan son Field Friday. Logan led after the second event and maintained the advantage, avenging their only prior loss in the meet.
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la Crosse
Logan
Winona
Swanson Field
Rangers
Central nets decisive win over Aquinas in city tennis
Central defeated Aquinas 5-4 as Paul Koeller and Mark Myers won the pivotal second doubles. Central improved to 8-0 on the season while Aquinas fought back from a 4-1 deficit but claimed only two doubles victories and the final singles match remained close.
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la Crosse Central
Paul Koeller
Mark Myers
Aquinas
Red Raiders
Central
G E T Tops Coulee Golfers In Tight Conference Meet
G E T edged West Salem 168 to 169 to lead Coulee Conference standings with Onalaska Arcadia tied for third at 174. Medalist Paul Williamson shot 39 as Dan Severson and Don Osborn added 43 for the Redmen.
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Onalaska
Wis
Gale- Ettrick-Trempealeau
West Salem
Arcadia
Redmen
Dave Onsrud
Jon Hetland
Onalaska Netters Top Winona Cotter 5 4 in Dual
Onalaska High School defeated Winona Cotter 5 4 in a non conference tennis dual led by singles wins from Mike Cantwell Mike Baum Tim McCurdy and Dennis Kolb. Cantwell and Baum added the decisive doubles victory Cantwell Baum paired for 12 10 win over Wadden Pelowski.
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Winona, Minn
Onalaska
Winona Cotter
Mike Cantwell
Mike Baum
Tim McCurdy
Dennis Kolb
Hilltoppers
Cantwell
Zielke
Paroubek
Baum-Cantwell
Wadden- Pelowski
Williamson-Mattison
McCurdy
Greg Hoppens
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