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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1963
Page
13
Advertisement for a fishing contest offering a free rod or reel prizes. Mentions aerial Mississippi River fishing maps highlighting wing dams and popular fishing spots. From Doerre Hardware at 302 Pearl Street in La Crosse.
In Spring Grove Minnesota, Mabel beat Spring Grove 5 to 1 in a Root River Conference baseball game. Bob Rommel struck out 10 for Mabel while John Sylling fanned six for Spring Grove. Mabel outhit Grove 6 to 3 and capitalized on six Grove errors.
Dubuque defeated Waterloo 8 to 4. Quincy beat Wisconsin Rapids 5 to 3. Fox Cities topped Decatur 12 to 2 in 10 innings. Clinton won 7 to 1 over Burlington. Quad Cities edged Cedar Rapids 9 to 7 in 12 innings.
Final averages list players from multiple teams in the La Crosse league including Abraham F and Meyer D with scores ranging from 116 to 183. Team names shown include La Crosse Cooler Venders La Crosse Cooler Flakers Batavian Natl Bank Wonder Bread and others.
Madison AP Wisconsin struggles intrasquad clash as White team edges Cardinals 19-17. Coach Milt Bruhn mentions urgent need for a proven passer and notes Dave Franck led in accuracy though limited. Harold Brandt John Fenske praised. defense and several freshmen shown strength.
St Norbert edges Milton 5 4 in a tight tennis contest as Wisconsin 8 falls 4 3 and Luther dominates La Crosse 89 42 with Luther 5 La Crosse 4 in a dual meet.
In Decorah Iowa La Crosse State defeats Luther College 11 to 4 in a dual match ahead of the WSCC meet. Co medalists were Lee Kaczmarek and John Bodensteiner with 78s on a windy day.
Dodgers name Maury Wills to the hot corner after a string of players tried at third this season. Wills, the previous year’s NL MVP and 104 stolen bases king, is returned to third despite an ankle injury, as manager Walt Alston seeks better defense and a stronger throw to first.
In Baltimore AP reports a strong field for the Preakness at Pimlico led by Chateaugay seeking the $150000-plus purse and Black-Eyed Susans. If he wins the second leg of the Triple Crown he joins a select group as Derby runners-up often fare well here. Remaining competitors include Never Bend’s connections, Candy Spots, On My Honor, Lemon Twist and Sky Wonder.
The University of Minnesota Board names Roy Griak 39 to succeed Jim Kelly as track and cross country coach. Griak, from Butte Montana, has led St. Louis Park High School teams since 1953 and won state cross country titles in 1955 and 1962 along with Minnesota track championships in 1958 and 1962.
The New York Jets and Oakland Raiders will be allowed to select players from six other NFL teams Buffalo Boston Houston San Diego Denver and Dallas under a ruleapproved by owners. Jets could obtain up to 24 players and Oakland up to 12 with protections restricting the other clubs. Selection runs June 10 to July 1 ahead of training camps.
Baltimore police tied the final details of the death of NFL star Gene Lipscomb after a party where a 24 year old suspect gave a statement and was released. Timothy Black faces narcotics charges and says Lipscomb took a heroin injection. A medical examiner linked the injection to Lipscomb’s death as Sen John McClelland notes possible impact on drug probe hearings.
The United States secured a finals berth in the world basketball championships with an 81 to 51 win over Argentina. Italy also advanced from the same group with a 90 to 82 victory over Mexico, as 12 teams compete in four groups in round robin play.
Boston tops Washington 8-5 to move into sole second in the American League behind Chicago. Los Angeles beats Chicago 7-3 as the Angels climb into sixth, while Houston defeats New York 4-2 to share ninth with Milwaukee in the NL cellar.
Arkansas edged Columbus 3 to 2 while Buffalo routed Atlanta 10 to 4. Indianapolis beat Jacksonville 9 to 4 and Rochester defeated Syracuse 10 to 8 in a quartet of league results.
In St Louis Allan Thomas stopped Sixto Rodriguez in nine rounds. In Hollywood Thad Spencer knocked out Monroe Ratliff in nine. In Sydney Arthur Persley outpointed Gary Cowburn in twelve rounds. Pacific Coast League scores Spokane 1 Tacoma 0 Dallas-Fort Worth 6 Denver 1 Oklahoma City 5 Salt Lake City 1 Hawaii 7 Portland 5.
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