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Newspaper

La Crosse Tribune

Location

La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America

Date

May 20, 1955

Page

8

Central and Logan Meet In Intra City Baseball Clash

Central and Logan schedule their first intra city meeting at Copeland Park at 7 45 PM. The Red Raiders beat the North Side club 54 in WIAA tournament action at West Salem. A second intra city game is slated for later this month. Both teams have beaten Aquinas previously.

Central Logan Copeland Park Red Raiders Rangers North Side West Salem Aquinas

La Crosse State Squads Ready For Milwaukee Conference Meet

Three La Crosse State College squads head to Milwaukee for the conference meets. The Indian cinder team seeks to defend its title as track star Provine returns to action. Golfers aim to extend an eight of nine record while tennis squad eyes the state net crown with Potthast leading No 1 singles.

la Crosse State College Floyd Gauteach Milwaukee Cliff DeVoll Whitewater Oshkosh la Crosse State Walt Thorsen LSC la Crosse Beloit Billy Provine Provine

Marciano Cockell Fight Films Shown At North Star Drive In

Action pictures of the Rocky Marciano and Don Cockell heavyweight title bout, held in San Francisco earlier this week, are showing exclusively at the North Star drive in theater. The 18 minute film covers the bout ending in a first round TKO for Marciano.

Rocky Marciano Don Cockell San Francisco North Star Drive-In Marciano

Golf Team Schedule Shows Key Doubles Pairings

With Tom Novak and Stan Hays handling the doubles. Members of the golf squad are Capt. Jim Burns, Bruce Boegel, John Bibby, Nick Perry, Ossie Langsdorf, Jim Stearns, Gene Wis ner and Roger Hujik.

Ozzie Longsdorf Jim Stearns Nick Perry John Bibby Roger Hujik Gene Wisner Bruce Boengel Tom Novak Stan Hays Jim Burns Bruce Boegel Ossie Langsdorf

Bowling League Results Mixed As Nets Mark Highs

In Venezuela Cumana, a new 120000 plant aims to convert fish to meal. local bowlers like J Schiffer posted a high 242 in a handicapped league showing mixed scores across bars Rexs Glen Terpstra and Badger sections. Local standings list players L Johnson H Weiss Neumann Slettland and Wilberding with top marks and bar venue names including Nabor Mr Boston Wall Sag and Re jWall s Restaurant.

Nabor Boston Forrest Glen's Terpstra Ice & Fuel Badger L. Johnson Jy Olsen Sag H. Weiss W. Wall J. Schiffer Neumann A. Sletttland L. Johnson Weiss BH. Wilberding

Braves Box Score From New York Victory Over Milwaukee

New York 10 Milwaukee 8. Mays 2 homers Mueller Aaron Cran dall HR. Hearn W 6-2 L Johnson 1-2. Umpire Dixon. Attendance 22,155.

Mays Mueller Aaron Crandall Williams O'Connell S&s Logan Adcock New York Milwaukee Hearn Johnson Robinson Buhl Ho—Johnson Er—Hearn Irvin L-Johnson U--Dixon Eas Gore Donatelli

Central sweeps Winona in Raiders Cup dual meet 84 29

La Crosse Central won 10 events and the 880 relay to defeat Winona 84 to 29 in Winona. Evan Melby led Central with three wins and a school discus record of 137 feet, also taking high and low hurdles. Fritz Schubert added wins in the 100 and 440. George Kosidowski led Winona with two victories.

Winona Minn la Crosse George Kosidowski Melby Ritter Panke Schubert Kosidowski Worth Tau Guteel Schwab Kapellas Glendenning Anderson Behini Hagerdorn Bauerman Olson Berger Soffa Kosidowsi Christianson Boffa Central

Standings and schedules for baseball leagues show leaders and games

The standings list top teams with win loss records in both leagues. Friday and Saturday schedules include key matchups such as Cleveland at Detroit and Kansas City at Chicago, with times noted.

Cleveland New York Chicago Detroit Boston Washington Kansas City Baltimore

Eau Claire Outfit Beats Aberdeen in Northern League

Eau Claire defeated Aberdeen 7-2 as Grand Forks beat Duluth 84 and St. Cloud edged Fargo Moorhead 4-2 in 12 innings. Winnipeg at Superior was postponed due to wet grounds.

Eau Claire Superior Aberdeen Grand Forks Duluth St. Cloud Fargo-Moorhead Winnipeg

Giants Rally to Top Braves 3-2 in Milwaukee

New York Giants defeat Milwaukee Braves 3-2 to move into second place in the National League. Willie Mays and Don Mueller delivered timely hits while Jim Hearn earned the win over Ernie Johnson. Hank Aaron homered for Milwaukee in the first inning.

Milwaukee York Giants Mueller Braves Giants Willie Mays Don Mueller Mays Jim Hearn Ernie Johnsson Hearn Hank Aaron lBraves Danny Jo’Connell del Crandall George Crowe Billy Bruton New York Johnson Hank Thompson Joe Adcock O'Connell Davie Williams Darki Charlie Grimm Williams Humberto Robinson Bobby Thomson Dark Ray Katt Bruton Wes Westrum Chicago Cubs County Stadium Grimm Lew Burdette Stan Hack Bob Rush Cubs

Tavern Loop Teams Battle Tight Softball Night

In the Tavern Softball league, Friendly Nabor edged Top Hat Tavern 15 12 at West Avenue, Bohemian Hall beat Chuck s U Bar 8 7 at Copeland, and several other close games followed. Glen s defeated Fritz Beer Depot 18 12 at Trane Park as Gib and Ruby s topped Ed s 10 7 at West Avenue, and Gladstone beat Ray s 18 8 there, while Kabat s routed Jumpy s 22 7 at Houska Park.

Tavern Nabor Top Hat Tavern West Avenue Bohemian Hall Copeland Glen's Fritz Beer Depot Trane Park Gib Ruby Ed's Gladstone Ray Kabat Jumpy Houska Park Friendly Nabor Top Hat Rossers Pederson Chuck Bjorkman Schrader Towsen Schroeder Hauser Ray's Scanion and Keppel, Secrist Crogan and Yeager Beer Depot Lewison Vehrenkamp Paulson Karis Lenser Zierke Vanta LaRue

Fight Results in St Paul Box Fight Highlights

Del Flanagan of St Pete and Al Andrews of St Paul fought at 157 and 159 pounds respectively in St Paul. Beet sugar makes up about 35 percent of the global sugar supply.

The Associated Press ST. Paul del Flanagan St .Peteenna al Andrews St Paul

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