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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1958
Page
9
In Lafayette Indiana the Big Ten Faculty Representatives approve a policy requiring prospective athletes to rank in the top two thirds of their high school class to qualify for need based financial aid. They also reject trimming aid tenders from 100 to 75 per school delaying final action to faculties.
Davenport pulled away in the Three-I League by beating Green Bay 10-7 behind a sixth inning homer burst from Don Minecher and Jim Lynn as Bill Reuse notched his sixth victory. Green Bay slugger Frank Howard hit his 10th homer and Terry Robertson added a three-run shot in a 13-hit night for the visitors. Cedar Rapids won 8-7 in 11 innings over Rochester, with Leo Webster notching a four-hit 3-1 win in the nightcap for Minnesota. Burlington topped Fox Cities 5-4 on Bill Zimmerman’s three-run blast in the eighth, while Carlos Pascual homered twice for Fox Cities.
The Fargo-Moorhead Twins broke a four-game slide by beating Grand Forks 4-3 on Sunday in Northern League action. St Cloud beat Eau Claire 5-1. Duluth Superior downed Aberdeen 4-2. Winnipeg crushed Minot 8-2. Bob Smith drove in two runs for Winnipeg with a squeeze bunt and sacrifice fly.
La Crescent and Caledonia each raced to first place in the Houston Fillmore league with big wins Sunday. La Crescent trailed 7-0 but exploded for 18-8 over Mabel led by Joe Richardson and Orvie Wetzell with three hits each and Bill Lathrop’s two run homer. Caledonia hammered Harmony 16-0 behind Gordy Bahr four hit pitching and Gus Wertheim five hits.
Hixton rolled to an 11-5 Skyline league win over Taylor Sunday with Rollie Larson and Bob Jennings fueling an 11 hit attack. Al Walstead led Taylor with three hits as Regez and Jennings worked the W. Johnson duo for Taylor.
Illinois claimed the track crown at Purdue, edging Indiana 46-44 as five conference records fell. Purdue won golf with a 1 522 total. Indiana and Iowa strong in tennis and baseball saw Minnesota sweep Michigan State to clinch the pennant.
Denver North Carolina Tony Cloninger 17 year old Rock Springs High School pitching sensation may have received about 100000 to sign with the Milwaukee Braves. Braves announced the signing with Cloninger Thursday.
The Mohawks beat the Chiefs 12 to 8 and the Nite Hawks defeated the Bluelions 14 to 2 to join the Hornets and Pencil Pushers atop the Trane Co. league with 2-0 records. Huerkamp Oldenberg Shockley Mickschl Homers for Mohawks Abegglen homer for Nite Hawks Gehler Jirsa three hits for Nite Hawks.
Minneapolis driver Scratch Daniels led in modified cars at North La Crosse Speed Bowl Sunday afternoon. He won the feature after taking first in time trials, second in the heat, while Dubby Anderson and Marv Fenske finished second and third in trials. Anderson won the stock car heat and Dewey Moore of Onalaska won the stock feature. Goldbach’s car rolled in the modified heat but the driver was uninjured. Track officials expect all cars ready for Memorial Day racing.
Ernie Vossler, 29, from Midland Texas, captures the Kansas City Open title at Hillcrest Country Club with a 269 total, 19 under par, earning 2800 dollars. Billy Maxwell finishes second at 272, Lionel Herbert third at 274, and Gary Player fourth at 275. Vossler credits his new putter and glasses for the win.
New York reports a record 2,150 golfers will seek 162 championship spots at the 58th U S Open in Tulsa Oklahoma. Sectional qualifying spans Honolulu and 28 other sites over 36 holes with 17 players exempt from qualifying. Ben Hogan, Dick Mayer, Cary Middlecoff and others hold exemption status. Hogan seeks a fifth Open title.
Archie Moore faces Howard Norkus in a 10 round bout at the San Francisco Civic Auditorium as part of a bid to line up Eddie Machen for a heavyweight title shot. Moore aims to extend his knockout streak and possibly set a new overall KO record.
The 33 fastest drivers in Indianapolis Motor Speedway history qualified for the 42nd 500 mile race on Friday. Average speed 143.272 mph tops the 1956 mark. eight newcomers join veterans led by Dempsey Wilson and Bill Cheesbourg. Notables include former champions Johnnie Parsons and A J Foyt among a deep field aiming for victory.
In Menasha Wisconsin Madison Edgewood defeated Sturtevant St Bonaventure 4 1 to clinch the State Catholic baseball championship. Aquinas was knocked out after two losses falling 9 6 to St Bonaventure and 10 3 to Kenosha St Marys after an earlier 2 1 win over Milwaukee Notre Dame. Rain halted play Saturday with all games completed Sunday. Coach John Hyland's Blugolds.
The Quality Lumber and Coal Co. softball team earned three exhibition victories in a weekend slate. They beat Winona 4-1 in 10 innings, then Wisconsin Motors of Milwaukee 5-3 at West Avenue, before a Sunday 11-0 shutout. Synoground struck out 11 while allowing two hits in the finale, with Best collecting three hits in four at bats.
In New York a dreary Philadelphia rain day gave way to a bright hospital reunion between Carl Erskine and Roy Campanella. The Dodgers battery mates shared three hours recalling old Brooklyn days despite Campanella’s paralysis from January auto crash.
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