This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 19 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1935
Page
12
In a tight NL race report, the Giants beat the Cubs and Dodgers grip the standings. White Sox ace Whitehead earned his seventh straight win as he blanked the Athletics. Babe Ruth homered thrice in a Pittsburgh tilt, while DeMeritt and Boston traded places near the top American standings. The Yankees stretched their lead as Vito Tamulis shut down Detroit.
Minnesota sits atop the Western conference standings after sweeping Purdue twice to gain sole possession, while Illinois falls back. Illinois loses to Purdue, Northwestern edges Chicago, and Minnesota faces Iowa in the next series. Indiana meets Ohio State along with Wisconsin versus Northwestern as the race tightens.
Jesse Owens plans to withdraw temporarily from the low hurdles to focus on breaking the 100 yard dash record. He aims for starts work and a 9.3 second 100 yards this year, despite four events in one day and a tired feel in the 220 yard hurdles. He also set world marks in the 220 yard dash and the broad jump at Ann Arbor.
Blair Wisconsin special meeting called for this Monday evening at the village hall to organize a Rod and Gun Club for the Blair area. The group plans to stock streams with trout and other fish and to include members from surrounding coulees within ten to twelve miles. O S Bersing of the conservation commission will outline the work. A whist session will follow.
Yesterday's results show American League standings with Detroit and Boston atop, while National League games feature Philadelphia and St Louis in key matchups. Tomorrow's schedule lists Milwaukee at Toledo, Kansas City at Columbus, St Paul at Indianapolis, and more across the leagues. Obscure ad text notes want ads and small investment tips with a 323 area code.
Strum defeated Blair 7 to 2 at home with strong hitting by N. Matson Spangberg and Kuht. Blair committed three errors and Toraason Voler and Sjuggerud contributed to the loss. Matson doubled and homered while Spangberg doubled and singled and Kuhl added two singles.
The Madison Blues won 6 to 3 over Oshkosh to hold first place in the Wisconsin State league. Both teams collected eight hits but Madison produced key timely hits to secure the victory.
Officials at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway consider a plan to limit speed for first time participants to reduce fatal accidents after two drivers and a mechanic died in pre race trials. The rule would cap rookies at 70 mph for ten laps, 90 mph for ten more, then 106 mph to complete 50 laps of the 2.5 mile brick course.
Players and fans in the La Crosse area faced a rain soaked Sunday as most baseball games were postponed. Notable cancellations included the Franz House of David tilt in La Crosse and the Troubadour versus Winona clash.
Viroqua Wisconsin announces kittenball games start this week with Monday Wednesday and Friday night matches. Teams include Knights of Pythias County Shops Guard Kiwanis club Odd Fellows Merchants and more with weekly pairings through July including Merchants Kiwanis Knights of Pythias and County Shops. The field is described as the kittenball ground equipped with a fed Nebes.
Jimmy McLarnin and Barney Ross meet for the welterweight title at the Polo Grounds tomorrow night in a highly anticipated New York bout. The card is expected to draw over 200000 in house receipts with more than a million forecast across three big fights in the city within a month. McLarnin, 147, seeks to defend his crown against Ross, rated 140, with both fighters arriving from upstate camps and weighing in the day of the bout.
A garbled report lists players from the Athletics, Tigers, Red Sox, Yankees, Dodgers, Pirates and others with leading hits, runs batted in, doubles, triples and home runs. Names like Greenberg, Johnson, Vaughan, Waner and Cavaretta appear amid scattered teams and stats from the era.
Marquette track ends the season with wins over Minnesota and Western State and losses to Wisconsin and Notre Dame. Coach Conrad M Jennings praises four record performers Kimon Pandjiris Ward Cuff Ray Buivid and Cal Beckett. Beckett set 255 half mile and Buivid 141 foot discus in the Notre Dame duel at South Bend where Notre Dame won 68 to 58.
An army of shotgun experts from four states and two Canadian provinces will take part in the second Mid-West International Trap shooting tournament at Breezy Point Gun Club in Pequot on June 28 and 30. Captain Billy Fawcett is organizing the meet with the association’s first event held at Winnipeg last year. Participants represent Minnesota South Dakota North Dakota Wisconsin and Manitoba Saskatchewan.
The report highlights players with standout days: Bill Werter of the Red Sox had four hits against St Louis pitching for a perfect day at bats. Cy Blanton, Pirates, limited Phil lips to seven hits and nine strikeouts for his season’s seventh win. Vito Tamulis of the Yankees contributed a double and six hits in a win over Detroit. Harlin Pool of the Reds smeared two triples in the victory over Philadelphia. Helme Manusenators led an attack against Indiars with two doubles and a single. Jimmy Dykes. White Sox hit two home runs against the Athletics to win. Bill Lee of the Cubs four-hit game against the Dodgers.
Spence and Newbury led a large field at Sunday's La Crosse Gun Club practice at Myrick Park. Willis Spence and Eddie Newbury dominated the 50 target line with near perfect scores as alumni and local shooters prepared for a 3:30 Tuesday dual at Hixon Field.
English empire gathers two doubles titles as Americans Jacobs and Hines press singles bids in the French hard court championships. Crawford and Quist win men’s doubles in straight sets, Scriven and Stammers take women’s doubles, while Hines and Andrus fall in mixed to Legeau and Henrotin. Jacobs defeats Barbier 6-2 6-2, and Hines beats Pelizza 6-3 6-4 4-6 6-4 to reach third round. Andrus to meet Cochet in first round singles.
Maxie Rosenbloom, former heavyweight boxing champion, wired Bob Olin a $7,500 guarantee to defend his title here or in New York. The idewish battler had lost his title to Olin.
George Sewell and Charlie George clashed in Louisville as the season began, triggering a 12 minute delay before umpires/police restored order. The Colonels beat the Millers 10 2 while Sewell’s replacement, Frank Nikola, held them to three hits. Milwaukee tied a league record with 20 hits in a 14 7 win over Toledo. Columbus swept Kansas City in a Sunday doubleheader, Pat Ankenman and Bud Haszelt powering a 17 4 win.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.