Scot Jimmy Clark Aims to Break U S 500 Victory Streak
Scot Jimmy Clark world road racing champion will start the 48th Indianapolis 500 to end America’s winning streak dating to 1919. Ford-backed Lotus cars lead a field of veterans including A J Foyt and Troy Ruttman as the event draws a potential 250000 fans with nationwide TV coverage and record advance sales.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Jimmy Clark
Howard Wilcox
Ward
Clark
Bobby Marshman
Lotus
Ford
Jones
Watson
A. J. Foyt
U.S. Auto Club
Troy Ruttman
Foyt
Ruttman
Eddie Johnson
Thompson-Ford
Woodeshick Proves Rating As Relief Ace For Astros
Houston southpaw Hal Woodeshick shows why he is regarded as a top reliever. He earned his ninth save in a 4 2 win over the Milwaukee Braves, allowing one hit in relief and compiling a 1.23 ERA over 13 1 3 innings in his last 10 appearances.
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Associated Press
Milwaukee
Houston
Hal Woodeshick
Colts
Ken Johnson
Milwaukee Braves
Woodeshirk
Johnson
Harry Craft
Tri State League Weekend Schedule Affects La Crosse Nine
Winnebagoes and other Tri State Baseball League teams play two Memorial Day weekend games. Saturday 2 15 p m Winnebagoes at Coon Valley and Sunday 2 15 p m De Soto hosts at Memorial Field. Remaining games list include Lansing Stoddard Eitzen Caledonia Waukon Spring Grove Rushford New Albin Chaseburg Harpers Ferry Genoa.
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la Crosse
la Crosse Winnebagoes
Tri-State Baseball League
Coon Valley
de Soto
Memorial Field
Lansing
Stoddard
Eitzen
Caledonia
Waukon
Spring Grove
Rushford
New Albin
Chaseburg
Harpers Ferry
Genoa
Braves’ slumping bats sink in Houston 4 2 loss
Houston pitchers Ken Johnson and Hal Woodeshick held Milwaukee to six hits as the Colts defeated the Braves 4 2 at County Stadium. Eddie Mathews and Hank Aaron produced Milwaukee’s two runs, but the visitors left 5 runners on base and dropped 2 1/2 games behind San Francisco.
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Houston
Ken Johnson
Hal Woodeshick
Braves
Colts
County Stadium
Milwaukee
San Francisco
Johnson
Woodeshick
Woodeshirk
Eddie Mathews
Ty Cline
Hank Aaron
Gene Oliver
Ed Bailey
Pizarro Loss Ends Winning Streak for White Sox
Juan Pizarro suffered his first defeat after a five game run as the Chicago White Sox fell 4-1 to the Oakland Athletics. Three unearned runs aided the A’s win, two in the second on Pete Ward’s error and another on a throw home.
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Chicago
Juan Pizarro
Kansas City
A’s
Chicago White Sox
Pete Ward
Dave Nicholson
Sox
Detroit
Johnny Buzhardt
Dave Wickersham
Lee
Cox
Cinn
Pizarro
Kruetzer
Fisher
Martin
Pena
Wyatt
Lau
W—Pena
L—Pizarro
Starting order at Indianapolis
The list shows starting positions for the Indianapolis 500 with drivers and car details. Notables include Jim Clark leading with a 4 lap speed and a new qualifying record of 159.377, while Bobby Marshman and Roger Ward join the front rows with various entries from Agajanian Bowes to Gurney.
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Jim Clark
Duns
Dana Gurney
Costa Mesa
Calif
R-Lotus
Lloyd Ruby
Wichita Falls
Tex
Bill Forbes
Len Sutton
Portland
Ore
R-Bryant
Don Branson
Champaign
Ill
R-Wynn
N.J
R-Mg
Johnny White
Warren
Mich
Demler
Bobby Unser
Albuquerque
N.M
Studebaker
Bob Veith
Ft. Bragg
Eddie Johnson
Cuyahoga Falls
RMT
Sears
Jack Brabham
Surrey
England
John Zink
Jim McElreath
Arlington
Bob Harkey
Indianapolis
Ind
Wally Weirs
Bob Mathouser
Omaha
Neb
Dayton
Chuck Stevenson
Garden Grove
Art Malone
Tampa
Fla
Norm Hall
Los Angeles
X-Bob Wente
St. Louis
Morcroft-Taylor
Bill Cheesbourg
Tucson
Ariz
Arizona
Apache Airlines
Clark
Mauch protests face in scoreboard as Phillies fall to Pirates
In Forbes Field 8649 fans witnessed Phillies manager Gene Mauch protest a face in the left field scoreboard, claiming it was Elroy Face. The incident preceded a 6-5 Pittsburgh win as the Pirates rallied after a late Phillies lead. The matter heads to the National League jury.
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Associated Press
Forbes Field
Philadelphia
Gene Mauch
Phillies
Pittsburgh
San Francisco Giants
St. Louis
Willie Mays
Mauch
ElRoy Face
Pirates
National League
Warren Giles
Giants
Los Angeles Dodgers
Cincinnati
Roy Sievers
Willie Stargell
Jim Pagliaroni
Stargell
Dick Schofield
Curt Simmons
Cardinal
Curt Flood
Cap Peterson
Mays
Milwaukee Marquette Leads 17 Teams in Catholic Golf Meet
Defending champion Milwaukee Marquette tops 17 schools entered in the Wisconsin Catholic High School Golf Tournament at Maplecrest Country Club. Other entrants include Appleton Xavier, Beloit Catholic, Eau Claire Regis, Fond du Lac St. Marys Springs, Green Bay Premontre, Kenosha St. Joseph, Madison Edgewood, Don Bosco, Messmer and St. Johns Cathedral, Oshkosh Lourdes, Racine St. Catherine, Waukesha Memorial, Wausau Newman, and DePere Pennings.
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Kenosha
Milwaukee Marquette
Maplecrest Country Club
Appleton Xavier
Beloit Catholic
Eau Claire Regis
Fond du Lac St. Mary’s Springs
Green Bay
All-City Baseball Team Picks Five Logan Players
Logan earns five spots on the first annual All-City team chosen by coaches. Rangers Jim Coady Dave Walker Paul Sheldon Ron Rieber and Tom Harnish lead a strong Logan contingent with five selections from the city champion roster. Central Aquinas also place multiple players including Jim Grosch Jack Freitag Jeff Koeller Steve Lathrop and Bob Sciborski.
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la Crosse Tribune
la Crosse Logan
Rangers
Jim Coady
Dave Walker
Paul Sheldon
Ron Rieber
Tom Harnish
Bill Towner
Logan
Dave Bruha
Aquinas
Glenn Wildt
Central
Jim Grosch
Jack Freitag
Jeff Koeller
Tony Hefti
Bob Sciborski
Steve Lathrop
Koeller
Rieber
Coady
Grosch
Lathrop
Prairie Trackmen Fourth In Meet In Wisconsin Sec
Prairie du Chien placed fourth in its Class B sectional track meet with three points. Terry Kramer won the mile in 4 45.25 as Bruce Edwards and Jerry Krachey swept the pole vault with Edwards scoring 11 feet. Platteville won the team title with 60 42 points, Lancaster 33, Darlington 26, Prairie 21, Dodgeville 21, Cobbose 21, River Valley 11, Westby 6 and Iowa Grant 5%.
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Prairie DU Chien
Wis
Terry Kramer
Bruce Edwards
Jerry Krachey
Edwards
Platteville
Lancaster
Darlington
Prairie
Dodgeville
Boscobel
River Valley
Westby
Iowa Grant
Whitehall Faces Gale-Ettrick in District Playoff
Lee Baker starred for Whitehall, driving in the tie breaking run and pitching in a 4 3 district final win over Alma Center Lincoln. Baker fanned 10, walked two, and scored on a Lincoln error after a triple. Lincoln’s Bob Haas added a triple and a single as Lincoln fell.
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Blair
Wis
Lee Baker
Whitehall
Alma Center
Lincoln
Cy Baker
Norsemen
Baker
Bob Haas
Ruzic
Kaas
Hart
Buker
Ausderau
Northern League and Midwest League Scores Report
In the Northern League Winnipeg defeated St. Cloud 7 to 3 and Grand Forks beat Bismarck Mandan 6 to 0 with Aberdeen and Duluth Superior listed. In the Midwest League Waterloo edged Fox Cities 2 to 1 while Dubuque won 4 to 2 over Wisconsin Rapids in 11 innings. Cedar Rapids dominated Quincey Clinton 12 to 9 and Decatur won 7 to 7.
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Winnipeg
St. Cloud
Grand Forks
Bismarck-Mandan
Aberdeen
Duluth Superior
Waterloo
Fox Cities
Dubuque
Wisconsin Rapids
Burlington
Quad Cities
Cedar Rapids
Quincey
Clinton
Decatur
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U.S
By Dale Burgess
Dario Resta
Peugeot
Colin Chapman
London
Parnelli Jones
Rodger Ward
A. J. Watson
Walt Hansgen
Bedminster
Huffaker
Kjell
Cports
H. Woodeshick
Woody
Duane F. Baker
30Th St
Losey Blvd
State Farm Insurance Companies
Bloomington
Inois
CUBS
SAT. & Sun
Glen’s Tavern
Ed Mathews
John Bateman
Jim Wynn
Dave O’hara
Houston Colts
Denny Lemaster
Lemaster
Glen Hobbie
Walt Bond
Warren Spahn
Eddie Kasko
Nellie Fox
Bateman
Mike White
Denny Menke
Lee Maye
Colt
al Spangler
Spahn
Cline
E— Menke
Bond
S—Fox
Bailey
Alou
Fox
White
Aou
Woodeshick OS
Tiefenauer Mae
SD —Johnson
L—Spahn
U—Smith
Pelekoudas
Williams
Houston Mawadee
Kasko
Math
Aaron
Rf Wynn
Oliver
Asp
M'Te
C Staub
Carty If
de la Hoz
Bolling
Wood'ick
Menke
Ja Maye
Tief'n
Chisox
Athletics
Southside
Westby’s
Southside Speedway
Westby, Wis
Bucs Edge Phils
By Mike Rathet
Chicago Cubs
New York Mets
Billy Williams
Larry Jackson
Dodgers
Reds
Jim Maloney
Tommy Davis
Leo Cardenas
Johnny Edwards
Galen Cisco
Larry Bearworth
Lou Brock
Jackson
New York
Cisco
Bearnorth
Gonder
Bertell
W—Jackson
Bennett
Hendley
Shaw
Pierce
Bolin
Crandall
Simmons
Craig
Uecker
W—Hendley
L—Simmons
San_ Francisco
Ortega
Miller
Perranoski
Brewer
Willhite
Roseboro
Maloney
Henry
Duren
Ceepeeis
McCool
Ray
Freitag
Sciborski
Sheldon
Walker
By Jim Gunderson
Hefti
Harnish
Prairie Trackmen
Lacrosse Hotel
A&w
A& W Root
A&w Root Beer
South Avenue
DIAL
BO LO
Gale-Ettrick
ATLAS
Standard Oil
South Ave
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