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Newspaper
La Crosse Tribune
Location
La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1958
Page
12
Iowa visits Wisconsin in the 26th Hawkeyes Badgers meeting with title implications. Wisconsin, 4-0, leads in rushing and passing defenses while Iowa seeks its first Madison win since 1946. Regional TV coverage will showcase Randy Duncan versus Wisconsin’s stout defense.
Army back Pete Dawkins leads major college scoring with 42 points after seven rushing touchdowns in three Cadet wins. Howard Cook trails by one point with 41, while Bill Patton California 36 and Calvin Bird Kentucky 32 follow. Arizona's Dave Hibbert tops pass receptions with 22 catches in four games.
College football scoring report shows Mayville over Valley City Teachers 12 to 6. In other games Southern defeats Sioux Falls 8 to 2 while La Crosse Aquinas beats Prairie du Chien Campion 14 to 0 and De Pere edges Sturgeon Bay 13 to 7.
The Rutgers ace logged 54 points from 5 touchdowns 2 extra points 3 TD passes and 2 two point plays, plus 36.3 plays per game. Vernon Cole North Texas State matched 54 points in one more game. Cook contributed 6 TDs 2 TD passes 2 extra points and a field goal. Vanderbilt's David Ray led punt returns with 4 for 120 yards. Tom Newell Drake returned 11 kickoffs for 219 yards.
New York Yankees received 32 full World Series shares worth 8759 each, while 31 Milwaukee Braves shares stood at 5896. Bob Turley’s relief work and an eighth-inning rally helped, and Frick fined 22 Milwaukee players 50 each for premature disclosure of the financial breakdown.
Wisconsin coach Milt Bruhn warns of Iowa firepower led by Randy Duncan and five strong targets. Iowa aide Eric Wilson jokes about calling Forest Evashevski, while UW braces for a high scoring test with potential All America candidates Duncan and Hackbart. The sellout showdown features secret Iowa preparations and a televised Big Ten showdown.
The homecoming parade starts at 2 p m from 16th and Main with floats themed to songs. Judges at the Masonic Temple will award prizes as area bands and color guards march, led by parade chairman Nita Finses and a committee including Jack Hidde and Keith Briscoe.
Fred Davies of La Crosse State College and Jeanne Lentz, student representative, discuss the annual Alumni Coffee during pep fest activities on campus. They are on the committee planning the event scheduled 3 to 5 p.m. Saturday in the Snack Bar.
La Crosse State College marching band directed by David Mewaldt readies for the homecoming parade and a halftime show at Memorial Field. Drum major John Kushlman leads the roster of wind and percussion players from across the state in a busy homecoming weekend.
The Wisconsin State College Conference title race peaks as 3-0 co leaders Eau Claire and River Falls meet in Eau Claire. River Falls holds edge from common opponents, with Stout and Superior results while Eau Claire beat those teams. Point and Platteville also in action across region.
National Hockey League results show Montreal defeating Toronto 4 to 3. Chicago beats Detroit 7 to 2 in another NHL game.
New York AP nine new Football Hall of Fame members announced by Chester J. LaRoche include Harry Stuhldreher Pug Lund and others from Cornell Harvard Lafayette Michigan Yale and Wisconsin. Eisenhower will attend the first awards dinner in New York to support the Hall of Fame building at Rutgers University New Brunswick.
La Crosse State hosts Stunt Night in the main auditorium with a homecoming queen contest chaired by Jack Perkins and committee members Kim Yatogo Ruth Kailans Bill Kailans and Dana Jacobson. Faculty bands skits and a football raffle highlight the event followed by a bonfire at Memorial Field and a Rivoli Theater party at 11:15 p.m.
Milwaukee Braves first baseman and outfielder Joe Adcock will have knee surgery Friday to remove cartilage from his right knee. A doctor’s examination by Dr. Bruce Brewer found the operation necessary as the knee has periodically locked during the season.
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