AFL, La Crescent, Holmen Move Up In Merchant's Tourney
AFL knocked out defending champion Prairie du Chien 6 to 1 to reach the Merchant’s tournament semifinals. Don Gabrielson allowed three hits as AFL showcased aggressive baserunning and smart defense. Weigent stole home to put AFL ahead 3-1, then added insurance in the seventh as Prairie struggles with passes and mishaps. AFL faces La Crescent for a finals berth at Copeland Park Saturday night following La Crescent’s 3-0 win over La Crosse VFW.
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AFL
Prairie du Chien
Don Gabrielson
Prairie
John Schultz
LaVerne Andrews
Schultz
la Crescent
Copeland Park
la Crosse
VFW
Parkie
Todd McEldowney
Glasbrenner
Charlie Weigent
Weigent
Jim Dunham
Dick Bunders
Don Schlicht
Gabrielson
Ken Borne
Willie Hamilton
Larry Lake
Schlicht
Borne
McEldowney
AFI
Wolf
Knutson
Rick
Merchants tourney semi finals set with Holmen La Farge clash
First semi final features Holmen vs La Farge at 7 pm Friday while La Crescent meets AFL at 9 pm. Winners advance to Saturday night championship with losers contending for consolation. Weigent led AFL with two hits as Schultz struck out 11 Prairie batters in a tightly pitched game.
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Holmen
la Farge
la Crescent
AFL
Prairie
Dunham
Bunder
Weigent
Boldt
Schultz
Knutson
Gabrielson
McEldowney
Andrews
Glasbrenner
Prairie Mound
La Crescent tops VFW 3-0 to reach Merchant's Invitational semis
Wayne Lottes dominated on the mound for La Crescent, allowing two hits and fanning nine in nine innings. He also contributed two hits and two RBIs as La Crescent built a 3-0 lead, with Del Cass, LeRoy Harlos, and Charlie Boma providing key support. The VFW offense was stifled by Lottes and solid defense.
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Wayne Lottes
la Crescent
la Crosse
VFW
Lottes
Harlos Bunts
del Cass
LeRoy Harlos
Wally Mears
Charlie Boma
Dallas Ames
Mears-Lepsch-Beranek
Ken Oda
al Graf
Larson
Dick Lepsch
Dick Bradburn
Jim Petry
Whitey Skaff
Skaff
Jim Richardson
Mears
Cass
Harris
Boma
Jim Sullivan
Ames
Oda
Shepardson
Bob Bacon
Harlos
Sullivan
Graf
Tomah Blanks Sparta 3-0 Behind Tennant’s 19 K’s
Tomah defeats Sparta 3-0 in Tri-County baseball as Johnny Tennant fans 19 over five hits. Cork Shillings goes the route for Sparta with 11 strikeouts. Tomah plates runs on a first-inning score, a second-inning walk and error, and an eighth-inning double by Knapton, single by Furseth. Spectator hospital bound after a foul ball. Spartans hurt by three errors and 5 hits.
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Tomah
Sparta
Tennant
Wis
Johnny Tennant
Waelininig
M. Teach
Wais
Tracey
Bill Knapton
Paul Furseth
BRF
Bangor
Dave Rowan
Black River Falls
Rowan
Ray Hesselberg
RRF
Bob Bjorkman
Bob Arentz
Hesselberg
Butch Ellison
Black River
Sam Young
Rowan and Hoard
Wittmershaus
Prairie Pox Scores AFL Battle In 13-6 Victory
Prairie 13 AFL 6 as Prairie bats erupt with 6 runs in the 4th inning and 6 more in the 7th. Gabrielson earns win with 3 hits allowed while Schultz takes the loss. Key RBIs from Bunders Glas Brenner Knutson and McEldowney drive the showing.
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AFL
Prairie
ABRH
Knutson
Leke
Gabrielson
Barnabeis
iSchultz
Andrews
Dunham
Koecke
Bunders
Boldt
Borne
Schultz
McEldowney
Glasbrenner
Schlicht
Weigent
Brewers Divide Double Bill in Twin Bill Losses
The Minnesota Millers split a doubleheader with Milwaukee, winning 6-5 after a 14-8 loss. St Paul topped Kansas City 8-1 behind Phil Haugstad. Toledo-Louville game postponed. Columbus-Indianapolis rained out. Moss and Jorgenson homered for Milwaukee. curfew cutoff seven innings. Dixie Howell took the loss in game two. Dave Cole won the opener.
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Minneapolis
Millers
Milwaukee
Brewers
St. Paul
Kansas City
Phil Haugstad
Toledo
Louisville
Columbus
Indianapolis
Bobby Montag
Walt Linden
Howie Moss
Spider Jorgenson
Ben Johnson
Dave Williams
Bert Haas
Len Pearson
Moss
Miller
Dixie Howell
Dave Cole
Jorgenson
Bill Jennings
Northern league games spark wins for Wisconsin teams
Northern league results show the Eau Claire Bears beat Duluth 8-5 while Superior shut out St. Cloud 1-0. Aberdeen dropped the opener to Grand Forks 6-1 but won the nightcap 10-0, and Sioux Falls routed Fargo-Moorhead 11-0.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Eau Claire Bears
Duluth
Superior
St. Cloud
Aberdeen
Grand Forks
Sioux Falls
Fargo-Moorhead
Organize 32 Bowling Teams At Whitehall
WHITEHALL Wis Special. Thirty two men's teams are being organized for league bowling on men's alleys in Whitehall this year. Knut Amble elected president and Lyle Pavek secretary treasurer. Captains meet Friday evening Sept 8 to draw bylaws. Men's league bowling opens Sept 11. Ladies bowling also organizing for season.
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Whitehall
Wis
Knut Amble
Lyle Pavek
Thrilling Sunday Stock Car Races At Rich mond Farm Oval
The Jaycees stock car races unfold Sunday at the Richmond farm oval French Island in land starting with time trials at 2 p m and continuing with regular races. Mayor Henry Ahrens of La Crosse will fire the starting gun. Proceeds aid the Jaycees national Americanism program. A planned head on crash and a parachute jump headline the event with safety measures and veteran Midwest drivers competing.
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Richmond Farm Oval
French Island
Jaycees
Robert Deal
Midwest
French Island Bridge
Oval
Henry Ahrens
la Crosse
Max’s
Auto Wrecking Co
Dwight Kennedy
AAA
Roy Kumn
Camp McCoy
Lou Schmidt
Harmony and Spring Valley Tie In Playoff Game
In a Fillmore county league playoff, Harmony and Spring Valley finished 12-12 after eight innings while Spring Valley led 6-5 in game one. Darkness halted the game with the series tied 1-1 and the teams set to resume Saturday in a best two of three.
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Spring Valley
Wis
Harmony
Arnie Veglahn
Ralph Kneeskern
Veglahn
Kneeskern
Hedstrom
Doubeck
Sikkink
Hammer
Shrimps Win I Cub League Crown Over Yankee Outfit
Shrimps captured the South Cub league baseball title with an 11 4 romp at Hixon field on Thursday. Scheible pitched the win while Nesseth and Brown handled catching. Earp took the loss as Donahue Anderson Schultz and Brown led the Shrimps with two hits each and Krueger added a double for the Yankees.
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Shrimps
Yankee Outfit
Hixon Field
Yankees
Scheible
Nesseth
Brown
Earp
E. Reger
Seubert
Donahue
Anderson
Schultz
Krueger
Deadline Set for Stock Car Entry This Sunday
Late entrants must complete entry blanks by Saturday noon and submit them to Chairman Robert Deal at the Auto-Lite garage.
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Robert Deal
Auto-Lite
Police Edge French Island Outfit 12-10
Police beat French Island 12 to 10 in Indul ge league action. Dikeman contributed 16 hits while Campbell allowed 10 for French Island. Nine errors by Police and seven by French Island marked the game. Frick caught for Police Hopkins for French Island. Heilemans defeated Trane company 12-3 in Girls Industrial league with Olson and Wilson leading Heileman hits. Atchison held Tranes to four safeties. Saunders caught for Tranes and Johnson caught for Heilemans. Weiland hit a home run for ogee.
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Dikeman
Campbell
French Island
Frick
Hopkins
Franch Island
Heilemans
Trane Company
Girls’ Industrial League
Houska
Olson
Wilson
Heileman
Atchison
Tranes
Saunders
Johnson
Weiland
Ogee Atchison
Cardinals Seek First Grid Victory
The Chicago Cardinals aim for their first exhibition win as they open the professional season at Comiskey Park against the San Francisco 49ers. The 49ers have one win and two losses in exhibitions, and Friday marks Earl Lambeau's Chicago debut as head coach after 30 seasons with Green Bay.
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Chicago
Chicago Cardinals
San Francisco 49Ers
Comiskey Park
San Francisco
Earl
Curly) Lambeau
Cardinals
Green Bay Packers
Holmen tops New Albin 4 1 for tourney semi berth
Holmen breaks a scoreless tie with three eighth inning runs at Copeland park to defeat New Albin 4-1 and advance to face La Farge in the tournament semi finals. Lefty Jack Smith pitched seven frames, allowing seven hits while star Thorsten held Holmen to three hits through seven. Eight of nine NC State tennis players are natives of North Carolina.
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Holmen
Merchants
Copeland Park
New Albin
New Albia
Indians
Lefty
Jack Smith
Smith
Bob Thorsten
Thorsten
la Farge
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Art Anderson
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Harley Carlson
Norm Oldenburg
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Dahl Motors
Pitzner
Gysyl
la Crosse Rubber Mills
Salem Markos & Sons
Marcella’s Beauty Shop
Cortland’ Jewelers
Ed's Tavern
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Boyer's Furniture, Inc
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V. Kreuger
M. Mueller
F. Kahle
Vi Evans
L. Klawitter
D. Wagner
E. Jahnke
AFL League
AFL Athletic Ass'n
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Women's Auxiliary
Riviera Sportswear
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Friendly Nabor Tavern
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Ledegar
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H. Griffin
A. Goyk
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Bill’ Seellick
Fritz’s Bar
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Matt's Tavern
Rex's Bar
Midway Tavern
Wwe
J. Lachman
Cal Lachman
Bob Rogers
Greg Adams
Bob Wiggert
G. McKenzie
Ed Hengel
R. Koelbl
Scott
Pearl St
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Russ Thoreson
Gordie Gullickson
Harold Nelson
Bob Price
New Albin Indians
Thoreson
G. Gullickson
Nelson
Earl Moore
Don Sires
Moore
Ralph Meyer
R. Meyer
Don Anderson
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Gateway Inn
10Th and
Jackson
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Fitzgerald Stipatton
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