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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1973
Page
3
After a rain soaked race week at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway the 57th Indy 500 ended amid tragedy and mud with driver and crewman deaths and several injuries. City services redlined staffing as crews cleared the grounds and hotels reported lingering business.
In a rain makeup at Recreation Park Martin's Sport Shop defeated Bienema Cadillac Olds 6-4 as Joe Tuescher delivered a key two run hit. Advance Transformer stunned Krostue Implement 7-5 to remain in title contention with Gary Wettstaedt tripling for a run and Keith Christensen driving in three. Dearth Pontiac-Buick shut out Roy's Sanitary Dairy 8-0 behind three RBIs from Keith Hanson and three safeties from Wettach Herbst Krat tiger and Phillips each had two RBIs.
The 8th annual Monroe Jaycee Junior Champ Track and Field Meet will be held Saturday June 9 starting at 1 p m at T R Holyoke Field. Ten classes divide competition by boys and girls across five age groups with 8 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 and 17 18. Jaycees and Pepsi Cola co sponsor with Bill Donovan and Jerry Blum as chairs noting about 250 entries already received. Winners in the older groups will advance to the Jaycee State Track Meet in late July at a site to be named.
Monroe's Paul Lueck overcame wind trouble in the 120 yard high hurdles trial to finish out of the finals, then won his 180 yard low hurdles heat and qualified for the Class B state meet finals. Milwaukee area meet details note wide wind and hot conditions with several regional standouts advancing and setting marks.
State j Sports Briefs lists first round matchups at Wausau with Custer facing Superior and East meeting Nekoosa, Tremper versus Oconto Falls, Memorial against Reedsburg. Oshkosh drops opener in NAIA tourney as Eastern Connecticut State wins 9 4. Madison Mustangs announce 14 players leaving after 1972 season planning 1973 opener July 14 at Warner Park versus Rockford.
1967 MHS graduate Dave Holling is selected as head basketball coach at Cumberland High School replacing Elmer Bevan on mandatory retirement. Holling, a Purdue and UW Eau Claire alum, played for the 1965 State Champion team and coached at Incline High School in Nevada before returning to Wisconsin with wife Kathi. Cumberland, a Heart O North Conference member, has a history of strong basketball including the John Schell led 1965 third place team.
Monroe JVs end season 4-5 after three wins in final four games. Batting leaders include Mike Schmid .375 Benny Robertson .349 and Bob Witt .346 with Witt driving six steals. Brad Phillips earned four mound wins while striking out 30 in 37 innings.
Chris Short, back in major league action after 1971, hurled six innings of one run six hit ball to beat Wilbur Wood and the Chicago White Sox 5 3. George Scott drove in runs with a homer and a double as Milwaukee climbed out of the AL East cellar behind 22,321 at the game. Short’s return follows a long layoff and a back injury in 1969, with Milwaukee riding momentum as attendance nears 260 thousand for the season.
Saturday games include Cincinnati with Billingham 7-1 at Pittsburgh Ellis 4-5 and Atlanta Morton 4-4 at Chicago Reuschel 5-4 among others. Sunday features Cincinnati at Pittsburgh Atlanta at Chicago Houston at St. Louis Philadelphia at San Francisco New York at San Diego Montreal at Los Angeles and Baltimore Palmer 5-3 at Texas Allen 0-1.
In Nicolet Madison Glendale grabs a strong quarterfinal advantage as top seed Rich Silverthorn advances to the semifinals to meet Whitefish Bay freshman Mike Kutchin. In Stevens Point Racine Park leads prep golf with Jack Hughes shooting 73 and a 310 team score, four strokes ahead of Brown Deer at the finals.
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