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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1971
Page
9
Marquette, Mich AP report confirms Northern Michigan University signed basketball standout Bob Steif on Monday. The note appears among a roundup of league standings and upcoming games as teams issue schedules and results across the circuit.
Toronto reports Greg Barton signed a four year contract with the Argonauts after the Eagles traded their No. 2 pick and future picks to Detroit and gave Norm Snead to Minnesota. Barton did not report to Philadelphia before signing. Batting highlight notes Larry Bowa’s four hits and a game winning two run single for the Phillies.
The Cubs lost 3-2 to the Mets in New York after a balk controversy at Shea Stadium. The disputed call occurred with bases loaded in the ninth, as umpire Stan Landes ruled a balk then overruled, prompting manager Leo Durocher to protest the timing before the game ended on Tommie Agee's pinch single in the 11th.
Dick Thorn carded a 40 at Windy Acres Monday to lead the State Line Golf League. Dave Gordon birdied No 3. Three players tied for low handicap totals with 34: Bill Goecks Tom Keegan Don Otteson. Alphorn Lounge had low net 151. Blind bogey winners listed. standings after two rounds show Swiss Colony Data Center leading 22 points with several teams close behind including Bank of Judo and Alphorn Lounge.
The Better Half Bowling League held its annual spring meeting and dinner at the Idle Hour Mansion. First place trophies went to the Four Aces team Nate and Donna Bechtolt and Ed and Opal Grossen. Second place trophies were awarded to Shoes and Bags team Alan and Judy Bauman and Herb and May Davidson. Prizes honored 600 plus games by Dick Glendenning and Nate Bechtolt and best increases in average for Dick Glendenning and Lil Schindler. Elected for the coming season were Wayne Stroessner president Nate Bechtolt vice president Louise Christensen secretary and Jean Baumgartner treasurer.
Monroe High School tops Stoughton 6-3 in a conference match to go 3-0 in Badger play alongside Sun Prairie. Key wins include Monahan 10-3 over Onsrud and Otteson 10-0 at No 4, with Mitchell 10-8 surging past Kluever for a turning-point win.
In Stevens Point region Wisconsin prairie chickens, a threatened species, show a population upswing though not yet huntable. Observers estimate about 1,000 birds with gains linked to habitat and wildlife cycle factors, while remains strongest west of Stevens Point and in protected marshes and meadows.
John Kotz former UW basketball star from Rhinelander with a 1941 NCAA title role is nominated for the Madison Sports Hall of Fame. He and three others will be inducted June 2. Kotz runs a Madison sporting goods store and will be honored alongside other local sports figures.
The MHL matchup at Shullsburg saw Monroe beat the Miners 10-5 in a rematch. Monroe improved to 3-4, tallying 10 runs on 10 hits. Mike Molitor and Randy Naef doubled, with Molitor going 3-for-4 as Loeffel earned the win and added two hits alongside Naef. Gene Herbst contributed two of the team’s hits.
Orfordville jumps ahead with three runs in the first inning off Monroe JV pitcher Mike Andrews and holds on 4-3. Ed Harnack delivers the game winner with a seventh inning double after a walk and infield out set up the score.
Black Hawk pounded Shullsburg 10-1 as Tim Haldiman limited the Miners to five hits. Loeffel, now 2-1, pitched a full game with six strikeouts and three walks for Coach Marty Deignan. Shullsburg led 3-0 in the first before Monroe tied it in the second and then scored four in the third. Molitor, Wandfluh, and Loeffel contributed key hits, with running support from wild pitches and errors. Mike Wells made a highlight catch in left-center to end a Shullsburg threat in the second.
John Erickson, former University of Wisconsin basketball coach and last year's U S Senate candidate, becomes vice president of an architectural firm in Milwaukee. He spent nine years as UW coach and later served as general manager of Milwaukee's NBA team before venturing into politics.
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