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Newspaper
Monroe Evening Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1972
Page
6
Bill Bridges of the Philadelphia 76ers set the NBA season foul record with 366 personals in 1967 68. Home Talent League baseball in the Southern Section was rained out Sunday with games to be made up Monday May 29.
Monroe golfers finished 18th of 24 at the Sauk Prairie Invitational behind Sparta. Jeff Frosch of Sauk Prairie led with 75 while Monroe freshman Pat Norton led the Monroe HS with 82. The MHS girls track opened with seventh at Edgerton, coaches optimistic for Middleton meet. The article lists tennis, baseball, track, golf and schedule details for MHS teams and mentions the NBA assists record by Bob Cousy and Guy Rodgers.
Ann Saunders shines at the New Glarus City Women's Bowling Tournament taking the singles title with 640 pins and the All-Events title with 1729 pins while also earning a 607 series in the singles at Swiss Lanes. Other winners include Marian Hustad and Margaret Christen in various events and a spring meeting honoring all champions.
The Thank Goodness It's Friday league opened with 10 teams at Windy Acres. Sykes moved to first after a 14 to 9 win over Green County House Pickett as Moore-Lane and Moore-Olson rattled off wins to climb standings. Captain Chuck Sykes led low net with 34 while Dick Lane posted low gross 41 for Moore-Lane with a 13 5 victory over Advance Wettstaedt.
Milwaukee Brewers break a scoreless spell by beating the California Angels 5-2 in Anaheim. Billy Conigliaro, aided by new shoes, homers off Rick Clark and doubles to spark a late rally. Bill Parsons earns the win with Ken Sanders recording his fourth save as Milwaukee improves to four wins in 14 games.
Otto R. Puls of Middleton Wisconsin is among nine veteran football officials chosen by the Big Ten for 1972 to cover an 11 game schedule and a sixth official for all conference games. Herman Rohrig notes the expansion and replaces Jim Foley who left for a Houston Rockets post. Baseball tryout camps set by Kansas City Royals at Eau Claire Stevens Point and Beloit next month with specific dates and times.
Xross Inc plans five races at Turtle Park Elkhorn and other Wisconsin sites this summer. The season opener is May 14 at Turtle Park with a July 23 show featuring the International Motocross. Events also run at Elkhorn Fairgrounds and Sun Prairie attracting top USS and European riders.
The University of Wisconsin rowers placed second to MIT in the Cochrane Cup, overtaking Dartmouth midway on the 2000 meter course. Wisconsin won the varsity four while MIT was second and Dartmouth third in Worcester at the Eastern Sprints.
Milwaukee Bucks name John Steinmiller publicity director of the NBA team after his stint with the Bucks summer camp division. Steinmiller has been with the organization for the past 1% years.
Wisconsin track captain Pat Matzdorf has cleared seven feet on 60 collegiate occasions and owns the world high jump record of 7 feet 6 and 3/4 inches.
Clarence E. Gaines, longtime athletic director and basketball coach at Winston-Salem State, was reported to be interviewed for the UW Milwaukee athletic director job. Gaines led teams to three NAIA district crowns in the mid 1960s with star Earl Monroe, later with the New York Knicks.
Steve Johnson, a four year Eau Claire basketball starter and 4.0 accounting student from Trempealeau, receives his second State University Conference medal of honor for outstanding scholar athletes. He helped three championship teams and earned all conference twice.
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