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SCHMITZ, CROGA IN DUELft/(Tribune Special Correapondenrf ) •COON VALLEY, Wis.-Defend-'ing La Crosse District semi-probaseball champion Soldiers Grove m as knocked out of the 1957 tournament here Tuesday night by Cashton. 1-0. and Coon Valiev eliminated West Salem, 11-4, in the opener.Duane Schmitz, who hit two: grand-slam homers in a single game of the 3956 tournev, gave uponly two hits as the big Cash tor.right-hander fanned six and | * sliced four Grove batters. Eli Crogan, who pitcned a three-hitter and struckout 16, was the ioser.It was sweet revenge for Cashton which bowed to Soldiers Grove, 16-6, in the 3956 finals. Grove this season is playing independent ball while Lie other seven teams that started the meet here and at Sparta Monday night are in the Western Wisconsin League.Botn Cashton and Grove went hitless the last five innings.Cashton scored its only ran in the fourth when Bobbv Arentz son-fanned. John Staffordj r ieminglined to Jim McIntyre in an urn | assisted double play.Iverson walked and Solie sacrificed him to second in the ninth. Phyl Lee popped to Schmitz and Stafford walked. John Beatty's grounder, forcing Stafford at second. ended the game.☆ v- ☆SchmitzCrogangled Bob Wais across the plate Wais had also singled.Only two other Cashton batters reached first base off Crogan, including Ron Mashak who singledNeither runner got to second base.Soldiers Grove threatened in the third, fourth and ninth.Dick Welch tripled to open the third, but was caught in a run-down between home and third when Ray Fleming grounded to third base. In the fourth, Dave Iverson was safe on an error. Arlen Sohe singled, but CletusCrogan fanned six batters in a row on the way to his mark of 16. The former Gays Mills prep star, who led his club to a State Tournament at Menasha in baseball, struck out every Grove batter except McIntyre at least once. Crogan was named the most valuable player in the 1956 tournament.All three Cashton s hits were singles with the only extra base hit of the five made by both teams being the triple by Welch. Coon Valley 11, West Salem 4 j Coon Valley won a berth in the La Crosse District semi-pro semifinals set for Bar.gor Thursday night by rapping John Ankney and Den Groth for 15 hits in an 11-4victorv over West Salem.lt;£Wednesday, July 10. 1937Delivered ©n RFD Ju!▼ 112? SEMI-FINALSAthletes AnnounceON THURSDAYPlans For WisconsinCribvre Specul C«rre*pordenc*l t iMrtmifr): Rcbm t Hudson, Chicago ifATITSnv Wit a »/»♦«! 1 ’ ‘8* Gforgr • IU Robert K Jennir.es,MADISON, Wis.—A total of 71 ^standing high school tve announced that theto enroll at the University of Wisconsin this fall and participate in the school's intercollege athleticAthletic Director Ivanprogram,B Williamson said today.Football has received acceptances. either by tender or a card or letter, from 49 athletes whowill report for freshman ball in September while basketball has received replies from 12 cagers. There are still some tenders of• id outstanding at this time. Williamson pointed out, which according to conference rules, must be accepted by the individual to whom tendered by the Aug. 1 cutoff date.The list of athletes, by sport,• ho have announced for Wisconsin follows:Etr, Liverpool. Ohio; Le.*lie R John- ! son. Si Charles III • William L Kel-j logs?, Peoria III *WayIand Academy, Reaver Darr Thomas W Kin nun en,; Virginia. Mirr ; MKton B Lumber!, Pomeroy. Ohio; Michael D. Lieben-s?e:n, Nekoosa. Phil Marrow, Kewaunee; Richard O Meunier, Peshtigo; Hors'd R Miller Lyons, III : AlexMuszytewski, West Allis (Centra!*; William M. Kelson, Minneapolis tEdison j; Roger D. Parish Watertown; Irving Partenheimer Wilmot; Ronald L Perkins. Racine lt;Hor!ick *, Kenneth J Reach, Mena.fha (St. Mary's*: JamesC Rice. Whitewater: Ronald Russe'l, Madison (West1: Raymond J Schaaek, Chicago »St. Rita'; Norman Scott. Winnetka. 111. (New Trier*; Lenard L Stewart, Menomonie; Thomas K Strum-ski, Hartford. 111.; Lewis C Trent. Havana III.; Donald VanderVeldenKimherlv; Jerome VanderVelden. Kimberly: John C Wavro. Kenosha Richard H, Van Eerden. Milwaukee lt;Wigh-iftont; Donald F Wetzel Fond du Lac: Thomas. N. Wiesner. Neenah;Gerald L Wolf, Polo, 111 ; Dean Wright. Stockton, III ; Francis P. Young, Sauk City.COON VALLEY, Wis. (Special!—The semi-finals of the La Crosse District semi-probaseball tournament will be held at Bangor Thursdaynight.Sparta meets Bangor at 7 15 p.m. and Coon Valley faces Ca§hton at 9:15 p.m. Thursday night's winners playfor the title Sundav at Ban-whi legor, meeting at 8 p.m.the losers play the consolation tilt at 6 p.m.A new champion will be crowned Sunday night since Soldiers Grove was eliminated here last night, l-C, by lastyear’s runner-up, Cashton.Don Jacobson was the winning pitcher, giving up eight hits and whiffing five. Coon Valley got nine runs and II hits off starter Ankney.This opening game proved to be in sharp contrast to the nightcap game involving Grove and Cashton. It was a hitting battle.Each Coon Valley batter had at least one hit and no batter was fanned by Ankney, West Salem's fast-balling strikeout artist, or Groth who pitched the last three innings.Coon Valley took a 1-0 first inning lead. Bill Parizek, Swede 1 Nordstrom and Layton Nelson singled and Art Olson walked in the inning.Karl Haverly's long home run poke into the creek in centerfield tied the score at 1-1 in the last half of the inning.Coon Valley scored twice in the fourth. Nelson and Earl Ghelf, who had three hits in the game, smaked singles, Roger Beck and Jim Henley walked and Jacobson hit a run-scoring ground ball.☆ ☆ ☆West Salem made it 3-2 on Bob-by Kimes’ double and Gene Os-| good's single. They scored two more to take a 4-3 fifth inning lead as Eddie Johnson and Ankney singled and Haveriy sacrificed.Coon Valley regained the lead in the sixth, 6-4, and added four runs in the seventh and one in the eighth on Don Wolf's homer.West Salem's only extra base hit in the game was Kime's dou-ble. Coon Valley extra base knocks included Wolf's homer, Henley’s double. Jacobson’s triple and Haverly's homer and double.Each team pulled off two double players with both of Salem's going from Kime to Haveriy ta Osgood.fatToligLoda;Frblt;*siohei• w ....C»%bton (11 Soldirri Grovr t0AB R H AB R HEau Clai reLegion TopsLa CrosseGr mu8,2b 4Mashak.3b 4Wai*,c 4 DShmiU.p 3 MTntvre.lb 3Dahl.ss 3Arentz.If 3 Dickman,rf 3 Korn.cf 30010000000 L Fleming.If1 Iverson,2b 1 So lie . as0 Gillespie.lb 0 C Flem g.lb0 Lee.lb1 Stafford c 0 Beatty.rf0 Welch.3b!R F’.emg.rf IDeetey.rfCrogan p433112332213000000noo00000100000I000IIJunior GolfWhBasketball (12Richard W Dutri-s**c, Wauaau Loren E. Ehiers, FortAtkinson; Lyn Griffith, McNabb. 111 ,lt;*ary Gadbow, Wauwatosa; Charles Hewitt, Manlius. Ill : Ivan L Jefferson. Colp HI ; David M Miller Me-nominee, Mich ; Arthur C Nelson Superior, Robert L Rossin, Man.** on,John R-oaemurgy, Wausau; Edward OSand void, Fort Atkinson; and DartVander Muelen, Madison. ISwimming t—Thatcher N Allen, Rockford. Ill: H. Dale Brown Jr. In-1: an a polls Ind : Michael C Baker, ,■Cenosha; Robert L. He:m, Rockford, junior : and Arnold J Hope. Chicago. Ill Tenni* (t\—Jon C FlachruDD. Hina-WHITEHALL. Wis. (Special-Jerry Foss played low for the boys and JoAnn Carlson low for the girls at the first junior golf day at the course here Monday. Billy Knudtson played average for the boys and Karen Pavek played average for the girls.The group decided to have a golf day again Monday, July 15, from 3 to 6 p.m. A lightEAU CLAIRE, Wis. (Special)— The Eau Claire Junior Legion team defeated La Crosse here Monday, 8-6, as young Harold Ge-lem struck out 20 batters.1Totals 30 1 3 Totals28 0 2CrGelein who authored several nohit games for the WIAA State Tournament champion Eau Claire team was touched for seven hits in the game, including three in the sixth which produced four runs.La Crosse plays the Eau ClaireCashton000 100 000-132Soldiers Grove000 000 ooo—o20D Schmitzand Wals; Crogan...... .andStaffordCoon Valley lt;|| West Salem (4ABR H ABRHOlson, ss 511 Me ink ing cf 500Parizek.lb 501 Haveriy.2b 312Wolf.2b 511 Groth,3b-p 300N dstrom If 412 Leonard c 401Nelson.cf 412 Kime,s$ 411Gheif.rf 423 Osgood lb 301Beck c 332 Tremain.rf 401Henley,3b 321 J‘nson,lf-3b 411Jacobson, p 502 Ankney,p-lf 411Totals 38 1115 Totals 344—■ gCoon Valley100 203 410— 11 150*Weat Salem100 120 000— 4...................... i8n* 4 ., . • t-.* u f. x i • Jacobson and Beck; Ankney, Grothteam at Memorial Field Saturday, j and Leonard
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La Crosse, Wisconsin, US
Wed, Jul 10, 1957
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