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City’s Two StateMlt;CahmpionshipTeams HonoredI Fex-i wit nil-J whI' DoEliThe rate accomplishment of got one town producing two state OOf championship baseball teams in nr* one season was noted on Wed- f nesdav when the Fergus Rotary Hr Club feted the members of its of two champions at the club’s reg- dn ular noon luncheon. hciHonored were the \meriean n Legion and the VFW boys’ wh teams and their coaches. H.ir wa lev Ovine and Odis 1 eGrand.The two coaches reviewed the W; seasons play and the tourna thf ment which brought the top hnn (vtrors, and presented the membersof the teams to the club.Hastings Nets which won the F regional title at Bismarck follow S ing the state American Legion Mrtournaments, undoubtedly was hoi the strongest team and deserved to to go to the national tourney.lineOyloe said It had the most depth 1and the most experience as well da as several of the standout play Mo ers of the tourney, he felt. How- tha ever, the Fergus coach added, to w hile he dtdn t want to single out anv one or two hv name, he felta • %that the Fergus team had both the top all around plaer and the top hitter to appear in the tournamentThe Hastings tram had played 47 games during the season, were backed by a $10,000 budget and i had their own inis for travel, Oy-lt; loe pointed out in explaining their power and poise.He was von proud of the fine iob done by the bo\ during the past season C) loe said.ImaamCriVFW Coach Oats LeGrand ulasaid of his team that it was dr- tertermination that carried it to the title. Actually, it was a vnung team that should have figured to be a year or two awav from serious contention‘Atfor the title.r.HiTVWKtC'c\n unfortunate amount ofabuse on ihe field was encoun tered at the state tourney at Ely,LeGrand said, but it failed toshake either the poise or deter minntmn of the team players and thrv w ent on to win from the FI I other larger and more expcri enccd entries. To point up the youth of the team. LeGrand not- ed that he averaged .1 ult;= t 12 years in the vita up the mirMle posts,•at rt e pitrfM- sclt; ond ! i e and (11 short, and renter field His pitch Fi ers were tough and gave up onlv Ti eight hits in the three tourney \i game- he aid and three of s'l those were scratchy hits that n; rame in the first inning of the ^ first game The roach termed the pj year a most satisfying one for him.In the dav - Salute to Rotary,C R \yrrs reviewed the coming of Rotary to \ustralia Tlie first eluh was at Melbourne in 1921. which happens to he the same year the charter to the Fergus club was issued. Now the nation, has 4in clubs with a total mem anbership of 16,000Glenn Olson served as program ,n!chairman for the dav s meeting ;in▼ fuMMiSa
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Fergus Falls Daily Journal
Fergus Falls, Minnesota, US
Thu, Sep 15, 1960
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