Green Bay Press-Gazette from Green Bay, Wisconsin • Page 9

East Defeats West, 66 to 47, in Cinder Collision to life again In the relay event in which both men anchored their respective teams, Laurent coming out on top again to provide a three-yard victory. The East relay team paced the distance in one By GIL MAIENKNECIIT By applying Horace Greeley's sage advice, Coach Al Reed and his East High school track team went West to defeat the West High school thin-clads, 66 to 47, Tuesday afternoon in their traditional dual specialty in 5S.0B.5 second taking the lead from Teammate Roy Anderson by 13 yards. Warren Warwick of West placed third. Chuck LeMieux. of East won th high Jump by clearing th bar at 43, a slam in the high jump and a victory in the relay woud have spelled a one point win for Coach Ed Boguski's Wildcats.

Highlighting the affair, Jerry Laurent, Red Devil dashman, beat out John Kendall of West in the 100 and 200-yard dashes, to score 10 points and top scoring honors of the meet. Laurent's time of 20.4 seconds in the 200-yard dash tied the state record for the event. He got off to a good start and led the entire distance. Laurent got olf to a slow start in the 100 and was hard pressed by Kendall for the first 40 yards. Laurent then pulled away only to be menaced in the last 10 yards by Kendall who placed second a yard behind.

Bob King of West placed third. The winning time was 10.1 seconds. The Kendall-Laurent feud came ning of the Initial event in which the venerable Art Reilley captured the 120 high hurdles. Although West trailed throughout the meet hopes of a possible victory or a tie were not entirely impossible until the end. With the high jump and relay remaining, East led 56 to minute, 33.4 seconds.

Running on the East team were Watermolen, Hall, Pfeifer and Laurent. LeRoy Collins, East High Quarter-miler capturrd his meet. At only one time during the meet did West enjoy the lead that being after the run State Bowling Tournament to Start Here Feb. th Green Bay Association Meet to Open Nov. 23 1I1NKLE SIGNS! Don't get excited, Packer fans.

Clark Is just filling out his sugar ration, papers during a brief visit here. That's the Missus on the right. Wisconsin Classic Entries to Include 2,500 Teams Jonen By DAVE YUENGER The Wisconsin State association tournament will start in Green Bay February 8 Hinkle Finds Things Tough in Civilian Circles; No Complaints and continue through about May 16, Secretary Clarence success, predicted that at least 2,500 teams will be entered in competition here. He contrasted this figure with that of the last stale mtet held here in 1934, when only 537 outside teams were entered along with about 100 from the city. Jonen urged that the local association line up a number of booster teams besides regular squads and asked that at least 5Q0 teams from Green Bay and vicinity be assured for the meet.

He said the state association would give local officials every cooperation. Principal organization of tournament committees will take place next fall, Jonen said, adding that advance requests for reservations have already begun to come in. Rein, Zeutzius Speak Others who spoke were Len Reis, first vice-president and director of the state association, and Henry Zeutzius, who has been Jonen of the state association told Green Bay Bowline as named honor president of the state bowling tournament. Both Green Bay men urged the cooperation of local groups in backing the state meet. During the business meeting, Mihm reported that the Green Bay association's treasury is in good shape with a balance of $572.

His report also showed that association keglers had backed the Bowlers Victory Legion to the utmost, contributing a total of $543 last year, the largest contribution for Wisconsin and 30th in the United States. The 10th city tourney was the largest in the association's history and showed a $41 profit, Mihm reported. The cost per man for each event was 22 cents, a low figure compared with the 60 cents per man plus 20 cents for ward- TUR.V TO BOWLING, PAGE 10 Ex-Packer Fullback Officially Out of Coast Guard Today sociation directors and executive committeemen at their Conn's Pokes 'Weigh A Lot Heavier Says His Sparring Partner I annual meeting Tuesday night five feet lO3 Inches. Wildcat Jack Hanaway and his Teammat Gene Evans, tied for second place. East scored the only slams of the meet in scoring all three place! in the 'shot put and the 200-yard high hurdles.

Chet McDonald won the shot with a toss of 42 feet, 9 Mi inches, ol lowed by Bert Turek and Chuck Smith who placed iec-orfd and third, respectively. Merlin Watermolen took the lead In th 200-yard low hurdles and never relinquished It to captura first place in 24 seconds. Bill Bossa placed second and John Pfeifer third. Roger IIolz, crack Red Devil half mller and holder of tha state record In the event, had little difficulty In winning the tune of two minutes, 3.9 seconds. IIolz running on tha Inside lane remained in fourth place most of the distance al lowing Cy Ziesmer of West do the pacing, lie opened up as he reached the last 220 yards and won with 100 yards to spare, followed by Ziesmer In second and Calvin Gale of West in third.

Eleven entries started tha mile run and 11 determined but weary contestants showed determination in finishing the event. Glenn Wallace of West won the event after Dick Heyman of East who placed second, set the pace during the first three laps. Jerry Hessel of West placed third. Tha winning time was four minutes, 56.3.5 seconds. Jack Byler of West won tha discus with a throw of 128 feet, six inches, second place going to McDonald of East with a throw of 125 feet.

Kendall, Wildcat sprinter copped third to bring hii total scored to seven. Gene Evans, versatile Wildcat athlete, won the broad jump with a leap of 20 feet, 9'i Inches to bolster his point total to eight, high for West, and a tie with Watermolen of East for second place scoring honors of the meet. In tha broad jump Don Vanden Branden, East, placed second and Bob King, West, placed third. The broad jumpers had considerable difficulty in seeing the take off board, due to shadows and reflections of tha sun. at the Union hotel in De Pere.

Play in the state tournament GREENWOOD LAKE, N. J. (p) You can't put a punch on the scales any more than you can will hold the spotlight here for approximately 15 weeks with weigh a bucket of fog, but large the five-man event to bo run Mickey McAvoy, who goes with off at the North Side Com-the lease around Billy Conn's I munity center and the doubles trairung camps, says the differ- and gin th Playdium. ence in the Pittsburgh pretty boy i now is that he pokes "weigh a lot For ihi. reason- the Grpen Bay heavier." association voted Tuesday Mickey the Mack cught to night to hold the 11th city tourna- This is the day Clarke Hinkle's troubles begin for this is the day the former Green Bay Packer fullback officially becomes a civilian.

By his own admission, the former Coast Guard lieutenant mander is in the same rough spot every other serviceman is in when he gets a discharge these da vs. Of course, Hinkle isn't complaining about this strange civil-fanhood but he admits that things are tough. "We don't have a place to live and we don't have a car and the prospects of getting them re terrible," he said. Today marks the end of his terminal leave, setting him free from the Coast Guard after four years and one week of service. S3 Press -Gazette know, because he been a spar-mate in every Conn camp except one since Billy first came out of Smokytown back in '39, and the only reason he wasn't in that one was because he had a job with the circus that time.

3,487 Shivering Fans See First Harness Race WESTBURY, N. Y. (JP) Grand circuit harness racing opened its first eastern meeting of the year over the half-mile track at Roosevelt raceway last night before a shivering crowd of ment starting Nov. 23 at the Columbus club and Playdium. In other actions, the Green Bay association renamed for one-year terms Pres.

John Rowe, Secretary-Treasurer Ray Mihm, and Vice-Presidents Ben Schumacher and Bernard Dostache of Green Bay and Al Wellens and Elmer Lind-sley of De Pere; deferred action on holding the city tournament on other alleys, and raised the local sanction to $2.50 per team. Local Cooperation Needed Jonen, pointing out that the cooperation of officials of the Green Bay association will be necessary to make the 1947 state meet a Hinkle visited Green Bay with his wife Tuesday for the first time since shortly after the Packer-Bear playoff in Chicago in 1941. The only other connection he had with the Packers or Green Bay Since then was in the fall of 1942 when he saw the Packer-Giant Green Bay, Wednesday Evening, May 29, 1 946 and spoke 3,487 fans. game in New York Abbe, five-year-old cardinal brown won both neats of the Metropolitan race, $2,000 feature event, taking the five and one-eighth furlong first heat in 1:19 and the one-mile second in 2:08 4. Reilley ran.

the high hurdles in 15.9 seconds for first place, followed by Watermolen and Jim Hopkins, East. The pole vault was won by Gordon Tagge, West, with a vault of 10 feet, six inches. A four-way tie resulted in second place with Hanaway and Evans, West, and Jerry Moureau and Roger Wauters of East at 10 feet. 100-vard dash Laurent IF) first, Kendall (W) second, King (W) third, time 10 1 seconds. 200-vard dash Laurent (E) first, Kendall (W) aecond, Gagan (W) third.

Time 20.4 teconds. 440-yard dash ollina (E) first. Anderson (F) second, Warwick (W) third. Time 53 OX S. Denis Upsets Silver Rail, Washington Bar Moves Into First Place Tie, Destache Wins 5 to 4 over the radio.

In regard to playing football this season, Hinkle is positively not going to play. Clarke put it this way, "I'm 36 So why should 1 play?" The former all-National leaguer Is with the corporation in Ncenah at present, but he admitted that he's open to any "good" offer in any football field except playing. Hinkle went into the Coast Guard as a lieutenant (jg) and advanced steadily. He saw considerable overseas action, being on convoy duty to North Africa and serving as an air-sea rescuer off Newfoundland. He landed at Pearl Harbor, due for action in the Pacific, on V-J day.

During his early Coast Guard training, Hinkle coached the Coast Guard Academy backfield in New London, and found time to play five games with the pro Electric Boat Diesel team in New -vard run Holz (E) first, zletmer MAJOR AA SOFTBALL I.EAGIE Pet Washington Bar 5 2 .714 Silver Rail i 2 -714 Green Kay Foods 4 1 .571 i llHUrhc 4 .429 Pooeh-Kleanor 2 i -2SS Denis Sports I .288 Tuesday Night's Results Denis Sports 2, Silver Rail I. Washington Har 2, ireen Bay Food 0. Destache Pooch-fcleanor 4. XL JED -faa (W) second. Gale (W) third.

Time minutes, 3 9 seconds. Mile run Wallace (W) first, Heyman (F.) second, Hessel (W) third. Time, 4 minutes, S6 3.5 120-yard high hurdles Riley (W) first, Watermolen (E) second, Hopkins (E) third. Time 15 seconds. 220-yard low hurdles Watermolen; (E) first, Bosse (F) second, Pfeifer' (E) third.

Time 13.S seconds. 200-yard low hurdles Watermolen (E) first, Bosse (E) second, Pfeifer (E) third. Time 24 seconds. High Jump LeMieux (F.) first, Hana- wav (W) and Evana (W) tie. Height 5 feet, HI'h inches.

Broad Jump Evans (W) first; Vanden Hranden (E) second. King (W) third. Distance 20 feet, inches, Pole vault Tagge (W) first, Hanaway (W) Evans (W) Moureau (E) Wauteri (K) tie. Height 10 feet, Inches. Shot put McDonald (E) first, Turek (E) second.

Smith (E) third. Distance, 42 feet. inches. Discus Bylef (W) first, McDonald (E) second. Kendall (W) third.

Distance. 128 feet, inches. S8-yard relay Won by East (Water- molrn. Hall, Pfeifer. Laurent), Tim 1 minute, 33 4 seconds.

Score: Green Bay East tt, Green Bay West 47. to right) John Pfeifer (E), Melvin Kuske (W), Jim Hopkins (E), Bob Offermann (E), Merlin Watermolen (E) and Art Reilly (W). Reilly went on to win in the time of 15.9 seconds. By virtue of his win West held the lead at the end of the first event. Gordon Tagge (upper right), stocky Wildcat pole vaulter is shown clearing the bar at 10 feet 6 inches to capture first place in the event in the meet Tuesday afternoon.

In lower, picture, hurdles are shown clearing the second stands in the 120 high hurdles including (left London. This playing career was cut short when a higher-ranking officer discovered that the guy carrying the ball for most of Diesel's points was Lieutenant (jg) Hinkle. He was Immediately "removed" from action. Hinkle had hoped to see Coach Curly Lambeau and his former teammate, Don Hutson, but both were out of the city. Lambeau had already left on a scouting tour Hutson was in Milwaukee.

Hinkle, who still stands second In the list of all-time Packer ncorers with 390 points in 10 sea- Denis Sports shop upset Silver Rail, 2 to 1, in the feature Major AA Softball league game at Fort Howard park Tuesday night. In the other games Washington Bar climbed into a first place tie with Silver Rail by defeating Green Bay Food, 2 to 0, and Destache downed Pooch and Eleanor, 5 to 4. Scoring two runs in the fourth inning gave Denis enough runs to pull the surprise upset of the evening. Up to that time Silver Rail led, 1 to 0. Ray Wauters singled to center, and Red Williquette was safe on the third baseman's error, Jays Drop Opener to Janesville, 6 to 4, Wind Up Series Tonight Fellowship Games Scheduled Tonight Twelve Softball teams will swing into action tonight playing at Fort Howard and Bay Beach parks.

Teams alternate their games each week at the two parks. At the Bay Beach diamond, Hudson Sharp takes on the Junior Chamber of Commerce at 7 Harry Lane Is Close Winner Over Gonzales HOUSTON, Tex. JP) Harry Lane, 139, Houston, won a close eight-round decision here last and with two out Whitey Ber-trand slammed home both runs ions, came back with a deep tan accomplished, in the Pacific and California. ART DALEY. o'clock.

In other games Wheeler's night in a slugfest with Panchito Gonzales, 142, Hermosillo, Mex Cheese will meet the Post Office nine at 8 o'clock and the V-2 club Rough Ninth WISCONSIN STATE LEAGUE I. Prt Oshkosh 1 Janesville 5 2 .714 Shebovcan .667 Fond du I 4 3 J71 GREEN BAY 5 Appleton 2 4 .333 Wisconsin Rapid! 1 .143 Wausau 1 JU Tuesday Night's Results JANESVILLE S. GREE BAT 4. Oshkosh 4, Wausau 1. Sheboygan 14.

Wisconsin Rapids I. Appleton 8. Fond du Lar 8. (Called, 12 innings, curfew) Tonight's Games JANESVILLE AT GREEN BAY o'clock). Appleton at F'ond du Lac.

Wausau at Oshkosh. Wisconsin Rapids at Sheboygan. Thursday's Games GRFF.V BAY AT SHEBOYGAN. Afternoon) SHEBOYGAN AT GREEN BAY. (Nieht.

I o'clock) Oshkosh at Appleton. (Afternoon) Appleton at Oshkosh. (NUht) Janesville at Fond du Lac. (Afternoon) Fond du Lac at Janesville. (Night) Wisconsin Rapids at Wausau.

(Afternoon) Wausau at Wisconsin Rapids. (Night) ico. Eddie Lee, St. Louis, was slated to fight Gene Kelly, Danville, 111., but Kelly cancelled the bout during the 'day. Orlando Fernandez was flown in from Havana to match Lee.

Fernandez arrived shortly before the bout was scheduled. When he discovered he was badly outweighed, ha also refused to enter the ring. which meant the ball game. Ralph Accrra the winning pitcher allowed five hits while Bob Scheer the loser allowed two hits. In the second game Carl Schau-er of the Green Bay Foods and Dada Patterson engaged in a pitchers' duel, each allowing four hits.

But Washington Bar managed to bunch its hits to score single runs in the third and fourth. Scoring quick and easy Destache Service station managed to eke out a victory over Pooch-Eleanor's Bar. With the score 5 to 0, Destache managed to score four runs on three hits combined with three errors. takes on the American Legion. Games at the Fort Howard park pit the Public Service team against the Northwest Engineering team at 7 o'clock and the Chicago North Western Carmen take on the Holland Furnace at 8 o'clock.

In the night cap the Reliance Printing meets Berceau Service station. Errors in Ninth Give Win to Cubs; Three Homers Hit By ART DALEY A weird ninth inning put a dull finish to an otherwise exciting evening at Joannes park Tuesday night. The Green Bay Bluejays and Janesville Cubs were knotted up, 4 to 4, going in the final stanza when the local boys contributed two runs to the visitors. The final count a sharp single to left and went to third on Janet's second hit. Pizzi was safe at third when the third sacker dropped a throw from the shortstop on Sullivan's grounder, loading the bases.

Boyd quickly knocked into a double pfay the feat being accomplished from first to home to first. Catcher Ed Rull-mann then drew a walk to fill up the sacks again, but Gile forced over Janet with the tying run by hitting Lisinski in the chest with a pitched ball. Welch whiffed to end the show. Janet led off the eighth with his homer and Gile showed his aneer second on a nifty sacrifice by Pitcher Bob Gile. Joe Nezgoda hit a grounder down to Shortstop Mike Evangelista, who had pinch-hit for Shortstop Tim Boyd in the previous inning.

Evangelista threw badly to first and Trench scored. Nezcoda then stole second. Mike Frederick hit a slow roller toward first and Pitcher Don Lisinski and First Sacker Billy Reed both came in to field the ball with the result that Frederick reached first safely as the bag was empty. Lisinski wheeled around to catch Nezgoda going into third but he threw the ball a mile over Janet's head and Nezgoda scored. Lisinski then hit Bill Frazier with a pitched ball but Sanborn skied out to Bob Sullivan to end the misery.

Oshkosh Tips Wausau, 4 to 2 Al Esqueda Scores Third Straight Win; Sheboygan Tips Rapids By The Associated Press Al Esqueda, fireball hurlcr in the Wisconsin State league, posted his third victory of the season Tuesday night by pitching the Oshkosh Giants to a 4-2 victory over Wausau. Elsewhere around thp Bnrl per was 6 to 4, there were 917 fans AB JAVESVII I PO 3 winning uuun an anu I Trf(Jrir geiista. Kuiimann was safe on an Frarier. 3 In the Sanborn. If error but Lisinski fanned Muny Loop Plays Memorial Day Two Gomes Scheduled At Bay Beach Diamond; De Pere in Home Tilt 7,1 I-, xc(iinty Connor, cf Valentine, ss Grrber, rf Trench, Kula, Bluejay ninth, Reed beat out an infield roller after one out but was forced at second by Bob Perthel.

Pizzi grounded out sharply to second to end the game. Fireworks In Same Frame Previous to the ninth, fhe two clubs exploded all their fireworks in the same inning. In fact, it was almost assumed that Bay should score two runs in the ninth to tie it up again. With the exception of the ninth, 3 Totali 38 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 A 0 2 4 Buffalo Grid Official PO Janesville scored all its runs after H(jnds jn Resignation two outs, all of which was par- a CREFN RAY AB Welch. 2b 3 7l.eBrassier 1 Reed, lb 4 Perthel.

cf 4 Pl7ti, rf Janet, 3b 4 Sullivan. If 4 BUFFALO, N. Y. ff) Sam Cordovano resigned Tuesday as ticulnrly trying for Lisinski. In the first innins.

for instance, Frazier singled and Sanborn followed vice president, general manager 13 2 0 3 0 7 27 clvcuit, Sheboygan romped over Wisconsin Rapids, 14-3; Janesville defeated Green Bay, 6-4, and Ap-pleton and Fond du Lac battled to a 8-8 tie in a game called at the end of 12 innings because of a league ruling. Esqueda, the lad who established a new league record less than two weeks ago by striking out 19 men, added another 15 to his string and raised his three-game total to 48. He held Wausau to three hits, while his teammates were garnering half a dozen Despite Sheboygans heavy scoring, there were only two earned runs in the Indians' game with the Rapids. Ralph Sollozo struck out 10 Rapids batters, while Rolyn Goff aided the Indian cause by collecting a triple and a double in two times at bat. Wisconsin Rapids 1)00 300 (Mid 3 4 and team manager of the Buffalo Fvanie'nsta ss professional football club of the Ruiimann.

Reasonable in Cost in the stands and the setback put the Bluejays back into the .500 class in Wisconsin State league standings. Until the ninth Harry Gris-wold's lads put on a dog-eat-dog event, coming from bch'nd to tie the count three times with two runs in the first, one, in the sixth and one in the eithth. Joe Janet, the hard-hitting BUie-jay third sacker, gave the locals something to yell about when his homer over the left field wall knotted things at 4-all in the eighth. The Cubs also know how to hit home runs, Bob Sanborn getting one in the first with a mate aboard and Pinch Hitter Joe McGinty slapping one out in the eighth. Both sailed over the left field barripr.

TonUht, the Blur lavs and Cubs will wind lip their two-game series at 8 o'clock. Maynard Park, who has two victories and no losses to his credit. Is due to pitch. Thursday night Sheboygan play here. Here's how that horrible ninth went: After one out, Trench beat out an infield hit and went to LUinskl, 3 Play will be resumed in the Municipal Baseball league Thursday afternoon with two games slated for Bay Beach and the third to be played at De Pere.

Cobb's meet Kraft Cheese at 1:30 Thursday afternoon at the Bay Beach diamond, and as the second game of the doublehead-cr the VFW takes on Westphal paints. And at at De Pere Bogda Motors meet the youthful De Pere Legion nine. Totals 31 xHomered for Stephens in 8th istrurk out for Welch in 9th. Mi-America conference, "due to the heavy press of business and recent rapid development of new and important interests outside of Buffalo." uJ 1 I TOlinViiiriiiiMiiiirrrTrnPJ 1 4 'J IJ8! I 1 with his homer. In the sixth after a popup and strikeout, Manager and Second Sacker Quin Valentine beat cnit an infield hit, went to second on a passed ball and scored on Gerber's double.

McGinty hit his homer after Lisinski had easily taken care of the tyo previous batters. Ed Kuta, the starting Cub hurl-er. loaded the bases with two walks and a hit batsman in the first frame and he was jerked immediately in favor of Bob Gile. Joe Pizzi greeted him with a scratch hit to score Mel Welch. Janet grounded out to third to allow Reed to score.

Hits Into Douhle Day In the sixth, Pizzi led off with Janesville 200 001 012 10 Green Bav 200 001 0104 8 2 Buns batted In Sanborn 2, McCJintv, I Gerber. Janet 2 PImI. Lisinski. Home runs Sanborn, McGinty, Janet. Three- base hit Sanborn.

Two-base hit Ger- her. Left on bases Janesville 7. Green Bay Sacrifice hit Gile. Hit bv pitcher Frazier (Lisinski). Reed (Kuta), isinski (Gile).

Stolen bases Trench. Garber, Nergoda. Passed ball Ruiimann. Double plavs Frederick to Trench to Frederick, Gile to Valen- tine to. Frederick.

Bases on halls off Kula 2, off Gile 1. off isinski 2. Struck nut hv Gile 7. by Lisinski S. Hits! off Kuta none (nitched to three; men in 1st), off Gile I in I Innings, Wlnnlnc pllrher Gile.

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Westphal Players Members of the Westphal-baseball team are asked by their manager. Shorty Rath-burn, to meet, for warmup practice at the Bay Beach diamond by 2:30 Thursday afternoon. They will play the VFW nine in the second of the Municipal league schedule at the Beach. The Cobb's, Westphal game will bring together the only two unbeaten teams. In' the other two games scheduled one of the two teams have been beaten In the curtain raiser Sunday.

Large Memorial day crowds are anticipated by league officials, as compared 1o the attendance of 147 at the douhle header played Sunday night in Joannes park. Sheboygan soil u-'J ii.ix 1 Batteries: Ranierl. Daechlein (), Appold (8) and Fortlnl; Sollozo and Tell. ft 112 000 202 000 13 Fond du Lac 022 0(10 040 0(1(1 15 i Batteries! Tremaln, W. Cooper (), (10) and fcqulrr; Powers and Dlnnauer.

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