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Crosse Tribune, Tuesday, February27, 1973. ti Poep Rwutolc By TERRY BURT Tribune Sports Writer His Own Man Talk about an individualist in sports and eventually the conversation will get around to ski jumpers, cross country runners and shot putters. These more or less lonely souls have a reputation for doing their own things and naturally enough rise and fall strictly on their own merits. Joining them and perhaps outdoing these aforementioned loners is the strange phenomenon referred to as a wrestler. Most high school coaches fof other sports) have the same thing to say about the wrestling coach and his young chargers: a different kind of And this sums up the situation.

After watching the WIAA state tournament in the Madison Fieldhouse this past weekend, the sport in general and high school wrestlers and their coaches in particular, climbed greatly in my humble esteem. That in itself certainly will not mean much to the future of the sport. The sport itself is one which insures its own future. It looks like fun and what's more natural for two kids than to wTestle0 I mean this is a team sport, but yet it The individual is still the man of the hour despite the fact that the big prize is the prestigious state team title. This year's crown was won by Monroe, which is coached by a former La Crosse Central and UW-La Crosse athlete.

Fred Lehrke. But the team title belongs to the community or the school while the individual championships are just that. And any athlete in his right mind would probably hold this honor above all else. This is the sort of sport where a 98-pound or 105 or 112 (or bigger) kids from such unlikely places as Arcadia. Bruce.

Cadott, Cashton. De Soto, Gilman. Ithaca. Tomahawk, Viroqua or any number of other cold beds of athletic endeavor can come to the big city and compete on uneven terms. Rural Talent I say uneven because it seems like the rural communities turn out far more than their share of above average wrestling talent.

The city of Milwaukee probably has a high school enrollment larger than the entire combined populations of the above communities. Yet only five of the 192 boys who made it to the state meet were from Milwaukee. This isn't in any way rapping our state's largest city. Eau Claire qualified just two, Beloit and Green Bay had one each and places like Madison and La Crosse didn't get a sniff. One of the coaches down there (from a small town to be sure), said: kids are stronger on the first day of the season than most of the kids from the cities are after they've been through an extensive weight-training Pitch In This coach, who shall remain nameless, said that the difference is that his kids are out on the farm pitching you-know-what year around while their less fortunate city brethren are paying their family dues from the back.of a riding lawnmower or earning allowances by carrying out a 10-pound bag of garbage twice weekly.

And you hear some rather humorous adventures and or misadventures from these wrestling coaches who don go in for beating around bushes. one I enjoyed the most concerned a strong young heavyweight wrestler from the northern part of the state. This enterprising fellow was apparently short of ready cash so he decided to go into business for himself. Unfortunately the line of work he chose left something to be desired. He decided to make some extra bread by selling fence posts.

To cut down on overhead he made a few late night excursions into the countryside and barehandedly harvested his own crop. The trouble with this approach, however, was that the posts in question just happened to be attached to some wires which just happened to be pounded rather deeply into some prized pastureland owned by a neighboring farmer, a rather narrow-minded chap who somehow didn't appreciate the artistry and ingenuity shown by these feats of strength and daring. After all the kid was killing two birds with one stone, trying to keep in shape while doing a little moonlighting. vSo ended a promising career the young man's parole officer wasn't a sports fan either. This may have been just a story, but the person who related it to me swore it was true.

This little narrative is not meant to run down anyone or anything, especially the good name of high school wrestling. The point I would make is that for my money one individual stands head and shoulders above the conforming crowd. Even if he must stoop to pull it out Lee Trevino Rejoins Golf 's Cash Leaders NEW YORK (AP) The Meny Mexican is back. Not all the way. mind you.

but almost. Lee Trevino, whose highest finish on the pro golf tour prior to last Sunday had been a tie for ninth in the Bing Crosby National Pro-Am, swept past fading Forrest Fezler to capture the Jackie Gleason Inverrary- National Airlines Classic. It was his first victory since last September Greater St. Louis Golf Classic, and the $52,000 first-place prize in the In- Bears Get Coach CHICAGO (AP) Jerry Stolz, 35. who completed four years as an assistant coach with the New England Patriots last season, was named Monday to a similar post with the Chicago Bears of the National Football League.

Pack Gives Raiders 5th Draft Choice Scott Kauma NEW YORK (AP) The Green Bay Packers voluntarily gave Oakland a draft choice last month after a dispute involving their hiring of a former assistant coach for the Raiders, National Football Lague Commissioner Pete Rozelle said Monday Rozelle also said no official charge ot tampering had been filed with the NFL office. The case involved Green hiring last year of assistant coach John Polonchek. who had quit several weeks earlier as backfield coach of the Raiders. The Packers sent Oakland a fifth round draft choice. At the same time, the Packers also sent defensive tackle Vernon Vanoy to Oakland and received defensive end Carleton Oats from the Raiders.

At the time Polonchek left the Raiders, Oakland Coach John Madden complained he had insufficient time to interview successors. were some utterances made by the Raiders at the time. If there was any compensation, it was worked out between the Don Weiss, NFL public relations tor. said. office took no the best of my knowledge, Commissioner Rozelle made no ruling on the matter.

Commissioner Rozelle ruled absolutely Dan Devine, Packer coach and general manager, said in Green Bay. than that I have no comment but to say that last year Coach Madden expressed himself too much on this matter and apparently is Devine said. just not my policy to discuss this type of thing publicly. My policy is obviously different than Coach The situation was brought to attention Sunday when Madden said another club, which he did not identify, was guilty of after Ray Malavasi quit as Oakland linebacker coach. want to make it clear we are not running a training school to develop assistant coaches for another pro football Madden said.

In connection with the Malavasi incident, the Raiders reportedly said they had received the draft choice from Green Bay because the Packers had signed Polonchek. Tim Atkinson When Catfish Hunter won his tenth game of the season for the Oakland Athletics he struck out 10 Milwaukee Brewer batters. South Lanes Bowlers Hot Central Skiers Second At State WAUSAU, Wis. La Crosse Central finished runnerup to St. Croix Falls in the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association ski meet at Rib Mountain here Monday.

St. Croix Falls totaled 320.2 pints while the Red Raiders, of Norma Lubbs, was one-tenth of a second off the pace. Wausau East was third with 328.8 followed by Stevens Point 339.9, Eau Claire Memorial 347.5, Slinger 380.5, Wausau West 389.9, Gibralter 390.0 and defending champion Hudson 423.6. Mike Husberg of Eau Claire Memorial was the top individual with 75.1 points, representing aggregate times in the slalom, giant slalom and downhill events. Jon Pagh of St.

Croix Falls was second with 76.0, Scott Kauma of La Crosse Central third with 77.6, Don Ward of Hudson fourth with 78.8 and Randy Drifka of Stevens Point fifth with 79.1. Tim Atkinson was sixth. Central won the slalom event with a combined time of 115.0. Kauma took a second and Tim Atkinson a fourth. East won the downhill but Drew Dedo tied for fourth place for individual honors.

Kauma took fourth place in the giant slalom which was won by the state champs. boys did their said Mrs. Lubbs. had some falls in going all out and the race went right down to the Joe Broadstone League bowlers had a field day at the South Lanes Monday with three honor counts rolled plus one 700. Betty Meyer paced the women with a 645 count in the Scratch League.

Her second honor count of the season included games of 248 203 and 194 with 19 strikes, 14 spares, one split and one open frame. She bowls for the Boozers. Janice Thompson recorded her second honor series of the year bagging a 623 with games of 213, 222 and 188. Bowling for the Yo-Yos in the Scratch loop, Mrs. Thompson rolled 13 strikes, 16 spares, one open frame and a split in the last frame of the final game.

Linda Smith hit her 22nd honor set of the season with a 616 in the Scratch League. Miss perfecto included games of 194,217 and 204 with 18 strikes, 11 spares and three open frames. She also bowls for the Boozers. Joe Broadstone rolled the first 700 of his bowling career with a 719 in the Wisconsin League. Averaging 169, Broadstone hit 219, 244 and 256 with 23 strikes, seven spares and three opens.

He bowls for IGA. honor count was the 10th recorded by men in the city this season. Mabel-Canton, Rushford Lose BOWLING scores Four Drivers Win Four Brewers ice Gymkhana Races Agree To Terms verrary $260,000 purse boosted Trevino 1973 earnings to $68,875, the PGA Tournament Players Division reported Monday. It puts Trevino less than $10.000 behind Bruce Crampton, who has pocketed $75,679 thus far this year. And it puts Trevino ahead of last week's runnerup, Jack Nicklaus, whose sixth-place tie in the Inverrary brought him $8,092 for annual winnings of $65,248.

Fezler made the biggest jump in the standings. His $29,640 second-place share at Inverrary sent him up from 62nd to 10th place with $35,047. Filling out the top 10 between Nicklaus and Fezler are John Schlee, Rod Funseth, Orville Moody, Gay Brewer, Bob Dickson, $38,463, and Arnold Palmer, $37,091. LADIES SCRATCH (South Lanes) Team 1806 Team 640 Proksch 584, Muggs Turner 571, Carol Lounsbrough 556, Vi Terpstra 553, Judy Engelbrecht 545 MEN'S WISCONSIN (South Lanes) Team IGA 2969 Team Game-Willies IGA 1064 Individual Fossum 639, Ed Schumacher 604, Gil Bonnie 601, Bill Lewis 59), John Sampson 580, Bill Urbanek 579, Mike Faas 575 POWDERPUFF (Pla-Mor) Team 2285 Team 818 Individual Bakalars 557, Penny Mahlum 521. Bev Ranis 504, Marge Saverda 504.

Hilda Owen 491, Carol Vogel 484 High Bakalars 206 SCATTERPIN (Pla-Mor) Team Bar 2249 Team Bar 781 Individual-Ethel Andrews 532, Joan Johnson 497, Sharon Faas 495, Betty Shanley 489, Eileen Schlifer 487, Geri Guy 464 High Andrews 196 BLACKHAWK (Pla-Mor) Team Series Floor Mart 2715 Team Game-Roth's Floor Mart 1089 Individual Dunkel 639, Geo. Meyer Sr 624, Jim Jirsa 593, Larry Fox 582, Bill Patschull 572, John Hoeschele 571 Bob Weiland 567, Hal Hosch 566. High Dunkel 267 PARTY Team Series 1115 Team 407 Beecher 411, Ruth Oliver 388, Barb Tichy 383, Fran Childers 377, Virginia Hintz 362 High Oliver 158 COUNTRY CLUB (Pla-Mor) Team Series-Birdies 1837 Team 651 Individual Hines 518 Jan Ringdahl 512, Enid Warden 489. Aagot Svanoe 483, Harriet Hamilton 468, Kay Palmer 467 High Dempsey 194 PEPSI-COLA BANTAM BOYS (Pla-Mor) Team 1316 Team 509 Individual Zierke 490, Tony Ghelfi 403, David Donahue 346, Brian Kostach 332, Eric Lunaas 330, Scott Boehlke 326. High Zierke 173 YMC A BANTAM BOYS (Pla- Mor, Team Series 1193 Team Game 462 Individual Jeff Sierzant 354, Steve Orcutt 352, Scott Zurfluth 333, Larry Wilcox 317, Kevin Walsh 316 High Zurfluth 156 COCA-COLA JR.

BOYS (Pla-Mor) Team 2242 Team 817 I ndividual Jirsa 520, Tom Heilman 473, Paul Roberts 459, Bill Papacek 454, Tom Johnson 440, Bruce Kirkeeng 439 High Jirsa 191 MEN'S SOUTH LANES (South Lanes) Team Hall 2874 Team Game Hall 1019 Individual-Dick Jelen 641, MiltMosher 614, Ed Walsh 612, Jack Otto 602, Jack Reinsvold 591, Tom Emery 583, Ted Molzahn 571, Ben Ellingsworth 571. High Single-Ed vyalsh 245 RIVER (Shamrock) Team Series Auto Body 2664 Team Game Hokah LBR Co. 955 Individual Jim Guggenbuhl 546, Larry Rockwell 538. Harold Lietzau 529, Gary Gilbertson 528, Bob Verthein 524, Andrew Rostad 512. SHAMROCK JRS.

(Shamrock) Team Series Gutters 2120 Team Game Changing Times 744 Individual (Boys) Jack Boma 438. Larry Papenfuss 436; (Girls) Cheri Fitzpatrich 457, Lorri Papenfuss 447 SHAMROCK BANTAMS (Shamrock) Team Series Aces 1223 Team Game Aces 620 individual (Boys) Robert Ingvalson 259, Scott Martin 252; (Girls) Tammy Grupa 207, Teri Gaustad 205 JACK A JILL (Shamrock) Team Series T-S's 1925 Team Game Alley Katz 703 Individual -(Men) Bud Yuter 550, Arnie Shea 543; (Women) Margie Ingvalson 477, Pat Shea 468 NITE OWLERS (Shamrock) Team Series Eighty-eights 2088 Team Game Neighbors 739 Individual (Men) Larry Eaton 572, Russ Eklund 498, (Women) Maryls Comstock 487, Sheila Eklund 480 LA CRESCENT NATIONAL (Shamrock) Team Series-Shamrock Lanes 2693 Team Game-Breyers 934 Individual Keith Deyo 580, Don Smith 579, Lloyd Dresen 572, Jake Jacobson 563, Dave Oitzman 532, Tom Loken 531 High Single-Lloyd Dresen 224 LA CRESCENT AMERICAN (Shamrock) Team 2768 Team Game-Charley Bros. 975 Individual Irvine Yerter 599, Walter Bartz 563, Glen Gile 559, Rollie Papenfuss 553, James Guggenbuhl 544, Arnie Shea 542 High Yerter 233 COULEE CLASSIC (Coulee Golf Bowl) Team Series-Skogen IGA 2923 Team IGA, Ron's Market 1006 Individual Everett Johnson 614, Percy Mahlum 602, Byron Dennison 595, Bob Jenkins 594, Dave Berger 581, Paul Peek 558 High Single-Byron Dennison 257 COULEE COUPLES (Coulee Golf Bowl) Team Coulee 1995 Team Coulee 720 Individual John Hoeschele 561, Bill Lambert 547, John Knudson 541, Lena Johnson 507, Marilyn Hayes 462, Barb iers 447 High Pralle 221, Lena Johnson 181 WEST SALEM, Wis. Dennis Sobkowiak, Rick Albrechtson, John West and Sue Sobkowiak captured first places during the ice gymkhana on Lake Neshonoc near here Sunday. Sobkowiak took first in the conventional class in a Plymouth in a time of 3:24.9 while wic s.

79 Albrechtson won the engine over class in a Porsche in 3:36.0. John West won the studded tire class in a Buick in 3:20.5. The women's trophy went to Sue Sobkowiak. ODD BALLS (Coulee Golf Bowl) Team Tree Service 1842 Team Tree Service 690 Individual Harley Jones 583, Arlan Gates 555, Royce Hayter 539, Kay Risberg 528, Kathy Rudser 423, Alice Jones 415 High Singles Richard Risberg 221, Kay Risberg 194 UPS A DOWNS (Coulee Golf Bowl) Team 2030 Team 726 Individual Geo. Myer Sr.

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However, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) had said last week McGuire and any college players participating in the games would be barred from future NCAA activity unless the NCAA certified the tour. conflict between the NCAA and AAU must be settled and if I get out of the middle it might be a little McGuire said. no conflict between Marquette and the NCAA because of this he said. certainly appreciated being selected and it was a great honor, and under proper circumstances be glad to do McGuire said that instead of coaching the all-stars, he probably would vacation in Tibet this spring. I can recruit the Abominable he said.

Billie Jean King Scores Tennis Win INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Bil- ROCHESTER, Minn. lie Jean King captured the Leaf Conference basket- 000 singles championship of the ball champion Preston romped Indianapolis Profes-1 past Mabel-Canton 75-31 and Le sional Tennis Tournament Mon- Roy Ostrander edged Rushford day night with a 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 71-69 in the District One touma- victory over Rosemary Casals, ment here Monday night. Preston rolled to its 19th win in 22 starts while LeRoy Ostrander picked up its 11th success in 21 games as it knocked off a pair of Root River Conference hopefuls. Rushford closed out the season with an 11-10 record while Mabel-Canton finishes at 2-19. Games here tonight feature Wykoff (6-12) against Lewiston (13-7) and Chatfield (16-4) against La Crescent (6-14).

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