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ROLLY BAUMAN'S HISTORY OF THE BURLINGTON LITTLE LEAGUE

 (Includes Comments on Other Burlington Youth Sports Activities)

 

BURLINGTON KIWANIS YOUTH LEAGUE

BURLINGTON KIWANIS YOUTH LEAGUE started JUNE 16th 1955. Boys 13 ‑ 16 was titled BOYS BASEBALL. Boys 17 ‑ 18 was titled STRENGTH LEAGUE. CHUCK ZIMMERMANN coached the all star game AUG. 25th 1955.

1958 - BEGINNING OF BURLINGTON LITTLE LEAGUE

         LITTLE LEAGUE in BURLINGTON began MAY 1958.  ROY McCONNELL, DR. LIEF ERICKSON, and DR. LAIRD McNEEL were the original founders. 40 boys showed up for the first sign up. The boys were disappointed for lack of managers. First managers were ROY McCONNELL, DON GIANNINI & BOB GROSSMAN. DON wrote the words for the B.H.S. SONG "WE ARE THE ORANGE & BLACK OF B.H.S."

1959

MAY OF 1959 - ROY MCCONNELL requested the assistance of the LIONS CLUB. Try outs were held and over 150 boys turned out. Six sponsors were secured and the teams were sanctioned. The teams were divided into two leagues. The GINGER BEAUMONT & FRANK ROTH.

GINGER BEAUMONT, born in ROCHESTER and later a resident of HONEY CREEK and BURLINGTON, was the first man ever to come to the plate in the world series. He played for the PITTSBURGH PIRATES. His daughter was a resident of Burlington, Mrs. JANET (ENOCH) SQUIRES.

CLARENCE "GINGER" BEAUMONT stepped to the plate for the PITTSBURGH PIRATES in 1903 AND SWATTED A FLY BALL OFF Boston Doves pitcher CY YOUNG. The ball was caught and BEAUMONT went 0 for 5. In fact he went 0 for 12 before getting his first hit in game 4. Game 4 he was 3 for 4. In 1899 he signed with the PIRATES for $2,400.00 a year. He thought he was a MILLIONAIRE.  Later in his career his salary was raised to $3,500.00 a year.  His highest batting average was .357 beating out the great HONUS WAGNER. He had a distinguished 12 year career batting .311 for the PIRATES ‑ DOVES & CHICAGO CUBS. He retired in 1911 to paint houses in RACINE COUNTY. He was elected to the WISCONSIN SPORTS HALL of FAME & died in HONEY CREEK IN 1956.

FRANK ROTH was a Burlington resident & he played for the NEW YORK YANKEES. Mr. ROTH died APRIL 6, 1955, at the age of 76 years, at his home at 644 CHESTNUT ST. Mr. ROTH played, coached & scouted professional baseball for more than 31 years. He joined the WHITE SOX in 1906 & helped them to win 2 pennants. In 1909 he went to CINCINNATI for 3 years. He then went to the YANKEES & became its first pitching coach. As a youth MR. ROTH spent his summers with his uncle & aunt Mr. & Mrs. FRANK BELLER, a well known police chief of Burlington. He spent 40 years of his life in Burlington.

FRANK ROTH had a brother by the name of ROBERT "BRAGGO" ROTH. He played professional baseball for the WHITE SOX, YANKEES, and ATHLETICS. He came to BURLINGTON to make his home in 1918. He died in an automobile crash in Chicago at the age of 44.

The LITTLE LEAGUE program required all the profits from the BAR ‑ B ‑ Q but it was worth every penny.  There was an old saying back in 1959.  The ROTARIANS owned the city, the KIWANIANS ran the city, but the LIONS had the most fun.

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BURLINGTON GRAND FESTIVITIES FOR LITTLE LEAGUE
TOOK PLACE JUNE 16 1959.

First game was played JUNE 11th 1959 at WALLER SCHOOL. Mayor ROBERT BEIX threw out the first game ball to catcher BILL BOLLWAHN. Bill played with the STAG SHOP. (Picture dated JUNE 25th 1959 & AUG. 27 1959.)

Season schedule started JUNE 11th and ended AUGUST 11th.  Four diamonds were used:  WALLER WEST, WALLER EAST, ATHLETIC FIELD AND BURLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL.

The league consisted of 8 teams. Four in the FRANK ROTH and four in the GINGER BEAUMONT. Teams named (A) BATTERY SERVICE (B) DONS CHEESE (C) QUALITY TANKERS (D) MONTGOMERY WARDS (E) GO‑GO BOYS (F) MIDLAND MITES (G) WHIZ KIDS (H) REINEMANS HDW. Special note UMPIRES ARE NEEDED.

KENOSHA COUNTY LITTLE LEAGUE: A boy named LOUIS GANDT played in league at NEW MUNSTER. Born with a defective right arm. Played left field, caught the ball with his left hand, put ball in right hand, tucked his glove under right arm and threw the ball with his left hand. Had a batting average of .448. A spectator made this statement. "IF THIS IS THE BOY‑  WHAT WILL THE MAN BE."  Dated JULY 9th 1959.

The 1959 B H S BASEBALL TEAM wins the SO. LAKES conference. DENNIS BOLL ‑ JERRY HINTZ ‑ DICK IMRIE - JIM BETTS ‑ JACK THATE ‑ DAVE KEOUGH ‑ RICK RUBACH ‑ BOB MEYER ‑ DAN HENTGES - JIM KUBATH ‑ DICK TAYLOR ‑ JIM ANDERSON ‑ RICK FABIAN ‑ RON GEBEL ‑ MICKY PISULA ‑ TOM OLSON ‑ KEN BUSCH ‑ JIM SKAGEN ‑ DICK PETERSON ‑ RON WERTH - JERRY KUMBA & DAN WEIS.  COACH: GLEN BRAUNSCHWEIG.

 

1960

 Members who planned the 1960 season are ROY McCONNELL ‑ BILL BILLMAN - FORREST DROSTER ‑ MURRAY DOW ‑ WILLARD AGNEW ‑ ELMER BAUMAN ‑ RUSS WEGGE  & VERN WOLF.

 JUNE 16TH 1960. WALLY GABRIEL threw out the first ball. JACK VOGELSANG was the LIONS PRESIDENT.

The 1960 WARDS team is the first team to go undefeated and it then beat the LITTLE TANKERS in the first recognized city championship game. WARDS, the first recognized CITY CHAMPS TEAM, consisted of  TOM & JERRY MUENCH ‑ ED LUDWIG ‑ MIKE KELLY ‑ JERRY REAVIS ‑ JIM DOUGLAS ‑ DON RUBACH - TOM GROSSMAN ‑ STEVE SEKERES ‑ RICH BUCHOLTZ ‑ STEVE LaBELLE ‑ DOUG RUBACH AND PHIL STARDY. FORREST BUCHOLTZ was the mgr. of the WARDS team.

First BURLINGTON LITTLE LEAGUE fund raiser started in 1960. Sponsored by the DAIRY QUEEN. Tickets for ICE CREAM SUNDAES WERE SOLD.

1961

Aug. 3rd 1961. ANDREW EISENBART, manager of DONS CHEESE, spoke about playing VS. winning. Each team had 15 players.

LITTLE LEAGUE opened JUNE 12 1961. One day late due to rain. RUSS WEGGE was the president of GINGER BEAUMONT & CARL RUBACH was the president of FRANK ROTH. Teams for the F. ROTH were WARDS ‑ STAG SHOP ‑ REINEMANS ‑ SENTRY ‑ KORKYS ‑ AND PETERS. G. BEAUMONT teams were DOWS A.C. - QUALITY TANKERS ‑ DONS CHEESE ‑ MIDLAND MITES ‑ WHIZ KIDS & GO‑GO BOYS.

All three diamonds at WALLER were being used.  JEFF SNYDER was the president of MINOR LEAGUE.

JUNE 12th ‑ JUNE 17th 1961 was LITTLE LEAGUE 22nd ANNIVERSARY. JOHN F. KENNEDY proclaimed these dates. Over 1 million uniformed LITTLE LEAGUERS will be in action throughout this week, in more than 4000 communities scattered thru 23 nations. MR KENNEDY STATED "LITTLE LEAGUE PROMOTES NOT ONLY PHYSICAL WELL‑BEING, BUT ALSO INSTILLS QUALITIES OF FAIRNESS, COOPERATION AND DISCIPLINE‑‑QUALITIES WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP." PETER McGOVERN was president of LITTLE LEAGUE headquarters in WILLIAMSPORT.

JULY 13 1961. JIM KERKMAN pitched a perfect game. He faced 18 batters and had 18 strike‑outs. REINEMANS won 8 to 0 over the KORKYS.

Letter received from JIM KERKMAN: JIM KERKMAN and his wife SHARON live in MADISON WISC. They have 3 children and JIM works for the I R S. In 1958 JIM had two very close friends NICK WAGNER & DAVE LUEBBERS.  Nick played for GROSSMANS and DAVE played for DONS LITTLE CHEESES. NICK took JIM to a game where BRUCE LOGAN (JOHNNY LOGAN'S SON) was playing a  game behind B H S. DON GIANNINI was a friend of JOHNNY LOGAN (who played for the MILWAUKEE BRAVES) & made the arrangements for BRUCE LOGAN to play. Every time that BRUCE LOGAN batted, NICK WAGNER struck him out. JIM talks about how the 4 coaches picked their players. He was only nine and was drafted by MR. ROTHERING as his second choice. Another pitcher JIM talks about is DICK BUCHOLTZ who played for the MONTGOMERY WARDS team. In 1960 JIM'S dad taught him the change ‑ up curve. JIM states he not only could strike out hitters but could make them look extremely silly. When JIM pitched to his father he taught him control. Any wild pitches JIM would have to chase them. JIM tells of the game where NICK WAGNER hit him with a pitched ball. JIM was laying on the ground and NICK was yelling at the umpire "HE DIDN'T TRY AND GET OUT OF THE WAY SO HE SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO GO TO FIRST BASE". Later in the year NICK gave JIM one of the best compliments he ever had in his whole life. NICK told JIM "YOU KNOW YOU'RE ALMOST AS GOOD AS I AM".    In 1961 JIM pitched a perfect game, he struck out 18 players.  In 1962 JIM met another good pitcher, his name was RICH KAYSER.  RICH was able to hit JIM'S fast ball and curve ball. Sentry had a pitcher by the name of MARK MULLIGAN. JIM said he could throw very hard. Another player PHIL UMNUS who was one of their better hitters. PHIL was a left handed batter, could not hit JIM'S pitching because he was a left handed pitcher. He kept throwing the ball at PHIL'S head and the ball would curve over the plate. 1962 BURLINGTON entered the MILWAUKEE tournament. JIM pitched and beat CUDAHY 4 ‑ 1. JIM talks about playing with the MERCHANTS. His manager was DAVID UMNUS. His last game at MUKWONAGO he went 5 for 5. He likes to remember that game above anything else.

JULY 21st - 23rd 1961. Burlington LITTLE LEAGUE played two teams from CUDAHY. The League season was completed after the tournament. 1961 Minor League program was 6 teams, a total 90 players. These words were spoken "Minor League has reached its maximum growth, both from a FINANCIAL and an ETHICAL point of view. It would cost to much to organize any more teams, you would build it up beyond its intended proportion. Today's program is Ideal, I hope it stays this way. (spoken by  ANDREW EISENBART.) Today there are over 200 in MINOR LEAGUE & 350 in T‑BALL. (1993)    Year of 1997 we have added SENIOR LEAGUE & total number of players is about 900 children.

1962

JUNE 13 1962. EUGENE SPITZER president of the school board, threw out the first game ball. JIM MAY AND WM. BRANEN were also on hand.

JUNE 21 1962. STEVE SPITZER pitches a 2 hitter for the ROCKETS; unfortunately one was a grand slammer by PAUL GREGERSON. Earl Lois was the winning pitcher.

JULY 5 1962.  STEVE SPITZER pitches another 2 hitter. This time he is the winning pitcher and STEVE HUELSKAMP is the loser.

1963

June 10th 1963. WENZEL (BUD) TAUSCHER, president of the ROTH division, threw out the first ball. JEFF SNYDER was president of the BEAUMONT DIVISION.  HENRY DOEDEN was the manager of the STAG SHOP. NICK WIEMER and HENRY ZIMMERMANN were on the team. ROBERT WOOD was the manager of the ROCKETS. DR. NEIL SCHAUB was the coach. PAUL DANIELS, JUDY PAVELSEK, BOB RUBACH, BILL WOOD, and TIM ROTHERING were on the team. The GO‑GO BOYS managed by MICK PISULA. Some of the team members were JOHN SPITZER ‑ KEN CHRISTENSEN - GARY CALIVA ‑ TIM EPPING ‑ BOB BRENTON ‑ HARVEY BEASTER ‑ JEFF CALIVA AND BRAD BAKER. (A year later he will be the boy that hits the longest ball at BRANEN FIELD, BILL WOOD was pitching for the Texaco stars as of 1989.)

 

SENTRY & MIDLAND MITES sold the greatest # of Ice Cream Sundae tickets to help sponsor LITTLE LEAGUE. Each player from the two teams received a free Banana Split.

1963 ‑  MR. ROBERT ROTH played basketball at ST. MARYS HIGH SCHOOL. He scored 40 points in one game. ROBERT attended MARQUETTE LAW SCHOOL. This record remained until 1978.   JOHN SMITH son of DR. HUGH SMITH scored 43 points at the WAYLAND ACADEMY.  In 1991 MATT SPELLMAN scored 42 points in a game played at BURLINGTON SAINT MARY'S.

1964

BOB BETZIG pitches a "NO HITTER" against the MIDLAND MITES. GO‑GO BOYS and MIDLAND are battling for the tournament. NICK WIEMER pitches a NO‑HITTER for the STAG SHOP. He beat the KORKYS 6‑0. SENTRY was the League Champions. STEVE PIETERS ‑ VERN OTTO ‑ TIM GABRIEL ‑ SCOTT HOFFMAN ‑ JIM ZAREK & LARRY FELL were the Dairy Queen winners. A total of over 4000 tickets were sold. VERN OTTO was the top ticket seller with 240. MIDLAND MITES win the LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP over SENTRY. BOB BETZIG was the winning pitcher. The loser was GREG HOFFMAN who relieved GARY WINKLER. GREG HOFFMAN had the only home run in the game. 500 HOT DOGS were served after the game.

BOB FELLER (former CLEVELAND INDIANS pitcher) visits Burlington DOG N SUDS JULY 29, 1964. Three points of interest for pitching were (a) THROW AT A TARGET  (b)WARM UP PROPERLY AND (c) KEEP THE ELBOW AWAY FROM THE BODY. He urged all LITTLE LEAGUERS not to smoke or drink. He stated the only ones who benefit from smoking & drinking are the persons who sell it.

                                    1965 - 1970     Has not been edited

1965

League started JUNE 10th. They will play a 10 game schedule this season. The season will end JULY 19th. JIM SHALLOCK pitches a NO HITTER for the KORKYS. One player for the PTRs (J. W. Peters team) reached first base on a error by the shortstop. He had 17 strike outs and threw out the other batter. GO-GO BOYS & TEXACO STARS are tied for first place.

A news article was written JULY 1st. Over 350,000 boys play LITTLE LEAGUE baseball. It shows them how to play fair--win humbly---lose joyfully and have fun with boys their own age. CARL E. STOTZ started LITTLE LEAGUE in 1939 in WILLIAMSPORT PA. No sport has grown so rapidly as LITTLE LEAGUE. In 1940 the second league started and by 1946 there were 12 LEAGUES. All in the WILLIAMSPORT area. In 1948 there were six states playing LITTLE LEAGUE BALL. In 1965 every state had LITTLE LEAGUE BALL & over 200 LEAGUES in Foreign Countries.

Some of the old rules: Players could be released for any reason by the manager. No GIRLS can play on a LITTLE LEAGUE team. All personnel must be above "REPROACH". No coach or Manager can be in the coaching box. No TOBACCO of any form is allowed. Only 2 twelve year olds may pitch in a week and no more than 6 innings for each pitcher. All these rules make up, and will continue to make up, LITTLE LEAGUE BASE BALL.

GO-GO BOYS and the TEXACO STARS are tied for 1st place. SENTRY is the ROTH LEAGUE CHAMPS. DAVE UMNUS is the manager. TEXACO STARS are BEAUMONT CHAMPS. TEXACO STARS defeat SENTRY 3-1 for the city championship. JEFF SCHAUB is the winning pitcher; he allowed 4 hits and struck out 9. He walked three.

SENTRY & GO-GO BOYS sell the most FUND RAISING TICKETS. Winning boys are PAT MASON - RON KRAMER - JIM ZAREK - DAVE HOFNER and BRAD BAKER. JIM MAY was the chairman. Prizes were 4 GLOVES AND 2 BATS.

1966

JUNE 1966 - National league SAVERS defeat the MIDLAND MITES. DENNIS MOLE was the winning pitcher and BERNIE BREVER was the losing pitcher. Score was 10-9. TEXACO STARS beat the WHIZ KIDS 11-4. Winning pitcher was TIM EPPING and the losing pitcher was FRANK HOZESKA. TIM EPPING had two (2) hits and PAUL DANIELS had a home run. TIGER ROTHERING batted in three (3) runs.

TEXACO STARS defeat the SAVERS 2-1. TIM ROTHERING AND BILL WOOD teamed up to strike out 12 SAVERS. TOM PELLA was the loser. PAT MASON got the only two hits for the SAVERS. BRAD BAKER batted in 7 runs for the GO-GO BOYS. A two run homer and a grand slam homer. CURT ROBERS was the winning pitcher.

JUNE 30 1966: DENNIS MOLE pitches a NO-HITTER against the GO-GO BOYS. He struck out 16 of 18 batters. NATIONAL BANK SAVERS whomped the MIDLAND MITES something fierce. It was so bad nobody reported the actual score. Only detail given was MARK RAUSCH hit a home run for the MITES.

The NATIONAL BANK SAVERS and the BUCKS are the team winners for selling the most DAIRY QUEEN tickets. Individual winners were PAT MASON (227) RICK LABADIE (182) AND PAUL ZAREK (106) tickets. The SUNDAE TICKET drive brings in about $600.00 to $700.00 for the LIONS CLUB. The sale works on a 50-50 proposition.

TEXACO STARS are the City Champs. BILL WOOD pitched a one hitter. MICKY OWENS will be guest speaker for the LIONS CLUB August 8th 1966.

1967

JUNE 1967: TEXACO STARS defeat the MIDLAND MITES. TOM UHEN was the winning pitcher. TIM EPPING and PETER DANIELS each got a base hit. RICK LaBADIE made his first appearance as a pitcher for the MIDLAND MITES. The TEXACO STARS are in first place.

JUNE 16th 1967: HERB GOLDSCHMIDT hit a triple for the BUCKS. The umpire for the game was PETE DeGRAVE.

RON ANTON was the player of the week for the BURLINGTON MERCHANTS. Ron discussed that when he was in sixth grade he tried out for a outfielder, but they didn't have a catcher and he volunteered. Ron stated that he has been catching ever since and it is great. Ron first started organized baseball in 1951. He tried out for the "ST. JOHN NEPOMUK TEAM." Ron stated the outfielders and infielders played catch but the pitchers could not practice because there were no catchers. One day Ron put on the tools of ignorance, since that day he has worn the catching gear through the PAROCHIAL LEAGUE - CADET LEAGUE - RACINE LIONS to the final CONNIE MACK GREAT LAKES REGIONAL tournament in FORT WAYNE INDIANA. Ron went to WHITEWATER where he played 4 years of football and 2 years of baseball. Ron talks about his memories - one hitters, 2 hitters and even NO hitters. His big thrill was picking off 4 runners at 2nd base in one game. He came within one out of catching a perfect game. Ron's IDOL in base ball was YOGI BERRA. Ron's nick name in his early years was "YOGI". Ron states the one thing that will stick in his mind is the players he played with or against. For without them and the tools of "IGNORANCE" he would never have had the enjoyable days of baseball.

JULY 13th 1967: The PTRs have to forfeit a game because TOM RACHEL pitched too many innings. The umpire of the game said it was OK for Tom to pitch, but FRANK POKRANDT of MILWAUKEE verified that the pitching rule had been violated.

The TEXACO STARS are the league champs for 1967. On July 17 1967 the PTRs defeat the TEXACO STARS for the city championship. The score was 9 - 5. TOM RACHEL hit a solo blast home run over the centerfield fence and the PTRs had won their first City championship. Winning pitcher was TOM RACHEL and the losing pitcher was TIM EPPING.

Milwaukee’s Beckum little league defeat the Beaumont all stars 7 - 6 in 10 innings. TOM CALIVA - ROBERS - ROTHERING and BILL TORHORST led the 12 hit attack for the BEAUMONT all stars.

1968

MAY 2 1968: Try outs are held. More than 350 registered. FRANK ROTH drafted 27 boys.

MAY 30th 1968: B H S honors RICH KAYSER as the most valuable player. His first years of baseball were played with Burlington Little League. GLEN BRAUNSCHWEIG said RICH KAYSER had four qualities: (1) quick hands (2) long ball hitter (3) good competitor and (4) he played for the team. Rich had a nickname "KAIZ". TOM NEAL a player on the team spoke "KAIZ IS ALWAYS HUSTLING. HE NEVER SLOWS DOWN. HE HAS THE BEST SPIRIT OF ANYBODY ON THE WHOLE TEAM." Kaiz played for PETERS in the little league. Positions he played were PITCHER - CATCHER - 3rd BASE and SHORTSTOP. In the Pony League he played for the COMPACTS. In the Colt League he played for the BRUINS. Kaiz played four years of high school ball and lettered twice. Before the game starts Kaiz is very serious, but after the game he is very relaxed and capable of telling jokes. Kaiz was motivated by his father. He had a good baseball background. His father was a coach and an umpire. His father made him want to play. Rich wrote a beautiful letter that he had pitched a one hitter in an all star game (a triple down the right field line). ROTH defeated the BEAUMONT all stars 7 - 3. JIM KERKMAN was the toughest pitcher in the league. Rich states that the day he beat JIM KERKMAN he felt that he won the world series. Rich discussed ST. CHARLES play ground playing ball with the SCHMALINGS - KAYSERS - BILL RYAN - BOB SCHILLER & many more. Evening games were often interrupted. Many times he was called off the field to serve "MOTHER OF PERPETUAL HELP" DEVOTIONS AT 7:30 p.m. RICH is now a coach in WILLOW SPRINGS, ILL. His son KENNY of 9 years is playing ball. RICH states "WHO SAYS LITTLE LEAGUE IS JUST FOR THE KIDS? IT’S FOR THE PROUD PARENTS AND THE INTERESTED FANS THAT GET WOUND UP IN THE FABRICS OF COMPETITION."

JUNE 6th 1968: MIDLAND MITES winless in 17 games, defeat the GO-GO BOYS 7-5. CRAIG HANCOCK hit a home run. Game of the week: WARDS defeat BURLINGTON SAVINGS AND LOAN (previously undefeated). The score was 9 - 4. PHIL HALEY and CLYDE STONE had solo blasts.

TOM UHEN played with the TEXACO STARS 1965 - 1968. They won the city championship in 1965 - 1966 - 1967. In 1971 he played in the BABE RUTH LEAGUE. and played with the all star team in MENASHA WISC. Tom played SAINT MARY'S varsity and AMERICAN LEGION baseball. TOM recalls a game with WISCONSIN LUTHERAN, a 17 inning ball game. Tom pitched the first 10 and ANDY EPPING pitched the last 7 innings. KEN CHRISTAIN of WISCONSIN LUTHERAN pitched all 17 innings. Ken was drafted by the CHICAGO CUBS. ST. MARYS lost 3 - 2. 1978: TOM graduated from UW - MADISON with a major in MATH and a minor in coaching. 1983: taught and coached at SAINT MARY'S HIGH SCHOOL. He coached varsity basketball 9 years and won the state championship in 1984. He has coached varsity baseball for 10 years. TOM has won 2 state championships. TOM has advanced SAINT MARY'S to the state tournament 7 of his 10 years, and has won 6 conference champion ships.

JUNE 20th 1968: GINGER BEAUMONT honored with a flag pole and marker. Located at Beaumont Park at the intersection Hwys. 75 and 20. Mr. BEAUMONT’S greatest day was JULY 22 1899. Playing for the PIRATES he batted 6 times, got 6 hits and scored 6 times. All six hits were in the infield. He was very fast.

JUNE 20th 1968: MARK PHELPS with the WHIZ KIDS pitches a no-hitter against the TEXACO STARS. It was a great defensive game. MAX HINTZ hit a long fly ball to centerfield. BOBBY DEGAN with his back to the fence caught the ball.

JULY 12th 1968: GREG HUELSCAMP hits a three run homer for the TEXACO STARS to defeat the GO-GO BOYS 9 - 7. GREG HUELSCAMP was the winning pitcher. MIKE GEERS hit a 2 run homer and WILLIE LaBADIE and TOM UHEN each had 3 hits. It was a must win for the TEXACO STARS.

1969

April 26th 1969: Sign up for the new JIM MAY LITTLE LEAGUE. Competition will start May 19th and 20th 1969. Players in the JIM MAY league will play 3 games before the draft. Managers will evaluate them. JOHN SEYMORE will head the BEAUMONT LEAGUE and RONALD SCHILLER the FRANK ROTH LEAGUE.

MAY 1969: Burlington Demons lose a 21 inning ball game, that lasted 5-1/2 hours. PAUL MANN and GREG HOFFMAN each had pitched 10 innings. HARVEY BEASTER was pitching the bottom of inning 21. A breaking curve ball got past BOB SCHOLER and rolled back to the back stop. The grass was deep and BOB could not find the ball and the winning run scored from second base. Coach BOB DOUGLAS said that when the runner arrived at third he noticed that the catcher could not find the ball and sent the runner in to score. STEVE MORRIS was the catcher for MUKWONAGO and he was the runner on second who scored the winning run. BOB KSOBIEK hit a 2 run home run in the 8th inning to tie the ball game. The final score was 3 - 2. The coach for B H S was GLENN BRAUNSCHWEIG and the coach for MUKWONAGO was BOB DOUGLAS. Team members for B H S were BOB SCHOLER - PAUL MANN - GREG HOFFMAN - HARVEY BEASTER - STEVE HUELSKAMP - BRAD BAKER - NICK WIEMER - GARY REAVIS & STEVE DeGRAVE.

WHIZ KIDS--JOHN KRISMER had two singles and a double in four trips to the plate. WHIZ KIDS defeated the GO-GO BOYS 12 - 9. PAUL ZAREK and ANDY EPPING were the pitchers. RICKY WOOD and WILLIE LaBADIE pitched the TEXACO STARS to a 10 -1 victory over the SAVERS. WOOD was the winning pitcher. CHUCK BAUMAN - MIKE GEERS - MAX HINTZ - BILL WOOD and BILL EPPING each had two hits.

June 8th - 15th 1969 was declared LITTLE LEAGUE WEEK by mayor LEONARD RAUEN. The proclamation stated over two million boys are involved in Little League.

JUNE 12th 1969: The TEXACO STARS are in a unbeatable trend. No team in the League has enough power to scare the well trained group. BILL WOOD pitches a no-hitter against the HI-LITER. There were no hits and no errors. The score was 10 - 1. HI-LITER scored on walks. BILL WOOD hit a home run. The TEXACO STARS beat the MIDLAND MITES 7 - 6. The score was tied top of the sixth. CHUCK BAUMAN hit a home run. CHUCK BAUMAN was also the winning pitcher. CHUCK BAUMAN had 3 hits, MAX HINTZ and MIKE GEERS each had 2 hits. There were some spectacular catches by the center fielder DAVID GANDER that helped the STARS to another victory. More big names in the Little League news were PAUL ZAREK - BOB DEGAN - BOB FRIEND - DAVID ALBRECHT - PAUL HAMMILLER - KEN POEPPING - TIM TENHAGEN - TOM FELL - GREG PETERSON - TOM SEYMORE - JERRY AGNEW - SCOTT HULSE - DOUG KRAUSE - MIKE ROBERS - ANDY EPPING - TIM SMITH - WILLIE LaBADIE.

JULY 1969: TEXACO STARS go undefeated 15 wins and zero losses. This is the first time this has been accomplished in the GINGER BEAUMONT or the FRANK ROTH league. ROTH and GINGER BEAUMONT all stars tie at 6-6. Game was called because of darkness. Continuing the game at a later date, CHUCK BAUMAN hit a 2 run homer for the GINGER BEAUMONT team but the ROTH All stars won the game. GINGER BEAUMONT all stars traveled to Milwaukee. SOUTH MILWAUKEE all stars won the game 7 - 6.

1970

MAY 28th 1970: BOB WOOD'S NESTLES MORSELS are 3 and 0 in the league standings. WILLIE LaBADIE - KEVIN UHEN - and DEAN HINTZ are having a great year for NESTLES. Other players in the League are JOHN HANSEN - TERRY GIEBEL - BOB HELD - BILL GENDRICK - PAT SWANSON - DEAN STURDEVANT - JOE HARJES - BILLY SMETANA - ALLAN WOODRUFF - TOM STRAUS - JOHN KUCKENBECKER and LARRY MAY.

JUNE 4 1970: WHIZ KIDS defeat the NESTLES MORSELS 3 - 1. It was the NESTLES team's first lost since 1968. DOUG WHEATON and ANDY EPPING turned in a great pitching performance for the WHIZ KIDS. WHIZ KIDS defeat the VAL-PRESS 5-2. DOUG KRAUSE pitched a outstanding game. DOUG KRAUSE struck out 3 gave up 5 hits and there were no walks. MIDLAND defeats the GO-GO BOYS 13-3. Winning pitcher was MIKE ROBERS. Sluggers for the game were JOHN BREUCKMAN - TIM SMITH. Losing pitcher was JEFF PILARSKI.

JUNE 4th 1970: The BUCKS are still undefeated. The BUCKS defeat WARDS 6-2. The BUCKS only got 4 hits, but too many walks and a few errors gave the BUCKS a victory. JOE HARJES was the losing pitcher. PAUL ROCKWELL hit a long home run.

JUNE 18th 1970: JERRY AGNEW playing for the SAVERS, pitches a NO-HITTER to defeat the NESTLES team 3-1. Two big hits in the game were by JERRY AGNEW and LARRY BOSWORTH. SENTRY defeats the TIGERS 10-6. LARRY MAY and STEVE JENSEN were the winning pitchers. BRUCE HEILIGENTHAL - STEVE JENSEN - BOB SCHULZ - JEFF RICHTER - SUBROD - TERRY BLOCK - and JOHN KUCHENBECKER were the big hitters for the game.

MAY 28th 1970: WILMOT high school defeats BHS 9 - 1. This was Wilmot's 9th win over BHS in the last 10 years. Losing pitcher was GREG HOFFMAN. Wilmot coach LOREN MILLER will be leaving the school to go into the insurance business. This win clinched their sixth consecutive southern lakes conference championship. Most Valuable BHS baseball player for 1970 was SCOTT HOFFMAN.

WILMOT High School wins the state championship. WILMOT tied the score with a squeeze play. Runner from first goes to second. In the run down the player from 3rd scored.

JUNE 25th 1970: BUCKS lead the ROTH LEAGUE 11 wins and zero losses. VAL PRESS leads the GINGER BEAUMONT LEAGUE 9 wins and 2 losses.

JULY 9th 1970: BUCKS have an undefeated season for the FRANK ROTH LEAGUE. Parents celebrate the victory with a party for HANK DOEDEN the manager after the game.

JULY 30th 1970: NORTHSHORE OF MILWAUKEE defeat the GINGER BEAUMONT 4-3. The game was played under the lights.

1971 

JUNE 3rd 1971: Sentry played its 4th game and is 4 & 0. PAUL EDMUNDSON and TOM ROBERTS were the pitchers. ROBERTS,  SIEHOFF, & SCHILZ were the big hitters. PAUL ROCKWELL  TONY KOHLER  provide a no‑hitter for WARDS. ROCKWELL & DENNIS BOYLE were the big hitters. BEAVER BRANDES gets two hits for the MORSELS. JIM FRIEND gets 3 hits for the HEADLINERS. PETE PETERSON for the WHIZ KIDS hits the first grand slam home run for the 1971 season. ANDY EPPING was the winning pitcher and ROB WOOD & RON RUBACH were the losing pitchers. 

DENNIS MOLE (BHS) pitches a no hit‑‑no run--one walk game for the Demons. MOLE was picked MVP. 

The game of the century. WARDS defeats SENTRY 3 ‑ 2 in extra innings.  PAUL ROCKWELL allowed his first hit to BOB SCHILZ after pitching 16 no‑hit innings.  TONY KOHLER was the winning pitcher.  In extra innings 2 walks and singles by JIM RUETER AND DENNIS BOYLE helped WARDS to win 3 ‑ 2. 

MORSELS defeat the SAVERS  in eighth inning. TODD CERWIN scored on a hit by JACK MUDGETT. This was his first hit for the season.  ROB WOOD & RON RUBACH were the winning pitchers. 

ANDY EPPING pitches a 2 hit shut out over the GO‑GO BOYS. GLEN RUBACH was the loser.

JUNE 22nd 1971: ANDY EPPING pitches a 3 hitter for the WHIZ KIDS. GREGG SCHILZ  ANDY EPPING & PETE PETERSON all had doubles.  ANDY had 12 strike outs. 

JUNE 23rd 1971: TIGERS upset SENTRY 11‑6. The TIGERS scored 8 runs in the 5th inning. JOHN LUDWIG & JIM SUBROD were the hurlers for SENTRY. 

JUNE 30th 1971: WARDS wins the ROTH TITLE by defeating SENTRY 7‑3. TONY KOHLER & PAUL ROCKWELL shared mound duties for WARDS and PAUL EDMUNDSON and TOM ROBERTS hurled for the SENTRY team. BOB O'NEILL hit the first home run of the season against the WARDS hurler. Hitters for WARDS were PAUL ROCKWELL  TONY KOHLER  TIM RUETER  SCOTT MARTIN  RON MEZICH  MARK KANE  STEVE RUETER & DAVID STURDEVANT.  SENTRY hitters were BILLY SMETANA  BOB O'NEILL & RALPH NEIL. PAUL ROCKWELL ended the season with .555 and DEAN STURDEVANT hit .486. WARDS team scored 232 runs for the season and all other opponents scored 90. 

 JULY 1971: MORSELS defeat the WHIZ KIDS for the championship. Score was 9‑8 in 7 innings. RON RUBACH hit a home run and KEVIN UHEN had a triple. GO‑GO BOYS defeat MIDLAND 6‑5 in 7 innings. JEFF SHONE hit in the final run. GLEN RUBACH was the winning pitcher.  GARY HIGGINS  CHRIS SEYMOUR  TERRY HARRIS & PAUL GODIN were the big hitters. TOM MASON  TIM RAUSCH & STEVE WEBER hit for the MIDLAND MITES. WARDS defeats NESTLES 2 ‑ 0. PAUL ROCKWELL had 16 strike outs and walked 3. As one fan put it "THAT BOY HAS THE LORD ON HIS SIDE TONIGHT."

ROTH LEAGUE ALL STARS defeat the GINGER BEAUMONT ALL STARS 10 ‑ 5. 

JULY 22nd 1971: GINGER BEAUMONT & FRANK ROTH are both defeated in SOUTH MILWAUKEE. GINGER BEAUMONT lost 1‑0 & FRANK ROTH lost 12‑2. 

RED OBERBRUNNER speaks to the LIONS CLUB."Today our ethical values and moral fibers are being tested. We don't need down‑town quarterbacks. These people just CRITICIZE our youth and have very little to offer." The difference in whether a person passes or fails in life is what he does with his leisure time, and that's where sports enter in. Athletes are more willing to give their lives for their country, for they have found the true reasons for WINNING, COMPETITION  & LOYALTY. There are five secrets that bring out the sand lot ball player into the big time: (a) SKILL (b) SPEED (c) STRENGTH (d) STAMINA & (e) SELF ‑ DISCIPLINE. 

 

1972 

MAY 15th 1972: WARDS win its 15th straight.  BOB BETZIG & SCOTT MARTIN were the winning pitchers. DAVE PHEIFER & GREG PIETERS pitched for the losing KORKYS. 

MAY 16 1972: SCOTT HULSE throws a 2 hitter against the MORSELS to win 3‑1. BUCKS beat the PURINA CHECKERS 2‑1. Winning pitchers were JEFF KOHOUT  SCOTTY GOLDSCHMIDT  & STEVE ASPINALL. 

DENNIS MOLE is the BHS #1 pitcher for 1972. 

MAY 17th 1972: After 15 games without a loss, WARDS was defeated by the BUCKS 13‑3. WARDS committed a ton of errors to help with the defeat. PURINA CHECKERS squeak by SENTRY 7‑6. SENTRY tied in the sixth but DAVE MILATZ & BLAIN SCHNEIDER were walked. A wild pitch advanced them one base. TOM ALDRICH blasted a base hit to right field allowing DAVE MILATZ to score. TOM ALDRICH was the winning pitcher. DOUG McCARTHY hits a home run for the KORKYS to defeat the TIGERS 9‑8.  GREG PIETERS was the winning pitcher.  Big hitters for both teams were TERRY KLUG  BOB HOZESKA  DOUG McCARTHY & JIM ROBERTS. 

JUNE 1972: SCOTT HOFFMAN is named most valuable freshman at the UNIVERSITY of WISCONSIN-RIVER FALLS. 

JUNE 7th 1972: RUSS MATTHES pitches the TIGERS to a 4‑3 victory over the BUCKS. JOHN LUDWIG hit a triple to score 2 runs. NESTLES down 5‑2 with 2 outs and 2 strikes on MORRIS BOYLE, who gets a base hit. Team mates became inspired and ended up winning 6‑5. TOM DAVIDSON hit a 3 run homer. 

JUNE 14th 1972: SCOTT HULSE  of the SAVERS defeats VAL PRESS 7‑6 in a wild game. RANDY GERARD hit a 4 run homer. Bat crackers for the game were STEVE KIRKOFF  JACK CALIVA  RANDY GRETEBACK  TOM WEGGE  MIKE HOCHMAN & SCOTT HULSE. TIGERS get their 2nd win defeating the KORKYS 11‑3. JIM SUBROD hit a two run homer. SENTRY dumps WARDS 14‑4. Big hitters were BILL SMETANA  KEN WHITTLE  BOB O'NEILL  JIM ROBERTS  MIKE SIEHOFF  JOE ROBERTS  JIM RUETER & SCOTT MARTIN. SENTRY'S next game with the CHECKERS will be for first place. FRANK ROTH allstars defeat the BEAUMONT allstars. 

1972: AMERICAN LEGION POST # 79, of BURLINGTON, sponsors AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL. 

Oct. 10th 1972: BILL BRANEN receives a letter of thanks from president MR. RICHARD NIXON. Mr. & Mrs. Branen also received gifts from the president. 

Burlington "KIDS FOR CANCER TOURNAMENT": Teams that competed were BURL. GINGER BEAUMONT ‑ FRANK ROTH ‑ WATERFORD GIANTS ‑ UNION GROVE - WHITNALL UTILITY TOOL ‑ JANESVILLE ‑ WEST ALLIS SOUTH WEST ‑ CUDAHY - ST. FRANCIS ‑ GENOA CITY BREWERS ‑ DELAVAN BORG LAKELAND. 

Names in the news: NATE TURNER ‑ JIM COWAN ‑ JASON WOLFE ‑ MIKE MARTIN ‑ MICHELLE TAYLOR ‑ JOHN JENSEN ‑ JEFF KLUG ‑ PETER BAILEY ‑ JAY GARDNER ‑ JOE KETTERHAGEN ‑ JOEL OAKWOOD ‑ DAVE WALTER ‑ CHRIS BAUMAN ‑ MIKE STEFFENS ‑ MIKE KRAMER - DAVE GILL ‑ SCOTT SOKERKA ‑ JEFF ZOELLER ‑ MIKE LIDER ‑ JEFF THOMSEN - SCOTT WILLAN ‑ DAVE DIRKSMEYER ‑ DAVE HANKHOUSE ‑ TOM HEETER ‑ TED NICHOLS - JOHN CERPINSKI ‑ JEFF WEIS ‑ JEFF THUEMMLER ‑ MIKE WALLACE & TODD MATTHES. 

The cancer tournament was started by RUSS MATTHES ‑ WM. SCHELLPFEFFER ‑ BOB CONNEY ‑ KEN GEERS ‑ LOYD THOMPSON ‑ BILL BRANEN & ROLLY BAUMAN. Purpose was to make money for the cancer research program. The program was very close to Burlington since one of the tournament founders had a son with cancer and later died at a very early age. The amount of time put into the program was very long, but every minute was well worth it. 

1973 

        APRIL 18th 1973: SAINT MARY'S high school #1 pitcher is left handed TIM EPPING.  TIM pitched a 1 hit shut out against Martin Lutheran. TOM UHEN pitching for ST MARY’S has a .400 batting average. Also TOM is pitching a .000 ERA.  These 2 pitchers have not allowed one earned run in 28 innings. RANDY KUHN & JOHN KRISMER named to the all tournament team. ST. MARY'S baseball team was the first team to qualify for a WISAA state tournament in any sport. Members of the team are JERRY AGNEW ‑ STEVE ROBERS - STEVE SMETANA ‑ KEVIN UHEN ‑ TIM MAY ‑ CARL STARDY ‑ JOHN KRISMER ‑ TIM EPPING ‑ RANDY KUHN ‑ TOM UHEN ‑ JOHN UHEN ‑ KEITH BAUMAN ‑ MIKE MEYER ‑ FRANK LANGLEY & BRUCE HEILIGENTHAL. Coach DAVE TANSKI. 


BOB BRANEN & TOM RACHEL are the only 2 senior players on the B H S baseball team. BOBBY BRANEN was a catcher and TOM RACHEL was a pitcher. 

BILL BRANEN donates the money to have 2 dugouts 23 feet long at BRANEN FIELD. 

JUNE 11th 1973: TIGERS defeat WARDS 4‑3. MIKE RIO hit a home run in the 6th inning.  Pitchers for the game were MIKE RIO  AARON JAMIR  DAVID WIENERS  TOM BOYLE  BOB BETZIG & STEVE RUETER. WHIZ KIDS defeat VAL PRESS 8‑6. KEN KERKHOFF & JOHN SMITH were the winning pitchers. JOHN SMITH had 3 hits. 

JUNE 2nd 1973: CHECKERS beat the KORKYS 13‑3. DAVE MILATZ got the win over JERRY RASMUSSEN. BLAINE SCHNEIDER had 4 hits and KEITH KOENEN & JIM ALDRICH had 2 hits each. MIKE RIO pitches the TIGERS into a showdown battle with the BUCKS. MIKE RIO also had a homer, he fanned 14 batters & walked only one. 

JULY 16th 1973: GINGER BEAUMONT all stars defeat FRANK ROTH all stars 10‑7. GINGER BEAUMONT all stars are DEAN ANDERSON  DALE BAUMEISTER  RANDY BECK  BRIAN GARRICK  MIKE KRISMER  PAT HEWITT  MARK SEYMOUR  JOHN SMITH  TOM STRAUS  DAVE VOGT  TOM VOSS & TOM WEGGE. FRANK ROTH all stars were JIM ROBERS  TIM THOMPSON  BOB HOZESKA   STEVE NEGA  BOB SMETANA  JIM ALDRICH  JEFF KOHOUT  JOE McCARTHY  BLAIN SCHNEIDER  BOB BETZIG  MIKE RIO  CHUCK HEILIGENTHAL  DAVE MILATZ & JIM KOENEN.

         JULY 18th 1973: FRANK ROTH all stars managed by RUSS MATTHES defeat WHITNALL 8‑2. MIKE RIO was the winning pitcher. He gave up 4 hits and had 8 strike outs.  JIM ALDRICH hit two home runs and JIM KOENEN hit one. 

JULY 20th 1973: LAKELAND defeats the ROTH LEAGUE 9‑0.  SOUTH MILWAUKEE defeats GINGER BEAUMONT 6‑1. BOB McCARTHY got the hit for GINGER BEAUMONT.  JEFF TINDALL pitched a master piece for the LAKELAND all stars. MARK SEYMOUR  MIKE KRISMER  JOHN SMITH & DAVID VOGT had the hits for the GINGER BEAUMONT all stars.

 

1974 

MARCH 4 1974: JIM SPIEGELHOFF is the president of both leagues. The school board has agreed to let the league use all 3 diamonds at WALLER school. 

SHARON MAMATH and TAMMY WOODRUFF wanted to play little league ball. President JIM SPIEGELHOFF had to say "no." The rules of little league do not allow girls to play as of this season and as of this date, May 8th 1974. There are court cases in the east hoping to change this rule. A comment was made that they were two of the better players in the try outs. JOE ARRIGO of MILWAUKEE spoke to the BURLINGTON LIONS CLUB. He stated that girls should not play little league baseball and that Little League is for fathers and sons. Little League started in 1939 by CARL STOLTZ. 

Names of the some of players for the 1974 season: GARY & GREG GERFEN ‑ KEVIN WEILER ‑ PAT KERKHOFF ‑ ROD GRETEBECK ‑ KEVIN BIRKY ‑ BRAD LOIS ‑ KEN KLINE ‑ DON GRASSKOPF ‑ JEFF MORROW ‑ MIKE KRISMER - SCOTT VONDRA ‑ LAIRD HINTZ ‑ KEITH KOENEN ‑ WAYNE FELL ‑ BOB REESMAN ‑ BUCK & RANDY SPIEGELHOFF ‑ STEVE RUETER ‑ MIKE ROLA ‑ CLIFF KOHLER ‑ JEFF BARTZ ‑ BILL McCOURT ‑ CRAIG BRAUNSCHWEIG ‑ TIM THOMPSON ‑ BOB RIGGS ‑ BILL BETZIG ‑ DOUG HOZESKA ‑ DAN STEFFENS ‑ SHARON MAMATH ‑ TAMMY WOODRUFF. 

SHARON MAMATH & TAMMY WOODRUFF were the first two girls to play little league baseball in BURLINGTON. After many years in the courts, the national little league organization finally allowed the girls to play little league baseball. The first years in little league were very difficult for some of the girls. Some managers, coaches, and parents would not accept them in the program. Soon after the courts allowed the girls to play, some managers attempted to change the rule by making it mandatory that all girls had to wear a CUP. Thank GOD there were no managers in BURLINGTON with this attitude. As of 1993 hundreds of girls have played in the program, learning the fundamentals and good sportsmanship of baseball. Their learning knowledge helped them when they changed over to playing soft ball, and later in life after graduating from high school. 

TAMMY WOODRUFF played with the MINIS and the MINIS won the league championship. SHARON MAMATH played with the MIDLAND MITES.  SHARON has taken over her father's business "MAMATH LOCK & KEY." She states that what she have learned in little league helped her through high school, serving in the army & now running her father's business. Sharon showed her determination in little league, and soon she was recognized by the boys and coaches for her ATHLETIC ABILITIES. Her coach recognized her and she soon became a starter and played her favorite position ‑ 1st BASE. Sharon said the experience in little league competition with the opposite sex taught her not to give up on herself or other people. Always keep trying knowing she would succeed the IDEA or the MISSION. Thank GOD the first girls to break into LITTLE LEAGUE proved that they could compete with boys sports. Many girls were misjudged, misused, and humiliated, but they hung in there and today (1993) the girls have broken into the sports at all levels. High schools now have accepted the girls sports program and we can watch some very talented ladies perform in the world of sports.

            JUNE 12 1974: TIGERS 6 and 3; MIDLAND 6 and 0. WHIZ KIDS defeat the MINIS 15 ‑ 14 for the overall championship. With the MINIS leading 14 ‑ 13 top of the sixth and two WHIZ KIDS on base, manager BILL BRANEN decided to walk KEN KERKHOFF who had 3 hits at this point of the game.  KEN KERKHOFF reached out and hit a wide pitch and hit the ball to a surprised second base man. The throw to the plate eluded the catcher and two runs scored. WHIZ KIDS win the game. 

BEAUMONT ALL STARS defeat the ROTH ALL‑ STARS 4 ‑ 1   DAVE KERKHOFF and GREG & GARY GERFEN pitched a great game.  ROTH only had 6 hits. BRAUNSCHWEIG & THOMPSON each had 2 hits. The three pitchers allowed no walks. ROTH and BEAUMONT ALL STARS are eliminated in the MILWAUKEE TOURNEY, 4 ‑ 2 & 6 ‑ 4, respectively. STEVE RUETER was the only ROTH player to get 2 hits. 

Special note: ED UHLENHAKE and JERRY HILL take top honors in Southern Lakes basketball. 1st trip to state. KEN KAISER receives honorable mention on the Wisconsin state university conference ALL‑CONFERENCE TEAM. 

1975 

MAY 14 1975: Little League off and running. Names in the headlines: SCOTT SCHELLPFEFFER - LARRY JANTE - CHRIS McCARTHY - TODD STONE - KEVIN KENNEALY - DAVE KERKHOFF - PHIL WHITE - GARY GERFEN - BOB KUHN - LAIRD HINTZ - NICKY COVELLI  &  BOB ERB. 

MAY 21 1975: Savers on top in BEAUMONT LEAGUE. MINIS, TIGERS, & BUCKS are in a 3-way tie for the ROTH LEAGUE. 

MAY 28 1975: SAVERS still undefeated. Big bats for the SAVERS are CHRIS CALIVA, KEVIN KENNEALY, & PAT KERKHOFF. 

JUNE 11, 1975: MINIS in first place in the ROTH LEAGUE; WHIZ KIDS in first place the BEAUMONT LEAGUE. MINIS avenge their only loss by beating the TIGERS 4 ‑ 1. The WHIZ KIDS smashed the SAVERS 11 ‑ 0 on 16 hits. 

JUNE 16 1975 & JUNE 18 1975: MINIS & WHIZ KIDS still on top. 

JUNE 23 1975: MINIS clinch the ROTH LEAGUE championship.  WHIZ KIDS are still in first place by one game. 

JUNE 25 1975: Pictures of all the little league players and the names of all players are recorded in the paper. 

JUNE 30 1975: MINIS & WHIZ KIDS to meet for the championship. Burlington was picked to host the district one southern region little league tournament.  Date 7‑12‑75.

JULY 9 1975: WHIZ KIDS defeat the MINIS 5 ‑ 0. WHIZ KIDS had 6 hits; the MINIS had 5 hits. 

JULY 14 1975: ROTH LEAGUE all stars defeat the BEAUMONT all stars 8 ‑ 6. ROTH all stars defeat GREENFIELD 6 ‑ 4. BEAUMONT all stars defeat NORTHEAST of Milwaukee 4 ‑ 0. 

JULY 16 1975: ROTH eliminated by CEDARBURG 6 ‑ 1. BEAUMONT defeated by GLENDALE 5 ‑ 3. A two run home‑run in the 8th inning spelled defeat.  GERFEN pitched all 8 innings allowing 8 hits and 5 runs. SCOTT HOLTZ from GLENDALE pitched all 8 innings allowing 6 hits and 3 runs.

JULY 16 1975: BRANEN FIELD concession stand was made ready for the tournaments of 1975. RUSS MATTHES, BOB COONEY, KEN GEERS, ROLLY BAUMAN, BILL SCHELLPFEFFER, & LLOYD THOMPSON worked on the stand.

BOB STRAUS of the WHIZ KIDS & BILL BRANEN of the MINIS each received their championship trophies. BILL BRANEN also received the JIM MAY MEMORIAL traveling trophy.

 

1976 

MAY 8 1976: Special little league dedication day at SUNSET PARK. A special game, the last place teams from 1975 will play 1 inning, then the fifth place teams in each league will play 1 inning and so on up the line. The first place teams will meet in a regular 6 inning game. 

MAYOR JOHN THATE threw out the game ball. The day is intended to give the community a get-acquainted day with LITTLE LEAGUE baseball. Commissioner was KEN GEERS. Opening day for little league, all 12 teams were assembled in the outfield at BRANEN FIELD and pictures were taken. 

After two weeks of playing, MINIS, BUCKS, WHIZ KIDS, & SAVERS are undefeated. 

BUCK SPIEGELHOFF pitches one of the finest LITTLE LEAGUE games in history. He struck out 18 of 19 batters. The 19th batter flew to right field and the fielder dropped the ball. MARY SARSFIELD'S 2 out single in the fifth ignited a 5 run SAVERS rally. 

ANDY EPPING from SAINT MARY'S just pitched his 3rd no hitter. He has struck out 49 batters in 29 innings. ANDY has not allowed any runs to score and only allowed 2 hits.

Special note:  SAINT MARY'S misses state championship by one run. There was a controversial play. A batter strikes out and the catcher from SAINT MARY'S drops the ball. The plate umpire called the batter out and took the ball. The batter ran to first and a runner scored from first. A base umpire overruled the plate umpire and the score was tied. Extra innings were required but SAINT MARY'S won the game 5 ‑ 2.

Special note: JERRY AGNEW all-conference athlete of the year 1976 - all-conference quarterback, all-conference basketball, and all-conference catcher. JERRY played with SAINT MARY'S HIGH SCHOOL.

JUNE 14 1976: WHIZ KIDS crush the SAVERS 17 ‑ 6. WHIZ KIDS are still undefeated.  

JUNE 14 1976: BUCK SPIEGELHOFF sets little league record of 41 straight strike outs. The old record was 15. The MILWAUKEE JOURNAL is checking that it might be a world record. MINIS & WHIZ KIDS are in first place. BOB "BUCK" SPIEFELHOFF behind spectacular pitching broke the WHIZ KIDS hold on the city championship. The score was the MINIS 4 and the WHIZ KIDS 1. BUCK had 15 strike outs and allowed only 5 hits. Before the game started HANK DOEDEN was honored with a plaque for 16 years of service to little league. This was HANK'S last year in the little league. 

JULY 21 1976:  GINGER BEAUMONT defeated in tournament play by LAKELAND 2 ‑ 0.  ROTH LEAGUE defeated 3‑ 2 by the WEST ALLIS ALL STARS. Players for the ROTH were TODD AND SHAWN COONEY - BOB SPIEGELHOFF - SCOTT AND SHAWN SCHELLPFEFFER - JOHN BARTZ - RANDY SPIEGELHOFF - JIM STEFFENS - RANDY PHEIFER - RUSTY JACKSON - MATT THOMPSON - SCOTT SMETANA - CURT ASPINALL & BILL McCOURT.

60 boys drafted in little league for 1977. 

JULY 28 1976:  BURLINGTON LIONS CLUB states that it started little league and will continue to sponsor no matter what the rumors or goals of other individuals might be. BILL BRANEN stated that we need a service club to back LITTLE LEAGUE. He also asked for donations to bring lights to BRANEN FIELD. Adding lights to BRANEN FIELD would be like adding another field. A donation of $3,000.00 was received. Three parts would make up, bringing lights to BRANEN FIELD: (a) PARK DEPT. (b) LIONS CLUB (c) INTERESTED CITIZENS. LIONS president RON SCHILLER stated that the LIONS CLUB had put many thousands of dollars into the program. This is the first year it showed a profit through cheese and sausage sales.  

HANK DOEDEN ends 16 years of little league coaching. He was one of the great coaches. 

JERRY AUGUSTINE & BILLY TRAVERS, both left handers of the MILWAUKEE BREWERS, come to BURLINGTON; they bring the TROPHY that BURLINGTON won for game attendance. 

1977 

MARCH 9 1977: SUNSET PARK will have lights installed. REWALD ELECTRIC CO. INC. had a very low bid of $18,000.00 plus a $50.00 electric co. service charge. The plan was originated by WILLIAM BRANEN. The CITY will pay for 1/2, the LIONS CLUB will pay 1/4, and interested PRIVATE CITIZENS will pay 1/4. BILL BRANEN will guarantee. Mr. BRANEN stated that the lights would be like adding another diamond. This would save the city the expense of building another diamond.

NOTE: Cost of installing lights for the new little league diamond is approximately $35,000.00. The fencing for the new diamonds is between $15,000.00 and $18,000.00. Note that the fencing cost is approximately the cost of installing lights at BRANEN FIELD.  

MAY 18 1977: LITTLE LEAGUE opens. End of first week MINIS - CHECKERS - SENTRY - CO‑OP - KOLMS & NESTLES in first place. After 4 weeks it's KOLMS and MINIS in first place. MINIS are on top of ROTH LEAGUE with 5 wins and no losses. RANDY SPIEGELHOFF allowed his first run to score. He is batting at .733.  Other names in the news are  TIM KOENEN - JERRY KINSEY - JOE KRIEN - SHAWN COONEY - JOE WEEKS - BILL FISHER - SCOTT DEATON - TODD MATTHES - DAVID HEILIGENTHAL - STEVE RAMCZYK - DEAN FRIEND - TODD LEPAK - JIM MILES - KEN CZARNY - DAN RABOINE - JAY SCHIESTLE - DAN SMITH - JIM TAYLOR  & TERRY WEIS.  KOLMS is on top of BEAUMONT LEAGUE with 5 wins and 1 loss. 

LIONS CLUB presents the first check of $1,545.00 toward the lights at BRANEN FIELD. Total cost will exceed more that $18,000.00. All money donated to the STANDARD PRESS will be matched dollar for dollar.
 

JUNE 13 1977: SUNSET PARK renamed BRANEN FIELD. MINIS & KORKYS play the first game under the lights. MINIS won 10 ‑ 4. All money donated to park will be matched by WILLIAM BRANEN. MINIS win fourth straight ROTH title. BILL BRANEN has won 8 championships in 14 years. MINIS have 2 players doing very well: ED KREIN .607 batting average. RANDY SPIEGELHOFF has fanned 73 batters in 36 innings. 

KORKYS nip the TIGERS 3 ‑ 2. DEAN FRIEND and KEITH SWANSON pitched for the TIGERS. KOLMS still leading the BEAUMONT LEAGUE. KOLMS wins the championship. 

 JULY 4 1977: GINGER BEAUMONT all stars defeat the ROTH all stars 5 - 4 on DANNY WOLF'S game winning homer. With 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th, he hit 3 run shot over the 12 foot screen in left center. GINGER BEAUMONT is defeated in the local tournament. RANDY SPIEGELHOFF pitches the ROTH LEAGUE all stars to a first game victory. RANDY struck out 8 and walked 2. The score was 3 ‑ 0. 

BURLINGTON ROTH wins the district play off over LAKELAND. Team members are TONY PHEIFER - BILL EPPING - ROBBIE FREDERICKS - SHAWN COONEY - RANDY SPIEGELHOFF - JOHN BARTZ - SHAWN SCHELLPFEFFER - JIM RASMUSSEN - JIM WEIDERT - BRAD RUMSEY - SCOTT GRENIER - RANDY PHEIFER - BOB LOIS - ED KRIEN & MIKE MILLER, honorary bat boy. BOB BRANEN, BILL SPIEGELHOFF & BOB RASMUSSEN were the coaches. NORTH WEST AMERICANS defeat the ROTH LEAGUE 16 ‑ 7.  

SPECIAL NOTES:

JULY 24 1977: SAINT MARY'S CHURCH BURNS.

NOV. 7 1977: BILL BRANEN awarded the "AMOS" award by the NATIONAL NEWS PAPER ASSOCIATION. BILL was also the first to be named "PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR" twice.

1978

Little League president KEN GEERS. BABE RUTH  baseball is getting ready to start. They are hoping for enough players to make up 5 teams. KIWANIS is providing most of the $$$ to operate the league. LITTLE LEAGUE umpire clinic is scheduled for APRIL 23 1978. Little league season will open MAY 15 1978.

The managers are PHIL STARDY, KORKYS ‑ RUSSELL MATTHEW, TIGERS ‑ HAND DOEDEN, BUCKS ‑ GERALD PLACKE, KORKYS ‑ BILL SCHELLPFEFFER, SENTRY ‑ BILL BRANEN, MINIS ‑ NICK COVELLI, NESTLE ‑ JOE SCHIESTLE, SAVERS ‑ JIM HOFER, MIDLAND CO‑OP ‑ BOB STRAUS, WHIZ KIDS ‑ MARK RICHARDSON, KOLMS ‑ JIM VOS, HOME IMPROVEMENT.

MAY 22 1978: KORKY'S AND BUCKS are on top in the ROTH league with 2 wins and 0 losses. NESTLES sits alone in the BEAUMONT LEAGUE with 2 wins and 0 losses. JEFF FABIAN ‑‑ MIKE ESSMAN ‑‑ CHRIS PAULSON ‑‑ BOBBY LOIS ‑‑ ED KRIEN ‑‑ KEITH SWANSON ‑‑ MIKE EUTENEIER ‑‑ SCOTT LAHODIK ‑‑ STEVE RAMCZYK ‑‑ JEFF ZOELLER ‑‑ TIM BOYLE ‑‑ PAT KRISMER ‑‑ MIKE FABIAN are some of the big sticks in the early season.

MINIS & BUCKS fight for first place. Game was tied in the sixth and suspended because of curfew rule. TONY PHEIFER ‑ KENT SILVERMAN were the two pitchers. BUCKS are leading the league 3 wins and 0 losses and NESTLES is leading their part of the league 4 wins and 0 losses.

JUNE 12 thru 17 will be NATIONAL LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL week. MINIS defeat the BUCKS to tie for second place. NESTLES is still in first place.

JUNE 19 1978: KORKYS are 8 wins and 1 loss; MINIS are 7 wins and 2 losses. NESTLES are 10 wins and 0 losses; WHIZ KIDS are 6 wins and 4 losses. MARK SCHOENBERG & JEFF COVELLI are the top pitchers for NESTLES.

JUNE 21 1978: ROTH LEAGUE: BUCKS ‑‑ KORKYS ‑‑ MINIS are in a 3-way tie at 8 wins and 2 losses. BEAUMONT LEAGUE: NESTLES is still 10 wins and 0 loss. TERRY GESZVAIN AND MIKE ISFERDING pitch the BUCKS to a 14 ‑ 2 victory over SENTRY.

JUNE 28 1978: NESTLES clinches BEAUMONT title. ROTH LEAGUE: MINIS & KORKYS remain tied. MINIS defeat the TIGERS. BOBBY LOIS turned in a good game of pitching. Bobby gave up 9 hits and he struck out 9 batters. Good defense kept the TIGERS from scoring.

JULY 3 1978: KOLMS defeats NESTLES. JIM MILES pitched a perfect 3 innings. JIM struck out 10 of 12 NESTLES batters. JEFF BARRY did well in his added pitching duties. League standings: KORKYS 11 wins and 2 losses; NESTLES are 13 wins and 1 loss.

JULY 12 1978: STEVE SPITZER pitching soft ball is hit on the cheek bone with a ricocheted ball off the rubber. After laying on the ground for some time, he stopped breathing. HANK ZIMMERMANN & JEFF ROLLIFSON rushed to his side and started CPR. Rescue squad arrived and transported to the hospital. Steve was placed in the intensive care unit. A few days later he was released.

BEAUMONT LEAGUE all stars are JEFF BOULDEN ‑ JEFF CAVELLI ‑ JAY MURPHY ‑ MARK SCHOENBERG ‑ JERRY WEIS ‑ GEOFF BARRY ‑ MARK BAUMAN - JIM MILES ‑ PAT KRISMER ‑ BRETT PAPE ‑ CHRIS ROTHERING ‑ JOE DIETZ - MARK HOFER ‑ TIM LICHT ‑ KEVIN GARDNER ‑ KEN BIENEMAN & DAN SMITH.

FRANK ROTH all stars are STEVE RAMCZYK ‑ MIKE ESSMAN ‑ MIKE ISFERDING ‑ KEITH LENTZ ‑ BOBBY LOIS ‑ TONY PHEIFER ‑ TERRY GESZVAIN ‑ JEFF FABIAN - TIM BOYLE ‑ TIM & SCOTT DEATON ‑ RANDY PELKY ‑ BRAD OTTER ‑ CHRIS PAULSON.

KORKYS defeat NESTLES for city championship 7 to 2. SWANSON was the winning pitcher; he allowed only one walk and struck out 5 batters.

BEAUMONT all stars league are defeated in the MILWAUKEE tournament. STEVE RAMCZYK hit a two run triple and scored on a throwing error to allow the FRANK ROTH a victory over the FRANKLIN ALLSTAR team 10 ‑ 7.

LAKELAND LEAGUE defeats the FRANK ROTH LEAGUE and advances to the GLENDALE site. CHRIS PAULSON got the only hit for the FRANK ROTH TEAM. LAKELAND pitcher ZEIHEN walked 4 and struck out 13 for the win.

Little league raised $ 8,000.00 through sales.

ED UHLENHAKE completes an outstanding collegiate basketball career at UW‑LaCROSSE. ED was named to the ALL‑WISCONSIN STATE conference first team & all DISTRICT team for the second straight year. ED had total of 1,025 rebounds & 1,699 career scoring points. ED also had a career field goal percentage of  57 percent. He was a member of the BHS state tournament team for the year 1975. 

 

1979 

Little league president is RICK REESMAN. 

MAY 12 1979: LITTLE LEAGUERS help with "CLEAN UP THE BURLINGTON AREA".

RANDY BECK pitches BHS to a 5 ‑ 0 victory over DELAVAN. Randy only allowed one hit. BHS beats UNION GROVE on a "BALK" call. KEVIN KENEALLY on third and the pitcher from UNION GROVE separated his hand and turned his shoulder toward first. It was the only run scored and BHS won the game 1 ‑ 0. 

Saint Mary's DAN STEFFENS pitches an upset victory over MARTIN LUTHERAN 8 ‑ 2. BOB SMETANA had 3 hits. DAN pitches a no‑hitter against WAYLAND ACADEMY. 

TIGERS & KORKYS lead the ROTH LEAGUE 2 wins and 0 losses. VOS IMPROVEMENT leads the BEAUMONT LEAGUE 3 wins and 0 losses. Players' names in the news are TODD MATTHES ‑ DAVID HEILGENTHAL ‑ ROSS JOHNSON ‑ CHRIS BAUMAN ‑ JEFF KLUG ‑ NATE TURNER ‑ SCOTT STEVENS ‑ CHRIS MARTIN ‑ JEFF MOEN ‑ JOE KRIEN ‑ TOM KERKHOFF ‑ PETER MADSEN ‑ DANNY SOLOFRA ‑ MIKE STEFFENS ‑ CHRIS WINKLER ‑ MIKE FABIAN ‑ CHRIS WEITHAUS ‑ BART GOBELI ‑ MARK WALLACE ‑ JODI ROBERS (pitched for the CO-OP) - JIM STARDY ‑ MIKE BIRD ‑ DAVE DIRKSMEYER ‑ JASON WOLFE ‑ JOHN FITZA  &  JOHN JENSEN. 

VOS IMPROVEMENT leads the BEAUMONT LEAGUE 5 wins & 0 losses. KORKYS leading the ROTH LEAGUE 5 wins and 0 losses. KOLMS defeats the WHIZ KIDS 18 to 13. The WHIZ KIDS had only 3 hits. SAVERS hand VOS IMPROVEMENT their first loss of the season. Score was 3 to 0. MIKE KUCKES tossed a one hitter. DAVE DIRKSMEYER & DOUG ACKIN got all the SAVERS hits. JIM STARDY got the only hit for VOS IMPROVEMENT. It was a DOUBLE. 

Over 1,000 people watch TROY PLASTIC win the SAINT MARY'S soft ball tournament. 

JUNE 6 1979: Reverend JIM BURD and Reverend DAVE BERGGREN umpire a double header at BRANEN FIELD. A spectator made this comment. "THESE UMPIRES MIGHT HAVE THEIR JUDGMENT QUESTIONED, BUT NOT THEIR HONESTY." 

ROTH LEAGUE: KORKYS 8 wins 0 losses. BEAUMONT: VOS IMPROVEMENT 6 wins & 1 loss. TONI BAILLES playing with the CHECKERS slides into third base and breaks her leg. Words of praise for the rescue squad were heard. 

JUNE 13 1979: KORKYS are 9 wins & 0 loss. VOS IMPROVEMENT 7 wins & 1 loss. KORKYS score one run in the bottom of the sixth to defeat the TIGERS 7 ‑ 6. 

JUNE 27 1979: DIANNE MYNATT starts girls soft ball. MARK DAHLSTROM made outstanding defensive play as a shortstop for the TIGERS. His batting abilities were a plus. TIGERS defeat SENTRY 4 ‑ 1 in play off. MARK DAHLSTROM & CHRIS BAUMAN only allowed SENTRY 1 hit & 1 run. JOEY DAHLSTROM pitches a 4 hitter to defeat the WHIZ KIDS 6 ‑ 3. TIGERS defeat SENTRY 10 ‑ 4. JOEY DAHLSTROM hits a triple for the TIGERS. 

RUSS MATHEWS manager of the TIGERS was the city champs. RUSS also received the JIM MAY memorial traveling trophy.

The KORKYS defeat VOS IMPROVEMENT 3 ‑ 2 for the BURLINGTON LITTLE LEAGUE CITY championship. KEITH SWANSON hurled a 2 hitter and struck out 16. KEITH SWANSON also got the only 2 hits for the KORKYS.  BILL BRANEN adds more fence to BRANEN FIELD. 

Burlington man WILL MANLEY scored the winning run for a _________ team in the 1962 LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES. Papers across the nation ran the photo, showing WILL MANLEY'S slide into home plate head first, just before the ball got there. WILL MANLEY had a .545 batting average for the tournament. He led all players in the 1962 tournament. The photo shows the catcher being run over at the plate. This was legal back in 1962. 

Three pieces of fencing at BRANEN FIELD cost $329.84. Added volunteers build score booth and storage area. Contractors JIM PRAILES & STEVE BRESKE donate their time with fellow working volunteers. ROBERT BROS. donates the lumber. Cancer tournament is being started. 

Grandfather of one of the LITTLE LEAGUERS never missed a game that his grandson played. He always positioned himself behind home plate. When his grandson pitched, if I called a pitch a ball he would start to grumble "WHAT WAS WRONG WITH THAT PITCH, RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE. ROLLY, you are missing a good ball game." When his grandson was batting and I would call a strike he would start to rave: "THAT PITCH WAS OUTSIDE, HOW COULD CALL IT A STRIKE?" At the end of the season, his grandson played in MILWAUKEE. Grandpa went along with the BEAUMONT ALL STARS. Unfortunately, they lost their first 2 games. Unaware he was back in BURLINGTON, I was getting ready to enter BRANEN FIELD DIAMOND. Out of nowhere came grandpa; he yelled "ROLLY, I went to MILWAUKEE and watched my grandson play his two games. YOU KNOW WHAT, ROLLY? THE UMPIRES IN MILWAUKEE ARE WORSE THAN YOU ARE." He sure made my day; I went out and worked my game. Boy did I have fun.

 

1980 - 1994      Unedited

1980 - unedited

BILL BRANEN attempts to get GINGER BEAUMONT into the Hall of Fame. Mr. BEAUMONT retired from baseball to HONEY CREEK and later BURLINGTON WISC. He passed away in 1956. Mr. BEAUMONT had a lifetime batting average of .311. This is better than CAREY'S .285, JAKE BECKLEY .279, BANCROFT'S .279, & JOE TINKER .263. BEAUMONT led the NATIONAL LEAGUE in hits four times. In a game against PHILADELPHIA in 1899, BEAUMONT had 6 infield hits in 6 times at bat - A tribute to his outstanding speed.

MAY 21 1980: LIONS donate $1,500.00. This is the last payment in their $6,000.00 pledge for lighting at BRANEN FIELD. July 10th will be the annual pop and hot dog night. LIONS CLUB sponsors this every year.

ROTH LEAGUE - TIGERS 4 wins & 0 losses. G. BEAUMONT - VOS IMP. 4 & 0. Some names of the players in the news JIM STARDY - JOE KETTERHAGEN - PETER WEIS - PAUL WEIS - CHRIS EDWARDSON - JEFF THUEMMLER - LOREN SOETENGA - DAVE ANSPAUGH - BRAIN BARRY - MIKE WALLACE - TOM HEETER - PETER BAILEY - JOEL OAKWOOD - MIKE LEIDER - DAVID GILL - DAVID WALTERS - MIKE STEFFENS - JOHN DEGEN - TONY CICERO - CHRIS BAUMAN & TODD MATTHES.

JUNE 7 1980: Fund raiser starts. T-ball - minor league & little league total 450. ROTH LEAGUE - TIGERS 6 wins 1 loss. G. BEAUMONT - VOS IMP. 6 & 1. KOLMS gave VOS IMPROVEMENT its first loss. JASON WOLF - BRIAN BARRY AND MICHELLE TAYLOR were the winning pitchers. MICHELLE TAYLOR had 3 hits.

Tiger pitcher TODD MATTHES allowed only two hits to defeat the KORKYS 8 TO 0. SENTRY defeats the CHECKERS in 7 innings 5 to 4. PETER BAILEY scored the winning run for the CHECKERS. TIGERS defeat KORKYS 13 to 0. TODD MATTHES & DAVE HEILIGENTHAL pitch a no hitter. VOS IMPROVEMENT defeat WHIZ KIDS 5-3. JIM STARDY & JOE KETTERHAGEN pitched for VOS and MIKE DAINS pitched well for the WHIZ KIDS. He only walked one batter.

TIGERS defeat VOS IMPROVEMENT 4 to 3 for the city championship. ROTH LEAGUE all stars defeat LAKELAND 3 to 0. PETE BAILEY pitched a no - hitter. WHITNALL DEFEATS the GINGER BEAUMONT LEAGUE all stars 7 to 5. ROTH all stars defeat SOUTH MILWAUKEE 2 to 1. TODD MATTHES allowed only 4 hits. FRANK ROTH all stars defeat the GINGER BEAUMONT all stars 10 - 9. Four walks and a single by MICHELLE TAYLOR and JOHN JENSEN created 6 runs for the BEAUMONT LEAGUE.

ROTH ALL STARS: CHRIS BAUMAN - MIKE STEFFENS - MIKE KRAMER - DAVE GILL - SCOTT SOKERKA - JEFF ZOELLER - MIKE LIDER. Managers were RUSS MATTHES, BILL SCHELLPFEFFER & WM BRANEN.

BEAUMONT ALL STARS: JEFF THOMPSON - SCOTT WILLAN - DAVE DIRKSMEYER - DAVE HANKHAUS - TOM HEETER - TED NICHOLS - JOHN CIRPINSKI - JEFF WEIS - JEFF THUEMMLER - MIKE WALLACE. Managers JIM VOS & JOE SCHIESTLE.

LIONS honor LITTLE LEAGUE - for many years LIONS budgeted $2,000.00 a year to run the program. Inflation and expansion of players cost kept rising and a fund raiser was required to run the program.

TIGER manager RUSS MATTHES received praise for - CITY CHAMPIONSHIP - ROTH LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP - ALL STAR CHAMPIONSHIP - CANCER TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP AND DISTRICT 1 & 6 CHAMPIONSHIP (district championship takes in 29 leagues). In his last year of coaching he has won 38 games and lost only 3. RUSS MATTHES also received the JIM MAY TRAVELING TROPHY. This will be RUSS MATTHES last year in BURLINGTON LITTLE LEAGUE PROGRAM.

City championship - TIGERS 4 VOS 3. Team members for the tigers: MIKE BAUMAN - MARK DAHLSTROM - TIM GEBHARDT - MARK PATE - DALE HUFF - CARL HILKER - JOHN MONELL - JOE HANSEN - ROSS JOHNSON - PAT MARTIN - CHRIS BAUMAN - BRIAN LEWIS - TODD MATTHES - DAN GILL - DAVE HEILIGENTHAL.

City championship all stars: FRANK ROTH 10 GINGER BEAUMONT 9

SOUTH MILWAUKEE - TIGERS 11 FELIX MANTILLA 4.

CANCER TOURNAMENT CHAMPION - TIGERS 3 JANESVILLE 2. DAVID HEILIGENTHAL pitched a one hitter, & struck out a total of 14 batters.

1973 TIGERS team batting average .314 MIKE RIO .489

1974 " " " " .277 DAVE LEE .353

1975 " " " " .231 DOUG HOZESKA .429

1976 " " " " .228 BARTZ .387

1977 " " " " .282 BARTZ .488

1978 " " " " .348 PHILLIPS .488

1979 " " " " .385 D. HEILIGENTHAL .673

1980 " " " " .338 D. HEILIGENTHAL .619

RUSS MATTHES had rule on his team. If a batter was called out on strikes, after the game he had to run a lap around the field. After one of his games, RUSS informed CHRIS BAUMAN that he had to run a lap because he had been called out on strikes. CHRIS explained to RUSS that ROLLY had called him out on the 2nd strike. RUSS told CHRIS that because he let ROLLY call him out with 2 strikes that he would have to run 2 laps.

Another game RUSS's son TODD was pitching; he was having problems. ROLLY was calling too many balls. RUSS finally came out of the dug out and yelled to me "HEY ROLLY, YOU KNOW I'M A LUTHERAN TOO."

RUSS MATTHES retires from the little league program in BURLINGTON after 10 years. He retired so that he could devote more time to his family. In 1982 RUSS MATTHES was voted to be the manager of the 1982 SENIOR LEAGUE ALL STAR team, to represent C. S. AMERICAN LITTLE LEAGUE. RUSS finished 4th among all the states 335 SEN. LEAGUE ALL STAR teams. His team was the first in 22 years to make it to the state tournament. ORANGE PARK the team that defeated RUSS by a score of 11 - 3 went on to win the tournament and become the state champions.

  

 

1981 - unedited

BHS  players:  WAYNE FELL - JOHN FISCHER - SHAWN COONEY - CHRIS McCARTHY - KEVIN KENNEALLY - FRANK GULLO - BOB SPIEGELHOFF - PAUL PHELPS - JACK RUBACH & JIM MILES.

SAINT MARYS: BILL RITZMAN - MORROW - STEFFENS - CZARNY - KEMPKIN - KOENEN - WOLKE - ALDRICH - BOBBY SARNOWSKI - R. WEIS - T. WEIS - STRAUS & B. WEIS.

ROTH LEAGUE: SENTRY 2 wins 0 loss. BEAUMONT LEAGUE: SAVERS & WHIZ KIDS are tied 2 wins & 0 losses. Names in the news are KYLE WEIS - MATT FARRA - JEFF FRENCH - DAN CHEREK - BOB HENNING - PAUL WEIS - DANNY GEORGE - BOBBY THATE - BILL McDONALD - PAUL & PETER WEIS - SCOTT DREW - PAUL BAUMAN - JIM INGEL - CHRIS WEITHAUS - RHONDA BAUMAN - JEFF SHIELDS - MARK DAHLSTROM & MIKE RANKER.

ROTH LEAGUE: SENTRY 5 wins & 0 loss. BEAUMONT LEAGUE: SAVERS 5 wins & 0 loss. The WEIS brothers came thru with big hits to give the SAVERS a 3 - 2 victory over the WHIZ KIDS. SENTRY defeats the TIGERS 6 to 1. STEVE OSTRENGA & TOM KERKHOFF allowed only 3 hits.

MAY 22nd 1981: New scoreboard at BRANEN FIELD. JOHN RUFFALO – RUSS WEGGE & BILL BRANEN were pictured with the new score board. JOHN RUFFALO represented PEPSI-COLA. RON KAHL volunteered to make a cover for the score board for off season protection. MIKE MILLER has been appointed official score board operator for the new score board at BRANEN FIELD.

ROTH LEAGUE: SENTRY 8 wins & 1 loss. BEAUMONT LEAGUE: SAVERS 9 wins & 0 losses.

JUNE 29 1981: ROTH LEAGUE: SENTRY AND TIGERS are tied at 9 wins and 3 losses. GINGER BEAUMONT: SAVERS are 11 wins and 0 losses. The TIGERS defeat SENTRY 2 to 1. TIGERS had 2 hits and SENTRY had 1 hit. JOHN DIETZ & CHRIS BAUMAN & DON CHRISKE were the star players.

Past records of the little league championship games 1965 - 1981. The ROTH LEAGUE has won 9 championships and the GINGER BEAUMONT has won 7 championships. 1974 WHIZ KIDS won all 15 games. -- 1977 MINIS won 13 of 15 games.

ROTH LEAGUE: SENTRY & TIGERS 10 wins & 3 losses. BEAUMONT LEAGUE: SAVERS 13 wins & 0 losses. SAVERS defeat NESTLES: CHRIS EDWARDSON recovers from an injury and slams out 4 hits and drives in 5 runs. PETER WEIS - BOBBY THATE & DAN GEORGE allowed only 4 hits. WHIZ KIDS win their 9th straight game. KEN SOMMERS AND PAUL BAUMAN pitched for the WHIZ KIDS. JIM PINGEL & SCOTT DREW had 2 hits for the WHIZ KIDS.

ROTH ALL STARS: TOM KERKHOFF - STEVE OSTRENGA - BRIAN ZOELLER - DON CHRISKE - MARK DAHLSTROM - CHRIS BAUMAN - DALE HUFF - KEVIN SCHMIDT - MIKE PATTERSON - JOHN DEGAN - JEFF KLUG - JEFF STARDY - DAVE GILL - SCOTT WEILER - MIKE RANKER - TONY CICERO - MIKE DAVID & TOM MORROW.

TIGERS & SENTRY finish season in dead tie. Play off game - the TIGERS defeat SENTRY 4 – 1. CHRIS BAUMAN & MARK DAHLSTROM allowed only 1 hit and had 4 strike outs. TIGERS defeat the SAVERS 4 – 0. CHRIS BAUMAN went the distance allowing the SAVERS only 1 hit. BAUMAN struck out 9 and allowed only 2 walks. CHRIS B. mowed down the first 10 batters before PETER WEIS got the first hit in the 4th inning. CHRIS BAUMAN also hit a triple. DRETTWAN came off the bench and hit a double and a single scoring 1 run and driving in another. DRETTWAN has now become the TIGERS hottest batter. He hit a double and CHRIS BAUMAN hit a double to score him.

LAKELAND & FRANKLIN defeat the BEAUMONT ALL STARS. WEST ALLIS defeats the ROTH LEAGUE ALL STARS 3 - 1. BRETT CUSHING threw a no-hitter. SOUTH MILWAUKEE defeats FRANK ROTH LEAGUE. DENNY HOKES beat ROTH ALL STARS with his arm and bat. He pitched a 4 hitter & scored 4 times.

AUG 19th 1981: There are approximately 500 youngsters in the LITTLE LEAGUE program.

  

 

1982 - unedited

APRIL 24th 1982: Try outs were held. 60 youths participated and 21 players were picked.

JEFF MORROW throws a no - hitter against RACINE LUTHERAN. Score SAINT MARYS 14 RACINE LUTHERAN 0. No runners reached base. JIM MILES is pitching well for B H S FRANK GULLO hits a triple against ELKHORN.

ROTH LEAGUE: KORKYS 2 wins & 0 losses. G. BEAUMONT: SAVERS 2 wins & 0 losses. KORKYS defeat the TIGERS 9 - 8. JOE SMETANA was the winning pitcher. BEN BIEDRZYCKI had a double. The MINIS defeat SENTRY 2 – 0. MINIS had only 2 hits, one was a double by COREY CHIRAFISI driving in 2 runs. JOHN DEGAN was the winning pitcher. TOM KERKHOFF had a triple for SENTRY.

SAINT MARYS all tournament pick were: BOB WEIS - JEFF MORROW - BILL MORROW - BILL McCOURT - GREG WEIS & BOB SARNOWSKI.

G. BEAUMONT LEAGUE: SAVERS 7 wins & 0 losses. ROTH LEAGUE: MINIS & SENTRY 5 wins & l loss. PAT TULLY & TOM KERKHOFF teamed up to throw a 1 hitter against the TIGERS. SENTRY won 7 - 2. KARL HILKER & DALE HUFF were the losing pitchers.

BEAUMONT LEAGUE: SAVERS 7 wins & 1 loss. ROTH LEAGUE: MINIS & SENTRY are tied at 7 wins & 1 loss each. SENTRY defeats the SAVERS 6 – 4. TOM KERKHOFF & PAT TULLY were the winning pitchers. They had 11 strike outs. The WEIS brothers were the losing pitchers. They allowed 4 walks 4 hits and had 10 strike outs.

ROTH LEAGUE: SENTRY 9 wins & 1 loss. G. BEAUMONT: SAVERS 9 wins & 1 loss. CHECKERS defeat the WHIZ KIDS 16 - 13. DOUG DUSSAULT and MONTE DANIELS each had 3 hits. JEFF STARDY a home run. SAVERS defeat the MINIS 6 – 3; PAUL WEIS the winning pitcher. BUCKS defeat NESTLES 5 - 4. BRIAN GILL, RANKER & BORCHARDS were the winning pitchers. WHIZ KIDS defeat MINIS 2 – 1. KEN SOMMERS & BRAD DURBIN limited the MINIS to three hits.

ROTH LEAGUE: SENTRY 11 wins & 1 loss. G. BEAUMONT: SAVERS 11 wins & 1 loss. SAVERS defeat TIGERS 5 – 3. PAUL WEIS scattered 7 hits and struck out 14 batters. DALE HUFF of the TIGERS had a double and single.

BILL SCHELLPHFEFFER - SENTRY defeats JOE SCHIESTLE - SAVERS to win the city championship. JOE SCHIESTLE wins the ALL STAR championship game.

G. BEAUMONT ALL STARS: PAUL & PETER WEIS - BILL McDONALD - BOBBY THATE - KEITH MEHRING - DUANE CHERICK - TODD PAULY - TOBY WEIDNER - PAUL BAUMAN - KEN SOMMERS - SCOTT DREW - MATT FARA - KYLE WEIS - DUSTY STRELOW - LUKE SHERMAN & STEVE ANSPAUGH.

ROTH L. ALL STARS: TOM KERKHOFF - BRIAN ZOELLER -MARK WETZLER - JAMIE DAUN - PAT TULLY - DALE HUFF - MIKE BAUMAN - KAD HILKER - MIKE RANKER - BRIAN PIECHOCKI - TONY CICERS - BEN BIEDRZYCKI - JOE SMETANA - JERRY COWAN - JOHN DEGAN & JEFF STARDY.

G. BEAUMONT LEAGUE: SAVERS 13 wins & 2 losses. FRANK ROTH LEAGUE: SENTRY 14 wins & 1 loss. The BEAUMONT all stars defeat the FRANK ROTH all stars 11 - 1. Seven errors for the ROTH L. spelled defeat. Both Burlington all star teams are defeated from the tournament. Both Burlington all star teams are defeated from the cancer tournament.

FRANK ROTH, a former MAJOR LEAGUER, spent much of his retirement in BURLINGTON. He died in 1955. Few people are aware that FRANK ROTH’S brother was another league player - "ROBERT FRANCIS ROTH." In his 8 years he had an admirable record. He was nicknamed "BRAGGO." He had a lifetime batting average of .284 and he stole 389 bases in his career. If it were not for BRAGGO, the BLACK SOX scandal might never have occurred. It seems that BRAGGO was traded to CLEVELAND in a 1917 deal. This sent SHOELESS JOE JACKSON to CHICAGO. JACKSON helped to throw the 1919 world series and he was kicked out of baseball by commissioner MOUNTAIN KENESAW LANDIS. BRAGGO has a mystery record of having hit 36 homers in one season. In the early days if a ball bounced over the fence, it was a home run, now it is a ground rule double. BRAGGO died SEPT. 17, 1936 in a car accident.

SENTRY wins its first two tournament games in MILWAUKEE. SENTRY defeats WHITNALL 13 - 1 & SAVERS defeat SOUTH MILWAUKEE 2 - 1.

 

  
START YEAR 1983 - Unedited

TOM UHEN starts to coach for SAINT MARY'S. SAINT MARY'S pitcher STEVE RAMCZYK defeats MARTIN LUTHERAN score was 14 - 2. He gave up 7 hits, walked 4 and struck out seven. He drove in 6 runs.

BURLINGTON CAMPING & EPPING BUICK OLDS. are new sponsor's.

BEAUMONT LEAGUE: CO-OP & SAVERS are 2 wins and 0 losses.
FRANK ROTH LEAGUE all six teams have 1 win and 1 loss.

B.H.S. TROY ANDERSON contributes his best performance against JEFFERSON 5-3. He allowed 3 hits and no walks.

BEAUMONT LEAGUE CO-OP & SAVERS are 3 wins & 1 loss.
FRANK ROTH LEAGUE KORKY'S & MINIS are 3 wins & 1 loss.

Names in the news are: CHAD IVERSON - MARCUS DONEGAN - KEVIN RUSK - JAKE ISAACSON - MIKE KETTERHAGEN - DENNIS REILLY - MARK AMBORN - DAN PRAILES - ERIC LOIS - JIM SULLIVAN - DAN BORCHARDT - MIKE KOENIG - MIKE WEIS - DAVID RATH - JEREMY VAN GUNTEN - PETER WEIS - RYAN GILL - SCOTT VOS - DUSTY VOS DARRIN CHEREK - JASON KAISER - TODD PERRY - MIKE MEINEN - RUSTY GRUBE - CORY CHIRAFISI - JIM WILHELMI - DAN HERDA - JOE DAHLSTROM - JEFF VIOL - MATT PETERSON - RICH CZARNY - TOM NELSON - TODD BAUMAN - MATT FARA.

BEAUMONT LEAGUE CO-OP 4 wins & 1 loss.
FRANK ROTH L. KORKYS & MINIS are 4 wins & 1 loss.

CO-OP defeat the CHECKERS & SENTRY defeats the SAVERS.

BEAUMONT LEAGUE CO-OP & SAVERS are 5 wins & 2 losses.
FRANK ROTH LEAGUE KORKEYS 6 wins & 1 loss.

KORKYS defeat the CO-OP 3 - 2. A great defensive game. JOE SMETANA & TODD LAMB pitched for the KORKYS. Each catcher threw out a pair of runners each. JIM WILHELMI hits his 5th home run for the minis. RUSTY GRUBE had 3 hits and DAUG DUSSAULT had 2 hits.

BEAUMONT LEAGUE SAVERS are 11 wins & 3 losses.
FRANK ROTH LEAGUE KORKYS are 11 wins & 2 losses.

PETER WEIS pitches a perfect five inning. He struck out 11 batters. He also hit a home run and 2 singles.

BEAUMONT LEAGUE SAVERS are 12 wins & 3 losses.
FRANK ROTH LEAGUE KORKYS are 12 wins & 2 losses.

BUCKS defeat the CHECKERS 6 - 4. JIM SULLIVAN pitched a 4 hit ball game. SULLIVAN also added a double & scored 3 runs. WHEELERS defeat the CO-OP 8 - 7. LANCE BERG pitched all 6 inning for the win. The wining run was scored in the bottom of the sixth. MATT FARA had 3 hits & DUSTY STRELOW had 2 hits. KYLE WEIS had a home run. JEREMY VON GUNTEN had 2 doubles and a single. PAUL PHILLPS had 2 hits, one was a double. CRAIG RECKNAGEL had 2 hits.

BEAUMONT ALLSTARS: PETER WEIS - BILL KRIEN - MIKE MEYERHOFER - JASON DAHL - EPPING - MATT FARA - KYLE WEIS - LANCE BERG - DUSTIN STRELOW - SCOTT VOS - DUSTY VOS - JEREMY VON GUNTEN - SHANNON REDMAN - TOY GULLO - STEVEN PETERSON - ANDREW JAEGER - CHAD ROSCOE & DAUG DUSSAULT.

ROTH ALL STARS: JOE SMETANA - DAN PRAILES - TODD LAMB - JOHN MOLUMBY - JIM WILHELMI - COREY CHIRAFISI - BRAD THIBEDEAU - MIKE KOENIG - PAT TULLY - SCOTT BEHNKE - CHAD IVERSON - DAN HERDA - JIM MILLER - JIM SULLIVAN - JOE LAHODIK - KEVIN KENDALL - DINIS REILLY & IVERSON.

BEAUMONT LEAGUE KORKYS are 13 wins & 3 losses.

ROTH LEAGUE SAVERS are 13 wins & 3 losses

SAVERS defeat the KORKYS 3-O. CURT EDWARDSON & PETER WEIS pitched the victory game. JEFF KETTERHAGEN & TOD LAMB pitched for the KORKYS. Since 1972 the ROTH LEAGUE has won 8 of the 17 city champion ships which began in 1965.

1972 CHECKERS - ROTH L.
1973 WHIZ KIDS - BEAUMONT L.
1974 WHIZ KIDS - BEAUMONT L.
1975 WHIZ KIDS - BEAUMONT L.
1976 MINIS - ROTH L.
1977 MINIS - ROTH L.
1978 KORKYS - ROTH L.
1979 KORKYS - ROTH L.
1980 TIGERS - ROTH L.
1981 TIGERS - ROTH L.
1982 SENTRY - ROTH L.
1983 SAVERS - BEAUMONT L.
1984 CO OP - BEAUMONT L.

SAVERS defeat the KORKYS 8 - 2 for the city champion ship. PETER WEIS was the winning pitcher. He gave up 4 hits and had 12 strike outs. His bat was also active, he had 2 singles and scored 2 runs. JOE SMETANA broke up PETER WEIS's perfect gave with a single in the 4th inning.

The FRANK ROTH ALL STARS defeat the BEAUMONT ALL STARS 9 - 4. JOE SMETANA struck out 5 batters in his 3 innings of pitching. Names in the news: COREY CHIRAFISI - SCOTT BEHNKE - BRAD THIBEDEAU - PAT TULLY & MILLER.

TOURNAMENT TIME: BEAUMONT ALL STARS lose to OAK CREEK 8 - 4.

ROTH LEAGUE ALL STARS lose SOUTH MILWAUKEE 6 - 3.

BEAUMONTS: PETER WEIS was pitching a no - hitter. He struck out 7 of the first 9 batters. OAK CREEK got 5 runs in the fifth. KEN KOSKE hit a grand slam home run. ROTH LEAGUE: CORY CHIRAFISI was the losing pitcher.

The ROTH L. had 3 errors and several base running miscues.

SHAWN COONEY accepts an athletic award from WALDORF COLLEGE, FOREST CITY IOWA. Coach MARK DYKEMA stated " SHAWN IS ONE OF THE FINEST ATHLETICS I'VE RECRUITED".

BEAUMONT loses 2nd game to GREENFIELD 3 - 0.

The ROTH L. still is alive they defeat OAK CREEK 4 - 2 & WEST ALLIS 3 - 1. TODD LAMB pitched 6 innings allowing 4 hits, walked 2 and had 10 strike outs. DAN PRAILES led the ROTH LEAGUE with a single and a double. COREY CHIRAFISI was the wining pitcher in the WEST ALLIS game.

FRANK ROTH LEAGUE loses to SOUTH MILWAUKEE 3 - 2. (second game) SOUTH MILWAUKEE beat FRANK ROTH L. the first game 6 - 3. SOUTH MILWAUKEE pitcher RON REED hit a 2 run homer of JOE SMETANS in the firs inning. Third run wasadded in the 4th inning. ROTH LEAGUE rallied with two runs in there bottom of the sixth inning, but the third player died at third base. JOE SMETANA allowed 10 hits 1 walk & 4 strike outs. RON REED allowed 7 hits, no walks and had 10 strike outs.

WEDS. AUG 10th 1983: Article who's the MASKED MAN??? ? ? ? ? ROLLY BAUMAN. Thank you SIOBHAN GIROLAMO.

Burlington is getting ready to have another cancer tournament.

LEGION: The legion old timers almost defeated the present AMERICAN legion base ball team. Score was 12 - 11 over the old timers. The game lasted 10 innings. The alumni out hit the younger foes 14 - 12. DENNIS BUSCH and RED OBERBRUNER coached the old timers and DICK EMRIE and BOB COONEY coached the legion team.

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START YEAR 1984 - unedited

WILMOTS BASKETBALL team defeats BALDERS 67 - 54 to win the state CHAMPIONSHIP. WILMOT is the first league team to win a state title in 5 years.

LIONS CLUB has sponsored LITTLE LEAGUE for 25 years. Money from the JULY CHICKEN BARBECUE is still required to help with little league expense.

RUSS WEGGE who helped create the minor league, tossed out the ball for a special anniversary game.

A letter from a concerned parent regarding - NEW EQUIPMENT - PICKING 16 for all star team and only keeping 14. Why have 14 players if only 9 get to play. Discussed editorial on extending the season. It would give all players more opportunity to play, and aid the parents with vocation schedule. It would also aid in playing time for tournaments.

BEAUMONT LEAGUE CO - OP AND WHEELERS 2 wins & 0 losses.

ROTH LEAGUE KORKYS & MINIS 2 wins & 0 losses.

Names in the news: JEREMY VON GUNTEN - TONY GULLO - JOSH MUELLER - GLENN HUELSKAMP - BRAD DUSSAULT - JIM ALBRECHT - SCOTT WEIS - MATT SPELLMAN -

RANDY STRELOW - JASON RATEIKE - BRETT GEERDTS - TIM HEETER - RYAN ZAHN - DUSTY VOS - DARREN CHEREK --TODD TERRY - KURT IDE - CURT EDWARDSON - RYAN

GILL - MARK CAMPBELL - TODD UHLENHAKE - ERIC LOIS - JOHN MOLUMBY - ADAM YOPP - RICK KAFAR - TIM FITZPATRICK - KEVIN TESS - MIKE KOENIG - ROB McGRATH - JOHN DELIK - JESS KOENIG - BRETT EKES - & - SCOTT YAMBOR.

ROTH LEAGUE MINIS 5 wins & 0 loss.

BEAUMONT LEAGUE CO-OP 4 wins & 0 losses.

TIGERS defeat the SAVERS: 6 - 0 DAN HERDA & JOE DAHLSTROM pitched a no hitter for the TIGERS. MIKE MEINEN pitches a 2 hitter for the WHIZ KIDS to defeat SENTRY 3 - 0. DONN JOHNSON had two hits for the WHIZ KIDS.

B. H. S. news PAULA FISCHER helps with her pitching to make it possible for the BURLINGTON SOFTBALL team to go to the state tournament.

BEAUMONT LEAGUE CO-OP has 8 wins & 0 losses.
ROTH LEAGUE MINIS has 7 wins & 1 loss.

CO-OP defeats SENTRY 6 - 2. JEREMY VON GUNTEN & TONY GULLO allowed 2 hits and struck out 11 batters. MARCUS SCHUCH had a single and 2 R. B. I. s.

SHANNON REDMAN had a home run for CO-OP. KORKYS give the CO-OP team there first loss. The score was 9 - 8. ROLIE SANTOS & TONY GULLO had home runs. JEREMY VON GUNTEN a triple & PAUL PHILLIPS a double.

BEAUMONT LEAGUE: CO-OP 9 wins & 1 loss.
ROTH LEAGUE: KORKYS & MINIS 8 wins & 2 losses.

TIGERS defeat the MINIS for there 2nd loss. The score was 3 - 1. The game lasted 7 innings. JOE DAHLSTROM had the win and COREY CHIRAFISI had the loss. It was a pitchers duel game all the way. The CO-OP team clinches there first little league title in 20 years.

BEAUMONT LEAGUE: CO-OP 11 wins & 2 losses.
ROTH LEAGUE: CHECKERS-KORKYS-MINIS are in a 3 way tie. 10 wins & 3 losses.

The CHECKERS created the 3 way tie defeating the first place KORKYS team by a score of 3 - 2. BRETT EKES was the winning pitcher. MINIS defeat the KORKYS 7 - 3. This knocks the KORKYS out of a 3 way tie for first place.

JULY 9th 1984. COREY CHIRAFISI age 12 sets a new record for number of strike outs in one season. COREY CHIRAFISI fanned 117 batters during the 16 game season. BOB "BUCK" SPIEGELHOFF previously held the record with 115 strike outs. BUCKY set the record in 1976. SPECIAL NOTE in 1976 the league only play'd 15 games. Both pitchers play'd for the MINIS. BUCKY at age 12 led his team to a city title with a .630 batting average. He also had a pitching record of 8 wins and 0 losses. BUCKY in one game struck out all 18 batters and once fanned 41 in a row for his total of 115 strike outs in 45 innings.

 The final standing for the 1984 season.

BEAUMONT LEAGUE: CO-OP 13 wins & 3 losses.
ROTH LEAGUE CHECKERS 13 wins & 3 losses.

CO-OP defeats the CHECKERS 10 - 3 for the city champion ship. TONY GULLO and JEREMY VON GUNTEN pitched a near flawless game. TONY GULLO worked 4 innings allowing 2 hits & striking out 11. The 3 runs scored were all unearned. VON GUNTEN fanned 5 of the six batters he faced.

ROTH LEAGUE defeats FRANKLIN 6 - 4 at SOUTH MILWAUKEE. CORY CHIRAFISI was the ROTH pitcher. FRANKLIN play's very poor defense and committed costly errors.

OAK CREEK defeats the BEAUMONT ALL STARS 10 - 8. TONY GULLO was the pitcher for the BEAUMONT TEAM. JEREMY VON GUNTEN had a home run for the BEAUMONT TEAM. MIKE MEYERHOFER had a double with the bases loaded.

ROTH LEAGUE defeats WEST ALLIS 1 - 0. The win occured because of 2 double plays, a bunt hit, a sacrifice, a wild pitch, a walk and a hit and run play. The only run scored in the 6th inning when COREY CHIRAFISI laid down a perfect bunt, took 2nd on a sacrifice by DAN HERDA. COREY then went to third on a wild pitch. SANTOS hit a high chopper to second and COREY CHIRAFISI scored.

MILWAUKEE NATIONAL defeats ROTH ALL STARS 8 - 7. DAN HERDA was 3 for 4 including a double.

FRANK ROTH ALLSTARS defeat GREENFIELD NATIONAL 5 - 0. COREY CHIRAFISI pitched a 3 hitter and had 8 strike outs. MOLUMBY went 3 for 3 & SANTOS had 2 hits including a double.

GINGER BEAUMONT defeat LAKELAND 6 - 2. JEREMY VON GUNTEN pitched all six innings allowing 7 hits, 2 walks and striking out 7. TONY GULLO hit a 3 run homer. MIKE MEYERHOFER had a single and 1 home run. BRETT GEERDTS was 3 for 3 at the plate.

SOUTH MILWAUKEE AMERICAN defeat the BEAUMONT ALLSTARS 1 - 0. JEREMY VON GUNTEN pitched a excellent game allowing 4 hits, walking 1 and striking out 8 batters. DUSTY VOS & CHAD DE GROOT got the only 2 hits.

SPECIAL NOTE: ROTH LEAGUE sets a record with 5 wins in the SOUTH MILWAUKEE TOURNAMENT.

ROTH LEAGUE defeats SOUTH MILWAUKEE NATIONAL 5 - 4 in a 11 inning ball game. NOTE: This was the second time these two teams met in this tournament. Hitters for the game were KEVIN KENDALL 2 hits COREY CHIRAFISI 3 hits-DAN HERDA 2 hits-ROLIE SANTOS 2 hits-JESSE KOENIG 2 hits - JOE DAHLSTROM 1 hit- & DAVID RATH 1 hit.

ROTH LEAGUE defeats the FELIX MANTILLA league 6 - 0. COREY CHIRAFISI allowed only 2 hits and had 9 strike outs. Big hitters for the BEAUMONT LEAGUE are MIKE MEYERHOFER .750 BRETT GEERDTS .714 TONY GULLO .417 & JERMEY VON GUNTEN .400.

ROTH LEAGUE defeats the SOUTH MILWAUKEE NATIONAL 4 - 1. Note: This is the third time these teams met in this tournament. ROLLIE SANTOS hit a grand slam homer in the sixth inning. COREY CHIRAFISI pitched another good game, he has only allowed 1 run in the last 3 games he pitched. ROTH LEAGUE will now go to STURGEON BAY and they will play the GRAFTON ALL STARS.

GRAFTON ALLSTARS defeat the ROTH LEAGUE ALLSTARS 5 - 2. COREY CHIRAFISI had a shaky first inning, but breezed along the rest of the game with no problems. Big hitters for the game were COREY CHIRAFISI - DAN HERDA - DAVID RATH - & MIKE KOENIG. The RATH LEAGUE stayed in STURGEON BAY for 2 nights.

BURLINGTON LYONS CLUB paid all the expenses. The FRANK ROTH ALL STARS defeat the BEAUMONT ALL STARS 6 - 3. to be crowned the city champions.

Players honored were COREY CHIRAFISI - KEVIN KENDALL - JEREMY VON GUNTEN - ROLLIE SANTOS - DAN HERDA - MIKE MEYERHOFFER - SHANNON REDMAN - & TONY GULLO

ROTH LEAGUE has captured 14 title games and G. BEAUMONT 8 titles. The 25th anniversary celebrations were honored in early JULY.

1960 WARDS 9 LITTLE TANKERS 7
1961 SENTRY 6 LITTLE CHEESE 2
1962 PTR'S 3 GO GO BOYS 0
1963 NO GAME WAS PLAY'D
1964 CO-OP 7 SENTRY 4
1965 TEXACO STARS 3 SENTRY 1
1966 TEXACO STARS 9 CHECKERS 6
1967 PTR'S 9 TEXACO STARS 5
1968 QUALITY TANKERS 8 PTR'S 7
1969 TEXACO STARS 2 SENTRY 1
1970 BUCKS 4 VAL PRESS 3
1971 MINIS 2 NESTLES 0
1972 CHECKERS 5 WHIZ KIDS 2
1973 WHIZ KIDS 5 TIGERS 2
1974 WHIZ KIDS 15 MINIS 14
1975 WHIZ KIDS 5 MINIS 0
1976 MINIS 4 WHIZ KIDS 1
1977 MINIS 13 KOLMS 6
1978 KORKYS 7 NESTLES 2
1979 KORKYS 3 VOSS 2
1980 TIGERS 4 VOS 3
1981 TIGERS 4 SAVERS 0
1982 SENTRY 6 SAVERS 3
1983 SAVERS 8 KORKYS 2
1984 CO - OP 10 CHECKERS 3

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START 1985 - unedited

JIM STEFFENS tries to get BURLINGTON in the LAND O LAKES LEAGUE. It is the

4th time in 5 years that BURLINGTON has been turned away. JIM was very

frustrated and confused but he said that he was not done fighting yet.

FEBRUARY 18th 1985 WHITE OAKS burns a total loss. This was the

meeting place for the LIONS CLUB. LIONS will celebrate 25 years of little

league. There are 3 visible signs each season. (a) pop & hot dog night

(b) fund raiser (c) annual sports night. It has been a long and

successful association, one that should continue for many years to come.

May 6th 1985 LITTLE LEAGUE starts its 26th season.

BEAUMONT LEAGUE WHEELERS 3 WINS & 0 LOSSES.

FRANK ROTH LEAGUE TIGERS 3 WINS & 0 LOSSES.

Names of players in the news. BART BAUMEISTER - MITCH FARA - MATT SPELLMAN

BRAD DUSSAULT - JOE KRETSCHMER - JASON KRESKEN - CHAD MULLIKIN - JOHN JAEGER

TRACY GEERDTS - BRAD MILLER - DALE DE GROOT - FRANK SOLOFRA - A. J. HOFFMAN

JASON KAYSER - PAUL PHILLIPS - TODD TERRY - TIM GESZVAIN - DARREN CHEREK -

BRAIN BEHRENS - BRAIN SZEWCGYNSKI - JERMEY BARATZ - JAY SMITH - CHRIS

CHIROFISI - MATT BAKER - KEVIN TESS - JOEY CICERO - TIM AUSETH - RICKY KAFAR

GREG MEINEN - BRAYAN HARGES - KEVIN SCHMIDT - ARON DeGRAVE - DAN CHALLE

TOM LUST - ANDY SANTOS & DAVE DION.

JODI ROBERS makes state basket ball ALL - STAR team for SAINT MARY'S.

On a play at the plate a runner from AQUINAS HIGH SCHOOL knocks BOBBY

RITZMAN over at the plate. The game was being played in STEVENS POINT WISC.

during tournament game. BOBBY was injured and had to be transferred to a

hospital.

SHAWN COONEY & TOM FITZPATRICK play on the N J C A A world series team.

Both attend IOWA HILLS COLLEGE.

BEAUMONT LEAGUE WHEELERS & CAMPERS 3 wins 1 loss.

FRANK ROTH LEAGUE TIGERS 4 wins & 0 losses.

Close games for the week CHECKERS 6 BUCKS 5 + SAVERS 8 WHIZ KIDS 7

TIGERS 5 KORKYS 4 + MINIS 11 SENTRY 10.

BRAIN DEEPHAUSE hits a home - run and has two singles. VIC LONGORIA hits

a home - run a double and two singles. He is batting at a .800 average.

Best defensive play CHAD MIELCAREK threw out a CHECKER player trying to

score. CHAD MULLIKIN & BRAD DUSSAULT pitching and hitting. DAREN CHEREK

pitched 1 hitter and had 13 strike-outs. CLINT PETERSON tripled and had

2 singles. KEVIN GILL tripled and JIM HAUKE had a triple.

MAY 27th 1985 FRANK ROTH LEAGUE CHECKERS AND TIGERS 5 wins & 1 loss.

GINGER BEAUMONT LEAGUE CAMPERS & WHEELERS 5 wins & 1 loss.

BRAD DUSSAULT had a pair of doubles and a singl