Lortscher Shines In Region One Finals Preview
Lake City right hander Denny Lortscher impresses coach Dick Siebert with speed and a breaking curve as Austin Gillette in a pitching duel. Lortscher faces strong interest from major league scouts, though academic grades bar a college scholarship.
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University OF Minnesota
Lake City
Denny Lortscher
Austin
Winona
Lortscher
Paul Giel
Siebert
Tiger
Lanesboro
Packers
Dave Hartman
Hartman
Tim Schmitt
Mike House
Austin Packer
Sam House
Mike
Davies and Blocker Lead British Amateur Golf Action
Two Americans Dick Davies and Chris Blocker emerged as early surprises in the British Amateur Championship at St Andrews. Davies, defending champion from Pasadena, Calif., and Blocker, 23 from Jal NM now at an Italian missile base, led the fourth round match play field.
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Ariz
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Springdale
Ark
Ron Luceti
San Francisco
Boyd O'Donnell
Hollywood
Michael Lunt
England
John Wilson
Sikes
U.S
University of Arkansas
Hugh MacAnespie
Updegraff
George Dixon
O’donnell
Ronnie Shade
Luceti
Brian Anderson
Austin Set for Tigers Region Two baseball final
Fairmont defeated Lakefield 11-8 in a high scoring Region Two round with four home runs in the Fairmont Lakefield game. St James beat Slayton 8-2 as Austin hosts the Region Two final for a spot in the state tournament. Springfield and Ivanhoe reach Region Three finals. Springfield beat Montevideo 6-0 on Mike Davison’s one hit. Ivanhoe eliminated Glencoe 8-2. The Region One final features Austin at Lake City in Winona with pitchers Hartman and Lartscher both 9-0.
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Lakefield
Slayton
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Montevideo
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Ivanhoe
Glencoe
Winona
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Austin
Dave Hartman
Denny Lartscher
Tulsa pitcher suspended after strong season
Stu Mc Finnie of the University of Tulsa has been suspended, as announced by athletic director and football coach Glenn Mobbs. Mc Finnie aided Tulsa to a Missouri Valley Conference football title and a national passing crown last year.
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Okla
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University of Tulsa
Glenn Mobbs
Nash Calls For Meeting To Organize Austin Softball
Austin Softball Association president Gar Nash announced a Friday 8 30 p m meeting at Shaw Gym inviting Fast Pitch players and volunteers to help with the summer tournaments. Two exhibition games are slated this weekend with Jacks Bar of Owatonna vs Derby Bar of Austin Saturday at Northwest Park, 7 p m, and Sunday at 2 p m Rail Way Café women’s team of Austin vs Brownsdale Merchants.
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Twins Tame A's 4-0 Behind Roland and Homers
Jim Roland allowed only two hits in seven innings as the Twins blanked Kansas City 4-0. Rich Rollins and Bob Allison each homered, with Rollins going 3 for 4 and Killebrew aboard on the homer as Minnesota moved within one game of fourth place. Dailey pitched two innings in relief after Roland left with an arm issue. Angel Francisco? Wait, no. The Twins head to a three game set with the Angels as Lefty Jim Kaat is pegged to start Friday.
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Twins
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Bill Fischer
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Zoilo Versalles
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Dailey
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Angels
Lefty
Jim Kaat
Pratt to Bid in State Golf Match
Gary Pratt of Austin will compete in the annual State High School Golf tournament Friday at the University of Minnesota course. He earned a berth from Region One at Rochester Country Club after finishing fifth individually with 42 39 81. Pratt travels with coach Walt Lembke for a practice round before the 60-player field plays 36 holes in one day.
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Rich Fingarson
Pacelli
Don Carlson
Ray Anderson
Bill Combs
Combs
Shamrocks
Rich Crelly
Ed von Feldt
Rich Decker
Roger Wistreill
Gary Quednow
James Mentz
Carlson
Dave Lobb
Bill O’shaughnessy
Bruce Clennon
Brainerd
Midway Stadium
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Austin
University of Minnesota
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Rochester
James Huette
Lake City
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Albert Lea
John Walski
Winona
Brad Head
Steve Sands
Kenyon
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Dick Davies
Craig Plante
Jones
George Hallin
Minnetonka
Minneapolis
Walt Lembeke
Moose Lake Pitcher Ingram Signs With Tigers
Moose Lake pitcher Peter Ingram, 18, who went 39-6 in high school play, signed a pro contract with the Detroit Tigers. He will report to the Tigers farm club in Thomasville, Georgia, on Friday.
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Moose Lake
Rookie Catcher Don Cross Signed by Twins
The Minnesota Twins announced signing 18 year old catcher Don Cross from Jacksonville Florida. He will be assigned to Wytheville Virginia in the Appalachian League. Cross stands 6 feet 1 inch and weighs 190 pounds.
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Wytheville, Va
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Mantle Injured Foot in Yankee Victory Over Orioles
Mickey Mantle broke a bone in his left foot when his spike caught a fence, sidelining him for up to six weeks as the Yankees beat Baltimore 4-3 to regain the AL lead. He was hitting .310 with 11 homers and 26 RBIs before the injury.
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Line Scores and Scores from Baseball Games
Line scores show City 4 0 and Detroit 5 4 over Cleveland in a rainout of Boston vs Washington. Maris scored in the eighth on a play with Tom Tresh and Dick Brown, Ford won 7-3. Nicholson and Landis homered for White Sox. Angels beat Ray Herbert 5-3 as Albie Pearson had four hits. Cash homered to give Tigers the edge over Indians. Bunning won 4-5 with Grant 3-6.
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Yanks
Roger Maris
Tom Tresh
Oriole
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Brown
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Tresh
Whitey Ford
White Sox
Dave Nicholson
Jim Landis
John Buzhardt
Angels
Ray Herbert
Albie Pearson
Ken McBride
Norm Cash
Tigers
al Luplow
Indians
Jim Bunning
Jim Grant
Five Austin Track Stars to Bid in State Meet
Five members of coach John Saari s Austin track team will compete in the two day State Track and Field meet at the University of Minnesota. John Anker Dunsmore Stearns Ruzek and Nuzum will run in multiple events including the 120 yard hurdles 100 220 yard dashes and the 880 relay. The squad helped Austin place second to Rochester in Region One after winning District Two. Preliminaries begin Friday with finals Saturday afternoon.
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University of Minnesota
Packers
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Mike Ruzek
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Anker
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Northfield
Dave Nelson
Art Bailly
Larry Mathies
Albert Lea
Jerry Drevlow
Faribault
Pete Sandberg
Zumbrota
Gary Draheim
Waseca
Jim Reineke
Lonnie Nelson
Ken Loveland
Kasson-Manterville
Dave Hanson
Lake City
Dave Morris
John Ferden
Peterson
Edd Clark
Herb Hanson
Grand Meadow
Jim Ohnstad
Don Ryland
Bob Swenson
Aldorfer
Gibbs
Cubs Sweep Giants In Doubleheader To Tie For Second
The Chicago Cubs swept a two game set with the San Francisco Giants 9-5 and 5-4 to move into a tie with St Louis for second in the National League, one game behind the league leading Giants. Ernie Banks hit two homers as the Cubs used a late break when Chuck Hiller misplayed a popup. Smokey Burgess drove in the winning run for Pittsburgh in both wins over Cincinnati. Ray Culp tossed a three hitter for Philadelphia over the Cardinals. Milwaukee edged New York in ten innings and Los Angeles defeated Houston behind Koufax.
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Friend
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Historic baseball scores and late rallies across the league
First games saw Ken Hubbs and Brock each tally a hit for the Cubs while the Giants connected on homeruns from Harvey Kuenn Willie Mays and Willie McCovey. Culp the $100000 bonus pitcher for the Phillies limited the Cardinals to one early run before Boyer Altman and Javier closed out the game. Pirates win on Burgess clutch hit. Dodgers Koufax improves to 8-3 as Mets and Braves games feature late drama.
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Houston
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Wings Trade Howie Young to Chicago in NHL Draft Moves
Montreal AP report details the NHL three day meeting ending with seven players changing teams. Howie Young heads to Chicago in the completion of an earlier deal, joining Ron Ingram and Roger Crozier for Detroit, with others moving between Boston New York and Montreal as part of a mild draft session.
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Boston
Wayne Rivers
Detroit
Lefty's Bar Wins Fast Pitch Contest at Northwest Park
Lefty's Bar and the Merchants secured Fast Pitch wins in the City Softball League at Northwest Park. Lefty's edged Idle Hour Inn 3-2 with eight hits while the Merchants beat Mike's Bar 7-8 on an 11-hit attack. Tonight two Fast Pitch games: VFW vs Merchants at 7 p.m. and Moose vs Brown Derby at 8:30 p.m. Slow Pitch features Moose vs Combs Rusco at 7 p.m. and Jaycees vs Eagles at 8:30 p.m.
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Bruckbauer Shuts Down Packers in Twins Victory
Former big leaguer Fred Bruckbauer fired a four hitter for Mankato to beat Austin 5 1 at Key City Park. Ray Rosenbaum hit his second homer of the season for the Twins while Bud Getta also connected. Joel took the loss for Austin as Mankato won their second in a row and Austin dropped to 1 2 in the standings.
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Dukes Sweep Winnipeg With 8-1 Victory
Duluth-Superior defeated Winnipeg 8-1 on a wet field in the Northern League. Lefty Ken Magown pitched a six hitter to lift Duluth Superior to 22 wins in 31 games while Winnipeg sits at 9-17 in the standings. rain washed out Grand Forks at St. Cloud and Aberdeen at Bismarck-Mandan.
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