Angling feats and local sports notes fill weekend pages
Koec ks Corner highlights Hal Cuff fishing a 40 pound northern on Lake Brent in Ontario with Al Lehrke and Duane Puttman. The piece also covers Austin class reunion guest E Y Sangster, Twins pennant chase, Iceland based Air Force golfer Kenneth Crist, St Paul Open with Nicklaus and Snead, Albert Lea Colonels pitching additions, and a Park Rapids rock bass caper where a 62 pound northern swallowed a 1 pound bass.
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Eau Claire
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Sangster
Iowa City
Iowa
Elks Club
Albert Lea Colonels
Southern Minny
Colonels
Myron Hoffman
Albert Lea
Chuck Thorson
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Richard Duholm
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Douglas Setde
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Mets Edge Dodgers 1-0 as Cowan HR seals win
Joe Christopher opened the seventh with a bunt single to spoil a near no hitter by Al Jackson. Billy Cowan followed with his first homer of the season in the ninth to give the Mets a 1-0 victory over NL leading Dodgers. Houston beat Philadelphia 6-2 behind Lee Maye's two run triple.
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Billy Cowan
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Los Angeles Dodgers
Claude Osteen
Jim Bunning
Philadelphia Phillies
Christopher
Cincinnati
Jim Maloney
Johnny Lewis
Reds
Dodgers
Osteen
al Jackson
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Jim Gilliam
Wes Parker
Jim Lefebvre
Jeff Torborg
Parker
Lee Maye
Legion and Wonder Bar win fast pitch contests
The American Legion defeated the VFW 8-3 behind Roy Edstrom and Don Barnett’s one hit shutout led Wonder Bar past Idle Hour Inn 3-0. Duane Dahlback and Lyn McAlister had two hits for the Legion. Barnett allowed only a fourth inning single by Joe Majewski.
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Legion
Roy Edstrom
VFW
Don Barnett
Wonder Bar
Idle Hour Inn
Duane Dahlback
Lyn McAlister
Bill Hardy
Barnett
Joe Majewski
T. D. Anderson
Norm Heaton
Heuton
Ron McKay
Player wins U S Open in playoff and donates prize
Gary Player defeated Kel Nagle in an 18 hole playoff at Bellerive to claim the U S Open crown and donate 25 000 prize money to the USGA with 5 000 to Cancer Fund and 2 000 to his caddie. The victory makes Player the first foreigner in 45 years to win and joins Sarazen Hogan as a holder of all four major titles.
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St. Louis
Belerive Country Club
Gary Player
U.S. Golf Association
Arnold Palmer
PGA
Jack Nicklaus
USGA
Joe Dey
Frank Pagel
Player
Nagle
Bellerive Country Club
South Africa
Kel
Gary
Ralston Grateful as Rain Delays Wimbledon Test
Dennis Ralston, top American, returns to center court at Wimbledon with a bandaged thumb and optimism after rain spared him a tough clash with Ham Richardson. The match opened with 7-6 in favor of Ralston as he recovers from a thumb injury suffered at the London Championships. Other results included Mike Sangster shocking Frank Froehling in a five-set finale and Cliff Richey, Jim McManus, and Gardnar Mulloy advancing in various fashion.
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John Gale
Wimbledon
England
Dennis
the Thumb
Ralston
Ham_ Richardson
Richardson
Bakersfield
Calif
Dallas
Britain
Tony Pickard
Pickard
Australia
John Cooper
United States
Frank Froehling
Coral Gables
Fla
Fordtowners Win 3-2 in Nine Innings at Albert Lea
Fordtowners beat Albert Lea 3-2 in nine innings at Hayek Park to improve to 5-2-1. Barry Helland and Terry Barnett led with multiple hits as Helland drove in two runs and Keller stole second to score the decisive run in the ninth. ]]>
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Minn
Bob Bartholomew
Fordtowners
Hayek Park
Holly Ground
Barry Helland
Terry Barnett
Helland
Barnett
Austin
Tom Keller
Glenville
Marcusen Park
Iowa City Golfer Faces Champion in Collegiate Match
Iowa City golfer Rayleen Tipton, the Iowa women's amateur champion, advanced to Tuesday's matches in the Women's Collegiate golf tournament at Gainesville. Defending champion Patti Shook of Valparaiso University stood as her Tuesday opponent after Tipton shot 81 on Monday to reach the round of 16.
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Prayleen Tipton
Iowa City
Iowa
Patti Shook
Valparaiso University
Miss Tipton
Illinois State
Austin Legion Opens Southern Minnesota League Race at Rochester
Weather permitting Sam House leads the Austin Legion against Rochester Legion at Marcu sen Park. Game time is 6 30. Austin sits 6 3 and aims to improve after a 10 0 win over Owatonna and a 2 1 league mark for Rochester after a 5 3 win over Fairmont.
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Sam House
Austin Legion
Rochester Legion
Marcusen Park
Atlanta Wins NFL Franchise Expansion Vote in 1966
Atlanta was awarded the 15th NFL franchise for 1966 with a potential owner led by Rankin Smith Jr. The league will screen four or five applicants for the new club, which must secure a lease on an $18 million stadium. The AFL also granted a 1966 Atlanta franchise to Cox Broadcasting, but NFL supporters prevail. Rozelle plans a telephone vote after selecting a candidate, and the league expands to 16 teams in 1967 with a 15 week season and extra drafts for the Atlanta swing team.
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Atlanta
Rankin Smith Jr
Pete Rozelle
American Football League
Cox Broadcasting Corp
Stadium Authority
NFL
Arthur Montgomery
Georgia
Rozelle
Joe Foss
AFL
Milwaukee Braves
Atlanta Braves
Minnesota
Major League Leaders in the American and National Leagues
A summary of top leaders in batting runs batted in hits doubles triples home runs steals pitching and strikeouts across the American League and National League with standout figures for players like Davillo Horton Mantilla Campaneris Mays Mays Koufax and Gibson among others.
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Cleveland
Horton
Detroit
Mantilla
Boston
Cardenal
Los Angeles
Howard
Washington
Versailles
Minnesota
Ward
Chicago
Oliva
Campaneris
Kansas City
W. Smith
Versalles
Tresh
New York
Blasingame
Colavito
Fisher
Pascual
McDowell
Lolich
Eagles Roll Past Sheriffs 9-2 in Junior League Game
The Eagles improved to 4-1 with a 9-2 win over the Sheriffs at Galloway Pitt. Winning pitcher Steve Lenoch allowed three hits and struck out five with help from Rich Knutson in the seventh. Bruce Haug hit a homer for the Sheriffs who suffered their second straight loss.
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Sheriffs
Galloway Pitt
Steve Lenoch
Rich Knutson
Bruce Haug
Randy Rud
Patterson Knocks Out Blinn in Oslo Middleweight Bout
In Oslo Norway Ray Patterson from New York defeated Juergen Blinn of Germany by decision in a middleweight match. In West Jordan Utah Don Fullmer beat Gene Bryant in a 10 round middleweight contest.
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Norway
Ray Patterson
New York
Juergen Blinn
Germany
West Jordan
Utah
Don Fullmer
Gene Honey Bear Bryant
Two Southern Minnesota League Games On Tonight
The Southern Minnesota League schedules two games tonight weather permitting. Austin leads 3-0 but is idle while Albert Lea visits Rochester and Owatonna travels to Winona. Games start at 8 p.m. Albert Lea seeks to end a two game skid as Rochester sits at 1-2 after a 4-2 loss to Austin. Both Owatonna and Winona are 1-1.
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Austin
Albert Lea
Rochester
Owatonna
Winona
AFL weighs Philadelphia stadium debate over team rights
An AFL committee planned talks with Philadelphia officials on playing rights for a possible AFL team in the city’s proposed new stadium. The league had awarded Atlanta a franchise but halted expansion there to avoid NFL stadium conflicts. Commissioner Joe Foss said four other cities have proposals at 7.5 million dollars each.
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American Football League
AFL
Atlanta
National Football League
Joe Foss
Allen to Play in Cleveland Series as Twins Open Def
Bernie Allen returns from knee and conditioning setbacks to join the Twins lineup for a crucial three game set with the Indians. He is expected at second or third base while the Twins rely on infield flexibility as Rich Rollins and Jerry Kindall anchor the infield. The Twins beat Milwaukee 6 to 4 in an exhibition with Mack Jones and Gene Oliver homering for Atlanta and Bob Allison driving in a run for Minnesota.
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Tech
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Air Force Hdatrs. Co
Iceland
Crist
Air Force
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Reykjavik
Allen
Minnesota Twins
Cleveland Indians
Twins
Milwaukee
Atlanta
Don Zimmer
Washington
Rich Rollins
Jerry Kindall
Kindall
Zoilo Versalles
Rollins
Braves
Jim Merritt
Minnesota
Bob Allison
Joe Nossek
Mack Jones
Gene Oliver
Denny LeMaster
Jim Kaat
Indians
Luis Tiant
Chicago
Cleveland
Standings and schedule for major league baseball games
Houston leads Philadelphia 6 to 2 and New York 1 to 0 over Los Angeles. Today’s games include St. Louis at Cincinnati, Chicago at Milwaukee, Philadelphia at Houston, New York at Los Angeles, Pittsburgh at San Francisco. Wednesday’s games feature Pittsburgh at San Francisco and St. Louis at Cincinnati.
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Chicago
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Washington
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