Austin Legion Opens First Place Tie With Fairmont
Austin American Legion spiked Fairmont 7-2 in a Southern Minnesota league game to move to 5-1, tied for first with Mason City. Buddy Miller started, Rick Heard earned the win in relief, and Daly homered for Fairmont. The teams meet again Sunday at Dartt's Park as Austin chases a win over Owatonna.
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Austin American Legion
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Mason City
Towa
Austin
Owatonna
Dartt’s Park
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Rick Heard
Heard
Mankato
Rochester
Albert Lea
Legion
Austin Legion blanked Fairmont in league clash
Heard threw six strikeouts in relief after a no hit nothing run stretch. Austin built a five run fifth inning on walks, a Wagner double and Heard hit by pitch. Tim Keller stole three bases as Austin improved to 9-3 overall with the win.
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Fairmont
Austin
Paul Armstrong
Chuck Iverson
Armstrong
Iverson
Tim Ball
Gary Morgan
Tim Keller
Tom Wagner
Dave House
Midwest Fast Pitch Meet Sees Three Favorites In Battle
The 7th annual Midwest Men's Fast Pitch Softball tournament opens Saturday with 32 teams across four diamonds at Northwest Park Marcusen Park and Galloway Pit. Webster City Merchants headline the top bracket while Schmidts of Scandia and Midwest Coast Truckers of Sioux Falls lead the lower bracket. Action starts at 10 a.m. with finals Sunday at Northwest Park. Peters Packers of Eau Claire not competing this year.
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Northwest Park
Marcusen Park
Galloway Pit
Webster City
Iowa
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Scandia
Midwest Coast Truckers
Sioux Falls
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Upper Midwest
Amateur Softball Assn. of America
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Lawrence Cheyne
Wayne Erickson
Jim Lindberg
Whitaker
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Nash
James Haben
Park and Recreation Dept
Gene Kelly
Cal Overby
Moose Lodge
Twins Face Senators as Pascual Meets Merritt at Met
Camilo Pascual, a longtime Twins ace now with Washington, starts against Jim Merritt in the opener of a three game series at Metropolitan Stadium. The Twins hover in third place, Harmon Killebrew extends his major league lead in homers, chasing a fifth league title as old rivals are revived.
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Minnesota Twins
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Ron Kline
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Met
Jim Merritt
Boston
Chicago
Detroit
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Yogi Berra
Willie Mays
Mickey Mantle
Eddie Matthews
Hank Aaron
Ernie
Fordtown Drops 9-5 Decision to Mason City
Mason City Legion B team defeated Fordtown Legion 9-5 at Roosevelt Field. Fordtown had six hits and three runs in the fourth and two in the sixth. Mike Lauritzen led Fordtown with two hits, while Waller Johnson Sanders and McDonald added singles. Mason City opened with a four-run third inning and added three in the fourth and two in the fifth to pull away. Fordtown plays Spring Valley July 3 at Marcusen Park at 6 15 p.m.
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Iowa
Mason City Legion
Fordtown Legion
Roosevelt Field
Fordtown
Mike Lauritzen
Austin
Brian Waller
Dick Johnson
Kip Sanders
Kevin McDonald
Mason City
Waller
Iowans
Larry Lenoch
Jim Clennon
Marcusen Park
Spring Valley
Standings and schedule update for baseball games
The standings show Chicago leading Pittsburgh 4 to 3 and Cincinnati dominating Los Angeles 14 to 0. Upcoming games list St Louis at New York and San Francisco at Philadelphia among others with rain affecting Houston at Atlanta.
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Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
New York
San Francisco
St. Louis
Houston
Atlanta
Phila
W. L. Pet. G.B. St. Louis
San Fran
Phia
Houston See
Legion Defeats Wonder Bar and Jaycees Win
The American Legion beat Wonder Bar 4-1 in a Men's City League Fast Pitch game at Northwest Park as Ken Hagen pitched a three hitter and Eckman hit a double. Don Barnett took the loss and McKay had three hits for Wonder Bar. In slow pitch, Jaycees beat Filter Queen Turf Bar 7-1 to stay unbeaten with a 9-0 record.
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Northwest Park
Moose Lodge
Ken Hagen
Eckman
Don Barnett
McKay
Jaycees
Johnson
Brunk
Poser
Alston names two Dodgers to NL All-Star pitching staff
Dodgers hurlers Don Drysdale and Claude Osteen join the National League All-Star staff chosen by Walter Alston. The NL pitchers include Marichal Jenkins Gibson Seaver Lemaster and Cuellar with Drysdale as veteran. The Reds lack a selected pitcher while extra selections will follow.
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Drysdale
Cincinnati
Walter Alston
Los Angeles Dodgers
Anaheim
Calif
Jenkins
Seaver
Lemaster
Cuellar
Marichal
Twins blank Blue Devils in 5-0 win at UCT Park
The Twins defeated the Blue Devils 5-0 in a United Commercial Travelers League game at UCT Park. Chris Todd pitched a one-hitter shutout as Joel Schiech took the loss. The Twins had five hits and pushed three runs in the fourth and two in the fifth.
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Uct Park
Chris Todd
Joel Schiech
All-Star night slips for Gibson and Drysdale in NL
Gibson and Drysdale, named to the National League squad, were roughed up in their starts. San Francisco erupted for 11 first inning runs against Gibson as the Giants won 12-4. Drysdale yielded six runs in 1 2/3 innings in a 14-0 Cincinnati rout.
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Associated Press
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Don Drysdale
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St. Louis
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Cardinals
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Cincinnati
Reds
Los Angeles
Jim Brunning
New York
Philadelphia
Mets
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Houston
Atlanta
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Bob Bolin
Tony Perez
Don Pavletich
Deron Johnson
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Milt Pappas
Eighteen Teams Bid At 10th Austin Aquacade
Eighteen teams compete for trophies at the 10th annual Austin Aquacade at the Municipal Pool. Defending champions Ascension of Minneapolis lead both boys and girls entries with state rivals and out of state clubs joining from Bloomington Austin St Cloud and Indianapolis among others. The meet runs tonight through Sunday with events starting at 6 p.m. today and 9 a.m. on subsequent days.
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Bloomington
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Winona
Rochester
Golden Valley
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University of Minnesota Gophers
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St. Croix
St. Louis Park
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Ill
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Larry Lundquist
Randy Stoike
Jim Fisher
Terry Reding
Lyle Fisher
Leo Reding
Austin Swim Club
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University of Minnesota
Howie
Austin VFW Tops Faribault 3-0 to Square Series
Ed Sack and Mike Cummins combined on a shutout as Austin VFW blanked Faribault 3-0 at Marcusen Park to even the series. Austin used two hits from Craig Folven and Paul Hendrickson, 10 walks, and three hit batsmen to push across runs. Sack pitched four innings for the win, Cummins struck out eight as Faribault fell to 1-1 in the series. The VFW improved to 4-4 overall and next visits Owatonna.
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Ed Sack
Mike Cummins
Austin Vfw
Faribault Vfw
Marcusen Park
Faribault
Austin
Craig Folven
Paul Hendricson
Doug Fuchs
VFL
Sack
Cummins
VFW
Owatonna
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