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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1967
Page
15
The Los Angeles Dodgers seek a .300 batting average to replace the retired Sandy Koufax. Manager Walter Alston says a pitcher wasn’t available in a deal and that overall pitching won’t match last year, so the team will focus on generating more runs through stronger hitting.
Dodgers overhaul includes trades sending Maury Wills to Pittsburgh for Bob Bailey and Gene Michael, and Ron Hunt to New York for Jim Hickman and Bob Lee. Bailey and Michael join infield and outfield reshuffles as Johnson and Davis deal with injuries. Koufax replacement must shore up the rotation alongside Drysdale Osteen and Sutton while the club hopes Hunt and Bailey boost power and defense.
In Dallas UCLA swimmer Mike Burton set a new American and AAU record with a 4 40.8 time in the 550 yard freestyle during the prelims, besting the old mark of 4 41.1 while Stanford's Greg Buckingham trailed by only one tenth of a second.
Report from Por 1 Mal idee RP War noting Wayne Kinde and Matt Blew in Tokyo amid a clash of claims. Althea Someva appears with 135 as a referenced figure in unsettled tensions.
Xavier edged Hanover 12 to 3 while Arizona State defeated Wyoming 12 to 3. William Penn beat Grinnell 16 to 3, Florida State won 4 to 1 over Hopkins and Loyola Maryland, Ashland beat Richmond 6 to 3, St. Georgia lost 3 to 8 against an unspecified opponent, Chipola Florida was 0 to 2, Purdue shut out Butler 6 to 3, Delaware triumphed over William and Mary, Loras defeated Dubuque 4 to 0, Loyola Illinois topped Ill Wesleyan 15 to 3, Rollins and Harvard played to 3 to 3 and 20 to 11 respectively, Bemidji State beat Kansas Illinois 3, Oklahoma Military won 5 to 1 at Centerville, and Newport News led Rawis Macon 73 to 63 in college track.
Baltimore officials weigh Epstein path with the Orioles as he opens the season. Named 1986 minor league player of the year, Epstein may stay as a reserve or be sent to Rochester to outfield, with trade as a last option. Dalton plans roster moves to create room May 12 final cut.
Football kicking star Pete Gogolak, hospitalized after a back reinjury from a fall in his barracks, was transferred Thursday to Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, D.C.
Providence college All American Jim Walker tops professional basketball's most wanted list with a $300,000 price tag set by NY agent Frank Scott. Drafted by the ABA and expected to be a first round pick by the Pistons in the NBA draft May 3, Walker's bid for services could rival La Salle as Regis and LaSalle compete in golf at Twin Pines.
Forrest Schnobrich, a 1965 Maryville Teachers College graduate, is hired as English Valleys high school's head basketball coach and social studies teacher. He will also assist in football after two seasons as Atlantic basketball assistant.
Dick Campbell, 38, former York High School coach and Philadelphia Phillies farm system alumnus, was named assistant basketball coach at the University of Illinois. Campbell, a Cleveland native and 1952 Illinois graduate, will serve under head coach Harv Schmidt who was appointed March 29 amid scandal. Campbell posted a six season 129-27- record at York High and helped reach the Illinois state tournament quarterfinals before losing to eventual champion Pekin.
Cassius Clay was chosen fighter of the month by Ring magazine for March after knocking out Zora Folley in the seventh round to earn his ninth title defense. Fellow sparring partner Jimmy Ellis rose into the top 10 of the heavyweight rankings for the first time.
Richard Petty won the Columbia 200 stock car race, his 51st NASCAR victory, earning $1,000. He finished one lap ahead of Jim Paschal. Dick Hutcherson in a Ford finished third with James Hylton fourth.
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