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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1963
Page
14
Heavyweight champion Sonny Liston will wait another week before deciding on knee surgery. He injured the knee swinging a golf club during training in Miami for a return bout with Floyd Patterson. The April 4 fight was postponed indefinitely and a Philadelphia operation had been rumored.
Australia boxer Billy Males was hospitalized with a mild concussion after a ring loss to Gene Aragon as boxing deaths prompt investigations on several fronts. The Vatican paper L Osservatore continues its assault, calling boxing a means of useless massacre.
John Good led with a 264 game and 638 series in Tropic Ball & Chains. Mary Oliver and Tillie Staub posted notable scores in Town & Country and Friday Fiasco leagues, with several bowlers achieving 200 plus games and strong series totals across multiple teams.
Clarence star Mike Thies pitched a three hitter and added two hits incl uding a double as Clarence defeated Bennett 10-1 in the baseball opener. Thies contributed on the mound and at the plate with solid support from teammates Behrends Wiese and McDaniels.
Waverly State College of Iowa defeated Wartburg and Winona State in a tri angular track meet here Monday. SCI led with 95 points to Wartburg 46 and Winona 21. Events produced times and marks for 100 440 880 and field events led by SCI athletes such as Dave Linder and Doug Larson. A separate wrestling card at Memorial Coliseum features an Alaskan wrestler facing Ricki Lopez and a Texas death match with Bob Orton versus Luther Lindsay, plus a Mills brothers tag team bout.
Cedar Falls State College of Iowa hosts four non conference games this week with Northern Illinois on Thursday and Friday and a doubleheader versus Mankato State on Saturday. Coach Mon Whitford notes a rough start at Drake with five errors in game one, but solid pitching by Dave Cronin in game two and a 4 1 win.
Alburnett defeated Walker 6-2 in Alsac Conference baseball as Klopp tossed a three hitter with 11 strikeouts and Buckner collected two hits in two trips. Walker managed two runs in the top of the game before Alburnett pulled away late.
Parsons College of Iowa defeated the University of Tulsa 14 to 4 in a Monday baseball game at Tulsa. Parsons rapped 18 hits, eight for extra bases, off three Tulsa pitchers as Secrest took the loss and Snyder earned the win.
Arlington scored in the eighth to defeat Valley of Clermont Elgin-Wadena 5-4 on the road. Dixon Thompson Chan Erickson Halverson Shatter contributed as Arlington rallied after Valley led 4-3. Final line shows Arlington 5 Valley 4 with notable late scoring to seal the win.
The Houston Colts assigned rookie shortstop Glen Vaughan to San Antonio of the Texas League and placed pitcher Jim Umbricht on the disabled list, reducing the roster to 28 players for opening day.
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