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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1968
Page
17
Butler shot 697 on 235 243 214 to miss a second 700 this season in the Jubilee Masters league. Mark Jackson posted 670 in Marion League of Tyrants with 193 237 242. Rollie Jeffords led Masters with 256 high game and 670 series as Marion Bowl team totaled 1054 in a 3093 set.
Kennedy high school erased an 8 2 deficit vs Washington in the seventh with six runs then won 9 8 in the eighth as Jack Ostberg drove in the decisive run. Dirk Dunbar started the rally with a single and Daryl Henry closed it with pressure at the plate. Washington’s Tom Hurn pitched well into the seventh before Kennedy's outburst.
Dallas prep standout Sammy Walker heaved the 12 pound shot 71 feet 3% inches to set a new national scholastic mark Thursday night. He earlier had throws of 71 feet 1% inches and 71 feet even, surpassing the 69 feet 6 inch record.
St Louis opened strong with an 18-hit attack led by Cepeda McCarver Flood and Shannon as they beat Atlanta 10-3. Cepeda drove in four runs including a two-strike two-run homer. Koosman won his first major league game for the Mets 4-0 over the Dodgers.
Prairie Reserves defeated LaSalle 86 to 37 in a dual track meet on the Hawks' track. Prairie stars included Dean Zach winning the 100-yard dash and 120-yard low hurdles, while LaSalle had Mike Loeffler and Walt Drahozal as double winners in multiple events.
John Leistad pitched three hits for Upper Iowa in a 5-2 win over Eau Claire, Wisconsin, in the first game. Eau Claire surged to a 9-2 victory in game two with nine hits and three Upper Iowa errors, leaving Upper Iowa with a 6-3 record and a 1-1 split.
Philadelphia, led by Hal Greer with 21 fourth quarter points, defeated Boston 122 114 to take a 2 1 lead in the Eastern division finals. West Scored 40 for the Lakers in a 128 124 win over San Francisco as New Orleans held a 3 1 edge with Branson scoring off the bench to lift the Saints past Dallas 119 103.
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