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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1968
Page
12
Fleck's Happitime won the ASA substate slow pitch tournament 23 to 5 over Thunderbird at Cedar Hills, remaining unbeaten in three games. Both teams qualified for the state meet in Dedham in July 2021.
Cordova Dragway hosts a three run match race between Al Vander Woude in a 1968 Dodge Charger The Flying Dutchman and Arnie Beswick in a 1968 Pontiac GTO Beswick starts with a win then loses the next two heats Vander Woude posts a 6.998 second 164.5 mph victory in round two and wins the overall series to move 2-1 in Cordova eliminators Burnett is listed among eliminator results
Worthington defeated Bernard 6 2 and Hopkinton edged Farley in the Worthington baseball tournament. Key plays include Dave Knapper and Dave Sabers homers for Worthington and Duke Huber’s single driving Hopkinton’s lone run. Monday features Epworth versus Cascade and Balltown versus Pleasant Grove.
Dave Bedard of Laporte City led from start to finish to win the 25 lap late-model feature at Tunis Speedway on Sunday night and also won the first heat. Bob Hilmer of Dysart and Ed Sanger of Waterloo earned second wins. Gale Cardb Evansdale rolled his car but was uninjured as wet grounds forced cancelation of Saturday’s program.
At Wimbledon, U S amateurs Ashe Graebner and Edlefsen reach the last 16 as the Davis Cup panel in London debates allowing professionals to compete. The U S team, led by Donald Dell, gains ground on Australia as stalwarts like Rosewall Newcombe and Emerson shift to pro ranks.
Jim Brousard and Tim De Long teamed to shoot 79 and capture the Two Ball foursome event at Ellis Park over the weekend. Earl and Rick Garrett finished second in the 18 hole segment with 83. Tom Merryman and Ralph Shipler won the nine hole action with a 41. Sage and Hand were runner up in that flight.
The St Louis Cardinals activated pitcher Dick Hughes from the disabled list and let pitcher Pete Mikkelsen go outright to Tulsa. Mikkelsen had no decisions and Hughes was 1 2 with a shoulder injury prior to his DL spell.
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