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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1968
Page
1
Ellis Park edged Jones 476 to 451 in a postponed city meet, marking its initial victory in two years. The event featured numerous individual and relay results across boys and girls divisions, with standout times and placements scattered throughout the lengthy report.
Bever Park led the city summer swimming standings with a 666 to 442 win over Noelridge. The meet featured numerous events and swimmers from Bever, Noelridge, and nearby clubs with multiple top times across boys and girls heats and relays.
Arthur Ashe defeats Tom Okker to reach the Wimbledon Open semifinals while Rod Laver edges Dennis Ralston in five sets. Clark Graebner also advances with a straight-sets win over Ray Moore. Billie Jean King advances to the quarterfinals as Maria Bueno eliminates Rosemary Casals.
Ten teams compete in a Coralville tournament with a $125 first prize and $75 second, $25 thirds. Manager Fritz LeGrand lists Wednesday and Thursday pairings from 7 m to the final, featuring Iowa City General Pest Control, West Liberty Rohner's Machine, Ready Mix, Library, Davenport Thiessen's, Muscatine aard, Happitime, Coraline cards, Safely Sport Goods, Sandy's, and several winners brackets.
Midwest blanked May City 10-0 in a Hawk Eye Collegiate baseball game as Dave Close threw a two hitter. May City pitchers allowed six hits while Midwest built a big early lead and dominated with timely hitting led by Mike Seyfer.
Travis defeated John Young in a playoff to win the Elmcrest Country club Boys golf tournament after a 36 hole total of 155. Other winners include Tom Melichar 83 and Roger 89.
Marty Cott, a 17 year old catcher from Buffalo, has been signed by the Houston Astros for what an Astros spokesman described as the largest bonus ever paid by the team in the National League.
A chaotic recap lists softball game scores and lineups including Thunderbird, Natl Mut, Shaheen, Leary, and others. It records inning runs, substitutions, and forfeits, noting Cedar Hills over Millers Gulf 7 to 0 by forfeit and multiple player pairings across teams.
Dave Miller pitched a two hitter as Taft ninth graders edged Harding 2-1 with the winning run on a Harding throwing error. Robin Lucas doubled for Taft while Sawyer had Harding’s two hits.
Ray Stefani pitched a two hitter and Bob Kitzenberg had four hits as Franklin ninth grade beat Wilson 7-2. The Bolts trailed 2-1 after 2 ½ innings and then scored six runs in the last three frames. Greg Witwer drove in two runs in the fifth to seal a come from behind 4-3 win for Franklin seventh-eighth graders over Wilson.
Van Vechten and Ellis parks hosted no-hit victories in a Tuesday Kids league slate. Don Reynolds struck out 11 in Armstrong's 5-0 win over Kiwanis at Van Vechten while Wes Campbell and Tory Moyer combined for a no-no as Thursday Optimists edged Johnson Gas 5-4 at Ellis.
In the 12 13 year old Kids league at Cleveland park Tuesday strong pitching ruled. Terry Kloubec threw a three hitter to propel Great Electric past South Side Civic 5 2. Dave Reilly and Jerry Dunn pitched a two hitter for the losers.
A 193-man U S track squad is set for the Lake Tahoe camp amid boycott threats by Black athletes. Officials say the aim is to ensure strong trials and altitude conditioning for Mexico City selection, while Edwards hints at unnamed plans and race tensions.
The Hawkeye Sailing Club will hold races Thursday on Lake Macbride at Solon. Jeff Moses of Solon won a first and second in Sunday’s races sailing an F1, while Robb Kalnitsky of Iowa City placed first and second in a windmill. Marshall Cortney of Iowa City and Bob Jones of C.R. earned thirds in an M-16 and an FJ respectively.
The Miami Dolphins announce guard Billy Neighbors has signed his 1968 contract with the AFL club, securing the veteran lineman for the upcoming season.
The NFL and AFL announced a 68 game preseason schedule led by a Mexico City exhibition between the Eagles and Lions at Azteca Stadium. The schedule features 23 interleague games with an experimental two point conversion run or pass and non league matchups including all AFL teams and the Jets’ first appearance in a Cleveland doubleheader.
Ralph Houk, the Yankees manager, is ejected by umpire Bill Haller after disputing a ruling that Bill Monbouquette was ruled out for running inside the baseline. Houk claimed the call was unprecedented and expressed disbelief about the decision.
Knoxville News-Sentinel reports NFL players voted 377-17 in a telephone poll to strike if no deal with owners and the players association is reached this week. Owners and players representatives had met in Detroit last week to discuss demands.
In Tokyo Lionel Rose the world bantamweight champion from Australia trailed Takao Sakurai early but won a majority decision after 15 rounds Tuesday night. The 20 year old aborigine pressed the Japanese challenger most of the bout to secure the title.
The Iowa Horseshoe Pitchers Association announces three upcoming events in Eastern Iowa with Atkins hosting the July 4 tournament, Dyersville staging the Northeast Iowa meet on July 7, and Cedar Rapids Open at Ellis Park on July 14 at 10 a.m. West Liberty standout Larry Bender won the Muscatine class F, with Adrian Rabe placing fourth. Glen Henton of Maquoketa won class A while Art Hampton of Iowa City was fourth in that class. Harold Hughes of Cedar Rapids finished third in class C and Howard Huntley of Cedar Rapids fifth in class D.
A short classified note urges readers to use inexpensive want ads to sell useful items fast. It provides a contact phone number 369 1234 for placing ads.
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