Cedar Rapids Cardinals Rout Waterloo 7 2 Behind Home Run Bash
Cedar Rapids stayed hot with three solo homers and a death by squeeze as Ted Friel notched his ninth win. Biff Bracy Rogers Robinson and Harry Laiolo each homered in a 7 2 victory over Waterloo before 3752 at Memorial Stadium. The win keeps CR two games up in the Midwest league second half standings over Burling ton with Fox LAIOLO Cities visiting Monday night.
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Waterloo
Memorial Stadium
Ron Plaza
Redbirds
Burlington
Twin Hill
Fox Laiolo
Cedar Rapids
Cardinals
C.R
Biff Bracy
Rogers Robinson
Harry Laiolo
Ted “Mucho
Friel
Bracy
Joe McCullough
Robbie
Laiolo
Bob Lanning
Harry
Arar
Avery
Cox
Blackwell
Arcia
Wisnyai
Robinson
Harmon of
Hague
Hutto
Rt Wood
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McCuugh
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C Janeski
P Laiolo
C Edgerly
Ph Friel
P Baney
Pr Borbon
P McGuinss
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Wisnyas
McCul- Hr—Bracy
Pin.lough
S—Friel
Sosa
Bt Ee
Clinton
Wis Rapids
Quad Cities
Fox Cities
Decatur
Dubuque
Quincy
Wisconsin Rapids
Smith wins Iowa Amateur in brutal heat at Ottumwa course
Denny Smith, 19, Cedar Rapids and a Wyoming sophomore, overcame 100-degree heat to win the Iowa Amateur after 36 holes. He finished 290, one stroke ahead of runner-up John Liechty of Marshalltown, with Evashevski in third and McCardell Bliss tied at 295. Smith surged with a 32 on the afternoon nine after a morning 76, despite bogeys late.
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C.R
Dennis Smith
Cedar Rapids
Wyoming University
Iowa
Ottumwa
Smith
Denny
Jefferson High
J-Hawks
Denny Smith
University of Wyoming
John Liechty
Marshalltown
Liechty
Frosty Evashevski
Town City
Ed McCardell
Newton
Rod Bliss II
Des Moines
Joan Liechty
Iowa City
Bud McCardell
Rod Blissi
George Turner
D.M
Bill Feehan
Bob Leahy
Jim Carney
Centerville
Jack Kinley
Steve White
Oskaloosa
John Jacobs,Jr
Earl Landsberg
Clyde Feltes
Fred Gordon
Belmond
Phil Vander Ploeg
Sheldon
Jim Basley
O.M
J O. Turner
Ron Johnson
Bloomfield
Rod Bliss Ill
Bill Kahler
Waterloo
Walt Hodge, Jr
Jim White
M Dubuque
Dick Pollard
Bill Stewart
Long Lamberti
Scott Springer
Urbandale
Adrian Ringold
West Liberty
Larry Cedarstrom
Howard Mater
Knoxville
Chuck Renner
Earl Garrett
Edar Rapids
Roger Jaacks
Dubuque
Jim Scheppel
Luis Fontanini
Mike Hoffman
Davenport
Dick Torgerson
D. M
Pat Trowbridge
Bill Bergman
Iowa Am
Johnny Jacobs
Herb Klontz
Jake
John Vavra
Pirates squeeze leads to tense bench confrontation in 9-4 win
Pirates top Mets 9-4 as Bob Friend disputes late squeeze play while Pittsburgh trims its margin in the NL. Cincinnati halves the gap with a 2-1 win over the Giants as Don Heffner endures a long slump and jokes about acid tablets.
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Pittsburgh Pirates
Pirates
Harry Walker
Walker
Cincinnati Reds
Don Heffner
San Francisco Giants
Heffner
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Plan Airlift For Stranded All-Star Aces
Plans to airlift players stranded by the airline strike into St. Louis for the All-Star game were announced. Commissioner William Eckert would deploy three to four private planes from teams if needed to move 25-man squads and staff. Most players had airline tickets, some with two, as preparations continued for a 1 p.m. start at Busch Memorial Stadium.
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Mike Ratcher
ST. Louis
Baseball
William Eckert
Busch Memorial Stadium
Ernie Banks
Cubs
Phila
San Frandelphia
Cisco Giants
Southpaw
Dicker
Willie Mays
All-Star game chaos and Cedar Rapids amateur glory
The column notes the troubled All-Star game in St Louis with airline strikes civil rights protests possible traffic jams and a daredevil wing stunt near the Gateway Arch. It also celebrates Denny Smith winning the Iowa Amateur Championship in Cedar Rapids and recalls Cedar Rapids golf dominance in prior decades.
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St. Louie
Busch Memorial Stadium
New York
St. Louis
Gateway Arch
Dept. of Interior
Red Sox sweep with grand slam in 10th inning
George Smith of Boston blasted a grand slam in the 10th to lift the Red Sox to a 10-6 victory over Chicago and complete the doubleheader sweep. George Brunet of California held the league-leading Baltimore on four hits as the Angels won.
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George Smith
Boston
Red Sox
Chicago
George Brunet
California
Baltimore Pues
Angels
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the Town House
Tactor Hotel
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U.S
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Charles King
Byron Thorpe
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