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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jul 15, 1968

Page

6

Four unbeaten clubs stay perfect in 10 11 play

Four teams kept undefeated records Monday in the 10-11 year old Kids league. Luce Sullivan beat Coca Cola 12 8 at Van Vechten as Dave Falconer homered and Craig Naber had two hits. Joe Morton and others contributed for Davis Jones in a 10 5 loss.

Jones Mulekoft’s Perpetual Ryovackas Tellis Midland Disiney Equipment Dows Dairy Met Kiwans van Vechten Luce & Iva Coca Cola Iowa National Oper Noelrige Davis-Jones Iowa Mfg Zachar Green Thumb Tues Grtimists Fordtown Type Baseball Action Luce & Sullivan Dave Falconer Craig Naber John Krejci Operating Engineers Tom Halvertson Noelridge Zachar Realtors Don Boyer Joe Morton Davis- Jones Matt Novak Gary Schmidt Type Union von Linnen Typo Cryovac Ron Carney Terry Brandon Terry Earnest Randy Jacobson Rick Lyons Joe Skvor Terry Feye Jeff Krouse Smulekoff

Misty Captures Retriever Title

Misty wins the Southeast Town Retriever club event at Otter Creek Marsh near Chelsea. High placers include Duke from Vinton, Lady of Dumont, King from Center Point, and other top dogs led by Misty under Jim Ashlock.

Chelsea Misty Jim Ashlock Center Point Otter Creek Marsh Oren Duke Jim Knaack Vinton Lady Dick Vogel Dumont King Dale Jones Rock Oscar Hansen Tide Stan Corum Marion Derby Sandy Dick Ebeling Mason City Blackie Gary Hines J. Pepper Hanson Doc Hines Twiggy Joanne Jones Center Pte Ebeling Hunter's Special Buck Clem Carney C.R Knight Ron Landersoft C.r.i

Fragmented Coastal Regions Scores Do Not Form Clear Story

A damaged OCR readout lists scattered city names and numbers for Pacific Coast and western regions including Spokane Tulsa Phoenix San Diego Tacoma Denver Portland and Hawaii with inconsistent percentages and tallies. Result lines mention San Diego Spokane Tacoma Tulsa Portland Hewait Phoenix Denver but lack coherent context or narrative.

Pacific Coast Tulsa Spokane Phoenix San di Hawaii Tacoma City Portland Denver Vancouver San Diego Aerenarelis S$ Tacoma Oklatoms City Yoncover Tulsa Ortland Hewait Phoeni

Tatanational League Pet. We Toledo and 4 345 Louisville

Toledo routed Louisville in a Sunday results list with scores and team notes. Rivalry matchups included Richmond and Syracuse in a compact recap of the day’s league action.

Tatanational League Toledo Louisville Rochester Scksnville Columbus Richond Syra Richmond Jacksonville

Baseball Scores From Texas and Southern Leagues

Readable snippets show team results across leagues with wins and losses. Teams include Amarillo Fort Worth Albuquerque El Paso San Antonio Shreveport and Savannah Charlotte Evansville Montgomery Birmingham and others with varying records.

League Standings Buried In Sparse OCR Fragment

Reading leads with 5 wins and Waterbury and Elmira show 2 1 and 2 0 records. Pittsfield and Binghamton trail as the rest of the league posts mixed results in the midseason totals.

Bet Pet Readin Pittsfield Elmira Waterbury Esults Binghamton York Mittaieid Reading

Loop Split For Midwest Drops Two In Cedar Rapids

Iowa City and Midwest split a Hawkeye College league doubleheader on Sunday at the University of Iowa field. In game one Iowa City won 7 1 behind Mike Wymore and Vick Olson with home runs and Bob Perkins and Gary Keppel two hits each. Dennis Caldwell pitched three strong innings to take the win in game two as Tim Zuber and Steve Seyfer added two hits apiece for the Janitors. Midwest travels to Marengo Tuesday at 7 30 for another matchup.

Iowa City Midwest Cedar Rapids University of Iowa Field Mike Wymore Vick Olson Bob Perkins Gary Keeppel Dennis Caldwell Tim Zuber Steve Seyfer Marengo Hadsons Reid Midwest City Caldwell Madson Bantamy Foster Holm

Elmcrest Girls Golf Winners Named at Elmcrest Country Club

Kelly Lala Jane Tolbert and Debby Laun won prizes in a girls golf competition at Elmcrest Country Club on Monday.

Elmcrest Kelly Lala Jane Tolbert Debby Laun Elmcrest Country Club

HyVee Spills Sun Mart in 12 13 Year Olds League Game

Hy Vee fell to Sun Mart 6 5 at Van Vechten in a 12 13 year old Kids league baseball feature. Exchange beat The Gazette 14 3 to share the league lead as Spratt and Stevenson hit grand slams. Clemen's Canvas edged Great Electric 7 6 at Cleveland with two B two doubles from Gaskill and Lambert homer. Civic beat Batters 2 1 as Miller and Shemple led Noellridge win. Kilborn lost to Cedar Rapids 6 3.

Soflridge LPWA Dairy Queen Sports Club of Kilborn Cleveland Clement's Canvas S. S. Civic Butters Coast van Vecuten Sun Mi Exchange Garett Spratt David Stevenson Paul Henderson Clemen Great Electric Dave Gaskill Mike Lambert John Staub Jerry Dunn South Side Civic Tom Miller UPWA Noelridge Rick Shemple Cedar Rapids Sports Club

Ot tumwa’s Ann Harsh wins Keokuk tennis title

Ann Harsh of Ottumwa defeated Claudia Coquillette of Cedar Rapids 6 4 in both sets to win the girls 14 under division final at the Keokuk invitational tennis tournament held Sunday in Keokuk.

Keokuk Ann Harsh Ottumwa Claudia Coquillete Cedar Rapids

Troy Mills Keeps Delaware Top 11-1 In Baseball Standings

Troy Mills remained atop the Delaware County league with an 11-1 win over Manchester as Mark Beaty and Mark McCright each collected four hits in six at bats. Dave Henderson pitched a four hitter with 12 strikeouts, while other games saw Hopkinton edge Ryan 14-12 and Earlville beat the reform school 4-3.

Troy Mills Manchester Mark Beaty Mark McCright Dave Henderson Fanning Hopkinton Ryan Earlville Reformatory C. J. Robinson

Lindale Sports Card days gymkhana crowns Sharp overall champion

Ron Sharp of Des Moines wins the men s overall title in the gymkhana at Lindale Sports Card days after a weekend of events driving an MG Midget. Debi Davis and Ruth Kerns win ladies overall and other class winners include Frenchie Fassure Corvette Tom Bruch Porsche and Dick Sennett.

Ron Sharp Des Moines Lindale Sharp Debi Davis C.R Frenchie Fhassure Corvette Tom Bruch C. Porsche Cortina Ruth Kerns Wioo Corvair Markinser Kaiser Don Kou Votroubek

Two C R Divers Capture Titles at Armbruster Meet

Cedar Rapids divers dominated the final day of the Dave Armbruster AAU meet in Iowa City. Donm Bell won the 13 14-year-old boys title and Stoney Turley claimed the 11-12 division championship. Other winners across boys and girls divisions were listed with ages and clubs.

Iowa City Cedar Rapids Dave Armbruster Donm Bell Stoney Turley

Independence Pitchers Triumph in Iowa Horseshoe Tourney

Independence pitchers swept two divisions at the Iowa State Horseshoe Pitchers Assn tourney held at Ellis Park Cedar Rapids. Winners: Hubert Meister class D Glenn Rutherford class F and Glenn Henton Maquoketa class A as 48 players competed. Next event set for Birdland Park Des Moines.

Independence Ellis Park Cedar Rapids Hubert Meister Glenn Rutherford Glenn Henton Maquoketa Birdland Park Des Moines Glenn Genten Hugh Rogers Cedar Falls Bill Vandercriff Fairfield Byron Hafner Letts Harold Hughes C.R Dale Dixon Ed Kaalberg Muscatine Fred Keiver Palo Independenc Ed Weberers Junior Wedale Ottumwa Mary Bender West Liberty Independencme Ernie Sproston Central City Ate Hinders Bob Sproston Mt. Vernon Ken Serexion Marion Ralph Craw Ol. Eens John Grown D. M Paul Erford Kansas Iowa Art Hampton Ipwa City Oole Serenity

Dead Row Rector dies from motorcycle crash injuries

Former football player Dead Row Rector, a reserve halfback, died Sunday in Columbus Ohio from injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident June 29.

Row Rector NFL Atlanta Falcons Columbus Ohio

Kalnitsky Wins Two Sailing Races at Lake Macbride

Kalnitsky of Iowa City won both Hawkeye Sailing Club weekly races on Lake Macbride. In race one Bob Kalnitsky finished first, Jeff Moses second, Arnold Smail third. In race two Kalnitsky placed first with Marshall Courtney second and Moses third.

Kalnitsky Solon Rob Kalnitsky Iowa City Hawkeye Sailing Club Lake Macbride Bob Kalnitsky Windmill Jeff Moses F J Arnold Smail Re City F-J Marshall Courtney I.C Ge . Moses

Sun Isn't Beautiful For Quads Vopicka In Ninth

The sun in the Quad Cities stadium hindered Jim Vopicka as he misplayed a high grounder in the top of the ninth. Decatur scored the winning run on the miscue, with Arissimuno advancing on a passed ball to score.

Quad Cities Jim Vopicka Angels Vopicka Decatur

Stoolman Captures Tipton Modified Feature Victory

Dick Stoolman of West Branch won the B modified stock feature at the Cedar County fairgrounds in Tipton on Sunday night earning a share of the $850 purse. He also won the A semi and led a strong showing across other heats with drivers from Lisbon Iowa City and surrounding towns.

Tipton Dick Stoolman West Branch Cedar County Fairgrounds Stoolman Dick Stoolmans W. Branch Beckman Lisbon Chuck Lukemeyer Piptons Pat Blake Clarence Stookman Lukemeyer Abdasal

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