World Cup pause as Americans watch baseball game
A lighthearted column contrasts an All-Star baseball telecast with the World Cup final from Madrid. It notes mixed sports enthusiasm, a humorous foreign observer, and reflections on soccer versus baseball, plus minor sports trivia and local media anecdotes.
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Sophia Loren
Madrid
Spain
Ray Scuffham
Navy Midshipman
Montreal
Olympic Stadium
Don Drysdale
Keith Jackson
Howard
Bob Uecker
Iowa freshman linebacker Station keeps heat on for football rise
Omaha native Larry Station, Iowa’s top linebacker prospect, works at an Iowa City apartment site this summer to stay in shape. He balances construction duties with academics paying $176 for summer, pursuing rhetoric, and studying at Iowa while eyeing a place on the Hawkeyes.
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University of Iowa
Omaha
Neb
Iowa
Nebraska
Station
Iowa City
Earl Yoder
John) Albright
Bryan Boyle
St. Louis
Dave Moritz
Chicago
Dave
Jim Miller
Boyle
Yoder
Bryan
Omaha Central
Jackie Jensen dies at 55 former AL MVP
Former glamor boy of postwar baseball Jackie Jensen, 55, died of an apparent heart attack in Charlottesville Virginia after returning from a youth camp. The 1958 AL MVP played 11 seasons with the Yankees Senators and Red Sox, hitting 212 home runs. He is survived by his wife Katherine, two sons, a daughter and a stepdaughter. Funeral arrangements were incomplete.
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Fore Union
UPI
Jackie Jensen
Jensen
Katherine
University of Virginia Hospital
Charlottesville
San Francisco
New York Yankees
Washington Senators
Boston Red Sox
Ted Williams
Nevada-Reno
University of California
Fluvanna County
Yankees
California
Red Sox
Zoe Ann Olsen
LaPorte City
Iowa
Crystal Lake
Nev
Hollywood
Oakland
Jon
Jay Jensen
Reno
Jan Knapp
Carson City
Kay Tinsley Place
Washington, D.C
North Wins Midwest League All Star Tie Breaker
The North defeated the South 4-2 in a Midwest League all star game led by Clinton's Mark Grant who fanned five of the first six batters and earned MVP honors. Madison and Wausau players accounted for seven of nine North hits and all three runs batted in. Steve Kiefer hit the game winning two run homer in the second, lining a 3-2 pitch over left field. Former major leaguers attended the pre game Old Timers event with Hall of Famers Feller Banks Boudreau Gomez and others noted.
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Kiefer
Muskies
Fred Silva
Springfield
Grant
Giants
Cedar Rapids Reds
Freddie Toliver
South
Mark Rothey
Curt Heidenreich
Jeff Jones
Jones
Reds
Dave Hall
Hall
Madison
Tom Romano
Wausau
Ivan Calderon
Thomas defends Iowa Women's Amateur Golf title at Sunnyside
Barb Thomas of Sibley captured her second straight Iowa Women's Amateur Championship by firing a 3-under 71 to finish at 215. She triumphed by 14 strokes over Chris Cervetti-Kiel of Des Moines with Betsy Bro in third at 232 and Corky Nydle tying for fourth.
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Susan Moen
Cedar Rapids
San Francisco
Susan
Waterloo
Barb Thomas
Sibley
Iowa
Sunnyside Country Club
University of Tulsa
Chris Cervetti-Kiel
Des Moines
Thomas
Iowa State
Betsy Bro
Corky Nydle
Mary Schneider
Sheldon
Nydle
Diane Faulkner
Jeannine Danaher
Rene Pfiffner
Gloria Tschetschot
Patty Smith
NL Wins Computer All Star Classic In Greats Game
Hank Aaron homered in the ninth to lift the National League to a 5 4 comeback over the American League in the computer recreated Greatest Game Never Played. Babe Ruth and Frankie Frisch contributed key moments as NL pitchers held AL to six hits at Shibe Park Philadelphia.
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ST. Louis
UPI
Hank Aaron
Bfw&l Promotions
Sporting News
Casey Stengel
John McGraw
Ty Cobb
Ted Williams
Cobb
Williams
Ruth
Honus Wagner
Roy Campanella
Rbi
Stan Musial
Pete Rose
Musial
Aaron
Bill Terry
Lefty Grove
Gabby Hartnett
Koufax
Warren Spahn
Carl Hubbell
Bob Gibson
Christy Mathewson
Seaver
Alexander
Shibe Park
Philadelphia
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Gilley’s
Houston
Gilligan’s
Estes Park
Alan Hale Jr
Suzanne Barnes
Gazette
Colorado
San Diego
Gene Richardson
Phillies
Steve Carlton
Hawk
Bob Denney
North
Quad City
Darrin Jackson
Danville
Norm Carrasco
Romano
Thomas Breezes
Walter Johnson
Grover Cleveland
Babe Ruth
Tom Seaver
George Sisler
Mickey Cochrane
Frankie Frisch
Bob Feller
Joe Cronin
Johnny Bench
Johnson
Sandy Koufax
Phil Rizzuto
Homer
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