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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1958
Page
9
The Independents moved a half game atop the ugh league race with a 24 0 win over Hatch and Brookman. Close and Powell combined for the no hitter as the Independents raised their record to 3 1. Seven-Up and Iowa Manufacturing trailed at 4 1.
In Rochester Invitational tennis, Cedar Rapids players John Ellwood and Mike McNamara survive first round byes in the boys 15 and under division. Brian Covington reaches the third round in the 13 and under bracket before losing to Mike McNair of Sioux Falls. Susan Waddell Barb Miller exit in the 18 and under and Ricky Miller falls in the 13 and under.
San Francisco fans saw the Giants surge in the ninth inning to stay within half a game of Milwaukee in the NL race. They posted 16 late-inning victories this season and swept 9 of 12 on the current homestand, including a 7 and a 9th inning rally against Philadelphia. Orlando Cepeda contributed a clutch double and a late run scored on a wild pitch. Milwaukee moved a step ahead of St. Louis as the pennant chase tightened.
Cincinnati beat Chicago 3-2 as Los Angeles topped Pittsburgh 5-3. In the AL, the Yankees won 4-2 over Detroit, Boston beat Kansas City 6-2, Baltimore edged White Sox 3-4 on Billy O Dell’s 9 hitter, and Cleveland defeated Washington 8-3. The Giants rallied in a 15-17 one run decisions season after Philadelphia led 5-5. Braves beat Cardinals 6-5 with Lew Burdette relief. Dodgers rolled on homers Cimoli Zimmer Hodges. Cedar Rapids updates on injuries Jack Caffery Larry Click Horace Garner show cautious improvement.
National leaders include Thomas of the Pirates with 73 RBIs and Banks of the Cubs at 59. Cepeda of the Giants has 52 with Walls and Hoyer among top Cubs and Senators bats. American leaders show Jensen of the Red Sox with 81 RBIs and Turley of the Yankees at 14-3 pitching in a high offense context.
Gene Walton age 28, a former St. Ambrose college football player, becomes head coach at Assumption High School in Davenport. He succeeds Tom O'Boyle who resigned to private business in Wichita. Walton previously led Clinton St. Mary’s last fall with Ray Ambrose, 33, as his assistant.
The Nordstrom Beck's Major Open softball game was rained out Thursday night. Nordstrom meets Happitime at 7 30 tonight in a second half contest that could tie the league lead with Thede's.
Jack Fleck, 1955 National Open winner, quits after 74 opening round and proclaims against embedded ball rule and ban on lifting to clean balls. He is fined $100 and leaves the course after shooting three bogies as others finish second round in disarray.
Carlos Pascual known as Potato leads the Three League with a .382 batting mark as Fox Cities visits Cedar Rapids for a five game series opener doubleheader at Memorial Stadium starting 6 30 p m. Pascual, a former Washington third baseman, explains his nickname and family ties in baseball.
Des Moines Cedar Rapids player Ken Wright moved to the third round in the 15 under boys singles at the Hawkeye Open. He defeated Bruce Sharp 6-1 6-4 and Ken Sutoris 6-2 6-2 in rain soaked play. Ricky Waples fell to Ricky Strauss after a bye. Virginia Keeney won 6-0 6-0 in the opening round of the 18 under girls singles.
AP report shows Willie Pee from Hartford outpointed Bobby Bell in Nomwood with an 16 round decision. In Los Angeles Bbbey Hicks from Seattle KO'd Kilde Nunez from Tiwana and Mexico in a separate bout.
A column mocks enthusiastic Cubs fans who surge in support as the team climbs to third place. The writer jokes about mass psychology, references editors and local readers, and offers playful banter about potential World Series matchups with the Braves and Yankees.
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