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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1966
Page
10
Center Point defeated Edgewood 9 0 and Ryan beat Delhi 11 6 to remain perfect at 3-0 in the Delaware County Baseball League. Catcher Jim Satchett led Center Point with a 3 for 4 day including a triple and two singles.
Bert Yancey wins the Memphis Open with a 15 under par 265 to capture $20 000. Roy Stone, a touring caddy, hastily ferries Yancey to the finals propelling his record setting 18 hole stretch. The Memphis tournament was the 1965 PGA Tour event.
Dick Ritchie of Cedar Rapids won the midget feature at the Marshalltown fairgrounds track with a 265 total to edge rival Yancey who talked strategy with Roy Sanders during the event. Ritchie also won his heat race and earned a special sportsmanship trophy for Cedar Rapids car owner Jim Pospishel as Dale McCarty, Tom Bigelow, and others claimed semi finals and heats amidst a rain shortened program.
Lowdon's Dave Buchanan threw a one hit 11-0 win to open the Corn Belt league season Sunday. He struck out 12 in the nine inning effort with Harvey Hein and George Pinnell each collecting three hits. Other Sunday games included Clarence over Grand Mound 6-5 in 10 innings and Calamus 14 Durant 2.
Kathy Whitworth triumphed at the Clayton Federal Open with rounds of 68 72 68 for a 208 total and a prize of 1375. She leads the circuit with 10344 season earnings. Judy Kimball finished at 219 to earn 385.
Clinton AP reports Howard Judd retires after 35 years on the Clinton high school staff. His teams won 10 Iowa high school championships, nine Iowa YMCA titles, and nine AAU championships. Judd swimmers set three national YMCA records, 16 Iowa high school marks, one national scholastic record, and one American record.
The Viking defeated Bobby Shane Sunday night to hold the U S heavyweight title in the main event at Memorial Coliseum. The Stomper beat Chuck Karko in a two of three falls semi final. Jerry Kozak won a disqualification over The Butcher in a special meeting. Ronnie Reed and Alex Perez wrestled to a draw in the opener.
Marlyn Knutson and Clint Thomas combined to shoot a nine hole handicap score of 27 Sunday to win the Best Ball tournament at Indian Creek Country club. Three teams tied with 29s: Ed Dwiggins Dick Jacobs Dr Morris Estes Steve Estes and Fuelling Jim Sharon.
Springfield AP announces Joe Lapchick former Celtics guard and Knicks coach and Everett S Dean famed Indiana and Stanford coach elected to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame at Springfield College. Lapchick played 1923 to 1927 with the Celtics. Dean coached 14 years at Indiana and 17 at Stanford.
In Hamilton Tony Doyle of Salt Lake City stopped Tommy Burns of Ireland in the first round. In New York Simon Ramos of Puerto Rico stopped Ronnie Geoffrion of Mineola in the first round, and Willa Munoz of Puerto Rico outboxed Juan Ramos of Puerto Rico in a 15 round decision.
Houston owner Bud Adams says the Oilers discussed a contract with John Brodie of the 49ers and offered about 750000 to sign him after he finishes his option year. General manager Don Klosterman announced the move, with Adams warning of potential war with the NFL if settlement is not reached soon.
Fox Cities gains top spot in the Midwest Baseball League by blanking Decatur 8 to 0 in six innings. Vic Lopez and Bill McNulty homer for Quad Cities. Burlington and Clinton also posted wins with late-inning drama.
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