Valley ends with Washington four titles in final MVC year
Washington collects four of six major MVC titles in football basketball baseball and swimming and tops the final league point standings with 49 points. Moline 42 and Jefferson 39½ follow as the valley reshapes into an all Iowa Valley next fall.
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Washington
Moline
Jefferson
Wash
Davenport Central
Rock Island
Kennedy
East Moline
Clinton
Dubuque
West
Iowa City
Open C R Kids Play On Monday
The 1969 Cedar Rapids Kids league baseball program begins Monday with action across three age groups. The Major league opens at 5:30 p.m. at Daniels Park as Cedar Rapids Sporting Goods meets Midwest Investment, while the 10-11 and 12-13 divisions start Monday morning at five sites Cleveland Noelridge Ellis Jones and Van Vechten parks with 18 games.
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Cedar Rapids
Daniels Park
Cedar Rapids Sporting Goods
Midwest
Cleveland
Noelridge
Ellis
Jones
van Vechten
Rotary vs Hemferd opens with awkward league matchup
Unclear OCR fragment hints at a first game on the ninth and a second on the tenth. It mentions a Rotary club contest against Hemferd along with other teams Butters and roat st clubs. Details are fragmentary.
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A. Rotary
Hemferd
Butters Roat St
Club
Rotary
Noelridge Area Delivers Varied Local Events
A cluttered Noelridge notices social and sports happenings. Rotors Jccel face Khperne C.R. Frem Bormey's battles UEWA while C.R. Sports Club contests Means Bakers. Dairy Queen and UPWA also feature in local plans and broadcasts.
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Noelridge
Rotors Jccel
Khperne
C.r. Frem Bormey's
UEWA
C.R. Sports Club
Means Bakers 'O
Tvs
UPWA
Dairy Queen Arney’s
Horn vs HyVee and Gazette Lions clash notes
First game at 9, second at 10 30. Matchups include Horn against HyVee and 5g Gazette versus Lions with Horn facing Hyves and un Mart in late play. Nonstandard OCR yields uncertain team names and timings.
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Horn
HyVee
Gazette
Lions
Horn FF Hyves
UN Mart
Unclear OCR sports card list with mixed teams
Fragmentary readable items show a lineup including Prerent of AF, Soham cot, Fire Fighters, Optimists, Nord strom, and Jaycees. Details of events, dates, and context are unreadable, preventing precise matches or outcomes.
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Soham Cot
Simae
Nordstrom
Jaycees
Met Kiwanis Lions oppose Johnson Gas amid matches
A dense schedule lists Mon events spanning Met Kiwanis versus Johnson Gas, Lions Club versus High Equipment, C R Transfer versus Dows Dairy, and Optimists clashes with Johnson Ss and Iowa Midland. The notes indicate multiple venue names and teams competing across Thursday and Monday slots.
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Johnson Gas
Lions Club
High
C.R. Transfer
Dows Dairy
Ohnson Ss
Iowa Midland
Lions
Local Club Roundup Highlights Thursday Card
Amateur matches listed with teams and opponents across multiple venues. Kiwanis faces Iowa National, United Realtors meets Armstrongs, and Dem Clean plays 3 Arm stro ngers. Paramount and Coca clubs also scheduled. Regulars include Wilson vs Engineers and Dempsey against Kiwanis in afternoon play.
Fragmented schedule listing multiple matches and teams
Reading fragment lists several matchups and times such as Mon chinists vs Conc and materials shop teams including Tastee Freez Zachars Optimists Davis Jones Firestone and Green T by 4. It appears as a chaotic timetable with dates like Thursday and Tuesday implied but many items are unclear.
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Diamond Ecedes
42Nd St. Tastee Freez
Zachars
Davis-Jones
C.R
Firestone Et Go Sheet
Green Roeme Vigortone
Thurs
Zachars Machinione
Green
T By
Firestone
Maresh
C.R. Lumber
Fli
Iowa Mfg
Tues
Tastee Freez
Soccer Meeting Slated Monday for Four-Team League
Rained out last week, a meeting to form a four team summer league is reset for 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Robbins lake pitch. All players may attend to be considered for rosters and team managers will be named. If unable to attend, players may join later. The Washington high school soccer team plays Tama-Toledo at 2 p.m. today.
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Robbins Lake
Washington High School
Tama- Toledo
Drabowsky and Mates Prankster Ways Across Baseball
In a candid rememberance Moe Drabowsky recalls his pranks as a star reliever and clubhouse joker with the Orioles and past clubs. He recounts phone tricks in Kansas City, sneezing powder in a restaurant, and live snakes used to scare players like Paul Blair. The tales span from the 1960s Pacific Coast League to the Orioles 1966 title run and beyond.
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New York
Moe Drabowsky
Erasonsky
Drabowsky
Baltimore Orioles
Lew Krausse
Kansas City
Athletics
Kansas City Royals
Krausse
Jim Nash
Moe
Frank Robison
Paul Blair
Lange's Seeks Title In Major Open Twin Bill
Cedar Falls Ford of Lange's already shares first half title and can wrap up Tuesday night by beating the Red Sox and Welty Way in a Major Open league doubleheader at Ellis Park. A win in one game suffices.
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Larry Lange Ford
Cedar Falls
Red Sox
Welty
Ellis Park
Lange
Twilight Softball at NoelRidge Held by Happ Industrial
A brief item notes Twilight softball event hosted by Happ Industrial at NoelRidge, confirming participation and venue details for local workers and teams.
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Econ Nile BP
S Happ
Noelridge
Hinton Seater Leads Batting Amid Pitching Standouts
Hinton Seater posts a .769 average with 10 hits in 13 trips, ahead of Lange Ford’s Bob O’Leary at .471. Lange tops other divisions, while Larry Sparks leads won-lost pitching at 30. Rich Stephen of Lange excels as 2-0 with no earned runs, and 33 strikeouts. O’Leary headlines home runs and RBIs with six, tied by Dale Belcher of Waterloo.
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Lange Ford
Bob O'Leary
Lange
Larry Sparks
Rich Stephen
O'Leary
Dale Belcher
Waterloo
UNI To Host Iowa Federation Track Meet at UNI Stadium
UNI track coach Jack Jennett announced a summer meet for the Iowa Track Federation will be held at O R Latham Stadium in Cedar Falls on June 27 at 6 p m. The event includes junior and senior divisions with entries available on site prior to the meet.
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Cedar Falls
Jack Jennett
University of Northern Iowa
UNI
Iowa Track Federation
O.R. Latham
Waltons Plan Three Contests in Shooting
The Izaak Walton club on Glassroad NE in Cedar Rapids schedules three shooting events. Veterans of the public safety unit will shoot June 22. A combined rifle pistol and shotgun match is planned for Sunday June 29 with twenty shots per gun. An open rifle match is set for July 14.
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Izaak Walton Club
Glassroad NE
Cedar Rapids
Veterans of the Public Safety Unit
Chicago Trades Ellis To Cleveland Indians
The Chicago White Sox sent pitcher Sammy Ellis to the Cleveland Indians for pitcher Jack Hamilton on Friday and both players were assigned to Pacific Coast League clubs.
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Chicago
Ellis
Cleveland Indians
Chicago White Sox
Sammy Ellis
Jack Hamilton
Cardinals Send Hague to Tulsa and Call Up Day
The St. Louis Cardinals traded Joe Hague to their Tulsa farm club Saturday and promoted outfielder Charles Day 21 who was batting .300 at Tulsa.
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St. Louis
Joe Hague
Tulsa
St.Louis Cardinals
Charles Day
Tulsa Texas Win Openers In College World Series
Tulsa nips UCLA 6 5 in 10 innings as Roger Whitaker drives in the deciding run. Burt Hooton shines for Texas in a 4 0 win over Arizona State. UCLA Tulsa set second round clash at 5 30 p m Monday. Arizona State UCLA meet Saturday at 1 30 p m in losers bracket. Other first round pairings Saturday include Southern Illinois Massachusetts at 5 30 and NYU Mississippi at 8 p m. No games Sunday.
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Neb
Roger Whitaker
Tulsa
UCLA
Texas
Burt Hooton
Arizona State
Southern Illinois
Massachusetts
New York University
Mississippi
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