Bred Hurls Nine Inning Win in Local League Action
Bred pitched a nine inning one hitter Monday at Van Vechten to lead Hy-Vee to a 3-2 win over Appleby Horn in the 12-13 year old Kids league. Gary Lees drove in all three Hy-Vee runs with two hits.
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1969
Page
11
Bred pitched a nine inning one hitter Monday at Van Vechten to lead Hy-Vee to a 3-2 win over Appleby Horn in the 12-13 year old Kids league. Gary Lees drove in all three Hy-Vee runs with two hits.
Center Point moved atop the Delaware league with a 9 1 victory over Manchester. The Pointers compiled a five-run fourth inning on five hits and an error, aided by Ken Roseberry’s three-run homer in the seventh. Hopkinton beat Alburnett 2-1. Coggon rallied late but Earlville held on 7-6 with Roger Patton’s grand slam in the ninth. Delhi beat Reformatory 18-46 with Bill Jenkins collecting five hits and five RBIs.
Lowden stayed undefeated at 4-0 by trouncing Wheatland 192 in a Corn Belt game. Clarence rallied with a six run seventh to defeat Calamus 8-5, while Grand Mound beat Dixson 8-? in another Corn Belt matchup. Darryl Bunge fanned 18 Calamus hitters in Clarence’s win and Jack Reese homered for Dixson in its 8 run loss.
Jim Havell claimed his second feature win of the year at Tipton on a crowded night. Arlo Becker led early in the 20 lap event until Havell passed on the 15th lap and held the lead to the finish amid a crash-filled program including Becker winning heats and Dash, Perry Beckler in a wild semi, and Jim Fausey winning Street Stock before Jager’s rollover but unharmed.
In the 101 year division at Noelridge and Van Vechten parks, two no hitters marked opening play. Nordstrom Oil defeated Western Bohemian 20 0 behind Tim Turner eight strikeouts. Jim Stucker fanned 11 and doubled for Nesper Sign in a 13 0 win over the Operating Engineers at Van Vechten.
Denver AP reports Larry Jones set an ABA record with 30 plus points in 23 straight games this season breaking the previous mark of 11. Across leagues the Eastern Western and Texas leagues show scattered results with Savannah and Asheville notable wins and standings shifts.
New Zealand duo Dennis Hulme and Bruce McLaren dominated the Can Am series at Mont Tremblant, finishing 1-2 in the Le Circuit Mont Tremblant event. It marked their second 1-2 sweep this year and their 11th Can Am win in two seasons, with McLaren collecting $7,500 in prize money from the Springtime Classic.
Williamsburg Town Valley West moved to undisputed lead in the league by routing Newhall 10-1 in a Sunday baseball clash of previously unbeaten teams. Ron Herdliska belted a three run homer in the sixth inning for the winners.
Fairfax moved to second place with a 10-4 victory over Keystone. Jesse Schulte hit two homers and Messerli one for Fairfax. Terry Jack’s three run homer in the first helped Marengo to its first win, a 7-4 conquest of Palo. Norway edged Amana 65 by scoring the tie breaking run in the ninth on a single and three errors.
Caleb Yarborough from Timmonsville South Carolina survived a high speed collision with Lee Roy Yarbrough of Columbia Washington DC to win a stock car race at the two mile Michigan International Speedway. The leaders traded the lead multiple times in the final miles and both Mercurys tangled in the last turn as they sought the win. Paid attendance reached 46 328. Robinson’s remains the league’s only unbeaten team after Cedar Hills Major League game.
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