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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1966
Page
9
In Chicago Willie Mays discusses the breakable mark of Babe Ruth as he leads the Giants to a four game sweep of the Cubs and toward Cincinnati. Mays cites Ruth's 714 as a goal unlikely to be achieved and notes age and playing time affect homer pace while surpassing Foxx's 534 remains uncertain.
Rocky Colavito answered critics by blasting four homers in a 24 hour span ending Thursday to lift Cleveland to an 8 6 victory over Boston. The slugger explained recent slumps and said he would start to feel better, then proceeded to raise his pace to a .351 clip with three homers in a doubleheader and continued power the next night.
Friday matchups include Amilisburet Veale 7-5 at Philadelphia Bunning 8-3 and New Yorke Friend 10 at Chicago Holtzman 3-7. Los Angeles Osteen at Atlanta Blasingame 3 Erraneico at Cincinnati. Washburn 43 at Houston. Dierker 22 at M o n t o n. Saturday games feature doubleheaders with Pittsburgh at Philadelphia and New York at Chicago among others. results note Cleveland 8 Boston 6 and Baltimore 5 New York 2 with various pitchers listed.
Tommy Bolt tops the Western Open at Medinah with a four stroke edge over Billy Casper and Arnold Palmer as the $100,000 event moves into its second round. Bolt fired a 69 matching by Harold Kneece and Doug Sanders.
Cardinals fall 2-0 to Dubuque Packers in ten innings at Memorial Stadium. Pruett and Zank matched zeroes through regulation. Cedar Rapids hitters stranded men on third base with one out on several occasions and failed to push across a run.
In a quirky mix of sports and local color, the piece notes Billy Casper’s unusual tastes and demands, from hippo supply talks at Jim Janek's Cafe Bohemia to his allergy claims and preference for electric heating. It also references Hack Miller of the Deseret News and student ticket seating worries in Iowa.
Iowa City 16yearold Chris Larsen pushed former champion Jim Carney to the limit before losing 1 up in the Iowa Junior Boys Golf Championship semifinal at the University of Iowa South Finkbine course. Larsen, 16, had earlier defeated Chuck Moran 5 and 4 to reach the semifinals after earning medalist honors in the Northern division of the Mississippi Valley Conference in spring.
Oskaloosa golfer Craig Muhl defeated former Iowa Junior champion Jim Carney of Centerville 1 up in Friday morning match play. Carney led after 13 holes but Muhl tied the match with pars on 16 and 17 and halved 18 to avoid a playoff.
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