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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1962
Page
9
Dubuque league leaders trimmed Waterloo 7 to 1 to move into second place in the Midwest circuit. Quin cy salvaged a 3 to 2 ten inning win over Decatur. George Pressley held Waterloo to five hits through six innings and won his eighth decision.
Dick Wantz pitched three hits allowed and earned win as Quad Cities halted Fox Cities to extend their win streak. Key hits included Brown Taylor's three and Clinton's early bursts, while Burlington and Decatur posted separate showings in the same regional recap.
Peoples Bank faced standin Midwestl Janitor Service in a close late season game at Daniels Park. Dick Stanford hit a sixth inning homer into right field, giving the Janitors a 1-0 victory in a one hour and 22 minute battle. Ray Stark appeared for the Feoples in his first round, pitching three strong innings.
Don Newcombe, 34, joins the Chunichi Dragons in Nagoya and boosts the team with a homer, a double, and two singles in 11 at bats over three games. He praises Japanese pitching while mentoring staff on sliders and curves as the Dragons rise from cellar to fifth place in the six team Central League.
Willie McCovey has shifted to a part time left fielder role with the Giants and impressed with four standout plays, a tying run, and a scoring move in a 3-1 win over Cincinnati. Once booed for defensive lapses, he now earns ovations as his .308 batting average boosts San Francisco’s offense.
Keystone's pitcher John Harder threw a four hitter as Keystone defeated Belle Plaine 5-0 on Monday in a regional high school game. Keystones offense produced five runs while Belle Plaine struggled with key hits.
Bob Mathews held Robinson Co scoreless through five innings and nine hits allowed as the Oilers won 2 to 1 at Ellis Park. Jim Carkiness hit a fourth inning homer, Dave Ipsan doubled and scored on two passed balls in the sixth, while Doug Havlik scored the lone Robinson run in the second.
Dubuque player Jacque Fladoos posted 47 40 87 to reach the Women's Western Junior at Lake Geneva Wisconsin but trailed medalist Sherry Taylor by nine strokes. Fladoos advances to match play and will face Susan Gregory of Pine Bluff Arkansas on Tuesday.
Michigan defeats Hosei University 2 to 1 at Honolulu Stadium to clinch the International Intercollegiate World Series championship. Fritz Fisher allowed seven and one third innings of hitless relief as Michigan wins their second game of the five game series. A crowd of 3 581 attended the fifth and final game. Fisher named most valuable player of the series.
Fort Madison welcomes a new par 72 public golf course this Saturday. Funded by the Civic Improvement Trust Fund with contributions since 1947 from local industries and businesses, the 18 hole layout is the town's first of its kind alongside a nine hole country club course and a nine hole sand greens layout.
Farmers State Bank defeated Marion Home Builders 13 to 4 for its third straight win in the Marion Major league. In other play A W Root Beer beat Kiwanis 26 to 8 in the Minor league and ITown House edged Marion Police 6 to 5 in the Intermediate division.
A cluttered roundup lists multiple minor league results across leagues including Rochester at Atlenta 7 to 1, Jacksonville beating Syracuse 5 to 4, Buffalo 3, Richmond 1, Columbus 4 to 3, and Toronto 3. Denver, Indianapolis 4, Dallas-Fort Worth é with Omaha 3. Louisville 4, Oklahoma City 2, Vancouver 4, Texas League Austin 37 Yolsa 7, Amarillo 7, El Paso 23, San Antonio 7. Eastern standings show York 77, Charittea priest aid 4. Binghamton 3, Williamsport 1, South Atlantic League entries like Portsmouth 15% inn. 4 Kraxville 3, Savannah 1.
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