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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1969
Page
5
Joann Prentice, 38, from Birmingham, the defending player with a one stroke edge after two rounds of the Women's Open at Scenic Hills, shot a 71 in steamy 95 degree heat to reach 144. Ruth Dorton is two behind at 145 with Peggy Wilson and Shirley Englehorn at 147 and 148.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions box scores and names like Swan and Sas with numbers 31 and 213 but lacks coherent context or readable facts to form a complete summary.
Dave Krahling drove in four runs with a perfect three-for-night as Fordtown defeated King's Concrete 5-0. Doby shut out the lasers on five hits with seven strikeouts while Fordtown built a 5-0 lead through Krahling's timely hits and a late run by Don Rattora.
Gale Card from Waterloo captured the 25-lap late model stock feature at Hawkeye Downs before a capacity crowd of 8,000 plus during the All-Town fair opening. Card started rear, battled through a spinout, and overtook Roger Tett Beaneasin to take the checkered flag. Top five finishers included Karl Sanger, Walt Carney, and Red Droste.
Baltimore pitcher Dave McNally earned his 11th victory as the Orioles beat Detroit 4-1. Paul Blair homered twice, lifting his season total near 17 and helping Baltimore extend its lead. Sam McDowell earned a landmark 1,500th strikeout in Cleveland’s win over the Yankees amid a busy AL slate.
Mike Scherrman singled home the deciding run for Evening Lions who handed HyVee its first loss in the 12-13 year old division at Van Vechten. John Bredel collected two HyVee hits. In the other game Sun Mart routed Appleby Horn 15-6 behind Tom Sedenka two-hitter and Bob Tow three RBIs.
Wapsie Valley defeated Elkader to reach the final and West Central beat North High 8 2 to advance. Friday results showed North High falling 3 for a KEOL girls softball playoff and prep for the title game set for tonight.
Manchester rallied with a nine run fifth inning to overcome Monticello 1 to 1 in a high school game. The offensive burst turned a tight contest into a decisive victory for Manchester.
Norway defeats Stanwood 10 to 0 as pitcher Terry Brecht tosses a one hitter and Max Elliott collects two triples to power the win.
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