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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1964
Page
4
Ed Bressoud, acquired from Houston in 1961 for Don Buddin, preserves a 22 game hitting streak and .380 average after a two run single in Boston's 9 3 win over Washington. The piece notes his shift in stance moving closer to the plate to avoid chasing outside pitches.
Left hander Bruce Hotchkiss limited Washington to three hits as Regis clinched an 8-3 victory in the Cedar Rapids sectional final. Regis advances to district play facing La Porte City Wednesday at 2 p.m. Art Dorrington and Gary Light led the Royals with timely hits and three RBIs.
NEW YORK AP Johnny Keane manager of the St Louis Cardinals cautions against overestimating any team. He cites strong pitching as the key to stopping the San Francisco Giants and praises his rotation of six starters led by Bob Gibson Curt Simmons and Roger Craig. Keane notes rest spacing and warns against long win or loss streaks in a 162 game season.
Happitime wearing new uniforms and a host of newcomers beat 16th Avenue Merchants 6-3 at Ellis Park. A seventh-inning rally, sparked by Ron Satchett and Keith Elson, gave the winners the lead as Larry Cochran, Iowa City, earned the win with a four hit effort. Elson added three hits and two RBIs while Norm Lust and Jerry Schneekloth provided early runs for 16th Avenue Luna.
Juan Marichal and Francisco Meter propelled a big offensive night as Marichal cruised to a 5-0 start recall. The Giants routed Cincinnati 11-3 with a mix of strong pitching and home runs fueling the scoring surge.
Scores show Columbus 6 Rochester 3 Pracuse 6 Richmond 4 Jacksonville 6 Toronto 3 and Atlanta 3 Buffalo game affected by rain Pacific Coast League highlights include Oklahoma City 11 tied with 10 after Thursday suspension Orland 4 Sou Le City 2 Lego 5 Hawaii 4 5 Dallas rain noted typical weather disruptions in slate of games
The New York Mets acquire 33 year old Roy McMillan from Milwaukee for cash and two players including pitcher Jay Hook. Reports from Milwaukee say the Mets paid 100000 dollars. McMillan joins the Mets after losing his starting job to Denis Menke. The Braves trade Hook to Denver farm and receive a future minor league player.
Bahr’s no hits powered HLV past Amana 7-0 to win the sectional baseball crown and advance to district play beginning Monday. HLV will meet the Cedar Rapids Jefferson or Keystone winner at Van Horne at 2 p.m. Monday. HSV scored in all but the fifth inning, aided by Amana errors, and collected seven hits led by Bahra Daniels Fels and Meyer.
Severe storms delayed Midwest league play as Waterloo routed Burlington 14 to 5 at the Hawks park. Waterloo piled up 20 hits and three three-run innings while Burlington hit two homers and saw two players, Ferguson and Montgomery, homer in the losing effort.
Luther track team captured 12 first places to defeat Wartburg 91 to 40 in Decorah. Jerry Thompson and Gary Peer each had two wins, with Gene Takle also winning multiple events including the pole vault and javelin.
Juan Marichal kept his string alive with his 11th straight win as the San Francisco Giants top the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-0. Willie Mays slugged his 11th homer and drove in a run, lifting his season average to .486 while adding a sacrifice fly. The win moves SF seven games ahead of the defending champions.
Iowa State pitchers DeLon Thompson and the hitting of Jim Mahoney and Bob Case propelled the Cyclones to a 6-0 opener shutout win and a 7-6 nightcap victory over Colorado. Mahoney drove in three in the first game and added a triple and single for two RBI in the second. Case added two doubles and drove in two runs. The team improves to 6-4 in the Big Eight.
CHICAGO AP Bobby Foster a 2 1 underdog stopped Allen Thomas in 1 26 of the first round in a 10 round nationally televised light heavyweight bout. Foster 25 from Washington DC moved to 15 2 with nine straight knockouts as Thomas 25 from Chicago fell to 19 1 with one draw.
Decorah takes the district title with 405 strokes led by Patsy Wheatman 96 and Kay Lillibridge 98. Debbie Sams of Osage tied Wheatman at 96 in regulation, then lost in playoff for medalist honors as Osage totaled 414.
Cal Parrott a pole vaulter from Audubon was chosen president of the Varsity I club at Iowa State for the 1964 65 season.
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