Homers Save C R Again 4 3
Cedar Rapids edges Fox Cities 4 3 behind two 2 run homers by Stratton and Moss to halt a 4 game slide. DeLeon goes the distance as Fox Cities pitcher Sadowski allows 8 hits but suffers two big blows.
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1958
Page
4
Cedar Rapids edges Fox Cities 4 3 behind two 2 run homers by Stratton and Moss to halt a 4 game slide. DeLeon goes the distance as Fox Cities pitcher Sadowski allows 8 hits but suffers two big blows.
McKinley dominates distance relays winning both events 59 to 37 over Roosevelt at Roosevelt High. Steve Taylor leads McKinley with 18 points 3 first places and a school record in the 220 yard dash while Bob Atkinson adds two firsts two seconds. Roosevelt claims four firsts and two tied events as McKinley takes five firsts overall.
Franklin won its first track meet of the season Friday afternoon by toppling Wilson 53 to 43. Jack Kaplan led Wilson with wins in the 220 and 440 yard dashes while John Mochnik added a high jump and broad jump sweep for Franklin.
Franklin freshmen swept Roosevelt 9-0 in varsity play and 3-0 in reserve action. Singles saw Wright 10-2 over Bordelon and Aldershot 10-7 over Wampler. Nassif defeated Rosdail, Prumball beat Covington, and Wright-Aldershot won 10-0 in doubles. Reserve results list Forster and Dougherty in singles and Lapainis-Ellw doubles.
J Hawk Netmen defeated Tama 7 2 in a doubles heavy match. Jeff Toempeon and Gar reis Riffle won 12 6 in singles. Svacina and Thomes also claimed wins for Jeff.
Fragmented report lists scattered game results from multiple leagues including American Association International League Southern Association Texas Pacific Coast Western League Eastern League South Atlantic and Midwest League with partial scores for teams such as St Paul Minneapolis Louisville Omaha Denver Charleston Chattanooga Atlanta Nashville Fort Worth Corpus Christi Portland Spokane Lincoln Sioux City Albany Albany and Omaha.
Giants beat Dodgers 11-3 as Willie Mays stars with two homers a double and five RBIs. Mays also robbed a Dodger rally with a clutch eighth inning catch and raised his average to .389. Spahn won his fifth straight with a nine hitter as Cincinnati and Chicago also lost on the National League slate.
Coe overcame a 2-1 deficit with two runs in the eighth inning to defeat Knox 3-2. Sophomore Ted Stang earned his third conference win as Knox’s Eddie Moore and Junior Brown led the visitors with four and two runs, while Don Huff and Larry Wilcoxen contributed key doubles for Coe. Joe Pelisek’s Monmouth visits Daniels Park next, carrying an 11-2 mark.
Missouri defeated Iowa State 8-6 to improve to 7-2 in the Big Eight. Ernie Nevers earned the win with a 9 hit outing, his third straight victory. Missouri scored early and pulled away after a four-run Iowa State fourth, then added two in the seventh to seal the game.
In Bloomington Art Andrews of Notre Dame loses the opening singles, while the Hawkeyes secure a 5-4 victory to snap a 13-match Notre Dame win streak. The meet features close matches with Breen and Patrick among the scorers.
Tommy Bolt held a one stroke lead in the rain delayed Arlington Open second round as rain halted play on Friday. Bolt shot 66 in the opening round to top a field that included Gary Player Bob Roseburg and Bert Weaver, with Don January and Al Besselink on 140. Two rounds remained to complete the event.
Ortiz, 21, from New York, scored his 27th straight victory by decisively beating Joey Lopes of California in a 10 round bout at Hollywood Legion Stadium before 1,700 spectators and a national TV audience. The win strengthens Ortiz's rising prestige as a light welterweight contender toward Joe Brown.
Waverly edged Sumner and Oelwein in a three way battle for team honors at the District Class A meet. Waverly totaled 92 points to Sumner’s 86 and Oelwein’s 84, with Waverly winning seven titles and depth carrying the victory. Oelwein claimed two relays titles the 880 and 440 with Barr Gustin Halstead and Chandler leading the Huskies to five titles overall.
Sigourney captured three titles and placed well in most events to win the Class C district track meet in a 13 team field at Oskaloosa. North English edged Keota for runner up with Williamsburg finishing third as relay events produced big scores for North English.
In Champaign Iowa won 8 to 7 as Illinois committed three costly unearned runs on errors. John Jurasevich homered twice and Frank Schwartz added a round-tripper, but a two run eighth inning error by Jurasevich sealed the Illini’s fate.
Hilmer claimed three individual titles helping Monona place third in the class B district test at Osage Monona's Bob Hilger swept the broad jump 20 ft 1 in the 100 yd dash 10.2 and 220 yd dash 23.0 aiding the team while Postville's F Heins won the 880 in 2 07 4 and placed second in the mile 4 42 2.
In Decorah Luther College swept Wartburg 9-0 as Keith Paulson and others won in straight sets. Singles matches featured Paulson, Dnames, and Zimmer leading Luther with decisive scores, while doubles Enge and Paulson added to the rout.
Oregon State announces a two game football series with Iowa. Athletic Director Roy Keene says the teams signed to play September 29, 1962, in Iowa City and the previously agreed game will be in Iowa City on September 24, 1960.
University of Iowa announces Robert Allen as head swimming coach and Bill Happel as freshman football coach, approved by the Board of Regents. Allen succeeds retirementing 42-year coach David Armhurster. Happel, 22, is among Hawkeye staff’s youngest full time coaches and plans to graduate in 1958.
Detroit obtained Herman Wehmeier on waivers from the St. Louis Cardinals. Mickey McDermott was optioned to Miami on a 24 hour recall basis to clear room for Wehmeier after consenting to the move.
Kentucky governor A B Chandler, ex-baseball commissioner, said he would talk with former New York Yankee outfielder Earle Combs about filling the vacant state banking commissioner position in Frankfort.
Results show Missouri and Iowa State 6 Coe 3 Knox 2. Minnesota 6 Purdue 5 in 11 innings. Nebraska 4 Kansas 2. Colorado 6 Iowa 8. Illinois 7. Michigan State 9 Northwestern 6. Northern Illinois 14 Dent Michigan 8 Detroit 12 Wayne 11. Augustana Morningside 7 South Dakota 11 Teachers 2. College tennis Luther 9 Warthur Michigan State 7. Illinois 6 Michigan 3. Iowa 5 Notre Dame 4. College track Cornell 9 St Ambrose Westmar Buena Vista 60.
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