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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 11, 1966

Page

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Dodgers Run Over Phillies In 6-1 Victory

Dodgers with Maury Wills three steals Lou Johnson two and Ron Fairly one edge the Phillies 6-1 as Sandy Koufax limits Chicago to six hits while fanning ten and improves to four wins in five decisions. Fairly doubles home two in the first inning and Gibson, Shannon, and Flood homer for the Cardinals in a busy NL slate.

Los Angeles Dodgers Walt Alston Maury Wills Philadelphia Phillies Sandy Koufax Wills Lou Johnson Ron Alston Los Angeles St. Louis Chicago Cincinnati Atlanta San Francisco Pittsburgh New York Houston Fairly Dodgers Koufax Chris Short Sandy Orlando Cepeda Giants Bob Gibson Gibson Mike Shannon Curt Flood Jim Maloney Milt Pappas Reds Braves Maloney Don Nottebart Pappas Pete Rose Tony Perez Leo Cardenas Deron Johnson Pirates Tom Haller Len Gabrielson

Washington Wins J Hawk Relays Title at Kingston Stadium

Jefferson sophomore Doug Lane came within a half inch of a national prep shot put mark with a 62 feet 9 42 inch effort. Washington’s Warriors captured the J Hawk Relays team title amid strong showings across events, overtaking defending champ Marshalltown as East Waterloo provided key support.

Jefferson Doug Lane Washington Kingston Stadium Husky Warriors Lane Jhawk Jon Meskimen Iowa J-Hawks Marshalltown

Baseball Standings and Schedule Update

Rain delays affect New York at Minnesota and Washington at California. Wednesday’s night games include Detroit at Cleveland and New York at Minnesota with Pascual and McDowell pitching. Thursday schedules show Washington at California and New York at Minnesota among others. only games listed.

New York Minnesota Washington California Detroit McLain Cleveland McDowell Pascual Boston Morehead Kansas City Hunter Nid Chicago Soha Baltimore McNally McCormick Brunet Ww. L Pet G San Francisco Pittsburgh Houston Los Angeles Philadelphia Newark Atlanta Cincinnati St Louis Chicago SALTS St. Louis Jackson Holtzman Roberts McGraw Sutton Arial Schwall Ellis Carroll Pet G.B Burlington Fox Cities Quad Cities Wisconsin Rapids Cedarapids Dubuque Clinton Waterloo Quincy Decatur Cedar Rapids Lear G.B. Cleveland Kansas Cty Clevelan

Independence Tops Wamac Track Field With Record Breakers

Independence won the Wamac conference track and field meet at the Marion oval, led by record efforts from Mike Mulvaney in shot put and discus and Chuck Marshall in pole vault. Lint of Anamosa injured in the broad jump while contending for wins, with Monticello’s Yeoman taking two hurdles.

Independence Marion Oval Big Mike Mulvaney Mike Chuck Marshall Mike Lint Anamosa Lint Blue Raiders Vinton John Ketchen Bob Burch Mark Schirm Maquoketa Keith Jones Marion Scott Bevin Monticello John Savage Savage

Pruett Spins 4-Hitter In Cedar Rapids Triumph 3-0

Cedar Rapids won 3-0 as Robbie Robinson homered and singled, and Joe Hague and Biff Bracy drove in runs. Pruett pitched nine innings, fanning seven with 134 pitches, allowing only four hits and two errors scoring three unearned runs.

Pruett Canton Ohio Zelman Jack Ron Plaza Paso Joe” Hague Robinson Cedar Rapids Clinton Jack Pitts Reyes Grove Hague Clark Bracy Money Murphy Laiolo Arena Arcia McKinley Runi Warmbrod Mangual Murtaugh Cedar_ Rapids E—Reyes C.R. Hague Hr—Robinson Sf—Bracy Sb— Laiolo Beac Jackson Warmbrod A—Steiner Spenn

Busch Memorial Stadium vivid in St Louis debut plans

Reporter recalls touring Atlanta's new park and compares it to Busch Memorial Stadium in St Louis, slated as a $25 million facility within a $51 million civic project. The piece lists features including five garages, 7,400 parking spaces, a 400 room motel, and a nearly circular stadium seating 49,453. It notes former Cedar Rapids players Denis Menke Hank Fischer Mack Jones and Tony Cloninger with the Braves and Gene Oliver from Rock Island, and ends with a joking football seating anecdote from Atlanta.

St. Louis Busch Memorial Stadium Gateway Arch Mississippi River Atlanta Braves Cardinals St. Louis Cardinals Milwaukee Cedar Rapids Braves Denis Menke Bancroft C.R Hank Fischer Mack Jones Tony Cloninger Gene Oliver Rock Island

Valentine’s Day Late in Washington Sparks Senators

Fred Valentine delivered four hits for the second straight game as the Senators beat California 4 1. He raised his average to .300 with eight hits in his last 10 at bats, including a homer and a triple. Pete Richert allowed only three Angels hits.

Valentine Fred Senators California

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