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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1962
Page
1
A National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame luncheon is set for Friday at 12 noon in the Shearton Montrose hotel Cedar Rapids. Harvey J Harman executive director of the foundation will attend and promote local clubs nationwide. Attending are Forest Evashevski and Frank Carideo. V Craven Shuttleworth is arranging the luncheon.
Urbana defeated Rowley 11 to 1 in a sectional final to qualify for Linn-Mar district play. Reid pitched a five hitter with 13 strikeouts and added two doubles and a single. Urbana will face Lisbon sectional winner Lincoln in the first round at Linn-Mar. Norway and Wash-Jeff winners meet in the other opener.
Elkader built a four run fourth inning to defeat Garnavillo 5 to 1 in the sectional final. Curt Stoops pitched a complete game allowing five hits. Huebsch collected two of Elkader’s three hits. The scoring line shows Elkader 0 1 0 4 0 0 and Garnavillo 0 0 0 1 0 0.
Allen Schulte pitched a five inning no hitter as Norway defeated Newhall 11 to 0 in sectional action. Roger Schmidt paced the offense with a two for three day and Norway advances to the Linn-Mar district alongside Lincoln and Urbana.
Williamsburg routed Tri County for a 19-0 sectional baseball win Monday. Beilstein led with three hits in three trips as Williamsburg rolled through seven and eight inning scorers, with support from Higgins McAdams and Moore. Brock shus and Von Ansen contributed in the lopsided victory.
Ron Dvorak singles in seventh to push Belle Plaine past Keystone 2 1 in the sectional final. Gary Rusk hurls a four hit complete game for Belle Plaine as Dvorak delivers the deciding hit after a Harbak walk and single.
Coach Burns explains the floating-T now used by Iowa with five backs and seven linemen, aiming for better pass releases. He notes the switch mirrors a Minnesota success and cites 7 or 8 spring losses but says no key players were lost who would have decided fall games.
Ed Whitchelo won the 180 yard low hurdles, the 880 run and the broad jump to pace Maquoketa to the class A district track title with 774 points. Tom Vavra of Prairie took the 100 and Bob Shebetka claimed the high jump as Prairie, Iowa Valley and Monticello also posted district titles.
Vern Westphal of Hull rolled a 692 to win the Lucky 10 lanes individual bowling tournament in Independence last weekend. Hugh Rogers of Cedar Falls had posted a 690 earlier, with Hi Lichty of Waterloo third at 673 and Carroll Lynk Jr of Vinton and Leonard Cornelison of Cedar Rapids tied for fourth at 666. The meet enters its fifth week as 326 bowlers have competed.
Cindy owned and handled by Dick Poulson of Vinton won the open all age class at the Southern Iowa Retrievers club trial in Coralville. Ace, owned by Jerry Sullivan and also handled by Poulson, placed second. Other entries listed include Open Cindy Dick Poulson Vinton and Qualifying Pepper Winnie Keller Wat Derby Midnight Stan Franta Lisbon Hunters' special John Rouse Stanwood.
The record notes a family camping and recreation workshop from July 23 to 28. Wally praises Montana trout fishing and mentions a May return for daughter Jan's wedding with Helen. An Ontario wife reports warm weather and winds melting ice May 5, opening Kenora lakes to fishing a week early, while Ontario smallmouth bass season opens this Saturday.
Grundy Center and Gladbrook win in a team totals event delivering strong performances. Key athletes contributed points across events, shaping a competitive showing for the district meet.
Grundy Center takes class A honors and Gladbrook wins class B in a rain‑delayed district track meet. Readouts include field events results for shot put discus broad jump high jump pole vault and running events with multiple competitors from Grundy Center Eldora Gladbrook and Beaman Conrad among others.
Osage and Clear Lake dominated the district class A prep meet winning 70 events. Top performers include Meyer Monona discus 122-9 and Parker West Union football throw 205-9, with Clear Lake and Garner stars winning multiple running and field events.
Iowa City AP reports Don Nelson the state’s leading scorer and Lary Lorenz a three season reserve were approved as Hawkeye freshman basketball coaches by the Iowa board in control of athletics at a Monday meeting. The board also named Dick Schultz varsity assistant to Coach Sharm Scheuerman, succeeding Bob King who moved to New Mexico as head coach.
Coe defeats Grinnell 8 to 7 in college baseball. Drake edges SCI 74. Northwestern tops Wisconsin 19 to 17 with large run counts, Notre Dame and Iowa play high totals. St Ambrose beats Grinnell 9 to 12. Nebraska 12 Omaha 3. Central 47 Penn 3 in college tennis. Michigan and Western Michigan in scoring notes. LaCrosse over Luther 85 2. Prep baseball notable finals and semis across Linn-Mar Lisbon Calamus Central City Crawfordsville Denver Dubuque and others with wide score spreads.
Incomplete OCR yields scattered names and scores from a local softball slo pitch item. Mentions include Quaker Oats and Johnny's Parkway with multiple players such as Mills, Allely, Novak, Schmitt, Wilson, Landry, Hunter, Robinson, Hamed, and Bean.
A disillusioned man regains religious faith after The Whirlybirds help perform a miracle on Wednesday at 5 p.m. on KCRG TV 9.
Fleck's Falstaff erupted for four runs in the fifth inning to beat HyVee 7-2 at Ellis Park. Fleck's improved to 3-0 while ace Jerry Ralfs carried a near no hitter into the sixth. HyVee scored in the seventh on a walk a single and an infield out before Findley tripled home Lars on.
LaCrosse State defeats Luther 85 to 14 in Decorah as Luther star Gary Peer wins both hurdles. Notable results include Wheeler 440 for LaCrosse 50.5 and Peer 120 high hurdles 15.7, Palmer.
American Broadcasting Co will telecast a Game of the Week for the AFL next season. Gillette will pay 1 750 000 to sponsor one fourth of 18 games. Boston Patriots announced the deal at a luncheon with Curt Gowdy and Paul Christman as national commentators.
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