Morning Sun and Wapello advance in Muscatine sectional
Columbus Junction hosts sectional baseball with Morning Sun beating WACO 8 4 and Morning Sun defeating Wapoello 7 2. Winfield falls to Wanello 7 2 as Columbus Community faces Highland at 8 tonight, with Saturday’s schedule pitting Morning Sun against Wapello and the Highland winner meeting Mid Prairie.
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Morning Sun
Columbus Junction
Don Hardin
WACO
Wapelle Wapelle Indians
Tom Pounds
Niminated Winfield
Winfield
Columbus
Highland
Columbus Community
Way Jello
Columbus-Highland
Mid-Prairie
Knights Rally Past West Liberty in Extra Inning Win
Wilton Beavers edge West Liberty 5-4 in eight innings at Tom Bruner Field to open sectional play, as B J Lange tossed eight strong innings and Wilton overcame a 3-0 first-inning deficit. Assumption Knights dominate Lone Tree 9-1, with Mike Gahagan fanning 12 in a nine-hit victory.
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Davenport
Tom Bruner
Wilston
West Liberty
Assumption
Lone Tree
Bruner
Muscatine
Hayes Catholic
Rick Berlin
MHS i
Dave Panther
Hayes
Istate Association
Bruner Field
Muscatine High
Louisa Muscatine
Muscatine- Hayes
Lange
Terry Ruess
Lee | Lenker
Carter
John
Grimm
al Smith
Dean Birkhofer
Birkhofer
Rich Hartley
Liberty
Wik ‘Ton
Mike Fridley Jed
Leroy Mitchell
West Liberty Comets
Chuck Lorber
Wilton Beavers
Lone Tree Assumption
Tom Sunderbruch
Knights
Andy DeRiamacker
Jon Lev
Midwest Race Getting Closer
The Midwest League race tightened as Cedar Rapids lost and Burlington moved to second place after Clinton dropped a doubleheader. Decatur beat Cedar Rapids 8-4. Quad Cities defeated Clinton 5-2 and then edged Clinton 1-0 in a pitchers’ duel. Burlington outlasted Quincy 7-6 in 16 innings. Dubuque beat Fox Cities 5-2. Wisconsin Rapids downed Waterloo 8-4.
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Associated Press
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Burlington
Clinton
Decatur
Quad Cities
Pilots
Vern Geishert
Rick Swan
Bees
Quincy
Dubuque
Fox Cities
Wisconsin Rapids
Waterloo
All Star NL Pitchers Have 79 31 Record Amid Selections
National League picks include Sandy Koufax Juan Marichal Gaylord Perry and Jim Bunning for the All Star game in St Louis with Perry McCool and Raymond debuting. The eight starters carry a combined 79 31 mark as Sam Mele’s AL selections were announced earlier.
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Dodgers
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Gaylord Perry
San Francisco
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Minnesota
Gary Bell
Sam McDowell
Cleveland
Denny McLain
Detroit
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Baltimore
Jim Kaat
Mel Stottlemyre
New York
Jim Hunter
Kansas City
Pete Richert
Washington
Mele
Alston
Two Stars Duel in Coaches All America Grid Tilt
Benny Anderson of Texas Tech and Jim Grabowski of Illinois meet for the last time as rivals before joining the Green Bay Packers. The pair, each a $600,000 signing bonus, will start for the West and East respectively in the Coaches All America Game.
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Texas Tech
Jim Grabowski
Ilinois
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Sion
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Green Bay
Jimmy Taylor
Paul Hornung
Osteen’s Sixth One-Run Victory Highlights Hustle
Dodgers pitcher Claude Osteen earned his sixth one-run win of the season with an 11-6 record, driving in the decisive run and going 2-for-2 with two singles. He allowed only three hits, raised his batting average to .261, and noted his best first half. The article also mentions Willie Mays’s 524th homer, Clemente’s two RBI double, and other NL games as Mets and Braves won.
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Dom Clendenon
Hamilton
Jack Hamilton
New York
Ed Kranepool
Phillie
Jim Bunning
Joe Torre
Mack Jones
Don Schwall
Fisher Honored As Top Graduate Of Legion Ball
Eddie Fisher of the Baltimore Orioles was named 1965 American Legion baseball graduate of the year. He played Legion ball with Roach Lemer Past No. 44 in Altus Oklahoma and received the honor in Indianapolis.
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Legion Ball
Indianapolis
Eddie Fisher
Baltimore Orioles
American Legion
Roach-Lemer
Altus
Okla
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