Iowa Amateur Opens With Clinton Hopefuls In Lead
Clinton's Bill Iversen, former Towa Junior champion, carded a 69 in warmup as top locals chase the 163-entry Iowa Amateur at the host club. Defending champ Dave Gross and standout contenders including Steve Spray, John Liechty, Rod Bliss II, Bob Leahy and Johnny Jacobs highlight a 72-hole event with cutdowns to 75 after two rounds and 60 for the final, set on a 6430-yard course where 286 is the target total.
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Clinton
Bill Iversen
Towa
Iversen
Iverson
Dave Gross
Davenport
Steve Spray
Indianola
John Liechty
Marshalltown
Rod Bliss II
Des Moines
Bob Leahy
Iowa City
Johnny Jacobs
Cedar Rapids
George Holbrook
Dave Bollman
Cycle Races Slated Sunday at State Park Track
Muscatine motorcycle club schedules a scramble at the club track beside Wild Cat State Park on Sunday beginning at 1 30 p m. The oil free dustless track lies near Pine Creek mill entrance to the park.
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Winners Ouiscort Losers 33 11 in Church League
Island Calvary and Saint Mary s Saint Mathias led a chaotic YMCA Church Softball League tripleheader at Weed Park. Zion Lutheran powered by two home runs from Mike Rueckert and key hits from Neal Greenwald propelled a 12 4 victory over Lincoln Boulevard Baptist. First Baptist edged EUB 12 5 as Bob Luiken earned the win and Ken Willtrout took the loss.
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Wayne Shoultz
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YMCA
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Ron Axel
Neal Greenwald
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Ron Eggenburg
Bill Greenwald
John Bender
Mike Schoonover
Flo Baptis
ECB
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Bob Luiken
Ken Willrout
Baptist
Larry Bunn
Mack Sutherland
Bil Paetz
Bob ‘Nietzel
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Dearrel ‘Bates
Richard Lord
Roger Bates
McCovey Key Man For Giants Hit Streak To 15 Games
Giants star Willie McCovey extended his hitting streak to 15 games with a sixth inning single, then hit his 24th homer in the eighth as San Francisco beat Philadelphia 4-3. Dodgers moved four games up on rival teams after a 4-3 win over the Mets. Cardwell threw a two-hitter in Pittsburgh’s 3-0 win over Houston. Cubs outslugged Reds 7-0 in Chicago while St Louis split with Milwaukee 6-3 and 3-5. Marichal earned his 18th win with Bolin helping in relief.
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Associated Press
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Ray Culp
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New York
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Drysdale
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Colts
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Pirates
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Don’ Nottebart
Dick Ellaworth
Andrew Rogers
al Worthington
Dom Zanni
Ken Hubs
Don Landrum
Jim Maloney
Eddie Kasko
Pete Rose
Dick Grout
Bill White
Hamm's Beer Edges Drewry's Beer 1–0 In 12 Innings
Unscheduled blackout delayed play as Hamm's Beer beat Drewry's Beer 1 to 0 in 12 innings at Oregon Field. Gene Buster delivered the deciding base hit after a late plate light failure, driving in Vastine who had earlier reached third on a wild sequence. Vern LaRue pitched a stellar 12 innings for Hamm's, limiting Drewrys to three singles and striking out 11.
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Hamm
Drewry
Oregon Field
Gene Buster
Hamm's
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Buster
Vastina
Vastine
Booth
Chet’ Ballenger
Drewrys
Ron Palm
Tan
la Rue
Brandt
Cardinals win as they score five times in seventh
The Cardinals surge to victory by scoring five runs in the seventh inning against Milwaukee. In the second game the Braves defeat ex teammate Lew Burdette with Lee Maye homering in the seventh for the decisive blow.
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Cardinals
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Braves
Lew Burdette
Lee Maye
High School Sectional State Today’s Games at Durant Mediapolis and Fort Madison
Durants hosts Muscatine versus Assumption at 7 ast and Durant versus Lincoln of Stanwood at 8 30 ast. Mediapolis hosts Louisa Muscatine against WACO at 7m ast. Fort Madison hosts Burlington at 4 dst. Town City versus Regina 4 CST and Town City against West Branch. Calamus hosts Clinton St Marys at 6 30 CST and Clinton faces Calamus at 8 CST.
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Assumption
Lincoln
Stanwood
Mediapolis
Louisa Muscatine
Waco
Fort Madison
Burlington
Town City
Lone Tree
Regina
City
West Branch
Calamus
Clinton St. Mary's
Comatanche
Clinton
Bees Beat Dubuque 22 In 22 Innings In Midwest League
Burlington built a 5 run first inning and rode tenacity as Tom Reynolds scored the winning run in the 22nd inning to lift Bees past Dubuque 22 to 1. Cedar Rapids edged Waterloo 4-2 with solo homers from Heerar Torres and Al Coserave. Quincy won 2-0 aided by Al Larg’s sixth inning homer with two aboard. Wisconsin Rapids overcame Fox Cities 7-6 after three eighth inning runs.
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Burlington
Dubuque
Tom Reynolds
Burling
Guy Craveford
Bill Dawson
Clinton
Decatur
Skip Rohde
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Heerar Torres
al Coserave
Quincy
Quad Cities
Al-Larg
Wisconsin Rapids
Fox Cities
One Softball Game Opens Open League Round at Oregon Field
Tonight only one game in the Open Softball league at Oregon Field pits May. Drag against Moose at 8 p m. A tripleheader is planned next week to makeup the postponed game from tonight. Managers had earlier voted to rearrange the third round schedule. Hendersons Kriegers had prior commitments and were granted a postponement.
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Moose
Henderson
Krieger’s
Earlie
Leaders After 36 Holes At The British Open
British Open at St Annes reports Phil RodgersLa Jolla Calif leads with 7 63 155 after 36 holes while Peter Thomson Australia is 69 238 Jack Nicklaus Columbus Ohio 138 Kel Nagle Australia 69 70 123 Bob Charles New Zealand 68 1490 Jean Gatafalde France 72 9141 Tom aliburton England 8 BL Dy MacDonald England 71 TL 12 Christy OConnor Ireland 74 65242 Ramon Sota Spain 8 73 142 Sebastian Miguel Spain 72 142
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New Zealand
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France
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Ford Uses Head Instead Of Arm In Yankees Win
In a 10 inning 2-0 victory over the Angels, Whitey Ford, left handed, shut down L A with 11 hits against, despite questions about his form. He earned his 10th straight win this season as the Yankees stayed five games ahead of Chicago’s White Sox, who beat Detroit. Mantle and Maris out, Hector Lopez homered for the Yankees and Joe Pepitone delivered a go ahead double with Elston Howard’s single. The Angels committed two unearned runs in the fourth aided by an error and a passed ball. Ford benefited from Hal Reniff’s late inning relief to preserve the shutout.
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National League Standings and Schedule Summary
Standings show St. Louis Milwaukee Chicago Philadelphia New York Los Angeles San Francisco Cincinnati and Houston in pursuit. Thursday results include St. Louis 6-2 Milwaukee 1, Chicago 7-2, New York 4-3 over San Francisco, Los Angeles 4-3 over New York, with Houston blanking St. Louis in another. Upcoming games list New York at Los Angeles, San Francisco at Philadelphia, Houston at Pittsburgh, Chicago at Cincinnati, Milwaukee at St. Louis.
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