Baseball Standings and Results Summary
American League standings show Detroit leading with 31 wins and a .620 winning pace, Baltimore and Cleveland close behind, while Minnesota and Boston trail. Tuesday results include Cleveland over Chicago 2-1 and Minnesota beating New York 3-0. National League leaders St. Louis and Atlanta clash in tight races as several games finish with New York and Chicago shutouts.
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Red Sox Add Two Pitchers Strengthen Muscatine Roster
Muscatine Red Sox announce signings to bolster pitching. Terry Williams of Davenport West High School and Red Jennings from Western Illinois University join as scouts note Williams is a top prep pitcher. Williams debuts Saturday against Montrose Indians with no admission charge for weekend home games at Bruner Field.
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Muscatine Red Sox
Terry Williams
Davenport West High School
George Long
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Red Sox
Sox
Montrose Indees
Red Jennings
Western Illinois University
Macomb Hill
Western
Youngstown
Ohio
Mount Pleasant Merchants
Bruner Field
Bob Hines
Muscatine Community College
Mike van Dine
Iowa State
Seas Damage Yachts in Race
High seas and hard sailing battered the transatlantic solo yacht race four days in, leaving seven of 35 entrants damaged. London bookmakers installed Aldin Gliksman as 4-1 favorite aboard his French yawl Raph.
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Plymouth
England
London
Aldin Gliksman
Drysdale ties record with sixth straight scoreless game
Dodgers ace Don Drysdale, facing the Pirates, extended his scoreless streak to 54 innings with a three hit 5 0 victory. Paul Popovich preserved the mark with a key sixth inning play, as Drysdale matched Hall of Famer Walter Johnson for consecutive shutouts.
White Sox Lose To Indians In Ninth, 2-1
Cleveland dented Chicago with two eighth inning runs on an infield hit a broken bat single and a bunt to surprise the previously dominant Sox pitching. Tiant sparkled with a four hitter to gain the win as the Indians edged the Sox 2-1 in a low scoring affair.
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Chico Salmon
Jose Vidal
Vern Fuller
Big Inning Stuns Buena Vista In NAIA Run Elimination
In St Joseph Missouri Buena Vista of Town fell 7-2 to Georgia Southern in the NAIA baseball tournament as a big seventh inning broke a tie. Ralph Lynch tripled in two runs and Ron Cawthon doubled in two more.
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Georgia
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Ron Cawthon
Denny Dotson
Beavers
William Jewell
Michigan Fifth, Maddox Tops Big Ten Batting Race
AP reports Michigan's Elliott Maddox led the Big Ten with a .467 batting average, helping the Wolverines to a fifth-place finish. Dave Heiss of Ohio State was second at .422, while Geoff Baillie of Wisconsin hit .400. Lance Primis of Wisconsin earned the top pitching mark at 5-1. Michigan State’s Dan Bielski tied 40 records for the season.
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Michigan State
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Lance Primis
Area Horseshoe Tour Winners Crown Cedar Rapids Class C D
Two area pitchers led the Eastern Iowa Horseshoe Tour at Ellis Park in Cedar Rapids last Saturday with Ed Kaaberg Muscatine taking Class C and Jake Davis Columbus Junction winning Class D. Byron Hafner Letts finished second in Class B, Larry Bender West Liberty placed in several classes, and Madele Blake Columbus Junction also earned top placements. Ralph Crawford Columbus Junction and others also placed in various classes ahead of the Iowa State Horseshoe Tournament at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines August 22 to 25.
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Cedar Rapids
Ed Kaaberg
Muscatine
Jake Davis
Columbus Junction
Byron Hafner
Letts
Larry Bender
West Liberty
Madele Blake
Ralph Crawford
Des Moines
Drysdale Strikes Five Straight Shutouts in 5-0 Win
Dodgers ace Don Drysdale set a major league record with his fifth consecutive shutout, allowing only three hits in a 5-0 victory over the Pirates and extending his scoreless string to 54 innings, two shy of Walter Johnson’s 55-year mark. Mike Epstein returned for the Senators and hit a two run homer in a 4-2 win over Oakland.
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Associated Press
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Paul Popovich
Drysdale
Los Angeles Dodgers
Pittsburgh Pirates
Doc White
Gary Kolb
Maury Wills
Popovch
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Util Wills
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Walter Johnson
Mike Epstein
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Oakland
Beverly Qualifies For National Parachute Championships
Bert Beverly of the Hawkeye State parachute team in Muscatine has secured a spot in the national championships after finishing third at the Midwest regional meet in Vandalia Indiana. The five state regional drew 70 competitors. the top eight advance to nationals. Beverly placed eighth in 1966 and 23rd in 1967 nationals and was an alternate on the 1966 United States team in world competition.
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Hawkeye State
Muscatine
Beverly
Vandailia
United States
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