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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1964
Page
4
Sam Mele, manager of the Minnesota Twins, apologized Friday night for a beanball threat aimed at Baltimore pitcher Steve Barber. The Twins later beat the Orioles 11-5 as Chuck Dressen faced clubhouse tension and Detroit's struggles continued.
Muscatine's Muskies erupted for five runs in the fifth inning to beat Bettendorf 6-1 after a 1-0 start through four frames. Steve Hindahl allowed 10 strikeouts in a three-hitter over four and a third by Bettendorf starter Mike Ablin, while Tom Plemons and Steve Temple supplied two hits each for Muscatine as they added four more games on the week with home and away dates set at Tom Briner Field and Town City.
Cyrol Burleson, a former Oregon star, led eight runners past the four-minute mile barrier with a 3 57 4 clocking at the Campton Relays in Calif. Tom O Hara of Lycia Chicago finished second, Archie San Romanio and Morgan Groth of Oregon State trailed, with Oregon also placing.
Cuera Fox youth from Houston set a dramatic mark at the U S Track and Field Federation district championship. He cleared 17 feet 1 inch on his ninth attempt, surpassing the pending world record by a quarter inch in a windy, wet runway condition.
Open League games listed for Kent Stein Park and Weed Park venues across Monday to Friday with multiple matchups including Henderson Garage Ina Mac's Wilson Chevrolet Carlisle Sports Shop May Drug Hamm's Beer Carlisie's Krieger Motors Wilton Feed Henderson's Ina Mae's Krice pers Wilson's Witten First EUS Lincoln Boulevard First Sup fist Grace Lutheran Island Methodist Zion Lutheran Calvary Baptist St Mary's Mathias First Baptist Boulevard North Metitors ists DUB Zion Lutheran Grace Lutheran Island Methodist North Methodist
The Associated Press details three tight Midwest League contests with two postponed by rain. Wisconsin Rapids beat Fox Cities 7-6, Waterloo won in the 10th over Dubuque, and Clinton blanked Cedar Rapids 2-0. Postponed games involved Burlington at Decatur and Quad Cities at Quincy.
Chicago Cubs rookie Z Slaughter, in only his second pro season, shut down the Milwaukee Braves on six hits in a 2-0 victory. It was his second win without a loss and his first complete game in the majors. Slaughter, signed last year from Arizona State University, improved the Cubs’ ERA to 1.73 and helped extend their stretch of wins. Billy Williams, Joe Amalfitana, and Billy Cowan contributed key hits as Chicago remained hot in the pennant race.
National League results include San Francisco 5 Philadelphia 1 and Pittsburgh 4 Houston 3. Other scores: New York 8 Los Angeles 0 Chicago 5 Milwaukee 2 Cincinnati 5 St. Louis 4. American League results show Baltimore 5 Chicago 4 Detroit 3 Boston 14 Kansas City 7 and Washington 5 Cleveland 3. Upcoming games list includes San Francisco at Philadelphia and Chicago at Milwaukee among others.
Galen Cisco of the Red Sox earned his first complete game victory since 1962 as Boston blanked Los Angeles. Dick Stuart contributed a third grand slam in a bold batting display while Kansas City tied in the uprising, marking a notable early season clash.
Defending champs St Marys Mathias and Calvary Baptist kept unbeaten YMCA Church Softball records at Weed Park Friday. St Marys Mathias beat Lincoln Boulevard 7 2 while Calvary Baptist triumphed 12 1 over First Baptist. Marys pitcher Tom Streger earned his third straight win on a six hitter, with key hits by Wayne Schaapveld and Dave Ales. Calvary Baptist and North Methodist also posted decisive wins in the tripleheader. Northern Methodist 13 First EUB 1 and Saint Marys Mathias 7 Lincoln Boulevard 2 were noted. Friday night action featured extra base hits and multiple two hit games, with Verbal notes on defending champs extending their unbeaten streak.
At Compton California the mile witnessed eight runners go under four minutes led by Cyrol Burleson. Bob Schul of Miami University of Ohio set an American record by winning the 5 000 meters in 12:98.0 while Bill Baillie trailed. Tom O Hara of Loyola Chicago battled Burleson with Burleson prevailing in 3 47 4. Remaining fast finishers included Archie San Romani, Morgan Broth, Jim Grelle, Bob Day, Cary Weisiger and Jim Ryan with times from 3 57 0 to 3 59 0.
Next week the Life League Baseball schedule expands with all majors and senior division teams playing two games while minors begin play. Mon through Thu feature 11 leagues and a bye in each minors group due to five-team divisions, with detailed matchups across Major Little League, Senior Little League, and Minor Little League divisions.
Muscatine Lighting defeated Lumber Mart 8 to 4 in a Life League Senior division makeup game. The contest was postponed for uniforms and six Lighting runs came in the last two innings. M Courtois earned the win, J Wilte caught. Bos ton pitched for Lumber Mart with B Lee catching. Steve Hutton homered, M Courtois and J Wite had two hits each. Hutton and Garvin led Lumber with singles and Hutton added a homer.
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