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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1967
Page
3
In Warwick Rhode Island Joanne Gunderson Carner defeated Julie Greene 4 and 2 to win the Rhode Island women's amateur golf championship, retaining her state title in a match play final.
An unusual Friday schedule at Kent Stein Park left only one completed game in the American Majors. Muscatine Buick was upset by Police Department but the forfeit stood due to a pitcher exceeding innings in a calendar week. Gibson & Gibson defeated Beach Lumber 10-4 while Stark Realty beat Carver-Bandag 6-5. Judy Kimball led in Milwaukee Jaycee Open action with a 72 tying for third as Susie Maxwell led with 69.
Woodie Held hit a game winning homer in the opener and a two run shot in the nightcap as the Angels swept the Orioles 2-1 and 3-3 to extend a five game win streak to ten victories in eleven. Baltimore dropped to sixth, while Washington edged Boston twice and Cleveland beat Minnesota in 10 innings.
Muscatine junior varsity nicked Clinton sophomores 4-3 as the winning run scored on a wild pitch in the seventh. Eddie Berry earned the win, Kruse took the loss, with Muscatine receivers McDonald Randleman Henderson collecting the hits. Clinton batters Murphy Eberle Peterson Schroeder contributed, while Axel Burke Emlet drew walks and forced the decisive run.
Muscatine loses fifth straight as Bettendorf walks off in sixth inning. Calkins drives in tying run in first and Calvert, Freese lead Muskies with key hits. Final out features fielding miscue on Calkins fly ball. Reifert’s Ina Mae’s blank Krieger’s 8 6 in open softball after.
Cincinnati rallies behind Chico Ruiz who selling the hidden ball trick to beat Los Angeles 3-2. Ruiz singles and scores after a stolen base as Leo Cardenas is hit and Pinson drives in the go ahead run. Lee May adds a homer for the Reds while Chicago, Atlanta, Philadelphia, and St. Louis win elsewhere in NL action.
The Muscatine Indians, leader in the Hawkeye college league, had Fridays game against Davenport rained out for the second straight time. They were scheduled to host Davenport at Tom Bruner Field and will travel to Fairfield Sunday for a 1:30 p.m. doubleheader with Parsons College.
Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, and Billy Casper top the U S Open at Baltusrol as heat tests players. Palmer shot 68 for 137, one stroke ahead of Nicklaus, with Casper at 139 and Bruce Devlin at 140. Don January stood at 141 after rounds of 69 and 72.
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