Red Sox Pursue Lead In Key Game With Burlington
Muscatine sits atop Mississippi Valley standings after Sunday 7-5 win over Gtmma. They host Burlington Merchants Thursday at Tom Bruner Field at 7. Rod Jennings and Terry Williams combine for two hitters each in two starts. Williams, a Davenport West star, joins Boston system after signing Wednesday. Averages show Fred Stephens and B J Lange as top hitters. The schedule also includes Ottumwa and more Burlington games with no gate charge.
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Burlington
Gtmma
Muscatine Red Sox
Mississippi Valley Baseball League
Red Sox
Hills Merchants
Burlingon Merchants
Tom
Williams
Red Jennings
Western Illinois University
Jennings
Terry Wiliams
Davenport West High
Mississippi Valley
W. L. Pet
Muscatine
Ottumwa
Hills
Mount Pleasant
Montrose Ovow
Boston Red Sox
Waterloo
Boston
George Long
Fred Stephens
B.J. Lange
Long
Stephens
Boo B. Hines
T. Williams Wood
Abs L. Lenker
R. Jennings
H. Lloyd
J. Hart
D. Grensing
T. Blaesing
B. Leech li
Wilton beats Wapello 6 4 with late sixth inning surge
Wilton earned a non conference win 6 4 over Wapello on Wednesday night with two runs in the sixth. Bill Norton and Jack Allgood delivered the key hits and walk to spark the rally. Ben Marois and Eddie Sawvell started on the mound for Wilton while Huddle and Rod Fisher pitched for Wapello. Wilton finished with six hits to Wapello five. Wapello led 0 0 until Wilton plated four in the third. Sawvell earned the win in relief. Wapello pitchers struck out six Wilton whiffed ten. Wilton hosts Mid Prairie Friday and Wapello travels to New London Friday.
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Wilton
Wapello
Bill Norton
Jack Allgood
Ben Marois
Eddie Sawvell
Huddle
Rod Fisher
Neil Rabedeaux
Mick Birkhofer
D. Birkhofer
Fisher
Steele
Sawvell
Mid-Prairie
New London
U High Walks Over Durant in 10-8 Game
Durant Wildcats yielded 11 walks in a 10-8 loss to U High Wednesday at Iowa City. Durant outhit U High 11-2 but were hurt by the control issues and costly free passes.
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U High
Durant
Durant Wildcats
Iowa City
Woalke
Tham
Ryuns Record Nearing Credit
Sacramento AP report says Jim Ryun's world half mile record may gain official recognition after the AAU track committee directs submission of his 1:44.9 time from Terre Haute, June 1966, to the IAAF. The mark, set at a meet not AAU sanctioned, was recognized as an American record by the AAU but not yet world sanctioned.
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Calif
Jim Ryun
The
Amateur Athletic Union
AAU
Ryun
Ted
International Amateur Athletic: ’Federation
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Terre “Haute
Ind
TUS, Track and Field Federation
IAAF
FAAU
Forty Niners and Eager Pitchers Spark NL Show
In the National League on a Wednesday night Juan Marichal won his 13th game and ninth straight for the Giants as San Francisco topped Philadelphia 5 to 1. Bob Veale pitched a six hitter in Pittsburgh’s 2 to 1 win over Los Angeles, while Steve Carlton and the Cardinals blanked Chicago 4 to 0. Jerry Koosman notched his 11th win for the Mets in a five hitter over Houston 8 to 2, and Ron Reed pitched four hitter for Atlanta in a 3 to 1 victory over Cincinnati. Willie Mays contributed two triples to help the Giants rally past the Phillies as the Mays-Cobb alltime extra-base list reached 1,139. Carlton allowed only a fourth-inning single and struck out nine. Orlando Cepeda drove in all Giants runs with a three-run homer.
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Juan Marichal
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Bob Veale
Pittsburgh
Los Angeles
Steve Carlton
St. Louis
Chicago
Jerry
Koosman
New York Mets
Houston
Ron Reed
Atlanta
Cincinnati
Marichal
Dizzy Dean
Giants
Willie Mays
Mays
Ty Cobb
Carlton
Glenn Beckett
Orlando Cepeda
Rich Nye
Zepeda
Willie Stargell
Gene Alley
Singers Wild
Jerry May
Met
Astros
Cleon Jones
Mets
Don Wilson
Reed
Reds
Vada Pinson
Fred Whitfield
Felix Millan
Clete Boyer
Braves
Major League Stars Pitching and Batting Highlights
Steve Carlton of the Cardinals pitched a one hitter in a 4-0 win over the Cubs. Ken Harrelson of the Red Sox had two hits and four RBIs including a homer in an 8-5 victory over the Tigers. The report is by The Associated Press.
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Steve Carlton
Cardinals
Cubs
Ken Harrelson
Red Sox
Tigers
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Associated Art
Twins Use Strange Equation In Sixth Win In Row
The Minnesota Twins won their sixth straight behind Harmon Killebrew's 1000th major league hit and Dean Chance's complete game three hitter for his 100th win. Washington was defeated 4 4. Oakland defeated Baltimore 5 3. California beat the Yankees 3 2. Boston topped Detroit 4 5. Cleveland edged Chicago 3 4.
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ED Schuyler Jr
Associated Press
Minnesota Twins
Harmon Killebrew
Minnesota
Dean Chance
Twins
Washington
Minor League Scores From The International Pacific Coast Leagues
The Associated Press reports minor league results across three circuits. International League games include Toledo defeating Jacksonville 5 to 3 and Richmond beating Buffalo 3 to 2 in ten innings with Rochester over Louisville 11 to 6 and Syracuse downing Columbus 4 to 2 in 12 innings. Pacific Coast League notes San Diego 5 Vancouver 1 and Phoenix 10 Seattle 0 while Tulsa 5 Tacoma 3 and Portland 6 Oklahoma City 5. Spokane 5 Indianapolis 2 and Hawaii 7 Denver 1.
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Associated Press
Toledo
Jacksonville
Richmond
Buffalo
Rochester
Louisville
Syracuse
Columbus
San Diego
Vancouver
Phoenix
Seattle
Tulsa
Tacoma
Portland
Oklahoma City
Spokane
Indianapolis
Hawaii
Denver
Top Pro Picks in Star Games Highlight 21 rookies
The Coaches All-America and Tribune All-Star rosters name 21 rookies slated to play in Atlanta on June 28 and Chicago on August 2. Notables include Ron Yary, Bob Johnson, Claude Humphrey, Russ Washington, and Fred Carr among others. Home teams showed a slight edge in 1967 with Baltimore 6-1-0 at home and Los Angeles 6-0-1 away.
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Atlanta
Green Bay
Chicago
Ron Yary
Southern California
Minnesota
Fran Tarkenton
Bob Johnson
Tennessee
Cincinnati Bengals
Claude Humphrey
Tennessee A&i
Russ Washington
Missouri
San Diego
Fred Carr
Packers
Gary Beban
UCLA
Greg Landry
Massachusetts
Larry Csonka
Syracuse
Max Anderson
Arizona State
Fred Hyatt
Auburn
Dennis Homan
Alabama
Charles Sanders
Tom Williams
John Garlington
LSU
Wayne Meylan
Nebraska
Adrian Young
Ers
Curley Culp
Kevin Hardy
Notre Dame
Tim Rossovich
Jim “Zazoo” Smith
Oregon
Jerry DePoyster
Wyoming
Don Weiss
NFL
Baltimore
Los Angeles
Tonight’s Little 6ourney Games Across Multiple Divisions
Schedule lists Muscatine at Assumption in the first round at 6 p.m. Red Sox face Burlington at 7:30 p.m. at Kent Stein Park Majors diamonds 1-23. Senior Division features HON and Carver Bandag plus Ina Maes and Elks at KentStein. Minor Division rounds at Taylor West Junior High Oak Park and Garfield School with White Sox vs Senators Orioles vs Red Sox Yankees vs Angels Indians vs Twins Thatcher Glass vs HON 2 at 6:15 pan and HON 1 vs GPC at 7:45 p.m.
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Diamonds
Kent-Stein Park
Thatcher Glass
Henderson
Chev Olds
Johnson Oil
Afl-Cio
Rosenberg Agency
Moose
KentStein Park
HON
Carver-Bandag
Ina Mae’s
Elks
Poole
Taylor
West Junior High
Oak Park
Garfield School
White Sox
Senators
Orioles
Red Sox
Yankees
Angels
Indians
Twins
Harrelson Reacts as Firecracker Hits Him in Detroit
Boston’s Ken Harrelson drove in four runs as the Red Sox beat Detroit 5 to 4. A firecracker exploded behind him in the ninth, and fans hurled beer cans amid a chaotic scene prompting Detroit to threaten forfeiture if disturbances continued. Harrelson criticized the city’s fans while noting empty enforcement and danger to players and spectators. Wert struck out with two out and two strikes to end the game.
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Leo Rodriguez
California
Joe Pepitone
Jake Gibbs
Sammy Ellis
Yankees
Ken Harrelson
Boston
Red Sox
Detroit
Harrelson
Teading
Tigers
Joe Lahoud
Reg Smith
Don Wert
Wert
Baseball Standings and Weekend Schedule
American League teams in tight pennant race with Detroit Cleveland Baltimore Minnesota Boston Oakland California New York Chicago Washington and Baltimore listed with records. Weekend games include Chicago at St Louis Houston at New York Cincinnati at Atlanta San Francisco at Philadelphia Los Angeles at Pittsburgh and reversed Friday matchups. Results from Wednesday include Minnesota 4 Washington 0 and Boston 6 Detroit 5 along with Cleveland 3 Chicago 1.
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Chicago
Houston
New York
Cincinnati
Atlanta
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
Pittsburgh
Detroit
Cleveland
Baltimore
Minnesota
Boston
Oakland
California
Washington
L. Pet. G.B. St. Louis
San Fran
Phila
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Campbell
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Veale
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Hal Bock
Mauch
Gene Mauch
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Manuel Ramos
de. Edwin Campbell
New York Athletic Commission
Kiamesha Lake
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Madison Square Garden
New York Yankees
Chicago White Sox
Killebrew
Ted Uhlaender
Uhlaender
Jackie Hernandez
Floyd Robinson
Roger Nelson
Rick Monday
Reggie Jackson
Sal Bando
Jim Hunter
Steve Barber
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Woody Held
Tom Burgmeier
Vic Davalillo
Andy Kosco
Willie Horton
Norm Cash
Luis Tiant
Russ Snyder
Tony Horton
RBI
Bob Priddy
Duke Sims
MonArk and
Appleby
Mississippi Valley Speed Club
West Liberty Fairgrounds
Assumption
Tom Bruner
Kent-Stein
al Salermo
Kathleen Allen
East 10Th Street
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Clark
Tl Park Ave
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Elks Lodge
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