Columbus slips past Wapello in five innings to take lead
Columbus Junction rolling to a 4 3 to 2 win over Wapello as the game ends early under the one run rule. Lone Tree drops a close game as New London and Danville sweep a doubleheader at home. Singleton finishes strong for Columbus, fanning nine in five innings amid a season of high hopes.
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Columbus
Iowa
Louisa Muscatine
Lone Tree
Wapelle
L-M
New London
Danville
Winfield Mount Union
Cohuabus
Wapette
Mike Singleton
Columbus High
Wapello
Columbus Junction
Singleton
Wildcats
Anenipolis
Hook
Wepello
Bill Quige
Ley
Iyaen
Quagley
Lone Tree New Lauda
New Lone
Lone Tren
Timp Lete
Winfield
Mediar
Lone Tree and New London clash in uneven baseball card
In a split set of games, Lone Tree edged New London 6-2 after a tight pitching duel. Mike Kirkpatrick delivered the decisive hit, with Garey Phelps and Ron Cerny contributing singles and a hit by Sorden, while Cerny took the loss for Lone Tree.
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Ide Frame
Lone Tree
Mike Kirkpatrios
Garey Phelps
Ron Cerny
Steve Sorden
Bill Hoel
Lem-Mediapolis
Louisa - Muscatine
Mediapolis
Tung
Lelts
Dick Crumly
al Bohling
Rick Schlutz
Stephens
Quigley
Kemp
Brockway
Green
Dick Bohling
Wapella
Muscatine Horseshoe Club Edged in Davenport Meet
The Muscatine horseshoe club lost the Thursday night meet at Davenport with each player finishing five M-point games. Byron Hamar of Lets led Muscatine with three pitching wins as five Davenport players posted perfect scores. A return date is set July 25 with a four-city round robin including Sterling and Galesburg.
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Muscatine Horseshoe Club
Davenport
Byron Hamar
Lets
Muscatine
Sterling
Galesburg
Til
Battey and Carver Reach Golf Finals in Iowa Tourney
Gene Battey and Clayton Carver of Muscatine won two matches to reach finals in their flights at the Iowa Boys Junior Golf tournament in Armes. Battey defeated Bob Dull and Jack Matt to reach the fourth flight final, while Carver beat John Roederer and Mike Brake to advance in the sixth flight.
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Gene Battey
Clayton Carver
Muscatine
Iowa
Armes
Battey
Bob Dull
Te Mars
Jack Matt
Centerville
T Up
Carver Oissed
John Roederer
Mount Pleasant
Mike Brake
Washington
Gary Blackman
West Lid
Greg McDonald
West Des. Moines
Open Loop Softball Leads To Doubleheader At Oregon Field
In a 1 1 record mix heading to tonight’s Oregon Field doubleheader, six teams sit at 1 1 while Drewrys Beer beats Carlisle’s 4 2 and Hamm’s Beer tops Cheri-Top 3 0. Drewrys’ Bill Brandi had three hits with seven strikeouts as John Robling issued 10 K’s but costly errors aided the loss. Hamm’s pitcher LaRue limited Cheri-Top to two singles as Murdock and Buster provided key runs.
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Cardinals
Dodgers
Starkweather
Kenny Stuck
Jin Patterson
Dave Wieskamp
L. Grosjean
D. Starkweather
B. Wessels
Whi
Dodger
J. Bosit
Steve Drahays
Drewrys
Carlisle
Hamers Beer
Henderson Garage
Verieger Garage
Oseeneer Moose Lodge
Cheri
Hamm
Oregon Field
Tide Hamm
Henderson
Magic
Cheri-Top
Catlinie
Drowrys
Carlisles
Bill Brandi
John Roblingon
Uwlue
Billfert
Don Anderson
John Brakenhagen
Robinson
Ken Lange
Mike Rueckert
Sports Shop
Hanmm
Cheri Pop
Yeon LaRue
Hanya
LaRue
Don TeShake
Gary Longstreth
Mamm
Joe van Nice
Butch Murdoch
Ron Palm
Gene Buster
van Nice
Tou
Jin Vasline
Murdock
Buster
van XII
No-Hitter Beats Durant as Bulldogs Win
Jack Deere tossed a six strikeout no-hitter to defeat Durant in an 11 inning game. All scoring occurred in two innings with Durant scoring a lone run on a walk and a double. Deere allowed one run and held Durant to limited hits while improving relief pitching. Durant faces Vigh next at 3 p.m. Monday.
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Durant
Jack Deere
Bulldogs
Deere
Lenny Weibl
Ted Goecke
Oih
Starretes
al U Vigh
Two Undefeated Teams Lead YMCA Church League
First Baptist and St. Marys-St. Mathias sit atop the YMCA church softball standings after close Thursday games. United Presbyterian upset First EUB to disrupt the unbeaten pair, while St. Marys-St. Mathias defeated North Methodist. East at Weed Park, First Baptist blasted Zion Lutheran 9-3 in a five inning win paced by two homers from Bob Luiken and a strong Baptist offense.
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Lea
First Baptist
St. Mary
United Presbyterians
Lincoln
Boulevard
North Methodist
Weed
St. Mary's-St. Mathias
United Presbyterian
First Eub
St. Mary's-St. Manned
Lutheran
Presbyterian
Dearrel Bates
Mitchell Sussex Fra
Mike Boyne Ton
Larry Miller
Ralph Jackson
Jack Burns
Bill Sharp
John Macon
Tim Macon
Ken Wiltrout
EUB
Roger Bales
Jim Davis
Tiple
Fred Swank
Ver Cachran
Richard Lord
Dearrel Bales
St. Mary's North Methodist
St. Mary's St. Mathias
Dave Ales
Gary Houseman
Ales
Bob Peterson
Dave Petra
Ken Aic
Tto
Joe van Nice
Jim Newman
A von
Terry Christian
Bill Hoben
Newman
Zion Lutheran First Baptist
Im Heuer
Zion Lutheransand
Mack Sutherland
Baptists
Ted
John Robinson
Mike Rueckert
Ron Axel
Larry Brendel
Dave Watson
Bob Luiken
Sill Paciza
Larry Burn
Ron Kurriger
Dale Goddard
Harvey Nietsel
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Buffalo Prairie, Ill
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Coyner
Marina Harbor Drive
Durant, Iowa
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Muscatine, Iowa
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