Little Six Meet Title Hangs On Weekend Pitching Show
Four team Little Six meet unfolds Saturday at Tom Bruner Field Muscatine opens against Burlington at 2 p.m. Bettendorf and Davenport meet at 4 p.m. Winners play at 7:30 p.m. for the title. Admission 30 cents adults, 25 cents students. separate sessions. Burlington carries 22-1, favored by depth. Muscatine tied with Bettendorf and lost to Assumption. Assumption rallied to beat Bettendorf.
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Grayhounds
MHL
Run Decides Church Tilts YMCA CHURCH LEAGUE
Larson and Bob Luiken led Calvary Baptist and St. Marys with multiple hits in a Church League clash. John Robinson, Merle Wey and Richard Marr homered for North Methodist and Zion Lutheran, while First Methodist and others posted several two hit games. Robinson earned the win for Lutheran tied 3? with GE.
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Larson
Bob Luiken
Calvary
St. Mary's Mathias
Brian
Baptist O' Wolfe
Jin Weggen
Zion Lutheran
Larry Buster
Weggen
Wolfe
Methodist
Luiken
Bar- Mullard
Morgan
North Methodist Calvary Baptist
Grace Lutheran First Presbyterian
Ion Lutheran
First Methodist
John Robinson
Uke Bueckart
Merle Man‘Wey
John Flickinger c
Richard Marr
Robinson
Marr
Homers
Jack Burns
Bill Reesink
Larry Richardson
Denis Strake
Sam Childs
Steve Smith
Calvary Baptists Narrowly Defeat in Season Openers
A YMCA Church Softball doubleheader at Weed Park Thursday produced one run margins. Calvary Baptists First Baptist won the opener 7 6 led by Dan Cottrell with three hits while Wayne Toomey William Young and Keith contributed to the victory.
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Weed Park
Calvary Baptists
Firs Baptist
Calvary Baptist
Dan Cottrell
Wayne Toomey
William Young
Keith
Park Lane and Sterneman's Lead Scramble in Club Scores
Postponed matches and mixed results feature Sterneman's and National Bank leading. Low individual score Gross 35 by Larry Dwyer. Net 31 by Bob Miller. Upcoming matches list Sterneman's National Bank, Register Park Avenue, Schlitz Krieger's, Drewrys Moore's, Park Lane Stark's.
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National Bank
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Drewrys Beer
Des Moines Register
Ralph Stark Agency
First National Bank
Park Avenue
Moore Insurance
Schlitz Beer
Krieger Motors Sterneman's Clothing
Night games and leagues schedule across Iowa and Maine
Local and regional schedules list junior varsity and minor league baseball and softball games across multiple sites including Burlington Notre Dame, Tom Bruner Middle, Columbus Community, West Branch, Wilton, Ke purported venues, and the Matons league diamonds at Kent-Stein Park. Notable results mention Irish Beau Jaynes defeating Jackie Burke 125 to 124 in Portland Maine.
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Tows City
Oatine
Tom Bruner
Iowa
Morning Sun
Columbus
Winfield
Mediapo
Lane Tree
Danville
Highton
Wapello
New London
Hawkeye Cenferenness West Branch
West Libests
Mid-Prairie
Wilton
al Wisha
Monny Vernon
Assumption
YMCA
Wood Park
Lutheran
Mulfords
Mary's-St
Portland
Maine
Irish
Beau) Jaynes
Jackie Burke
St John
New Brunswick
Terrible Tommy Bolt Turns Humorous After Carding 68
Tommy Bolt, once known as Terrible Tom, shot a three under par 69 to sit one stroke behind leader in the Western Open at Medinah as Billy Casper and Arnold Palmer vie for the title. Harry Casper and Steve Spray tied for 18th at 72. Lionel Hebert posted an opening round ace but still 72. The field of 124 pros will be cut to 75 and ties after today.
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Chicago
Tommy Bolt
Billy Casper
Arnold Palmer
Medinah
Bell
Tommy
Casper
Palmer
Casper Harry
Harold
Catfish) Kneece
Doug Sanders
Steve Spray
Iowa
Boll
Bolt
Lionel Hebert
Hebert
Novice Races Opened At Hawkeye Speedway
Hawkeye Speedway near here opens the novice stock car races to all drivers from other tracks after a officials meeting this week. A powder puff derby starts the program at 8 p.m. Saturday with more motorcycle races planned drawing riders from Peoria Burlington and Galesburg. Several riders move on to Muscatine Sunday for scrambles in Wildcat Den.
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Hawkeye Speedway
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Burlington
Galesburg
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Wildcat den
Transfer to SCI Isn't Definite For an Iowa QB
Iowa City AP Phil Schooley a University of Iowa quarterback is weighing a transfer to State College of Iowa next fall. While working a Washington Iowa summer job he said nothing definite yet and that if he transfers it would be for personal reasons. As a sophomore last year he was on the No 2 team but saw little action.
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Phil Schooley
University of Iowa
State College of Iowa
Washington
Iowa
Schooley
Indians and Yankees shine in American Minors action
American Minors Thursday night saw Indians and Yankees unbeaten. Twins defeated the Red Sox 15-3 at Taylor Field as Zaehringer and Walker led with multiple hits. Indians beat White Sox 4-2 at Oak Park behind P. Anderson. Henry’s leads in majors with a 14-3 win, while Henderson's tops Thatcher 3-1 under lights. AFL Moose tops Moose 12-11 in a 22-hit thriller. Wendling-Elks split in Senior Division, Wendling winning 4-3. Muscatine Lighting 19-5 over Clark's Standard. Lumber Mart beat Stark Realty 16-1.
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Charles De_ yore
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Demolition Race Set at Liberty West Liberty
A demolition derby and stock car meet at Liberty Fair Grounds Saturday night includes time trials at 1 pm and the first race around 8 pm. Mel Morris leads the standings with 122 points after seven of nine races, followed by Bob Ensminger and Stan Crooks. After the program, Mississippi Speedway club drivers race in Burlington Sunday with a large Fourth of July show and fireworks at Columbus Junction.
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Fairgrounds
Mel Morris
Bob Ensminger
Burlington
Stan Crooks
Lelts
Mark Mosier
Washington
John Mullink
Bill Newman
Bob Smith
Mount Pleasant
Ron Mersled
Lone Tree
Harvey Staryman
Tom Stewart
Mississippi Speedway Club
Columbus Junction
Terrell Jones Taking It Easy Before Title Defense
Houston AP report says heavyweight champion Ernie Terrell and challenger Doug Jones planned little to no work in the day’s training with both having completed heavy tire work on Thursday.
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Terrell, Jones
Houston
Ernie Terrell
World Boxing Association
Doug Jones
Muscatine and Mediapolis Lead Busy High School Baseball Slate
Southeast Iowa conference play and non conference games fill the week as Muscatine meets Clinton Tuesday and hosts Bruner Field Friday. Other matches include Mount Vernon at West Liberty, Durant at Mid-Prairie, Solon at Uohiga, and New London at Cahimbus with multiple junior varsity games slated.
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Danville
la Vapella
New London
Lone Tree
Highland
Mount Vernon
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Solon
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Muscatine
Clinton
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Wapelle
Sox Forfeit Prompted By Hills Indie Team Issue
The Muscatine Red Sox will play in Iowa City Sunday after receiving two players from Hills Indeos Thursday night. Hills could not field a full team after nine games. The Iowa City matchup shapes a fight for second place in the Iowa Illinois league.
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Iowa City
Hills
Minor League Scores Across Leagues
International League Rochester 4 Richmond 2 while Buffalo 34 beats Toledo 5 Syracuse 6 loses to Jacksonville 3 Toronto 3 falls to Columbus 0 Pacific Coast League San Diego 9 0 Portland 2 3 Oklahoma City 10 Indianapolis Spokane 5 Seattle 4 Tulsa at Tacoma postponed rain only games scheduled
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Portland
Oklahoma City
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Tacoma
Fox Cities Foxes Extend Midwest League Lead
The Fox Cities Foxes edged Decatur 4-3 to maintain a 4 game lead in the Midwest League. Burlington shutout Clinton 5-0, while Dubuque beat Cedar Rapids 2-0 in 10 innings. Quincy won the first game 7-1 against Wisconsin and Waterloo defeated Quad Cities 4-2 in the other game.
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Foxes
Decatur
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Dubuque
Cedar Rapids
Quincy
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Aussies Hold 6 of 16 Spots At Wimbledon
Australian tennis players advance to the Wimbledon last 16 led by Reg Emerson. Stan Smith, 20, of Pasadena, defeats Keith Wooldridge to join Dennis Ralston of Bakersfield and Cliff Richey of Dallas among Americans contending. Others in the mix include players from South Africa Britain France India Spain the Netherlands and Denmark.
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Wimbledon
England
Reg Emerson
Stan Smith
iPasadena
Calif
Keith Wooldridge
Britain
Smith
Dennis Ralston
Bakpen Calif
South Africa
Keith Diepraamee
Cliff Richey
Dallas
Tex
Georges Goven
Wesleyan Hurler No. 2 in NAIA
Kansas City AP final college baseball statistics show Wright hander Dwight Long of Wesleyan as the No. 2 pitcher in the NAIA last season with a 1.04 ERA. Dave Wolfe of Buena Vista led in stolen bases with 34.
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NAIA
Dwight Long
Westeyan
Dave Wolfe
Buena Vista
Area Boys Out Of Junior Meet
Muscatine area golfers are out of the State Junior Boys tourney at Town City after Thursday's play. Mike Jehring of Muscatine fell 54 to Dick Crayne of LeMars in the quarterfinals of the first flight. Larry McNamara of West Liberty defeated Jeff Strain of Newton 3 2 in the quarterfinals of the fourth flight and then lost to Don Brown Jr. of Des Moines 4 3 in the semifinals. Jim Carney of Centerville vies for the title as 1¢-year-old Craig Muht of Oskaloosa advances to the final.
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Town City
Mike Jehring
Muscatine
Dick Crayne
LeMars
Larry McNamara
West Liberty
Jeff Strain
Newton
Don Brown Jr
Des Moines
Jim Carney
Centerville
Craig Muht
Oskaloosa
Waterloo Open records eyed at 10,000 cash goal
At Sunnyside Country Club today's 11 hole Waterloo Open began with hopes for new scoring marks and a $10,000 purse. Mickey Wright of Dallas and Carol Mann of Baltimore led the early scores with 71s, both playing from the men’s tees, while Kathy Whitworth, Judy Kimball, and Sandra Haynie posted pars in the pro am.
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Waterloo
Mickey Wright
Dallas
Tex
Carol Mann
Baltimore
Sunnyside Country Club
Foyt Faces Heat for Atlanta 300 Bid After Burns
A. J. Foyt plans qualifying for a $24,000 Atlanta International Raceway race needing strong heat tolerance after neck and hand burns from Milwaukee crash 19 days earlier. Others approaching front runs include Hurtubise, Andretti, McCluskey, Jolncock, with Arnie Knepper posting the fastest practice lap at 180.24 mph.
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A. J. Foyt
Atlanta International Raceway
Foyt
Milwaukee
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