Local Teams Split 6 Weekend Baseball Games
Muscatine Red Sox beat Burlington 7-6 in a seventh inning rally at Tom Bruner Field to run their record to 4-0 led by Rick Iverson and Dave Sheetz. The Muscatine Indians split a doubleheader with Milan 4-3 and 6-1 as Rick Berlin threw a four hitter with 11 strikeouts in game one.
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Muscatine
Tom Bruner
Muscatine Red Sox
Burlington Indees
Muscatine Indians
Milan
Red Sox
Burlington
Sox
Rick Iverson
Iverson
Dave Sheetz
Wilton
Sheetz
Butch McCleary
Indees
Bill Rausenberger
Steve Webber
Mount Pleasant Merchants
Bruner Field
Andover
Indians
Rick Berlin
Lenz
Gaylord McGrath
Steve Weler
Danny Dickman
Rnsch
Welter
McGrath
Local area shines in Muscatine horseshoe tourney
Forty four entrants from Des Moines to Muscatine disputed the Kent Stein pits in the annual Muscatine horseshoe club meet. Ed Kaalhberg and Larry Bender led Class D and H, with Madeleo Blake of Letts winning Class G. Top qualifiers for 100 shoes earned special prizes, while Casey Bettisworth of Galesburg led at 249. Other prizewinners included Glen Henton and Byron Hafner, with full results across Classes A to F listed.
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Muscatine
Casey Bettisworth
Galesburg
Glen Henton
Byron Hafner
Letts
John Paxton
Ottumwa
Francis Thomas
Davenport
Harid Darmold
Burlington
Art Hampton
Iowa City
Hugh Rogers
Cedar Falls
Francis Rogers
Waverly
Harold Hughes
Cedar Rapids
Local Golfers Earn Spots In Three Tourneys This Weekend
Muscatine golfers placed in three tournaments with Craig Proffitt taking runner-up at the Iowa City Invitational behind Bob Leahy. Proffitt shot 104, John Petters was third at 107. Art and Tim Miller tied for 15th at Des Moines with 82, Harold and John Peters tied for next with 83. Welk and Fahy led in Mount Pleasant Amateur, both tied for fourth at 10% stroke totals. O Connell won at 105. Askam tied for ninth in title flight with 113. Pulliam won second flight with 77, Morrow fourth with 82, Griffin fifth with 85. Lincoln beats Grant 13 41 in misstated score. Cubs respond with elementary results in class play.
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Craig Profitt
Iowa City
Proffitt
Bob Leahy
John Petters
Des Moines
Art
Tim Miller
Harold
John Peters
Ron Welk
Tom Fahy
Mount Pleasant
Mike O'Connell
Carthage
Welk
Fahy
Jerry Askam
Nick Pulliam
Tom Morrow
Scott Griffin
Assumption Wins Little Six Title With 8-0 Win Over Bettendorf
Assumption captured the Little Six baseball crown at Tom Bruner Field, shutting out Bettendorf 8-0 in the final after advancing past Burlington 2-0 and Bettendorf 6-3. Mike Gahagan limited Burlington to four hits, and Gary Laake三three hit effort powered the Knights to 11 total hits. Bettendorf built an early 2-0 lead but Assumption answered with decisive inflation, ending Bettendorf’s bid for a repeat title.
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Mike Gahagan
Burlington
Assumption
Gary Laake
Knights
Bettendorf
Muscatine
Muskies
Bob Leech
Mike Sissel
Doug Calkins
Mick Beckenbaugh
Leech
Dave Courtois
Steve Ziegenhorn
Foyt Escapes Injury In Ohio Racing Incident
A. J. Foyt escaped injury when his car blew a tire and hit a wall in New Bremen Ohio. Al Smith of Dayton Ohio won the Slap U.S. Auto Club sprint race in a Vivian Buick Special at an average speed of 92.44 mph.
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New Bremen
Ohio
A.J. Foyt
al Smith
Dayton
U.S. Auto Club
No-Hitter in Hayes Split At Liberty
West Liberty pitchers Terry Ruess and Hudson combined for a no hitter in the second game of a doubleheader as West Liberty split with Hayes Catholic. Hayes won the first game 3-0 on a one hit performance by Tim Panther. Mike Lazio pitched a one-hitter for Hayes in the nightcap but West Liberty won 1-0.
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Terry Ruess
Hudson
Hayes
Muskateers
Muskateer
Mike Furlong
Joe Blaesing
Wester
Jim Fuller
Fuller
Ted Blaesing
Panther
Comets
Ruess
Leonard
Lazio
Atkinson
Harned
Muskateers face trio in busy week as Hayes stars
Hayes fans nine in a no hitter with three strikeouts and leads Muskateers through a tight first game. The Musketeers next meet two Muscatine teams in a three game week starting with an MHL junior varsity game tonight and finishing with an MHL varsity hosting Wednesday.
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Muskateers
Muscatine
MHL
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