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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1966
Page
8
In West Liberty Stan Crooks of Letts took the stock car feature as a record crowd of over 4,000 paid fans watched. The 1,500 purse attracted contenders who faded by the finish.
Boog Powell drives in four runs with three hits as the Orioles rout California Angels 12-7, tightening their lead over Detroit and boasting a strong month surge. Frank Robinson and Brooks Robinson also key, while Harmon Killebrew fuels Minnesota in a split with Detroit. Yankees topple White Sox. A's sweep Indians opener then tally in nightcap. Red Sox open with grand slam. Senators tie late with homers.
Houston leads with 7-2, Chicago 2-0, Boston 133, Washington 7-9. Today's games list Houston at Pittsburgh, Chicago at Atlanta, Los Angeles at Cincinnati, San Francisco at St. Louis, with New York at Philadelphia and other matchups. Tuesday results include Detroit at California and Baltimore at Kansas City among others.
The Muscatine Red Sox vs Iowa City Merchants game at Towa City was postponed due to wet grounds. The Sox will host the Merchants Thursday night in an Iowa Illinois league game at 8 p.m. at Bruner Field, a key battle for second place.
George Crist of Letts won the all zone championship Sunday at the Atlantic Gun Club southwest Iowa zone shoot. Crist shot 933 of 1000 targets in the all zone event after posting 239 of 250 for the high overall out of zone score. He also captured the 11 yard crown with 99 of 100 and the singles with 194 of 200.
National League leading San Francisco Giants crushed Cincinnati 10 0 as Gaylord Perry hurled a two hitter to improve to 6 1 with a 0.909 era while his rival peers Marichal and Koufax also posted strong weekends. Perrys pace mirrors Marichals habit of sprinting to the mound as Franks applauds the effort.
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