This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 8 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1972
Page
11
Buzz Capra credited the rain and wind with helping his effort as the New York Mets defeated Philadelphia. Jerry Grote and Rusty Staub homered to support Capra, who earned his third victory of the season.
New York catcher belts his second and third homers of the season to spark an 8th straight win and a 63 victory over the Mets. Staub adds three RBIs including his fifth homer. Capra pitches seven innings before Frisella seals save as rain delays stretch the game. Pirates, Cardinals, Astros and Giants post wins in NL action with Moose, Stargell, Torre, Bench and Buckner stars.
Amos Otis boosted the Royals with a single two doubles and a homer for five RBIs as Kansas City crushed Oakland 16-1. John Mayberry homered twice Lou Piniella added a homer and two singles. Bill Gogolewski adjusted delivery and held Minnesota to four hits as Texas edged the Twins 2-1. Stottlemyre blanked Boston for his second straight shutout and 32nd career.
Randy Phillippe won the grand final as the Port City Motorcycle Club staged its first short track racing night on the club track south of Muscatine. Ed Longstreth won a drawing for a 1972 Yamaha. An accident sent Mike Watkins to Muscatine Hospital with a broken arm. Results list multiple heats and finals across 100 cc 125 cc and mini bike divisions with Phillippe taking top finishes in several classes.
Michigan State moved into sole second in the Big Ten by sweeping Northwestern 5-1 and 4-3 on Friday. Shawn Howitt drilled a three run homer in game one, John Dace homered in the eighth to seal the nightcap, while Michigan split with Wisconsin as Adler held off the Wolverines in a 1-0 win.
Scores show New York 4 Boston 0 and Milwaukee 4 Baltimore 2 with Texas 2 Minnesota 1 and Cleveland 2 Detroit 1. Other results list Chicago 3 California 16 Kansas City 1 Oakland 1, plus Minnesota 42 Texas and California 33 Chicago. Sunday and Monday fixtures feature Boston at New York Cleveland at Detroit Baltimore at Milwaukee Oakland at Kansas City Minnesota at Texas California at Chicago Chicago at Texas California at Oakland and more night games across the league.
The Muscatine Red Sox will debut new uniforms for a Sunday game at Fort Moison Penitentiary. Manager George Long asks players to meet at 10:30 a.m. at Bond Street and Grandview Avenue to depart. Game time inside the prison is 1 p.m. Darrel Bunge and Jack Hamilton are slated to pitch.
The top seeded Romania, led by Ilie Nastase and Ion Tiriac, swept Iran to move into the European Zone A semifinals of the Davis Cup. Romania built a 4 0 advantage as two singles matches remained exhibitions and will meet the winner of Italy versus the Netherlands. The European Zone A winner faces Australia in the Inter Zone semifinals. Meanwhile several results from the Midwest League and other scores are listed.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.