Muscatine Opens Baseball Season Under New Coach
Ex pupil Ron Reifert leads Muscatine at Tom Bruner Field in 7:30 p.m. opener against Bettendorf as the Muskies unveil a versatile lineup with uncertain starting positions and strong hitting in practice. Schedule includes Burlington and Clinton, with 50 cent adults and 25 cent student admission.
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Muscatine High School
L. A
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Bettendorf
Muskie
Tom Bruner
Muskies
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Hayes Catholic
Wilton
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Steve Lawrence
Jay Freese
Ken Ramer
Bob Leech
Doug Howell
Doug Calkins
Leech
Calkins
Doug Johnston
Dave Courtois
Greg Calvert
Mike Sissel
Courtois
Harold Lloyd
Steve Ziegentorn
Jerry Buster
Johnston
MHS
Reiffert
University of Town
Clinton
Hayes
Iowa City
North Scott
Assumption
Clinton St. Mary’s
Quad Cities Nears Top Spot in Midwest League
The Quad Cities stopped Burlington 7 5 in a rain shortened game to move within a few percentage points of first place Wisconsin Rapids. The Quads hold 630 percent to Wisconsin Rapids 652. Other four games Dubuque at Decatur Cedar Rapids at Waterloo Appleton at Wisconsin Rapids and Quincy at Clinton were postponed due to rain.
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Quad Cities
Burlington
Wisconsin Rapids
Wisconsin
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Decatur
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Appleton
Quincy
Clinton
Two Practices Set For Legion Baseball Team
Don Calvert, manager, said the Legion club will hold workouts at 7 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday at Tom Bruner Field. All area boys up to age 18 are invited to attend.
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Legion
Don Calvert
Tom Bruner
Weekend baseball results and schedules summary
Saturday results include New York 4 Atlanta 3 and St. Louis 11 Philadelphia 4. Sunday scores show New York 6 3 Atlanta 3 7 and St Louis Philadelphia and Pittsburgh 3 Cincinnati 2. Upcoming games list St Louis at Cincinnati and New York at Los Angeles twi night with several 2pm starts and a Tuesday slate featuring Chicago at Detroit and Kansas City at Washington plus Minnesota at New York.
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Mets Stars Hit Six as Davis Drives In Seven in Doubleheader
Tommy Davis of the Mets ripped six hits including two home runs and seven RBIs in a doubleheader split with the Atlanta Braves. Mel Stottlemyre of the Yankees threw a five hit shutout over Cleveland, 5-0, marking his third shutout of the season.
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Mets
New York
Atlanta Braves
Mel Stottlemyre
Yankees
Cleveland
Denny McLain
Fred Gladding
Tigers
Washington
Detroit
Mickey Mantle
Charlie Smith
Indians
Bob Allison
Chuck Dobson
Twins
Kansas City
Dean Chance
Metis
Davis
Los Angeles
Torre
Steve Carlton
Kim Davenport
Hal Lan‘jer
Giants
Willie Mays
San Francisco
Willie Davis
Perry
Barber Wins Oklahoma City Open in Playoff
Miller Barber defeated Gary Player in a playoff to win the Oklahoma City Open after a one hour 45 minute rain delay. Barber and Player finished 10 under par at 278 with Barber earning 13200 dollars and Player 7922. George Archer placed third at 280.
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Miller Barber
Gary Player
Barber
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George Archer
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Macon Receives Masterson Cup At Muscatine High
Macon won the first annual Tom Masterson Cup at Muscatine High Senior Assembly honoring a departed teammate. Jim Macon, a 1966 MHS football quarterback and senior class officer, was chosen from nominees across activities based on GPA and leadership.
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Tom Masterson
Masterson
Macon
MHS
Mark Leuck
Stary
Reggie Smith Sparks Red Sox Rally Over Orioles
Reggie Smith led Boston with three hits and three runs in a 4-3 win over Baltimore as he revived his early season form on the Red Sox bench. California blanked Chicago, while Detroit beat Washington 3-1 and Minnesota split a doubleheader with Kansas City.
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Boston Red Sox
Chicago White Sox
California
New York Yankees
Cleveland
Minnesota
Kansas City
Mike Andrews
George Smith
Jim McGlathlin
White Sox
Chicago
Angel Suns
Muskies 5th as Burlington Pulls Little Six Golf Upset
Muscatine finished fifth in the Little Six golf tournament at Ottumwa as Burlington upset favorites Ottumwa. Tim Johnson of Burlington was medalist with 72, while Dave Ternberry led Muscatine with 80 and Greg Gadient of Assumption tied for runner-up at 77 in a sudden death playoff.
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Burlington
Ottumwa
Muscatine High
Assumption
Bettendorf
Muscatine
Keokuk
Pat Jennett
Dave Ternberry
Ottumwa Golf and Country Club
Eric Peters
Jim Macon
Steve Suman
Jim Cottrell
Tim Johnson
Greg Gadient
Jim Fleck
Gadient
Fleck
Torre sparks Braves in doubleheader split with Mets
Al Torre delivered a six for seven hitting spree fueling Atlanta as they split a doubleheader with New York. Mets won the opener 6-3. Braves took the nightcap 7-3. Roberto Clemente and Willie Stargell paced Pittsburgh and St Louis with late drives.
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St. Louis
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Houston
Chicago
Minor League Results From Associated Press
Pacific Coast League games include Denver ten to three over Phoenix with a second eight inning tilt at eight, San Diego four and Indianapolis zero, Spokane ten over Portland five, Tulsa two to five Seattle one to seven, Hawaii three over Vancouver zero. International League scores list Rochester two Buffalo one, Toledo four over Richmond two, Columbus ten over Jacksonville six, Toronto five over Syracuse two, Indianapolis five to three over San Diego three to one, Tacoma seven over Oklahoma City one, Tulsa eight Seattle one, Hawaii three to one over Vancouver one to two, Denver ten over Phoenix nine. Portland at Spokane rained out, Toronto one Buffalo zero, Rochester sixty two over Syracuse zero nine, Columbus four over Toledo three, Jacksonville five to three over Richmond one.
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Tulsa
Seattle
Hawaii
Vancouver
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Buffalo
Toledo
Richmond
Columbus
Jacksonville
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Syracuse
Tacoma
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