QB Club Stag Wednesday Muscatine
The QB Club will begin its fall weekly meetings with a stag at the Izaak Walton league clubhouse in Fairport. Dinner starts around 6:30 p.m. Tickets cost 1.75 dollars and are available at the door or from club members. Forest Evashevski will speak September 11 at Mae’s with a slate of speakers through December from notable college programs.
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Muscatine
Stag
Izaak Walton League
Fairport
Forest Evashevski
University of Iowa
Iaa Mae
Wendell Day
Evashevski
John Eggers
Oregon State
Tait Cummins
Cedar Rapids
Roger Valdiserri
Notre Dame
Jim Mott
Wisconsin
Ray Donels
Iowa State
Walt Paulisen
Northwestern
Bill Snypp
Ohio State
Lanny van &Man
Iowa
Frank Gilliam
NFL Exhbitions Test Face as Interleague Gap Narrows
Philadelphia edged Boston 22-20 to give the NFL a 5-1 weekend edge in interleague exhibitions, narrowing AFL's lead to 13-10. Detroit hosts New York, Atlanta to meet Miami in the final interleague games before January's Super Bowl. NFL must win both to avert a season setback.
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Mike Bryson
Associated Press
National Football League
Philadelphia
Boston
NFL
AFL
Detroit
New York
Atlanta
Miami
Patriots
John Charles
King Hill
Eagles
Jim Creganskii
al Hay
Major League Stars Shine as Gibson Wins in 10 Innings
Pitcher Bob Gibson of the Cardinals tossed a 10 inning four hit gem and fanned eight for his 20th win in a 10 0 victory over Cincinnati. Frank Howard led the Senators with six hits in eight at bats as they swept a doubleheader from Chicago 1 0 and 11 3. Off the field, Baltimore waived Terry Southall and traded Butch Wilson to the Giants as Earl Morrall nears Colts backup role. Green Bay sent Bob Long and Doug Goodwin to Atlanta for Leo Carroll and a future draft pick. Jets waived Jim Harris again and released Dennis Randall. Cleveland dealt Clifton McNeil to San Francisco for a future draft choice.
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Associated Press
Bob Gibson
Cardinals
Cincinnati
Frank Howard
Senators
Chicago
Baltimore
Terry Southall
Baylor
George
Butch” Wilson
Colts
New York Giants
Wilson
Earl Morrall
Johnny Unitas
Green Bay
Bob Long
Doug Goodwin
Atlanta
Leo Carroll
New York Jets
Jim Harris
Days
Dennis Randall
Cleveland
Clifton McNeil
San Francisco
Nash
Tigers
Willie Horton
Cater
Mickey Lolich
Frank Robinson
Lindy McDaniel
Yanks
Bobby Cox
Merv Rettenmund
Orioles
Bill Robinson
Mel Stottlemyre
Steve Hamilton
New York
White Sox
Jim Hannan
Washington
Luis Aparico
Howard
Brandt Alyea
Javier
Nolan
Gibson
Reds
Dave Bristol
Ted Abernathy
Abernathy
Pittsburgh
Houston
Cardinal
Bob Veale
Donn Clendenon
Rusty Staub
Astros
Pirates
Chris Cannizzaro
Bill Mazeroski
Mazeroski
Jim Wynn
Lack of Race and Weather Cut Baseball Attendance on Labor Day
Lack of pennant chase and threatening weather reduced major league crowds on Labor Day. A total of 156,250 attended 17 games, down from 251,469 in 1968 when AL had a four team race. National League drew 82,635 with four doubleheaders, American 73,615 with three. Chicago hosted 35,061 at Wrigley for a doubleheader, while Los Angeles at Philadelphia drew 5,240. Detroit at Oakland had the largest American crowd at 2,464.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Wrigley Field
Saints
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
Detroit
Oakland
Six hit spree boosts Howards Triple Crown bid
Frank Howard's six hit spree in a Washington Senators doubleheader fueled a pennant race surge. He boosted his batting average, drove in two runs, and joined an AL home run chase as Detroit and Baltimore split twin bills. Freehan and Robinson provided late-inning power for their teams, while Minnesota and Cleveland also won key AL games.
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Giant
Detroit
Freehan
Baltimore
Robinson
Frank Howard
Whim
Washington Senators
Tigers
Oakland
Athletics
Jim Nash
Orioles
New York
Yankees
Howard
D.C
Senators
Chicago White Sox
Ken Harrelson
Boston
Minnesota
Tony Oliva
Jim Kaat
Cleveland
California
Proffitt Wins Labor Day Golf With Hole-In-One at Geneva
Craig Proffitt of Muscatine fired a one-under-par 107 to win the Geneva Golf and Country Club Labor Day tournament aided by a second-round hole in one on the No. 2 hole. He followed a 37 first nine with a 32 back nine, finishing three strokes ahead of a four-way pack at 110 including Ron Welk and Clay Carver.
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Craig Proffitt
Muscatine
Geneva Golf and Country Club
Proffitt
Dave Kautz
Ron Welk
John Peters
Preffitt
Clayton Carver
Charlie Merrolink
Jim Dawson
Wellman
Nick Pulliam Sr
Chris Larsen
Iowa City
West Liberty
Dawson
Carver
Meerdink
Welk
Gibson Wins 20th As Cardinals Edge Reds 1-0
Bob Gibson saved his 20th win with ten innings of support from Gary Nolan's injury and Julian Javier's bat. Javier hit the leadoff homer in the 10th frame to break a scoreless duel, giving St. Louis the 1-0 victory over Cincinnati as Nolan struggled with an ruptured Achilles tendon.
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Gibson
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Gary Nolan
Julian Javier
Phils Rally For 7-1 Nightcap Victory Over Dodgers
The Phillies scored five in the third inning of the night game to take a 7-1 lead, then withstood a Dodger rally with 23 scoreless innings from Dick Farrell to secure Woodie Fryan’s first win since July 27.
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Phils
Dick Farrell
Dodger
Woodie Fryan
Topeka Team Regional Champ In USA Tourney
A hard hitting Topeka Metzgars swept Cedar Falls to win the Mid Central Men's Regional Softball title and earn a berth in the ASA national tournament in Clearwater Florida. They won 10 5 to clinch the series after taking 9 2 earlier and 31 in between eliminating teams from Springfield Missouri and Cedar Rapids. Rich Montgomery sparked a seven run second inning with a two run single while catcher Larry Elliott named tournament MVP had three hits.
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Cedar Rapids
Kansasas
Larry Lange
Cedar Falls
Topeka Metzgars
Cedar Falls Club
American Softball Association
Clearwater
Fla
Topeka
Jowans
Springfield
Kansans
Rich Montgomery
Larry Elliott
Elliott
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Columbus Junction
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Ron Weik
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Charles Meerdink
Jim Pulliam
J. Schultz
Kevin Miller
L. Sanders
H. Peters
L. Jacobs
D. Howell
M. Diviney
Rev. Manning
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P. McGreevy
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J. Pointer
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T. Minta
J. Stube
R. Bennett
G. Leyb
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H. Mills
Jim Stark
D. Hultquist
W. Ailen
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H. Riswold
EB. Rocha
Bat Help Gibson
Hal Rock
Juan Marichal
Jesus Alou
Jack Hiatt
Billy Williams
Randy Hundley
Don Kessinger
Ron Hunt
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Bob Tillman
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Doug Clemens
Don Lock
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