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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 21, 1966

Page

8

Indians ride lefty surge to early AL lead amid 6-0 start

Cleveland manager Birdie Tebbetts basks in lefthanded success as five of six victories go to southpaws Sam McDowell Jack Kralick Bob Allen and John O Donoghue join Luis Tiant in the win column while O Donoghue notches first in Indians’ uniform Whitfield homers twice in 4-2 win over the Yankees The AL also sees Baltimore Boston California wins and rain cuts NL play with Etchebarren homering for the Orioles

Cleveland Sam McDowell Jack Kralick Bob Allen John O'Donoghue Luis Tiant O'Donoghue Kansas City Ralph Terry Fred Whitfield New York Yankees Baltimore Washington Boston Detroit California Chicago Minnesota Atlanta Philadelphia Pittsburgh Cincinnati Los Angeles Houston San Francisco St. Louis New York Andy Etchebarren Orioles Boog Powell Wally Bunker Stu Miller Bunker Conigliaro Tony Conigliaro

U S A Eyes Second Win Over Bulgaria in Chile

In Santiago the undefeated United States aims to repeat a 68-60 victory over Bulgaria in the final round of the world amateur basketball championships. Harold Sergent Morehead State Leon Clark Wyoming and Bobby Rascoe Western Kentucky star lead the Yanks as Russia and Yugoslavia also remain unbeaten in the qualifying round.

Santiago Chile UPI United States Bulgaria U.S Russia. Co Yugoslavia Harold Sergent Morehead State Leon Clark Wyoming Yanks Bobby Rascoe Western Kentucky

Major League Baseball Standings and Schedules

National League standings show Pittsburgh and San Francisco atop the table with .857 and .667 paces while Los Angeles and Philadelphia hold .571 and .429. Results include Pittsburgh 3 Cincinnati 2 and Los Angeles 3 Houston 2 as the schedule lists Thursday pitchers and Friday games. American League leaders Cleveland Baltimore and Detroit hold strong marks with Minnesota and Chicago following. several games were rained or postponed and night affairs slated across cities.

United Press International National League W. L. Pet Pittsburgh San Fran Los Angeles Philadelphia New York Atlanta St. Louis Houston Cincinnati Chicago N.Y Phila San Francisco Marichal Shaw Hands Gibson Gardner Lemaster Short Pappas O'Toole Sisk Cleveland Baltimore Detroit California Minnesota Boston Washington Kansas City K.C Cleve Calif Pizarro Newman

Dental Health Education Conference at State University of Iowa

Ten years ago today Ethel Gregg Eileen Jeffrey Lester Krabill and Grace Lohmann were among those registered at the annual conference held Wednesday at the State University of Iowa.

Ethel Gregg Eileen Jeffrey Lester Krabill Grace Lohmann State University of Iowa

Bowlers crown Corn King League standings and scores

Geb Chevrolet leads with 35 points followed by Sportshop 32 percent, Mobil Oil 30, Farm Bureau 29, Farm Service 29, Sellers Insurance 25, Northrup King 22. Results show Geb 4 KC 0 and others with 2 or 3. Sportshop posts top team series 2858 and games 1008 and 977. Jack Wagner 577 and Bob Randall 576 lead individual series. Randall 213 and Hough 210 top individual games.

Mobil Oil Sportshop Chevrolet Farm Bureau Farm Service Sellers Insurance Northrup King Sellers Jack Wagner Bob Randall John Hough

Dodgers on hitting rampage this month

New York UPI reports the Los Angeles Dodgers show power early in the season with eight home runs in nine games, two more than all of April last year. Six homers have powered six wins, led by Jim Lefebvre with four homers.

New York UPI Los Angeles Dodgers Brooklyn Dodgers Jim Lefebvre

Bowling Scores and Team Results From Local Meet

Won Dutch Tensorial 34 Washington Mfg. 34 Wag's 66 Service 32 Harold Sinclair 25 Community Feed 24 Brown Finance 22 Mullens 20 Home Lumber Feed 17 Team series Dutch 2664 Washington Mfg 2641 Team game Brown 807 Washington Mfg 894 Individual series Bus West ermark 608 Dutch Myers 590 Individual game John Lee 236 Marlane Miller 222.

Dutch Tensorial Washington Mfg Wag’s Harold Sinclair Brown Finance Mullens Dutch Washington Brown Bus Westermark Dutch Myers John Lee Marlane Miller

Gambles Refrigerator Trade In Offer

Spring sale at Gambles promotes worth more for old fridges and offers economy family and king size models. A light humorous line about a daughter bringing one into the house accompanies the ad copy.

Modified Stocks set for debut at Columbus Junction track

The Modified Stocks season opens Saturday night April 23 at Columbus Junction for MVSC. New rules and later model cars from 1932 to 1957 are joined by a new testing machine and reduced admission. Dale Gegner, elected president, predicts a fast season with key rivals No. 17 and No. 20 aiming to top two Buicks on the two half mile dirt tracks in Midwest racing.

Mississippi Valley Speedway Club Columbus Junction Midwest Dale Gegner Brighton Gegner Mark Mosier Washington Mosier Fairfield Burlington Illinois Missouri Knoxville Speedways MVSC Johnny Mullink West Liberty Mel Morris Tommy Stewart Pontiac Johnny Moss Iowa City Ford Bob Ensminger Bob Smith Mr. Pleasant Bill Pohlmeier LaHarpe Ilinois Dale Reed Buick Hagie Thomas Chevrolet Bill Moore Norman Pearson Dodge Bill Newman Bob Moore Chrysler LeRoy Stutsman Lockridge

Celtics lead Lakers 2-1 in NBA playoffs

Boston coach Red Auerbach nears retirement as the Celtics beat the Los Angeles Lakers 120-106 to grab a 2-1 series lead in the best of seven. The teams meet again in Los Angeles before a potential decisive fifth game in Boston.

LOS Angeles UPI Boston Celtics Red Auerbach Celtics National Basketball Association Auerbach Los Angeles Lakers Boston

Crawfordsville Area Bowling Results Show Tight Scores

Crawfordsville and nearby teams competed Tuesday in home town lanes with tight scores. Notable totals include Mills 2597 and Moot hart 2654 in individual series, Moothart 981 and Mills 915 in team games, and Walby 249 in a top single game while Walby 604 in series and Mills 601 follow.

Crawfordsville Carson Moose Sherman-Eden Moothart Mills Aes I-H Sales I H Walby Chamberlin

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