Midwest League 1966

All-Star Game

Fox Cities 1, All-Stars 0

Fox Cities, Monday, July 18, 1966

The 1966 Midwest League All-Star Game was played at Appleton's Goodland Field on July 18, 1966. The game pitted a selection of the league's best players, as selected by the league managers and official scorers, against the Fox Cities Foxes, who had the league's best won/lost record at mid-season.

Appleton won by a 1-0 score. Gary Schaefer of Fox Cities was the winning pitcher; Cedar Rapids' Ted Friel took the loss. Bob von Epps, who knocked in the Foxes' (unearned) winning run on a fielder's choice, was selected as the game's Most Valuable Player.

ALL-STARS                  AB R H BI      FOX CITIES                  AB R H BI
Tom Simon (QUI/CHN) CF      4 0 0 0       Gerald Boehmer (FC/CWS) 3B   3 0 0 0
Zelman Jack (CLI/PIT) LF    4 0 0 0       Al Kristowski (FC/CWS) 2B    4 0 0 0
Jim Clark (BUR/OAK) RF      4 0 2 0       Deacon Jones (FC/CWS) LF     3 0 0 0
Neil McPhee (WR/MIN) SS     4 0 1 0       George Hunter (FC/CWS) 1B    3 0 0 0
Bill McNulty (BUR/OAK) 3B   3 0 0 0       Jimmy Maness (FC/CWS) SS     3 1 2 0
Billy Johns (QUI/CHN) 1B    2 0 0 0       Al Fitzmorris (FC/CWS) RF    3 0 0 0
Doug Griffin (QC/CAL) 2B    3 0 0 0       Tom Cottrell (FC/CWS) CF     3 0 1 0
Tim Young (DEC/SF) C        1 0 0 0       Bob von Epps (FC/CWS) C      3 0 0 1
 Tim Murtaugh (CLI/PIT) C   2 0 0 0       Fred Rath (FC/CWS) P         0 0 0 0
Vern Geishert (QC/CAL) P    0 0 0 0        Bill Melton (FC/CWS) PH     1 0 0 0
 Jesse Huggins (DEC/SF) P   1 0 0 0        Gary Schaefer (FC/CWS) P    1 0 0 0
 Ted Friel (CR/STL) P       1 0 0 0        Willie Hooker (FC/CWS) P    0 0 0 0
 Bill Sellers (DUB/CLE) P   1 0 0 0
 Paul Alderete (QC/CAL) PH  1 0 1 0
 Dave Alverson (DUB/CLE) P  0 0 0 0
 TOTALS                    31 0 4 0                                   27 1 3 1

All-Stars   000 000 000 - 0
Fox Cities  001 000 00x - 1

ALL-STARS       IP H R ER BB SO
Geishert       1.0 0 0  0  0  0
Higgins        2.0 1 0  0  0  2
Friel (L)      2.0 1 1  0  0  1
Sellers        2.0 0 0  0  0  3
Alverson       1.0 1 0  0  1  0

FOX CITIES      IP H R ER BB SO
Rath           3.0 1 0  0  0  3
Schaefer (W)   3.0 3 0  0  0  3
Hooker         3.0 3 0  0  0  2

Attendance: 2,095

Notes, Issues, Sources, and Mysteries

• Based on the (dreadful) box score in the 1995 Midwest League Yearbook, with some help from the game accounts in the July 19, 1966, editions of the Cedar Rapids Gazette and the Oshkosh Daily Northwestern. The All-Star team selections were published in the Daily Northwestern of July 9.
• The All-Stars committed two errors, contributing to the game's sole run, in the third.
• Al Ronning of Burlington managed the All-Stars, and Ron Plaza (Cedar Rapids) coached. There may have been other coaches. I trust the normal Fox Cities coaching staff worked that side of the diamond.
• Bob von Epps was selected as game MVP.
• Pitcher Sal Campisi, second baseman Joe Arcia (both of Cedar Rapids) were selected to the All-Star team but didn't appear in the game. There may have been other pitchers selected, since my source only lists position players.