Midwest League 1967

All-Star Game

All-Stars 6, Wisconsin Rapids 5

Wisconsin Rapids, Thursday, July 13, 1967

The 1967 Midwest League All-Star Game was played at Wisconsin Rapids' Witter Field on July 13, 1967. The game pitted a selection of the league's best players, as selected by the league managers, general managers, and official scorers, against the Wisconsin Rapids Twins, who had the league's best won/lost record at mid-season.

The All-Stars won a free-swinging game by a 6-5 score. Dick Well of Quad Cities was the winning pitcher; Jerry Lyscio of Wisconsin Rapids took the loss. Jim Dodders of Dubuque hit three home runs to lead the Stars to their win.

ALL-STARS                   AB R H BI      WISCONSIN RAPIDS            AB R  H BI
Jose Ortiz (APP/CWS) CF      3 0 1 0       Ezell Carter (WR/MIN) CF     4 1  1 1
 Bobby Cox (CR/STL) CF       1 0 0 0       George Gove (WR/MIN) 3B      3 2  2 0
Dick White (DEC/SF) RF       4 2 2 1        Lou Nelson (WR/MIN) 3B      1 0  1 0
Spencer Davis (QUI/CHC) 3B   3 1 0 0       Steve Free (WR/MIN) 2B       5 0  1 0
Wilbert Hammond (CLI/PIT) 2B 4 0 0 0       Charlie Manuel (WR/MIN) RF   5 1  2 1
Joe Dodder (DUB/LAN) 1B      4 3 3 5       Alan Nordberg (WR/MIN) 1B    5 0  2 2
Carlos May (BUR/OAK) LF      4 0 0 0       Bob Nash (WR/MIN) LF         5 0  1 0
Rafael Robles (DEC/SF) SS    4 0 0 0       Lee Robinson (WR/MIN) C      3 0  1 1
John Harrell (DEC/SF) C      1 0 0 0        Bob Ruh (WR/MIN) C          2 0  2 0
 Chuck Brinkman (APP/CWS) C  3 0 1 0       Joe Romary (WR/MIN) SS       5 1  2 0
Al Fitzmorris (APP/CWS) P    1 0 0 0       Tom Hall (WR/MIN) P          3 0  0 0
 John Lamb (CLI/PIT) P       0 0 0 0        Jerry Lyscio (WR/MIN) P     1 0  0 0
 Ray Jarvis (WAT/BOS) P      1 0 0 0        Mike Holbrook (WR/MIN) PH   1 0  0 0
 Chuck Schoene (CR/STL) P    0 0 0 0
 Raul Medrano (BUR/OAK) PH   1 0 0 0
 Jim Moyer (DEC/SF) P        0 0 0 0
 Dick Well (QC/CAL) P        0 0 0 0
 Steve Kealey (QC/CAL) P     1 0 0 0
 TOTALS                     35 6 7 6                                   43 5 15 5

All-Stars         000 200 130 - 6  7 2
Wisconsin Rapids  102 110 000 - 5 15 2

  E - Free, Robles (2), Romary, Brinkman. DP -
Wisconsin Rapids 1. LOB - All-Stars 3, Wisconsin
Rapids 13.
  2B - Gove, Nordberg. HR - White, Dodder (3). SB -
White, Romary.

ALL-STARS        IP H R ER BB SO
Fitzmorris      2.0 3 1  1  0  2
Lamb            1.0 3 2  2  1  2
Jarvis          2.0 5 2  2  0  1
Schoen          0.1 0 0  0  0  0
Moyer           0.2 0 0  0  1  1
Well (W)        1.1 3 0  0  0  2
Kealey          1.2 1 0  0  0  2

WISCONSIN RAPIDS IP H R ER BB SO
Hall            6.0 4 2  2  0  6
Lyscio (L)      3.0 3 4  4  1  3

  PB - Harrell, Brinkman

Time: 2:42.  Attendance: 1,381

Notes, Issues, Sources, and Mysteries

• Based on the box score in the 1995 Midwest League Yearbook, with help from the game accounts in the July 14, 1967, editions of the Appleton Post-Crescent and the Waterloo Daily Courier (which also has a box score). A list of players selected as All-Star team starters was published in the Post-Crescent on July 13.
• Alex Cosmidis of Appleton managed the All-Stars; I've not discovered the names of any coaches who worked the game. Manager Ray Bellino of Wisconsin Rapids presumably worked that side of the diamond.
• Despite Dodders' three-homer performance, no game MVP seems to have been selected. Nonetheless, this appears to be the best-ever performance in a Midwest League All-Star Game.
• Cedar Rapids second baseman Jim Gruber was selected to the All-Star team but didn't appear in the game. (There may have been others, as I've not found a comprehensive list.)
• The All-Star ballots were mailed very late, which generated complaints from the voters--especially in Waterloo, where no votes were cast because no ballots were received. (To be fair, Waterloo official scorer Russ Smith didn't think he, or the other scorers, should have had a vote; he also doubted that the GMs were generally qualified.) Wisconsin Rapids manager Ray Bellino objected that none of his team members were eligible for All-Star selection under the rules.
• The league hosted a Miss Midwest League beauty pageant as part of the festivities. 19-year-old Barbara Marion of Quincy, Illinois, was selected queen.