 | Weekly Team Power Rankings
Monday, September 16th , 1963
Here are the current team power rankings for Heartland League:
Teams (Total Points, Tendency):
1) Terre Haute Brewers (106.8, +)
2) Rockford Wildcats (104.8, +)
3) Springfield Hustlers (99.2, -)
4) Cedar Rapids Chiefs (98.7, o)
5) Evansville Hawks (94.4, o)
6) Davenport Dusters (86.2, +)
7) Gary Steelmen (83.3, -)
8) Peoria Pastimers (46.4, o) |  | Hart Red-Hot, HL Player of the Week
Monday, September 16th , 1963
Pete Hart kept his eye on the ball last week and now all eyes are on him. The Gary Steelmen center fielder easily swung his way to the Heartland League Player of the Week Award with 8 hits in 18 at-bats.
Hart hit .444 last week with 3 home runs, 5 RBIs and 5 runs scored.
So far this season, Hart has gotten 14 hits in 40 at-bats for a .350 batting average with 4 home runs. His stats include 9 RBIs and 9 runs scored. He has played in 13 games. |  | 5 Hits for Dusters Conklin
Friday, September 13th , 1963
A jubilant Jack Conklin joined the postgame press conference at Davenport Park to offer some unusual words of encouragement -- for the Peoria Pastimers pitching staff he had just vanquished.
"It may not have looked like it," said the Davenport Dusters third baseman, "but I saw some awful good pitches today. If luck hadn't been on my side it might have turned out a lot different."
That would not have been the conclusion of anyone who saw his dominant 5-for-5 hitting performance, which led to the 8-6 Dusters win.
"He made it look easy," said Andy Wilber, manager of the Pastimers. "We never figured out what to do with him. Obviously."
Jack Conklin singled in the 1st, singled in the 3rd, singled in the 5th, hit an RBI single in the 6th and hit a three-run home run off Gilberto Castañeda in the 8th.
To date this year, Conklin is batting .281 with 4 home runs.
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