The Kiwanis-Elks matchup was a pitching duel between Jeff Wilkinson and Gus Boisits for the maximum six innings. Each allowed only one hit and one run before giving way to relief pitchers. Kiwanis scored its run on a double by Bob Merli and the Elks tallied on a homer by Boisits. When relief pitchers took over, Kiwanis broke the game open with four runs on singles by Merli and Albert Roque and a double by Joe Papenberg.