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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1972
Page
3
The first major league strike ends as owners approve a 1969 season start and players accept pension funding tweaks. Negotiations leave salary reductions for makeup games, with losses estimated around 5 million for the sport and individual pay cuts for players.
The schedule lists matchups across leagues with teams led by players such as Palmer Blyleven Seaver and Carlton. Openers include Texas at California and Los Angeles at Cincinnati as the regular season begins.
Kirkwood Community College swept a doubleheader from Clinton junior college at Jones Park 11 10 and 41. Jeff Scott and Gary Hucker combined on a two hitter in the nightcap. Don Moeller led the 12 hit Kirkwood attack with a double and a triple in the opener while Doug Gibbs had two hits in each game. Paul Brainard added four hits on the day and Bob Kelzenberg had two in game one. Kirkwood will host Muscatine JC in a twin bill Saturday at Jones Park at 1 p.m.
Coach Frank Lauterbur confirms Kyle Skogman leads spring drills after a quiet 1971 season. He says Skogman will get every chance to compete this spring, while Frank Sunderman shifts to tight end and Rob Fick is listed at No. 3. Skogman praised for leadership, though passing and scrambling remain average.
The Veterans Memorial Tennis Center will offer open play from 1 to 5 p.m. this Saturday and Sunday, with a longer schedule to be announced. It will also be open 5 to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday next week, and Dennis Meinert was hired as center director.
More than 30 drivers entered the All-Iowa spring demolition derby set for Sunday at 1 30 p m at Hawkeye Downs. Super Stocks Inc plans four preliminaries plus a feature, followed by an open track session for late model and street stocks. Admission runs one fifty for adults and one for children with advance tickets offered for the Iowa Grand Memorial Race of Champions.
Linn-Mar's girls golf team beat Washington 210 to 218 at Squaw Creek. Lana Steiger earned medalist honors with 48. Linn-Mar also won the jayvee match 248 to 323.
Tipton Lee Crawford, Tipton high school's 11 year head football coach and athletic director, resigns to coach at Valley high in West Des Moines succeeding Jack Elgin. Crawford led Tipton to three Wamac titles with top records in 1968 and 1969, will teach physical education at Valley.
Iowa City defeated Kennedy 6-1 in girls tennis. Mary Randall and Patsy Donelson led singles wins for IC, with Brenda Rainwater the Kennedy winner. Doubles Randall-Donelson and Ellsworth-Krone won for IC while Kruger-Boltz and Sherman-Bunn dropped matches.
Prairie golf team posted a 176 to 196 victory at Ellis Park on Thursday led by Jim Wilson who shot 43 as Le Ray Burns 44 and Don Reed 45 contributed. Linn-Mar's Ken Kolismith 47 and Jim Weeds 49 paced the visitors with Rick Kolismith 49 and Roger Ruble also scoring.
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