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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 16, 1977

Page

15

Record crowd at Montreal as Expos debut stuns 57,592

Jay Johnstone and Greg Luzinski led a second inning outburst as the Philadelphia Phillies defeated Montreal 7-2 in the Expos debut at Olympic Stadium before a record crowd of 57,592. Carlton earned a 1-1 start, while Mets Cubs Dodgers Angels Pirates and Braves results filled the day.

Jay Johnstone Greg Luzinski Philadelphia Phillies Montreal Expos Olympic Stadium

Iowa Women Lead After First Round at Invitational

Iowa women sit second in team scoring after one round of the Iowa Invitational. Minnesota leads with seven points, while Iowa has five, Drake three, and Western Illinois one. Opening round winners include Joy Rabinowitz and Linda Madvig in singles, and Rabinowitz Seaman and Madvig Zelinskas in doubles. Competition resumes at 10 a.m. today.

Iowa City Iowa Hawkeyes Minnesota Drake Western Illinois Joy Rabinowitz Linda Madvig Rabinowitz Becky Seaman Madvig Beth Zelinskas

Kite to join Watson on 11th Amana VIP tour

Tom Kite 27 year old Masters bronze medalist ties for third at Augusta with a five under 67. He will join Masters Champion Tom Watson and other top PGA Tour stars including Lee Trevino Mark Hayes Julius Boros and Jerry Pate in the 18 hole pro am on the Finkbine course at Iowa City June 20.

AMANA Tom Kite Tom Watson Amana Refrigeration Geroge C. Foerstner Kite Augusta Lee Trevino Mark Hayes Julius Boros Jerry Pate Watson Finkbine Iowa City

Waugh Resigns as Atlantic Coach for Principals Post

Jerry Waugh 28 resigns as head basketball coach at Atlantic to take an assistant principal position in Fort Dodge. A Mt. Ayr native and UNI graduate, he led Atlantic since 1972.

Atlantic Jerry Waugh Fort Dodge Waugh Mt. Ayr University of Northern Iowa

Drake Relays Saturday Sellout For 12th Straight Year

UPI reports Drake Relays in Des Moines will sell out Saturday for the 12th consecutive year. Ticket Manager Reid Allen announced the session will be the earliest Saturday sellout yet, with Friday tickets still available.

Des Moines UPI Reid Allen Allen

Cedar Rapids, Wausau vie in weekend baseball slate

Reading shows Midwest matchups with Cedar Rapids beating Wausau 6 to 2, Quad Cities 5, Appleton 11, Waterloo 7. Saturday games list Wausau at Cedar Rapids 7 30 p m Waterloo at Burlington Appleton at Quad Cities Wisconsin Rapids at Clinton.

Cedar Rapids Wausau Quad Cities Appleton Burlington Waterloo Wisconsin Rapids Clinton Wis Rapids

South Tama tops Prairie in girls tennis match

South Tama earned a 5-4 victory over Prairie in a Friday girls prep tennis meet. Prairie dropped to 1-3 for the season while Prairie won the junior varsity 6-2. Singles winners included Doreen Buresh and Dianna Bogner with decisive scores, and doubles saw Holets-Bogner and Sirowy-Hammond prevail for their teams.

TAMA South Tama Prairie Doreen Buresh Julie Holets Dianna Bogner Heidi Pagel Jane Paxton Lisa Sirowy Dolores Hammond Teri Halverson Sheri Carson Kris Sheely Trudie Dolezal Anna Cisar Holets-Bogner

Marion Boys Golf Improves to 4-1 with Win at Squaw Creek

Marion's boys golf team improved to 4-1 after a 158-163 victory over Vinton at Squaw Creek. Mike Wheeler led with medalist 37 as Marion also won the junior varsity meet 179-184. Other Marion scorers included Mikeler 37 and Rice 38.

Marion Vinton Squaw Creek Mike Wheeler

Kuemper High Names New Head Football Coach

Mike Cooper, 23, named head coach at Kuemper high school. Former assistant at Council Bluffs St. Albert and son of Beanie Cooper, former Sioux City Heelan coach now South Dakota athletic director and football coach.

Iowa Golfers Tie For Seventh At Kepler Collegiate

In Columbus Ohio after one round at Ohio State Scarlet course Iowa tied for seventh with Ohio at 390 in a 23 team field paced by Ohio State 378. Minnesota’s Myles Trestemon led with 71. Iowa scorers Debuhr 75 Burch 76 Barrett 78 Burich 79 Boros Jr 82 Rummels 83.

Columbus Ohio Ohio State Iowa Myles’ Trestemon Minnesota Ross Debuhr Nigel Burch John Barrett Kevin Burich Julius Boros, Jr Dave Rummels

College Baseball Big Eight Scores and Playoff Results

Colorado 3 Kansas State 4 and Kansas 0 Iowa State 8 Missouri 5 with Nebraska 2-0 over Washington 3-1. In college ball Chicago 107 Portland 104 tied best of three. Boston 113 San Antonio 109 Boston leads 2-0. New York Islanders 4 Buffalo 3 leads 3-0. Toronto 4 Minnesota 3 leads 2-1. WHA Houston 6 Edmonton 2 leads 2-0 in playoffs.

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Cavaliers Rally Past Bullets to Tie Series 1-1

Cavs explode in final minutes as Cam Perry Russell scores 22 and Foots Walker 20 leading Cleveland to a 91-83 win over Washington. Bullets guard Phil Chenier 26 points. Elvin Hayes 21 and 23 rebounds.

Richfield Ohio Campy Russell Foots Walker Cleveland Cavaliers Washington Bullets Cavaliers Bobb Smith Bullets Walker Jim Cleamons Russell Washington Phil Chenier Landover Elvin Hayes

Coe Dominates Grinnell In 9 0 Tennis Whitewash

Coe College Kohawks stay undefeated with a 9 0 win over Grinnell on their court scene. Sophomore Roger Pillsbury remains unbeaten at 4 0 as the top seed. Doug Eden and Bill Schield move to 3 1, with singles and doubles tight early sets. The Kohawks next meet St Ambrose on Wednesday at home.

Coe Grinnell Kohawks Don Tune St. Ambrose Soph Roger Pillsbury Doug Eden Bill Schield Roy Bryan Jim Strickler Spencer Byrum Ken Christianson Tom Kircakot Pete Levy Roger Pillsbury Tom Arenberg David Nern Steve Holdridge Byrum-Schi

Bulls rally past Trail Blazers to even series at 1-1

Chicago Bulls beat Portland 107-104 as Mickey Johnson Artis Gilmore and Wilbur Holland spark a late surge. Johnson scored 10 of his 29 in the final period and Holland added a key jumper before Gilmore’s three point play put Chicago ahead for good.

Chicago Mickey Johnson Artis Gilmore Wilbur Holland Chicago Bulls Portland Trail Blazers Johnson Bulls Holland Gilmore

Burke Boone Named Boone High Football Coach

Burke John Burke was named head football coach at Boone high school replacing Merle Harris who resigned for health reasons. The Boone team had captured the 1976 Central Iowa Conference championship.

BOONE UPI John Burke Boone High School Burke Merle Harris Central Iowa

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