Wardlow’s Ninth Inning Blast Lifts Cedar Rapids To Lead
Cedar Rapids Giants rally in the ninth to beat Clinton 9-8 on Mike Wardlow’s second homer in five games. The three-run shot with two outs tied the Midwest league Southern division race with Quad Cities at 4-1. Mark Kuecker opened the inning with a base hit and scored on a Brenly groundout after advancing on a dropped pop-up.
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Mike Wardlow
Cedar Rapids Giants
C.R
Giants
Quad Cities
Mark Kuecker
Dodger
Jim del Vecchio
Enrique Macias
Kuecker
Bob Brenly
Rich Murray
John Sylvester
Wardlow
Jon Harper
Dodgers
D.R
Macias
Murray
Sylvester
Jeff Shourds
John Laubhan
Mike Wilson
Jim Pryor
Shourds
Pryor
Gary Ledbetter
Ledbetter
Brenly
Los Angeles Lakers
Golden State Warriors
Philadelphia 76Ers
Boston Celtics
First Woman to Play Amana VIP Pro-Am in Iowa City
JoAnne Carner the first woman to wear the Amana VIP cap on the LPGA tour will headline the Amana VIP pro-am at Iowa City on June 20 hitting from the men’s tees at Finkbine. She is noted as the distaff tour’s longest hitter and will compete with 40 top PGA men. Carner earned 103275 last season and captured her second U S Women’s Open title.
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JoAnne Carner
Iowa City
Carner
Finkbine
U.S
Portland Blazers edge Nuggets on late Lucas jumper
Maurice Lucas sealed Portland's 101-100 playoff win over Denver with a turn around jumper from 14 feet with 11 seconds left. The opener of the best of seven series featured tense late defense and Portland coach Jack Ramsay praising the unplanned winning play.
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Maurice Lucas
Portland
National Basketball Association
Denver
Dave Twardzik
Lucas
Trail Blazers
Nuggets
Luke
Jack Ramsay
Twardzik
American Basketball Association
Irony surrounds Krafcisin transfer and Iowa links
A North Carolina freshman, Steve Krafcisin, has secured Dean Smith's release to transfer and could enroll at Iowa this fall, with several other schools pursuing him. The piece traces recruiting twists involving Iowa, Iowa State, and UNC, noting past Iowa interests in Uthoff and Olsthoorn and the NCAA context shaping his move.
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Iowa
Lute Olson
Steve Krafcisin
North Carolina
Dean Smith
Krafcisin
C.R. Jeff
Dean Uthoff
Iowa State
Olson
Uthoff
Pella
Larry Olsthoorn
Smith
U.S
N.C
Rich Yonaker
Mike O’koren
Tarheels
Marquette
Olsthoorn
ISU
Newton Semi-Pro Club To Make European Tour
The Newton Nite Hawks and the Chicago Lions will tour Europe this summer for a five game IFL series in Austria Germany and France. Organizers expect the trip to boost European interest in American football and note high European attendance for prior IFL exhibitions.
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NEW York
Europe
Newton Nite Hawks
Chicago Lions
Northern States Football League
Austria
Germany
France
Bob Kap
IFL
Kap
Carroll Cutler
Henderson State
Texas A&i
West Berlin
Vienna
Paris
Dallas Tornado
United States
Cutler
Nite Hawks
Lions
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