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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1979
Page
8
Sunday results show San Antonio 115 over Philadelphia 112 and Washington 120 over Atlanta 118 in a tough OT finish. Philadelphia visits San Antonio on Thursday while Washington plays Atlanta in the next action.
Local girls and boys basketball schedule listed with multiple matchups across Cedar Rapids Linn-Mar Kennedy and surrounding schools. Entries include Coe College events, Prairie, West, Marion, Mount Mercy, and Jefferson opponents with times around 7:30 and venues at Five Seasons Center, Coe, and JET. The dense slate features girls and boys games, with frequent crossovers among Kennedy Linn-MarPrairie West and LaSalle matchups.
Legion Major finished the season strong at Legion Lanes led by Gordy Mollman with 229 258 245 for 732. Sue Clark led the Mixers at CR Bowling Center with 211 177 184 for 572, while Pat Convey matched 211 572 with Lutheran at Castle Lanes. The feature lists big scores across many teams including Briles Bowling Supply posting a 1001 team average and Pink Elephant star Bud Pettit 249 626, with numerous 600s and several 700s tallied in the final counts.
Akron, Ohio era saw George Pappas defeat Dick Ruger 224 to 195 in the finals of the $150,000 Tournament of Champions. Pappas became the event’s first bowler in 15 years to lead from start to finish after Ruger beat Jeff Mattingly 228 to 157 to reach the final.
The Houston Astros placed pitcher Tom Dixon on the 21 day disabled list and acquired pitcher Rick Williams from Charleston of the International League to join the organization.
Cedar Rapids vs Quad City postponed by rain. Appleton led Waterloo 10 to 8, Wausau beat Wisconsin Rapids 15 to 7, Clinton 19 to 4 over Burlington. Sunday Cedar Rapids 0 Quad City 8, Wausau 5 Wisconsin Rapids 0, Appleton 14 Waterloo 11, Clinton 7 Burlington 6. Monday games include Quad City at Cedar Rapids, Clinton at Burlington, Appleton at Waterloo, Wausau at Wisconsin Rapids.
Tom Watson shot 70 in the final round to finish 275 13 under par and win by six at Rancho La Costa earning a World Series berth. Bruce Lietzke tied for second with Jerry Pate at 281. Gary Player, Lee Trevino and Larry Nelson followed.
In Houston, Jose Higueras defeated Gene Mayer in a tiebreaker for a 6-3 2-6 7-6 win in the World Championship Tennis final. In San Jose, top seed John McEnroe edged Peter Fleming 7-6 7-6 to win the Grand Prix 50 000 tennis tournament.
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