Wattle Sparks Bowling Green to 4-Mile Record at Drake
Dennis Roloff, the busiest runner in the state, balanced six UNI events on Friday at Drake Relays and helped five UNI relay teams win at UNI Relays. He discussed workload, meals, and plans for Saturday finals after a marathon day of racing.
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Wattle Sparks
Drake
Des Moines
Dennis Roloff
Dennis
Northern Iowa
UNI
Texas Southern
UNT
Wottle Leads Bowling Green to Drake Relays Four Mile Record
Olympic star Dave Wottle wore his famed golf cap as Bowling Green set a Drake Relays four mile relay record of 16:19.6 led by his 1:40.2 mile leg. Manhattan and Missouri also beat the old 16:26.4 mark. Wottle predicted a 16:13 at Penn Relays.
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Dave Wottle
Bowling Green
Munich
Wottle
Manhattan
Missouri
Colon
Philadelphia
Busby s No Hitter Greatest Thrill For Pitcher
Steve Busby pitched a 3-0 no hitter for Kansas City against Detroit in spring training form and earned the claim of greatest thrill of his life. He walked six, relied on fastballs, and saw Bushy Patek catch the final out as Busby celebrated with his team. The AL no hitter was the first since Vida Blue in 1970, with Rangers and Indians winning their games behind homers and strong pitching.
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Detroit Tigers
Tigers
Kansas City
Busby
Doug Bird
Detroit
Oakland
Vida Blue
Minnesota Twins
Ed Kirkpatrick
Amos Otis
Dick Bosman
Steve Foucalt
Jeff Burroughs
Rangers
Brewers
Burroughs
Bosman
Rico Carty
Johnny Briggs
Mike Epstein
Cowens
Lucas
Monroe
Celtics
Frazier
Celts
Knicks
Baker
Dale Snyder
C. R
al Mayner
Celtics Fight To Tie Series With 110-100 Win
Boston outlasted New York 110-100 in Madison Square Garden to pull even at 3-3 in the Eastern Conference finals. Dave Cowens led the Celtics with 26 points as Jo Jo White and Havlicek contributed key moments to erase a Knicks edge and force a decisive game seven back in Boston.
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NEW York
Boston
New York Knicks
Celtics
Jo Jo White
Los Angeles
Tom Heinsohn
Knicks
National Basketball Association
John Havlicek
Celts
Los Angeles Lakers
Madison Square Garden
Dave Cowens
White
Havlicek
Philadelphia
Earl Monroe
Walt Frazier
Cowens
Jerry Lucas
Boston Center
Lucas
Dave
Danville Warriors Blank Cedar Rapids 6-0 in Two-Hitter
Danville routs Cedar Rapids 6-0 at Memorial Stadium behind Bill Davidson a near no hitter through 6 1 3 innings. Frank Slaton provides key two run hit while Romo Blanco takes the loss as Danville continues momentum in the Midwest league title defense. Decatur to wrap up home stand with two games.
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Warriors
Cedar Rapids Astros
Memorial Stadium
C.R
Warrior
Bill Davidson
Ontario
Calif
Astros
Davidson
Bernie Smith
Williams Castro
Astro Bats
Burlington
C.ro
Romo Blanco
Frank Slaton
Blanco
Slaton
Kayoed
Hollis Raider Coach Wilburn Hollis Hired for 1973
Cedar Rapids semi pro Rapids Raiders name Hollis Raider Coach Wilburn Hollis former Iowa quarterback as QB and offensive end coach for 1973 Frank Bates head coach GM announces with praise His background includes Iowa quarterback play and Charleston Rockets Continental League experience Bates also expects Bill Happel to return as defensive backfield coach and plans to add two more assistants
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Wilburn Hollis
U. of Iowa
Rapids Raiders
Cedar Rapids
Frank Bates
Raiders
Wilburn
Iowa
Charleston Rockets
Hollis
Boys Town
Neb
Bates
Bill Happel
C. R
Hawkeye
Yesteryear
Raider
Verlin Baker Wins Hawkeye Downs Stock Opener
Verlin Baker of Cedar Rapids wins the 25 lap late model stock car feature at Hawkeye Downs as traffic creates a scare en route to victory. Zwanziger of Waterloo finishes second while Fred Horn of Marion is third. paid attendance reaches 2,784 on a chilly night.
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Hawkeye Downs
Eaker
Cedar Rapids
U. S
Auto Club
Waterloo
Bill Zwanziger
Verlin Baker
Fred Horn
Marion
Red Oralle
Evansdale
al Mayner
Winthrop
Mike Niffinegger
Kalona
Ron Prymek
Iowa City
John Moss
Prymek
Roger Dolan
Lisbon
Larry Schulta
C.R
Larry Smith
New Hano'or
Horn
Moss
Arlo Becker
Atkins
Qralle
Bill McDonough
Niffinegger
Phil Reece
Des Moines
Aust
Purseit
McDonough
Zwanziger
Dolan
Mayner
Cal Swanson
Reinbeck
Ron Hemsted
Jone Tree
Baseball Standings and Weekend Schedule Snapshot
Baseball standings show Minnesota at New York postponed and Chicago at Boston postponed. Kansas City 3 Detroit 0, Texas 4 Milwaukee 2, Oakland 4 Baltimore 3 in 12 innings. Cleveland 6 California 2. Saturday games list matchups with times and pitcher logs. Sundays schedule includes Baltimore Oakland and Milwaukee Texas with start times.
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Lolich
Miwaukee
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Cicago
Callifornia
Baseball Scores And Friday Schedule For National League
Friday games feature Chicago Los Angeles Atlanta New York Philadelphia Cincinnati Montreal Houston and San Francisco in key National League action. Notable results include Philadelphia beating Cincinnati 3 1 and Houston defeating Montreal 4 5 in 10 innings. Postponements noted from 2 p m and 8 05 p m slots with multiple doubleheaders listed.
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Blass
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Reuschel
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New
St.Louis
Jefferson Jayvees Defeat Prairie Netters 8-1 in Tennis Meet
Jefferson junior varsity tennis beat Prairie 8-1 on Friday. Notable wins: Dave Bonsall top singles 10-8 over Dave Hammond and Bonsall teamed with Craig Beadle to win the top doubles 10-0. Additional 10-2, 10-3, 10-0, 10-1, and 10-6 scores listed for other results.
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Dave Bonsall
Dave Hammond
Bonsall
Craig Beadle
Jeff
Craig Beadie
Bill Hammond
Bob Johnson
Barry Ash
Gary Novak
Ben Hertsock
Scott Walker
Dave Yossi
Dave Sunday
Larry Miller
Beadie-Bonsall
Hammond
Johnson
Joe Podzimek
Dallas
Hammond-Martsock
Keen
Steve Schulte
Jett
Miller
Yossi
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Mike Boit
New Mexico
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Sims
Bill Freehan
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Angel Mangual
Boog Powell
Don Baylor
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Gene Tenace
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Willie Foster
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