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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1971
Page
24
Autoworld notes Richard Petty, A J Foyt, and Al Unser as top money winners. Petty eyes doubling earnings in five years while Foyt and Unser boast all time totals around one million dollars. Despite early starts, each driver credits longevity and success with sustained earnings and career years.
Petty extends season haul with his 15th victory and 134th career win as he drives the Elyia 800 to 3 hours 2 minutes at Atlanta International Raceway. Stewart wins the German Grand Prix pacing Deutrt, Regazzoni and Andretti, while Di nohit earns fifth Trans American triumph in a Javelin at St. Emblant Quebec.
Norway Codw Rapids Legion baseball team beat Quincy 6-2 in a Friday tuneup for the state tourney in Burlington. Key hits included Brad Trickey’s double and singles by Steve Stumpff, Don Strelner, and Mike Curran. The offense started with two first-inning runs, added one in the second, and finished with two more in the fifth.
Keith Rinderknecht and Tom Gatts of Cedar Rapids finished first and second in the men's jumping at the Hart Sunday water ski meet at Hartwick Lake. Marion competitors led junior events with Dan Fort and Tim Ford taking the junior boys jumping. Rosemary Waite led girls trick with third in girls jumping, while Charlotte Metee and Doug Erstadt tallied top finishes for their respective categories.
Pat and Dee Riley led a father son victory at Indian Creek Country Club on tour day. The Riley and Howards teams tied for top in 11-under groups, with Frances and Doris Nemec posting a 58 for mother daughter honors and Catherine Hahn duo winning six holes.
Dan Colby shot a 72 Sunday at Twin Pines to lead the City Amateur golf qualifier with a two day total of 142. He was one stroke ahead of Mike Hall and three ahead of Mark Wagner and Herb Dorsey. Other qualifiers included Harold Bruner Jim Hodges Jr and Jesse Goin. In the Twin Pines Summer Amateur, Glenn Kerres defeated Seb Konstock in a sudden death playoff after both tied at 2405. Terry Wilson finished one stroke back with 141.
USA scores a 1-2 sweep with Geet Klogier and Tom Dooly in a RHG9 walk while windy conditions push several Sunday rowing events to Monday. The U S basketball team shrugs off a Cuban upset, coach Jim Curiger praising the strength of the Cuban lineup as Pedro Chappe dominates in scoring while Jim Chones contributes for Marquette.
In a tense Dodgers win over the Reds, a rare interference call on a potential force play yields a balk to the pitcher and an RBI credited to a batting runner on the final pitch. The game features multiple controversial calls, with bench and umpire Rose drawing ire as the Dodgers pull ahead in the late innings.
Fragmented OCR text shows Cedar Hills standings with teams like Marion Theatre Goss Moms and WesULTe Say in mixed scores. Several names and numbers appear garbled, but the overall snapshot suggests league standings with recent results and partial team tallies aligning around single to low double digit points.
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