Happitime and General Pest into ASA district finals
Happitime beat Greeley 41 and General Pest crushed Jesup 14 0 to reach the winner's bracket final in the ASA district tournament in Coralville Cedar Rapids Sunday. Happitime and General Pest meet at 8 15 p m with I C Ready Mix to follow at 9 30 p m after Greeley Jesup loser bracket game. Elson and Chapman led Happitime with three RBI and 13 strikeouts respectively while Gary Lars on and Gary Fletcher powered General Pest with timely homers.
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Coralville
Cedar Rapids
Happitime
Greeley
Iowa City General Pest Control
Jesup
ASA
General Pest
Cath. Workman
Heick
Breneke
Howe
Larsen
Kenners
Chapman
Fitzpatrick Wins at Indy in Late Model Feature
Paul Fitzpatrick of Rochester Minnesota led on lap six to win the 20 lap late model stock car feature at the fairgrounds. Red Droste and Ed Sanger battled for second with Droste taking runner up spot. Fitzpatrick also claimed the B semi as the night’s only double winner, with Weiners and others listed in heat and semi results.
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Gazette Independence
Paul Fitzpatrick
Rochester
Minn
Fairgrounds
Red Droste
Waterloo
Ed Sanger
Chub Liebe
Oelwein
Fitzpatrick
Wloo
Bill
Barthelmes
Troy Mills
Dave Plum
Vince Wells
Sanger
Droste
Claus Stricker
Independence Shooter Wins at Cedar Falls Gun Club
Doug Hearn of Independence captured the handicap championship by hitting 96 of 100 targets and led the 200 target event with 194 hits at Cedar Falls Gun Club. Margaret Powell of Traer won the women's division with 95 of 100.
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Cedar Falls
Doug Hearn
Independence
Margaret Powell
Traer
AFL And NFL Exhibitions Highlight Week Of Intense Debuts
Bills face Lions in Buffalo as AFL clubs post a 2-1 record in early exhibitions. San Diego beat San Francisco 30-18 while Baltimore beat Oakland 14-12 and Houston defeated Washington 9-3. Bears edged Cowboys 30-24 in Canton Hall of Fame game. Kansas City topped Cincinnati 38-14. Notables include Kemp and Dubenion for Buffalo. Munson out for Detroit. Hall of Fame inductees Motley Hirsch Trippi Milner Battles Donovan Wojnkiewicz in Canton.
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San Diego
AFL
San Francisco
Oakland
Baltimore
Johnny Unitas
Houston
Washington
Chicago Bears
Dallas Cowboys
Canton
Ohio
Kansas City
Cincinnati
Paul Brown
Mike Garrett
Chiefs
Bengals
Marion Motley
Elroy Hirsch
Charley Trippi
Wayne Milner
Cliff Battles
Art Donovan
Alex Wojkiechowicz
Lange Ford of Waterloo-Cedar Falls Captures Softball Crown
Lange Ford of Waterloo Cedar Falls won the annual 16 team softball tournament in Fort Williams Canada over the weekend. Pitcher Rich Stephen worked all 12 innings to beat Scandia Minnesota 1-0 in the final, earning a place on the all tourney team with Bob O Leary Don Forch and Wayne Wilson. Stephen also defeated Peters Meats Eau Claire Wisconsin 1 0 and American Trailers Minneapolis 2 0. Dick Thenhaus won 7-0 in Lange s other victory. Lange s scored in the title game on a first inning run after Gaylen Tann doubled and Jim Videtich followed with a triple. Stephen struck out 16 and allowed three hits. Peters Meats beat Kory Bar for consolation honors. Larry Sparks Cedar Rapids pitched the win for Peters Meats. Sparks who plays for Welty Way in the Major Open later lost to Stephen 1-0. Lange s record stands at 65 12.
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Fort Williams
Canada
Lange Ford
Waterloo-Cedar Falls
Rich Stephen
Scandia
Minn
Bob O’leary
Don Forch
Wayne Wilson
Stephen
Peter
Lange
Lange’s
Gaylen Tann
Jim Videtich
Flood Delays Two CRCC Golf Days After Heavy Rains
Sunday night rainfall flooded Indian Creek at Cedar Rapids Country Club forcing postponement of both the Martha Cobb women’s tournament and the men’s event. The 17th fairway bridge was damaged and the 15th green appeared islanded as water covered the course.
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Indian Creek
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Martha Cobb
NE Crown To Concrete Wins In South Division Title
Concrete Materials blanked North division winner Iowa Manufacturing 7-0 as Harry Fetter pitched a no hitter with 11 strikeouts. Don Boyer Mark Barger and Randy Quinby each had two hits. Concrete advances to face the Luce & Sullivan Wilson & Co. winner for the 10-11 East title.
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Iowa Manufacturing
Harry Fetter
Don Boyer
Mark Barger
Randy Quinby
Luce & Sullivan- Wilson & Co
Hamilton Nipped for Shoe Title at Mississippi Valley Fair
Leslie Long of Sterling Illinois edged defending champion Art Hamilton of Iowa City to win the class A title in the Mississippi Valley Fair horseshoe tournament. Winners listed include class B Bennie Carter Buffalo 50 class C Paul Jensen Alexis Nt 41 class D Edwin Willick 41 class E Larry Bender West Lib
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Davenport
Leslie Long
Sterling, Ill
Art Hamilton
Iowa City
Sterling
UML
Bennie Carter
Buffalo
Paul Jensen
Alexis
Edwin
Willick Battal
Larry Bender
West
Schollander Not Worried Upsets Mark AAU Swim By Jim Van Valkenburg
The 18th AAU Outdoor Swimming Championships at Lincoln featured five world records and many meet marks. Mark Spitz upset Don Schollander in 100 and 200 free, while Mark Robie beat Spitz in the 200 butterfly. Debbie Meyer set a world 800-meter record en route to an 800 mark, and Victoria King joined Debbie as a young standout. The meet underscored U S strength ahead of the Mexico City Olympic Trials with many top swimmers already qualified.
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Lincoln
Neb
Jim van Valkenburg
United States
Mexico City
Yale
Don ‘Schollander
Schollander
Mark Spitz
Santa Clara Club
Spitz
Mark Robie
Michigan
Burton
John Kinsella
Hinsdale
Ill
Mexico
Guellermo Echevarria
Ralph Hutton
Canada
Foothill Club
Los Altos
Calif
Sue Pedersen
Sacramento
Claudia Kolby
Jane Barkman
Philadelphia
Peru
Juan Bello
Arizona State
Ann Peterson
Lesley Bush
Jordan-Rice Win 1st Flight Title
Cedar Rapids pair Cliff Jordan and Linda Jordan Rice won the first flight in the state Father-Daughter golf tournament with 80 as 44-36. Maquoketa pair J. E. and Marla Goodenow captured the championship flight with 76. There were 83 entries and results list multiple flights and scores.
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MT. Pleasant
Cliff Jordan
Linda Jordan Rice
Cedar Rapids
J. E
Marla Goodenow
Maquoketa
J.E
M. Goodenow
Wiele-C
Lindsey Burlington
Bill
Janet Iverson
Clinton
Debbie Bowers
Griccellee
J. Anderson
S. Price
Ft. Dodge
Don-Donna Siles
Audubon
Harry-Miekka Heddens
W'burg
Marty-Marei English
O.M
Hopkinton Leads Delaware County Baseball Standings
Hopkinton stays atop the Delaware County league with a 4 2 win over Earlville to move to 8 2. Key hits came from Glen Hardin and Bill Kenney with Owen Rentschler and Hardin leading the offense. Earlville’s Gene Parkin and John Heilers each had two hits. Bob Melchert homered.
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Hopkinton
Earlville
Glen Hardin
Bill Kenney
Owen Rentschler
Hardin
Gene Parkin
John Heilers
Bob Melchert
Eaker Captures Feature at C M
DES MOINES Verlin Baker of Cedar Rapids won the 25 lap late model stock car feature at the state fairgrounds Saturday Second place went to Dean Montgomery of Milan Illinois while Darrel Dake of CR captured third Tom Hughes of Monticello won the first heat Baker was second in the second heat and Dake was fourth
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Gazette
Des Moines
Verlin Baker
Cedar Rapids
State Fairgrounds
Dean Montgomery
Milan
Ill
Darrel Dake
C.R
Tom Hughes
Monticello
Baker
Dake
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Dick” Bauder
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