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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1970
Page
15
Vikings negotiate with Joe Kapp over a five year 1.25 million deal while Kapp's attorney declares the Vikings are out of the picture. Gary Cuozzo expects to start and other NFL notes include Davis Mackinnon and McCoy in camps.
Indianapolis AP reports star prep forward Frank Kendrick will enroll at Indiana University this fall as one of the state's top basketball prospects. The announcement confirms Kendrick will join the Hoosiers for the upcoming season.
Dows Dairy, champions of the Ellis park 10 11 year old league, won the 10 11 city title at Noelridge park Friday by defeating Operating Engineers 4 2. Dick Nutt had two hits for Dows and Norval Dickson homered for Operating Engineers, the Van Vechten park champions.
Iowa Ice dominated Local 299 8-2 on Thursday in a Major League matchup. Local 299 surrendered four runs in the first inning and could not recover as Iowa Ice built a big early lead.
Tow Merfield and Todd each had two hits for the winners as Daniels Park beat the opponents.
The Wichita Aeros came from behind to sweep the Iowa Oaks 10-9 and 4-3 in a doubleheader. Jack Brohamer delivered a two run single in the sixth to put Wichita ahead in the nightcap, and Mike Paul faced the bases loaded in the seventh to seal the win. Frank Baker drove in Richie Scheinblum with an eighth inning infield single for the 10-9 victory.
John Wallenstein resigns as Cedar Rapids Cardinals business manager to join Howe News bureau in Chicago, which supplies statistics for Midwest league and other athletic bodies. The Gazette relays corrections on sports terms, announces Czech Night at Memorial Stadium with kolaches, and confirms staff moves including George Rampling leaving The Gazette to become Clinton Herald sports editor and Danny Even taking AP sports editor post in Des Moines.
Don Durham fired a three hit victory with 10 strikeouts to lift Cedar Rapids over Burlington 3-1. The Cards collected nine singles and built their runs on a double steal, a wild pitch, and timely hits. Burlington’s run came on a fourth inning infield grounder.
Baseball standings and schedule notes from the American League and National League. Entries include team records, recent results, and upcoming games with several pitchers' notes and matchups across cities such as Cleveland Baltimore New York Minnesota California Chicago Detroit St. Louis Philadelphia and San Francisco.
Quad Cities defeated Clinton 3 0. Waterloo played Quincy to rain. Decatur beat Appleton Cedar Rapids edged Burlington 3 1. Danville beat Wisconsin Rapids 2 0. Friday schedule includes Quad Cities at Clinton, Waterloo at Quincy, Appleton at Decatur, Cedar Rapids at Burlington, Wisconsin Rapids at Danville. Saturday mirrors Friday’s matchups.
Gary Reid won medalist honors with a 77 at Jones park qualifying for the City Junior tournament. He will lead the 15-17 year old team with Greg Dunn Scott Nau and Don Stepanek. Stepanek earned the fourth spot after a playoff with Tracy Rudd. The 12-14 year old Jones team includes Dave Bernacki Dave Gaskill Dwayne Hensch and Terry Ernest, with Ernest winning a playoff over Dan Bubon.
Joe Namath, center of controversy, reportedly seeks higher pay to play this season with the New York Jets after AWOL from camp. Jets president Phil Iselin says discussions continue with no resolution yet. Namath had said he did not want to play football, heightening contract speculation amid broader economic pressures.
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