Irvine Wins City Am Golf Title
Mike Irvine of Ellis defeats Gary Rozek of St Andrews by two strokes to win the 1976 City Amateur after a dramatic finish at Ellis Park. Irvine birdied the 18th for victory. Rozek led through 16 holes but bogeyed 17, slipping to second.
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Ellis Park
Mike Irvine
Ellis
Gary Rozek
St. Andrews
Irvine
Rozek
Steve Malloy
Elm
Mike’ McDonald
Jones
John Jacobs
Iowa
City
Cru
Castro as heavyweight promoter sparks boxing fantasy
The column muses Fidel Castro could woo Muhammad Ali into a Havana bout against Stevenson to boost Cuba's image and profits, blending politics and sport with talk of promoters, taxes, and a Moscow Olympic angle. It also notes Ray Scuffham stepping down as Coe soccer coach and other local notes.
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Fidel Castro
Hadgar
Mike Jacobs
Fidel
Muhammad Ali
Feetilo Stevenson
Havana
Stevenson
Floyd Patterson
Pete Rademacher
Seattle
Ali
Muhammad
Japan
Castro
U.S
Howard Covell
Antilles
Ray Scuffham
Coe
Ray
Iowa
Chris Patton
Welty Wins ASA Sub-State in 6-0 Win Over Collins Radio
Welty Way produced another win Sunday night defeating Collins Radio 6-0 to capture the men's ASA Sub-State championship. Gregg Bosch struck out 15 and walked one as Welty held Collins to three hits. Earlier Collins beat DR Kirby 5-2 to reach the final. Four teams qualified for the state tournament in Des Moines with Welty-Way as sub-state champs. CONSOLATION results and sailing races at Lake Macbride fill the rest of the page.
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Welty Way
Collins Radio
ASA
Collins
DR. Kirby
Welty
Ed White
Big Red
Ray Sturm
Timmons
Tom Estes
White
Sturm
Max Elliott
Arror
Elliott
Barrie Ernst
Gregg Bosch
Bosch
Steve Calvert
Kirby
Rick Klein
Keith Boots
Glen Fletcher
Denny Linderbaum
Klein
Cresco
Ted & Frank
Shamrock Construction
Des Moines
Welty-Way
Iowa City
Giants crush Mets 23 1 to move 1 lead in league race
Cedar Rapids centered Mark Woodbrey homered and collected three extra base hits in five at bat as the Giants dominated Wausau 23 1 at Memorial Stadium. Woodbrey boosted his average to .310 and the Giants extended their Southern division lead to 14 games with the win and a sweep of the series.
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Cedar Rapids Giants
Mark Woodbrey
Gorham. Met
Memorial Stadium
Waem Mets
Wosdbrey
Sally Parker
Giants
Mets
Woodbrey
Iiseup
Mark
Jeff Yurak
Wausau
Luis Lunar
Soviets Rout U S Track Team in Dual Meet
Soviet women lead a dominant 211 157 victory over the United States in a two day dual meet at College Park Maryland. Lyudmila Bragina set a world 3000 meter record and Tatyana Provodkina clocked 800 meters in 1 57.7. American stars like Mac Wilkins Edwin Moses and Arnie Robinson won gold for the U S but the Soviets continued a long standing edge in the series.
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College Park
Bill Thomson
Thomson
America
Kate Schmidt
Charxira Cheeseborough
Lyudmila Bragina
Tatyana Providokhina
Miss Bragina
Grete Waitz
Norway
Madeline
Manning Jackson
Mac Wilkins
Wilkins
Edwin Moses
Arnie Robinson
Onme
U.S
Amertes
Los Angeles
Soviet Union
Kiev
Ike Wilkins
Dwight Stones
al Feuerbach
George Woods
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Red Peppers
Gus ‘Schrader
Picbira
Moscow
Louise Roulson
Twenty-ninth Street
Cedar Rapids
Woody Hayes
Rant
Bill Quinby
Dean Jones
Quail Creek
North Liberty
Dave Braverman
Mace
Richard
Mick Mattiace
Puebla
Mexico
Mick
Don King
Don
Mexico City
Adios
Amigo
Bill Lern
Xarcy Collins
Noco
Wery Weyerbaurt
Kigia
Qverboughs
Calver
Brust
Macbride
Bere
Calvert, Bosch and
Tuc
Solon
Jim Brust
Ceder Rapids
Arnold Small
Hawkeye Sailing Club
Lake Macbride
Small
Jim Whitaker
Laser
Paul &. Meloy
Pee Dielay
Boston Fisheries
Suh Street
S.E
Vernon Heights
Mendoza
Seve Grimes
Mark Sisg
Crs
Steve Witkin
Wayne Cato
C.R
Los
Wausau’s
Bill Monbouquette
Salty
Dave Mendoza
Larry Calafetti
Jerry Mchver
Wauson
Minui
Parker
Ken Barton
Log
Meus
Penn
Hengess
Tala
Gilkits
Pat Ieee
Bordes
Ose
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