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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1979
Page
19
Chris Evert Lloyd dominates Renee Richards 6 1 6 0 to reach the women’s singles final at the $275 000 U S Open Clay Court Championships. She will face the Goolagong Cawley Marsikova winner for the title tonight.
In the Metro Junior division for ages 12 to 14, a novice golfer secured a winner’s playoff for third place and another marked a playoff win to finish fourth.
Curt Hansen drives a 1979 Fiala Camaro to his third Downs win of the season and 24th career victory, edging Roger Dolan in a fierce duel on the 44 mile dirt oval. Gary Crawford finishes third as Hansen and Dolan showcase the Fiala Racing Team's strong showing before heading to Grand Island for the $30,000 Late Model Nationals.
Former Ohio State football coach Woody Hayes will be honored with the inaugural C. William Brownfield Award by the Ohio Jaycees for outstanding contribution to character building. Hayes coached 18 straight seasons at Ohio State and ranks as the fourth winningest coach in college football history.
Four of six Cedar Rapids clubs win first-round open class games. Mr Bubbles edges Arcadia Bad Men 3 2 with Dick Hawk driving the winning run. Tavern defeats Mr Ds 7 4. Truckers lose to Walker s Garage 6 5. R L Marine falls to Mason City Bruisers 6 3. In class A Aquarium tops Rightway Plumbing 7 3. Nelson Electric loses to Genes Electric 10 1. Championship games set for Sunday at 5 p m with open class top finishers earning nationals bid to Harvey Illinois.
Modern Piping of Cedar Rapids faces the Quad Cities Raiders in two benefit softball games at Memorial Park today at 6 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. Proceeds fund a new fence for Memorial Park. Modern Piping hosts the state USA tournament in Cedar Rapids next week while Quad Cities competes in the ISC World tournament in Bakersfield California later this month.
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