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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1982
Page
23
Texas, Milwaukee, Toronto, Boston, Detroit, New York and others appear in a scattered box score update. Games listed include Texas 6 Milwaukee 4 Toronto 4, Boston 3 Detroit 3 New York 2 with partial line scores and pitcher records amid incomplete notations. Cincinnati Los Angeles activity shown with 2 2B notes and home run by Cey, plus scattered player IDs and game times.
A schedule listing several interleague games with teams and pitchers or players notations. The list includes Minors San Francisco versus Los Angeles Reuss and others with times and home and away designations.
Tonight at 7 p.m Orleans visits Houston while Cincinnati plays Kansas City at 7:35 p.m. Seattle hosts Minnesota at 9:30 p.m. Saturday features Wolfale at Dalles and Steveland at Detroit and Denver at Los Angeles. Other games include Minnesota at Atlanta 7 p.m. Jets at Green Bay 7 p.m. Giants at Baltimore 7 p.m. Raiders at 49ers 10 a.m. Philadelphia at Tampa Bay 6 p.m. Pittsburgh vs New England 6:30 p.m. Washington at Miami 7 p.m. Monday Cage at San Diego at 9 p.m.
The report lists numerous 65 and 10 kilogram class matches with athletes from Bulgaria France Korea Japan Iran Hungary and more. Notable outcomes include pins by Ali Mehmedov against Maldwyn Cooper and Ilia Mate defeating Richard Deschatelets 9 6. Several bouts end in decisions with international competitors from the US USSR West Germany and Japan.
Street Stock heat winners show Thorston first with Gill second and Blessing third in the consolations. feature winner Thorston ahead of Myers and Vorwold. Sportman heat won by Dugan with Engen second. feature led by Schwoke and Swall with Reiser fourth. Late Model heat won by Wendling. feature top two Wendling and Kastli with Tigges and Nesteby among others. Baseball notes cover Milwaukee Brewers Doc Medich trade from Rangers and White Sox Tom Pociorek activation. Braves Boggs recall. Mariners DL move and call up Musselman. Basketball: Philadelphia 76ers sign Mitchell Anderson to multi year deal.
The entry notes Buddy Aydelettes retirement as an offensive tackle for the Green Bay Packers. It also lists Miami Dolphins signing Rex Robinson as kicker and Detroit Lions hiring Charlie Sanders for part time special assignments with Greg Jones as a free agent running back. Colorado names Mike McNeely recruiting coordinator and wide receivers coach. Western Illinois names Baseball Cubs Mets. Jimmy Heggins is listed as running back coach with a 7 pm time. KCRG Today Sports America airs at 12:30 pm on IPBN.
The Toronto men’s singles second round saw Joan McEnroe defeat Juan Avenande 62 61 and Ivan Lendl beat Andrew Pattison 64 64. Vitas Gerulaitis toppled Alejandro Cortes 67 63 62 while Mats Wilander ousted Trey Woltke 63 64.
Mount Vernon tops a tight field in a local golf meet scoring 1524 to 1615 for Bellevue and West Liberty. Individual standings show Jett Cave 143 leading Mount Vernon, with Dave Waugh 145 for Tipton and Mike Feiderman 146 for Mount Vernon. Multiple players tie for positions 4, 6, and 9 with scores from 147 to 150 across DeWitt Anamosa Solon Monticello and Dyersville communities.
Cedar Rapids Metro stayed alive in the Babe Ruth Midwest Plains Regional in Lebanon Missouri by defeating Gering Nebraska 3 to 1 in a losers bracket game. Matt O Neill pitched two hits allowed and Dave Monk Eric Christenson and Paul Hernandez each drove in a run to keep the Iowa champions alive. Metro faces the Colorado Minnesota loser in a 4 pm contest with elimination on the line.
The article recalls Cedar Rapids golf lineage, highlighting John Jacobs III as a top player who won the Big 10 title at Iowa and multiple State Am titles, and notes his son John Jacobs IV won the City Am in 1965. It also mentions Sam Jacobs praising his father’s City Am three win record and discusses Mike Brake’s pace to tie Dave Rossey’s efficiency mark.
Musco has a contract with WTBS to light Memorial Stadium for Indiana versus Syracuse at 7 05 p m on Sept 25. The NCAA finalized a 263 million dollar CBS ABC deal and a 17 6 million WTBS contract, making the next two years the wealthiest period. WTBS holds first priority rights to Musco lighting and two systems are available, each costing over 2 million. The mobile system was tested at Kinnick Stadium in 1980 and Iowa City was chosen for Friday and Saturday setups due to Kinnick’s size.
A CBS sourced plan to televise the Berbick Witherspoon bout was scrapped over ear infection issues with Witherspoon and CBS airing a taped Muhamad Braxton bout instead. Snipes vetoed a Tillis rematch while ESPN ABC were to televise the Berbick Snipes clash.
Dave Hall drove in five runs including the game winning run in the 12th inning as Cedar Rapids edged Appleton 7-5. The Reds rallied from 4-0 down after a double steal and key hits, improving to 3-3 on the road trip with Rothey earning the win. They head to Burlington next and then begin an eight game homestand.
Mike Dunleavy of the Houston Rockets defeated Calvin Murphy 6-2 6-3 to win the Nutri-System Tennis Tournament at Kutsher's Country Club, earning 1500 dollars for NBA players held with the Maurice Stokes Benefit game. John McEnroe and Ivan Lendl move to Canadian Open third round with straight-set wins. Aaron Pryor ordered to pay child support and establish trust after paternity ruling. Pryor 31-0 with 29 KOs.
Sal Maglie, 65, was released from Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center two weeks after brain surgery to drain a brain hemorrhage performed July 24 by Dr. David Cooper. In Newport, Rod Laver fell to Ken Rosewall 6 4 6 3 in a top seeded upset.
Martina Navratilova says her game is solid while changing coaches ahead of the U S Open. She notes Renee Richards is no longer her coach and names Peter Naranureau as the new coach, a former Davis Cup player for Romania.
In Aurora Illinois Vigortone of Cedar Rapids and Home Savings played a quick two game softball set. Cedar Rapids won the first 2 0 in 16 innings on Kevin Hartwig’s 16th inning triple while Kyle Gaddie struck out 10 with a six hitter. In the nightcap Home Savings edged Vigortone 1 0 in five. Gary Hutchins suffered the loss. The Cedar Rapids Amateur Softball Association plans three fundraisers to aid Squaw Creek Softball Complex construction including a Friday golf tournament at Squaw Creek starting at 1 p m with 10 donation for 18 holes and refreshments a weekend 12 inch slow pitch tournament and a Monday all star contest prior to the Reds Beloit game featuring Mighty Joe Young in a home run exhibition.
Norway beat Walford 15 to 6 to win the district championship and reach the Iowa Amateur Baseball Association state tournament. Norway slugged four home runs led by Dave Wise with two, plus one each from Al Erger and Tim Brecht. Walford’s Jeff Drakozal hit two homers.
Armstrongs Sports Center invites runners to join the annual 7-Up 10,000 meter race at Greene Square this Saturday starting 8 a.m. Open to ages 12 through 60 plus. One dollar from each entry supports Cedar Valley Nature Trail. Finishers receive T-shirts, winners medals and trophies.
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