Leonard Wins Bettenhausen 200 at Milwaukee in Hot Run
Joe Leonard dominates the Tony Bettenhausen 200 at Wisconsin State Fair Park with a three lap margin, earning 14534 dollars for the USAC race. Al Unser and Mario Andretti contend before Andretti’s pit failure ends his bid. Kunzman finishes fourth as Bobby Unser withdraws from qualifying.
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Joe Leonard
Tony Bettenhausen
Billy Vukovich
Leonard
Johnny Rutherford
Lee Kunzman
Rick Mather
Kunzman
Guttenberg
Bobby Unser
Andretti
Quincy Beats Cards 11-3 in Midwest League opener
Quincy, a Chicago Cubs farm team, pounded 15 hits to hand the Cedar Rapids Cardinals an 11-3 defeat in the Midwest League series opener. Natcho Bracamontes earned the win with Randy Crews driving in three runs including his 10th homer, while Vic Diaz and Bruce Henderson had two hits for C R. Dana Corey hit a tying homer for Quincy.
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Quincy
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Cedar Rapids Cardinals
Chicago Cub
Natcho Bracamontes
Randy Crews
Crews
Bracamontes
Natcho
C.R
Ken Junge
Vic Diaz
Bruce Henderson
Diaz
Jim Dunham
RBI
Henderson
Dana Corey
Cedar Rapids
Breitzman
Dunham
Muelier
Hale
Corey
L .Rirvin
Green
Watson
Bracomontes
SO Stedman
Maze
Nordstrom
Mazella
Haug
Ord
Strom
Procomontes
Vail
Brocomontes
McDonough Tops Stocks At Iowa State Fairgrounds Race
Bill McDonough of Cedar Rapids and Sonny Morgan of Blue Earth won the late model stock car features at the Iowa state fairgrounds in a rain interrupted program. Morgan led the 25 lap event while McDonough nipped Ernie Derr in a dramatic photo finish in the main race before a crowd of 9 585.
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UPI
Bill McDonough
Cedar Rapids
Sonny Morgan
Blue Earth
Minn
Iowa State Fairgrounds
Morgan
Bob Hilmer
Dysart
McDonough
Ernie Derr
Keokuk
Derr
Kane Cops Rodeo Title in Sidney Event
Larry Kane of Fowler Colorado won the Sidney Rodeo saddle bronc event with 350 points across five rides. Runner up was Shawn Davis of Whitehall Montana with 328 points. Barbara Day and Jeana Day of Woodward Oklahoma finished first and second in barrel racing with times of 185.4 and 195.5 seconds. Roy Burk of Duncan Oklahoma won calf roping in 40.9 seconds on three, Jim Potter from Duncan time 30.8 seconds for three steers. Don Graham of Troop Texas captured the bull riding title with 136 points, two ahead of Gary Leffen of Santa Maria California with 134.
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Sidney
Larry Kane
Fowler
Colo
Sidney Rodeo
Shawn Davis
Whitehall
Mont
Barbara
Jeana Day
Woodward
Okla
Jeana
Duncan
Roy Burk
Jim Potter
Don Graham
Troop
Texas
Gary Leffen
Santa Maria
Calif
Library Night at Memorial Stadium Opens Cedar Rapids Home Stand
The Cedar Rapids Cardinals host a home stand opener at Memorial Stadium on Thursday night. The Gazette previously misidentified the event as Link Belt Speeder night. Link Belt night is scheduled for Saturday.
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Cedar Rapids Cardinals
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Slater Advances In NBC Tourney
Slater Iowa eliminated Fargo North Dakota 12-3 in national tourney action. Newport Arkansas defeated West Point Mississippi 7-0. In winners bracket Wichita edged St. Louis 1-0 and Garland Nebraska beat Farmington New Mexico 9-3. Kokomo Indiana beat LaGrange Texas 1-0. Jeff Elgin of Iowa drove in three Slater runs.
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Iowa
Fargo
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Newport
Ark
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Miss
National Baseball Congress
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Garland
Neb
Farmington
N.M
Kokomo
Ind
LaGrange
Texas
Midlothian
Ill
Tucson
Ariz
Liberal
Albuquerque
Greensboro
N.C
Indianapolis
Jeff Elgin
U. of Iowa
Fittipaldi Wins Austrian Grand Prix to Extend Lead
Emerson Fittipaldi drove his Lotus to victory in the Grand Prix of Austria to widen his world championship lead to 25 points. Denny Hulme finished second for McLaren with a time of 1 29 17.84, followed by Peter Revson in third at 1 29 53.16 as 150000 fans watched in heat.
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Austria
Emerson Fittipaldi
Brazil
Lotus
Spain
Belgium
Great Britain
Fittipaldi
Denny Hulme
New Zealand
McLaren
Peter Revson
New York
Smith Fires 70 to Windy Six Strokes
Marilynn Smith wins the Pabst Classic at Riveria Country Club with a two under par 70 finishing 210 total for her 20th LPGA victory. She earns 4500 dollars, outdistancing Jan Ferraris who ends second at 216, with Creed Hamlin Masters Haynie among the pack chasing at 217-220.
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Columbus, Ohio
Marilynn Smith
Jupiter
Fla
Riveria
Miss Smith
Jan Ferraris
San Francisco
Clifford Ann Creed
Alexandria
Debbie Austin
Oneida
N.Y
Jocelyne Bourassa
Quebec
Shelley Hamlin
Fresno
Calif
Margee Masters
Largo
Sandra Haynie
Fort Worth
Texas
Ee Jan Errar
Peobie Austin
Ourassa
Eley Hamlin
Ee Masters
Shirov
Englehor
Betty Burfeindere
Pncre Haynie
JoAnn Prenice
Mary Dwyer
Sandra Shalmer
Gloria Ehret
Renee Powell
Obyn Dummett
Jacki Evs
Pamiggins
Louise Bruce
Jane Bla
Sue Avolve Kertzman
Beth "Sone
Ris
Dyersville Wins Title in Tough 1-0 Victory
Dyersville captured the championship with a 1-0 win over Petersburg as Jim Tegeler and Bill Warmer combined on a five hit shutout. Don Rausch drove in the lone run in the fourth, with Tom Jenk and Keith Klosterman adding two hits each. Jenk earned MVP honors. Worthington beat Richardsville 6-2 in the consolation game with Joe Burger contributing two hits.
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Petersburg
Jim Tegeler
Bill Warner
Don Rausch
Tom Jenk
Keith Klosterman
Jenk
Worthington
Richardsville
Joe Burger
Steelers overpower Jets in exhibition rout. Staubach injures
In NFL preseason action the Pittsburgh Steelers crushed the New York Jets 22 to 1 as Joe Greene fueled the win with a dominant pass rush. Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach suffered a separated shoulder and will miss two to three months, while Craig Morton rallied Dallas with three TD passes in a 27-13 victory over the Rams. Other results included San Francisco over Cleveland 20-13 and Kansas City beating St Louis 24-14 as teams hit the field in week two of exhibition play.
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Los Angeles
Marlin McKeever
Craig Morton
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Cleveland
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Cincinnati
Detroit
Minnesota
San Diego
Buffalo
New Orleans
Green Bay
Miami
Baltimore
Oakland
Americans Praise Olympic Complex in Munich Ahead of Games
The first group of American track athletes arrived in Munich praising the facilities. Sprinter Eddie Hart and hurdler Tom Hill lauded the site calling it exceptional. Coach Stan Wright noted the full U S squad and described plans for peak mental readiness.
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Germany
Eddie Hart
Tom Hill
Jim Seymour
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Viareggio
Italy
U.S
Europe
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Wright
Olympic Stadium
Seymour
Richard Bruggermann
Bruggermann
Olympic Village
Des Moines Boxer Lamont Lovelady Goes Pro
Des Moines boxer Lamont Lovelady the 1972 National Golden Gloves 156 pound champion signed a professional boxing contract on Saturday. Harvey Feilen of Des Moines said Lovelady is scheduled for his first professional match soon and also manages Art and Dale Hernandez.
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Lamont Lovelady
Harvey Feilen
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Dale Hernandez
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Olympic Team Nips Pro Stars In L A Tuneup
The U S Olympic basketball team edged a pro all star squad 65 63 at Los Angeles State University as Tom Henderson scored 17 points including a goaltending basket with 43 seconds left Ralph Simpson put the Stars ahead briefly but Henderson capitalized on the late play Dwight Jones added 15 points and Mack Calvin 14 for the pro unit John Brisker 12 for Seattle West coached and did not play as the Olympians wrapped another Hawaii led workout series with a Greensboro N C showdown upcoming Tuesday night
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Tom Henderson
Jim Chones
U.S
Henderson
Chones
Marquette
New York
Nets
American Basketball Association
Ralph Simpson
Denver
Jerry West
John Brisker
Seattle
Stars
West
Los Angeles Laker
Los Angeles State University
Hawaii
Greensboro
N.C
Weld Pockets $4200 for Super Modified Win
Kenny Weld of York PA won the 30 lap National Super modified championship at Marion county fairgrounds earning over $4 200. Billy Shuman of Tempe AZ finished second with Lonny Jensen of Lincoln NE, Eddie Leavitt of Kearney MO, Jay Woodside of Kansas City MO, and Buddie Cochran of Sharon PA following. The Consolation winner was Steve Unger of Belleville OH with Wayne Basham of Phoenix AZ second. Roger Larson of Solomon KS won the 22 car B main with Thad Dasher of Topeka KS second.
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Kenny Weld
York
Marion County Fairgrounds
Billy Shuman
Tempe
Ariz
Lonny Jensen
Lincoln
Neb
Eddie Leavitt
Kearney
Jay Woodside
Kansas City
Buddie Cochran
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Weld
Steve Unger
Belpire
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Wayne Basham
Phoenix
Roger Larson
Solomon
Kan
Thad Dasher
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