Farr Eddy Set Pace Lions Trip Buffalo
Lions edge Bills 19 to 17 in a pre season win sparked by rookies Mel Farr and Nick Eddy who opened the scoring with early touchdowns Farr gained 43 yards on 11 carries and Eddy returned a punt 75 yards for a quick lead Garo Yepremian added two field goals for Detroit Buffalo’s scores came on a Flores Powell TD pass and Luster field goal Schmidt praised the rookies as his first coaching win comes in his 13th season in pro football
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UPI
Joe Schmidt
Schmidt
Lion
Mel Farr
Nick Eddy
Farr
Eddy
Lions
Buffalo Bills
Detroit
UCLA
Notre Dame
Denver Broncos
Green Bay Packers
Paul Costa
Buffalo
Tom Flores
Garon Ypremian
Bills
Flores
Art Powell
Booth Luster
Welty Way and Lange's Lead State Softball Tourney Opener
The state softball tournament opens Friday at Birdland field with eight teams. Cedar Falls Lange Ford meets Welty Way at 5 p.m. followed by Shamrocks versus Gibson's at 6 15 p.m. Great Plains meets Merchants at 7 45 p.m. Lennox Industries faces Madrid Merchants at 9 15 p.m. The event runs through Sunday ending with the championship.
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DES Movi2s
UPI
Birdland Field
Cedar Falls
Larry Lange Ford
Cedar Rapids
Welty Way
Danbury Shamrocks
Sioux City Gibson
Des Moines
Great Plains
Webster City Merchants
Marshalltown
Lennox Industries
Madrid Merchants
Elm Crest pro am crowns Jenney Healey Shimek victors
John Jenney Don Healey and George Shimek the Elmcrest Country Club pro am winners with a best ball handicap 55 Sam Emerson Waterloo pro posted a 67 for low gross Others included Joe Brown 68 Charlie Burkart Gene Bears Bob Lavacek and Bob Fry with 69s Amateurs Al Shepherd low 68 and Shepherd Naso Giboney tied for low net 64 There were 32 pros in the field and a team tie for second.
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John Jenney
Don Healey
George Shimek
Ellis Park
Elmcrest Country Club
Sam Emerson
Waterloo
Joe Brown
Des Moines
Charlie Burkart
Elmcrest
Gene Bears
Iowa City
Bob Lavacek
Dubuque
Bob Fry
Davenport
al Shepherd
U S Retains Wightman Cup In Clean Sweep
The United States clinched the Wightman Cup with a 6 1 victory over Great Britain in Cleveland. Nancy Richey won the first match 3 6 8 4 6 2, Billie Jean King dominated Ann Haydon Jones 6 1 6 2, giving the U S a 3 3 6 lead in the best of seven. Pittsburgh Steelers Release Ron Moore From Roster.
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Cleveland
United States
Great Britain
Nancy Richey
Virginia Wade
U.S
Billie Jean King
Long Beach
Calif
Ann Haydon Jones
King
Haig Honored by Golf Stars at Traverse City Dinner
About 250 guests including Arnold Palmer and Cary Middlecoff attended a tribute for Walter Hagen in Traverse City Michigan. The event praised Hagen the founder of modern pro golf, noting his five PGA titles and four straight, and featured remarks from many golf greats and a gift book of regrets from Eisenhower and others.
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Walter Hagan
Traverse City
Mich
Tommy Revolt
Hagen
Gordon Turnquist
Creighton Wagener
Haig
Walter
Turnquist
Johnny Revolta J
Walter Burkemo
Dwight Eisenhower
Duke of Windsor
Ben Hogan
Byron Nelson
Palmer
Walter Hagen
Dahn Delivers Humor and Plan at Iowa Prep Clinic
Gay Dahn, former Jeff of Cedar Rapids, energized Spirit Lake sessions with humor and coaching theories to boost high school athletes. He discussed practice schedules, sleep importance, and locker room signs, while area coaches faced conference realignment concerns and lineup changes for 1960 season.
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Iowa
Gay Dahn
Jefferson of
Cedar Rapids
Area 10
Dahn
Wahlert
Eddie Colbert
Spirit Lake
Gay
Jeff Boss
Claude Appleby
South Winneshiek
Calmar
Claude
Upper Mississippi
John Gearhart
Brooklyn
Ben Mowery
Dake Controversy Over Yellow Flag At Hawkeye Downs
The late model feature at Hawkeye Downs sparked a dispute after Darrel Dake spun on a 21st lap yellow and defied a rearward order. Promoter Homer Melton upheld Dake's protest but the incident exposed informal rules and driver tensions.
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Darrel Dake
Hawkeye Downs
Homer Melton
Dake
Melton
Cal Swanson
Homer
Darrel
Drivers’ Association
the Downs
McCormick nets 16th win says 100th victory
San Francisco pitcher Mike McCormick beat Atlanta 6-2 for his 16th win and claimed it was his 100th win, adding he has no new goal beyond his 17th win. Humphrey praises Twins after they sweep Chicago, noting Washington as a hot rival.
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Mike McCormick
Atlanta
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota Twins
White Sox
Twins
Chicago
Washington Senators
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Vahn
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Connie Mack
Philadelphia A's
Rube Waddell
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Babe Zaharias
Helen Wills
Stella Welsh
Fanny Blankers-Keen
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Jack Burke
New Orleans
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