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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Aug 24, 1979

Page

14

Weekend MLB Showdowns Across League Schedule

Montreal visits Atlanta as Lee aims for 11-10 against Solo mon 4-10. Cincinnati faces New York with Burris starting. Houston travels to Philadelphia while Carlton sits at 12-10. Pittsburgh meets San Diego as Candelaria starts. St Louis at Los Angeles features Vuckovich against Reuss. Chicago at San Francisco pairs Reusche with Blue in a late-night matchup.

Montreal Lee Atlanta Solomon Cincinnati Bonham New York Burris Houston Andujar Philadelphia Carlton Pittsburgh Candelaria San Diego Jones St. Louis Vuckovich Los Angeles Reuss Chicago Reusche San Francisco Blue East Hernandez St.Louis Templeton Horner Knight Winfield Lopes Moreno Schmidt Parker McBride T.scott Dawson Kingman Clark Matthews

Weekend NFL Broadcast Schedule

The Saturday lineup includes Chicago at St Louis at 7 p m and Tampa Bay at Cincinnati at 8 p m New York Jets meet New York Giants at 8 am Sunday games include Cleveland at Washington Detroit at Baltimore Houston at New Orleans Philadelphia at Miami New England at Denver and San Francisco at Seattle with start times from 7 p m to 10 30 p m.

California Knapp Toronto Underwood Oakland Norris Cleveland Waits Seattle Bannister Detroit Morris Baltimore Stone Chicago Trout New York Guidry Minnesota Zahn Boston Eckersley Kansas City Chamberlain Milwaukee Slaton Caldwell Texas Medich Washington Houston New Orleans Philadelphia Miami New England Denver San Francisco St. Louis Tampa Bay Cincinnati New York Jets New York Giants NY Jets Buffalo Pittsburgh San Diego Delias NY Giants Green Bay Los Angeles Atlanta Tarkenton Livingston Chiefs Larry Dorsey Jan Stenerud New England Pittsburgh Steelers Cowboys Dallas Steelers Chuck Noll Noll Terry Bradshaw

Multiple NFL AFL NFL and NBA moves listed in brief

A flurry of roster moves across leagues includes Orioles outfielder John Lowenstein activated for Baltimore and John Flinn optioned to Rochester IL. Mazzilli signs a six year deal with New York NL. Football notes cover injuries and trades including Rocco Moore IR with Chicago and Rod Phillips Parris McIntyre waivers. Women’s basketball adds six players to Washington roster from Jackson St., Alabama St., Maryland, Wyoming, Illinois St., Moreen St., and Louisiana.

Baltimore John Lowenstein John Flinn Rochester New York Lee Mazzilli Chicago Rocco Moore Cincinnati Dannis ‘Law Washington Green Bay Rick Partridge Jim Nol New York Jets Bob Winkel Minnesota Joe Morenno Oakland Mike McCoy New York Giants St. Louis Rod Phillips Gary Parris Jeff McIntyre Mike Loyd Missouri Southern Jerome King Purdue Jimbo Elrod San Francisco Jeff Levy Carl McGee Larry Mallory Howard Ballage Bertha Hardy Jackson St Charlene McWhorter Alabama St Debbie Stewart Maryland Cindy Bower Wyoming Patricia McKenzie Illinois Alicia Smith Moreen St Lisa Brewer Louisiana Cards

Major league leaders in batting runs hits triples and home runs

Statistical leaders list shows Hernandez and St Louis atop batting with .345 and 91 runs. Kingman leads RBI with 94. Templeton and Hernandez top hits and triples for St Louis. multiple players reach 26 to 40 home runs including Kingman 40 and Schmidt 39.

Stolen Bases Leaderboard From 2024 Season

Moreno of Pittsburgh tops the list with 55 stolen bases, followed by San Francisco with 50, Taveras of New York with 38, Lopes of Los Angeles with 34, and T Scott of St. Louis with 33.

Moreno Pittsburgh North San Francisco Taveras New York Lopes Los Angeles T.scott St. Louis

Leading hitters and standout stats from the season

Lynn of Boston topped batting with .347 and 99 runs while Rice also hit .335 and 102 RBIs. Brett led with 171 hits for Kansas City, and LeFlore stole 62 bases for Detroit.

Lynn Boston Rice Brett Kansas City Lezcano Milwaukee Bochte Seattle Baylor California R.jones Singleton Baltimore Thomas Bell Texas Lansford Molitor Wilson Randolph New York Porter Ascaline LeFlore Detroit Cruz Bonds Cleveland Bumbry Otis

Langford Shuts Down Indians as A's Rally for 8 6 Win

Rick Langford silences the Cleveland offense after a six run first inning to lift the Oakland A's over the Indians 8 6 on a seven hitter. Dave Bevering and Rickey Henderson drive in key runs in the seventh and eighth as Oakland climbs from a 6 3 deficit. In the other game, Baltimore defeats Texas 6 5 on Kiko Garcia three run homer and Don Stanhouse seals the win with a save.

Langford Cleveland Indians Indians Duane Kuiper A's Dave Garcia Baltimore Texas Kiko Garcia Orioles Rich Dauer al Bumbry Garcia Ferguson Jenkins Mickey Rivers Richie Zisk Buddy Bell Don Stanhouse Scott McGregor

Kuhn announces playoff sites

Baseball Commissioner Bowie Kuhn along with N L President Chub Feeney and A L President Lee MacPhail announced the figures for the post season. The N L best of five opens October 2 at the Western champion’s home. The A L Eastern champion hosts a best of five starting October 3. The World Series begins October 9 in the A L champion’s city.

New York UPI Bowie Kuhn N.L Chub Feeney A.L Lee MacPhail

Munson Remembered With Munson Way in Bronx

The Bronx City Council members proposed renaming a one block stretch outside Yankee Stadium Thurman Munson Way to honor Yankees captain Thurman Munson who died in an August plane crash. The bill went to the Parks Committee as council held a moment of silence and adopted a condolence resolution.

New York UPI Bronx Yankee Stadium Thurman Munson Yankees Munson

Chiefs Defeat Vikings 25 0 In Preseason Rout

Kansas City quarterback Steve Fuller shines after replacing Mike Livingston in the third quarter as the Chiefs throttle the winless Minnesota Vikings 25 to 0. Fuller, a Clemson rookie, throws two TD passes and drives 73 yards on his first series.

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Track coaches honored in regional selections

Two Gazette area girls track coaches receive regional coach of the year honors from the Iowa Association of Track Coaches. Harold Wilkinson of Cedar Rapids Kennedy is the 3A Regional coach for the Northeast area. Robert Garrs of Elkader Central earns 2A Regional coach in the same region.

Gazette Area Iowa Iowa Association of Track Coaches Harold Wilkinson Cedar Rapids Kennedy Northeast Robert Garrs Elkader Central

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