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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1968
Page
9
Fragmented OCR text shows scattered college games across the Midwest Conference with teams like Dakota State, Augsburg, Gannon, Davidson, Moravian, Niagara, Brandeis, South Carolina, and Nevada listed among scores and opponents. No coherent final results or standings are discernible due to garbled data.
Sam Sloss 115 pounds Joe Carstehsen 137 Bill Stopperon 152 Jerry Lee 160 were among seven Iowa weight class champions at a U S Wrestling Federation meet in Minneapolis. Keith Brown and Don Briggs shared 130 titles, Steve Devries and John Newmeister tied at 177, Paul Zander and Verlen Streilener tied at 191, while Kent Oshoe of Northern Iowa beat Dale Stearns 5 2 for heavyweight. Minnesota Ball State and Mankato State participated in the non scoring meet.
Hadl threw five scoring passes four to Lance Alworth as the Chargers beat Denver 47 23 to stay in the AFC West race. Alworth had nine receptions for 171 yards and a club single game mark 24 points, while San Diego moved to 9 3 and remained one game behind Oakland and Kansas City.
Prairie High School wrestlers scored three dual meet wins including a 25 14 victory over Washington and captured six titles at the Linn Mar Invitational. Coach Mellgren values the week with duals against Mt Vernon and Eagle Grove Invitational, as 27 Eagle Grove qualifiers eye state tournament spots. Jefferson High opened strong with seven titles at Washington quadrangular.
Individual leaders and team statistics listed for passing rushing receiving and kicking with names such as Sherman Turner Partee and Had from Cincinnati New York Chicago Denver and Atlanta. Includes yardage counts and kicks amid a composite box for the game.
Medora atsing New York and Yarkenton listed with scores and records. Nelson posted 13 23 0, 204, while Ryan stood 1 4 1 12. Leaders fared well as Kelly and others noted performances amid a crowded lineup.
In a high scoring game, Minnesota offense features a 122 yard pass from Gabriel to Los Angeles and a 25 yard rushing burst by Neon. Kopp and Tucker contribute multiple receptions and yardage as Minnesota edges Los Angeles with decisive drives.
Bon Nouvel, an eight year old owned by Mrs Theodora Randolph and trained by Mike Smithwick, was named Steeplechase horse of the year by the Thoroughbred Racing Association board. He previously won the honor in 1964 and 1965 and after a 1966 injury returned to win three of four races on the Hunts circuit last spring.
Cedar Rapids Marion area hoops eye early power shifts with many league bouts. Regina at Prairie. Jefferson hosts East Moline. Washington seeks win over Clinton. Kennedy aims for first win vs Dubuque Senior. Regis versus Wahlert. LaSalle meets Beckman in Dyersville.
Saturday results show New York 126 over Baltimore 104 and Cincinnati 149 over New York 126. Detroit 104 edged Philadelphia in overtime. Sunday action includes San Francisco 101 and other tightly contested matchups.
In Chicago three Iowa performers Rich Scoza and Don Hatch and Neil Schmitt won titles in vaulting Kings and horizontal bar. Dennis Maxur of Iowa State topped parallel bars. All around champion was 22 year old Fred Dennis, Waukegan high school gymnastics coach.
William Hitz of Des Moines was appointed secretary treasurer of the International Motor Contest Association in Chicago. Kenneth Falk, state fair secretary, was elected to the board of directors. Henry Brandt of Lincoln Nebraska was named president.
The readable fragment shows Mercer players Grabewski and Brodie involved in a kickoff and pass sequence with mentions of Davis, Willard, Tucker, Bay, Daleal, Powler, James, McNeil, Lewis, and Crow. It lacks coherent structure and complete details to determine the event or score.
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