South Side Will Salute 70 Athletes at Sports Night
Seventy athletes who earned national and state honors in 1968 will be honored at the South Side Civic club’s 26th annual sports night banquet on Wednesday December 11 at CSPS hall. Principal speaker is Iowa State football coach John Majors. Lonnie R. Ripperton chairs the event with Tait Cummins as emcee. Tickets are $3.50 and on sale at local sports shops and a pharmacy.
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Armstrong's Sporting Goods
Eby’s Athletic Goods
Paramount Pharmacy West
Zachar Realty
John Majors
Iowa State
Tait Cummins
Lonnie R. Ripperton
Wash Gym Team Wins Narrowly Over Kennedy in Opener
Washington’s Tom Beusch wins five events and places second in another as Wash Gym defeats Kennedy 80.5 to 75.5 in Cougar gym. Beusch takes floor side horse trampoline horse and all around while Kennedy’s Sonny Belieu edges Beusch for rings. Jerry Fuller tops high bars. Wash improves to 2-0 this season.
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Washington
Tom Beusch
Warrior
Kennedy
Cougar
Sonny Belieu
Jerry Fuller
Cougars
Wash
Black Hawks Return Home for Exhibition vs Grand Rapids
Waterloo's defending U S Hockey League champions, the Black Hawks, wrap a foreign goodwill tour and host Grand Rapids in a Saturday 7 30 p m exhibition at McElroy auditorium. A Sunday rematch starts at 7 p m with league play to begin December 19 against Rochester.
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Waterloo
Waterloo Black Hawks
McElroy Auditorium
Grand Rapids
Rochester
Fitzgerald Named Shreveport Braves Manager for 1969
Lou Fitzgerald, who led Greenwood South Carolina to the 1968 West Carolinas league pennant, was appointed manager of the Shreveport Braves in the Texas league for the 1969 season.
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Atlanta
Lou Fitzgerald
Greenwood
S. C
Shreveport Braves
Franklin Beats Taft 46 10 in Ninth Grade Wrestling
Franklin wins 46 10 over Taft with four pins and four forfeits. Long of Taft had the fastest fall in heavyweight at 24 seconds. Franklin reserves won 18 0 with several matches decided by forfeit or pin and individual results listed.
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Franklin
Taft
Long
Harding Tops 1 0 in Wrestling Meet
Harding defeated Iowa City Central 28 22 in ninth grade wrestling on Saturday morning. Russ Hines pinned with a 31 second fall in the heavyweight bout. Harding reserves won 17 16. Several names appear in the readable lines including Larry Small and Steve Conway.
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Russ Hines
Iowa City Central
Larry Small
Ood
Smothers
Kay Collis
Hare
Rial Sbi
Ken Seldnitz
Jerry Wiig
Nesus
En Byrerpech
Nin Gordon
Tony i
Steve ‘Scannell
John Read
Steve Conway
Roosevelt Nips Wilson in Ninth Grade Wrestling Meet
Roosevelt nips Wilson ninth grade team 24 to 21 as two forfeits aid Roosevelt. George Akins and Gordie Jones of Wilson registered falls, while Roosevelt reserves won 8 to 6.
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Wilson
George Akins
Gordie Jones
Southeast Iowa City Ninth Grade Wrestling Beats McKinley 27 14
Southeast Iowa City defeated McKinley 27 to 14 in ninth grade wrestling on Saturday. Blaine Thomson of Southeast was the lone pin winner with a 4 07 fall. Southeast reserves won 16 to 3. Some garbled text remains, but the core results are clear.
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Blaine Thomson
Southeast
Aae
David Barthotow
Eric
Sexton
Davie
Foeter
Rocky Ie
Cal Stoll Named Wake Forest Football Coach
Cal Stoll, 45, a Duffy Daugherty protégé from Michigan State, was chosen to coach Wake Forest Deacons. He succeeds Bill Tate who resigned after five seasons and a 17-32-1 record. The appointment was announced by Wake Forest President Dr. James Ralph Scales.
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N. C
Cal Stoll
Duffy Daugherty
Michigan State
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Wake Forest University
Stoll
Bill Tate
James Ralph Scales
Wake Forest
Tate
Wake
Not Quitting Says Ben Hogan
Ben Hogan denies quitting tournament golf despite a prior quote. He says his right arm is improving after surgery in New Orleans and blames misquotation by Roger Williams of the San Francisco Examiner. Hogan credits doctors and staff as his shoulder healing progresses.
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McKinley Cagers Rally Past Roosevelt in Ninth Grade Action
McKinley beat Roosevelt 61-48 as Rick McConnell scored 18 and Craig Hakill 15 to lead the winners. Jeff Fleck had 21 for Roosevelt, while McKinley also won the reserve game 54-22.
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Craig Hakill
McKinley
Roosevelt
Jeff Fleck
Harding rallies past Wilson 45 40 in high school game
Steve Sahl and Mike Berg each scored 12 to lift Harding to a 45 40 win over Wilson. George Niehouse led Wilson with 12. Harding B team added a 26 23 victory.
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Greg W Wilson
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Franklin Beats Taft 51 41 in Ninth-Grade Showdown
Franklin boys win 51 to 41 as Bob Gleason scores 12 and Scott Malcolm adds 11 to guide the team past Taft in a ninth grade contest.
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Taft
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Scott Malcolm
Boy Revived After Unconscious Episode in Oelwein
Robert Benter, 15, of Oelwein was revived by officer Duane Brendt with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation Friday evening. Oxygen was given en route to the hospital, and he was released Saturday.
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Robert Benter
Duane Brendt
Anamosa JV Triumph Over Prairie In Overtime Thriller
Anamosa JV edged Prairie 43-38 in overtime as Gary Robertson scored 15 and Danny Waite 14 in regulation. The Raiders tied 38-38 at end of regulation. balanced scoring and four starters in double figures powered the win.
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Raiders
Gary Robertson
Anamosa
Danny Waite
Hawks
Raider
Mickey Meeks
Bob Cieppe
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