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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1971
Page
2
Red Farmer bulling a smoking Ford through 50 mph wind gusts won the Permatex 300 at Daytona International Speedway. He averaged 140.936 mph to claim $11,025, with Sam Sommers second and Rod Eulenfeld third in the 120 lap preliminary to the Daytona 500.
MT VERNON Cornell University captures its fourth consecutive Midwest conference wrestling title by defeating Coe 29 to 8. Individual falls and decisions from Kim Luther Pete Holmes Gus Jakobsen and others paced the Rams with strong performances including Luther 7 13 falls and Holmes 3 54. Cornell improves to 5 5 overall with key wins across 118 126 134 142 150 158 167 177 and heavyweight bouts.
Kirkwood beat Coe 107 to 105 in overtime after a late regulation rally. Ed Ullrich scored 15 feet to force extra play. Larry Wade and Ed McFalls each had 33 points for Kirkwood and Coe respectively. Kirkwood improves to 11-11 for the season.
Mt. Vernon Grinnell game sees Ed Ashmore shift to pilot post for Cornell. He scores 38 on 16 of 33 shooting with 15 rebounds to clinch an 80 66 Midwest Conference win. Chuck Patterson leads Grinnell with 20 points. Cornell sits 7-4 in conference play, 9-6 overall.
The Celtics beat the Cavaliers 52 to 47 to pull even atop the Jane Boyd Elementary boys basketball standings. Darryl Jones scored 24 for Boston and Varick Wilson added 18, while Norval Dickson poured in 30 for Cleveland.
Washington high junior varsity upset Jefferson 62 to 60 to improve to 13 1. Craig Hukill led Wash with 19 points while Rick Tallman scored 22 for Jefferson. J Hawks fall to 12 2 as Collins and Vasey contributed for Wash.
Iowa City junior varsity beat Kennedy 68 to 63 at Kennedy gym. Dave Greenwood led Kennedy with 17 points while Doug Warner scored 18 for the visitors. Other scorers included Knoedel 14 and Sangster 13 for Iowa City and Fitz 13 Moore 10 for Kennedy.
St Louis University beat Drake 64 62 as Harry Rogers clinched victory with two late free throws with 19 seconds left. Irving 17 Stallworth 11 led a balanced Billikens attack while Halliburton 18 Bush 14 Huff 13 paced Drake in this Missouri Valley matchup.
Coe College indoor track tops Monmouth 65 to 35 as the KoHawks win eight of 12 events in their season opener. The 8 lap relay squad led by Gary Benson and Dennis Lytle clocked 2 16.6, a school mark 12 seconds faster than last year.
Iowa defeats Minnesota 19 4 Wisconsin 21 9 and Ohio State 26 13 led by Steve De Vries 12 0 with two decisions and a pin Paul Zander pinned at 196 clinching opener De Vries and Zander contributed key wins as Cedar Rapids Jon Robben drew against Mark Laberta then dropped to Nyal Kessinger in Wisconsin bout.
Ginger Williams led Washing ton with two firsts and a third as Washington defeated Regis 74.15 to 49.15 in a girls gymnastics meet at Regis on Saturday. Williams won uneven bars and vault and placed third on balance beam.
Arnold Palmer stretched to 16 under par and a three stroke edge in the Bob Hope Desert golf classic as Vice-president Spiro Agnew clipped three spectators with a tee shot. Palmer, 68 for the day, maintains a large overall lead despite Agnew’s delay before continuing play. Ray Floyd and Bert Yancey trail Palmer with 280 and 281 totals, while Steve Spray carded 69 to reach 288.
Coe College Kohawks toppled Monmouth 107-91 at Eby Fieldhouse as Randy Johnson and Fritz Helfrich led with 26 and 23 points. Coe surged after intermission, shooting 68 percent, taking a 79-68 lead with 10:15 left and holding on for the win to stay in the conference race at 10-3.
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