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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1971
Page
10
Fragmented report lists assorted college hockey and prep basketball results from multiple centers. Names of teams include Illinois state, Iowa towns such as Park and Grin, and references to conferences and associations. Scores and specifics are scattered with partial legible details and several OCR errors.
Californians Clem Proctor of Paramount and George Follmer of Arcadia qualified one and two in Sundays Sportsman heat for the $33,725 Sportsman 25-litre mile race at Ontario Motor Speedway.
Frese fired 10 strikes in a row for a top 278 game in the Friday Nilers league. Witte r Towd rolled 285 in the Friday Nogsere section. Meron Frolies and Joan Bun Myers led in women’s scores with 225 and 865 respectively, while Eleanor Frank posted 219 in a ladies event. Other notable scores included Gladys Cherry’s 32 series and Ronda Moffatt’s strong Friday Strikes showing.
Dory Funk Jr defeated Danny Litt lebear to retain the World Heavyweight Wrestling title in the featured match. Macy Kirby and Rock Hunter also retained North American tag team honors. The card included Giegel and Hunter wrestling to a 15 minute draw in the opener.
Detroit suffers a brutal weekend with three losses including Sundays 125 112 defeat by Chicago in which forward Terry Dischinger tore his kneecap and will undergo surgery likely ending his season. Dave Bing scores a Pistons club record 54 points in the setback. The club slips to fourth in the Midwest division amid lingering injuries and mounting frustration.
Unclear OCR fragment references Friday events at Northeast Iowa venues including Sharton and Independence with names and times unreadable. No coherent teams or scores available in readable text.
A Cedar Rapids Demolay banquet at the Embassy club was postponed by chair Vernis Pickerill due to a blizzard. It is rescheduled for March 19 with speakers John Majors and Otto Stowe, who could not travel earlier because of snow.
Cedar Rapids youths dominated the weight class finals at the Cadar Rapide event delayed by late weigh-ins. Winners were Jack Gott 0, Jay Knox 6, Karrel Knox 70, Paul Fairbanks 85, Daryle Jones 71, Gary Drew 30. Other finalists included Kenny Vine 48, Mike Blackwood 100, John Hachey 75, Clauge Williamson 70.
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