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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 23, 1976

Page

6

Penalty Helps Rote to Superstars Title

Kyle Rote Sr wins the Superstars title with 34 000 dollars after late luck in the final event. Wayne Grimditch finishes third after a five second penalty, missing second place by a half point. Lynn Swann places second earning 23 000 dollars. others include Bob Mgby, Brian Oldfield, Robert Duvall, and Lou Ferrigno. A Canadian judge alleges prearranged high marks in a gymnastics event with a 14 year old Hommannian girl.

Kyle Rote Wayne Grimditch Rote Grimditch Lynn Swans Pittsburgh Steelers Bob Mgby New York Cosmos Brian Oldfield Robert Duvall Lou Ferrigno Caral Anne

Canada Romania meet boosts Olympic hopes in gymnastics

Judges gave high marks to Canada's teams at a two day Canada Romania meet aiding qualification for the Summer Olympics. Nadia Comaneci of Romania earned six perfect tens. Spring training faces MLB labor talks with a committee meeting to decide whether camps open and potential pay disputes loom.

Lathuren Toronto Canada Tiny Nadia Comanech Romania Letheren Oneral John J. Gaherin Major League Baseball Players Association Guberin Sheila Sheila Young United States Innsbruck Greevik Norway Miss Young Sylvia Burke Tatiana Averina Soviet Union

Clarence Mingst Returns as Clarence High Coach After Balanced 18 1 Season

Clarence Mingst enters his first year as head coach at Clarence High, guiding an 18 1 league champion squad in a balanced Wapsie conference. The team, led by Terry Strackhein and senior starters Smothers Deerberg Stolte Meyer Clevenger and Meier, posted close wins over Lost Nation and Delond and vows a strong sectional run with football practice starting August 29 and fall games September 10.

Robert Minost Clarence-linden Hoad Christnuy Mingst Delond Midland Robert Bermett Clarence Lowdon Terry Strackhein Terry Admlts Mingst Smothers Duane Deerberg Antbu Averiga Scott Stolte Dan Meyer Russ Clevenger Steve Meier

Lawson Sparks Iowa to First Place at Dig Four Meet

Mobdy Lawson of Iowa led a flawed but decisive win as the Hawkeyes claimed second of the season in the Dig Four track series at UNIDome. Iowa finished with 64 points, beating Iowa State 43 and Drake 39, while North Iowa earned 20. Senior standouts dominated sprints and the mile relay as Steve Pershing and Jeff Hartzler starred in the 1,000-yard run.

Ordar Falls Iowa Mobdy Lawson University of Towa Towa Towa State Drake North Am Towa Unidome Junior Lawson Iowa State Iowa Ewa Steve Kuehl Clinton Hil Knoedel Steve Pershing Jeff Hartzler

Hawaii athlete Sets World Amateur Shot Put Record

Pat Terry Albritton of Hawaii set a world amateur shot put record with a 71 feet 8 inch throw in a Honolulu meet last weekend. The 71 7% effort surpassed the old mark of 71 feet 7 inches, marking a new standard in the event.

Kim Dewey Duluth Minn Ishpeming Mich Yerry Albritton Univ Kawaii al Feuerbach Honolulu Mexico Canada United States Terry Albritton Hawaii

Unclear fragmentary notes on college football and teams

Scrambled OCR text lists numerous team names and scores with broken phrases. It mentions Purdue, Stanford, Auburn, and Western teams, plus various unrelated alphanumeric codes and garbled words, yielding no coherent report or single event.

Davenport West wins Tefferson Invitational in Iowa wrestling

Davenport West captures the C R Tefferson sophomore invitational with IL points as Jeff Kind dominates to win four titles. Prairie at Fort Madison, Marshalltown and Linn-Mar also place, while Waterloo West halts on bad roads at Vinton. In basketball news, Northern Illinois coach Emory F Luck is fired with his contract ending after the season.

Davenport West C.R. Tefferson Jeff Kind Prairie Ft. Madison Marshalltown Waterloo Columbus Dow, West Fiov West Rend Permar Mharsh iWebrenard Waker FIA Ananwalle Muradd Se Munday Bob Nemmers DE Kalb Emory F. Luck Northern Wingis University Robert J. Brigham Lick Luck Northern Tom Jorgensen Northern Ilinois

Whitworth Wins at Sarasota in Bent Tree Classic

Kathy Whitworth captured her 76th LPGA title at Sarasota defeating Hollis Stacy after a late water penalty and a ruined par save. Whitworth finished 299 for 54 holes at Bent Tree, earning 8500 dollars while Stacy took 6500 for second with 269 210.

Sarasota Fla Kathy Whitworth Miss Whitworth Hollis Stacy Phaying Miss Stacy Miss. Stacy

Girls Finals Sold Out in Des Moines Championship Session

The Iowa Girls' High School Athletic Union reports the two championship sessions of the girls basketball tournament are sold out. The Saturday night session at Veteran's Auditorium is full, providing 12 straight sellouts for the main final and noting the Friday session has been sold out in most years.

Des Moines Iowi Iowa Girls’ High School Athletic Union Veteran's Auditorium Ion

Angel Cordero Rides Lightning Maniole To San Antonio Win

Angel Cordero came from the East Coast to ride Lightning Maniole, a 4-year-old by Mari dale, to a two-length victory in the San Antonio Stakes at Arcadia. Lightning Mandate, carrying 118 pounds, led early but surged at the stretch, holding off Dancing Pup to finish the 1 1/8 miles in 1 48.15.

Arcadia Calif Angel Cordero Lightning Maniole San Antonio

Burr Captures High 200 Tile In Otter Crack Shootout

Darrell Murr of Iowa City topped 177 targets to win the High 200 title at Otter Creek Sportsman’s Club, with others named in a crowded results page listing classes A and C and multiple shooters including Lona Wee and PF travel entries.

Darrell Murr Iowa City Otter Crack Sportsman’s Club Sunsay Purtlack Island Kanald Burrs Lona Wee Masonville Wiehart Nipw Cidar Forte Wass Bal Lothin Conar Karits Daier Eth R. Durr Gan Carsiens Codur Hovda

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