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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1969
Page
16
The Midwest Baseball league drops Dubuque and adds two games per team for 1969, creating a nine team, 128 game schedule with two split seasons from April 27 to Sept 1. Waterloo inherits Dubuque's cooperative agreement with the Red Sox while Dubuque exits due to no working major league affiliation.
A condensed prep basketball roundup lists three Valley conference games on Friday with C R Wash at CR Kennedy and Clinton and Davenport Central. Others include Moline at Iowa City and Davenport Central at Alleman with various matchups noted. The piece mentions multiple schools and venues across the region, highlighting Friday schedule and standings.
Incomplete OCR text lists venues and days for games at Clear Creek Amana Amana Mid Prairie and Greene, with scattered team names and dates, but details are obscured and a coherent event cannot be determined.
Four games listed show West Liberty at West Crane Mt Vv GAM four eyvennes G Clear Saar at Mid Prairie B Durant at Bennett.
The meet featured Tri Rivers teams including Center Point, North Linn, Edge Coles, Alburnett, Central City and Springville. Final tallies show E Buchanan beating Springville 34 to 5, Center Point defeating North Linn 52 to 2, and Alburnett edging Central City 43 to 33 with other results pending.
Fragmented OCR notes show names such as Bette Plaine Valleys Montezuma and Belle Plaine with mentions of English Valleye and Keotas. Also references to WV Williamsby Ernest dews and a Saturday event at Keotas. Readable facts are sparse, but hint at local town sports or listings with names and places.
Fragmentary text lists games and places including Waverly Hampton Decorah Oelwein Mason City and Waukon. No clear results or dates available due to garbled OCR.
Valley Fayette prepares for a M FL schedule facing West Central while Stormont faces V G West Central meets Tripoli and Turkey Valley hosts S perty. The fragment lists Postville Elkader and a variety of league matchups without complete details.
Ossu DeSales 4 1 Waukon St. Lans St. Wie and Washo 9 at Lans St. Geo. faced Waukon St. Pats Cresco N. D. at Waukon St. Pat's. Desales vs North W. Friday schedules show matchups and locations for late season games.
OCR text lists scattered matchups among Iowa area teams including Dysart-Geneseo Las, LaPorte City B North Tama, Valleys at DeMillersburg, East Buchanan at Stormont, and DeSales at N Winn. Several lines contain garbled names and places, making complete scheduling uncertain and occasional school pairings unreadable.
Charlie Sifford wins the 43rd Los Angeles Open in a one hole sudden death playoff against Harold Henning. He posted 276 for 72 holes at Rancho Park and earned $20,000 prize. Steve Spray finished third with 285 and $666.
Richard Haskell of Dubuque leads the sixth Tegler Dairy bowling event at Ertl Lanes with 875. Sal Willenbring of Dyersville ranks fifth at 826 as the tournament continues toward its January 26 conclusion.
The report notes Brown leading with a 676 series including 253 and 252 games in the Legion Major league. Percy Lawrence posted 663 for Friday Nooners, while Les Wilson 635 John Wall 627 and Dan Durland 626 contributed for their leagues. Multiple women’s and local leagues posted scores with Rozella Tharp 231 and Minnie Smith 226 among others. Brown and several others are highlighted for top games.
Johnny Unitas led a late attempt as the Baltimore Colts fell 16-7 to Broadway Joe Namath and the New York Jets, ending NFL dominance over the AFL in Super Bowl III. Don Shula blamed execution and called Morrall's choices pivotal, while Namath earned praise for silencing Colts blitzes.
Pat Meeker leads two events at the Women's City tournament in May City lanes. She rolled a 644 series (30 handicap) to lead the singles, surpassing Marion Turkington. With JoAnn Hepker, Meeker also moved to the top of the doubles with 1132. Terrace Room Ladies Classic No 3 overtook Bouncers for the top team spot.
Four Manchester boxers Gary Staton Frank Staton Gary Lynch and Lowell Sauerbry won bouts in the Iowa Amateur Boxing league Saturday night. Other winners included Eugene Smith and Joe Young of Waterloo and Dena Masolini and Carl Purcell of Des Moines. Purcell defeated Dave Wilhelm of Manchester.
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