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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1968
Page
8
Monmouth undefeated through four starts led by Will, faces second-place St Olaf in Northfield Minnesota. Friday games include Monmouth at Carleton and St Olaf hosting Knox as conference race tightens.
St. Ludmila and St. Matthew's moved ahead in the Parish basketball standings with their second consecutive victories. Handley scored 19 as St. Ludmila beat All Saints 33 to 29 while Mark Lees had 10 for All Saints. St. Patrick's beat Immaculate Conception 30 to 25. St. Matthew's defeated St. Wene 30 to 17 with Gary Beck tallying 11. Joe Sindelar and Mike Mai added nine each as St. Joseph's beat St. Judes 40 to 33. Fahnle posted 17 for St. Judes.
Gene Hettrick hit two freethrows in the final minute of overtime to lift J R Sales to a 45 43 victory over Optimists No 2 in the Y Slo Break Basketball league. Gohmann Realtors defeated Klinger Paint 45 31, led by Bob Moore with 21 points.
Continental Metals beat Wilson & Co. 96 to 82 in the Marion V Industrial Basketball league feature. Nordman's defeated Irwin's 73 to 66, Marion DX toppled Price Electric 83 to 62, with top scorers listed for each side.
LaSalle, led by Bruce Fahnle and coach Dick Erlenbaugh, improved to 8-1 with a 76-50 win over Prairie and a 91-48 triumph over Kennedy. Fahnle contributed 14 points and nine rebounds against Prairie, then 20 points and 12 rebounds versus Kennedy, boosting his scoring to 11.9 per game and anchoring the defense.
Waterloo Black Hawks host the Des Moines Oak Leafs at McElroy Auditorium on Sunday January 21 1968 at 2 p.m. This is the fourth meeting with Oak Leafs leading 2 1. Tickets go on sale from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily before game with box seats 2.75 rink side 2.25 center rows 1 75 general 1 25 and children 50 cents.
Special to The Gazette reports Andy Kendall of Scappoose and Frank Wiblett of San Francisco fought to a draw in a 10 round light-heavyweight match in Portland Oregon.
Jefferson junior varsity defeated Muscatine 62 to 57 as Walt Steggall scored 19 and Steve Peterman 18. Randleman led Muscatine with 18 points as Jefferson improves to 5 3 on the season.
Michel Alaux and Csaba Elches of New York were named as coaches of the U S Olympic fencing team.
The Dubuque city council approved a 10 000 upgrade of dressing rooms at the city baseball park and pledged urban renewal cleanup around the ballpark to keep the Midwest league franchise. John Petrakis said league officials threatened to pull the Dubuque team unless improvements were made and two new light towers will be installed by volunteers. He aims to reach a working Major League affiliate before the 1969 season as the Dodgers ended their Dubuque agreement last year.
Ellis Y Downs Central Park A team topped Central Park Presbyterian 73 40 in the Church Senior league at Ellis YMCA. Ellis improves to 5 0 while Central Park drops to 5 1. Trinity Lutheran beat First Lutheran 58 35 and Ellis B team won 75 29 over Kenwood Park Presbyterian with multiple scorers.
Atlanta signs Willie McIntosh a Scotland native who has played for Highlands Park in South Africa to a 1968 contract with the North American Soccer League club.
Upper Iowa's Peacocks face a must win stretch in the Iowa conference as they travel to Luther College amid a 3-2 league mark. John Miller leads with 23.0 points per game while Pat Driscoll and Rich Hayes add 16.5 and 16.0 respectively, but overall scoring remains spread thin. Season shooting sits at 45.9 percent from the field and 68.4 percent at the line through 12 games.
Beloit's Jim and Kit Jones combined for 57 points to pace Beloit to an 87-65 Midwest conference win over Cornell. Jim scored 31 and Kit 26 as Beloit improves to 3-1 in league play, tying St. Olaf for second. A 30 minute delay followed a car crash near Cedar Rapids involving Beloit players. no injuries reported.
Iowa State guard and co captain Dave Hartman faces knee surgery after torn cartilage in a recent game against Kansas. The 6 3 junior from Austin Minnesota will undergo surgery Wednesday and hopes to return for the baseball season. Hartman has been a top pitcher for the Cyclones and previously missed the 1965 66 season due to a torn ligament in the same knee.
Joe Burt led the May City CSA league with a 256 game and 670 series. Marilyn Enos posted a 244 for the Jubilee Torchlighters, while Pat Lagerquist had a 209 and 570 for Legion Neighbors. Other notable marks included Ray Benson 245 652 for Legion Strikers and Katz Salvage 818 in Marion Juniors.
Binghamton airs a countdown to a Tuesday 6:00 PM KCRG-TV Channel 9 program plot line. The station promotes a McHale's Navy segment with a game trap theme and broadcast timing.
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