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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1969
Page
14
Iowa State used strong second half shooting and an early four point overtime edge to defeat Nebraska in a Big 8 game. Coach Glen Anderson cited the surge as a key factor in extending ISU’s lead and securing the victory.
Two Iowa players Tom Mullin and Andrew Robinson from Cedar Rapids Jefferson and Waterloo East were named to Scholastic magazine 1968 all-America prep football team. The article also notes other signees and game details including Nebraska and Iowa State Big Eight clash with overtime.
P J Boatwright Jr a 41 year old Georgian was chosen as executive director of the United States Golf Association replacing Joe Dey Jr who resigned to become the first commissioner of professional golf.
In a Sunday Parish basketball action Immaculate Conception edged All Saints 29 27 as Tim Cooper scored 12 and Mike Fee 11 with late free throws. St Judes moved into sole lead with a 59 35 win over St Patrick's behind Jake Fahrnle 13. St Pius beat St Joseph's 49 20. St Matthew's routed St Ludmila 59 13.
East Iowa Hawkeye coverage notes results and schedule across multiple towns including Davenport Assumption East Moline Waverly DecorahCharles City New Hampton Cresco Oss and St Pat’s. It lists upcoming games Tuesday Friday and Saturday across leagues with boys and girls matchups and tournament notes across Cresco Anamosa Tipton Maquoketa and Waterloo region.
Fragmentary schedule notes list teams Cedar Montezuma Sigourney Belle Plaine Keota Williamsburg Sigourney and Oskaloosa. Mentions Eng Valleys Plaine O 6 Om y at Keota and Tuesday Friday matchups with Iowa Valley and Williamsburg at Sigourney.
Scrappy OCR style notes show girls and boys games across several Iowa schools. Entries mention Farley, St Joe, Oelwein, Holy Cross, Don re, Cascade Aquin, Oelwein S H, Dyersville Beckman, Montezuma, English Valleys, HLV, and Iowa Valley with sparse dates and opponents.
Fragmented OCR text mentions Lansing games and places such as Seneca Winneshiek and G Mar Mae. Includes garbled names and dates with unclear actions or outcomes. No coherent event. readable items point to sports notes and locations without a clear lead.
Readable text lists several high school games with unclear spellings and scattered team names. Mentions Center Point Buchanan Linn Alburnett Maquoketa Valley North Linn East Buchanan and other district matchups. Overall summary of upcoming games with multiple locations and teams, but many items garbled.
Ellis Newhouse scored a 622 series with games of 197 19 and 231 in the Marion Lutheran league marking her first 600 series. Dean Winterowd rolled 255 and led the Legion Major with a 669 series while multiple bowlers posted 600-plus totals and the C. R. Service team topped the pins. Other standout scores included 256 by Jerry Swenson, 665 by Ralph Briles, 259 by Jim Zamastil and a 651 by Pete Cassidy, as lanes across several leagues produced high reads and team totals well over 1000 pins.
Washington holds the top spot in Iowa high school swimming with 396 points in Rusty Garst's Swim Inc poll. Davenport West is second with 340. Kennedy and Waterloo West share third, Jefferson ranks 11th. Prairie eighth graders beat Iowa City West 52-23 as Darrel Jansa scored 16. Iowa City seventh graders won 54-47 despite Gary Pegump's 22 points.
Pebble Beach California AP recounts the fourth and final round of the 1969 Bing Crosby National Pro Am where Dale Douglass carried a precarious one stroke lead into Monday after a two under par final round. The weather briefly cooperated for the leaders as rain and winds subsided.
Terrace Room Ladies Classic No 3 led the city standings for the third straight week and won the city women's bowling championship at May City lanes. Doubles saw Mary Seeley and Ida Mae White move to the top with 1158, surpassing Nancy McVay and Betty Berg.
Fort Dodge seeks to close the gap on Grand View in the Iowa junior college basketball race. Fort Dodge plays Ellsworth at home Tuesday then trips to Eagle Grove Thursday and Estherville Saturday, while Grand View sits idle atop the standings at 11-1.
Chuck Noll, a Baltimore Colts assistant, was named head football coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers. At 36, Noll has nine years of coaching experience and played guard and linebacker with the Cleveland Browns from 1953 to 1959. He led defense for the Los Angeles Chargers for six years prior to joining the Colts in 1966.
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