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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1975
Page
2
Cedar Rapids shooter Jack Kepler led 64 shooters with 193 of 200 to win overall in Iowa City. Bob Martin won class A with 190 of 200 and Clarence Bahmier tied class B with 193. In doubles Martin won class A with 93 of 100 while Marvin Holtz claimed class B with 87 of 100.
Cedar Rapids American Legion baseball defeated Quincy NL 6-3 in game one and 6-5 in game two to sweep the weekend set. Randy Jacobson and Fred Stoecker hit key homers in the nightcap as Cedar Rapids improved to 18-7. Curt Becker and Randy Jacobson starred on the bases and defense, with Becker throwing out four baserunners. Steve Rooks allowed one earned run in the opener with ten strikeouts. Cedar Rapids hosts Coralville and Moline next week, weather permitting, at Veterans' Stadium.
Marion Sophomores split a baseball doubleheader with Dubuque Hempstead on Saturday. They won the first game 8-2 and were routed 12-0 in the nightcap.
Sandra Palmer, a Texas veteran, wins the U S Women's Open with a 72 in the final round and a 295 total, four strokes ahead of amateur Nancy Lopez and pros JoAnne Carner and Sandra Post. Lopez, the amateur runner-up, vows to remain an amateur and pursue college at Tulsa University while Palmer credits hard work for her rise.
Richard Mitchell of 1231 29th Street NE scored a hole in one on the 135 yard No 17 at Twin Pines Golf Course Sunday using a seven iron. Witnesses included his wife Mary and Bill and Kathy Hedlund.
Norman Bud Kessler of 516 Cottage Grove Avenue SE Cedar Rapids aced the 17th hole at Elmcrest Country Club with a six iron on Sunday. He played with Mr and Mrs Tony Naso and Mr and Mrs Bob South.
Don Munson of Hiawatha won the 100 expert class at Wild Country Camp grounds on Sunday. He also took first in the same class at Charles City on Saturday, marking back-to-back wins in the 100 expert division.
Bob Bensmiller won the Jones Park Men's Golf Assn mid season event shooting 78 with a net 68. Gordy Ribble won flight one with 81 65 and Wayne Campbell won flight two with 86 66. Rich Van Horbeck was nearest to the pin on No 4 and George Gable tied Bensmiller for low putts at 28.
Kalona’s Stan Batterson captured the class A title as he won the Amvets horseshoe pitching tournament at Ellis Park on Sunday. Cedar Rapids’ Lyle Cruse won class B, Cedar Falls’ Orville Schaville took class C, and Richmond’s Bill Hork earned class D.
Cedar Rapids player Todd Hintgen finished fourth with a 106 total at the Oak land Acres golf amateur in Grinnell. Montezuma’s Jim Arendt won the event with 103, while Paul Mazzaco of Iowa City led the second flight with 75 and John Jones of Cedar Rapids won the sixth flight with 91.
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