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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1994
Page
16
Jackie Joyner-Kersee suffers an asthma attack and near disqualification after a spectator spills beer on her javelins. She finishes the 800 meters in a near last place but regains composure to win a third straight Goodwill Games heptathlon title amid cheater accusations.
Right field at Fenway Park in Boston measures 302 feet while right center at the Kingdome in Seattle stands at 349 feet. Centerfield at Fenway is 390 feet, with left center ranging from Tiger Stadium in Detroit to Candlestick in San Francisco at 365 feet. Left field at Fenway and County Stadium in Milwaukee reach 315 feet.
Sophomore Paige Stamp pitched her third shutout in four regional games, striking out 10 as Lisbon beat Harmony 10-0. Her only earned run allowed this season is none, with the Lions committing the lone error in the first inning. Shelly Storck, Stacy Light, Jenny Frey and Kohli provided the clutch hits and runs.
Two fan groups merge to back a one day August 13 strike as a protest against the growing money in baseball. Frank Sullivan of Fans First says fan support is strong and urges season ticket holders to stay away while single game fans skip early innings.
Montreal used four unearned runs off Maddux and Blauser to beat Atlanta 5-3 on Tuesday night and pull within 3 1/2 games of the Braves in the NL East. The Expos capitalized after a players meeting and stretched their win streak to eight.
Harold Baines ended a 69 at bat drought by hitting two solo shots for the Baltimore Orioles in a 10-4 win over the Cleveland Indians at Camden Yards. Rafael Palmeiro and Leo Gomez also homered as Baltimore improved after a rough stretch.
James Winters, Iowa senior, weighs offers from France Cyprus Argentina and Sweden as Coach Tom Davis counts on him for the 1994 95 campaign. Winters led Iowa with an 18 point average last season though he missed four games with a sprained ankle. Iowa can take 12 players on the trip with Winters vying for one of the remaining spots. The schedule lists eight European exhibition dates from August 7 to August 19 across Switzerland Italy and France.
Susie Strong silenced the Stormin' Pointers as CPU edged Center Point-Urbana in the 2A state opener. Rhinehart delivered the game winning hit after a CPU seventh inning rally sparked by Angie Crumm’s bunt error. Jenny Sieck threw out Sara Stevenson at first to preserve the win. CPU meets Woodward-Granger in Fort Dodge next Wednesday.
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