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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1986
Page
16
A column recalls a boxing incident involving Ralph Sampson and CBS mic issues during a Golden Gloves night. The writer tours Dallas watching rain, hearing about Oswald and the Kennedy Memorial, and notes college coaches Leon Burtnett and Dave McWilliams.
Iowa State's Danny Harris, Olympic silver medalist, wins his third straight NCAA 400 meter hurdles title in 48.33, matching Ralph Mann's 1969 71 feat. UCLA's Kevin Young is second, Florida A&M Reginald Davis third, SMT Sweden's Sven Nylander fourth. TCU sets world leading 38.46 in 400m relay. Floyd Heard another surprise winner in the 200. Regina Cavanaugh repeats in shot put. Juliet Cuthbert retains women's 200 title.
Cedar Rapids Reds top Beloit Brewers 2-0 as Mike Converse fans seven in a row over seven innings. The 6-9 pitcher survived two Beloit baserunners in the sixth and capped the sweep after a 1-0 opener. Cal Cain made a dramatic catch on a long drive to keep the no-hitter intact.
The incident in Game 5 saw Ralph Sampson ejected after a punch at Jer ry Lichting sparked a bench clear. Houston led 34-33 early and 58-47 at halftime before beating Boston 111-96. Sampson called the punch a mistake. Celtics await Game 6 with CBS set to air.
Unseeded Mikael Pernfors of Sweden defeats eighth seed Henri Leconte to reach the men's final beside top seed Ivan Lendl. Navratilova faces Chris Evert Lloyd in a 69th meeting for the women's singles title with a $154 400 winner’s prize and $78 000 for the runner up. The Lloyd Navratilova clash airs on NBC at 11 a.m. Iowa time. The men’s final follows NBC coverage starting at 8 a.m. Sunday. local channel KWWL will join at 10 30. Pernfors, playing Roland Garros red clay for the first time, won 2-6 7-5 7-6 6-3 over Leconte after Lendl pummeled John Kriek 6-2 6-1 6-0. The Swede, twice NCAA champion at Georgia, helps Sweden press a long run since Borg began the era in 1974. Swedes have taken eight of the last 12 French Opens.
ISU tennis coach Jim Doerr, 29, was killed when his car collided with an oncoming vehicle Thursday night near Ames. Team member Greg Beers, driver of Doerr, was injured but listed in stable condition along with the other car's driver Steven King. The accident occurred about 11:30 p.m. on a Story County road at the north edge of town.
Roger Clemens improved the AL best record to 10-0 by holding Milwaukee to four hits and eight strikeouts in Boston’s 3-0 victory. Wade Boggs drove in all three runs with a first inning RBI single and an eighth inning two-run double as the Red Sox extended Clemens’ win streak to five.
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