Rookie Pate Wins Open With One Of Golf's Greatest Shots
rookie pro Jerry Pate from Pensacola Fla captured the Open with a dramatic two foot putt after lofting a five iron to a near water-guarded green at Atlanta Athletic Club. He finished 277 two strokes ahead of runners-up Tom Weiskopf Al Geiberger and others.
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Jerry Pate
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Pate
Atlanta Athletic Club
Bob Jones
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Tom Welskop
al Geiberger
Che
John Mahaffey
Butch Baird
Pas
Mahaffey
Ted
Dale Douglass
Finkbine
Douglass
Hontero Blancas
Colorado
Tulk
Giants suffer injuries as Quad Cities ousts them in tough night
The Cedar Rapids Giants struggle in Memorial Stadium as key players go down with injuries after a 6 4 loss to Quad Cities Fleet. Bill Tullish jars a leg colliding with Ted Schoenhaus while making a spectacular tenth inning catch to save the game.
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Fleet
Bill Tullish
Florida Southern
Stan Cliburn
Anpel Tanner
Welty Fails to Clinch Comeback in Softball Tourney
Welty Way falls short in the Pike's Peak invitational after a 2-0 loss to Salt Lake City in the Sunday rematch. The Cedar Rapids club earlier rallied from an 8-0 quarterfinal defeat to reach the losers’ bracket semifinals, while Phoenix, Arizona won the title by beating Colorado Blues 5-2 in the final after a 6-0 earlier loss. Greg Bosch pitched superbly for Welty, who advanced with a 1-0 win over Prescott and a 7-0 rout of Fort Collins Marshall.
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Cola
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Cedar Rapids
Sali
Luke City
Phoenix
Ariz
Colorado Blues
Blues
Salt Lake City
Welty
Gregg Bosch
Fort Collins Marshall
Prescott
Bosch
Shuster
Jocko Ninderks
Cliff Rice
Starlers
Ross Capote
Mike Pallesen
Capote
Bob Mosteller
Ed White
Max Elliott
Butch Latoy
Sall Lake City
Eee
Man "Elliott
Welly
Jim Cain
Jim
Amana VIP event prompts golf, tragedy echoes
Amana Refrigeration hosts its 10th annual VIP in Iowa City as Jerry Pate wins the Open and Billy Quinby dies in a car crash. The piece highlights Pate replacing Johnny Miller and notes Dent, Douglass, and Blancas among attendees while sharing local tributes and humorous anecdotes from the gathering.
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Amana Refrigeration
Iowa
George Foerstner
Iowa City
Highlandse Club
Jerry Pate
John Mahaffey
Amana
Pate
Foerstner
Mahaffey
Atlanta
Patc
Johnny Miller
America
New York
Moe Hill’s 19th Homer Helps Waterloo Take Midseason Lead
Moe Hill hit his 19th homer driving in two as Waterloo edged Wisconsin Rapids 3 1 in a Midwest League halfway point game. Steve Beene added a three run shot in the eighth to seal the victory as Waterloo moved two and a half games up. Appleton beat Clinton 11 5 with a solo homer in the fifth. Dubuque won 7 4 despite seven unearned runs from five errors by Dubuque.
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Waterloo
Wisconsin Rapids
The
Twins
Moe Hill
Appleton
Clinton
Wausa
Dubuque
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