Giants Clinch First Half Title With 10 1 Victory
Cedar Rapids Giants clinched the Midwest league South first half championship with a 10-1 win over Appleton. John Sylvester blasted two homers including a grand slam and drove in seven, while Mike Wardlow pitched his sixth complete game. The club opens the second half with a four-day five-game homestand at Memorial Stadium starting tonight.
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Evert Defeats 14-Year-Old Tracy Austin At Wimbledon
Top seed Chris Evert beat 14 year old Tracy Austin 6 1 6 1 in a Wimbledon match on Friday as the California phenom earned a fortune of attention from fans and media.
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Collins topps Eastside Maidrite in Major Open clash at Ellis Park
Collins rode a 13 hit attack led by Steve Calvert and John Muench to beat Eastside Maidrite 7 2 as Denny Linderbaum hurled eight hits and six strikeouts for his fifth win. Calvert earned three hits and three RBIs while Cal Ernst contributed a solo homer and Jim Koering slugged a two run shot for Maidrite despite the defeat.
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Evert Beats 14 Year Old Tracy Austin at Wimbledon
Chris Evert called the 6-1 6-1 Wimbledon third round win over 14 year old Tracy Austin the toughest match of her life. Evert spoke of nerves, crowd pressure, and her own privacy while praising Austin and predicting she could be No. 1 someday.
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Walton captures second Hawkeye Downs feature win in blackout
Cedar Rapids driver Kenny Walton clinched his second Downs feature of the year despite a mid race power loss that blanked the lights on lap 23. Darrell Dake rose to runner up as Walton rebuilt a quarter lap lead after the reset. Red Drake won the sportsman feature amid post race unrest while Promoter Al Miller restored order.
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Watson North Trail in Western Open Lead Tie
Watson and North shot 69 and 70 to tie for the 36 hole lead at five under 139 in the Western Open at Butler National. McCullough matched a course record with 66 to surge to 142, while Lietzke struggled with an 80 as windy conditions challenged the field.
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Correction corrects banquet time for retriever club
A banquet for Southeast Iowa retriever club participants will be held today at 6:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn. The Gazette previously reported the banquet as yesterday by mistake.
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