Cubs sale faces stockholder and NL approval
Iowa readers learn Chicago Cubs stockholders will vote on the Tribune Cubs sale with Wrigley ownership cited as controlling 81 percent. The notice notes a Chicago meeting date to approve the transfer, alongside Cubs stockholders in Des Moines Cedar Rapids and other Iowa towns.
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Cub
William J. Hagenah
Cubs
National League
Chicago
Wrigleys
Joe Rosenfield
E. Wayne Cooley
Des Moines
John
Marilynn Waggoner
Central City
Ivor Stanley
Cedar Rapids
Richard Hall
C Ave
John Hess
Fox Meadow Drive
Wimbledon seeds hold as upsets unfold in windy round
Top seeds survive as two seeded clay specialists fall and 20-year-olds Paul Kronk and John Fitzgerald reach Wimbledon last 16. Mayotte, a 6 foot 3 inch Stanford sophomore, and Fitzgerald, from Cockaleechie, impress with serve and volley. Kronk defeats Clerc as conditions challenge players on bumpy grass.
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England
Paul Kronk
John Fitzgerald
Tim Mayotte
Francisco Gonzalez
Claudia Pasquale
All England
Jose-Luis Clerc
Balazs Taroczy
Fritz Buehning
Sandy Mayer
Lele
Bjorn Borg
John McEnroe
Jimmy Connors
Love
Rolf Gehring
West Germany
Borg
Mayotte
Stanford
Fitzgerald
Cockaleechie
Mats Wilander Mayotte
Springfield
Mass
John Sadri
Kronk
Clerc
Carlos Kirmayr
Brazil
Roscoe Tanner
Rod Frawley
Jeff Borowiak
Brian Gottfried
Austin man skates 1,900 miles toward Canada
Easy Rider Rick Fink, 25, of Austin, waves to traffic while roller-skating along a Nebraska county road. He nears the halfway point of a five week, 1900 mile trek from Austin to Saskatchewan border, averaging 80 to 100 miles daily. He is accompanied by a friend driving an escort car and camps along the route.
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Austin
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Hastings
Neb
Fink
Saskatchewan
Canada
Borg Set to Face Gerulaitis in Wimbledon Fourth Round
Bjorn Borg, seeking his sixth straight Wimbledon title, will meet Vitas Gerulaitis in the fourth round after Borg defeated Rolf Gehring 6-4 7-5 6-0. Gerulaitis advanced in five sets over Victor Amaya.
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Midwest teams to clash in Milwaukee baseball game
The Wausau Bees Timbers and Burlington Iowa Bees will play a Class A Midwest League game at County Stadium Milwaukee July 15. Al McFarland says permission came from the American League and Milwaukee County, and the game will occur whether or not the major league players strike is settled.
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Romania
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Fred Roberts
BYU
Derek Smith
Louisville
Dale Solomon
Virginia Tech
Howard Carter
LSUL
John Bagley
Mel Daniel
Furman
Roy Hinson
Rutgers
James Johnstone
Wake Forest
Sid Lowe
N.C. State
Iowaseph
Steve Carfino
Michael Payne
Greg Stokes
U.S. Olympic Committee
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Lute Olson
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Wausau
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Burlington
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Seattle Mariners
Five Metro swimmers named to NISCA all America list
Cedar Rapids swimmers Kent Ferguson of Washington and Rick Gilbertson of Kennedy headline National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association all America picks joined by Kennedy’s Scott Irish Ritch Madlem and Scott Etnyre. Ferguson is a four time state diving champion and set state marks in six and eleven dives. Gilbertson adds six all America honors including five individual accolades. Etnyre and teammates Irish and Madlem earned honorable mention. Dale Etnyre joins Kennedy as a recent transfer and all America in the 200 IM.
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Washington
Kent Ferguson
Kennedy
Rick Gilbertson
Scott Irish
Ritch Madlem
Scott Etnyre
Ferguson
University of Michigan
National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association
Gilbertson
Cougars
Irish
Madlem
Etnyre
Minnesota
Dale Etnyre
St. Charles
Ill
Scott
Dale
Nisca
Springville Softball Cracks Top 20 After 17 Straight Wins
DES MOINES Norwalk report Springville rises to the top 20 in the IGHSAU ratings after a 19-2 season run since a 2-2 start. The Warriorettes won the Jack North Invitational at Roland, beating top-rated Kingsley Pierson. Newcomers Muscatine Hartley George Springville and BCL enter the poll.
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Norwalk
Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union
Warriorettes
Kingsley-Pierson
Garnaville
Dubuque Senior
Muscatine
Hartley
George
Springville
Roland-Story
West Marshall
BCL
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