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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 11, 1978

Page

14

Commings forecasts winning season for Iowa Hawkeyes

Iowa coach Bob Commings told the Des Moines County Club he will guarantee a winning season for the 1966 Hawkeyes. He cited his best recruiting class since returning four years ago and noted interest from the Medical School and Engineering School in recruits. He named QB prospects including his son Bob Jr., Jeff Green, Pete Gales, and Doug Piro, while predicting the Big Two dominance by Michigan and Ohio State may be fading.

Burlington Iowa Bob Commings Des Moines Hawkeye Commings Cummings Medical School of Engineering Bob Jr Iowa State Jeff Green Pete Gales Doug Piro Michigan Ohio State Bump Elliott

Texas-El Paso Leads NCAA Indoor Track After Day One

Providence veteran John Treacy won the 3 mile in a new NCAA record 13:10.2 and Rodolfo Gomez of Texas-El Paso joined him with 13:10.34 as three miners finished in the top five. Ian Campbell of Washington State set a new NCAA triple jump mark at 55-8.14, while UTEP built a 33 point tally. Berger, Smith, and Neilson added wins for Villanova, Auburn, and Washington respectively.

Detroit Providence John Treacy Washington State Ian Campbell Texas-El Paso Treacy John Ngeno Ireland Rodolfo Gomez Gomez Michael Musyoki Kip Sirma Miners Campbell Australia Arnold Grimes Mark Berger Villanova Willie Smith Auburn

NC State, Indiana State, Texas triumph in mixed college results

NC State beat South Carolina 82 70 Indiana State won 73 71 over Illinois State Texas edged Temple 72 58 Widener defeated Kean 55 49 in Division III AIAW Region V saw Kansas State 66 best Drake 52 William Penn 79 over Missouri Western 47 NBA scores included Washington 117 over Houston 114 Kansas City 126 over Denver 120 and Golden State 124 over Milwaukee 102 plus varied games across the league.

North Carolina State South Carolina Indiana State Illinois Kansas State Drake William Penn Missouri Western Washington Houston Kansas City Denver Golden State Milwaukee Atlanta Portland Indiana N.¥. Knicks New Orleans New Jersey Philadelphia Boston

Razorbacks Begin NCAA Playoff Run in West Regionals

Arkansas, an at large NCAA entrant after a conference playoff setback to Houston, faces Weber State in the West Region at Eugene Oregon. Coach Eddie Sutton and players express enthusiasm as UCLA New Mexico San Francisco and North Carolina loom in the bracket.

Arkansas Razorbacks Razor-Sharp Razorbacks Associated Press Houston Eddie Sutton NCAA Eugene Ore Weber State Sutton Arkansas UCLA New Mexico San Francisco North Carolina Kansas Tempe Ariz Fullerton State Pacific Coast Athletic Association Indianapolis Marquette Miami

Pearce Leads Doral Open While Wind Rules the Course

Eddie Pearce shot a 70 in gusty winds at the Doral Open to sit among leaders as heavy rain forced a Thursday pause and a Friday finish. Chunky rookie Ed Fiori led with 65 while Tom Weiskopf, Mahaffey, Gilbert, Kratzert and Mikles were at 67, and Nicklaus headed 69 in calmer rounds.

MIAMI Eddie Pearce Doral Country Club Chunky Ed Fiori Tom Weiskopf John Mahaffey Gibby Gilbert Bill Kratzert Lee Mikles Lou Graham Wally Armstrong Jack Nicklaus Coral Country Club Diok Lee Mikies Larry Ziegler Bob Howerter Greg Powers Chi Chi Rodriguez Roger Kennedy Bob Mann Rex Caldwell Bob Payne Mason Rudolph Steve Meinyk Gay Brewer Hubert Green Dove Stockton Bruce Lietzke Mark Lye Ed Dougherty Mark Hayes Terry Diehl Victor Regalado Lee Elder Peter Oosterhi Mike Morley Alan Tapie Bruce Fleisher Ken Still Gary Koch Andy Bean Jeff Mitchell Mike Reid Peter Jacobsen Ray Floyd Tony Corda

House Panel May Probe CBS Links to Boxing Promoter Arum

The House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Subcommittee orders a staff inquiry into any relationship between CBS and Bob Arum head of Top Rank over Leon Spinks. The probe centers on network involvement in Spinks next title defense and potential rematch options.

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