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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1979
Page
14
In Philadelphia a major league umpire testified that negotiating merit raises in annual contracts is fruitless as leagues pursue a federal order to compel 51 umpires to report to spring training or face fines. The case centers on a signatory dispute with leagues using amateur umpires for exhibition games.
Iowa spring squads travel to Florida and North Carolina for about ten days of competition. Baseball opens with a twin bill in Missouri with two more games slated, then Arkansas and Eastern Michigan series, five games in three days against Kansas State. Coach Banks stresses pitching. top hurlers include Mullen Johnson Halling and Rooks with hitters Del Ryan and Jeff Lueders. Tennis faces North Carolina and Duke group. track team opens with Auburn dual meet before Florida conditioning. Top performers include Brock Jones Holtmann and Smith. golf heads to Miami for outdoor practice with Boros Jr Barrett and Burich among leaders.
Inge Nissen and Rhonda Rompola combined for 49 points to lift Old Dominion past UCLA 87-82 in Greensboro. The top-ranked Monarchs built a 43-30 halftime lead and withstood a late UCLA surge to reach the title game. Rompola scored 25 and Nissen 24 as UOD improved to 34-1.
The Cornets beat Milwaukee 106 91 as Molly Bolin scored 18 points and Doris Draving added 20 points with 18 rebounds. Denise Sharps had 15 and Joan Uhl 13 for Iowa’s Cornets who improve to 16 12 in the WBL and host New Jersey Gems next. Mark Gannon debuted for Airliner scoring 17 in a 95 79 win over Levi Homes as coach Jim Baker praised the Regina standout.
Nearly 300 players from 23 teams across five Iowa counties compete in the seventh annual Boy Scout Basketball Tournament at Coe College. Sponsored by Cedar Rapids Troop 25, the event runs today and Sunday at Moray Eby Fieldhouse with troops from Cedar Rapids Marion and nearby Hawkeye Area Council communities.
Transactions show Orioles optioning five players to Rochester IL. Reds reassigning three pitchers to minor camp. 49ers sign multiple players across QB, WR, RB, kicker and tackle roles. CFL Stampeders sign two linemen to one year deals. NASL Rochester Lancers acquire Damir Sutewski. ASL Cleveland Cobras sign Willie Carrasco. Columbus Magic sign Daniel Mam mana. Indianapolis Daredevils sign Eddie and Tom Redmond. New York Apollo signs Don McCrudenaier. East Carolina names Dave Odom head basketball coach. Nicholls State names Jerry Sanders head basketball coach.
A dense listing of today’s broadcasts across networks including KWWL KCRG ABC CBS and WMT. Programs cover NCAA basketball tournament fishing boxing golf ski and sports variety shows with multiple time slots from noon to 5 p.m. in a regional lineup.
Fort Dodge hires Doug Black from Hampton as head coach with a 12-6 record at Hampton over two seasons and a 1A state title with Radcliffe in 1972. Davenport Assumption says Jim Fox will retire at year end to take an insurance job in Virginia after a 26-13 mark over four seasons.
A Cedar Rapids father and son pair, John Rosenberg and 14 year old Carl, won the father and son class in the Equitable Family Ski Challenge Regional competition at Taos New Mexico with a combined 65.00 time. They advance to the national championships at Snowbird Utah April 7 to 11.
An organizational meeting for the Allied Industrial Golf League is set for Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Indian Guide Room of the Central Branch YMCA. Team representatives should attend as rule changes will be discussed and rosters collected. For info contact Bob Thorson at 395-2697 or 363-4334.
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