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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1971
Page
10
A jumbled OCR text lists various players, teams, and locations like Oakland, Danville, Waterloo, and Baltimore. It reads like a auto-generated sports rundown with numerous misspellings and partial names, mentioning multiple games and players in a scattered sequence without coherent structure.
Linn-Mar high school hosts the East Central Iowa Conference track and field meet Tuesday at Armstrong field behind Indian Creek Elementary. Prelims and field events start after 4 pm with finals at 6 30. Teams include Dyersville Beckman Benton Community LaSalle Linn-Mar Prairie and Town City Regina. Four freshmen soph relays run but do not count toward team totals. Richard Jacobsen of Maleni place runner up in the class 4 sectional golf tourney at Anamosa Saturday, not K C Harrison at Mount Vernon as earlier reported.
Drake University stadium and Des Moines YMCA host the 1971 Iowa Special Olympics Tuesday for retarded children. Maureen Soliday expects 825 participants from seven district meets including Cedar Rapids. Six track and four swimming events will be contested. Gov. Robert D. Ray will attend and review the Parade of Champions at 9 30 a.m. Admission is free.
Knoxvilles Otis Stephens Jr. made a hole-in-one on the 130 yard sixth hole at Colonial Golf Club. Club pro Bill Faddis praised the feat while Stephens, who is totally blind, remained unusually calm about the achievement.
The Associated Press reports Oklahoma State and Iowa State share the Big Eight lead at 10 8 with six games left. Colorado sits third at 1 8 - 8, finished schedule, and can only hope for a break as the Buffs wait in the wings.
The Women's Metropolitan Softball Assn starts play this week with two leagues Sugar and Spice, each with eight and seven teams respectively. All games at Kingston Stadium at 6 30 pm. Over 200 women compete this year and the state tourney runs July 9 10 11 in Cedar Rapids.
Kirkwood Community College dominated early but finished with two event wins and failed to clinch the SubHegional title. Clinton beat Kirkwood 5-3 in the final, while Rod Mailey pitched both games. Don Jacobson led Kirkwood at the plate with three RBIs in one game, and Lee Simon added key two RBIs. Clinton advances to the Regional Tournament in Fort Dodge. Drake claimed the overall meet title with 132 points, followed by Memphis State and North Texas State.
Jan Kodes, known as a giant killer, advances to the final of the $45,000 Italian International Open in Rome to meet star Rod Laver, who many regard as the world’s top player.
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