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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1979

Page

20

New England Whalers Name Filo Potvin Head Scout

ST. MARY OF THE PLAINS appoints James Carpenter as baseball coach while STANFORD names Bill Dutton as defensive line coach. These moves highlight WHA and college staff shuffles this spring.

Hockey World Hockey Association NEW England Whalers Filo Potvin ST. Mary OF the Plains James Carpenter Stanford Bill Dutton

Local Youth Baseball Scores Reported

In boys T ball IBEW 13 Gibson Realtors 1. Minor division sees Eby's 10 Fowler Electric 0. Carpenter's Local 12 Cedar Hills Barber shop 11. Acme Electric 7 Meat Cutters 6.

Gibson Realtors Eby's Fowler Electric Carpenter's Cedar Hills

Stadium Lounge tops last unbeaten in open league play

Stadium Lounge defeats Merrill Lynch 2 1 at Ellis Park to topple the previously unbeaten Modern Piping and pull even with Eastside Maidrite for second while Modern Piping slides to 3 1 and Cedar Rapids Kirby, Merrill Lynch and Great Plains sit at 1 loss.

Regis Kennedy Williamsburg Jeff G. Wash City High Marion, Prairie J.C. West Cedar Rapids Clinton Linn-Mar South Tama LaSalle C.r.kirby Foster's Ellis Great Plains Vs Stadium Lounge Harley Steele Ellis Park Merrill Lynch Kerry Bolt Ron Benhart John Monroe Ron McDermott Steve VanNote Monroe Bolt Greg Mara George Steinke Modern Eastside Maidrite Cedar Rapids Kirby Great Plains

Spectacular Bid Draws No. 1 Post for Preakness

Spectacular Bid remained a co favorite after drawing post position No. 2 for the 13/16 mile Preakness Stakes at Pimlico. Jockey Ronnie Franklin will seek a 12th straight stakes win for trainer Bud Delp as the Derby winner with $958,287 in earnings chases the $165,300 winner's purse. General Assembly drew the outside post, Flying Paster the rail, with Golden Act and Screen King also set to run.

Baltimore, Md UPI Pimlico Ronnie Franklin Bud Delp General Assembly California Flying Paster Golden Act Screen King

Mathias Chooses Sports Over Politics After Congress

Ex Olympian Mathias, 48, recounts his shift from four-term California congressman to executive director of the Olympic Training Center. He explains politics frustrated him, prefers athletics, and cites his New York visit to accept a $2 million Burger King grant for U S training programs.

Bob Mathias California Mathias Tulare Calif Helsinki Colorado Springs Colo New York Burger King U.S Hollywood Jim Thorpe Bill Bradley Knick New Jersey Jack Kemp Upstate

Baseball Scores From Across Leagues Night Results

Major league results include Baltimore 10 Boston 6 and New York 6 Detroit 2. Toronto 4 Cleveland 3. Kansas City 4 Seattle 3. Milwaukee 4 California 3. Key games featured strong pitching by Martinez, Lemanczyk, and Kravec among others. several teams posted comebacks and late-inning runs. Oakland and Chicago split, while St. Louis and Montreal posted shutouts.

Baltimore Boston Toronto Cleveland New York Detroit Texas Minnesota Chicago Oakland Kansas City Seattle Nuns Milwaukee Paxton Kravec Stone Stanley Koosman Leonard Sorensen California Rase Cincinnati San Diego Philadelphia Pittsburgh Atlanta Los Angeles St. Louis Montreal San Francisco Houston Schatzeder Martinez Lerch Holtzman Falcone Rhodes Raw Niekro

Lakers Choose Magic Johnson No 1 Draft Pick

Los Angeles announced they will use the No 1 pick in the upcoming NBA draft to select Michigan State sophomore Earvin Magic Johnson and have reached a four year contract reportedly worth 600000 dollars annually. Johnson criticized the Lakers for overreliance on Kareem Abdul Jabbar and outlined a faster, ball handling style to improve the team's chances of winning a championship.

LOS Angeles Earvin Magic Johnson Los Angeles Lakers National Basketball Association Michigan State Laker Lakers Kareem Abdul Jabbar Spartans

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