Young wins Bluegrass Invitational in LPGA return
Donna Caponi Young fired a third straight 72 to win the ninth annual Bluegrass Invitational in Louisville. She finished at 216, three under, three strokes ahead of Sandra Spuzich who ended at 218. Betty Burfeindt and Sandra Palmer tied for third at 220.
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Louisville
Donna Caponi Young
Sandra Spuzich
Indianpolis
Ind
Mrs. Young
Miss Spuzich
Betty Burfeindt
Sandra Palmer
Donna C
Young
Andra Palmer
Susie Allister
Mary Judy Rankin
Am i
Horner
Shelly Hamlin
Bonnie Bryan
Sayo Yamashi
Oeustin
Joyce Keamierski
Prentice
Sherry W Wilder
Kathy Pomewe
Andy Fisc
Kathy Ahern
Jane Jalock
Marilyn Smith
Joyce
Joyce , 1577-77-75— Non Jacki Evans, 157 8-74-75— Janet LePera
Indra Post
Kathy Cornelius
de A Od
Eth Stone
Smiths Four Birdies Lead Ellis Park Event
Dave Smith posted four birdies to lead the Ellis Park Golf Assn Most event. Winners include pars by Wayne Lewis, Dick Norton, and others with six. J Ed Horn and R s tied for seven most. Dick Dinder and Ebinger each six birdies. Jim yf led in 6s.
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Smith
Ellis
Dave Smith
Ellis Park Golf Assn
Wayne Lewis
Dick Norton
Ey ‘Arry
St Matthew's Defeats St Pius In Nine Inning Softball Fight
St Matthew's edged St Pius 7 to 6 after a nine inning game in the Inter Parish Slo Pitch league. Other results. St Ludmila's 8 Immaculate Conception 5, St Wenceslaus 6 All Saints 2, St Joseph's 8 St Patrick's 2.
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St. Matthew's
St. Pius
St. Matthew’s
St. Ludmila’s
Immaculate Conception
St. Wenceslaus
All Saints
St. Joseph's
St. Patrick's
Dubuque Late-Model Feature Wins Ed Sanger at Speedway
Waterloo driver Ed Sanger won the Dubuque late-model feature Sunday night beating Red Droste of Waterloo for first. Other winners included Sanse segend heat Droste semi Bartheimes Millson first heat Dave Bentley second heat Bob Current.
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Dubuque
Ed Sanger
Waterloo
Dubuque Speedway
Red Droste
Sanse
Posey Bumped From Indianapolis 500 by Snider
Sam Posey reacted with disappointment after George Snider bumped him from the Indianapolis 500 during the final qualification run on Sunday.
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Sam Posey
George Snider
Indy 500 Carburetion Session Sets Fast Pole Speed
A four hour carburetion session last week produced rapid speeds for Indy 500 contenders. Johnny Rutherford led the field with a pole pace of 198.413 mph, while McElreath posted 188.640 mph as the slowest in the 33-car field. average qualifying speed stood at 192.329 mph, about 82 mph faster than last year. Car numbers and drivers from Rutherford to Mears and Bettenhausen fill the grid with Eagle and McLaren outfits prominent in the results.
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Johnny Rutherford
McElreath
Drew Washburn Wins 175 CC Cycle Race
Drew Washburn of Cedar Rou ids won the 175 cc motorcycle race at B and N cartway on Highway 151 Sunday. Minibike runner John Siew and commentary by James Ricc noted on the ride.
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Drew Washburn
Cedar Rouids
B&n Cartway
Highway 151
John Siew
James Ricc
Washburn
Slay Lang Drewhurst
C.R
State Net Meet At Iowa State
The 45th annual boys state tennis meet will be held in Ames starting Friday and winding up Saturday. Two rounds of play are slated on the Iowa State courts in both singles and doubles Friday with the semifinals at 10 a.m. Saturday and the finals at 2 p.m. Cedar Rapids Jefferson's Rick Jorgensen and Marty Mineck qualified for the state meet in doubles as district runners up. Union candidate Jim Houghton of Iowa City West is a top singles contender, returning from last year's semifinals and consolation champ. Grundy Center defends the team title.
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Ames
Iowa High School Athletic Assn
Iowa
Cedar Rapids Jefferson
Rick Jorgensen
Marty Mineck
Iowa City West
Jim Houghton
Houghton
Grundy Center
Angels acquire Stein Hand and Stelmaszek in three-way deal
The California Angels traded Lloyd Allen and Jim Spencer to the Texas Rangers for Mike Epstein Rich Hand and Rick Stelmaszek. The deal, in progress for about three weeks, was confirmed by Angel GM Harry Dalton and Rangers owner Bob Short.
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Anaheim
California Angels
Lloyd Allen
Jim Spencer
Texas Rangers
Mike Epstein
Rich Hand
Rick Stelmaszek
Angel
Harry Dalton
Texas
Bob Short
Lyburger and Gerber top Formula V race at Blackhawk Farms
BELOIT Wis Bob Lyburger and John Gerber both of Cedar Rapids finished one two in the Formula V Chicago Regional sports car races at Blackhawk Farms raceway near here Sunday.
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Beloit
Wis
Bob Lyburger
John Gerber
Cedar Rapids
Chicago
Blackhawk Farms Raceway
Here
Cedar Hills Softball League Team Names and Scores
Fragmentary OCR lists Cedar Hills teams and matchups with partial scores and club names. Notable items include Ward-Hansen associations, Midland Forge, Elevens-Huston, Spaight-Mulvaney, and Cedar Hills Booster Club, with unclear results and dates.
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Cedar Hills Booster Club
Midland Forge
ison—Rea. Ward
Hansen
Roundup of global sports honors and tragedies
Don Shula wins the Druker Award at a Boston dinner honoring professional football figures. Motorcycle racing at Monza Claims two deaths, several injuries. Leo Kinnunen wins Martini Super Sports Car race at Silverstone. Jackie Stewart takes the Belgium Grand Prix. Isao Aoki beats Kasaka Shimada in Yokohama golf playoff. Randy Johnson signs with the New York Giants. Kenyan cricket stars die in Kisumu auto crash. Frank McCool, 54, dies of cancer. Boston arena plans surface for 18,000-seat venue. San Antonio ABA franchise named the Spurs.
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Jackie Stewart
Scotland
Belgium
Isao Aoki
Japan
Kasaka Shimada
Yokohama
Randy Johnson
New York Giant
Kenya
Kisumu
Frank McCool
NHL
Boston
San Antonio
ABA
Spurs
Freeport Sweep For McDonough Chevrolt driver sweeps late model stock car races
Freeport Illinois bill Mc Donough of Cedar Rapids drives his 1965 Chevrolet to a clean sweep in the late model stock car races taking the 30 lap feature along with the trophy dash and heat wins. Darrell Dake of Cedar Rapids led time trials in a 1972 Chevy Nova and placed third in the feature and heat. McDonough also finished second in the feature at Des Moines Saturday with Dake fifth.
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Freeport
Ill
Bill McDonough
Cedar Rapids
McDonough
Darrell Dake
C.R
Des Moines
Dake
Marion's Petrak Tops Gasser Title At Rockford Dragway
J C Petrak of Marion won the first Pro Stock and Gasser championships at Rockford Dragway with a 10.17 elapsed time and 135.13 mph in a Chevy V8 powered 1972 Opel GT. Virgil Dietz of Cedar Rapids led qualifiers in Gasser with a hemi Dodge Ford T Roadster and reached four rounds.
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Byron, Ill
J. C. Petrak
Marion
Rockford Dragway
Petrak
Virgil Dietz
Cedar Rapids
Minor League Scores From Sunday Games Across Leagues
Summary of Sunday results across Southern League American Association Texas League Pacific Coast and other circuits with many games rained out or postponed Rochester Pawtucket Tacoma Phoenix Albuquerque Eugene Spokane Reading West Haven Quebec Sherbrooke and more. Key results include Savannah defeating Greensboro 5 to 8 and Birmingham at Knoxville postponed due to rain.
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Qriende
Savannah Gomery
Asheville
Counties
Jacksonville
Birmingham
Knoxville
American Association
Oklahoma City
Wichita
Power
Tulsa
Owa Omaha
Evansville
Indianapolis
Texas League
Kansas
Nudtond
Alemphis
Amarillo
Shreveport
Antonio
Alexandria
Paso International
Charleton
Toledo
Carles Peninsula
Tidewater
Rochester
Richmond
Pawtucket
Syracuse
Tacoma
Tucson
Phoenix
Hawaii
Albuquerque
Eugene
Spokane
Salt Lake
Jay’s
Reading
Bristol
West Haven
Waterbury
Quebec
Sherbrooke
Cervantes Halts Frazer To Keep Junior World Title
In Panama City Antonio Cervantes of Panama stopped Alfonso Frazer in the fifth round to retain the World Junior Welterweight title. The bout featured weight notes and hometowns for both fighters, with Cervantes holding the belt.
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Associated Press
Panama City
Antonio Cervantes
Panama
Alfonso Frazer
Cervantes
Troit — Len “Stinger
Hutchins
Detroit
Vicente Rondon
Venezues
Los Angeles
Ken Pat Hafey
Nova Scotia
Famoso Gomez
Mexico
Michigan sweeps to sixth straight Big Ten tennis title
In Madison Michigan dominated the Big Ten championship led by top seed Victor Amaya who defeated Indiana’s Doug Sullivan in the No 1 singles final 6-2 4-6 6-0. The Wolverines scored 159 points to Iowa 87 and Indiana 80 with Wisconsin Illinois tied for third as Iowa’s Bruce Nagel won No 2 consolation singles and Nagel Dickinson pair claimed No 2 doubles consolation honors.
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Madison
Wis
Michigan
Victor Amaya
Doug Sullivan
Indiana
Wolverines
Iowa
Neilson Tennis Stadium
Amaya
Bruce Nagel
Craig Petra
Paul Daniels
Nagel
Steve Dickinson
Gottfried Captures $30,000 Top Prize
Arthur Ashe of Miami faltered as Brian Gottfried of Fort Lauderdale defeated him 6-1 6-3 in the Alan King Caesars Palace Tennis Classic final to win $30,000 and the event’s top prize. Gottfried and Dick Stockton also won the doubles title and a new car, while Ashe battled an aggravated left ankle bone spur and earned $15,000.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Arthur Ashe
Miami
Fla
Brian Gottfried
Gottfried
Ashe
Fort Lauderdale
Trinity University
Dick Stockton
Oslac Places Sixth at St Ambrose Meet Balance Beam
Cedar Rapids Sokols gymnast Michelle Oslac finished sixth in the midget girls balance beam at the St Ambrose Invitational in Davenport. Ann Owen placed ninth in the same division. Janet Shepherd was eighth in junior floor exercise and Lori Taylor tenth in senior vault. Waterloo Chips won the meet.
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Davenport
Michelle Oslac
Cedar Rapids Sokols
St. Ambrose
Ann Owen
Sokols
Janet Shepherd
Lori Taylor
Waterloo Chips
Sport slate Monday through Saturday listed for local teams
The page lists a dense schedule of Monday through Saturday games across multiple venues. Matches include Kennedy at Lowden on Monday, Joen's Brothers versus Welty Way Thursday, and Drake, Cedar Rapids, and Hawkeye Downs events across Friday and Saturday with times such as 6 15 or 7 30. The list names teams like Appleton, Marion, Waterloo West, Waterloo East, Jeff, and Cedar Rapids venues, reflecting a busy week of local sports action.
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Drake
Appleton
Cedar Raids
Marion
Eine
Stears
Hawkeye Downs
Pilcher Auto
Ellis
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Eee Forge Ward—Hansen
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Cergete Lounge
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Renzo Pasolini
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Leo Kinnunen
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1St Ave. N.W
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Joen’s Brothers
Welty
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Waterloo East
Jeff
Resisleton
USS Psu
A. A. Bush
Sykes Hernia Control Service
Holiday Inn
U.S. 30
U.S
Sykes
E. Jackson
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