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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 27, 1978

Page

15

Eichelberger Sets 669 Pace At Atlanta Golf Classic

Dave Eichelberger fired a 69 to pair with a 62 for a 36 hole total of 131 at the Atlanta Golf Classic, leading by three strokes at the halfway point. Top players rallied behind him as Jack Nicklaus failed to make the cut with a 73 and 74, while Tom Watson Bob Murphy and Jerry Heard shared second at 134.

Atlanta Dave Eichelberger Eichelberger Jack Nicklaus Nicklaus Tom Watson Bob Murphy Jerry Heard Watson Murphy Heard Lee Trevino Don Pooley Jim Colbert Alan Tapie Jeff Hewes Jack Renner Colbert Tapie Hewes Renner Lanny Wadkins Tom Weiskopf Hubert Green Hale Irwin Gary Player Flsichelberger

A's Triumph Over White Sox 3-1 Behind Pitching Duos

Oakland A's win 3-1 at Chicago as Alan Wirth and Bob Lacey combine for six-hitter. Wirth exits after seven, Lacey earns save. Nahorodny homers for Chicago. Page's earlier run sparked Oakland, who improve to six wins in 18 games. White Sox drop fifth straight.

Chicago Alan Wirth Bob Lacey Oakland A’s Chicago White Sox Jack McKeon Wirth Lacey A's Steve Stone Mitchell Page Glenn Burke Lamar Johnson Page Burke Mario Guerrero Dave Revering Bill Nahorodny Oakland A’s Wayne Gross Gary Thomasson Johnson Chet Lemon Jorge Orta Don Kessinger White Sox

Borg earns top seed at Italian Open tennis

Bjorn Borg resumes play at Rome after a brief rest and appears to hold the top seed in the $210,000 Italian Open. The 21 year old Swede defeated Harold Solomon 6 2 6 1 in about an hour on Friday.

Rome Monte Carlo Bjorn Borg Harold Solomon Silver Spring

Halvorsen's tops Maidrite in Major Open thriller

Halvorsen's of Iowa City a four Rios brothers unit edged Eastside Maidrite 7-6 at Ellis Park in seven innings. Jim Koering homered for Maidrite in the seventh to tie 6-6 before Roy Rios was hit and Gary Alberhasky lined a go ahead single to left. Halvorsen's earned their third win in five. Maidrite fell to 2-3.

Ellis Park Halvorsen Iowa City Rios Maidrite Jim Koering Roy Rios Dick Thenhaus Gary Alberhasky

Softball Scores Across Churches and Unions

Trinity Luth and Ellis Church lead a mixed set of games with Calvary Baptist edging 10 to 11 while Asbury and St Pat’s struggle. Noelridge and Immanuel Baptist post high scores as Ist Lutheran and Ist Christ win while First Pres. and NPCC also tally wins in a crowded church league night.

Trinity Luth Evangelical Free Calvary Baptist 1.C Asbury St. Pat's Trinity Methodist Latter Day Saints Immanuel

Tipton Beats Bennett 9-0 Behind Ca cherell Big Day

Jeff Cacherell struck out 13 and hit a home run with two doubles to spark Tipton past Bennett 9-0 in a boys high school baseball game Friday. Dave Reid added three hits for Tipton.

Tipton Jeff Cacherell Bennett Dave Reid

Frazier Hepatitis Seen As Blessing For Comeback Plans

Former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier calls his hepatitis episode a blessing in disguise, likely ending his bid for a return slated June 25 in Las Vegas against Kallie Knoetze. no retirement announcement yet, but contract talks to exit the Knoetze fight with ABC are reported.

Joe Frazier Frazier Las Vegas Kallie Knoetze Knoetze ABC

Burns Leads After First Round In Cedar Rapids Women's Golf

Polly Burns shoots a 78 to lead Polly Burns as Burns and Lola Phillips top the Cedar Rapids Marion Inter club event at Indian Creek. Carol Burns and Dee Pitner share third with 82 as Indian Creek leads team standings 327 to 341.

Polly Burns Lola Phillips Cedar Rapids-Marion Indian Creek Carol Burns Dee Pitner

Marion Miracles Past Linn-Mar On McAreavy Home Run

Marion defeated Linn-Mar 10 8 in a high school girls softball clash led by Michelle McAreavy who blasted a two run homer. Marion had only two hits but drew 23 walks to improve to 1 1 on the season while Linn-Mar fell to 0 3.

Michelle McAreavy Marion Linn-Mar

No-hit win as La Salle tops Regina 11 to 1

La Salle High School defeated Iowa City Regina 11 to 1 in softball as Tina Kramer pitched a no hitter for the Lancers. Mary Meek and Teresa Clark each added two hits to fuel the victory.

Iowa City Cedar Rapids LaSalle High School Regina Tina Kramer Lancers Mary Meek Teresa Clark

Kennedy Sophs Top Marion 14-2 Behind Trio of Hits

The Kennedy sophomore baseball team defeated Marion 14 to 2 on Friday. Steve Brelge and Mike Langguth each collected three hits to pace the offense.

Kennedy Marion Steve Brelge Mike Langguth

Cubs roll to sixth straight win in St Louis

Dave Rader drove in two on a fourth inning single and two more with a sixth inning three bagger to power the Chicago Cubs to a 6-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. Dave Roberts allowed seven hits in a complete effort backed by 10 Cubs hits and a clean shutout.

St.louis Dave Rader Chicago Cubs St. Louis Cardinals Cubs Dave Roberts Rader St. Louis Pete Falcone Dave Hamilton Falcone Bobby Murcer Steve Ontiveros Roberts Chicago Jim Dwyer Ken Reitz Tony Scott Garry Temple

McClintic Reaches Semifinals in State Tennis

Cedar Rapids Kennedy senior Glenn McClintic advanced to the state singles semifinals in Des Moines after beating Brad Olson Des Moines North 6-2 6-1 in round one and Joe Kolar Muscatine 6-3 6-1 in the quarterfinals. He meets top seed Chuck Hall Des Moines Hoover at 10 a.m. in the semifinals.

Des Moines Glenn McClintic Cedar Rapids Kennedy High School McClintic Brad Olson Des Moines North Joe Kolar Muscatine McClinitic Chuck Hall Hoover Roger Hale Iowa City West Rick Kruse Dubuque Hempstead

Prairie edges Jefferson as Lynch homers in win

Cedar Rapids Prairie defeated Cedar Rapids Jefferson 8 to 2 Friday behind Shiela Lynch five hitter and a home run. Angie Rat tora led the J-Hawks with three hits.

Shiela Lynch Cedar Rapids Prairie Cedar Rapids Jefferson Angie Rattora J-Hawks

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