Jenkins Beats Expos for 8th Straight Time
Chicago Cubs defeat Montreal Expos 5-3 as Fergie Jenkins earns the win for the eighth straight against the Expos. Chicago tallies three in the first inning and plays its second consecutive protest game over a disputed infield fly ruling by umpire Frank Pulli involving Carmen Fanzone’s popup.
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Chicago Cubs
Montreal
Fergie Jenkins
Expos
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Cubs
Frank Pulli
Carmen Fanzone
Ken Singleton
Hector Torres
Linn-Mar Lions Defeat Marion in Four-Run Second
Linn-Mar nipped Marion 6-5 as a four-run second inning sparked the Lions season opener. Cliff McKeehan had two Linn-Mar singles while Steve Jensen drove in two Marion runs and scored twice. Marion’s Steve Crowley tripled in the seventh but was cut down trying to score the potential tying run.
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Marion
Lions
Cliff McKeehan
Steve Jensen
Steve Crowley
Wahlert wins girls state golf title in tight finish
Dubuque Wahlert claims the team championship at the girls state high school golf tournament with a 383 to 390 score over West Des Moines Valley. Chris Barker of Belle Plaine earns medalist honors with an 82 on the par 78 course. Eighteen schools enter 106 players. Crestwood, Ottumwa, and Audubon settle third to fifth after playoffs.
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Dubuque
Audubon
Sue Shinn
Waterloo West
Tina Mulert
Kay Basset
Pat Pilkington
Anne Holmquest
Tracy Nelson
Alta Cops Class B Laurels In Iowa Meet
Alta claimed first with 25 points at the Iowa high school outdoor track meet for boys class B in Des Moines. Montezuma and Maurice-Orange City tied for second with 24. Buena Vista County rode relay strength for several runners, while Mark Skahill of Villisen set a two mile best at 9:52.8 and Dan Taylor of Eddyville won both 120 yard high hurdles and 180 yard low hurdles.
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Alta
Iowa High School Athletic Association
Montezuma
Maurice-Orange City
Buena Vista County
Villisen
Mark Skahill
Steve Sundell
Odebolt
Eddyville
Dan Taylor
Ankeny Wins Class A Outdoor Track Title Meet
Ankeny High School clinched first place with 341 1/2 points at the Iowa Class A outdoor track meet led by mile relay victory. Despite illness sidelining top quarter miler Steve Akers, Ankeny rallied in the final event to edge Corning by about three yards as Foster anchored the winning relay. The day featured Eagle Grove breaking the mile medley record, plus Joe Red Oak and Humboldt scoring doubles and Ron Reding of Algona Garrigan winning the two mile.
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Spencer Welsh
Martin Foster
Storm Lake
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Denny Rendel
Cedar Rapids Prairie
David Bell
Ron Reding
Algona
Forest City
Don Goram
Jeff Swanson
Dan Hanson
Kevin Swanson
West Monona
Marion Linn
Pat Eisenminger
Cherokee
Tom Vega
Mason City
Newman
Lex Kuehl
Pleasant Valley
So, Youll
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Mil Duane Nelson
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Rich Brandt
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Temmersburg
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Knoxville
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Winterset
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Walt Bradley
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Gerald Cape
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Tim Smith
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Kevin Kilstrom
Missouri Valley
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Mark Eliason
Jeff Jenkins
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Tom Miller
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Rick Bissell
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Isay Mathiason
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Fe Tony Barnes
Jim Lemnbaugh
Mark Smith
Independence
Brent Gertterr
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John Allen
Mount Ayre
Greg Olson
Onawa West
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Jerry Ware
Don Rohovit
Rich Tucker
Rich Allen
West Union North
Colin Henderson
Strawberry Point Starmount
Steve Stepanek
Cedar Rapids LaSalle
Gary Tweet
Inwood East Lyon
Chris Larson
Jim Klinge
Clear Lake
Algona Garrison
Frank Richardson
Mark Adamson
Kevin Kaiden
Cedar Rapids
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Rick Podrugal
Richard Hurley
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Coppess Wins 2 Mile For Oxford Junction
DES MOINES AP Battle Creek's George Williamson swept two events as the only double winner in Iowa Boys Class C. He took shot put 52 ft 10 in and discus 146 ft 7 in while Burnside Webster Central topped team scoring at 35 to 30. Six records fell including Coppess two mile 9 45.1 and Central Webster 8 11.2 in two mile relay.
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Scranton
Pike Hurls No-Hitter In Memorial Tourney
Rick Pike pitched a no hitter as C R S T defeated Penney 13 to 0 in the Pilcher Auto Memorial Day softball tournament first round. Other winners included Parour's Motor Sports Hopp's Lounge and Joens Brothers with later games scheduled against Cargill Pazour and Newmires.
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Gary Lekin
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Penn Clinches Outdoor IC4A Title for Penn
Penn wins its first IC4A outdoor track and field championship in 52 years at Franklin Field with 53 points. Penn State places second with 40, Pittsburgh third with 25, and Villanova fourth with 23 among 65 colleges. The victory follows the indoor crown earlier this season, completing a six year rise for the Quakers.
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Penn State
Pittsburgh
Villanova
Franklin Field
Wash Rally Tops West Nine and West in twin bill
Washington defeated Waterloo East 7-3 then edged Waterloo West 3-2 in eight innings. Gerry Garner led the first game with a two run double as Jim Johnson collected three hits for East. Steve Fitzsimmons drove in the winning run in the eighth and Washington improved to 11-4 on the season.
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Warrior
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Jon Walker
Jim Johnson
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Wanda Upsets Favorite In Mother Goose Stakes
Wanda defeats 2-5 favorite Susan's Girl by a neck to win the $84,600 Mother Goose Stakes at Belmont Park before 38,894 spectators, denying a filly triple crown bid in the 1 1/16 mile race while Susan's Girl had earlier won the Acorn Stakes.
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Wanda
Belmont Park
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Slo-Pitch Tourney At Cedar Hills Today
A 14 team 16 inch slo pitch tournament featuring Flecks and Mr Bubbles of Cedar Rapids will be held today at Cherry Hill park in Cedar Hills. The double elimination tourney starts at noon with other contenders including Dubuque Waterloo Mason City and Marshalltown.
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Marshalltown
Gazette Want Ads Drive Massive Local Sales
Gazette classified ads promote millions of dollars in homes cars and merchandise sold locally. Readers report rapid turnover of listings for real estate vehicles and goods through the newspaper marketplace.
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A's edge White Sox in TV win for first place
Oakland pitchers Jim Hunter and Dave Duncan with Bert Campaneris homers powered a 6-3 victory over Chicago. Duncan hit his ninth homer of the year and Campaneris added a two run shot as the A's moved to first in the AL West, half a game ahead of the White Sox.
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Rangers Rout Twins 16-2 Behind Nine-Run Second
The Texas Rangers exploded for nine runs in the second inning and six more in the third to crush the Minnesota Twins 16-2 on Saturday. Don Mincher and Billings hit early run producers as Minnesota errors fueled the rout. Dick More and other Rangers added decisive home runs in a lopsided win in St. Paul Minneapolis.
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Tigers Edge Yankees 2-1 in tight game
Eddie Brinkman scored the first run with a squeeze bunt in the fifth, then raced home on Dick McAuliffe's single to lift the Detroit Tigers over the New York Yankees 2-1 on Saturday.
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Eddie Brinkman
Dick McAuliffe
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Aparicio Drives Red Sox to 9-3 Win Over Brewers
Luis Aparicio singled three times and drove in three runs as the Boston Red Sox defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 9-3 on Saturday night.
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Luis Aparicio
Boston Red Sox
Milwaukee Brewers
Orioles Rally Wins 4 2 Over Indians
Baltimore players powering a 4-2 victory over Cleveland with a game tying two run double in the sixth inning. Don Baylor and Terry Crowley delivered key hits as the Orioles seized the lead and closed out the win.
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Don Baylor
Terry Crowley
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