Casper Bids To Be Top Pro Earner
Casper clinched the Lucky Open with a final 72 holes of 269 15 under par earning 920 000 toward a 203 389 season total. He beat Ray Floyd Don Massengale by four strokes with a final round 66 at San Francisco.
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1968
Page
18
Casper clinched the Lucky Open with a final 72 holes of 269 15 under par earning 920 000 toward a 203 389 season total. He beat Ray Floyd Don Massengale by four strokes with a final round 66 at San Francisco.
Iowa State coach Johnny Majors praised his team for a tougher defense and better effort against Nebraska, despite a 24 to 13 defeat. He noted strong rushing by Jeff Allen and passing from John Warder, but receivers dropped several balls and Nebraska’s defense pressured Warder. Brouillette averaged 44 yards on five punts as Iowa State attempted razzle dazzle to spark a late drive. Warder and Allen executed a notable 9 man convoy play, though it yielded limited gain. Iowa State falls to 1-4 in the Big Eight and visits Missouri next.
An amateur boxing show will feature fighters from Dubuque Cedar Falls Des Moines Burlington Oskaloosa and Cedar Rapids at the C R Eagles club 123 First Street NE Friday night. First bouts start at 8 p m. Advance tickets cost 1 and door admission is 1 50.
Wartburg secured the 1968 Iowa conference football title by defeating Upper Iowa 33-13. Ripon clinched the Midwest conference crown with a 35-0 win over Carleton, finishing 6-0. Drake fell 49-28 to South Dakota. others include Simpson 50-2 over William Penn and Dubuque 33-20 over Buena Vista.
Iowa Conference final standings show Wartburg leading with .60, Dubuque at .433, Simpson at .500, Buena Vista .25, Upper Iowa .430, Central .337, Luther .606 with various records. Saturday schedule includes Buena Vista at Tarkio, Penn at Culver-Stockton, Central at Macalester, Westmar at Wartburg, Simpson at William Jewell, Luther at Concordia Minn. Midwest action lists North Central, South Dakota teams, and Northern Iowa in various matchups. East Michigan and Morningside also appear in cross-division pairings.
Conference standings show Westmar leading at .600, Yankton 131, Concordia Sioux Falls 140, Northwestern 320, Midland 04, Dana 230, and Graceland 44e. Drake Parsons 40, Wesleyan 161.
Southern California escaped Oregon 20 13 as Steve Sogge threw a 3 yard TD pass to Bob Klein with 1 13 left. OJ Simpson held to 67 yards as Sogge connected twice for scores and Rex Kern and other top teams posted varied results across the national slate.
Results Sunday show New York 12 Seattle 108 and Los Angeles 127 Phoenix 109. Chicago 107 beat San Diego EA while Boston 123 defeated Atlanta 103. Only games scheduled.
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