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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1968
Page
15
In 1968 debut stakes, Notre Dame faces SMU and then clashes with Florida State as top rating hangs on the outcome. The rugged opponents test the Irish and Boilers against a field of strong teams with a national spotlight on the victor.
A vintage round of gridiron musings weighs Notre Dame versus Purdue with a 31 28 Irish edge, Ohio State over SMU 27 2, and Florida over Florida State by 28 24. The column blends humor and picks amid scattered scores and names like Hanratty Keyes Seymour Hayes and Woody.
Dave McNally earned his 22nd win with a six hitter and two RBI as Baltimore defeated Cleveland. The season heads into its final weekend with key batting titles and NL and AL standings still unsettled, including Pete Rose and Matty Alou contending for the NL batting crown.
Standings note shows no games today with several scattered matchups including Chicago at Pittsburgh and St Louis at Philadelphia. Saturday slate lists Pittsburgh Chicago Los Angeles St Houston St Louis San Francisco Cincinnati Philadelphia New York. Channel 9 primes 10 PM news.
Top-ranked Purdue meets No. 2 Notre Dame in a sellout 59 000 crowd at Pell Bowl. Ara Parseghian and Bo Mollenkopf discuss plans as Purdue's 250 pound linemen rush and Leroy Keyes chase Jim Seymour. Mike Phipps faces Notre Dame's inexperienced secondary as the Irish front four try to pressure. The game hinges on which defense controls the ball.
The Cedar Rapids Comets soccer team is scheduled to meet Central College Cubs Saturday at 2 p.m. on the Robbins Lake pitch. The game will not be held Sunday as earlier reported.
Coe's Kohawks look to rebound after a 42-6 Midwest conference opener loss to Lawrence. Coach Glenn Drahn cites passing progress led by John Raaz and receivers Mike Harris and Wayne Render as keys, while Beloit seeks improvement after a 35-13 defeat by Ripon.
Mississippi Valley and Kennedy played to a 7-7 tie at halftime as Sa Wash kept pace in a close prep football contest.
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