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Newspaper
Columbus Telegram
Location
Columbus, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1971
Page
4
Pirates rally past Mets 4 2 as Giusti earns eighth save this season. McGraw charged with two eighth inning runs. Nolan Ryan took the loss. Pirates shorten Mets lead to two games in the NL East race amid a busy league slate.
Cary Ellison, son of Buros and Mrs Ellison of Columbus Nebraska, newly named assistant poll at Brookside Golf and Country Club in Columbus Ohio. Also coverage of Neil Klutman and other prep basketball stars, plus shooting competitions at Doniphan, Beatrice, and surrounding clubs with multiple Class A to D results and top shooters.
Officials hailed the first girls state track and field championships held in Grand Island. About 2,000 fans watched Blair win the overall crown led by sprint star Rhonda Slave while North Platte outpointed Grand Island in Class 4 and Hastings St. Cecilia dominated Class C with a 19 point gap over Grant.
Missouri tops Nebraska in Dig Eight baseball Saturday as Chip Land hits a grand slam in a ninth inning rally. Missouri leads series 21 0 and Nebraska sits 10 18 overall with 11 11 conference record. Huskers host Iowa State next weekend.
National and American League leaders in hits runs batted in and earned run average are listed with names and teams. The data shows Stargell and Aaron among the top hitters and pitchers such as Carlton and Marichal leading ERAs, with multiple players tied or near the top in each category.
Two Leigh High School girls, Janet Lake and teammates, ran in the Nebraska Girls State Track Meet in Grand Island. Lake placed fifth in the 80 yard low hurdles with 7.9 seconds and set a school record of 45 feet in the shot put but did not reach finals. Kenny Kabes also competed in the 430 yard dash but did not reach finals. Lake hails from a track family with brothers Robert and Donald competing for Leigh, Norfolk Junior College and Kearney State College.
Platte College golf team, coached by Gene Torezon, defeated Nebraska College Conference champion Iaslings 616-8 in a dual at Lochland Country Club. Gary Teel set a school record with 69, beating Jim White 30. Keith Engelmann led with 76 to top Dale Westering, while Greg Waite and Greg Holock posted 83 and 65 respectively in another competitive round. Hastings and Seward results noted with multiple player match scores and a description of matchmedal scoring.
Mount Lebanon High School standout Dave Terek from Pittsburgh signed a national letter of intent with Creighton University. Coach Eddie Sutton announced Terek’s selection of Creighton over Kentucky North Carolina and Maryland after his winter season, earning United Press International all-state honors.
In Omaha Buck' ant National Show, Ak-Sar-Ben featured a fifth race Exacta paying $296.40. Go Porrln and Ground One earned $100.20 in the daily double, while Grand Onion and Take Over paid $68.10 in the second Exacta.
Canonero surged from 20 lengths back to win the Preakness by a length and a half, breaking Nashua’s 1905 mile record with 1 54 flat. Jockey Gustavo Avila led the South American colt as he eyes Belmont Stakes and a possible Triple Crown. An owner’s spokesman rejected a $40 million offer, praising the horse’s value beyond money.
Pete Revson, 32, New York, captured the pole for the Indianapolis 500 with an average speed of 178.084 mph, fastest lap 180 mph, beating Mark Donohue who clocked 177.087 mph in a McLaren. The field to 33 cars, 250,000 spectators expected. record speeds toppled Leonard’s turbine marks as practice winds down.
Kentucky Colonels head to Salt Lake City for a pivotal ABA final game with the Utah Stars. The best of seven series stands three games apiece. Colonel stars Walt Simon and Dan Issel voice optimism while coach Frank Ramsey urges focus. Jim Ligon nurses a back problem after a 31 minute, 10-102 Saturday win extended the series to seven games.
Lark Bar edged Long Branch 10 to 9 in a Saturday league softball clash. Winning pitcher Tracy Grubaugh held off Roger Calla as deck Steiner tripled, and Long Branch racked up 10 hits in a losing effort.
Arnold Palmer, one of golf's brightest names, will be the guest of the Cosmopolitan Club for a round of golf Tuesday at Oak Hills Country Club. The charity match benefits the Nebraska Children's Home Society.
Marty Liquori outduels Jim Ryun in the Martin Luther King International Freeda Games at fyawklin Field. Liquori clocked 3:54.6 for the 1500 meters, fastest ever on the Western Seaboard, while Ryun pressed hard on the final stretch amid damp, cool conditions.
Hubert Green, 24, captured the Houston PGA event after a sudden death playoff with Don January, finishing four under par 260 after 92 holes. Lou Graham, Dewitt Weaver Jr., Bob Murphy and Lee Trevino chased as Green survived late charges and a dramatic birdie putt to seal Rookie of the Year regard.
Funeral services for baseball Hall of Famer Goose Goslin will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Salem. Goslin died Saturday and the UPI report notes the veteran slugger’s death.
Montreal blunted a one-goal deficit Sunday as Frank Mahovlich and Pete Mahovlich led the comeback for a 4 3 victory. Henri Richard defended his postgame critique of coach Al MacNeil while MacNeil faced police protection after threats. The series now heads to Chicago for a seventh game. Frank Mahovlich set an NHL playoff goal record with 14 and tied the playoff points mark at 27, surpassing Phil Esposito’s prior totals.
Sunday's action features two shutouts and tight results. Osceola blanked Genoa 9 to 0 with six hit effort by Prokop and Hegi, Silver Creek defeated Columbus 16 to 0, David City edged St Edward 7 to 6, and Humphrey beat Fullerton 5 to 0. schedule notes Columbus at Humphrey and Fullerton at Silver Creek in night games while David City visits Genoa and Osceola hosts St Edward in afternoon play.
New York Knicks coach Red Holzman and his wife were in a Sunday car accident as his car skidded on wet pavement near Scarsdale New York. Holzman suffered a dislocated right thumb chest contusions forehead abrasion and a hematoma and was to be hospitalized about four weeks. His wife sustained serious injuries including a broken hip a broken bone in the hand forehead and knee abrasions and could be disabled for months.
West Germany defeated Austria to reach the Davis Cup semifinals in Augsburg. Christian Kunike defeated Peter Pokorny 6 3, 6 1, 6 and Wilhelm Burger beat Hans Kary 6 3, 6 6, 3 2, 7 5 in the final two singles matches in the European zone.
Jack Sweeney of Lincoln powered his 1960 Thunderbird to victory in the A Feature at Platte Valley Speedway. Milo Stedola of Fremont chased in a 1965 Chevelle as Warren Janssen of Platte Center returned with a Plymouth after a wild flip last week. The program featured spins and rearranging of guard rails as drivers adapted to stock models on tight corners with action resuming next Saturday.
Randy and Judy Krumland won the Sunday night Scotch Doubles at Boulevard Lanes with handicap scores 212 193 and 23. Tom Souliere and Rita Dunn were next, followed by Bill and Dorothy Anson and Marvin and Elaine Jaixen. High game honors went to Tielmuth Cattan Donna Sehmidt plus the Jalxens and Soulli¢ve-Duon. A 500 sweeper TV drawing favored John and Dee Rains, who will face Omaha May th on Channel 7 Bowling at Leisure. Craig Kehmalt earned a 5 6 7 10 split prize bowling ball.
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