Jackson wins Mississippi Valley Stock Car feature at West Liberty
Ron Jackson of Burlington survived a restart and led from start to finish to win the Mississippi Valley Stock Car feature at the West Liberty Fair before a large crowd. He held off rivals Ray Guss, John Moss, and Pokey West after the restart. Open races are set for Wednesday night Aug 18 at West Liberty, with the next Valley races on Aug 28.
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Ron Jackson
Burlington
West Liberty Fair
Jackson
Ray Guss
Milan
John Moss
Iowa City
Pokey
West Chester
West Liberty
Larry Rhinehart
Davenport
Ron Prymek
Larry
Allison Petty duel caps racing weekend at Michigan
Bobby Allison beat Richard Petty by three car lengths to win the Yankee 400 at Michigan International Speedway as the trio of battles between the two continued. Mark Donohue clinched his second Trans-American sedan title with a win in Milwaukee practice and Bobby Unser broke into victory lane for the first time since 1970. Donohue’s win helped push American Motors toward a manufacturers’ title in Trans-Am.
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Bloys Britt
Allison
Atlanta
Petty
Winston-Salem
N.C
Ona
W.va
Cambridge
Junction
Mich
Buddy Baker
Maynard Troyer
Spencerport
N.Y
Daytona Beach
Joe Frasson
Golden Valley
Minn
Unser
A. J. Foyt
Tony Bettenhausen
Milwaukee
Indianapolis
USAC
Dan Gurney
Gary Bettenhausen
Wally Dallenbach
George Snider
Donohue
America
Watkins Glen
American Motors
Muscatine FCA group returns from Colorado conference
Seven Muscatine High School athletes and Jon Hanson returned from a five day Fellowship of Christian Athletes conference at Colorado State University Fort Collins. The event featured 18 national conferences with about 10 000 participants including high school college and pro athletes and coaches. Attendees from Muscatine were Rich Manley Greg Galvin Ric Hanson Tye Tack Steve Newcomb Steve Lee and Dan Reed.
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Muscatine
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Colorado State University
Ft. Collins
Colorado
FCA
IL States
Fit. Collins
Rich Manley
Greg Galvin
Ric Hanson
Tye Tack
Steve Newcomb
Steve Lee
Dan Reed
Australia nets 71st squash title in 3-0 win
Australia clinched the 1971 International Squash Teams Championship by defeating Canada 3-0 in Auckland. With victories over all six opponents, Australia remains world champion for the third straight time.
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Australia
Auckland
New Zealand
Canada
Left handed Chicago star wins national parks tennis crown
Chicago city champion Mike Anderson, a 25 year old left hander, defeated Reverend Robert Hetherington 3 4 9 7 7 5 4 leads to claim the men singles title in the National Public Parks Tennis Tournament in Buffalo New York.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Chicago
Mike Anderson
Robert Hetherington
New stadium can't outshine Carl Garrett in opener
Carl Garrett powered the Patriots to a 20 14 win in the opener at their new stadium against the Giants. He tallied three long runs including a 53 yard kickoff return and a 44 yard burst and Seb Nance setup a decisive nine yard score.
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Foxboro
Mass
Carl Garrett
New England
Patriots
New York Giants
Jim Nance
Nance
Fran Tarkenton
Roger Staubach
Norm Snead
Dallas Cowboys
Minnesota Vikings
Lifeguard Team Tops Santa Barbara Championship
The Victorian State Centre of Australia lifeguard team swept the field at the 12th Santa Barbara Fiesta Life Guard Championships. The men’s team competed against West Coast rivals in ocean rescue techniques, dominating the event.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
United States Volleyball Team to Meet Netherlands Antilles Cuba
The U S volleyball squad, chasing a 1972 Olympic berth in Munich, will play the Netherlands Antilles on Tuesday and then face Cuba next Sunday, a team spokesman said.
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Havana
United States
Munich
Wetherlands Antilles
Krieger Motors Runner-Up In ISC Softball Tourney
In Dubuque Lux Club No 2 beat Krieger's Muscatine 4-1 in the ISC championship, with Lux later earning the Tulsa World Tournament spot. Krieger's earlier ousted by Lux Club 20 in the winner's bracket. Holden, Kellerhals, Beik and Steckman contributed for Krieger's in losses. Ron Reifert homered for Krieger's in a five-inning win over Bob and Del's, while Keith Chapman pitched well despite arm soreness.
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Krieger Motors
Muscatine
Krieger
Lux Club No. 2
Towa
Tulsa
Okla
California
John Henry
Dubu
John Robinson
Bob
Del
Ron Reifert
Holden
Steckman
Kellerhals
Mike Kautz
Keith Chapman
Chapman
Krieger’s
Lux Club
Robinson
Peterson
Major League Stars in Four-Hitter by Grimsley and Royals Rally
Reds pitcher Ross Grimsley spun a four hitter to beat the Cubs 5-1. Paul Schaal drove in all KC runs as the Royals defeated the Red Sox 5-1. The pitcher with four hits in five tourney games reached 47 strikeouts. Denny Ferch of Lux Club was named tourney MVP after hitting .471 with four hits in six at bats against Krieger's, including two triples and a home run.
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Staubach
Navy
Craig Morton
Bob Hayes
Margene Adkins
Dallas
New Orleans Saints
Snead
Minnesota
San Diego
Washington
Philadelphia
Eagles
Gary Cuozzo
Vikings
Jan Stenerud
Kansas City
Atlanta
Jim Bakken
George Jakowski
St. Louis
Houston Oilers
Curt Knight
Washington Red
San Francisco
Miami
George Peterson
Krieger
Myron Holden
Jerry Kellerhals
Bill Beik
Bob Steckman
Holden
Kellerhals
Beik
Krieger’s
Associated Press
Ross Grimsley
Reds
Cincinnati
Chicago Cubs
Paul Schaal
Royals
Boston Red Sox
Stockman
Peterson
Wayne Schneider
Denny Ferch
Lux Club
Krieger's
Forch
Muscatine Wins Jaycee Slow Pitch Tourney At Wapello
Muscatine swept four teams to win a Jaycee slow pitch tournament at Wapello. They beat Wapello 11 3 with Ron Albright earning the win, topped Iowa City 143 behind Leo Harms, then edged a second Iowa City entry 3 2 as Albright again won, and finished with a 7 3 victory over Davenport.
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Muscatine
Wapello
Ron Albright
Iowa City
Leo Harms
Albright
Harms
Davenport
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