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Newspaper

Muscatine Journal

Location

Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 19, 1976

Page

4

Mahaffey Leads U S Open After Aggressive Play

John Mahaffey, 28, surged to the halfway lead at the 76th U S Open in Duluth Ga with a 70 68 138 after a bold round featuring four birdies and two bogeys He trails by no more than a few strokes from second place where Al Geiberger Ben Crenshaw and Jerry Pate sit tied at 140 amid a field including Jack Nicklaus Arnold Palmer Gary Player Ray Floyd and Tom Watson

Will Grimsley Duluth, Ga John Mahaffey Mahaffey Ben Hogan Medinah Chicago Lou Graham Atlanta Athletic Club Mike Reid al Geiberger Ono Jack Nicklaus Reid Brigham Young University Houston University Little Kerrville Tex Crenshaw University of Alabama Bill Casper Utah Graham Arnold Palmer Gary Player Ray Floyd Tom Watson Johnny Miller Hale Irwin Tom Weiskopf

Monster flathead catfish nets for Minnesota angler

Ken Evans of Mankato Minnesota hooked and landed a 45 pound flathead catfish after a 25 minute battle in the Minnesota River. Des Moines locals Rick Christenson and Jim Kane assisted in landing the fish as Evans waded into the river to net it. The catch came shortly after the river’s level dropped .10 of an inch following one of the area’s largest rough fish hauls in years.

Minnesota Ken Evans Mankato Minn Rick Christenson Jim Kane Des Moines Kane Evans

Walleye fishing tops in Iowa weekly report

Iowa Conservation Commission reports best walleye action this week across Spirit Storm and several Okaboji and Dickinson lakes with good bluegill and catfish activity in southern waters. Inland rivers slowed after heavy rains. many lakes show excellent to good conditions for bullhead and crappie.

Des Moines Iowa Conservation Commission Hamilton Storm Lake Buena Vista North Twin Lake Calhoun Black Hawk Lake Sac Fiva Bland Lake Palo Alto Swan Lower Gar Center Little Spirit Lakes Dickinson Spirit Lake Wapello Davis Lake Goode Henry Smallmiller Lake See Lake Darling Washington Hannen Lake Benton Iowa Lake Iowa Mississippi River Outhwest Icaria Adams Big Creek Polk Rock Creek Jasper Don Williams Boone Lake of Three Fires Taylor Viking Lake Montgomery Montgomery) — Excellent For Quarterpound Bluegill In Caves and Aff Joka Anita Cass Uppertows Mississippi Guttenberg Lansing Silver Lake Delaware Sweet Marsh Bremer Cadar Black Hawk Shell Rock West Fork Cedar Franklin Buller

Aaron Seals 750th Home Run in Brewers Win

Aaron Braun describes his pivotal ninth inning at bat as he drills Jim Todd’s pitch for his 750th career homer, lifting the Milwaukee Brewers to a 3-2 win over Oakland. Yankees top White Sox in 14 innings, Orioles outslug Rangers, Red Sox edge Angels, Royals beat Indians, Tigers defeat Twins.

Hank Aaron Aaron Oakland Jim Todd Milwaukee Brewers A's New York Yankees Chicago White Sox Baltimore Orioles Texas Rangers Boston Red Sox California Angels Kansas City Royals Cleveland Indians Detroit Tigers Minnesota Twins Yankees White Sox New York Chicago Fred Stanley Mickey Rivers Dave Hamilton Roy White Ken Holtzman Baltimore Grant Jackson Holtzman Orioles Rangers Rudy May Lee May Andres Mora Reggie Jackson Red Sox Angels Boston Royals Indians Cookie Rojas Texas Tom Paquette Rojas Stan Thomas Kansas City Paquette Tigers Twins Bill Freehan Dave Roberts Rusty Staub Detroit Alex Johnson Phillies Reds Mike Schmidt Dick Allen Philadelphia Cincinnati George Foster Larry Bowa Diamonds Giants Pirates Cubs Mets Dodgers Astros Thasday Dodger

Seaver Reign Continues With Two-Hitter For Mets

Tom Seaver rebounded from a slow start with a two hitter to lead the Mets past the Giants 3-2. Ed Kranepool and John Milner homered as Seaver earned his seventh win against five losses this season. Other NL results included Phillies over Reds 6-5, Pirates over Astros 7-3, Cardinals over Padres 7-4, Dodgers over Expos 6-5, and Cubs over Braves 6-4.

Ken Rappoport Tom Seaver Los Angeles New York Mets Seaver California San Francisco Giants San Francisco Ed Kranepool John Milner Philadelphia Phillies Cincinnati Reds Pittsburgh Pirates Houston Astros St. Louis Cardinals San Diego Padres Los Angeles Dodgers Montreal Expos Chicago Cubs Atlanta Braves

Little League slate fills a busy week of games

Senior division and major division schedule listings show multiple games through Monday to Thursday on various diamonds with teams such as Musco Lighting Fuhrman Beoting Clark Standard Lumber Mart Plumbers Pipefitters and others. Central State Bank beat Port City Taxi 20 to 6 in girls softball led by Crystal McKean Julia Powers and Judy Sandburg with Valerie Tompkins and Layro Tompkins plates.

Goma At & P.m Musca Fuhrman Clark Standard Lumber Mart Plumbers Carver-Bandog Elks HON Industries Central State Bank Musco Fuhlman Central State HON Carver Diamond Diamonds Sandy's Optimist Club Beach Lumber Goodyear Sofley’s Police Dept Afl-Cio Moose Thatcher Plastics Johnson Oil Rosenberg Port City Taxi R-H Pont City Julie Powers Kim Goss Dawn LaRue Jerya Tompkins Crystal McKean Julia Powers Judy Sandburg Judy Johnson Wendy McKean Valerie Tompkins Layro Tompkins

Midwest League Results and Schedule Update

In a 10 inning game Clinton defeated Wisconsin Rapids 4 to 3. Appleton beat Dubuque 7 to 5. Wausau? beat Waterloo 4 to 3. Quad Cities topped Burlington 8 to 2. Cedar Rapids at Danville postponed due to rain. Today Clinton hosts Appleton, Dubuque visits Wausau, Waterloo plays Wisconsin Rapids, Burlington hosts Danville, Cedar Rapids at Quad Cities.

Fridory Clinton Wisconsin Rapids Appleton Dubuque Wauview Waterloo Quad Cites Burlington Cedar Rapids Danville Cador Rapids

Baseball matchups listed for AL and NL teams

Schedules show Detroit at Minnesota with McCormack facing Redfern, Milwaukee at Oakland, Kansas City at Cleveland, New York at Chicago, Baltimore at Texas, and Boston at California with various pitchers named including Dobson Redfern and Blue or Alexander for the Mets, plus others.

Detroit McCormack Minnesota Redfern Milwaukee Calhorn Oakland Abbott Kansas City Busby Cleveland Dobson New York Blue Alexander Chicago Jefferson Baltimore Palmer Texas Petarion Boston Wise California Tanana Philadelphia Pittsburgh Ya Claveland Baltimore A San Diego Ib Houston Atlanta San Francisco Los Angeles Montreal Cincinati Houston St. Louis John Stanhouse Cincinnati Nolan Carlton Dierker Rixon Barr Lolich Chisago Coleman Burris Ni¢kro Messersmith Strom St. Lavi Curtis

YMCA Slo Pitch Recap Hits Easy Wins for GPC Action Realtors Sandy's

Friday results show GPC 1, Action Realtors and Sandy's dominating in YMCA Slo Pitch. GPC 1 won seven hitters. Action Realtors beat GPC 2 17-3. Sandy's 21-9 over Pill Top Top. Schedule notes include J A Jones Construction vs Stanley's at 6 and Crose & Temple vs Kent Research at 7:30.

YMCA GPC Action Realtors Sandy’s Action Sandy J.A. Jones Construction Stanley's Crose & Temple Kent Research Wooden Nickle Leuck Insurance Coder HIE Denny Reeves Mark Kent Reeves Leonard Lenz Neuman da. Jones Crose & Temple Tim Gow Pat Cooney Denny Reaves Stanley Kent Research Hill Monsanto Fox C— Crouch Lower Trading Post Kallanberger Pace Kallenberger Reifert Hintermeister Finley Hoben Blake Grouch Kienn Foor Logal Burke Curl

Finley blocks sale as three A's stars move on

Oakland owner Charles O Finley defied the league after Bowie Kuhn blocked the sale of Rollie Fingers Joe Rudi and Vida Blue. Fingers and Rudi went to the Red Sox Blue to the Yankees, with Finley ordering his manager not to use the players saying I dont even want them in uniform.

Oakland A Charles O. Finley Chicago Bowie Kuhn Oakland Finley Rollie Fingers Joe Rudi Boston Red Sox Vida Blue New York Yankees Hal Bock NEW York Oakland A’s Charles C. Finley Kuhn Marvin Miller Major League Baseball Players Association Powers A’s Blue Fangers Rudi Dick O'Connell Red Sox Yankees Tom Boston Fingers Audi O'Connell George Steinbrenner Gabe Paul Lea MacPhail American League Miller Players Union Chuck Tanner

Baseball returns to courts again

Commissioner Bowie Kuhn voided the three million five hundred thousand sale of Vida Blue Rollie Fingers and Joe Rudi to Oakland and Boston drawing threats of litigation from Charles C Finley and Marvin Miller. Kuhn said the action aimed to preserve public confidence and competitive equality.

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