Keithsburg clinches share of Open league first half
Keithsburg moved within a game of clinching the first half Open softball crown by routing HyVee 14 to 1 as Gary Sedam and teammates led a 21 hit attack. HyVee managed only one hit in the seventh, while Bill Dillavou earned the win for Keithsburg and Cim Furlong took the loss. In the other game, Ron's Safley's was blanked 1 to 0 as Ron's-Place scored in the second inning and held on. Pete Stores had two hits for Ron's. Gary Naber and John Gordy each had two for Safley's. Safley's were eliminated from title contention.
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Keithsburg
Safley
Went-Stein Park
Ron
Safley's
Pete Stores
Gary Naber
John Gordy
Gary Houseman
Dan Paul
John Robinson
cDenny McGuire
HyVee
Winfield edges L-M in late rally for 5-4 win
Winfield surged with two runs in the sixth and plated a seventh inning run to beat Louisa Mascaline 5-4 Friday night. Jim Barnes had two hits in his first start, and Peter Lessenger tripled for L-M in the first inning. Winfield improves to 4-5 in the conference while L-M drops to 2-6 as the Falcons host New London tonight.
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Winfield
Winfield-Mt. Union
Louisa Mascaline
Peter Lessenger
Bruce Thomas
Key
Jim Barnes
Barnes
L-M
Falcons
New London
Mike Weber
Tad Goodson
Giants
Jouston
Durant girls drive early lead in 4-1 softball win
Durant defeated visiting Regina 4 to 1 as Deb Peters laced a triple and a passed ball in the first, Marian Jepson doubled for two more runs, and Laura Boisen earned the win with a four run fifth inning surge. Regina had a rough night with multiple errors and no player with more than one hit. Durant improves to 4-3 and hosts Clear Creek next.
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Durant
Regina
Randy Mills
Jepson
Hegina
Wildkittens
Clear Creek
Iowa Hawkeye
R-H-E& IC
Regina Con OO
Mox
Valarvar
Laura Boisen
Keifer
Thompson
Holtz's Dairy Romps Past Stark's in Five Inning Softball
Holtz's Dairy scored in every inning of a five inning win over Stark's at Weed Park Thursday night. L Keller, V Andresen, Holy and V Howell each had two hits led by Howell with a home run. Stark's could not muster more than one hit per player. Score by innings shows Stark's 0, Stark's 0, Stark's 0, Stark's 0, Stark's 0. Winning pitcher Carol Duggan. Loser Sue Bailey. Deb Morse credited with a defensive stat.
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Holtz's Dairy
Stark's
Weed Park
Stark
Horta
Carol Duggan
Wulf
Sue Bailey
Debbie Morse
Amana VIP Golf Tournament draws star field in Iowa
A 36 player pro am on the Fin kbine Course headlines the 1973 Amana VIP Golf Tournament in Iowa City. Notables include Julius Boros Gene Littler Orville Moody Lanny Wadkins and Seve Funseth with past Masters champions George Archar Charlie Coody Bob Goalby Gay Brewer and Robby Nichols also in the field. No defending champion as 1972 event was rained out.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Wadkins
Rod Funselth
Finkbine Course
Julius Boros
Gene Littler
Orville Moody
Boros
Johnny Miller
Jay
University of Iowa Goif
Lanny
George Archar
Charlie Coody
Bob Goalby
Gay Brewer
Jim Jamieson
Moline
Robby Nichols
Pen January
Dave Stockton
Tigers stumble to Yankee Stadium in traffic and loss
Detroit arrived amid New York traffic chaos and a delayed subway ride then faced a late rally by the New York Yankees. Bobby Murcer delivered a two run double in the seventh as the Yankees beat Detroit 5 4. Other AL scores feature Milwaukee over Cleveland 82 Oakland over Chicago 7 1 Angels over Twins 4 3 and Texas blanking Kansas City.
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Herschel Nissenson
Associated Press
Detroit Tigers
New York
Yankee Stadium
Bobby Murcer
Yankees
Milwaukee Brewers
Cleveland
Dians
Oakland A’s
Wilbur Wood
Chicago White Sox
California Angels
Minnesota Twins
Texas Rangers
Kansas City Royals
Baltimore
Boston
Detroit
Tigers
Manhattan
Bronx
Gher
Bob Oliver
Sandy Alomar
Angels
Twins
Red Sox lead Valley league in Mississippi Valley play
The Muscatine Red Sox, 6-0 overall and 3-0 in the conference, travel to Rock Island Sunday for a doubleheader. They share the top spot with Bettendorf, while Rock Island sits 2-1. Clarence and Burlington are 2-3, Calamus 0-5. Leave Third and Cedar at noon for a 1:30 opener at Douglas Park.
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Muscatine Red Sox
Rock Island
George Long
Bettendorf
Clarence
Burlington
Calamus
Third
Cedar
Douglas Park
Mediapolis tops L-M 8 1 as fifth inning seals win
Mediapolis defeats L-M 8-1 after a five run fifth inning. Dietrich leads with two safeties for Mediapolis, while L-M musters nine hits but errors prove costly. Bruce Thomas doubles for L-M, while Stan Pelens adds a single. L-M drops to 2-5 in conference and 3-4 overall, planning next game at Winfield Mt Union.
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Gene Langstaff
L-Ms
Bruce Thomas
Stan Pelens
Falcons
Randy Ball
Thomas
Peters
Dietrich
Mediapolis
L-M
Winfield-Mt. Union
Madiapalis
Vierling
Oberman
Ron Monahan
Muscatine sophs sweep Iowa City in twin bill
Muscatine High School sophomores defeated Iowa City 2-0 in a pitcher’s duel as Idon Ballenger allowed one hit and struck out 13. In game two Muscatine pounded out 14 hits for a 17-3 win behind Ballenger and Tom Antram, with Lutz and Cooney each collecting four hits. Ballenger hit a three run homer in the second game. The Mus yearlings, 7 A, schedule Clinton next week with five games.
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Muscatine High School
Iowa City
Tom Brumer Fide
Calkins
Tom Antram
Ballenger
Lutz
Whitey Cooney
Perkins
Don Nietzel
MUS
RH Edwards
Dewey
Burgess
Riley
Eggers
Courtney
Marner
Dunlap
Fay
Muskhes
Cooney
Bishop
Kart O'Brien
Parkins
Nietzel
Burke's Metal Repair Downs Hawkeye Lounge 11-2
Burke's Metal Repair defeated Hawkeye Lounge 11 to 2 in a beer league game at Musser Park Thursday night. Doug Hernein had three hits, Randy Fix and Gary Newman added two each for Burke's, while Craig Marx collected two for Hawkeye Lounge. Tom Streger was the winning pitcher with Wayne Straus credited as the owner and Cecil Calvert as the executor and Maynard Calvert involved.
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Burke
Hawkeye Lounge
Musser Park
Doug Hernein
Randy Fix
Gary Newman
Craig Marx
Newman
Tom Streger
Wayne Straus
Toser
Cecil Calvert
e-Maynard Calvert
Blass May Return To bullpen After Mets Start
Steve Blass left the Pirates bullpen to face the Mets but may return soon as he yielded a three run double to Willie Mays and a Milner homer. Mets beat Pittsburgh 5-4, keeping them in the East cellar. Other NL scores included Dodgers over Reds, Expos over Phillies, Cardinals over Cubs, Braves over Padres, and Giants over Astros.
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Associated Press
Steve Blass
Pittsburgh
Mets
Blass
Willie Mays
John Milner
New York
Pirates
Los Angeles
Cincinnati
Montreal
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Chicago Cubs
Atlanta
Muskies Strength Up Valley Baseball Stats Show Strong Hitters
Mississippi Valley Conference releases show Muscatine and Muscatine nillers among top ten. Cedar Rapids Washington star Jeff Norman leads with .647 average, Joe Leone 500, Tan Avinger tops home runs with seven, pitchers Wilford and Chaveh post 2-0 records, ERA leader at 0.35, while Jefferson sits 6-1 and Washington 4-1 in standings with several teams left battling for spots.
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Muscatine Nillers
Barry Manley
Kerry Blake
Cedar Rapids
Washington
Jeff Norman
Towa City
Joe Leone
Jefferson
Tan Avinger
Seal
Garske
CR Wash
Craig Wilford
CR Jeff
Pat Casey
Jeff
Dick Chaveh
Kennedy
Wilford
Muscatine
Rick Reifert
From
Iowa City
Bellendorf
Iowa City West
Muscaline
Clinton
Dubuque
Goalie Bernie Parent Returns to NHL with Flyers
Bernie Parent, first NHL star to defect to the WHA, signed a multi year deal to return to the Philadelphia Flyers. He cited preference for playing before a home crowd over higher pay with New York in the rival league and spoke at a Friday news conference in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
National Hockey League
Bernie Parent
NHL
World Hockey Association
Philadelphia Flyers
Parent
New York
Boston Bruins
Flyers
Toronto Maple Leafs
College classic opens season with West East clash
The 1973 college football season starts with the Coaches All-America Classic in Lubbock at 8 30 p m EDT. West, led by USC stars John McKay and players Charles Young and Sam Cunningham, faces the East coached by Shug Jordan of Auburn. The West is favored by many observers.
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Lubbock Tex
West
Jones Stadium
Lalent
Southern California
John McKay
USL
Trojan
Charles Young
Sam Cunningham
Ralph “Shug” Jordan
Auburn
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Roger Cress
Donavon Stineman
Bill Hill
Joe Ham
Gil Maflick
Seme
Bill Dillavou
Everett Nyhn
Cim Furlong
eWayne Schaapveld
Holtz Dairy
Amana
Jerry Heard
Funseth
Martin
Ed Brinkman
Brinkman
Art Fowler
Don Money
Jim Colborn
Vic
Jim Merrill
Bill Gogolewski
Jim Mason
Texas
Kansas City
Ken Suare
Mason
Rangers
Dick Drago
Rico Carty
Jim Spencer
Vic Harris
Suarez
Red Sox
Lead Valley League
Louisiana Superdome
New Orleans
Sophs
Idon Ballenger
Little Hawks
Fonrich
Jim Perkin
Paul Lutz
Muskies
Doug
Antram
The
Owa City
Abre Iidwards
Bain
McAdaragh
Schrader
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Coaney
I Bishop
P Perkins
Tule
U Nichael
Ib Brown
Vf Howell
Wickers
Town
Ol Muskles
Amy
Burke's
Collect Beer League
San Diego
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Houston
Dolger
Don Sutton
Cincinnati Reds
Reds
Saes
Dave Driessen
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Sutton
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Fixyons
Mike Torres
Mxpox
Chicaga
Reggie Cleveland
Dinals
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Bernie Carbo
SL Louis
Hank Aaron
Braves
Babe Ruth
Dave Johnson
San Tiego
Toronto
Leafs
WHA
Ym Lelt
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Ray
FSLIC
Muscatine Savings and Loan Association
7Th & Cedar Dial
Norbert
Beckey
Kenway
Kenway Cleaners
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