Columbus-LM claim district track title with seven firsts
L M Columbus dominated the district meet with seven firsts, while Columbus took two firsts, five seconds and four thirds. Durant Wilton and Wapello each added podiums, and Drake’s Chris Van Auken led field events with a high jump title. Other area athletes posted silvers and bronzes including Meeker and Townsley on relays, Harrison on hurdles, and LM’s field event scorers.
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L-M
Falcons
Columbus
Atate
Durant
Wilton
Wapello
Drake
Chris van Auken
Harrison
Greg Townsley
Tom Meeker
Randy Ball
Don Meeker
Bob Sywassink
Stan Peters Townsley
Jeff Bohling
Ball
Meeker
Bohling
Townsley
Baseball Schedule Roster Highlights From Weekend Play
Weekend games feature Baltimore at New York and multiple others including Cleveland at Boston Minnesota at Kansas City and Chicago at California. Notable pitcher records listed include Seaver 4 for New York and Reuss 4 1 for Houston, with Dobson 2 4 for Atlanta and Grief 12 for San Diego.
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Baltimore
Alexander
New York
Stottlemyre
Cleveland
Perry
Curtis
Milwaukee
Slaton
Froit
Fryman
Oakland
Odom
Tex Broberg
Minnesota
Hands
Kansas City
Splittorff
Chicago
Fisher
California
Wright
Detroit
Boston
Texas
W. L
Pittsburgh
Montreal
ANT
Philadelphia
St. Louis
San Francisco
Houston
Cincinnati
Los Angeles
Atlanta
San Diego
Cornelius Leads LPGA Open with Swing Change
Kathy Cornelius, 40, fired a three under par 70 at Pine Ridge Golf Course to take a two stroke lead after the first round of the $30,000 Lady Carling Open. She credited a refined swing with greater body turn for length and accuracy on this course.
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Balitmore
Kathy Cornelius
Cornelius
Pine Ridge
Worth
Tex
Bruce Crampton
Baltimore
Red Sox Schedule First Practice Sunday at Bruner Field
The Muscatine Red Sox plan their first workout at 1 p.m. Sunday at Tom Bruner Field after rain cancellations. Season opens next Monday with a non league game against the Burlington Collegians at home.
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Muscatine Red Sox
Tom Bruner
Red Sox
Burlington Collegians
Combined ninth grade track squad nets second at Burlington Apollo
Muscatine West and Central ninth graders won one event yet placed second at the Burlington Apollo Relays with Apollo scoring 101. Fort Madison took third, Iowa City Southeast fourth, and 14 teams competed. First place went to the 480 yard shuttle hurdle relay of Duggan, Patterson, Vandygriff, and Cooney in 1:00.7, earning a trophy. Cooney added a pole vault second, Sanner ran second in the 0) run, and several others claimed thirds, fourths, and fifths across dashes, hurdles, relays, and jumps.
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Muscatine West
Burlington
Apollo
Muscatine
Ft. Madison
Iowa City South East
Alan Duggan
Bill Patterson
Tim Vandygriff
Whitey Cooney
Cooney
Jim Sanner
Sanner
Paul Massey
Dugnan
Doug Dahms
Brian Hahn
Mike Duncan
Lanner
Mark Vanderlinden
Dahms
Gary Sissel
Kerry Grady
Duncan
Steve Allbee
Vandygriff
Mike Marr
Vanderlinden
Darrell Tetzler
Massey
Foster steady in 12-0 win as Dodgers, Expos tumble
Alan Foster pitched a four-hitter to beat Montreal 12-0, delivering solid support as Los Angeles and St. Louis battered former Cardinal Mike Torrez and four relievers. Foster’s no-windup style stems from a 1968 shoulder tear but his delivery is returning. Other NL games saw Houston top Cincinnati, the Mets edge Pirates, the Cubs beat the Phillies, and Los Angeles beat San Francisco 3-2. San Diego-Atlanta was rained out.
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Bruce Lowitt
Associated Press
Alan Foster
Los Angeles Dodgers
St. Louis
Mike Torrez
Montreal Expos
Foster
Dodgers
California
Houston
Cincinnati
New York Mets
Pittsburgh
Chicago Cubs
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
San Francisco
San Diego
Atlanta
Don Wilson
Skid
Jerry Grote
Hernandez
Staub
Grote
Randy Hundley
Cubs
Phillies
Pave Kingman
Joe Ferguson
Bill Russell
Kingman
Manny Mota
Ferguson
Major League Leaders American League Batting and More
Summary of top players across American League categories: P K Kelly and Kirkpatrick lead batting with high averages. Meyberry, Melton, Tenace prime RBI counts. Rojas and Olis top hits. Kirkpatrick and Rojas prominent in doubles. Harper, Brinkman, Spencer, D Allen, Hisle tied triples. Mayberry leads homers with 9. North steals 12. Patek 8 and Harper 7. pitching leaders include Singer and Splittorff with few decisions and Ryan, Perry high strikeouts.
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Mayberry
Tenace
Oak
D.may
Mil
North
Patek
Harper
Singer
Cal
Splittorff
N. Ryan
G.perry
Cle
National League Batting and Fielding Leaders Card
NL batting leaders list averages and top players across teams Fair ly Mon, Mola, Meddox, Bonds, Wynn, Cardenal, Stargell, Rose, Watson lead in runs and hits. Key figures include Cedeno and Bonds in doubles and stolen bases, with notable totals for Homeruns and strikeouts by Caritan, Seaver, and Sutton.
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Fairly Mon
Mola
Meddox SF
Bonds
Wynn
Hin
Cardenal
Chi
Stargell
Pgh
Rose
Cin
Watson
Tn—Bench
A.oliver
Fuentes
Cedeno
Ferguson
Metzger
Sanguillen
Maddox
Stargel
Bench
H.aaron
Atl
McCovey
Cendeno
Morgan
Lopes
Koosman
Sosa
Billingham
Caritan
Phi
Seaver
Sutton
No. 1 U S netman upset in meet
In Mexico City United States star Tom Gorman, ranked No 1 on the Davis Cup team, was defeated 6 4 6 2 6 3 by Raul Ramirez in opening singles at Rafael Osuna Stadium. Joaquin Troyo Mayo fell 7 5 6 4 7 5 to Harold Solomon of Fort Lauderdale Florida.
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Tom Gorman
Raul Ramirez
Rafael Osuna Stadium
Joaquin Troyo- Mayo
Harold Solomon
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Talented kids in boxing finals at AAU championship
The 8th National AAU Boxing Championship heads to finals in Boston with top juniors set for the spotlight. Finalists include Ray Leonard, 17, of Washington DC. Mike Hess, 16, of Albany OR. Aaron Pryor, 18, of Cincinnati. William Tuttle, 18, of Bowie MD. Dae Grant, 7, of Tacoma WA. and Randy Shield, 17, of Hollywood CA.
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Boston
Ray Leonard
Washingon
D.C
Mike Hess
Albany Ore
Aaron Pryor
Cincinnati
William Tuttle
Bowie
Dae Grant
Tacoma
Wash
Randy Shield
Holywood
Calif
Hynes Auditorium
Mayberry powers Royals past Twins 6-2
Kansas City batter John Mayberry homered drove in three runs and supplied eight hits in his last 19 games against Minnesota, powering a 6-2 Royals win. Bruce Dal Canton teamed on four double plays as KC topped the Twins. Orioles blanked Yankees 3-0 and Red Sox beat Indians 4-2 in AL action.
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Mayberry
RBI
Minnesota
Twins
Baltimore Orioles
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox
Cleveland Indians
Detroit Tigers
Milwaukee Brewers
Oak
A’s
Texas Rangers
Chicago White Sox
California Angels
Kansas City
Bruce Dal Canton
Jim Palmer
Ellie Hendricks
Favernn
Baltimore
New York
Luis Tiant
John Kennedy
Boston
Cleveland
Indians
George Hendrick
Dave Duncan
Tiant
Kennedy
Danny Cater
Red Sox
Carl Yastyemski
Mickey Lolich
Detroit
Milwaukee
Aurelio Rarriguez
Dick McAuliffe
Bill Freehan
Mickey Stanley
West Liberty, Davenport Central Lead Sectional in Girls Golf
West Liberty tops sectional at Muscatine Municipal with 399 strokes to earn district qualification. Davenport Central manages 419 to secure second. Muscatine finishes 428 in third, with Bettendorf, Davenport West, and Town City high scoring behind. Joye Plunkett earns medalist honors with 91. Karen Mensing 97 leads Davenport Central. West Branch and other teams also noted with final scores and players listed.
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West Liberty
Davenport Central
Muscatine Municipal Course
Muscafine
Joye Plunkett
Barb Locke
Bettendorf
Karen
Mary Rock
Gretchen Litz
Terry Agnisch
Stef Riese
Musculine
Keathy Dwyer
Debbie Reynolds
Vicki Rexroth
Janet Houseman
Deb Temple
West Branch
Karen Kofoed
Rachel Hughes
Sandi Slack
Colleen Quinlan
Lari Seward
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Ames
Iowa
Frank Schneider
Ames High School
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Schneider
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Des Moines
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Dennis Brown
the Falcons
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Ypsilanti, Mich
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Philadelphia Blazers
World Hockey Association
Pacific National Exhibition
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Doug Kaeppler
Jack Tank
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Goose Lake
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Burlington Apollo
L.A. Hurler
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Harry Parker
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Tug McGraw
Yogi Berra
Pirates
Ramon Hernandez
Berra
Rusty Staub
Brent Strom
Fenway Park
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THE
P.K Kelly
Kirkpatrick
Holt
Min
Meyberry
Melton
Galt
Rojas
Olis
Valentine
Poubles
D.allen
Bsn
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Del
Spencer
D-Allen
Hisle
Netman
Mexico City
United States
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Muscatine, Ia
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Minnesota Twins
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Royals
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Harris
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Dick Allen
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Australia
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Plaaag
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Beckey
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United States Savings Bonds
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