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Newspaper
Oelwein Daily Register
Location
Oelwein, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1971
Page
1
The I Club Stag will be staged Wednesday June 2 at Glenhaven golf course in Oelwein. Tickets are $5 including golf or $4 for non-golfers with Iowa athletic staff and guests attending the all-day event. Entertainment includes golf, horseshoes and a beef Baron serving from 6:30 pm.
Schedule lists June events across baseball and softball from June 1 to 5. Matches include North at Valley Elkader at Sumner Postville Fayette West Central Turkey Valley Jesup Waverly East Buchanan and many others with multiple divisions for boys girls and men’s teams.
Charles City saw Oelwein rivals finish in the top ten as Bill Kraft and Craig Zanatta placed fourth and seventh in the State AA Pentathlon. Kraft posted 2,295 points across six events with times and marks including 16.5 in the 120 yard hurdles and a 5 feet 10 inches high jump. Zanatta achieved similar variety with a 2:21.9 880 and 48 feet 8 inches in the shot put.
Phillies starter Jim Bunning struck out five to beat the Padres 3-1 in the opener of a Memorial Day doubleheader, moving into sole second on the all time strikeout list with 2,824. San Diego won the second game 6-3 to split the twin bill as other NL results noted.
Iniker, a former Drake standout from Mareya, Iowa, won five events at the Iowa Amateur Athletic Union Track and Field Championships, set a meet record in the high jump at 6-24, and finished second in the shot put. Mike McCready of the University of Northern Iowa won four events including shot put, discus, hammer throw, and weight throw.
Dralle of Waterloo survived two restarts to win the Independence Motor Speedway feature. Kale Tibbitts of Waterloo finished second, with Cedar Rapids drivers Del Long and Ken Gruber third. Chub Liebe won the first heat, Joe Schaefer the dash, and Karl Sanger the A-semi. Maggie Andrews won the ladies division. Action resumes at Hawkeye Downs Friday and Independence Saturday.
The Oelwein Huskies host the Waverly Go Hawks in a Northeast Iowa Conference baseball game tonight at 6 p.m. The contest is set at the Husky diamond east of the high school.
Don Buford homered twice in his first start since May 7 as the Orioles beat the White Sox in the nightcap of a Memorial Day doubleheader. He was hit by a pitch, earlier connected for two-run shots, and later faced a benches-clearing incident that led to his ejection after an on-deck confrontation with a fan. The Orioles split the set, narrowing the gap to 14 2 games behind Boston in the AL East.
American League races include Boston Baltimore Detroit New York and Oakland with Chicago and Minnesota in pursuit. National League standings show St Louis Pittsburgh San Francisco Los Angeles and Houston with Montreal Atlanta Cincinnati and San Diego close behind.
Pittsburgh reports Leo Durocher faces possible dismissal as Cubs manager after a 6-0 loss to the Pirates. Chicago has dropped 10 of 13, shut out twice, with a weak bullpen and injuries. Durocher, 64, said he would not whine if his tenure ends and urged calling ownership for decisions. He was ejected in the fifth after protesting a third strike.
Bloomington, Minnesota driver David Mueller won the semi feature and turned the fastest time trials during the TriState Invitational quarter-midget racing over Memorial weekend at Fairbank Speedway. Tom Parrish of St Paul won the junior stock feature, Brian Clark of Waterloo took the modified feature and semi, Rick Hall of Marion led a heat race and qualified high in trials before a collision forced retirement. Miss Dan’l Wieland of Waterloo named Miss Fairbank Speedway at age five to serve as trophy girl.
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