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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1977
Page
4
The junior golf event organized by Junior Kooima tees off at 4:00 p.m. tomorrow at the local course. Registrations close Friday at noon by calling the club house. Three flights cover ages 11-12-13, 14-15, and 16-17 with a free lunch and trophies for winners.
The Rock Valley fifteen year old team finished third at the Sheldon tournament held July 26-20. Rock Valley led early and Sheldon managed only one run in the sixth. Final score 8 to 1 with Paul De Bey earning the win and 15 strikeouts.
Rock Valley's 10-12 year old team finished fourth in the Ireton tournament after July 20 22 and 25 games. They beat Boyden 8-2 in round one with Randy Post 3 for 3 and Sid Vogelzang 2 for 2. Kevin Van Engen toed the mound in losses to Hospers and Remsen, each game yielding seven and ten runs respectively.
Bon Norton of Sanborn and Louis Meinen of Ashton earned recognition at West Okoboji events. Norton reeled in a 10 lb 10 oz Northern Pike on June 12. Meinen caught a 4 lb Smallmouth Bass on July 7 at the same site.
August 3 Sioux Center plays Doontown and Reformed faces Inwood. August 5 Trinity meets Reformed while Carmel plays Stable and Sioux Center takes on Lebanon.
The 1976 AL Rookie of the Year Mark Fidrych plans winter auto mechanics studies to learn car basics. He says brake jobs cost him $20 to complete, far cheaper than typical $100 jobs, while he handles three brakes and four tuneups daily. He signed a $230,040 three year deal after a 19-9 season. He’s back from knee surgery and pitching well. Billy Martin, Yankees manager, vents irritations over authority and carries a sign contest. Dave Kingman, traded from the Mets to the Padres, voices discontent with New York stay.
In summer recreation baseball the Red Sox won the title over the Cubs 15 to 10 on Kiddy Day July 25. Dodgers third White Sox fourth. Cubs beat White Sox 16 to 6 to reach final. Red Sox beat Dodgers 7 to 4. Final standings show Red Sox 5-4-1, White Sox 5-4-1, Cubs 5-5, Dodgers 3-5-2. Earlier Cubs beat White Sox 16-6. Red Sox beat Dodgers 7-4.
Dave criticizes Shea Stadium scoreboards for dullness. He compares them with colorful scoreboards from other parks that spark whistles and fireworks when a home run is hit, saying it would have livened the place up.
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