Top pros open play in Amana VIP tournament
More than three dozen top pro golfers plus celebrities gathered at Amana Iowa for the 11th annual VIP tournament the richest one day pro am in the nation with a $30000 purse and two new cars The field includes Masters champion Tom Watson and 1976 U S Open winner Jerry Pate plus first woman JoAnne Carner and stars like Whitey Ford Mickey Mantle Ernie Banks Stan Musial Glen Campbell Tennessee Ernie Ford and Joe Garagiola Proceeds go to college scholarships and officials expected 15000 to 20000 spectators for a potential record crowd
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Iowa
UPI
Amana
JoAnne Carner
Glen Campbell
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Tulsa
Chicago
Tom Watson
Jerry Pate
Johnny Miller
Ben Crenshaw
Hubert Green
Dave Stockton
J.C. Snead
Lee Trevino
Gene Littler
Gary Player
Billy Casper
Julius Boros
VIP
Jim Dent
Dent
Crenshaw
Jack Nicklaus
Green
Snead
Casper
Nicklaus
Arnold Palmer
Carner
Dake and Fenn win at West Liberty track in tough night
Darrell Dake of Cedar Rapids captured the late model feature marking his first win since last year's Hawkeye Downs accident. Kenny Fenn led the sportsman feature from start to finish for another first place trophy as 34 late models and 28 sportsman cars raced before 4,000 spectators.
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Gale Reed
Darrell Dake
Cedar Rapids
West Liberty
Kenny Fenn
Dake
Hawkeye Downs
Ron Hemstead
Hemstead
Duane Steffe
Tom Hearst
Ron
Ken Degood
John Simonec
Steffe
Hearst
Prymek
Birkhofer
Mellecker
Weedon
Rummelhart
Moss
Bill Breuer
Ron Boyse
Steve Becker
Fenn
Johnny Johnson
Denny Bermel
Larry Dane
Mike Elliot
Bill Newman
Steve Kepler
Kepler
Gail Brenner
Newman
Steve
Bill Schrader
Mike Niffenegger
Mike
Davenport
Vince Fiala
Niffenegger
West Liberty Fairgrounds
Dale Gegner
Super Stocks Inc
Red Sox rout Yankees 11-1 to complete sweep
Boston pounds New York 11-1 as home runs from Doyle Carbo Yastrzemski Rice and Scott back Ferguson Jenkins five homers. White Sox sweep doubleheader vs Oakland to grab AL West lead amid early pace battles with Minnesota. Wood returns from knee injury with win. Cleveland and Kansas City win. Seattle edges Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Red Sox
Billy Martin
Chicago White Sox
Red Sox
Yankees
Denny Doyle
Bernie Carbo
Carl Yastrzemski
Jim Rice
George Scott
Boston
Ferguson Jenkins
Bill
Oakland A’s
Minnesota
Kevin Bell
Jorge Orta
Chicago
Wilbur Wood
Lamar Johnson
Lerron LaGrow
Wood
Cleveland
Detroit
California
Milwaukee
Kansas City
Seattle
Texas
Softball Clinic Registration Open at YMCA
Girls from 8 to 18 may register at the Washington YMCA building by Tuesday 5 p.m. The clinic, led by Jane Hagadorn, Iowa women's coach, runs at Green Field from 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesday. The fee is 1 dollar for YMCA members and 1.50 dollars for non members.
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Washington Ymca
Jane Hagadorn
University of Iowa
Green Field
YMCA
Banks to conduct baseball clinic in Washington
Duane Banks head Iowa Hawkeyes baseball team coach travels to Washington Tuesday to lead a baseball clinic for youths through 16. Sponsored by the Washington YMCA, with Doug Dunlap and Hawkeye players assisting. Session at Green Field from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Registration $1 for Y members and $1.50 for non members, due by 9 p.m. at the YMCA desk.
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Duane Banks
University of Iowa
Washington
Washington Ymca
Doug Dunlap
Banks
Hawkeye
Green Field
YMCA
Zwanziger and Stewart win Eldon Raceway features
Bill Zwanziger of Waterloo and Tony Stewart of Washington won feature races at Eldon Raceway on Saturday. The late model field saw close finishes with Fred Horn, Dick Schultz, Denny Osborn and others in podium positions. Jerry Pilcher, Marion Sherman and Denny Banks won heats alongside several drivers across three late model heats and three sportsman heats.
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Bill Zwanziger
Waterloo
Tony Stewart
Washington
Eldon Raceway
Zwanziger
Fred Horn
Dick Schultz
Denny Osborn
Ken Walton
Jim Brown
Ramo Stott
Dan Dickey
Steve Fraise
Em Friehiem
Jerry Pilcher
Stewart
Banks
John Troxel
Tom Essary
Larry Hanna
Marion Sherman
Eugene McBride
Dick Lewis
Ron Jackson
Sportsman
John Keller
Denny Banks
Dan Beavers
Em Frieheim
Sutton leads Dodgers past Cubs in four hitter
Don Sutton pitched a four hitter to beat the Chicago Cubs 3-1 as the Dodgers extended their lead. Lee Lacy drove in two runs with a homer and a double while Ron Cey added the other run with his 16th homer. A benches-clearing brawl after Rick Reuschel hit Reggie Smith led to multiple ejections. The Expos, Mets, Phillies, Giants, and Padres also won in NL games.
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Fred Down
UPI
Tom
Cincinnati
Don Sutton
Los Angeles
Dodgers
Mets
Tom Seaver
Reds
Sutton
Chicago Cubs
Cubs
Bobby Murcer
Jerry Morales
Manny Trillo
Steve Ontiveros
Lee Lacy
Ron Cey
Rick Reuschel
Reggie Smith
Smith
Reuschel
Herman Franks
George Mitterwald
Montreal Expos
Houston Astros
Philadelphia Phillies
Atlanta Braves
San Francisco Giants
Pittsburgh Pirates
San Diego Padres
St. Louis Cardinals
Green wins Open under gun fire threat in Tulsa
Hubert Green held off Lou Graham to win the U S Open at Southern Hills after a death threat forced security to brief him at the 14th green. Green finished 278 with a one stroke margin, earning 45000 dollars, a Ryder Cup spot, and a World Series berth.
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Tulsa
Okla
UPI
Hubert Green
Lou Graham
Green
Graham
USGA
Frank D. Tatum
Southern Hills’ Security
Charles Jones
FBI
Oklahoma City
Tatum
Tom Weiskopf
Tom Purtzer
Britain
Hubie
Millionaire Vanderbilt Keeps Bed in Salt Dishes
Millionaire Cornelius Vanderbilt could not sleep unless the four legs of his bed stood in dishes filled with salt to ward off malevolent spirits, a pruning of superstition tied to wealth and status.
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
Brake golfers lead Twilight League in Friday victory
Eldon Brake's team beat Bob Lowe 27 to 13 to top Twilight League standings. Westphal and Dalrymple tie for second after wins over C. Paul 24 to16 and Logan 23 to 17. Medalist honors went to Jim Lloyd with 34, Morrison shot 36, and a host of low scores followed. Team leaders show Brake 24.0, Westphal 22.4, Dalrymple 22.4, Carr 21.8, Logan 21.4, Lowe 20.4, with Lloyd 19.2 and Morrison 19.2 among others.
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The
Evening Journal
Eldon Brake
Bob Lowe
Westphal
Dalrymple
C. Paul
Logan
Lloyd
Bollman
Morrison
Hensel
Jim Lloyd
Giff Morrison
Busley
S. Keating
C — Bannister
Cox
D — Boyd
Tetley
E — Mills
Trier
F — Burlingame
Reed
G —C Brown
Garrett
H — Eden
Bartlett
Sitler
I — Hibler
Norris
H. Levy
J — Wulf
Perdock
King
Brake
Carr
Lowe
D. Paul
Go-Cart Champions Crowned At Richland Track
A large crowd watched 28 go cart racers with two new champions in the 100 C.C. class. Marty Westen and Harry Walker won heats. Westen led the finals with Mulacny second. In the other division Saner won and Walker took second. 125 C.C. class saw Rick Harper win two heats and the championship with Dicks placing second in the final. Races are held Fridays on Highway 77 north of Richland with rain dates set for Tuesdays.
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Richland
C.C
Washington
Marty Westen
Harry Walker
Mike Saner
Joe Mulacny
Ottumwa
Gary Sievers
Westen
Mulacny
Saner
Walker
Bill Rooker
Mitch Niner
Niner
Rick Harper
West Grove
John Dicks
Highway 77
Crane softball drops and wins four in weekend tourney
The Crane Company softball team of Washington split four games to move to 23-9 on the season. Saturday at Green Field they went 1-2 in their mini tournament, then Sunday at Fairfield they won 6-5 over Ainsworth. Tom Trier homered and tripled, Don Wyngarden and C. Doughty contributed key hits as Crane rebounded with a 13-2 win at Fairfield over Iowa State Bank before a 6:30 p.m. midweek game at Fairfield.
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Crane Company
Washington
Crane
Green Field
Fairfield
Tom Trier
Ray Johnson
Crane Bats
Ainsworth
Jim Carr
Marty’s
New Sharon
Chuck Doughty
Carr
Trier
Doughty
Don Wyngarden
Dave Tremmel
Tom Doughty
Johnson
Kirk Helmstead
C. Doughty
Iowa State Bank
Rick Pearson
Wyngarden
T. Doughty
Champ Dunbar
Randy Sojka
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Richard Mayes
Zwanziger, Stewart
Eldon
Expos
Astros
Phillies
Braves
Giants
Pirates
Padres
Cards
Richard Leichty
Backhoe & Trenching
RTS
MT Pleasant IA
Grays
Tip
By Duane Buenzow
Thermogas
Emerson
Dewiion
Mapco
Stout’s Refrigeration & Appliance Repair
Central Heating & Cooling Dealer
Washington Evening Journal
Wash
Marshall
Handy Man
Nouth
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