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Newspaper

Washington Evening Journal

Location

Washington, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jun 21, 1976

Page

9

Pate Wins Open In Stellar Pro Debut At 22

Rookie Jerry Pate captured the U S Open at the Atlanta Athletic Club finishing 3 under par 277 after a final round 68 to beat Tom Weiskopf and Al Geiberger by two strokes. Mahaffey led most of the day before slipping to fourth as Pate showed poise and trim accuracy in his first year as a touring pro.

Duluth UPI Jerry Pate Jack Nicklaus Nicklaus U.S Pate Tom Weiskopf al Geiberger Weiskopf Geiberger John Mahaffey Butch Baird Mahaffey Hubert Green Tom Watson Ben Crenshaw Lyn Lott Johnny Miller Rod Funseth Ray Floyd Lou Graham Atlanta Athletic Club Highlands

Martin Convicted Yankees Can Win AL East Comfortably

Billy Martin remains confident the Yankees will win the American League East even without Vida Blue, praising a 6-3 win over the White Sox to complete a six-game road sweep. Thurman Munson drove in two with a third inning single as Dock Ellis and Sparky Lyle sealed the victory with a six-inning effort and 12th save. In other AL action, Oakland beat Milwaukee 7-5 and Boston edged California in 11 innings.

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Reed Adds Spark as Phillies Clinch In NL Race

Ron Reed, veteran pitcher, enters relief to quiet the Reds as Philadelphia edges Cincinnati 6-1. Ozark credits Reed's strike power and durability in critical late innings while the Phillies push their NL East lead to eight games.

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Dake Wins Late Model Feature At West Liberty

Darrell Dake of Cedar Rapids won the late model feature at West Liberty Saturday night after a tight duel with Ron Weedon and John Moss. Moss finished third as Duane Steffe and Tom Hearst completed the top five. Chuck Lakemyres won the sportsman feature with Mike Threcker second and L B O'Brien third. Duane Steffe posted the fastest late model lap at 24.84 seconds from 29 cars. next week the mid season championship race will line up by point standings with no time trials.

Darrell Dake Cedar Rapids West Liberty Dake Ron Weedon John Moss Iowa City Weedon Moss Duane Steffe Tom Hearst Chuck Lakemyres Tipton Mike Threcker L.B O'Brien East Moline Ill Sportsman Mike Niffenegger Kalona Steve Becker Mike Thicker Wayne French Charlie Brockett

Major League Standings and Monday Baseball Schedule

Major League standings show San Diego 5 St. Louis 4 Atlanta 5 Chicago 0. Monday games include Montreal at Philadelphia Houston at Atlanta Los Angeles at Cincinnati New York at St. Louis San Francisco at San Diego with evening starts.

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Crane softball team falls to Sigourney in tourney

Crane's softball team lost 6 to 4 to host Sigourney County Bank in the Sigourney tournament. Crane led 4 to 1 entering the bottom of the seventh before Sigourney's grand slam turned the game. Cecil Wiley took the loss after a three run homer by Crane earlier. Helmstead and Doughty each doubled and singled for Crane, which totaled eight hits.

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