Drake Relays Highlight Iowans In Record Victories
Des Moines coverage notes Iowa State graduate Peg Neppel setting an American and world best in the 5000 meters at 15:52.27. Oklahomas Randy Wilson, from Knoxville, wins the 800 meters in 1:46.06, eclipsing Boit’s Drake mark. Mike Roberson of Florida State takes the special 100 meters in 10.53 seconds amid Glance and Jones, while Niall OShaughnessy nears four minutes in the open mile. Oklahoma teams sweep Midwest relays, with Gregg Byram setting a Drake record in the 400 hurdles.
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Des Moines
UPI
Bob Ehrhart
Ehrhart
Niall O'Shaughnessy
Peg Neppel
Iowa State University
Drake
Oklahoma
Randy Wilson
Knoxville
Mike Boit
Rick Wolhuter
Boit
Florida State
Mike Roberson
Harvey Glance
Johnny
Sam’’ Jones
Don Merrick
Roberson
Glance
Jones
O’shaughnessy
Elliott Ellis shine as Drake Relays top high school stars
Randy Elliott of Charles City and Kelly Ellis of Waterloo West led the high school division at the 68th Drake Relays. Elliott won two events the 120 yard high hurdles and the long jump 22 feet 9 1 2 inches while finishing second in the 100 meter dash. Ellis anchored West to a 440 yard relay victory as West edged Ames. Bonnie DeBoer set a lone high school record with a 12 0 clocking in the girls 100 meter prelims.
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Des Moines
UPI
Randy Elliott
Charles City
Kelly Ellis
Waterloo West
Drake
Elliott
Ellis
Doug Lane
Cedar Rapids
Jefferson
West
Nip Ames
Wahawks
Marshalltown
Bonnie DeBoer
Western Christian
DeBoer
Lori Mashek
Crestwood
Randle powers Mets past Padres with steal home
Randle, in his first full game with the Mets after a Rangers trade, had three hits including a triple and a run-scoring single, stole home on a double steal, and helped the Mets beat the Padres 8-2 as San Diego dropped their eighth straight. Craig Swan earned the win.
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Fred Down
UPI
Texas Rangers
Randle
Mets
San Diego Padres
Padres
Frank Lucchesi
Rangers
Felix Millan
Craig Swan
Bob Apodaca
Skip Lockwood
Bob Shirley
Pittsburgh Pirates
Houston Astros
Montreal Expos
Los Angeles Dodgers
Chicago Cubs
Cincinnati Reds
St. Louis Cardinals
Atlanta Braves
Philadelphia Phillies
San Francisco Giants
Fisk
Boston Red Sox
Oakland A
Fenway Park
Rick Miller
Bill North
Red Sox
Wheeler resigns as West Branch coach after 11 seasons
Jim Wheeler steps down as girls basketball and softball coach at West Branch High School after 11 years, leaving a 157 85 career record and a state tournament appearance in 1971 72. He will remain at the school as girls golf coach and elementary physical education instructor.
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Jim Wheeler
West Branch High School
Wheeler
Pat
Washington
YMCA
Parsons College
United Methodist Church
Lincoln School
West Branch
Muscatine
Crane team opens season with two wins over Germanville
Crane Company's fast-pitch softball squad opened its season with a doubleheader sweep of Germanville at Green Field, 13-3 and 11-6. Chuck Doughty pitched four hitters in game one, Randy Sojka homered and added two singles, and Steve Segar won game two with two-hit support from Tim Krantz, Kurt Helmstedt, Tremmel, Rich Pierce, and Segar. Crane faces First National Bank of Fairfield Friday and Ainsworth Saturday at Green Field.
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Evening Journal
Crane Company
Germanville
Green Field
Chuck Doughty
Randy Sojka
Crane
Dave Tremmel
Doughty
Steve Segar
Tim Krantz
Kurt Helmstedt
Tremmel
Rich Pierce
Segar
First National Bank of Fairfield
Ainsworth
Bowling league scores show tight team and individual results
Ups & Downs lead team series with 2061 while Gutter Dusters have 2039. Team game saw S He-Bowls 734 and Ups & Downs 733. Jerry Schiebel topped individuals with 610 in series. Gene Hoyle 224 and Kay Lister 208 led games.
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Gutter Dusters
He-Bowls
Jerry Schiebel
Kay Lister
Gene Hoyle
Melody Makers League
Ups & Downs Ceee
Assindee
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Major League Standings and Tuesday Games Across MLB
Standings show New York and Pittsburgh near top in the AL and NL with several matchups set for Tuesday night. Probable pitchers include Haas at Toronto and Langford at Baltimore as teams race for division positions and pennant implications.
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Chicago
Pittsburgh
Atla
New York
Los Ang
Phila
San Diego
Montreal
San Fran
Milwaukee
Baltimore
Boston
Toronto
Detroit
Cleveland
Minnesota
Kansas City
Oakland
Texas
California
Seattle
Cleve
Mile
Calif
Miln
Haas
Horgan
Langford
Barrios
Leonard
Kaw City
Minn
United Press International
Wwe
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Los Angeles
Cincinnati
San Francisco
Atlanta
Hearst Fenn win at West Liberty mudslinging night
Tom Hearst won the late model feature at West Liberty while Kenny Fenn of Washington remained undefeated in the sportsman class. Niffenegger led early in the late model before engine trouble, as Hearst edged Red Drolle in a late duel handling a restart with seven laps to go. About 5,000 watched across 33 late models and 24 sportsman cars, with next week set by points standings.
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Gale Reed
Tom Hearst
Kenny Fenn
Washington
Mike Niffenegger
John Connally
Red Drolle
Hearst
Connally
Drolle
Niffenegger
Gary Crawford
West Liberty
Cedar Rapids
Steve Kepler
Kepler
Ray Guss
Ron Weedon
Jim Burbridge
Ed Mellecker
John Moss
Gail Brenner
Fenn
Sportsman
Ron Pallister
Ron Boyse
Bill Brewer
Jerry Brumly
Weedon Connally
Crawford
Guss
Davenport
Denny Burmel
Duane Steffe
East Moline
Steffe
Debbie Austin Wins First Women’s Title in Birmingham
Debbie Austin birdied the 17th to break a tie with Debbie Massey and win the Birmingham LPGA Classic, her first tour victory in nine years. The West Palm Beach resident posted a 9 under total 207, earning $9,000, after rounds of 68 69 70. Massey finished one stroke back at 208, Sandra Post was third at 209, and Jan Stephenson tied for fourth with 210.
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Ala
Debbie Austin
Austin
Debbie Massey
West Palm Beach
Fla
Massey
Green Valley Country Club
Sandra Post
Jan Stephenson
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