Mangrum Favored in Chicago Victory Open
Slender Lloyd Mangrum is the favorite to win the $15,000 Chicago Victory Open at Medinah Country Club. A victory would boost his season earnings to about $17,944, edging Beltin Ben by roughly $400, while Ben preps a Hollywood movie short and skips Chicago.
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Chicago Victory
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Hollwood
Hawkeye Athletes Earn Record 324 Awards in 1947-48
The University of Iowa athletic department reports 324 letters and numerals awarded to Hawkeye athletes in the 1947-48 school year, topping the previous record of 316 in 1934-35.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Newhouser's Two-Hitter Beats Athletics 4 to 1
Hal Newhouser, Detroit ace, pitched a two hit victory over the Philadelphia Athletics in the first night game in Detroit history. Dick Wakefield homered, Pat Mullin also went deep, and Hoot Evers drove in two runs as the Tigers won 4-1.
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Associated Press
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Pat Mullin
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Finalists Fall Short In 1947 Iowa Junior Meet
Des Moines Described, Slim Slack of Oskaloosa led the field with 74 at the Des Moines Golf and Country Club as 127 youths contested. Only 84 qualified for the championship bracket, and the 1947 finalists missed the cut.
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Oskaloosa
Don Knecter
Iowa
Slack
Des Moines Golf and Country Club
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Boone
Gerri Cannon
Iowa City
David Rossey
Cedar Rapids
Sonny Dean
Russell Dickinson
Tom Rowe
Fairfield
Mel. Gicoff
Max Shields
Pat Healy
Major league standings and results update
Major teams Brooklyn Cincinnati Pittsburgh New York Boston Chicago St Louis Philadelphia and others held notable results. Chicago 9 New York 8 in night action while Detroit beat Philadelphia 4 1 and Boston won 7 3 at night. Washington at St Louis postponed due to rain.
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Chicago
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Cleveland
Washington
Boston Speedere
Chicago Eek Nore
King's Tavern, 4-H Lead YMCA City League Standings
King's Tavern defeated Mobilgas 19 to 6 and 4-H dominated Show Men 13 to 2 to climb to joint second in the YMCA city league. Bob Pigsley pitched for King's with six strikeouts. Christensen won for 4-H as Murphy struggled for Mobilgas.
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Bruins Fall In Ten In Big Western League Duel
Des Moines Bruins drop a 4-3 ten inning decision to Pueblo first-place Dodgers as Turk Lown scores the winning run after a walk and a passed ball. Bob Hofman went 4 for 5 for Sioux City in an 8-2 win over Lincoln and Omaha beat Denver 9-4.
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van Keuren
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Soo
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Cards
St Paul Defeats Indians Brewers Blank Columbus
In a crowded standings day the St Paul Saints topped the Indians 6-4 as part of a split by outcomes. Milwaukee Brewers shut out Columbus 3-0 behind Glenn Elliott four hitter. Toledo beat Minneapolis 5-2 with Lefty Chet Johnson five hitter. Louisville crushed Kansas City Blues 10-3.
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Red Oak Golfers Reach Southwest Iowa Finals
Carl Johnson Jr of Red Oak defeated Ozzie Paul of Atlantic 2-1 in the semifinals, and Bill Victor of Red Oak beat Charles Thompson of Bedford 2-1. They will meet later this week in the finals of the Southwest Iowa tournament at Red Oak.
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Carl Johnson, Jr
Red Oak
Ozzie Paul
Atlantic
Bill Victor
Charles Thompson
Bedford
Iowa
Final league night features Light & Power vs B. and HH Motors
In the city league Thursday night Light and Power clash with B and HH Motors while Zion faces Christian Peace Evangelical in the church league game.
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Light & Power
B. & HH. Motors
Zion
Christian Peace Evangelical
State junior open results from Des Moines finals
In Des Moines, Johnson Iowa university student was allowed to compete in the state junior open. In second flight finals Paul Wilson of Massena lost 1 up to Charles Lyons of Corning and Rex Pace of Massena defeated Benny Taylor of Creston 3 2 in the fourth flight finals.
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Iowa University
Des Moines
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Massena
Charles Lyons
Corning
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Benny Taylor
Creston
ImDonald Named Coach at Creston
Creston high school hires Donald McDonald as athletic director and head football basketball and track coach for next year. Wayne Dehbeer becomes assistant coach. McDonald succeeds William L Chambers who moves to Carroll as athletic director.
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William L. Chambers
Carroll
Card of Thanks from Lois Hyndman
I wish to thank those who remembered me with cards and flowers while I was at the Atlantic Memorial hospital. Ip Lois Hyndman.
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Atlantic Memorial Hospital
Farm Auction Sells 120 Acres in Massena Estate Deal
The 120 acre Howard Morgan farm in Massena sold at auction Monday to settle the William Cool estate. O F Mehlmann was top bidder at 160 dollars per acre. The tenant owns the buildings except the house and fences and will sell them privately.
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Lover" Langon
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