State Ping Pong Finals at Montrose today in Cedar Rapids
The Crystal ballroom of the Montrose hotel hosts the Iowa state ping pong finals with 10 a.m. semi finals and 2:30 p.m. finals. Contenders include Don Filbert out, Robert Gage of Ames as top challenger, and Dick Hainline of Rock Island with James Mays of Des Moines rising as a threat. Local Sid Leibsohn is among semi finalists with notable upsets fueling Cedar Rapids interest.
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Iowa City
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Rock Island, Ill
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James Mays
Des Moines
Forrest Hainline
Rock Island
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John Palmer
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Pennant Buzz Around Cleveland Baseball Season
The Cleveland baseball public pins hopes on catcher Frankie Pytlak for pennant success. After two frail seasons he has reportedly gained weight and shouldered the catching load through the coming season.
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Baseball campaign opens Monday for Western league effort
De Cedar Rapids De Molay team fell 34 25 to Boone in the state tourney final. Cedar Rapids upset Ottumwa 37 18 in semis, Muscatine beat Ottumwa 32 21 for third. The fundraising drive to support a Western league club begins Monday at the Roosevelt hotel with 73 workers and 8 teams.
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Cooper Tops Field In Augusta Tourney
Galloping along in a raging attack on par Cooper leads by five strokes at the halfway mark of the Augusta National Invitation golf tournament. Bobby Jones falters with a 78 to total 156 while Denny Shute and Bobby Cruickshank sit two behind at 144. Gene Sarazen and Craig Wood shoot 67s to reach 145, as Wood erases an 88 first round with an eagle and three birdies but remains six behind Cooper.
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King of
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Chick Chin
Japan
Clinton High Wins State Indoor Track Championship in Iowa City
Clinton High School captured the state indoor track title with 44 points, besting East Des Moines 40 and Algona 24 as Swanson of Clinton and Phillips of Webster City led individual scoring with 10 points each. Dillon of Roosevelt Des Moines set a new shot put meet mark at 52 feet 8% inches, while Manley of Clinton cleared 6 feet 4% inches in the high jump.
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Puccinelli Three Homers Rally A's Past Knoxville 16 3
George Puccinelli hit three home runs to power the Athletics past Knoxville in the Southern Association game, 16 to 3. Puccinelli led a big hitting barrage with his power display to secure the win.
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Opening Cedar Rapids baseball camp outlined by Cap Crossley
Cap Crossley travels to St Louis to meet Cardinals officials as Cedar Rapids Raiders plan for an April 13 opening concentration camp. Twenty six players will report, with April 24 training at Hill Park, while additions like Elston Padrow Hart join the roster amid injury notes on Branch Rickey.
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Ring Magazine
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Cubs Defeat Phillies Behind Davis Weak Start in Alabama
In Montgomery, the Chicago Cubs routed the Philadelphia Nationals 11 to 1 as Curt Davis allowed seven hits and six runs in four innings. Lee pitched the win for the Cubs, while Davis issued seven walks and hit a batter before Bowman relieved him.
Reds Rally Tops Tigers In Ninth For 5 4 Win
Rookies Lee Handley and Hub Walker sparked a four hit ninth inning rally that produced three runs and gave the Cincinnati Reds a 5 to 4 victory over the champion Detroit Tigers in Columbia.
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Pirates Top White Sox to Sweep Seven of Eight
The Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Chicago White Sox 4-2 in Waco. The win extends Pittsburgh’s dominance in the season series to seven wins in eight meetings and adds a 13 game streak against the American League club.
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Red Sox rally to beat Barons 5 1 in Birmingham
Boston Red Sox built a four run second inning rally against Wesley Flowers to defeat the Birmingham Barons 5 to 1 on Saturday in Birmingham Alabama.
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Brand Wins Semi in State Amateur Wrestling Tourney
In Des Moines Iowa thirteen semifinal matches were held in the state amateur wrestling tournament at the YMCA Iowa State Teachers College placed four men in the finals Eddie Stewart and Ivan Moore from State Teachers meet for the 125 pound title David Natvig 115 pounds and Roy Cheney 135 pounds will also wrestle in the finals Dale Brand Cornell Olympic hopeful won his semifinal in 135 pounds and will face Cheney in the final
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Cedar Rapids Y Wins District YMCA Meet at Clinton
Cedar Rapids Y led the district swimming meet with 163 points, followed by Clinton with 154 and Waterloo with 19. Winners advance to the state meet in Iowa City on April 18. George Ross of Cedar Rapids set two state records, dropping the junior B 20-yard backstroke to 13.2 seconds and clocking 40-yard freestyle in 23.6.
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Handball Tourney Narrowed to Semi-Finals in Des Moines
Des Moines athletes oust challengers as the Iowa open tourney reaches the semi final stage on Health Farm courts. Defending champions Allan Herrick and Ralph Harley lead four favored teams into two semi finals with Leo Golden and Tom Moore meeting their rivals at 10 a.m. and Abe Marcovis with Van Thompson facing Harris Coggeshall and Gibson Hollie at 11 a.m. The final is set for 3 p.m.
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