Cedar Rapids swimmers shine at Des Moines AAU meet
Ann Cooper leads Cedar Rapids divers at the Des Moines AAU championships at the Jewish Unity Center. Cooper wins junior diving, places high in 40-yard freestyle, and teams with Sare, Griswold for third in senior 160-yard freestyle relay. Culver ties for second in 40-yard freestyle for 16-and-under and wins senior 100-yard freestyle. Other Cedar Rapids swimmers place in various events.
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Des Moines
Ann Cooper
Cedar
Kay Culver
Cedar Rapids
Carol Morris
Sam Cooper
Cooper
Culver
Barbara Sare
Sandra Griswold
Miss Griswold
Miss Sare
Sone T
Geen Blome
Sandra Griswald
Mit
Rginia Eltin
Joan Tyler
Joan Blome
Goutine Permet
Senors
Cedar Pi
Virne Elting
Jeanne Ridgely
Sue Enyart
Mary Collins
Poin
Muscatine Man Defends Iowa Duck Calling Title
Ira Temple Jr. of Muscatine successfully defended the Iowa state duck calling championship at the Iowa Sports and Vacation show. He defeated 12 callers with Oren Elmore of Mt. Ayr taking second and Franz Wille of Iowa City placing third.
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Des Moines
Ira Temple
Muscatine
Iowa
Oren
Elmore
Mt. Ayr
Franz Wille
Iowa City
Mantle Set to Take Center Field For Yankees
New York manager Casey Stengel appears to have named Mickey Mantle the likely successor to Joe DiMaggio in center field. Mantle, 20, starred in spring exhibition games, hitting well over .300 as he filled center while the Yankees beat the Atlanta Crackers 5 to 4 for their 17th win in 26 exhibitions.
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Columbus
Casey Stengel
New York Yankees
Mickey Mantle
Joe DiMaggio
Mantle
Yankees
Atlanta Crackers
Jackie Jensen
Gene Woodling
Bob Cerv
Crackers
Snead admits Masters win was a cheap rout
Sammy Snead, first to acknowledge he won the 16th Masters with the highest total in the event’s history, finished with a 286 for 72 holes to claim the title and begin the Triple Crown bid. Hogan faded after a final-round 79 as Snead topped Burke, Bolt, Ferrier and others.
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Snead
Augusta
Sammy Snead
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Slammin
Sammy
Hogan
Iowans High in Legion Midwest Pin Tourney
In Kansas City AP reports final standings of the American Legion Midwest bowling tournament. Team 40 and 8 Voiture 71 from Des Moines took third, Ray C Walden of Centerville seventh, and Stromberg Carlson TV of Des Moines tenth. Singles saw Don Renso of Des Moines second, S Anderson Des Moines seventh, F Haubert Des Moines eighth. Doubles listed F Kadel and J Flowers Centerville and James Pennock and Lee Hodson Des Moines finished eighth.
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Kansas City
American Legion
Des Moines
Ray C. Walden
iCenterville
Stromberg Carlson TV
Don Renso
S. Anderson
F. Haubert
F. Kadel J. Flowers
Centerville
James Pennock
Lee Hodson
Northwestern Coach to Start Drake Relays Meet
Charles R. Rut Walter Northwestern University assistant track coach will serve as starter at the Drake Relays April 25 26 Tom Deckard director announced Monday.
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DRAKE
DES Moines
Charles R
Rut” Walter
Northwestern University
Tom Deckard
Barlows Enter Fish in Key West Contest
Arthur and John Barlow of Cedar Rapids fished in Key West Florida for the Island City Fishing tournament. John entered a 12 pound two and a half foot Bonito while Arthur entered a 10 pound two foot four and a half inch Bonito. Both catches were made aboard the Sea Raider with Capt Reagan.
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Key West
Arthur
John Barlow
Country Club Parkway
Cedar Rapids
Island City
Fla
John
Reagan
Buck Newsom Joins Senators as Relief Pitcher
Louis Norman Buck Newsom, veteran right handed hurler from Hartsville South Carolina now residing in Orlando Florida, has been signed by the Washington Senators as a relief pitcher His long career spans 20 plus major and minor league clubs and includes two 200 win peers with Buck known for his split fastball and vaudeville style. Newsom stands about six feet two inches and 200 plus pounds and at times mixed brilliant outings with dramatic losses while remaining a magnet for showmanship decades after his peak.
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Hartsville
S. C
Orlando, Fla
Senators
Leo Durocher
Brooklyn
Grinnell Names Don Davis as New Head Football Coach
Grinnell high school selects Mt. Vernon coach Don Davis to lead the football program succeeding Aaron Linn. Davis, a Central College graduate, served as a Marine Corps lieutenant and captain after coaching Mt. Vernon which placed second in the East Central Iowa league, with Don Hipple succeeding him at Mt. Vernon.
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Grinnell
Don
Davis
Mt. Vernon
Grinnell High School
Aaron Linn
Marine Corps
Korea
Corps
Central College
Don Hipple
Durocher Plans Gilbert Return To Giants Lineup
San Antonio AP report says Leo Durocher will recall Tookie Gilbert from Oakland of the Pacific Coast League to play first base when Willie Mays enters the armed forces. Gilbert would relieve Whitey Lockman in left field as the Giants prepare for Mays’ absence after a 9 4 loss to Cleveland.
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San Antonio
Texas
Willie Mays
New York Giant
Leo Durocher
Tookie Gilbert
Oakland
Gilbert
Whitey Lockman
New Yorkers
Cleveland
All-Stars Beat Globetrotters for Second Time on Tour
The College All-Stars defeated the Harlem Globetrotters 75 to 61 in Denver. Purdue’s Carl McNulty and Notre Dame players contributed to the win during the cross country barnstorming tour.
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Denver
Harlem Globetrotters
Purdue
Carl McNulty
Notre
Harlem Stars Hold Lead in Close College Exhibition
Dame's Leroy Leslie and Rod Fletcher of Illinois sparked the All-Stars to a 10 point first half edge. The Harlem five stayed within five at the break but could not narrow the gap in the second half.
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Dame
Leroy Leslie
Rod Fletcher
Illinois
All- Stars
Collegians
Harlem Five
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