Babe Ruth Returns as Consultant to Junior Legion Baseball
Babe Ruth, aged and frail after neck surgery, appears to sign a contract to serve as consultant for the American Legion Junior baseball program. The Ford Motor Company backs the sponsorship with a salary plus appearance payments and a new car. The 1947 program aims for over a million participants across more than five thousand teams.
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Three Letter Winners On Kohawk Golf Team
Golf practice begins at Coe College with three returning letter men from last year's Kohawk squad that finished third in the Midwest conference. Captain Wallace Pinckney leads John Russell and Jim Van Antwerp with Melvin Collins and Richard Hovey no longer on the team. Coach Willis Lamb will select the varsity after 18 hole qualifying rounds Friday morning to meet Loras at Dubuque in the opening meet in April.
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Jim van Antwerp
Ottumwa
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Willis Lamb
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Dua
North English Tigers Reelect Dixon to Manage
At a re organization meeting the North English semi pro club elected Jack Dixon again as manager. The team will be the Tigers with most of last season's players returning. Bill Anderson recovers from knee operation and will be ready by May 1. New uniforms arrive by April 15. First game set with Ottumwa Merchants on April 27.
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Ottumwa Merchants
Boxing Roundup From City Ringside
In San Francisco Fred Apostoli halted Bobby Volk in a 160 pound fight while Sam Francisco fought in a bout with 157 pounds. In New York Bert Lytell met Sam Baroudi at 159% pounds with Akron noting the competition. In Chicago Sid Peaks stopped James Anderson in the 195 pound match.
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Parker Institutes Radically New Coaching System in Cedar Rapids Schools
The Cedar Rapids board approves a sweeping plan to assign a single sport to each head coach across four high schools. No coach handles more than two sports, and contracts for coaching separate from teaching salaries will pay up to 750 dollars. Winter overseers the program under Parker, with recruitment to begin as posts open and manpower grows.
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Herb Wilkinson To Crown Queen At Marion Relays
Larry Tanner reports the fourth Marion Relays will feature a queen crown with Herb Wilkinson of Iowa University presiding. Twelve schools have entered with larger teams from Waterloo and Cedar Rapids expected. events include sprints hurdles field events and relays across three classes.
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Clayt
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Tama
Dodds Voted Outstanding Trackman of Indoor Season
New York AP reports Gil Dodds was named the outstanding performer of the winter indoor track season by the New York Track Writers Association. He did not lose a mile race and closed the campaign with a 4 06.8 Bankers mile in Chicago.
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Track Writers’ Association
Chicago bowler Mari an sets near record with 865 three game series
Paul Marian of Keeley Half and Half in Chicago bowing league posted 865 on Monday night at Raadland Recreation, firing 289 300 276 for 32 of 36 strikes as his team beat Embassys in North End Traveling league. The piece notes historic marks and an upcoming Cedar Rapids exhibition featuring top scorers.
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Lockport
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Harvey Braatz
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George Newland
Ed Bowin
Red Pfeffer
Bill Moeller
Chuck Rommelsburg
Newland
Andy Anderson
Chuck Rocarek
Bob Simitz
Rommelsburg
Carl Berry
Frank Stephenson
Gears Need Only One Win for Pro Laurels
Chicago Gears led by George Mikan who scored 24 points rallied to beat Rochester 78 to 70 in game three of the National Pro league championship series. Chicago leads two games to one and needs one more win to clinch the title.
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Chicago Gears
George Mikan
Rochester
Fish fry timing corrected for Linn County club event
The Gazette fixes a timing error in Sundays outdoor column. The Linn County Fish and Game Club fish fry at the C.S.P.S. hall was mis-stated as Thursday night. The correct date is Friday, April.
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Hawkeye Board Delays Directorship Decision At Iowa City Meeting
Iowa City The Iowa U athletic board adjourned April session without naming a successor to Athletic Director E G Schroeder whose resignation has been announced. The board gave a brief progress report on the directorship and did not elaborate. Rumors center on Paul Brechler as front runner while Schroeder might remain temporarily.
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Karl Leib
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Wayne Foster
Cedar Rapids
California
Curbstone
Paul Brechler
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Schroeder
Acrobat etymology traced to tiptoe motion in Greek
The term acrobat comes from Greek roots meaning to go on tiptoe. This linguistic note explains how the word evolved to describe agility and balance in performance arts.
Four Sacker By Williams Boosts Bosox In Exhibition Victory
Ted Williams and Jackie Albright homered as the Boston Red Sox built a five run lead in the second inning and beat the Cincinnati Reds 7-2 in an exhibition game in Chattanooga Tennessee. The article covers multiple exhibition results across major league teams with scores and key players.
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Lama
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Hetki
White Sox rout Shreveport in spring exhibition win
The White Sox beat the Shreveport Sports 5 to 2 in an eergee league spring exhibition at Shreve. Lefty Bob Chipman worked the full nine innings and became the first Chicago Cub pitcher to go the distance this spring. The Bruins shut out the Dallas Rebels 9 to 0 in another spring session.
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Cascade Business Men Honor Local Sports Champs
More than 200 people attended a Cascade banquet at the K.C. hall to honor town athletes. The Cascade Commercial club sponsored the event with toastmaster Frank Lees introducing the baseball team with 26 straight wins, the Slick Chicks girls basketball champions, The Barons boys, and Tommy Gavin, state A.A.U. featherweight champ. Speakers included Wally Fromhart Loras coach and Ted Vernimont of Cedar Rapids.
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Slick Chicks
Barons
Tommy Gavin
Wally Fromhart
Loras
Ted Vernimont
Cedar Rapids
Riverside to field baseball club this season
Riverside will again field a baseball team with a home opener set for May 11 against the Iowa City Moose. On May 18 Hal Trosky, former Cleveland Indian, will bring the Amana team to Riverside. Other games are being scheduled with eastern Iowa teams.
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Cleveland Indians
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Towa
Dysart Sharks Edge Montour For Second Straight Shutout
Dysart high school rolled to its second consecutive shutout, defeating Montour 10-9. Raarive pitched a one hitter, with Vana Kopriva Monroe and others contributing as Dysart kept Montour from scoring after the early innings.
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Iowa State Baseball Team Sets Lineup for Gopher Series
Iowa State 1947 baseball squad, under coach L C Timms, prepares for a two game set with Minnesota April 21-22. lineup features Don Paulsen Huxley at first Vic Mille Keokuk at second Jac Buechner Waterloo at third Dick Scott Evanston at outfield and Don Froehle Bancroft likely catcher with a pitching group led by Ralph Theobalt Gene Mahany Ben Anderson and Bob Nurre among top candidates. The series follows rain cancellations last week and may see lineup changes before first pitch.
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