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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 16, 1939

Page

2

Anamosa and East Waterloo Favored in Vinton Relays

Anamosa and East Waterloo head the field for the fourth annual Vinton relays with 16 schools entered and about ten more expected. Bruce Erickson of Traer leads the field in multiple events including the shot put javelin and discus while Beardsley of Anamosa and Vacik of West Branch also figure prominently in titles and marks.

Vinton Erickson Beardsley Anamosa Mechanicsville Vacik West Branch Studt East Waterloo Aikin Grundy Center Tyson Holland Reynolds Montezuma Boege Reinbeck la Barge Eslinger Wignall Traer van Dura Wilson Cedar Rapids Thayer Wooten Becchelli Manchester Wood Phillis Eldora Training School Toledo Wilson High Nashua Eldora Fred Cameron Vinton Relays Cedar Falls Iowa Training School Teacher’s High Urbana Waukon

Printing and Publishing Industry Accident Ranking

The printing and publishing industry ranks fifth in frequency and third in severity of accidents among thirty major industries.

Armstrong Girls Win Y W C A Basketball Title

Armstrong girls defeated Paris Academy 33 to 27 to claim the Y W C A basketball championship last week. Eight squads with 75 players competed. The lineup includes Elinor Lockwood Christine Bjornson Betty Hopton Captain Ellen Lockwood Martha Hubbard Margaret Sewell and Betty Snyder.

Armstrong Paris Academy Elinor Lockwood Christine Bjornson Betty Hopton Ellen Lockwood Martha Hubbard Margaret Sewell Betty Snyder

Upper Iowa teams begin spring practices for track and baseball

Upper Iowa reports fifteen baseball lettermen and thirty five others to coach Doc Dorman for practice with an April 21 opener against Augustus Adolphus at Fayette. Seventeen track men return with seven lettermen. Clyde and Wilkinson coach distance and dash units. Baseball schedule includes games with Plattville Carleton Wartburg Penn Luther and Wartburg with a district meet at Luther in early May.

Gazette Fayette Doc Dorman Augustus Adolphus Earl Belles Kenneth Evans Elgin Vance Rimmer Delhi George Caswell Maynard Andrusyk Shellburn Ind Darrell Riddle Algona Spatcher Moore Volga Peterson Randalia Ray Kuehl Elkport Buell Centerville Caster Fairbank Eiffler Cresco Timm Thomas Clyde Wilkinson Grant Independence Carter Chamberlain Maywood Neb Welch Shafer Harmon Hampton Tate Manley Dash Plattville Carleton Wartburg Penn Wartburs Luther

Rowley Girls Win Tenball Match Over Walker

The Rowley girls tenball team defeated Walker 7 to 2 on Thursday. Rowley players D. Haines and B. Smith won batteries, while Walker’s scorers were Mollen eaux Ross and Price.

the Gazette Rowley Rowley Girls Walker D. Haines B. Smith Molleneaux Ross Price

Lowden to Host Cedar County Baseball Tournament

Cedar county high school baseball tournament will be in Lowden on April 21 and 22. The opener at 2 30 p m Friday pairs Lowden with Clarence, with the winner facing Bennett at 9 a m Saturday. Stanwood and Durant have byes and play at 10 30 a m Saturday, with Saturday winners meeting in the 2 15 p m finals. Dick Beall of Center Point will umpire.

Lowden Clarence Bennett Stanwood Durant Dick Beall Center Point

Calmar High School Baseball Schedule Released

Calmar high school lists its baseball schedule with dates and opponents including Ossian Atkinson Ridgeway Decorah Castalia Fort Atkinson and pending county tournament dates in April May and June. The calendar shows home and away venues and key matchups across the season.

Calmar High Calmar Ossian

What Cheer Teams Sweep Delta and Thornburg Meet

What Cheer baseball defeated Delta 15 to 0 with Greene Strong Elliott sharing pitching chores and Thompson catching for What Cheer. In track, What Cheer beat Thornburg 721% to 4212 with Oldecker and Delta’s lineup prominent in the meet.

WHAT Greene Strong Elliott What Cheer Delta Keep Oldecker Thompson Thornburg

Local Bowling League Results and Standings Summary

A detailed eyeful of standings and player scores across multiple leagues. Notable names include Evans, Henry, Nezerka, Prochaska, and Novotny among others. The record highlights team lines such as Streamliners and The Beverage with handicaps and high game totals noted. A meeting for C S A Bowling league captains is announced for Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the bowling alleys.

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What Cheer Stars Lead In Track Meet

Knecht led What Cheer as high scorer with 24 points. Thornburg won three events the discus the mile and the 880 yard relay. Karsten swept all dashes for What Cheer.

Knecht Thornburg Karsten

Palo Shellsburg In Game Next Tuesday

Palo high school spring baseball schedule lists Apr 18 Shellsburg at TBA Apr 21 Norway at Palo Apr 25 Atkins at Atkins Sep 28-29 County tournament at Alburnett May 5 Shellsburg at Palo May 9 Atkins at Palo May 12 Center Point at Palo tentative

Palo Shelsburg Norway Atkins Alburnett Shellsburg Center Point

Hawkeye Nine Opens Big Ten Play Monday

Iowa and Purdue meet for home opening series as two of the conference's top teams. Iowa hit .319 on a southern trip. Purdue relies on pitching led by Arnold Bredewater. Starting pitchers to be named with Haub or Reid possible for Iowa and Bredewater or Vargo for Purdue.

Hawkeye Nine Purdue Iowa City Haud Reid Owa City University of Iowa Purdue University Hawkeyes Boilermakers Iowa Iowans Arnold Bredewater Otto Vogel Harold Haub Ken Reid Bob Stastny Keith Wymore Ted Frese Fred Hohenhorst Art Manush Ted Bud Stamm Manush Kantor W. Vogt George Winders Bratten Prasse Kocur Haub Or Reid Lybault Dickinson Smithson Mackiewicz Capt. Thompson Dean

Watch comprises many parts and thousands of operations

The watch contains about 150 distinct parts and requires 3,700 separate operations to produce.

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