Open Softball Leagues Eye Eight Team Open Field
Local reports show an eight team Open league possible with six teams from last year returning and new entrants Speeder Machinery Corp Eddy Paper Corp and Quaker Oats Co. The season may feature two games weekly and the April 22 Open league meeting will decide.
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Speeder Machinery Corp
Eddy Paper Corp
Quaker Oats Co
Lish
Armstrong's Athletic Goods and Wilson Co., Inc
Beck’s
Athletic Goods and Electric Light and Power Co
Sparando Missed Lead by One as ABC Event Stirs
Tony Sparando of New York City slipped to second with 738 in the American Bowling Congress on Saturday in St Paul. Ed Mady of Minneapolis topped with 740 while Sparando added 1934 all events totals including 624 doubles and 738 singles. The Exlers of St Louis led doubles with 1294 as Leo 611 and Hubert 683.
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ST. Paul
St. Louis
Hubert
Leo
Sparando
Joseph Ward
Drake Relays Ambitious Director Aims for Iowa Wins
Frank T. Nye profiles Bill Easton Drake Relays director and coach. Easton eyes stronger Iowa college showings at the 32nd Drake Relays April 25 26, hoping Drake Iowa Iowa State Grinnell or other schools snap the tape first. He lists a busy schedule and a theory of building a balanced team through specialized events and hard work.
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Des Moines
IDPA
Drake University
Bill Easton
Drake
Bill
Iowa
Iowa State
Grinnell
Texas
Indiana University
Bloomington
Ind
Indiana
Ellersville
Lowell
Hobart
Hammond
West
City Badminton Tourney Set to Start Wednesday
The Cedar Rapids city badminton tournament, sponsored by the YWCA, begins Wednesday with first round play set for 6 45 p m Officials will announce the site Tuesday Drawings list women s singles women s doubles men s singles mixed doubles and men s doubles with several byes and matchups including Svec vs Eileen Idy Pratt vs Morrison and Recher vs Miller.
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Cedar Rapids City
Y.W.C.A
Svec
Eileen Idy
Cleda Schaefer
Serbousek
Buser
Leone Ruth Zieke
Betty Hopton
Mereearet Pratt
Katherine Morrison
Sally Henry
Rose Kosina
Margaret Hickinson
Ruth Purdy
Winifred Lillie
Mary Kay Jennings
John Recher
James Miller
Bre
Dick Rue
Geo Hallenbeck
Carl Moeller
Jenee Brockman
Tad Bre
Francis Richards
Hugh DeWees
George Hallenbeck
Dorothy Svee
Clarence Brockman
Eileen Brockman
Mari Helen Williams
John Hecker
Leone Serbousek
John Palmer
Olga Serbousek
Robert Moody
Hush de Wees
Christine Bierasen
Ss Ubles
Ae Brockman
Cleda "Schaefer
Ciga Serbousek
Betty Hopten
Ruth Zieke
Dorothy Greer
Jacke Smith
Dorothy Svec
Christine Bjornsen
Miami Beach to wear white uniforms in red and blue
The Miami Beach team in the Florida State league will wear white uniforms featuring red and blue colors for their upcoming season.
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Miami Beach
NBA
Toddville Favored In Annual Linn County Baseball Tourney
Eleven teams compete in the Linn county high school baseball tournament at Center Point on April 25 and 26. Toddville, undefeated in fall diamond play and strong this spring, is the top favorite with Center Point as a close runner-up. The event opens at 9 a.m. Friday with multiple byes and pairings listed, culminating in finals and a consolation game Saturday. Tournament referee Charles Gebhard of Dyersville governs the event.
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Linn County
Center Point
Toddville
Charles Gebhard
Dyersville
Viola
Ely
Coggan
Pale
Springville
Troy Mills
Walker
Alburnett
Central City
St. Louis Cardinals Mocked Over Seed Nickname
The nickname Red Bird Seed is used by critics in St. Louis to deride the Cardinals diet of vitamin pills given by President Sam Breadon, reflecting a reaction to team management.
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ST Louis
NBA
Vitamin Pills
Sam Breadon
St. Louis Cardinals
Knights of Columbus to hold practice at Ellis Park
The Knights of Columbus softball team will conduct a practice session at Ellis Park on Sunday at 10 30 a m. The event invites players and spectators to attend and prepare for upcoming games.
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Knights of Columbus
Ellis Park
Iowa Fish Hatcheries Show Big Year in 1940 Output
Iowa state fisheries report notes 1940 hatcheries produced 103,611,592 game fish with 92,792,836 stocked in lakes and streams. Five thousand seven hundred largemouth bass were raised at Ink's pond near Mount Vernon. Linn County streams stocked. article laments highway wildlife deaths and urges willow planting to protect streams.
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State Fisheries Department
Iowa
Linn County club orders packets of trees for farmers
The Linn County Fish and Game club ordered twenty two packets of 200 trees or shrubs each for distribution to cooperating farmers. Nineteen packets are spoken for and three remain open. Prospective cooperators should contact president Charles Kosek as soon as possible. The effort aims to start more forest patches in Linn County.
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Linn County
Linn County Fish and Game Club Transplants Cat Tail Plants
The Linn County Fish and Game club moves narrow leaf cat tails from a filled slough to suitable areas around the county. The goal is to preserve the wetland plant and improve local habitats by reusing existing stands in new locations.
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Linn County Fish and Game Club
Linn County club seeks lotus and water lily plants
The Linn County Fish and Game club requests spare lotus or water lily plants. They plan to plant them in bayous formed by the Palisades back water.
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Linn County Fish and Game Club
Palisades
Minnesota Opens Wide Angling Season Across State
Minnesota tourism officials announce fishing seasons for streams and lakes. Stream trout opens May 1 and runs to Sept 1. wall-eyed pike pickerel and muskellunge begin May 15 to Feb 1. Crappie and small inland finfish have separate southern and northern zones starting May 29 and June 21 respectively. Early ice breakup prompts northern resorts to open May 1. Demand for angling information soars, says A. A. Johnston, director.
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Nesota
Minnesota
Bureau
A. A. Johnston
Fidler To Referee Malcom Ring Show
Malcom A r executive referee Alex Fidler of Cedar Rapids will referee a 24 round boxing show at Malcom auditorium Wednesday evening. Matches include Marvin Dayton vs Wortham and several other bouts featuring local fighters from Malcom Oskaloosa Blairstown and Grover Leften. Sanctioned by the A A U and sponsored by the Malcom Athletic Club.
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Malcom
Alex Fidler
Cedar Rapids
Marvin Dayton
Wortham
Robert Nichols
Oskaloosa
Cleo Mad
Mairstown
Shirley Lamb
Hack Smith
Donald Griffith
Gore Baskin
Ray Hepwood
James Gass
Fol Vores
Earl Story
Malo Merle Lamb
Lester Leeper
Grover Leften
Jerry Johnson
Blairstown
Malcom Athletic Club
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Elmer Koch
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South Bend
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Ross Clem
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Vern Hansen
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Dima Fek
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Lafayette Cafe
Harry Cutler
Buck Hensley
Joe Enzier
Uptown Drug CO
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Haddy
J. Stolba
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Patriotic Club
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Indian Creek
Otter Creek
Smi
Buffalo Creek
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First Ave
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Malcom Ring
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Prater Motor Company
Belle Plaine
Releigh's
King
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Second Avenue SE
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Wilson Motor
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