Iowa Faces Shortage at Halfback for 1948 Football Season
Pat Harmon outlines Iowa's slim halfback talent for 1948 with only one letterman in the position and several losses from graduation and injury. Al DiMarco returns at quarterback with few proven backs and many sophomores expected to step in. The article notes 66 players invited to first workouts as Marquette opens the season on September 25, and Iowa aims to improve after a 3–6–0 record in 1947 under Dr. Eddie Anderson.
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Iowa
Bob Smith
Duke Curran
John Estes
John Tedore
Eddie Anderson
Anderson
Hawkeyes
Eddie
48 Iowa Football Roster Lettermen List
A compact roster of Iowa football lettermen shows players honored for earning varsity letters. Each entry marks the individual and their year of participation, celebrating the team’s alumni base as part of the program’s history.
Hot Rod Races Billed at Tipton
Tipton hosts a half mile track event Friday as Cedar County fair showcases Eastern Iowa Hot Rod Association races led by C. J. Red Kettering. Carroll Gooden of Axwell tops Oska entrants with top time trial. Jim Belscher of Grinnell and Everett Miller of Ottumwa also compete amid a crash incident with Kephart Cedar Rapids escaping injury.
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Tipton
Cedar County Fair
C. J. “Red” Kettering
Cedar Rapids
Eastern Iowa Hot Rod Association
Oska
Carroll Gooden
Axwell
Oskaloosa
Gooden
Jim Belscher
Grinnell
Everett Miller
Ottumwa
Mangrum Wins Utah Open in Playoff Finish at 69
Lloyd Mangrum headed for Reno to defend the Reno Open after winning the Utah Open in a playoff against George Fazio. The Chicago pro topped Fazio by two strokes with a three under par 69 to capture the Utah crown and claim a share of the $25,000 Reno Open purse. The playoff arose after both players tied at 274 over 72 holes. Conshohocken, Pa., here Monday.
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Salt Lake City
Lloyd Mangrum
Reno
Mangrum
Utah
George Fazio
Conshohocken
Fazio
Chicago
National softball tournament dates released for men and women
The men's national softball tournament will be in Oklahoma City from September 10 to 19 while the women's national event runs September 17 to 26 in Phoenix Arizona.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Oklahoma City
Power From Bench Drives Dodgers Past Cardinals in Openers
Brooklyn Dodgers ride a deep bench to a 6-5 comeback win over St Louis in the ninth, then dominate the nightcap 6-1 to sweep the doubleheader and stretch their streak to eight. Ed wards, Reiser, Vaughn and Shuba fuel the rally as Hatten blanks the Cards in the second game.
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St. Louis Cardinals
Brooks
Reiser
Arky Vaughn
Edwards
Marv Rackley
Erv Palica
Dodger
Ted Wilks
Brooklyn
Joe Hatten
Hatten
Miksis
Gil Hodges
Dixie Walker
Fritz Ostermueller
Pittsburgh Pirates
Boston Braves
Johnny Sain
Pittsburgh
Miraculous Morgan Leads North English Grid Revival
North English football starts practice with 13 lettermen, many returning veterans led by Miraculous Morgan nicknamed Morgan Kisor. Morgan, two years from Penn College, rebuilt a team that had lost four straight, posting six wins in nine games in Ke-Wash and guiding a 21-27 basketball run. New staff addition Jim Kelly from Coe College joins as part of the program.
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Miraculous Morgan
Penn College
Morgan
Morgan Kisor
Wellman
Ed Morgan
Ottermen
Kisor
Notre Dame
Coe College
Cedar Ords
Jim Kelly
Me Too Foods
Mon
Jim
Coe
Lone Tree
Kalona
Honolulu housewife and teen lead Western Amateur golf
Mrs. Jackie Pung and 14 year old Marlene Bauer tied for medalist honors in the Women's Western Amateur at the Olympic Club Lakeside course. Pung posted 37 39 76 and Bauer matched par with 38 38 76, while several others ran 77s and 78s for qualifying.
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San Francisco
INS
Honolulu
California
Jackie Pung
Marlene Bauer
Long Beach
Calif
Long Lakeside
Talbert Keeps Cup Hopes As U S and Australia Train
At Forest Hills New York the United States and Australian Davis cup teams prepared for the opening challenge round on turf. Billy Talbert of New York won one of two sets against Frankie Parker of Los Angeles, signaling his continued contention for a singles berth.
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New York
United States
Forest Hills
Billy Talbert
Frankie Parker
Los Angeles
U. S
Brooklyn boxer knocks out Dooley in local bout
Vinnie Cidone of Brooklyn stops Willie Dooley of New York in the 2nd round. Tony Laban of New York fights Pete Ferrante as the crowd watches. Sylvester Pace and Suuetes face off in a separate bout with a decision.
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The
Associated Press
Brooklyn
Vinnie Cidone
Knoc
Willie Dooley
New York
NEW _ YORK
Tony Laban
New Ork
Pete Ferrante
Cage
Sylvester Pace
Suuetes
Chi- Seca
Four Midget Drivers Fined After Cedar Rapids Races
Four midget drivers were fined $50 each for violating Midwest Midget Auto Association regulations by appearing in Sunday races at Farley, Iowa, which were not sanctioned by MMARA. Named fined were Tony Russo of Kenosha Wisconsin Ray Hall Paul Kaminsky and Earl Simmons. The rule bans MMARA car owners from racing on nonsanctioned tracks within 100 miles of a sanctioned MMARA track at any time.
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Cedar Rapids
Tony Russo
Kenosha, Wis
Ray Hall
Paul Kaminky
Kansas City, Mo
Earl Simmons
Farley
MMARA
Legion Baseball Results In Idaho Tournament
Legions baseball results show Believittes in Ss Ios S Rostin eliminated at Lewiston Idaho. Omaha defeated Yakima Washington 14 to 6.
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Ss Ios S. Rostin
Lewiston
Idaho
Omaha
Yakima, Wash
Must Re Read Grid Rulebook
High school football officials and fans should study updated rules the season. Cedar Rapids official Fred Winter notes terminology changes require careful reading and understanding. He traces his coaching and officiating career from Hinton to Grinnell College and Grant High, recalls Washington dominance, and predicts Dubuque to win the Mississippi Valley conference title this fall.
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Fred Winter
KCRG
Bob Brooks
Pat Harmon
The
Gazette
Winter
Cedar Rapids
Hinton
Sioux City Central
Grinnell Colege
Eagle Grove
Grant High
Washington
East Side
Grant
West Side
Orville Rust
Dubuque
Harmon and Brooks Visit Iowa State
Morgan Kisor, North English coach, will be interviewed on The Gazette radio station KCRG at 6:45 p.m. tonight. Bob Brooks, KCRG sports director, will join the program as second party.
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Morgan Kisor
Gazette
KCRG
Bob Brooks
Brooks
Pat Harmon
The
Iowa State
Harmon
Report for Grid Drills at Iowa State
Sixty three candidates including 17 lettermen reported for drills at Iowa State College. They did limbering exercises in shorts before a photographer session. regular two a day practice begins Wednesday.
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Iowa State
AMES
Iowa State College
Rockets Sell Iowa's Sullivan to Dodgers
The Chicago Rockets cut roster to 36 players and sold half back Bob Sullivan from the University of Iowa to the Brooklyn Dodgers. End Harry Burrus was also cut, along with Emil Papa and Tony Sumpter who were released.
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Chicago
Chicago Rockets
Harry Burrus
Bob Sullivan
University of Iowa
Brooklyn Dodgers
Emil Papa
Tony Sumpter
Standings and Tuesday Probables From Monday Baseball Results
The standings show Breskive leading with 69 wins and 55 losses. Brooklyn is 6-6, St. Louis 5-1, Pittsburgh 2-1, Boston 1-? The day lists probable pitchers for Tuesday including Jones, Barrett, Roe, Barney, Donnelly, Munger. Wednesday games include Philadelphia at St. Louis and others.
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Breskive
GS Si
Bosto
Pittsburge
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Chicago
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Boston
York
Jones
Cincinnati
Barrett
Ackw
Roe
Barney
Schmitz
Lade
Donnelly
Munger
New York
Baseball Results and Standings Summary
In the American League, scores and results from Monday show New York 3 Detroit 0. Cleveland 10 Washington 1. Chicago 9 Philadelphia 6 in night games. Remaining matchups list Chicago at Washington and Cleveland at Philadelphia with potential pitcher pairings for upcoming games.
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New York Yankees
Cleveland Indians
Boston Red Sox
Frank “Spec” Shea
Hal Newhouser
Yankees
Detroit Tigers
Shea
George Stirnweiss
Tommy Henrich
Joe DiMaggio
Yogi Berra
Cleveland
Satchel Paige
Washington Senators
Paige
Joe Gordon
Chicago White Sox
Philadelphia Athletics
Ralph Weigel
Dave Philley
GEE. OS
Philadelphia
Washington
Chicarco
New York
St. Louis
Detroit
Boston
Stranahan Riegel and Evans Gain In U S Amateur
Frank Stranahan defeated Charlie Dudley 1 up on the 18th green in the second round of the U S Amateur in Memphis. Richard L Smart upset Dick Chapman 4 and 3 as play continued with top names striving for the title.
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Memphis
Tenn
Frank Stranahan
Charlie Dudley
Greenville
S.C
Richard L. Smart
Arkansas College
Dick Chapman
Pinehurst
N.C
Stan Taylor
Honolulu
Ted Bishop
Islington
Mass
Edmund K. Gravely
Rocky Mount
N. C
Julius Boros
Bridgeport
Elmsford
N. Y
Sam Kirkpatrick
Nashville
U. S
Chick Evans
Chicago
Herbert P. Smith
Orlando
Fla
John J. Donohue, Jr
Sioux City
Iowa
E. E. Lowery
Coma
Calif
Ris To Compete In A A U Swim Title Meet
Olympic champ Wally Ris of the University of Iowa will defend his national A A U senior outdoor 106 meter title at the Cuya hoga Falls meet September 3-5. Coach Armbruster says Ris is in fair shape after reports from Chicago. Ris won the outdoor 100 meters last summer in .58.5, and a top form run could challenge Weismulier’s 1928 A A U record of .57.8.
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Iowa City
Wally Ris
University of Iowa
A.A.U
Cuyahoga Falls
Ohio
David Armbruster
Ris
Hawkeye Star
Chicago
Tyler
Texas
Johnny Weismulier
Drake Names Orebaugh Grid Ride Cage Boss
Drake University announced the appointment of Charles Orebaugh as freshman football and basketball coach. A former all Missouri Valley Conference player and Drake halfback, Orebaugh currently serves as a police officer at Valley High School in West Des Moines.
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DES Moines
Charles
Chuck” Orebaugh
Drake University
Orebaugh
Drake
Valley High School
West Des Moines
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