MVP Award To Yogi Berra For 3rd Time
Chicago AP reports catcher Yogi Berra of the New York Yankees won the American League MVP for the third time, joining Foxx and DiMaggio as three time winners. Kaline and Smith finished second and third. Williams was fourth. Berra’s 218 points outpaced Kaline’s 201 and Smith’s 200.
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Cards' Virdon named National League Rookie of the Year
CHICAGO AP Bill Virdon a 23 year old outfielder who batted .281 for the St. Louis Cardinals was named National League Rookie of the Year by the Baseball Writers Association of America. Virdon collected 15 votes in a 24 man writers’ panel. Runnerup was Jack Meyer of the Philadelphia Phillies with seven votes. Don Bessent of the Brooklyn Dodgers also received two votes. Meyers had a 6-11 record with 94 strikeouts while Bessent went 8-1 with 29 Ks.
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Coe Honors Day honors undefeated conference football team
Coe’s undefeated Midwest Conference champions completed voting on most valuable player honorary captain and all-opponent teams. Quarterback Shady Day of Cedar Rapids earned first team All-Conference honors and AP Little All-American mention. Halfback Wayne Phillips of Dubuque named honorary captain and all-loop first team. All-opponent selections include Ulysses Doss Ripon and others from Grinnell, Carleton, St Olaf, and more, with several named on first and second teams.
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Santee Captures First Military Harrier Run
Marine Lt. Wes Santee won the first annual military cross-country run at Fort Meade finishing 3 miles in 14 minutes 56.7 seconds to beat over 25 competitors. He edged last year’s southern AAU titleholder Joseph LaPierre who finished close behind.
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Vines Named Pro At N.Y. Country Club
Ellsworth Vines, national tennis champion in 1931 and 1932, was named a pro at a New York country club. The former tennis star, who later became a top professional golfer, is moving from Palm Springs to Cedarhurst to join the Inn Country Club this spring.
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Madison Square Garden Boxers Compete in Erratic Bout
In a muddled report from New York, Losart 144 percent and Vimy Beechman 156 percent are listed as outpointed by Hector Gon and Trinidad 16 in a confused bout.
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East Iowa Prep Cage Roundup Highlights Local Games
Oneidas Greeley Grundy Center Traer Decorah Waverly and other teams faced off in a busy prep cage roundup. Standouts included Dave Draper 20 points for Decorah Waverly, Brettman 18 for Waverly, and Earlville's 14 by Mathey. Clarence edged Olin 41-37. Stanwood beat Mechanicsville 67-34 in girls play and 55-40 in boys. Oneida topped Greeley 52-41 while Amana split with Ladora in a pair of games.
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West Liberty Girls Top Cosgrove 53 49 in Win
West Liberty girls defeat Cosgrove 53 to 49 as Karen Felton scores 28. In the boys game Springville beats West Liberty 76 50 with McShane 24 and Jack Kirby 19 for West Liberty.
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Independence Defeats Monticello in WAC conference
Independence earned a 51 to 42 win over Monticello in the Wamac conference. Malcolm Risk led Independence with 10 points while Lang scored 17 for Monticello. The Independence sophomores prevailed 32 to 30.
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Brooklyn Teams Edge Toledo In Tight Over Time
Brooklyn boys defeated Toledo 59 to 58 in overtime led by Ted Niemann with 27 points. Brooklyn girls won 61 to 45 behind Pat Sciebert with 48 points while head and Racer each scored 15 for Toledo.
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Steamboat Rock and nearby towns boys and girls score spree
Steamboat Rock girls beat Radcliffe 52 47 and boys win 53 51. Lueken 34 for the girls and Manning 14 for the Steamboat Rock boys. Atkins defeated Newhall 71 39 in boys action. Newhall girls won 69 44 led by Hauser 33. Shellsburg Urbana girls Shellsburg 75 Urbana 55 led by Joan Donels 83. Urbana 26 Sandra Cooper. Shellsburg boys 56 Urbana 39 with Irish 16. Ossian Ridgeway boys 75 22 Mundt 12 Ossian. Ossian girls 44 25 Sandra Anderson 28. Crezer 15 Ridgeway.
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Desales Lime Springs girls edge Lime Springs 47 to 45
Desales Os sian girls cling to a 47 45 win over Lime Springs in a tight matchup. Mahan led Lime Springs with 27 points while Murphy scored 26 for Desales. In boys action Lime Springs won 73 33 with Atzen scoring 28 and Bohr 10 for DeSales.
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Columbus Junction Tops Wayland 68 52 in Hard Court Win
Jerry Hamilton scored 26 points to lead Columbus Junction past Wayland 68 to 52. Bob Meyer finished with 10 points for Wayland in the setback.
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Garrison Split Benton County Conference Games
Garrison girls won 74 55 over Van Horne and the Garrison boys won 57 51. Sylvia Froning scored 43 and Keisel 17 for Garrison. Lindt had 36 for Van Horne girls while Berry totaled 21 for the Van Horne boys.
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Belle Plaine tops Montezuma 68 to 38 in hoops clash
Belle Plaine beat Montezuma 68 38 as John Holst scored 22 points and Stirk added 13 for Montezuma in a high school basketball game at Belle Plaine.
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Central City Girls Rally Past Center Point 64-60
In a girls matchup Center Point beat Central City 64-60 as Domer scored 49 points leading Center Point while Shay poured in 35 for Central City. In the boys game Central City earned a 50-42 win behind Vanourney's 16 points and McNiel's 17 for Center Point.
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Waterloo St. Pat's edges Iowa City Bur Evans leads with 21
Waterloo St. Patrick's defeated Iowa City with Bur Evans scoring 21 points and Francis Ryan adding 18 for St. Patrick's in a 68 to 58 victory. The game highlighted Evans's hot scoring and Ryan's contributions for the winning team.
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Iowa City High Beats Durant 65 to 36 In Varsity Game
Allen Scott scored 30 points leading Iowa City High to a 65 36 victory over Durant. Alpin added 12 for Durant as the game unfolded with strong offense from the host team.
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Atalis SA girls topple Atalissa 59 to 43 led by Peckman 32
Mary Peckman poured in 32 points to lift Atalisla Lone Tree over Atalissa 59 43 Karen Goodale scored 15 for the losers in a tight girls basketball contest.
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Lone Tree outduels Mt. Vernon 63 to 44 in conference
George Lund squist led Lone Tree with 20 points as they defeated Mt. Vernon 63 44 in an Eastern Iowa conference game. Bob Kruse scored 12 for the losers as Lone Tree reserves contributed in a 147 36 push.
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Wyoming and Rowley Boys and Girls Victors in Close Narrow Wins
In Lowden Wyoming boys nipped Lowden 65 63 with G Luck stad scoring 22 and Jon Coppess 20 for Lowden. Lowden girls beat Wyoming 79 55 as Eleanor Licht poured 36 and Ruth Wilses 30 led Wyoming. Quasqueton Rowley triumphed 57 55 in boys and 43 39 in girls with Hopkins 23 for Rowley and Brown 15 for Quasqueton. McNamara 16 led Rowley girls and Wor stall 14 led Quasqueton.
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Riverside-Conesville Sweep Varsity Contests
Riverside-Conesville defeated Riverside in both games. Boys’ winner 42 to 38 and girls’ 60 to 36 with Riverside suffering the losses.
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Dundee teams sweep Volga City in double victory
The Dundee boys defeated Volga City 70 to 42 with Brunsman scoring 23 points. The Dundee girls won 84 to 33 as McDowell poured in 31. Leete led Volga City boys with 18 while Volga City girls saw Klinzman score 19.
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Delhi Buck Creek basketball boys and girls wins highlighted
Delhi's boys defeated Buck Creek 48 to 35 with Goldsmith scoring 20 and Coleman posting 13 for Buck Creek. The Delhi girls also won, led by Janice Harbach with 30 points, while D. Bacon added 11.
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Solon teams sweep Marengo and Oxford in district action
Marengo-Tama lost 65-43 as Zhorne scored 22 and Gene Smith had 17 for Marengo. Tama also won the reserve 35-29. Solon beat Oxford 61-51 behind Casey and Randall with 16 each, and the Solon girls won 49-35 led by Dorothy Cochrane with 19 and Webster with 13 for Oxford.
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Ft Atkinson defeats Chester in boys and girls games
Paul Tupy scored 25 points to lead Ft Atkinson boys to a 56-24 win over Chester. Joyce Kuhn topped the girls with 21 as Ft Atkinson girls won 52-24, with Chester’s Eileen Kelly scoring 13.
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Postville and Tiffin sweep in tight high school battles
Postville rolled over Maynard 77 to 55 as Milt Mohs scored 18 and Dean Odekirk led Maynard with 20. Tiffin’s boys won their seventh straight 58 to 36 over Nichols with Bob Norton and Bob Wieskamp each at 20. Hartwick millsburg boys edged Hartwick 50-49 while Hartwick girls won 61-59 led by Walton 31 and Millersburg’s Foss 42.
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Colesburg and Mar-Mac Split Girls and Boys Games
Colesburg won the girls game 67 to 42 with Walters scoring 22 points. Mar-Mac claimed the boys game 81 to 33 led by Knight with 17 while Gull topped Colesburg with seven in the girls contest and Peterson added 16 for Mar-Mac's girls.
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El Kader Boys Rally Past Waukon 63 56 In High Scoring Game
Frank Gilson scored 22 points to lead El Kader to a 63 56 victory over Waukon in a boys basketball game Dean Downling led Waukon with a team high but the line ends incomplete leaving details unfinished
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Elkader Wins Sophomore Game 44 20
Elkader dominated the sophomore matchup with a 44 to 20 victory, securing the win in a clear showing of strength.
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Fairbank Beats Oran in Boys and Girls Basketball Showdown
In Fairbank, the boys triumphed 78-64 over Oran with Reiter scoring 27 and Fink 22. The Fairbank girls won 72-55 as Snyder poured in 37 points, while Moeller led Oran with 24.
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Fayette Stan ley Girls Clash Ends 50 44
Stanley defeated Fayette 50 to 44 in a girls game. Schwartz scored 30 for Stanley and Judy Moore added 24 for Fayette.
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Morley girls and boys split wins in district games
Morley Martins girls defeated Morley twice with a 73 to 57 win powered by Sivers 42 points while Morley boys earned a 67 to 51 victory with James scoring 17. Ruhl posted 27 for Morley girls and Slocum added 10 for Morley boys.
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Oxford Junction-Lisbon Sweep Double Bill
Oxford Junction and Lisbon swept a double header at Oxford Junction. The boys edged Oxford Junction 46 to 31 while the girls won 40 to 34.
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Brandon-Aurora Girls and Boys Defeat Brandon in Rival Meet
Aurora girls defeated Brandon 58 to 28 with Murray scoring 22 and Franklin 14 for Brandon. Brandon boys won 61 to 41 as Harrison scored 25. Adix led Aurora with 28 points.
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High School Basketball Scores Across Counties
Regional standings show Troy Mills and Centre Point teams posting tight wins. Notable results include Nor wir y 52 Blairstown 47 and Dundee 70 Volga City 42 with several close competitive games across Delaware, Buchanan, and Fayette regions.
U S Olympic Ski Team Heads to 1956 Winter Games
The US Olympic ski team of 13 men and women arrived by air in London on Friday en route to Italy for the January 26 start of the 1956 winter games. Noted athlete Mrs Andrea Mead Lawrence of Marshall Colorado, a mother of three, is among them.
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Bisons Acquire Pitcher Harry Nicholas From Minneapolis
In Columbus, Ohio, the Buffalo Bisons of the International League bought right-hander Harry Nicholas from Minneapolis of the American Association on Friday.
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Drake freshman cited as most improved by coach
Des Moines narrator reports Drake Bulldog basketball coach Jack McClelland praised Bill Linke a sophomore from Ida Grove as the most improved player on the squad after Saturday’s game showcasing his progress and contribution.
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The Tender Trap at Paramount theater shines with stars
A breezy MGM comedy set in a glamorous Manhattan apartment stars Frank Sinatra Celeste Holm Debbie Reynolds and David Wayne. The Tender Trap mixes wit romance and CinemaScope visuals with a Broadway pedigree and strong performances from its top cast.
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Theater Time Times Announce Today’s Show Announcements
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