Kentucky and LaSalle Get Top Billing
Ed Corrigan reports a strong opening in college basketball as Kentucky and La Salle lead the early season. Kentucky rewrote its record by matching a 26 game win streak after a 74-58 victory over LSU, while La Salle, the previous NCAA champion, moved to 2-0 with an 85-71 win over Loyola New Orleans led by Tom Gola.
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Ed Corrigan
Associated Press
Kentucky
la Salle
Wildcats
Xavier
Ohio
Adolph Rupp
Explorers
Loyola
New Orleans
Tom Gola
Niagara
Fordham
Notre Dame
Irish
Wisconsin
Northwestern
Indiana
Hoosiers
Don Schlndt
Valparaiso
Iowe
Hawkeyes
Loyola of Chicago
Michigan State
Minnesota
Western Kentucky
Washington State
Santa Clara
Kansas State
Bradley
Oklahoma
Missouri
Brigham Young
Dartmouth Coach Plans to Retire
Dartmouth College announced that head football coach Tuss McLaughry will retire March 30, 1955, at the end of his contract after five seasons of uneven results. The decision followed a Saturday meeting with the athletic council, but no reason was given and no hint of external pressure was disclosed.
Drobny Wins Peruvian International Tennis Championship
Wimbledon champion Jaroslav Drobny of Egypt defeats Art Larsen of San Leandro California 1 6 6 2 6 3 6 3 to claim the Peruvian international title in Lima.
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Lima
Peru
Jaroslav Drobny
Egypt
United States
Art Larsen
San Leandro
Calif
East Iowa Prep Cage Roundup Highlights Busy Week
Local prep basketball roundup lists numerous games across towns including Clinton, Maquoketa, Des Moines area matchups, and girls sections with Aurora, Lamont, Winthrop, and Fairbank. Scheduled fixtures span Monday through Sunday with multiple tournaments and junior leagues noted.
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Buchanan County Borys Girls
Aurora
Lamont Wintrop
Hazleton St. John's & & Aurora Lamont
Fairbank Rowley
Winthrop Quasar
Quasay Brandon
Brandon Hazleton
Rowley Fairbank
Winthrop
cHowley
Rowley
Inthrop
Mat Brandon
Hazleton
Fairbank
Local High School Scores and Schedule Map
Weekday and Friday games listed show Belle Plaine, OMa 3 to 1 over Tama 1 to 0 for several matchups. Postville and Sumner each post wins, with Maynard hosting West Union and Waukon keeping pace.
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Postville
Sumner Lkader
I Fayette Piste-Eler
Maynard West Union
Waukon
Cler
Elgin
Fayette
Maynard
Elkader
Sumner
Independence
Alpha
Elsin-Clermont
Local girls basketball pairings and venues posted
The schedule shows matchups including Ackley Traer at Grandy Center and LaPorte at Jesup. Eldora hosts Reinbeck with B teams at Ackley and Traer, plus several rearrangements including Eldora at Gilman and Grundy Center hosting Traer.
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LI Grandy Center
Ackley Traer
LaPorte
Reinbeck
Eldora
Jesup
Ackley
LaPorte City
Grandy Center
Traer
Gilman
Tracr
Grundy Center
Local High School Football Pairings Listed
Fayette County matchups include Fredericksburg at Alpha and Wadena at Arlington. Randalia plays Stanley with Finchford at Oran and Hawkeye at Stanley. Wadena travels to Alpha while Arlington hosts Randalia and Oran visits Maynard. G Alpha faces Clerm Elgin.
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Fayette County
Fredericksburg
Alpha
Wadena
Arlington
Randalia
Stanley
Finchford
Oran
Hawkeye
Wapsie-Eight BOYS and GIRLS matchups listed
Meet results show Olin Clarence Lowden Stanwood MeVille Lisbon Oxford Jet and Wyoming with scores 7 5 4 3 4 3 2 5 0 7. Pairings include Lisbon Wyoming Lowden Olin Stanwood McVille and Oxford Jet with multiple crossovers and venue matchups.
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Hindesbare
Orley
Figatere
Artelle
Eveen
Uek
Creek Martelle
Onslow
Neida Pkinten
Cascade St Mary's
Colesbur
St. Greeley
Ethi
Wrom
Lowden
Opkinton Lisbon
Oxford
Buck Creek
Olin
Claren Martelle
Monmouth
Alburnett
Morely
Demat
Arence
Wyom Oxford
Stanwood
Martelle
Solon
Wapsie
Clarence Lowden
Clarence
MeVille
Oxford Jet
Lisbon
Wyoming Wyoming
Wyoming
McVille
McVitle
Waverly and Nearby Cities Roundup of Basketball Bets
A fragment lists matchups between Waverly Cresco Oelwein Cedar Falls Charles City Decorah North Hampton Osage and B games. Bets include New Hampton at Oelwein and Cresco at Decorah with several pairings centered on Waverly Osage and Charles City.
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Waverly
Oelwein Cresco
Cedar Falls
Charles City
Decorah N. Hampton
Osage
Cedar
New Hampton
Oelwein
Cresco
Decorah
Deelwein
N. Hampton
Local High School Scores and Monday Basketball Pairings
The record lists games with teams Protivin Cresco N D Ossian Lime Springs Ridgeway Cresco N D Ossian Protivin Ft Atkinson Chester DeSales Lime Springs Ridgeway Cresco N D Fort Atkinson Lawler and matchups for Monday Calmar DeSales Cresco N D Ft Atkinson Ridgeway Ossian Protivin Chester Rud Calmar Ridgeway with several scores and locations.
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Protivin
Ft. Atkinson
Cresco N.D
Ridgeway Chester
DeSales DeSales
Ossian Lime Springs
Lime Springs
Local matchups listed for Friday night
Palo at Walker Troy Mills at Viola Center Point at Garnaville Alburnett at Morley Central City at Coggon Palo at Troy Mills Walker at Center Point Alburnett at Central City
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Monena
Edgewood
Garnaville
Mar-Mac
Wane
Colesbur
Waterville
Trw
Point
Guttenbers
Lansing
Strawberry Point
Monona
Lune
Colesbore
Gree Center Point
New Albin
Palo
Walker
Troy Mills
Viola
Center Point
Alburnett
Morley
Central City
Coggon
Linn County
Walker Urnett
Alba
Alker
Local high school meet results and pairings
Dike faces Dysart and Geneseo while Dysart meets Gladbrook Clutch in a Dunkerton hosted event. B-Dinsdale squares off Hudson, Wellsburg hosts Dike, and Dunkerton plays Hudson with Geneseo visiting Orange.
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Dike
Dysart Orance
Geneseo Hudson
Dunkerton
Fairbank LC
Dysart
Gladbrook
Geneseo
Clutter
West Liberty Lone Tree Wilton Jet intro downtown clash
West Liberty and Lone Tree Wilton jet collide on Durant near West Branch, dispatch reports indicate a traffic incident affecting nearby routes. responders from West Branch arrived to assist as authorities opened preliminary inquiries.
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Springville
Mt. Vernon
Wilton
West Branch
Durant
Univ. High
Lone Tree
West Liberty
Wilton Jet
Dinsdale, Gladbrook, Garwin Girls and Boys Scores
Dinsdale 3 0 Dinsdale Gladbrook 8 0 Garwin Garwin 1 2 Montour Beaman 1 2 Gladbrook Conrad 1 2 Beaman Montour 3 Conrad Beaman at Liscomb. Whitten at Conrad. Dinsdale at Hudson. Garwin at Green Mountain. Montour at Toledo. Dysart at Gladbrook. Garwin at Montour. Dinsdale at Gladbrook. Beaman at Conrad.
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Dinsdale
Dinsdale Gladbrook
Garwin Garwin
Montour
Beaman
Gladbrook
Conrad
Liscomb
Whitten
Hudson
Garwin
Green Mountain
Toledo
Dysart
Ames Friday Boys Basketball Schedule Noted
Ames Friday schedule lists boys games with kids from Horne Shellsburg Garrison Newhall Van Horne Blairstown Dublin at various sites. Matches include Walford at Norway Urbana at Monti H and Monti at Urbana with several pairings across surrounding towns.
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Brooklyn
Ladora
Belle Plaine
van Horne
Urbana
Marengo
Walford
Shellsbure
Newhall
Norway
Atkins
Garrison
Blairstown
Monti
Seixas and Trabert Rally for Melbourne Doubles Title
Vic Seixas and Tony Trabert, America's top doubles pair, came from two sets down to defeat Rex Hartwig and Mervyn Rose in Melbourne. They lost 4-6 5-7, then won 6-3 6-4 6-2 to capture the Victoria lawn tennis doubles crown, boosting U.S. hopes in the Davis Cup challenge round.
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Melbourne
INS
America
Vic Seixas
Tony Trabert
Australia
Rex Hartwig
Mervyn Rose
U.S
Seixas
Ken Rosewall
Prep Basketball Results Across Several Matches
Summary of high school and college basketball results and scores from multiple games. Teams listed include Cresco N1D 57 Ossian DeSales 24, Cresco N.D. 53 34, LeMars Gehlen 71 Algona St. Cecilia 43, Monti S.H. 61 Bellevue St. Joe 48, Bonti S.H. 74 Bellevue St. Joe 72. College: St Bonaventure 104 Ithaca 70. National Hockey results Montreal New York 3 3 Toronto 4 Boston 2 Detroit 4 Chicago 1. NBA Minneapolis 104 Milwaukee 102. Syracuse 9 Philadelphia 72 Rochester 97 Fort Wayne 96 Boston 110 Rochester 102 Fort Wayne 90 New York Philadelphia 79 Syracuse 73 Milwaukee 95 Minneapolis 88. College football Refrigerator Bowl Delaware 19 Kent State 7.
Brickhouse to Appear in Cedar Rapids Wrestling Card
Jack Brickhouse well known announcer for Marigold Gardens and national sports broadcasts will guest announcer at Cedar Rapids Thursday pro wrestling show featuring Roy McClarity against Schmidt in the main bout. Two other matches to be announced later. Tickets on sale at Armstrong's Beck's Manhattan restaurant and Coliseum box office or by mail.
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Jack Brickhouse
Marigold Gardens
Cedar Rapids
Brickhouse
Roy McClarity
Schmidt
Armstrong’s
Beck's
Manhattan
Coliseum
They Reclassify Tie In Wabash DePauw Basketball
In Greencastle Indiana the DePauw and Wabash teams were recorded as a 67-66 DePauw win but coaches later changed the official result to a 67-67 tie. An uncounted free throw before substitutions prompted the adjustment, leaving the series at 49 39 1 in DePauw favor with no conference standings affected.
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Greencastle
Ind
DePauw
Wabash
John Orr
John Thrapp
Cal Sutherl
Bob Brock
Hints Williams To Play in '55
Boston owner Tom Yawkey hinted Ted Williams may return for 1955 after Williams signaled he would not be back. Williams heads to Peru for deep sea fishing this winter while Cronin says a contract will be sent in Miami.
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Hints Williams
NEW York
Boston Red Sox
Tom Yawkey
Ted Williams
Williams
Peru
Yawkey
Ted
Sox
Cronin
Joe
Miami
North South Shrine rosters add Cassidy and Helinski
Miami's Arch Cassidy and Indiana's Florian Helinski were added to the Shrine game rosters. Cassidy earned his spot for standout defensive line play with the Southern squad. Helinski, Indiana's MVP, was named the North team's quarterback.
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Miami, Fla
Arch Cassidy
University
Fof
Miami
Southern
Florian Helinski
Indiananiversity
Bowler Ranked Sixth in Muscatine Christmas Tourney
Cedar Rapids bowler Jim Gillen sits sixth in the Muscatine Christmas club tournament with two weekends remaining as leaders drive totals. Top scorers include Gene Skorja of Kansas City 1 066, Pick Wucherpfenning Clinton 1 044, Richard Wood Omaha 1 043, Frank Hering Rockford 1 037, Robert Erickson Macomb 1 026, Gillen 1 000, and others such as Dick Bizham Aledo 999 and Walter Lieferman Preeport 994.
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Gazette
Muscatine
Jim Gillen
Cedar Rapids
Gene Skorja
Kansas City
Kan
Pick Wucherpfenning
Clinton
Richard Wood
Omaha
Neb
Frank Hering
Rockford
Robert Erickson
Macomb
Jim Gill
Peter Mueller Wins by Outpoint in Rochester Bout
Associated Press reports Peter Mueller of Germany, age 156, defeats Ralph Tiger Jones of Yonkers, N Y, by decision over ten rounds in Rochester New York.
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Associated Press
Rochester
N.Y
Peter Mueller
Germany
Ralph Tiger Jones
Yonkers
N. Y
Big Week Ahead in Eastern Iowa High School Basketball
Numerous boys and girls games spotlight unbeaten teams across conferences. Postville and Independence clash in a key nonconference in class A while Urbana faces Sacred Heart of Monticello. Aurora and Winthrop renew a Buchannan County rivalry. leaders in Linn County and Parnell's circuits dupe for top spots. Season-high scorers emerge as Oxford Junction, Dundee, Strawberry Point and others produce big totals.
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Iowa
Postville
Upper
Independence
Marengo
Urbana
Dean Strobelin
Marengo Sextet
Walker
Linn County
Center Point
Marion
Mississippi Valley
Iowa City
Davenport
Clinton
Dubuque
Waverly
Cresco
The
Gazette
Oxford Junction
Ken Erickson
Mechanicsville
Local Names Listed From An Iowa Community Survey
At 32 were Snyder of Hazleton, Janet Moulton of Buck Creek, Joanne Henderson of Coggon, Jananna Kellogg of Strawberry Point, and Colleen Smith of Urbana.
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Snyder
Hazleton
Janet Moulton
Buck Creek
Joanne Henderson
Coggon
Jananna Kellogg
Strawberry Point
Colleen Smith
Urbana
Delaware Wins Refrigerator Title in Evansville Bowl
The University of Delaware won the Refrigerator Bowl 19 to 7 over Kent State of Ohio in Evansville. Dan Danabo led the offense with strong field generalship and passing setting up three touchdowns. Bobby Moneymaker and James Zaiser scored, while Kent State led 7-6 at halftime before Delaware pulled away.
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Evansville
Ind
Ins
University of Delaware
Dan A
Miller
Carson
Delaware
Kent State
Ohio
Bobby Moneymaker
James Zaiser
Bob Stimac
Costa Favored in Televised Featherweight Bout
Carmelo Costa of Brooklyn ranked seventh in featherweight is favored over Bobby Bell of Youngstown Ohio in a ten round televised bout Monday night at the Eastern Parkway arena.
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New York
INS
Carmelo Costa
Brooklyn
N.Y
Bobby Bell
Youngstown
Ohio
Eastern Parkway Arena
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C. R. Bowler
Jack Ogden
Ogden
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Oxford Girls
Capitol Valley
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Dick Claussen
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