Al Kubski Named Cedar Rapids C R Manager for 1953
The Cedar Rapids Cubs hire 83 year old Al Kubski as manager for 1953. He has led 10 first division clubs in 10 seasons and spent seven winters managing in the Panama City league where his teams won seven pennants. Kubski will serve as playing manager coming to Cedar Rapids with plans to move from Baltimore to Iowa for the January baseball banquet.
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Gus Schrader
Gazette
Cedar Rapids
al Kubski
Bss
Lee EB. Winterberg
Kubski
Jim Meaghan
Cubs
Wid Matthews
Phoenix
Baltimore
Winterberg
Ubski
Matthews
Harrison Wickel
Panama City
Cub
Sioux Falls
Kilgore
Texas
Rochester
Houston
Moomaw Named UP Lineman of Year for 1952
UCLA star Donn Moomaw won the United Press lineman of the year award in a nationwide poll of 254 sports writers and broadcasters. The 220-pound, 6 foot 4 defender and offense star received 67 votes, more than double his nearest rival Tom Catlin of Oklahoma.
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New York
Donn Moomaw
UCLA
United Press
Moomaw
Georgia Fox Trails in All-Star Bowling
Georgia Fox of Cedar Rapids struggled at the National All-Star bowling tournament in Chicago in the first eight games over the weekend. She totaled 644 on Saturday and 680 on Sunday to finish 1,324, behind leader Elvira Toepfer of Detroit with 1,572. Bill Littard of Chicago led the men with 2,504.
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The
Gazette
Chicago
Georgia Fox
Cedar Rapids
Mrs. Fox
Elvira Toepfer
Detroit
Bill Littard
Michigan State schedules and other sports notes
Michigan State’s 1953 and 1954 conference football plans surface with dates at Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin Indiana Purdue and Ohio State and a note on home-game preferences. Also: Casey Stengel stories and six day bike race changes plus Illinois basketball prospects and Indian front office tensions with Hank Greenberg criticized for comments on Casey Stengel.
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Michigan State
Spartans
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Indiana
Purdue
Ohio State
Michigan
Michiagna
Jack Prowell
Champaign News- Gazette
Illinois Rooter
Illinois
Iowa City
Prowell
Ann Arbor
Paul Brechler
Brechler
Ilinois
Tlingis
Towa
Big Ten
Pros Cannot Rejoin AAU Amid Gatekeeping Battle
Spokane AP reports the Amateur Athletic Union closed its 64th annual convention with a decision to keep eligibility strict after a heated fight over relaxing rules. A proposed change would have allowed a former professional to be reinstated three years after leaving the pro ranks.
Notre Dame Considers Football Return With Army
Notre Dame may resume football relations with Army according to Father Edmund Joyce executive vice president. Coach Frank Leahy and Athletic Director Ed Krause plan to confer with West Point Coach Earl Blaik in January to discuss the proposition. No game before 1957 due to prior commitments. last meeting was in 1947.
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Chicago
Notre Dame
Army
Edmund P. Joyce
C.S.C
Fathees Joyce
Chicago Notre Dame
Frank Leahy
Ed Krause
West Point
Earl Blaik
Joyce
Bryant to Confer on Arkansas Football Vacancy
Kentucky coach Paul Bryant reportedly would visit Fayetteville for an Arkansas football vacancy interview but denied any trip from Lexington. Arkansas board member Wilson Sharp said Bryant was expected this week but would not meet the committee on this trip.
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Fayetteville, Ark
INS
Paul Bryant
University of Kentucky
Fayetteville
University of Arkansas
Bryant
Lexington
Wilson W. Sharp
Arkansas’ Board of Trustees
Meyer Suffered Heart Attack Sends Pirates Manager to Hospital
Phoenix report says Bill Meyer age 59 former Pirates manager collapsed in a drug store and is in serious condition at Memorial hospital. He will be confined to the hospital indefinitely after resigning as Pirates manager following last season.
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Phoenix
INS
Bill Meyer
Pittsburgh Pirates
Phoenix Hospital
Memorial Hospital
Meyer
Pirates
Darling and Lovelette spark Phillips 49 62 win
Darling scored all 11 Phillips points in a 69 62 victory over Los Alamitos Naval Air Base with Clyde Lovelette adding 17. The two 6 9 players shared center duties as former all America stars from Iowa and Phillips combined for the win Saturday night.
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Moline
Chuck Darling
Clyde Lovelette
Phillips Oilers
Los Alamitos Naval Air Base
Darling
Big Ten
Iowa
Lovelette
Big Ten Fines Iowa Coach O'Connor For Recruiting Violation
The Big Ten bars Frank O'Connor from contacting high school players from Nov 23, 1952 to July 1, 1953 after Illinois alleged he visited a Quincy high school star Bruce Brothers' home to recruit him. Iowa notes he can coach the team and defends his conduct as not involving improper offers or pressure.
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Illinois
Timi
Bruce Brothers
Quincy
Red Kerr
Bob Peterson
Big Ten
Paul Judson
Hebron
Iowa
Frank “Bucky” O'Connor
University of Iowa
O’connor
Ad O'Connor
Hawks
Butler
Oklahoma
University of Illinois
Tug Wilson
Ilinois
Ulinois
Iowa U
Brothers
O'Connor
University of Ilinois
Paul Brechler
Bucky
Holman Home to Fight CCNY Suspension
Nat Holman, longtime CCNY basketball coach, returns to New York to challenge suspension and defend himself against charges linked to a 1950s scandal involving mark-changing and recruiting. He abandoned a Europe sabbatical to face a departmental trial after board accusations.
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NEW York
INS
Nat Holman
CCNY
Holman
Europe
Board of Highereducation
Helman
City
Valley hosts set for wrestling and track meets in 1955 schedule
Wilson hosts the Mississippi Valley conference wrestling meet on Saturday January 10 in Cedar Rapids after a Feb Davenport site change. Cedar Rapids awarded the outdoor track championship at Kingston Stadium on Saturday May 16. Golf and tennis meets slated for Dubuque in May. Conference opposes Iowa council plan to alternate boys and girls state basketball tournaments. Winter chairs a 1955 56 57 football schedule committee with Stolla Bates Lynn and Sweet.
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Lfor
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Kingston Stadium
Dubuque
Iowa High School Activities Council
Fred Winter
Winter
Butch Stolla
Frank Bates
Iowa City
Max Lynn
Clinton
Harald Sweet
Stassforth Granted 12 National Swimming Marks
Spokane AP reports the Amateur Athletic Union approved Bowen Stassforth's 12 national marks set in various courses. Records listed include 200 yards breaststroke 9:15.8 on a 20 yard course and 400 meters 5:46.1, among others.
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Spokane
The
Amateur Athletic Union
Bowen Stassforth
University of Iowa
Stassforth
Reid Injured in Dallas Texans Eagles Game
Joe Reid, center for the Dallas Texans, is in a semiconscious state at St. Marys hospital after a severe brain concussion suffered in Sundays game with the Philadelphia Eagles at Shibe Park.
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Philadelphia
Joe Reid
Dallas Texans
St. Mary's Hospital
Philadelphia Eagles
Shibe Park
National Cage Title Race Opens Wide With Kentucky Out
AP reports a wide open race without Kentucky as the NCAA investigates subsidization rules. La Salle, Kansas, Kansas State, Notre Dame, Seton Hall, California and Washington emerge as title contenders with early wins and standout players like Tom Gola, Fred Iehle, Jack Moore, Norm Grekin, Clyde Lovelette, Walt Dukes.
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Philadelphia
Explorers
Madison Square Garden
Tom Gola
Fred Iehle
Jack Moore
Norm Grekin
Iehle
Gala
Grekin
Seton Hall
Walt Dukes
California
Washington
Lipp's Grill Beats Elkader Independents 92-68
Cedar Rapids based Lipp's Grill extended its win streak to six by routing Elkader Independents 92-68. Tom Easterly scored 28 and Ed Lipp 22 for the victors while Frosty Westering led Elkader with 21 points and Jack Dittmer added 19.
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The
Gazette
Elkader — Lipp
Grill
Cedar Rapids
Elkader
Tom Easterly
Ed Lipp
Frosty Westering
Jack Dittmer
Western Kentucky Tops Arkansas State 34-19 in Refrigerator Bowl
Indiana players Manual Vidal and John Koldus of Gary scored for Arkansas State as WKU defeated the Indians 34-19 in the fifth Refrigerator Bowl. Vidal reached the end zone from one yard and Koldus picked off a pass from Jimmy Felix and returned 19 yards.
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Indiana Travelers
Arkansas State
Indians
Western Kentucky
Manual Vidal
John Koldus
Gary
Vidal
Koldus
Jimmy Felix
Sports Slate Highlights Week of Games and Meets
A dense schedule lists basketball games across multiple days, with colleges and towns such as Coe, Simpson, Lawrence, Cornell, Dubuque, Roosevelt, Clinton, Wilson, and Xavier. Wrestling action includes McKinley at Traer and a Cedar Falls AAU journey, plus a Cedar Rapids quadrangular.
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Simpson
R. St. Fat's
Marshalltown St. Mary's
McKinley
Traer
Syorta
South Side Cale Club
Wresthon
Wretinley
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Cos
Ripon
Cornel
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Roosevelt
Clinton
Wilson
R. &, Wene
Dyersville
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Whon
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Breslan
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M.kinley
Ripan
Cornell
Cedar Falls
Cedar Rapids
Lions, Browns Vie For NFL Titles In Final Week
Steelers hold key as Detroit Lions seek first division crown since 1935 while the Cleveland Browns can seal the American Conference by beating the New York Giants. Detroit thrashed Chicago 45 21 and Cleveland shut out the Chicago Cardinals 10 0 to stay in the race.
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Philadelphia
New York
Washington
Wwlett Detrait
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Washington Redskins
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Browns
Milani Undergoes Knee Surgery in Iowa University Hospital Release Planned
Iowa grid halfback Jim Milani returns from Centerville after knee damage surgery at University hospitals. He was injured midway through the season and had the operation on Friday. he is expected to be released later this week.
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Towa City
Jim Milani
Iowa
Centerville
Milani
Iowa Grid
Seace
Friay
South Miami dog wins second straight crown
Bitsu Von Basha owned by J. W. Lipop of South Miami, Fla, captured his second consecutive open all age championship, while Crested Glade Warrior, also Lipop’s, won first in the open derby division at the national gun dog event.
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Bitsu von ‘Basha
J. W. Lipop
South Miami
Fla
Crested Glade Warrior
Lipop
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Sugar” Cain
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