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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1952
Page
6
A dense schedule lists boys and girls hoops with numerous fixtures across Iowa cities. Teams like Davenport, McKinley, Franklin, Anamosa, and Dubuque are set for midweek and weekend showdowns at Moline, Grinnell, and Riverside venues, with multiple county alums and prep squads in action.
The Detroit Red Wings thrashed the Boston Bruins 7-1 to stretch their unbeaten streak to 15 games in the 1952-53 season. Chicago Black Hawks beat the New York Rangers 6-3 to move into second place, six points behind Detroit.
A seldom-used sophomore Fred Robinson was being groomed to start at quarterback for Florida in the Gator Bowl against Tulsa as veteran Doug Dickey likely sits with a leg injury. Dickey led the Gators’ T formation and had steered the team to seven wins in 10 games against tough foes.
Southern California and Wisconsin began tapering drills as both teams eyed secret weapons for the Rose Bowl. Hill planned peak strength by Thursday with Hawthorne a potential Trojan backfield breaker alongside Sears and Carmichael, while Wisconsin weighed Hart and Carl’s knee status and Ameche’s power back.
A schedule listing college men’s basketball games this week in the Big Ten Big Seven Iowa Colleges and other regional matchups. Notable games include Indiana at Michigan Ohio State at Michigan State Northwestern at Minnesota Purdue at Wisconsin and a Shrine tournament at Marshalltown along with multiple regional events.
Knowles of Immaculate Conception surged to the parochial scoring lead with 172 points in eight games, edging Chick Hughes of St. Wene and Bob Kazimour as the season progresses. Hamilton of Wilson regained second in the public race with 21 points in a Keystone game, while Dave Mitchell and Ronnie Thenhaus hold major positions as Marion and Franklin area players see limited action.
Olympic champion Parry O'Brien of Southern California shattered a 17 year Sugar Bowl shot put record with a 56 feet 4 1/2 inch throw. Barrow Hooper of Texas offered little challenge as other Olympic winners also posted marks in events including high jump javelin pole vault and mile relay led by Oklahoma and Kansas State in the relay.
Ezzard Charles former world heavyweight champion and Bascom an East St Louis mailman have been signed by the International Boxing Club for a ten round bout at the St Louis Arena. Bascom once a promising contender in recent fights lost to Jimmy Bivins and Tommy Harrison.
In San Francisco AP reports critics of East coach Biggie Munn faulted him for not playing Holy Cross quarterback Charley Maloy in the Shrine game loss to the West. East quarterback Tom O Connell of Vines directed the offense and drove a late 53 second winning drive, while Maloy sat unused.
The West beat the East 93 to 71 in the 14th annual college swimming forum in Fort Lauderdale. Iowa Purdue Wisconsin Indiana Nebraska Northwestern Oklahoma Illinois competed against Yale Williams Michigan Columbia Georgia Florida and Miami. Iowa's Buddy Lucas took the 440 yard freestyle in 5 minutes 1.23 seconds.
New York dispatch reports eight New Year’s bowl games expected to attract about 400000 in-person spectators. Radio and TV receipts push gate totals beyond two million as USC faces Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl and other matchups include Georgia Tech vs Mississippi in the Sugar Bowl and Texas vs Tennessee in the Cotton Bowl.
New Orleans reports a virus outbreak and injuries strain Mississippi and Georgia Tech as they prepare for the Sugar Bowl. Mississippi football players fall ill at Biloxi, 14 sidelined but reported not seriously ill, while Tech faces injury concerns with tackles Sheraman and backs Hardeman Teas and Pretz listed as doubtful or limited.
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