Cedar Rapids Open records fall at Roosevelt rink ice derby
Eight city records and eleven Cedar Rapids Open marks toppled as young skaters battled choppy ice in 32 degree weather at Roosevelt rink. Ann Cooper led girl sprint marks while Dave Arends set top times in midget 220 and 440, with multiple others securing city and meet records across divisions.
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Miss Cooper
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Pat Walters
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Carol Pierce
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Old City
Jo Ann Dunlop
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Snyder
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Gazette
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Bruce Trimble
Trimble
District girls basketball pairings loom in Iowa 1951
Iowa High School Girls Union outlines 16 district pairings for the 1951 tournament at Coe and other sites. Notable matchups include Coggan versus Lowdon in Northeast Cedar Rapids and Garrison versus Wheatland, with Deep River and Aurora tangling in the Southeast round. 64 teams remain before the Feb 12 17 district play and later state finals at Drake Fieldhouse Des Moines.
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Coggan
Lowdon
Cedar Rapids
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Gilman and
Marengo
Deep River
Belle Plaine Cagers Sweep Twin Bill Over Le Grand
Belle Plaine town team beats Le Grande in a Sunday twin bill. A team led by Les Deaton with 34 points won 85 to 70. Davis 19 and Beane 31 for Le Grande. B team prevailed 46 to 31 with No Votny scoring 14.
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Novotny
Southern Loop Allows Freshmen in Varsity After Sept. 1
The 17 member Southern conference voted to permit freshmen to participate in varsity athletics after Sept. 1 due to the draft program. Max Farrington, president of the conference and GWU athletic director, announced that 11 members backed eligibility after Sept. 1, five favored immediate participation, and one opposed any freshman use.
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Washington
SNL
Max Farrington
George Washington University
Former Champ Jenkins Held in Soldier's Death
Lew Jenkins, former lightweight champion, was in custody in Colorado Springs for investigation into the death of Cpl. David L. Dexter of Camp Carson. Dexter, 22, was struck at a roadblock on state highway 115 between Camp Carson and Colorado Springs when Jenkins’ car hit the roadblock Saturday night.
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Bud Svendsen Named Gopher Football Assistant Coach
Earl Bud Svendsen, former Gopher star, is named assistant football coach at the University of Minnesota. Athletic Director Ike Armstrong announced the appointment on Monday. Svendsen comes from Lafayette College where he was a line coach. his Minnesota assignment was not specified.
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Minneapolis
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Bud” Svendsen
Gopher
University of Minnesota
Ike Armstrong
Svendsen
Lafayette College
Minnesota
Stewart Chevrolets End Oilers' 58-Game Winning Streak
The Phillips 66 Oilers, national AAU champions, suffered their first defeat since January 1950 when Stewart Chevrolets of San Francisco edged them 56 to 53 at Winterland. Bartlesville, Oklahoma based Oilers faced a strong upset as the run ended.
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Districts Feb 12 17 Northwest and Northeast basketball rounds
Districts across Iowa list pairings by city including Estherville Harcourt Cedar Rapids Mason City Postville Waterloo Bloomfield Des Moines Mt Pleasant Council Bluffs Creston Grand Junction Shenandoah and Shenandoah sites. Teams include Titonka Melvin Garfield-Webb Ruthven Churdan Lohrville Kamrar Vernon Two Renwick Charter Oak Rock Valley Hinton Sloan City Meriden Providence Sulphur Springs Cogdon Lowden Floyd Hansell Meservey Aurora Monona Garnaville Waterville Clutter Steamboat Rock Roland Cambria Moravia Donnellson Seymour Clarence Gilman Deep River Marengo Colfax Knoxville Pella Christian Kinross Sperry Ollie West Liberty Dow City St Marys Panama Neola Wieta Leon Van Meter Winterset Franklin Twp Cooper Guthrie Center Woodward Shenandoah Elliott Glenwood Farragut Gravity and others with championship and consolation rounds scheduled.
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Melvin
Garfield-Webb
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Harcourt
Churdan
Lohrville
Kamrar
Vernon
Renwick
Sioux City
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Rock Valley
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Sloan
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Meriden
Wednesay
Holstein
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Mason City
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Hansell
Hansontown
Meservey
Postville
Aurora
Monona
Garnaville
Waterville
Waterloo
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Steamboat Rock
Roland
Williams
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Cambria
Moravia
Donnellson
Seymour
Cedar Rapids
Clarence
Gilman
Deep River
Marengo
Des Moines
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Pella Christian
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Leon
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Winterset
Grand Junction
Franklin Twp
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Guthrie Center
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Glenwood
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Gravity
Dick Dickson Tops Cedar Rapids Marion Point Race
Little change in the Cedar Rapids Marion scoring race last week as Dick Dickson moves to second behind Wilson’s Wally Krause. Krause holds a higher average at 14.58 to 13.29. both could surpass Norm Barnes’s 223 points if trends persist. Tom Jost leads Marion’s Hugh Leffingwell in total points by eight despite an average drop to 17.89, with Jost having played four more games. Leffingwell now posts an average of 21.47.
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Dick Dickson
Franklin
Wilson
Wally Krause
Krause
Norm Barnes
Tom Jost
Marion
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Jost
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Leffingwell
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Assecks
Don Christiansen
Four Cents a Bout At Golden Gloves
The 16th annual Gazette-KCRG Golden Gloves will be held at Memorial Coliseum with 25 bouts per night on February 13 and 14. General admission is one dollar for those two nights, with reserved seats from 1.20 to 1.50, and final night prices from 1.25 to 2.25. Proceeds benefit local charity through The Gazette-KCRG Charities Inc. and the Young Men's Bureau.
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Yankees Owner Demands Immediate New Baseball Commissioner
Del Webb half owner of the New York Yankees pressed to name a new baseball commissioner immediately. He urged a second meeting within 24 hours of a committee’s start to narrow candidates to six or seven, then convene a joint meeting of the two leagues. Chandler defended his tenure amid critics at a writers dinner.
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Webb
New York Baseball Writers
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Lou Perini
Boston Braves
Phil Wrigley
Chicago Cubs
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Joe Olsen
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Midwest Conference Standings and Upcoming Games
Beloit, Carleton, Cornell, Knox, Grinnell, Monmouth, Ripon, Lawrence, Coe, Augustana, and Iowa Junior Varsity appear in the standings. Schedule notes show Thursday Augustana at Cornell, Friday Coe at Grinnell, and Saturday Cornell versus Iowa Junior Varsity as a prelude to the Iowa Ohio State game.
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College basketball schedule and results across multiple teams
North Westmar Loyola Westmar at Loras and other matchups list shows weekly games. Notable lines include Westmar at Luther Simpson at Central St Ambrose at Lewis and Dubuque at Knox. Friday Buena Vista at Luther and Wartburg at Upper Iowa highlight Midwest college basketball action with outcomes and next opponents.
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Pro Basketball National Association Standings and Sunday Results
Eastern and Western divisions list teams with wins losses and percentages. Notable results include Syracuse 78 over Philadelphia 75 and Indianapolis 105 over New York 83, with other Sunday scores: Baltimore 108 over Fort Wayne 95, Minneapolis 98 over Boston 84, Tri-Cities 84 over Rochester 61.
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Northwestern Faces Iowa In Big Ten Clash For Conference Hopes
Northwestern seeks to boost its conference standing at Iowa tonight as Ray Ragelis leads the Wildcats with 22.1 points per game. Iowa counters with Chuck Darling and Frank Calsbeek atop the Hawkeyes scoring, in a high scoring Big Ten showdown at Iowa Field House.
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Iowa
Ray Ragelis
Ragelis
Wildcats
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Hawkeyes
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Frank Calsbeek
Darling
Calsbeek
Big Ten leaders may reshuffle after week of tests
Indiana leads the Big Ten with a 6-0 mark but could share the top spot after an eight game slate. Illinois and Wisconsin chase, with Wisconsin at 5-1 alongside idle Illinois after a 5-1 tie. Northwestern sits 5-2 as Wisconsin visits Illinois in the weekend marquee showdown.
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Gophers
State AAU Basketball Pairings Completed
Twenty seven teams will compete in the Iowa men s A A U basketball tournament opening in Marshalltown on Saturday Feb 10 with the Kelley Merchants of Story County meeting Independence American Legion in the first game at 2 p m Finals set for Sunday Feb 18 First round pairings list includes LeGrand Fort Dodge Amvets Green Mountain Parkersboro Nevada VFW Grundy Center Chariton National Guard Polk champion C F Amvers aring Center Point Oskaloosa C R Lipps Grill Lennox Furnace Marshalltown Gladbrook Clifton s Iowa City Legion Polk No 4 Independence Legion Kelley Merchants Bremers Iowa City Voorhies Grain Co R Kutchera Rhodes Newton Ells and other teams
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M J Board To Meet For Election Tonight
Cedar Rapids M J Manufacturers and drobbers league officers and directors meet at the YMCA at 7 tonight. President Frank Kerres says 1951 officer elections will be on the agenda.
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Stalling or Ball Control in Big Ten Basketball Sparks Debate
Northwestern and Iowa clash after a high scoring 73-70 Wildcats win. The piece examines stalling vs ball control in college hoops, cites Dar ling and Calsbeek rebounding for Iowa, and recalls historic examples and spokespersons defending or criticizing slow play.
Evanson Named Hawkeye High Coach After Service
Challis Evanson of Decorah will take over Hawkeye High School coaching duties, succeeding Tom Masterpole who leaves to serve. Evanson has taught at Goodell High and recently began duties after starting a master’s degree at the University of Iowa. Masterpole directed the Oelwein summer recreation program for five years.
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Tom Masterpole
Masterpole
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John Boyd
Boyd
Challis Evanson
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Goodell High School
Max Baer to Sign $100,000 Wrestling Contract
Former heavyweight boxing champion Max Baer plans to sign a $100,000 wrestling contract this week with Toots Monk. The 26 week deal could mark a comeback attempt in the heavyweight division, Baer said Monday.
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New York
Cancer golf tour winner named in California event
Bernie De Vivieros, West Coast scout for the Detroit Tigers, won the annual Babe Ruth Cancer fund golf tournament held in Millbrae California on Sunday.
Shields Ties For 8th Spot At Tucson
Lloyd Man grum wins Tucson Open by two strokes with a 72 hole total of 269 after a final round 69 at El Rio Golf and Country Club. Jack Shields finishing eighth ties with 275 and earns $348. other top finishers include Jim Turnesa Lew Worsham and Jack Burke.
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Student Meeting Tonight on Chick Sutherland Replacement
Ames Iowa State College students push to replace Cyclone basketball coach Chick Sutherland after a January 22 loss at Missouri. Four hundred sign petition. Cardinal Guild to hear report after campus canvass by men's residence association and other groups.
Louis Agramonte Bout Expected To Draw Fifty Thousand
International Boxing Club officials in Miami predict a $50,000 gate for the Joe Louis Omelio Agramonte fight in Miami on Wednesday night. There will be no television or radio broadcast of the heavyweight bout. If Louis wins, a rematch with Ezzard Charles will be discussed.
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Rawls and Dodd Duo In Record Golf Win
Betsy Rawls of Austin and Betty Dodd of Fort Sam Houston Texas set a new one round record of 69 in the women international golf tournament defeating Mae Murray of Rutland Vermont and Pat O Sullivan of Orange Connecticut 6 and 5 in 31 holes Sunday at Hollywood Fifia.
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Rutland
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Protivin Girls Edge Assumption 36 30 in Rough Meet
Protivin girls beat Assumption of Cresco 36 30 as Lorine Kalisch scored 19 points on Sunday. Jaeger led Assumption with 16. The Assumption boys won 55 35 with Ed Shimack on 21 and J. Kramer adding 13 for the losers.
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DeSales Girls Tame Ossian Elma Twinbill 62 32
Ossian and Elma split a Sunday twin bill with DeSales girls winning 62 to 32 behind Joan Hawkings 47 points. Elma’s McAory scored 18 in the girls game. In the boys clash Elma edged Ossian 32 to 28 as Mark Lechtenberg led with 13.
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