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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1956
Page
13
Iowa's regulars dominated Wichita 62 to 34 but subs faltered late allowing a 36 to 9 swing. Bruce Schrader notes Illinois depth and cites Marv Strang's Jerabek's success alongside transfer rules and Wisconsin eligibility quirks impacting the Big Ten race.
Guthrie Center superintendent Paul H. Jarman and Iowa Girls Athletic Union director was reported in excellent condition at a local hospital after a heart attack on Friday. He was stricken Friday. doctors planned further studies to assess heart damage. Jarman previously coached girls basketball at Seymour before moving to Guthrie Center in 1946.
Iowa State is listed as tied for 20th in the International News Service weekly college basketball poll. The top ranks feature San Francisco, Vanderbilt, NC State, Louisville, and North Carolina among others with several other major programs following in the second ten.
Art Andrews of Iowa City captured two titles at the Northwest indoor tennis tourney in Minneapolis. He defeated Bill Ball of Cedar Rapids for the men’s singles crown and then teamed with Don Middlebrook of Des Moines to win the doubles title.
The Golden Gloves event this week will feature at least five open-class teams and four novice clubs. Cedar Rapids squads CIO The Lounge and Joe and Cliffs join Dubuque representatives Gavin s and Frankie Farrell with Washington opening a partial eight-fighter delegation.
Standings show Missouri 4, Iowa State 4, Nebraska and Kansas State 4, Oklahoma 3 2, with upcoming games: Missouri at Kansas, Kansas State at Nebraska, Oklahoma at Oklahoma Ags, and Iowa State at Missouri among others. Iowa Conference results include Grinnell, Luther, Buena Vista, Dubuque, Simpson, and North Dakota teams with multiple matchups listed for Monday to Saturday.
Iowa eyeing a Monday night test at Wisconsin fieldhouse as the Badgers aim to rebound from a recent skid. Wisconsin, led by coach Bud Foster, lost key players but adds 6-7 Ray Gross and 6-5 John Parker in the pivot, while Iowa prepares for a tough Big Ten road slate before at Northwestern. Ohio State and Illinois loom in a crowded race, with Indiana and Michigan also in action on the schedule.
Betty Shobes of Cedar Rapids earned a chance to skate for a Minneapolis club next season after placing highly in senior women’s events at the North American speed skating championships in Milwaukee. The Laidlaw club and another Minneapolis group expressed interest, while Shobes considers offers. she placed second in most heats, fifth in the mile, and fourth in the 880 final. Cedar Rapids teammate Dave Arends showed speed but faded in the two-mile. Ken Bartholomew won the men’s North American title and Pat Gibson retained the senior women’s crown.
Action photos from two city wrestling matches published by The Gazette Sunday incorrectly identified competitors. McKinley wrestler Bob Seaton defeated Franklin foe Gary Koza 6-2 in a 165 pound bout. Roosevelt’s Earl Wims and Wilson’s Dave Waldron ended in a 2-2 draw.
Sandra Foster earns Cedar Rapids most improved skater trophy amid a Cedar Valley meet at Roosevelt rink. Foster won juvenile girls 440 yards in 57.7 seconds, but fell in the 220 where Pat Walters finished first in 29.3. The traveling award is funded by local skating enthusiasts and sponsors to honor progress each season.
Unbeaten Colesburg and the defeated Maynard top a rugged Garnaville district field for the Iowa Girls Athletic Union tournament. Pairings announced Monday set first round byes for Maynard and Colesburg with subsequent matchups in Garnaville and surrounding sites for February 13 to 18, including byes and winners advancing to later rounds.
Lincoln Nebraska AP Pete Elliott named Don Scarborough Northwestern State college Alva Oklahoma as an assistant to complete his Nebraska football coaching staff Scarborough is noted as head football and basketball coach at Northwestern State College in Alva Oklahoma
Sunday prep games featured Gehlen 65 over Emmetsburg Cath 45. Creighton 74 and St Michaels 32 in college action. Saturday results include Omaha North 49 over St Ambrose 8 5, Dubuque 77 over East Waterloo 70, Omaha South 2 over CB Thom, Dub Loras 66 over Sioux Falls Wash 53, and Marshalltown 70 over DM Roosevelt 87 plus assorted state and regional matchups and scores.
The 1960 Squaw Valley Winter Games ended amid controversy as the Italian Olympic Committee spent eight million dollars from betting pool profits to run a model event. IOC demands four million more from the California legislature by April 3 to proceed, with Innsbruck, Austria a fallback. Soviet Russia led in medals with 121 points to Austria's 78. Finland claimed the ski jump podium with Antti Hyvarinen and Aulis Kallakorpi first and second, Germany's Harry Glass third, jumps exceeding 80 meters.
Four Cedar Rapids squads dominated first round action at the 1956 Iowa AAU basketball tournament in Marshalltown. Jerabeck's Troy Laundry, Sanitary Dairy and Hall's Clothiers all won, Jerabeck's defeating an Ames team 69 to 43, Troy Laundry beating Gilman 63 to 57, Hall's Clothiers defeating Knoxville 73 to 56, and Sanitary Dairy defeating a Marshalltown club 79 to 55.
Cary Middlecoff, heir to Ben Hogan, added the Phoenix Open title to his list of triumphs as he captured the $15,000 prize in Phoenix Arizona.
Fragmented scoreboard shows scattered results across multiple teams. Rochester and Minneapolis posted gains while St Louis and Syracuse faced losses. Boston and New York each recorded wins with several games incomplete or unreadable. Montreal, Detroit, and Chicago appearances are noted in partial lines.
The National Baseball Congress voted to stage the second annual global world series in the United States early in September. The decision was announced from Chicago.
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