Ives and Danner Lead Big Ten Scoring Chase
Iowa freshman Dick Ives trails Michigan’s Tom King in the Big Ten scoring race with 134 points in seven games. Danner and Grate also stand among the leaders as Ohio State features four players in the top tier.
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Diagonal
Dick Ives
Iowa
Michigan
Tom King
Ives
Andy Phillip
King
Illinois
Phillip
Ohio State
Purdue
Northwestern
Dave Danner
Don Grate
Arnold Risen
Dave Strack
Notre Dame Gets New Batch of Navy V-5 Stars
Chicago AP reports Notre Dame's 1944 football squad may receive most Chicago area high school stars enrolled in the navy V-5 program. Lt. Henry Penfield says most mid year graduates will join Notre Dame March 1 and stay through Nov. 1 to play the season before further training. Some stars may be sent to St Ambrose Indiana State Wabash or Newberry colleges instead.
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Notre Dame
Henry Penfield
Navy Aviation Cadet Selection Board
Navy
Penfield
St. Ambrose College
Davenport
Indiana State
Terre Haute
Ind
Wabash College
Crawfordsville
Newberry College
Newberry
S. C
Iowa State Set to Face Drake in Wednesday Nonconference Clash
Iowa State basketball travels to Des Moines for a midweek nonconference game against Drake as they seek to extend a five game Big Six win streak following a 41 to 39 victory over Oklahoma. The teams met earlier this week with Iowa State winning 43 to an unspecified score.
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INS
Iowa State
Drake
Des Moines
Oklahoma
Novikoff Signing Sparks Cubs Trade Talk
CHICAGO AP Lou Novikoff known as the Mad Russian has signed his 1944 Cubs contract, ending a long holdout. Speculation grows that the outfielder may be moved to boost club options as competition tightens for the left field spot with Bill Nicholson Harry Lowrey Ival Goodman Andy Pafko and Ed Sauer in the mix.
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Chicago
Lou Novikoff
Dizzy Dean
Chicago Cubs
Novikoff
Larupin
Lou
Los Angeles
Cub
Phil K. Wrigley
Bill Nicholson
Harry Lowrey
Ival Goodman
Andy Pafko
Ed Sauer
Hulse Dodds Duel to Resume in Boston Meet
Boston AP reports the Gil Dodds Bill Hulse mile duel will continue at the Boston A A games in Boston Garden next Saturday. Dodds won the Wanamaker mile in 4 10.6 last week, holding a three yard lead over Hulse who is the American mile record holder.
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Gil Dodds
Bill Hulse
Boston A. A
Boston Garden
Dodds
Hulse
New York
Boxing Roundup Reports Scattered Aims Across Cities
AP dispatch lists multiple lightweight to welterweight outcomes with Henry Armstrong boxing Lew Hanbury in Washington and Harry Jeffra beating Jimmy Collins in Baltimore. Other results include Freddie Archer over Leroy Saunders in Newark and Jamaica Harold Smith defeating Neil Miller in Scranton.
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Henry Armstrong
Los Angeles
Lew Hanbury
Baltimore
Harry Jeffra
Jimmy Collins
Chicago
Lou Woods
Detroit
Bill Parsons
Danville
Newark
N. J
Freddie Archer
Leroy Saunders
New York
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Neil Miller
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Gridders Invited to Legion Meeting in Cedar Rapids
High school football players in Cedar Rapids are invited to attend the Han ford Post American Legion gathering tonight at 8. Ensign Art Guepe of the Iowa Preflight school will show films of the Seahawk Notre Dame game and all Seahawk scoring plays from last fall.
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Hanford Post
American Legion Tonight
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Iowa
Seahawk
Bobby Jones Tops All Time Ace in Sports Poll
Bobby Jones the 1930 grand slam golf champion dominates a coast to coast AP Features poll. Babe Ruth trails, with readers noting Jones’s Open and Amateur dominance and his nine Open starts before 1930 retirement.
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New York
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Bobby
Robert Tyre Jones, Jr
U. S. Army Air Forces
England
Babe Ruth
Georgia
Greens
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Macdonald Smith
United States
Derby claims and boxing notes mark a busy spring
Frank Menke proclaims the 1944 Kentucky Derby the Grand Canyon Derby with a wide open field. Occupy, Durazna and Twilight Tear among foals named as potential winners while Joe Gokbora eyes boxing coaching in Cedar Rapids. The column observes peacetime sports linger amid wartime restrictions and notes baseball and minor leagues face talent shortages but may rebound after the war.
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Menke
Count Fleet
Alsab
Whirlaway
Eastern Iowa 64 girls sectional tourney preview from Dottie Ireland
Eastern Iowa hosts 64 girls sectional tourney sites with Marengo favored in its gym and Coggan girls aiming for first place after Linn county finals. Contenders include Victor Chelsea Ladora Blairstown Croy Epworth Central City Delhi Buck Creek Troy Mills Monticello Sacred Heart Mt Vernon Wyoming and Norht English. Matches in Solon McGregor and Newhall feature notable showdowns and standout scorers Heim Fagan Krohi Hemenway Petersen Hines Donohue McDonald.
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Epworth
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Marquette
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Farmersburg
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Newhall Sextet
No Broken Bones Norb Weidner Aims For 1944 Comeback
Norb Weidner ex sandlot player reportedly becomes Pittsburghs first baseball casualty of 1944. At Forbes Field manager Frank Frisch urged fans for a pitcher to finish the game and Norb then struck out the first batter before awakening in pain with an arm injury diagnosed as a dislocated pitching arm.
No White House Baseball Favors
ST LOUIS AP The fortune of professional baseball this year may be subject to selective service and war manpower regulations. Stephen Early the presidential secretary wrote Sporting News that it might not be best for the President to issue a supplemental statement at this time. He noted the President would leave the matter to determinations under the selective service act and manpower regulations.
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White House
Stephen Early
J. G. Taylor Spink
The
Sporting News
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Ios
Various college and service basketball scores report
East region scores include Mitchell Field 78 over New York FBI 47 and Island Coast Guard 43 over Pier 18 19. Villanova 35 over Leyela Bettimore 48. Midwest shows Great Lakes 63 over Wisconsin 490 and Missouri 45 over Kansas State 39. Southwest lists Phillips 4 and Pittsburgh Teachers 3.
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St Patrick's Shamrocks Triumph Over Oelwein Five
St Pat's Shamrocks defeat Sacred Heart Oelwein five 45 to 25 in a home sectional game. Spaight led with 10 points, Naughton 9, Howe 7 as reserves chipped in. Oelwein's Richards top scorer with 10 as St Pat's deep bench provided strong support.
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Sacred Heart
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Howe
Naughton
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Richards
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Ames Names Michalske Full Time Cyclone Coach
A. M. Mike Michalske, previously part time since mid 1942, is now named full time head football coach at Iowa State College. Athletic director George F. Veenker announced the change. The Cyclones tied Missouri for second in the Big Six last season and Michalske also aided campus armed services physical training.
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AMES
Mike” Michalske
Iowa State College
George F. Veenker
Cyclones
Missouri
Michalske
Jug McSpaden Wins Phoenix Open Playoff
Phoenix Ariz AP Jug McSpaden the Philadelphia golfer who boosted his earnings with a six wins in nine majors captured the Phoenix Open playoff edging Byron Nelson by two strokes. McSpaden who trimmed his clubs credits the change for his run and heads to San Antonio for the Texas Open before possible induction into military service.
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Ariz
Harold
Jug) McSpaden
Texas
McSpaden
Byron Nelson
Toledo
P.hampion
Sam
San Antonio
Hoover Faces Pre Induction Physical in California
Santa Monica California AP Joe Hoover 27 year old Tigers shortstop says he has been called for a pre induction physical examination He is married father of a two year old daughter and has worked in a war plant this winter
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Calif
Joe Hoover
Detroit Tigers
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Great Lakes Five Humbles Wisconsin in Open Hoops Clash
Great Lakes naval training station defeated Wisconsin 63 to 40 in Madison with Schaefer scoring 20 and Armstrong 15 as the Sailors built an early lead and widened it after halftime. Ray Patterson led Wisconsin with 13 points.
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Wis
Herman Schaefer
Paul Armstrong
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Wisconsin
Schaefer
Armstrong
Ray Patterson
Badger
Great Lakes
New York Yanks Send Out Pacts To 31 Players
Lawton Carver reports the New York Yankees mailed 31 contracts Tuesday signaling a reshuffle after star departures. The World Series champions will be leaner but still strong, as several key players from last season may not return. Other clubs need not fear a sudden power surge.
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NEW York
INS
New York Yankees
Yanks
St. Louis Cardinals
Tuck Stainback
Frankie Crosetti
Bill Johnson
Charlie Keller
Joe Gordon
Bill Dickey
Nick Etten
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Spud Chandler
Johnson
Keller
Gordon
Chandler
Dickey
Roy Weatherly
Marius Russo
Ken Sears
Rollie Hemsley
Joe DiMaggio
Phil Rizzuto
Tommy Henrich
Red Rolfe
Red Ruffing
Boston Red Sox
Detroit Tigers
Cleveland Indians
Link Belt Maintains Lead In Y League Race
Link Belt Speeder defeats Alburnett 26 19 as Peterson fouls out in the fourth. Dolan nets 19 of the 26 for Link Belt. Keystone edges Colonial Bakers 39 37 in overtime. Wilkinson scores 20 before fouling out. Shedek injures ankle, Colonial plays short handed. Iowa Manufacturing beats Universal 30 24. Wykoff leads with 10 points.
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Alburnett
Peterson
Dolan
Keystone
Colonial Bakers
Wilkinson
Shedek
Colonial
Iowa Manufacturing
Universal Crew
Wykoff
Universal Eng
Iowa
Uez
Fiat Newe
Wykolff Rekaid
Ort
Hamann Neider i
Thomas
Labert Peterson
1943 Champs Start Defense At Conrad
Des Moines Iowa UP 1944 girls high school state tournament opens with 37 of 64 sectionals and district rounds Feb 23–26 with finals in Des Moines March 9–11. Steamboat Rock pursues title defense vs Green Mountain. Havelock faces Ottosen. Viota meets Bridgewater at Massena. Clutter meets Reinbeck. Seymour draws first round bye. Colfax hosts Mitchellville. Coon Rapids vs Franklin Township. Stratford vs Dayton.
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Green Mountain
Havelock
Ottosen
Redhot
Viota
Bridgewater
Massena
Clutter
Reinbeck
Newhall
Seymour
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Colfax
Southeast
Mitchellville
Coon Rapids
Iowa
Franklin Township
Stratford
Northwestern
Dayton
Illinois Tech Relays Canceled For Indoors Season
Illinois Tech athletic director John J. Schommer announced Tuesday that the 15 year old indoor track relays have been canceled for the duration.
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Illinois Tech
John J. Schommer
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