Top High School Teams Lead AP Iowa Poll In Week
Ames leads the northwest district with 60 points and six first-place votes as Clinton River Kings top the southeast with 98 points and nine first-place votes. Marshalltown and Loras Academy stay Nos. 1 and 2 in the northeast, while Harlan remains undefeated atop the southwest. Dowling moves up in Des Moines area, and several teams hold or drop positions as sectional tournaments approach in two weeks.
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Ames
Clinton
Marshalltown
Harlan
Iowa
Associated Press
LeMars
Little Cyclones
Clinton’s River Kings
Southeast
Davenport
Muscatine
Bloomfield
Ottumwa
Marshalltown and
Loras Academy of Dub
North
Drake Stadium
Ames LeMars
Webster City
Sioux City Sentralis
Fort Dodge
Carroll
A ‘Coon
Estherville
Spencer
Manning
Sioux City
Pmlia
Bayard
Log Solon
Iowa City
Crawfordsville
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Loras Academy of
Dubuque
Elkader
Reinbeck
Manchester
Teachers High of
Cedar Falls
St. Joseph's
Mason City
Dysart
Vinton
Holy Family of
Montour
Melbourne
Franklin
Cedar Rapids
Center Point
Atlantic
Council Bluffs
Abraham Lincoln
Dowling of
North Des Moines
East Des Moines
Corning
Tech of
Bedford
Bondurant
Wiota
Sox May Hire Stirnweiss Prompts Chicago Hype
Chicago sports pages swirl around a potential White Sox deal for George Stirnweiss as a centerpiece of a 1946 lineup. The piece notes current hitters Taft Wright Wally Moses Luke Appling and others while warning a six-team first-place chase in the AL looms. It also recalls a veteran columnist praising a run production sequence and mocks reliance on small-ball tactics.
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INS
Chicago White Sox
Dizzy Dean
Cubs
Baseball
George Stirnweiss
Tony Cuccinello
Sox
Taft Wright
Wally Moses
Cris Hackett
Thurman Tucker
Luke Appling
Bob Kennedy
White Sox
A.L. Chase
Harridge
Browns
Ankees
Red Sox
Senators
Tigers
Indians
Pale Hose
Woman Rolls First 300 In Duckpin History
Cincinnati report says Mrs. Mary Anderson a 31 year old Bethel Ohio house wife rolled a 300 in duckpin bowling last week, ten straight frames, the first perfect game in the history of the sport on record. Ayville Ebersole, head of the National Duck Bowling congress, notes the feat on regulation alleys could mark a first for man or woman.
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Cincinnati
Mary Anderson
Bethel
Ohio
Washington, D. C
Ayville Ebersole
National Duck Bowling Congress
Anderson
Des Moines Hosts Iowa Women’s Golf Championship
The state women’s golf tournament returns after a 1942 gap with Des Moines Golf and Country Club hosting from July 29 to August 3. The event was awarded by the Women's State Golf Association which also noted an invitation from Cedar Rapids Country Club. Mrs. R. B. Goode of Des Moines was elected president, succeeding Mrs. Frank Fish of Waterloo.
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Des Moines
Phyllis Otto
Atlantic
Des Moines Golf and Country Club
Women’s State Golf Association
Cedar Rapids
R. B. Goode
Frank Fish
Waterloo
Crucial Tests Mark Big Ten Cage State
Iowa leads the Big Ten as four contenders chase remaining title hopes in a six game weekend schedule. Indiana visits Ohio State with sole possession of second, while Minnesota hosts Northwestern and Michigan plays Illinois. Purdue beat Minnesota 65 40 last week and earlier lost to Iowa 49 43.
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Iowa
Indiana
Ohio State
Hoosiers
Buckeyes
Purdue
Minnesota
Northwestern
Michigan
Illinois
Wisconsin
Bloomington
Gophers
Wildcats
Notre Dame
Boilermakers
Lafayette
Ind
Hawkeyes
60-Year-Old Ball Gift Shocks Local Youth
James F. Rice presented nine year-old Bobby Lueck with a 60 year old bowling ball from Johnson City New York. The regulation size ball weighs five pounds and is made of hard maple.
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Johnson City
N. Y
NBA
James F. Rice
Bobby Lueck
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