Seahawks Cup Track Duel at Drake 61-43
DES MOINES AP Iowa Pre flight trackmen defeated Drake 61 to 43 at Drake fieldhouse scoring heavily in field events The Cadets led by Vic Schleich former Nebraska star won all field events except a tie in broad jump Schleich tossed 49 feet 21 inches to beat Don Welcher Drake swept the sprints led by Lee Hofacre who won three races and tied in broad jump Feiler Drake national cross country champion won the two mile and mile races ahead of Leonard Weed
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DES Moines
Iowa
Drake
Drake Fieldhouse
Cadets
Vic Schleich
University of Nebraska
Schliech
Don Welcher
Bulldogs
Lee Hofacre
Clinton High Prep
Fred Feiler
Leonard Weed
Southern California
Badgers Edge Wolverines 55 to 44 in Madison
Wisconsin avenged a Friday loss by overpowering Michigan 55 to 44 as Ray Patterson led with seven field goals. Wisconsin improved to three conference wins in eight while Michigan dropped to seven defeats in 11 league games.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Badgers
Ohio State
Michigan
Wolverines
Ray Patterson
Ohio
Northwestern
Boxers of 4 Camps Stage Exhibitions In Gloves Tune-up
Boxers from four Golden Gloves stables Quaker Oats CYO Iowa Manufacturing and Foxhead tavern boxed Friday night in a tune-up for the February tournament. Max Netolicky and Dick Daley led a heavyweight show while Joe Stark and LeRoy Woody starred in a 150-pound bout. Other results listed include bouts in the 147 150 135 and 120 classes with several Quaker and Foxhead participants.
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Golden Gloves
Quaker Oats
CYO Gym
Iowa Manufacturing
Foxhead Tavern
Quaker
Max Netolicky
Dick Daley
Iowa
Joe Stark
Poxhead
LeRoy Woody
Boyd Dankert
al Billier
Don Hutchins
Tom Mann Ness Quorie Hart
Bob Kepu
Heute Martines
Ray Eee Barger
Bill Barger
Re Baldana
Joe Shanklin
Bruce Swalley
Howard
Roger Hartman
Bob Deppearis Meiers
al Anderson
Bob Bell
Me Ell
Pranks Farrell
Boom Skating Year Closes on Tuesday
The 1944 45 skating season ends Tuesday Feb 13 as warming houses at Roosevelt and Arthur rinks close Skating days reached 44 at Roosevelt with attendance 35392 and 45 days at Arthur drawing 16128 total 51592, up sharply from last winter Record attendance for city rinks and Silver Skates races held this season.
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Playground Commission
Roosevelt and
Arthur
Roosevelt
Conzelman Shines as Elks Host Sports Night
Jimmy Conzelman wowed about 300 Elks and guests at the Elks Sports Night dinner with tall tales and quick wit. The former Browns star and goodwill envoy riffed on Two Top and spring training, then praised Missouri Valley champions from Washington University and spoke of the Browns’ fall finish. Guests included Bill Zuber, Mike Chartak, Cy Slapnicka, and Bill Hoffer, with Hedges introducing and Lynn Swaney presiding.
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Gazette-Blumenshine
Elks
H. G
Cap" Hedges
M.c
E. W. DeNio
Bill Zuber
Homestead
New York Yankee
Jimmy Conzelman
Don Barnes
St. Louis Browns
Cy Slapnicka
Chicago
Cleveland
Canzelman
Goodwill
Browns
Washington U
St. Louis
Conzelman
Pete Gray
Jimmy
Yanks
Mike Chartak
Cubs
Cy Slap‘nicka
Bill Hoffer
Baltimore Orioles
H. G. Hedges
Lynn Swaney
Iowa Preflight Sails To 59 36 Win Over Missouri Tigers
The Iowa Seahawks beat Missouri 59 to 36 to extend their win streak to seven. Wayne Weaver sparked a second half burst with 10 straight points after a 29 17 halftime lead. Jim Klein led Iowa with 15 points, while Weaver and Joe Holland added 12 each and Earl Stiegmeier had 11 for Missouri.
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Cadets
Wayne Weaver
Seahawk
Weaver
Tigers
Earl Stiegmeier
Missouri
Jim Klein
Seahawks
Joe Holland
Rafferty Victor In Hunter Mile Hero Wins Boston Meet
Jim Rafferty of the New York A.C. won the Hunter mile in 4 14.3 before about 8000 fans in Boston. He had 25 yards to spare over Rudy Simms as Ensign Tommy Quinn trailed. Earlier Jimmy Herbert, 29, earned his third Hollis 600 victory by narrowly defeating Elmore Harris after a late surge.
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Boston
Boston A.A
Jim Rafferty
New York
A.C
Rudy Simms
Boston Garen
Rafferty
Simms
Tommy Quinn
Bainbridge
Jimmy Herbert
Elmore Harris
Long Branch
N. J
Sailors Build Up Big Lead Coast To 65 29 Victory
GREAT LAKES BLUEJACKETS built a 38 14 halftime bulge over Lawrence College in Illinois and coasted to a 65 29 win, their 27th victory in 31 starts. Guard Warren Ajax led with 18 points as Great Lakes opened 10 0 and stayed ahead.
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Great Lakes, Ill
Great Lakes Bluejackets
Lawrence College
Great Lakes
Warren Ajax
Bluejackets
Army Extends Cage Win Streak to 26
Army's basketball team overwhelmed University of Rochester 79 to 42 at West Point to extend its season streak to 10 straight wins and 26 in a row dating back to 1943. Doug Kenna scored 22 points to pace the rout as Army led from the opening tap and never trailed.
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West Point
N. Y
INS
Army
University of Rochester
Doug Kenna
Purple Beats Carls 58 to 41 in Mt Vernon clash
Cornell's Purple over Carleton 58 41 after overtaking the visitors by halftime. Fred Coble led Cornell with 10 points as Carlson and Hawkee sparked a rally to a 28 23 halftime edge, then DOMINANT defense in the second period held Carleton scoreless for seven minutes. Bill Farlow led Carleton with 19 points, Coble added 18, and Jacot moved to forward to spark Cornell's floor game.
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MT. Vernon
Carls
Cornell
Purple
Carleton College
Coe
Fred Coble
Carlson
Hawkee
Purples
Carleton
Bill Farlow
Coble
Stork
Jacot
Crossword Puzzle Across and Down
Crossword clues mix with garbled OCR text. Readable entries include Across numbers and partial words for dance step and meadow. Down hints partly legible include meat dish and woodsman tool, with many letters missing or misprinted.
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Beard
Mus
Sinaltoo
Jug's 3-Under 69 Paces Open At Half Post
Harold Jug McSpaden clings to the lead at the New Orleans Open after firing a 69 for a 137 halfway total on city park course. Byron Nelson is two back at 140, with Claude Harmon 141 and Johnny Bulla 142, while amateurs FurgoL and Haas chase behind.
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Joan Lewis Stone
New Orleans
Harold “Jug
McSpaden
City Park
Byron Nelson
Toledo
Ohio
Claude Harmon
Grosse Point
Mich
Johnny, Bulla
Chicago
Craig Wood
Mamaroneck
N. Y
Ed Furgol
Detroit
Utica
Fred Haas, Jr
Haas
Denny Shute
Akron
Sammy Byrd
Luther Norse Roll Past Peacocks 69 to 26 Without Pritz
Luther men defeated Upper Iowa 69 to 26 to improve to 10 wins in 13 starts as Eldy Pritz was sidelined. McCunniff sparked the Peacocks early while Luther built a 16 to 8 lead, then pulled away with fast breaks and sharp passing led by Fratzke and Schliepseick in a dominant second half.
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Decorah
Eldy Pritz
Luther
Upper Iowa
Peacocks
McCunniff
Norsemen
Schliepseick
Fratzke
Iowa
O Luther
Trinrud
Schwimerli
Fiearson
Schuepseick
Davenbaugh
Relsohe
Neree
Afetetes Nibbe
Carleton
Martin
Northwestern swims to 58 26 win over Iowa in pool meet
Northwestern dominated the Iowa swimming meet at Evanston winning all but two events. Bernie Walters of Iowa captured high point honors with a third in the 50 yard breaststroke and multiple seconds as Northwestern toppled the Hawkeyes 58 to 26.
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Evanston
Northwestern
Iowa
Bernie Walters
Walters
Art Koblish
Bill Heusner
Wildcats
Pal” Daskall
Heusner
Davis
Handersson
Attr Atyle
Koblish
Arldee
Keith
Kimball
Sadowaton
Whit
Marra Rambaas
Boswell
Ai Dal
Miller
Heidersson
Mels
de Ootgard Seny
Northwestern Arthy
Onekeatie Luers
Gooldridse
Town
Michigan Wins Its Own Relays at Ann Arbor Meet
Michigan dominated the first Michigan Relays at Ann Arbor with six event wins. Ohio State Notre Dame and Marquette each earned two first places. Marquette’s Ken Weisner cleared six feet six and a half inches on the high jump, while Charles Beaudry took the 60 yard dash in 6.3 seconds, matching the Yost Field House record set in 1940 by Don Canham.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Michigan
Wolverines
Ohio State
Notre Dame
Marquette
Ken Weisner
Charles Beaudry
Weisner
Don Canham
Loras Downs Drake 53 40 in Dubuque showdown
Loras avenged a prior loss by beating Drake 53 to 40 at home in Dubuque. The lead stayed with Loras throughout as the 15th win of the season improved their record, with a 28 22 halftime margin and key contributions from Knipschield Moran Wareham Lynch Barnes and Ottavvi as Drake struggled from the field.
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Dubuque
Loras
Drake University
Bulldogs
Des Moines
Duhawks
Drake
Fett P
Knipschfeldit
Noran
IlEdiine
Wareham
Reif
D.lynch
Biefko
Sullivang
Slinger
J Barnes
Ij Gruchene
Loras—Knipschield
Moran
Lynch
Barnes
Ottavvi
Drake—Edling
Stefko
Grueben
Yinger
Hawks Lead Hoosiers In Tight Iowa-Indiana Clash
Iowa uses strong defense and clutch shooting to push ahead at halftime. Indiana’ top scorers Copeland and Kralovansky each tally 11 as the Hawks, led by Postels, Ives, and Spencer, tighten play in a hard-fought, low-scoring battle.
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Hoosiers
Hawks
Postels
Spencer
Wilkinson Brothers
Herrmann
Indiana
Trowa
Ives
Herb Wilkinson
Copdeland
Kralovansky
Iowa
Ive
Fort Pierce notes from GI Gazette readers in wartime
A digest of letters from servicemen and affiliates, reporting cold weather in Florida and homespun updates from Camp Cooke to Santa Monica. Mentions include a wrestling referee now in Navy service, Don Trachta's cold, Bill Kelly at Camp Barkeley, Meier in Beverly Hills, and Cedar Rapids connections among fighters and editors, plus local government and weather notes.
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Fort Pierce
Fla
Bearclaws Chewicki
Bearclaws
Myers
Navy
Otto Vogel
St. Mary’s
California
West Coast
Slip Madigan
Tom Farmer
San Diego
Rollie White
Safe and Sound
Fort Warren
Wyo
Iowa
Stan Schoff
Lisbon
Illinois
Brooklyn
Don Trachta
Robert M. AL. Johnson
APO
GI Gazette
New Yorker
New York
Mickey Sarron
Cedar Rapids
C. Huff
T. Hanson
Marion
Republic of Panama
Panama
al Roth
Mickey
Camp Cooke
Calif
Paul Morrison
Max Moses
Bill Kelly
Camp Barkeley
Exas
Claire Mills
Central City
Santa Monica
Mr. Meier
Earl Trousdale
Roosevelt
Montrose
Boyd
Trousdale Players
Los Angeles
Ed McHugh
England
Bob Gillam
Albany, Calif
Navy Yard
A. L. Zachar
Imaculate Conception Parish
I. C. Cage
Senate
Mike Thomas
Bobussell
Coe Corner Promotes Hibbing and Other Alumni
A Cedar Rapids based officer list notes Plidera H Hibbing promoted to major after joining the A A P in 1941 and serving in the Pacific since 1944. It lists Frances Crozier Hibbing, Mildred Bell White, and Kathryn Wandel among spouses and relatives, with several alumni in military posts from Pearl Harbor to India and Europe.
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Plidera H. Hibbing
Seventh Air Force
Central Pacific
Cherry-Burrell Corporation
Cedar Rapids
Coe
Hibbing
A.A.P
Pacific Area
Frances Crozier
North Schuyler Street
Ollumwa
Justin E. Gist
American Red Cross
Pearl Harbor
Middle West
Marjorie Godky Gist
Harlam
Frank E. Bauder
West Union
France
C. Ward Macy
Lyle Gunders
Roosevelt High
Cedar Rapids Y.M. C.A
Benninghoff
Mildred Bell White
San Francisco
Kenneth Raymond Clark
Knoxville
Clark
Chicago Ordnance District
Chicago
Ralph G. Grant
Boone
Philippine Islands
Churdan
Grant
Robert F. LaFontaine
Spirit Lake
Tokyo
LaFontaine
Kathryn Wandel
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Badgers Square
Gene Mathews
Bill Johnson
Bob Geahan
Don Lindquist
Mathews
Patterson
Johnny Mullaney
Geahant Bunke
Mullaney
I Amith
Welsenbeer
Harder
U Goering
Hilkene
O Bachman
JjPatterson
1Johnson
Ulndaquist
Norimm
Orris
Mzorn
Gregor
Geshan
Lund
Harder Lindquist
Privancy Gregor
Eee
Johnson
Zorn
Glenn Agains
John Oetehell
Carroll Dutchell
Iowa City
Iowa Seahawks
University of Missouri
Wclaver
Fas
Bagegott
Mickelson
Heinberger
Q Ritchske
H Whitaker
Freeman
Halland
Bilssour
Kurash
Devlastations
Bauer
Sherwood
Bagcott
Sommer
Klein
Herbert
Super Service Oil CO
de Lawrence
Majorki
Tuedemanst Budko
Tertnine McGuire
Schiel
Vandeberg
Nc Asli
Giese Bowne Om
H. Batie Pepper
Qilespie
Kaufmann
Lawrence
Torphy
Budko
Downey
Pepper
Gillespie
Luedeman
Cable
Ftrison
Pritchard
T Acot
Munemitsut
Awhee
Warvidson
T Eggertson
T Bauman
Warren
Craggie Stroup
iJacot
Hawkee E
Carleton Y
Orage
Todd
Munemitau
Furlow
Woodsman's
Price
ALL C
5Th Ave
AR Service
Jug
Minnesota
Iinis
Urdue
Purdue
Illinois Tech
Culver
Bitty
Iowans
Clayt Wilkinson
Murray Wier
Hawk
Ned Postels
Ee Gazette
Red Peppers
Tait
Bob Brown
Jim Humbries
Mason City
Star Prep
Jim
Weowergean
Jack Lankow
Tipton
Raymond
Spencee
Neil B. Ryan
Eokuk
Iowa U
Richard LeMont
Ed Redmond
Frank C. Byers
Sioux City
Burt R. Day
Santo Tomas
Philippines
Harold Lymans
Robert Kellys
USO
Phooey
G.I
Guam
Immaculate Conception Church
Bob Russell
D. C
Cage
Hawaii
Francis “Speck” Collogan
Pacific
Ruth Moon
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