Keystone Komets Wrap Up Cedar Title Meet
Keystone led by coach Bruns clinched the Cedar Consolidated conference crown with a win over Geneseo, finishing 17-3. The Komets improved shooting from below 30 percent early season to the 40s and feature four starters in the 10-13 point range alongside seniors Albers King and Hennings and junior Eichmeyer.
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Eystone
Laverne Bruns
Komets
Cedar Consolidated
Geneseo
Bruns
Keystone
van Horne
Allen Albers
Steve King
Bill Hennings
Wayne Eichmeyer
Loren Andresen
Andresen
Lisbon
Roger Ohde
Wapsie
Ohde
Dean McAll
Larry Kohl
Jack Carbee
Choe
Upper Iowa Conference to Pick All Conference Team
The Upper Iowa conference will select an all conference team at a meeting Wednesday after a torrid basketball campaign. Beverly Brown led a West Branch club with an average near 36 points per game despite seven losses, four being by one point and another in overtime.
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Upper Iowa
Beverly Brown
Hall's Clothiers crush Alburnett 96 to 29 in prep win
Hall's Clothiers dominated Alburnett 96-29 as Bob Netolicky scored 23 points to lift their record to 12-0. Dick Keel Joe Toman and Spicer each added 16 points to power the offense in the Sunday game ahead of the Iowa AAU tourney.
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Aegis
Bob Jennings
Royals
East Waterloo
Murray Wier
Waterloo Courier
Wier
Cedar Rapids
Marshalltown
Alburnett
Hall’s
Clothiers
Iowa
Bob Netolicky
Dick Keel
Joe Toman
Spicer
Mantle Says He'd Hire Craft to Manage Houston Colts
Mickey Mantle told Houston's major league dinner that if he owned the Houston Colts he would hire Harry Craft to manage the team. Mantle's remark highlighted Craft as a preferred leader for the club in Houston, Texas.
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Houston, Texas
Houston ‘Colts
Harry Craft
Mickey Mantle
Houston
Spoden Wins AP State Player of the Week for College Basketball
State College of Iowa forward Pete Spoden, a 6 6 senior from Dubuque, led the Panthers to road wins over North Dakota State 71-58 and North Dakota 85-79, scoring 17 and 28 points with 22 rebounds total. The AP noted other contenders including Bob Musser and Al Wardlow.
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Pete Spoden
State College of Iowa
Iowa Associated Press
Panthers
State College
Spoden
North Dakota State
Dubuque
North Dakota
Midwest
Parsons
al Wardlow
Roger Sherrard
Central
Dick Rhiner
Coe
Lawrence
Lonnie Lynn
Upper Iowa
Peacocks
Jim Ahrens
Buena Vista
Southern Teachers
Creighton Tops St Ambrose 93 63 on Dominant Board Play
Creighton defeated St Ambrose 93 to 63 in Davenport led by Paul Silas with 33 points and 25 rebounds. Creighton outshot 102 to 58 and pulled away after a 42 32 halftime edge. Ron Bohls was the Bees' only double figure scorer with 21.
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Davenport
Paul Silas
Creighton
St. Ambrose
Bees
Ron Bohls
Boxing night results across cities report tight decisions and knockouts
Hank Casey outpointed Al Williams in San Francisco while Chic Calderwood halted Stan Cullis in London. Jackie Kelly stopped Joey Donovan in New York and Paddy Read stopped Tommie Haden in Providence. Osmamu Watanabe KO Kenzo Shimamura in Tokyo. Joey Durelle outpointed Jimmy Dorsey in Montreal. Marcel Bizien stopped Charlie Ford in Canada.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
Hank Casey
al Tiger’ Williams
Los Angeles
London
Chic Calderwood
Scotland
Stan Cullis
England
New York
Jackie Kelly
Joey Donovan
Providence
Paddy Read
Tommie Haden
New Bedford
Mass
Tokyo
Osmamu Watanabe
Japan
Kenzo Shimamura
Montreal
Joey Durelle
Canada
Jimmy Dorsey
Marcel Bizien
Charlie Ford
Philadelphia
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