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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1956
Page
6
Don Norton scored 18 as Anamosa defeated Manchester 56-54. Richard Overman led Manchester with 24. Anamosa sophomores edged Manchester 37-34.
Maquoketa defeated Tipton 87-70 with Blayne Keeney scoring 25 and Chet Christensen adding 24 for Tipton. The Maquoketa sophomores won the opener 48-43.
Alburnett narrowly defeats Shellsburg 54 to 52 with Svo boda and Enos scoring 14 each for the winners. Shellsburg reserves win their game 41 to 31.
Bob Novak scored 30 points to set a Marengo school mark and the team posted an 82 to 60 victory over Sigourney in the South Iowa Cedar League. Bob Holle paced Sigourney with 19. Sigourney won the reserve game 51 to 49.
Wes Santee the star miler faces a potential permanent amateur suspension as the AAU investigates new information. The case could be decided Sunday by a seven member committee including AAU and Olympic officials after prior suspensions and a threat of legal action to run in Melbourne 1956.
Four Benton county junior high boys teams Blairstown Belle Plaine Walford and Vinton won Tuesday In tight morning and afternoon games Belle Plaine defeated Atkins 34 23 Van Scoyoc led with 12 Quass had 8 for Atkins Walford beat Newhall 25 20 Waln and WoostrehilEach scored eight Blairstown downed Van Horne 45 36 Less and Burkhart 11 each Schlarbowm 18 Vinton routed Garrison 59 12 Mitchell led with 17 Manas 6 for Garrison
The Coe College rifle team defeated the University of Iowa army and air force teams in a Tuesday night match at Coe. Coe totaled 1800 points, Iowa army 1799, and Iowa air force 1780. Carson of the air force led individuals with 376, followed by John R. Johnson of Coe with 374 and Matthes of the Iowa army with 372.
Plans for the 1956 Cedar Rapids Kids baseball league will be formed at a meeting of executives and interested people next Wednesday. The session starts at 7 30 p.m. at the Playground Commission craft center located at 119 Fifth Street Southeast.
Belle Plaine defeats Toledo 74 to 69 in South Iowa Cedar League action as Kajar scores 41 for Toledo and Kerns adds 25 for Belle Plaine. Toledo reserves win 50 to 44.
Conroy-Conroy swept both games against Amana with the girls winning 42 to 39 as Olson poured in 22 points. Amana’s Carroll Roggentine scored 22 for the visitors. In the boys, Conroy-Conroy prevailed 47 to 35 with Hollrach and Neubauer each contributing 10 for Amana.
West Union defeated Maynard 65 57 in the Upper Iowa Conference with Don Moe scoring 21 and Allan Klinger 20. Odekirk led Maynard with 15. West Union also won the reserve game 65 57.
Dundee boys defeated Greeley 84 to 42 as Bruns led with 25 points and White added 17 for the losers. Dundee girls beat Greeley 45 to 35 with Harris scoring 17 and Puff contributing 15 for Dundee.
Lost Nation defeated Olin 89 to 67 with Mohl scoring 34 points for the winners. Bernie Hay led Olin with 38 points. Lost Nation also won the reserve game 74 to 45.
Jim Adix scored 35 points for Aurora but Sacred Heart of Oelwein defeated them 68-60. Mike Mahoney led the paro chials with 22. Sacred Heart also won the reserve game 42-32.
Oran girls beat Hawkeye 59 53 with Mary Werner scoring 35 and Niewoehner 22 for Hawkeye. Hawkeye boys won 41 38 as Ray Mors led with 27 points while Larry Fink added 16 for Oran.
In a late 1940s or early 1950s era debate, Pirates manager Fred Haney uses keen signals to protect a slim lead against the Giants in New York. With Don Mueller and Monte Irvin on, Willie Mays hits a tying double before Ben Wade relieves. The prompt asks whether to walk Dark and shift infield, walk Dark with infield back, or pitch to Dark.
Marquette defeated Creighton 73-65 in Milwaukee as center Terry Rand scored 28 points. Creighton rallied late after Marquette's 53-33 second half lead, with Bob Gibson totaling 29 points as the teams rotated players.
Bob Kennedy, former Wisconsin guard, signed to play with the Green Bay Packers next fall. The sixth annual Masters Bowl, an army tournament, will be held in Rochester, New York, May 13-16.
William R. Daley and Hank Greenberg arrange under a gentlemanly understanding to purchase the Indians for nearly four million dollars. Daley, 63, will chair the new corporation and had an earlier chance to buy the club for 1.12 million dollars less. Greenberg, also a partner in the deal, serves as general manager.
Pending transaction shows Greenberg and another buyer awaiting stockholders approval to acquire into the American League baseball club. The price is $1,550 per share, valuing the club near four million. Daley will head a new corporation while current officers retain some shares. legal details and approvals are expected within about three weeks.
Edgewood defeated Colesburg 65 to 37 led by Carnicle with 20 points while Colesburg’s Sampson also scored 20. Edgewood reserves won 40 to 28. A girls game between the two schools was canceled.
Harold W. Kopp, current Rhode Island University head football coach, was named Tuesday as Brigham Young University’s new head coach in Provo Utah.
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