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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1947
Page
10
Purdue Relays in Lafayette Ind on March 22 will feature entries from six Iowa teams among the 39 schools already indicating participation. Director Dave Rankin announced the probable entry list as the fifth annual event draws near.
Drake, Iowa, Iowa State, Coe, Grinnell and Cornell play in a broader Iowa college athletics event drawing fans and highlighting regional rivalries. The lineup features notable programs from Des Moines to Grinnell, with early-season matchups and potential conference implications.
Monticello VFW defeated Peosta 56 to 27 as John Hines scored 26 points for Monticello. Peosta’s top scorer was McGowan with 9 points. Teams seeking future games.
Paul L. Warner of Monticello Iowa is listed in the document, with Monticello as the location. The notice places him within the town and state for a local context or event.
Louis Mayer faces the end of his racing era with a $60-horse auction on February 27 at Santa Anita led by Busher, the sport’s money leader at $334,035. The consignment includes Honeymoon and Be Faithful, totaling about a million in earnings for horses aged three to six. Mayer, entering racing in 1938, amassed $1,663,310, and Busher could surpass the $100,000 mare record set by The Witch, signaling a historic financial high in American horse sales.
Ray Langham finally hit form in the Classic league last week, posting a 654 series on games of 232 206 and 216 to lead the pins. Floyd Thompson kept lines above 200 in the Elks league with 202 222 and 203 for 627, while Rocarek topped 600 with 601 including a 209 final game. Phillips and Red Pfeffer led the Parlor City Booster league with 607 and 610 respectively, Pfeffer also delivering 192 205 213. In the Women’s Major, Georgia Frasinger led with 586 on 213 191 182, with Leta Smith 315 and Mildred Pettit 565 in the 7-Up Classic shared top honors. Florence Clauss anchored the Lincoln Minorettes with 548 and D Troette added 511 in the same circuit.
Boston AP report notes Tex Hughson, a tall right handed pitcher, signed his 1947 contract after posting 20 wins and 11 losses last season for the Red Sox. The deal confirms his return to Boston as a key starter.
Russ Graham notes Linn County Fish and Game Club distributed over four tons of stored feed, assisted farmers, and reported quail and pheasants alive in serviced game covers. The piece covers hunting laws, gun rights advocacy, winter fishing, pheasant losses, and state conservation education in Minnesota.
A New York AP feature by Whitney Martin discusses sports writers near access bans at the New York Yankees bench and clubhouse. It argues players owe reporters for publicity and urges cooperation, noting how public profiles boost wages and status, and that privacy needs balance with public interest.
In Miami the first Orange Bowl boxing card for two Negro fighters is scheduled for March 4 featuring Elmer Vio lent Ray and Jersey Joe Walcott. Both are top contenders for Joe Louis’s heavyweight title with Ray earning 25000 and Walcott 15000. Seating will be split 50 50 by race with top seats at 12. The promoters expect a strong turnout potentially reaching 120000, marking a major draw since the 1920s land boom.
Fred Corcoran demanded a public hearing on his role as tournament manager and threatened to withdraw from a new three year contract unless he can act as agreed. He said Craig Wood Gene Sarazen Walter Hagen Ben Hogan Byron Nelson Sam Snead and other stars back him while Dick Metz slugged him in Carmel California in January and was barred from two tournaments. Metz faces no explanation for the slugging and remains eligible for winter tour events ending at the Masters in April.
Frank McKinney, president of the Pittsburgh Pirates, said he offered to buy Stan Musial from the St. Louis Cardinals. Musial, a holdout, reportedly asks $37,000 for 1947. Breadon declined to comment.
Elmore Morganenthaler a 7 foot 1 inch Texas center and BC top scorer with 273 points in 14 games was ruled ineligible for the rest of the season due to academic difficulties. The college athletic association announced the action days before BC faces Wayne University at Detroit on Feb 21 and Michigan State at East Lansing on Feb 22.
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