Roosevelt Cops City Title In City Basketball Standings
Roosevelt won the city basketball championship by routing McKinley 63-44 at Coe gym. Dan Wessel led Roosevelt, outscoring Frank Becicka 24 to 14 and sinking 18 free throws, while Becicka finished with 269 points season total. The win gives Roosevelt a 4-2 mark and tightens second place races as Wilson vs Franklin looms tonight.
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Dean Challed
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Sawyer Sets Two Cage Marks in Peacocks Loss
Wayne Sawyer, Upper Iowa freshman, set two Iowa conference records as the Peacocks fell 89-82 to Parsons. Sawyer collected 20 points to reach 330 on the season and 131 total field goals, surpassing Wartburg’s Ted Olmstead and St Ambrose’s Bob Cannady, while Parsons led 42-31 at the half and held on. Stu Steiner led Parsons with 28 points.
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Wartburg
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Bob Cannady
Stu Steiner
Immaculate Conception Clinches Northeast Iowa Title In Blowout
Immaculate Conception defeated St Patrick’s 87 64 to clinch the Northeast Iowa Catholic conference crown. Terry Wilson led with 26 points, Dick Cummins 21, Jim Maher 20 as IC finished 25 2. Larry Cahill scored 26 for Iowa City Irish, who trailed early before IC pulled away in the second quarter. The IC sophomore squad also won 40 38 to move to 15 1 in the conference.
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Dick Cummins
Jim Maher
Larry Cahill
Iowa City Irish
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Greyhounds
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S.C
Jim Marky
Bob Jennings
J.C
Iowa City
St. Pat's
Half of State Field Set In Girls' Cage Tourney
The Des Moines classic state tournament field is cut to eight more spots after district finals. Holstein, Gilbert, Gilman, Napier Ames plus Coin Friday join Clarence, Lowden and Eldora in the Des Moines event with multiple district wins and close finishes shaping the lineup.
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Associated Press
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Gilman
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McWane and Bishop Win Mixed Foursomes Title
Bee McWane of Birmingham and Ted Bishop of Boston won the mixed foursomes two-ball golf title at the Everglades club in Palm Beach Florida. They defeated Polly Riley of Fort Worth and J Walcott Brown of Manasquan 1 up in 19 holes to claim the championship.
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Birmingham
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Boston
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Fort Worth
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Manasquan
N.J
Norkus Crushed By Ez Charles In 10 Round Decision
Ezzard Charles, slowed by a five month layoff and two defeats to Rocky Marciano, outboxed Charley Norkus for a unanimous 10 round decision. Charles dropped Norkus with a sneaky right in the ninth, then said he is ready for any Marciano bout. Madison Square Garden drew 5,304 fans paying 17,230 dollars for the Friday night clash.
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Luther Tops Simpson 94 82 in Town Conference Battle
Luther rallies from halftime deficit to beat Simpson 94 to 82 in Decorah. Starters and top scorers include Al Heggen with 20 points, Wilson and Spicuzza 19 each, while Simpson’s Jorgenson leads all players with 30 points.
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Iowa Gymnasts Triumph 64 32 Over Western Illinois
Special to The Gazette Sam Bailie led Iowa with two event wins and 31 points as the Iowa gymnastics team defeated Western Illinois 64 32 in Macomb. Bailie swept multiple events including trampoline horizontal bars side horse flying rings and tumbling with top finishes for the Hawkeyes.
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Unclear Fight Card Shows Upset Result Report
Box score fragment shows Kintivmatin theme and several city and fighter references including New York San Diego and Bakersfield. Outpoint result mentions Bob Dunlap from Los Angeles with listed weights around 177 to 184 pounds. Details are garbled and incomplete.
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Associated Press
Perk
United States Wins Women’s World Figure Skating Title
The United States reclaimed the women’s world crown as Bert Tenley Albright of Newton Massachusetts won the title, her second after a 1953 victory at age 17. Americans swept the top three spots in the men’s event with Hayes Alan Jenkins of Colorado Springs earning a third straight crown. A 6500 crowd, including eight Russian observers, watched Albright’s dazzling free skate as she studies pre medical work at Radcliffe.
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Prep Basketball Scores From Benton County and Surrounding Areas
Benton County saw G-Pale 44, Walford 42 with B-Pale 68, Walford 4 and G-Van Horne 78, Dysart 5 leading the pack. Capitol Valley games featured Springdale 86 over Shueyville 45, while Cedar Consolidated reports Dunkerton 83, Finchford 69 and other regional results across Iowa.
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Waterloo District Wrestling Trials Open Strong
Waterloo teams East and West Waterloo led the first round of the Waterloo district wrestling tournament on Friday. Participants included Independence Jesup Cedar Falls Cedar Falls Teachers Traer and Tama with multiple weight class bouts across 105 to heavyweight divisions.
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Danny Thode
Larry Wright
Tom Nordyke
West Ayretin
Bob Wagener
Tama
Larry Moser
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John Sternberg
Jack Weston
East Waterloo
David Dolesal
Curry
Gary Puffett
Don Scott
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Clark Madison
Bob Landau
West Waterloo
Jim Albright
Joe Opriva
Harold Woodworth
Russ Spear
Duane Spear
Ken Gosse
Marion Indians Triumph 40-37 Over Tipton to Close Season
Marion finishes Wamae conference with a 13-1 record and 20-2 overall after a 40-37 win over Tipton. Jerry Cox led Marion with 18 points, breaking a 37-37 tie in the final 45 seconds. Tipton's Jim Jones had 13 as Chet Christensen added 12 while Marion’s sophomores won 30-16.
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Troy Laundry Downs Atkins Indees 90 55
Troy Laundry defeated Atkins 90 to 55 in an independent basketball game on Friday led by Lloyd Klinzman and Bud Rainbow with 20 points each.
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Nagel Named Assistant To UCLA Football Coach Sanders
UCLA athletic director Wilbur Johns announces Ray Nagel as assistant to football coach Red Sanders, joining the UCLA program to support the team’s coaching staff and on field duties.
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Ray Nagel
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Mahon's 20 Points Pace Coe Past Ripon, 67-51
Senior John Mahon topped Coe with 20 points in a 67-51 home victory over Ripon. The Kohawks jumped to a 12-2 start, led 32-17 at halftime, and extended the margin to hold off a Ripon rally as Don Toedt and John Van Egeren contributed for the Redmen.
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League titles decided in Friday night high school action
Davenport defeated Dubuque 68 62 to clinch the Mississippi Valley conference title. Immaculate Conception Cedar Rapids captured its fourth straight Northeast Iowa Catholic crown by beating St. Pat’s Iowa City 87 64. Roosevelt Cedar Rapids defeated McKinley 63 44 for the city public schools title. Keota topped Wellman 61 51 to seal the Ke-Wash conference crown.
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Lyons match: Budge defeats Brano ivic to reach semifinals
In Lyons France Budge representing Los Angeles and Paris beat Germany's Hans Brano ivic 6-2 6-1 on Friday to advance to the International tennis tournament semifinals.
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NCAA to Release 1955 Football TV Plan Next Week
The NCAA Television committee announced a football television plan for 1955 will be released next week. Walter Byers said the plan will go to members for approval by March 2, with a two thirds voting requirement. Approximately 425 institutions participate in the NCAA. The committee hopes to have a result by March 15.
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Walter Byers
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Tutors Hand Luther First Mat Loss 27-10
Cedar Falls Iowa Teach ers wrestling team handed Luther their first loss 27 to 10 Friday with five pins. Ed Masteller 123 pounds pinned Bob Sanderson in 6 18 Chuck Pinch 180 pinned Paul Krudger in 8 35 Vern Aves Luther 187 won by decision Sonny Tegiros Paul Andersen Luther 172 5 if afiund Pred tativede drew with an ungek et PYartenser Mormanek -T Bill Weick -E io -Gus Gatto Heavyweight Gus Gatto 3 57
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