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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1940
Page
8
Grinnell College trustees named Ben Douglas to head football and basketball coaching duties replacing Guy Lookabaugh. Douglas, formerly Maplewood high school coach and Grinnell graduate, will begin April 1 with Oliver Wagner as assistant coach and Les Duke as athletic director.
Indiana Hoosiers rain points to beat Iowa 46 to 42 in a Big Ten clash. Stars Dick Evans and Tommy Lind led Iowa but Indiana’s Armstrong and Schaefer sparked a decisive run after a late first-half swing.
Anamosa visits Roosevelt for varsity action at 8 15 PM. Sophomores play at 7 with other games on the card.
Franklin and Marshall College defeated Cornell 18 to 8 in Lancaster. Tornquist of Cornell won at 145 pounds by throwing Scander, and Taylor of Cornell won at 175 by decision. Burgess, Bill, Klyle, Bader, and Vaughn added F and M victories in other weight classes.
In Dyersville the third annual Knights of Columbus state bowling tournament opened with Dubuque teams the Serfs and Lecturers posting strong counts. Lecturers led with 2638 pins, Algona All Stars 2460, Serfs 2406. Russel Scherer 622 series led individuals. Doubles best 1006 by Triewieler and Scherer. Competition resumes Tuesday with Waukon and Farley teams.
Marion high aims to even records with Monticello on their home floor tonight. The Jones county team beat the locals earlier season with likely lineups featuring Thomas or Ozburn at center, Marsh and Hansen at forwards, and Martin and Meggars in the back court.
Indiana 46 42 Ohio State 58 52 Washington State 49 4 Georgia Tech 44 Kentucky 39 Creighton 42 Washington St Louis 35 Augustana 42 Monmouth 35 Ripon 36 Lawrence 32.
John C. Truesdale named head of athletics at Grinnell college under a reorganization. He has directed athletics since 1927 and will focus full time on new duties. Ben Douglas named head football and basketball coach, previously Maplewood High School coach in St. Louis. G. Lester Duke remains Grinnell educator and former track coach.
The piece notes that champions usually fall by knockout and rarely lose on decisions. It recalls Corbett’s 1892 upset over Sullivan, Fitzsimmons’ KO of Corbett, Jeffries’ KO of Fitzsimmons, and later shocks like Willard, Dempsey, Tunney, and the post 1930 era, arguing a champion often ends reign only via a knockout.
The $10,000 New Orleans open golf tournament has been postponed one day because rain delays the Western Open at Houston. The event was to start Wednesday but will now open later due to the Houston rain.
St. Patrick's and St. Wenceslaus closed the basketball season on the Shamrocks floor with Red Hawks winning 29 10. Wenceslaus led 8 3 after a quarter and built to 22 8 by the third. Bob Shanahan and Frank Sebetka led scoring for their teams. St. Wenceslaus heads to the Diocesan Class B tournament in Dubuque next week. St. Pat's reserves beat St. Wenceslaus 10 5 in the preliminary.
Luana defeated Edgewood 37 to 35 on Monday night. Collins and McCulland each scored 11 for Luana while Farthur led Edgewood with 17 points.
Led by Bob Gruenig and Jack McCracken who scored a combined 28 points, the Denver Nuggets defeated University Coal of Des Moines 55 to 31 in Des Moines.
Immaculate Conception defeated O LV A Waterloo 31 to 18 to notch their 19th straight win and 20th on home court. The Greyhounds clinched the Northeast Iowa Catholic conference title in their inaugural season as Theron Thompson led with 8 points while Fred Condon and Dean O'Toole each added 7. Norman Schnoebelen and Bob Wright anchored the rebounding as the team extended its run to 40 wins in 42 games.
Purdue remains the pace setter in the Big Ten as it outscores Michigan 25 to 17 while Ohio State defeats Northwestern 58 to 52. The Boilermakers hold the conference lead as other teams push faster offenses and lower scoring results.
Purdue sits atop the Big Ten with seven wins in eight games as Indiana beats Iowa 46 to 42 for a sixth win in eight. Illinois 37-35 over Wisconsin and Chicago 35-32 over Minnesota are other notable scores. Ohio State and Illinois keep slim title hopes alive.
In Newark Jack Marshall defeated Valentin Campolo in a 193 pound bout. In Baltimore Kid Cocoa outpointed Tony Martin. In Chicago Altus Allen stopped Harold Dettman. In New York Bobby Ruffin outpointed Lee Harper. In Miami Beach Tony Musto knocked out Johnny Risko. In Holyoke Sawgeria Turiello outpointed Frankie Wallace.
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