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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Feb 20, 1956

Page

14

Cornell Forms 500 Club for Coe Invasion

Cornell college launches a 500 club to mobilize students from Mt. Vernon for a Tuesday Midwest conference clash at Coe college in Cedar Rapids as top Iowa race heats up. Wartburg visits Fayette to face Upper Iowa while Coe leads 10-2 and Cornell sits 8-3 in pursuit of the league title.

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Memorial set for Morgan Keiser at North English High

Plans implement a memorial at North English High School for Morgan Keiser former North English coach killed in a truck crash south of Oskaloosa Services are 2 p m Tuesday in Oskaloosa Flowers are redirected to the memorial fund Keiser led North English football to 13 wins in 18 games in 1948 49 and his basketball teams captured 1949 county and district titles He resigned in 1949 to join a family construction business in Oska loosa He is survived by his widow and one daughter.

Oskaloosa North English High School Morgan Keiser North English Keiser Iowa

Iowa Fencers Split in Wayne Illinois Match

Iowa defeated Wayne 15 to 12 after a loss to Illinois. Iowa foil ace Clark Looney fell to Herman Veslasco, the national champion, 5 to 1.

Iowa Wayne Illinois Detroit Clark Looney Herman Veslasco

Vinton Captures Benton Junior High Boys Title

Vinton won the Benton county junior high boys basketball crown by defeating Belle Plaine 40 to 21 in the final. Selken scored 14 for Vinton while Tague led Belle Plaine with six. Blairstown beat Newhall 52 to 25 for consolation honors with Brecht tallying 17 and Jones 10 for Newhall.

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Big Seven Standings and Upcoming Games

Standings show Iowa State tied 62 percent with Missouri and Kansas State 62, Nebraska 43, Colorado 43, Oklahoma 43. Upcoming Monday games include Missouri at Iowa State and Colorado at Oklahoma. Saturday features Iowa State at Kansas State and Oklahoma at Missouri.

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Pro Basketball Scores From Sunday Across East and West

Eastern teams Philadelphia Fort Wayne Boston Syracuse Rochester New York Toronto Montreal Detroit Chicago and others posted results. Notable games included Syracuse 118 New York 120 and Minneapolis 100 Rochester 93 as standings and scores surfaced from multiple markets.

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Weekend College and Prep Basketball Results Across Regions

Saturday results show Marshalltown topping Ottumwa 56 to 6 while Davenport beat Rock Island 81 to 70 and Vermillion won 88 to 57 over S. D. Central. Iowa Conference action Marcus Wesleyan 77 Central 70 Monmouth Grinnell 67 Parisien 70 Ripon 54 J Olaf 77 Lawrence 66 North Central North Dakota 50 N D State 48 other scores include Cincinnati 99 Toledo 78 Bowling Green 74 Temple 66 Lafayette 65 Connecticut 92 Rhode Island 90 Tylor 94 Texas Christian 68 Washington 70 Idaho 63 Worthington signing with New York Giants replaces 1956 contract. Hollywood results Billy Evans stops Tommy Bain.

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AAU suspends sprinter Santee over excessive expenses

The AAU suspended Santee after a special committee found seven instances of overpaid expenses. Pinky Sober led the review with reports detailing about 700 overages at Modesto and Compton meets and smaller excesses at Chicago, Cleveland, Philadelphia, and Washington events.

AAU Missouri Valley Assn Missouri Valley Registration Committee Philadelphia Washington

Eastern Iowa Prep Roundup Final Standings St. Marys Xavier Pat's

In Cedar Rapids parochial standings St. Marys and Pat's lead with key showings. St. Pat's and Xavier count strong results as Mississippi Valley team tallies reflect competitive rounds. In skiing news from St Moritz Werner of Aspen wins giant slalom in 1 55 5 for a 6560 foot course.

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Littler Wins Texas Open With 65 Final Round

Gene Littler 25 from Palm Springs California rallied from five strokes down to win the Texas Open in San Antonio. He shot a 7 under par 65 on the final 18 holes to finish 12 under par 276 for 72 holes and earn 3750 dollars, moving atop the year’s money list.

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