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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1964
Page
3
The Kohawks travel to Mt. Vernon to meet Cornell in a Midwest Conference basketball showdown at 7:30 p.m. A 5:30 p.m. freshman game precedes. Cornell seeks to extend its 9-2 league mark while Coe, 4-9, must stifle top scorer Jack Grams to spoil the visitors.
Jerry Mauren former Iowa football captain and ex New Hampton coach is named head football coach at Columbus High. He succeeds Francis Ward who resigned after a 9 18 record over three seasons. Mauren earned two football and three basketball letters and hails from Wyandotte Michigan. His New Hampton teams went 4 12 in two Northeast Iowa conference seasons.
Tama fans can watch the Mesquakie Braves play the Chicago Indians Saturday at Montour school gym. Tip-off is 2 p.m. Admission is free. This marks the Braves second home game, with fans urged to attend and back Tama's All-Indian team.
Six wrestlers from West Waterloo, plus five from East Waterloo, qualified for the state meet as district titles crowned contenders. Highlights include Dale Anderson moving to 127 pounds with a 17 0 season start, and Dan Gable at 95 pounds with a perfect 17 0 record. Coaches Siddens and Natvig weigh in on favorites and upsets ahead of the two class finals.
Oklahoma City Iowa State University wrestler Bob Buzzard at 137 pounds was named to the 1964 Mid-Season All American team by Amateur Wrestling News. He was the only Iowan on the first team while Gordon Hassman at 157 pounds earned second team honors.
In McKinley gym Wednesday night Square D edged Quaker Oats 40 35 Wilson beat IBM 69 47 and Collins defeated Cherry Burrell 71 54 The box scores show Gardeman 12 for Square D Kieson 19 for Quaker Oats Meyers 20 for Wilson Cooper 28 for Collins Radio and Hirschfield 26 for Cherry Burrell among others
The National League reported Detroit 1 Toronto 1 and Chicago 7 New York 2 in hockey. In basketball New York 1 St Louis 114 Philadelphia 750 Baltimore 122 San Francisco 108 Cincinnati 101 Detroit 116 Los Angeles 115.
Fragmentary AP wire listing multiple runners and places including Erie Lima Alessandria and Paris with fractions and numbers. Readable items include Kenny Lane Mus kegon and Mario Mina with percentages and scores, but many names are garbled. Unable to determine a single event. records show scattered international athlete references.
Readable pairings show Tony Corsigna, Paul Stinson and Bill Schwarz among top wrestlers. Matchups include Eckerman Cresco vs Corning and many others like Jefferson C.R. vs Central Davenport, East Waterloo vs North Des Moines, and Clinton vs Roosevelt D.M. with 127 pound through heavyweight bouts listed.
The page lists scheduled wrestling pairings by weight class including 103 120 and 133 pounds. Competitors span multiple Iowa towns such as Estherville Osage Clarion Maquoketa Hampton and more with matchups like Danny McKenzie vs Richard Kelier Jim Byrnes vs Terry Hartley Harold Fett vs Terry Bell John Kopriva vs John Spence Gary Tourtelette vs Ray Pastorino Bill Juhi vs Kendall Miller Chuck Wilson vs Bob Ewoldt Doug Meinhard vs Jim Kinyon LeRoy LeRue vs Craig Trumbo Roger Clement vs Dave Mayberry John Gross vs Lorri McLaughlin Steve Wermayer vs Brad Stolz Don Dagget vs Joe Wiewel Doran Chandler vs Terry Knouse Jim Leath vs Kent Spangler Ron Poush vs Ron Sayers Dennis Miller vs Dan De Prenger Paul Christensen vs Norbert Kissey Mike Kumpf vs Ken Kaltved.
The Columbus Junction Ainsworth Fox Hunters Assn sponsors its annual oyster supper at Crawfordsville school this Saturday. Past participants are invited, and a fox hunt is planned for Saturday morning at 9:30 a.m., starting from the Ainsworth location.
The Cedar Rapids Corvette club will meet at 7 30 p m Thursday at Rapids Chevrolet to discuss plans for a sports car show. Dick Ritchie 1963 IMCA midget champion will take part in a question and answer session and Daytona stock car race movies will be shown.
A concise Gazette notice highlights how a well placed want ad can drive growth for local businesses. The ad emphasizes visibility, affordable rates, and quick responses from customers seeking products and services.
Coach Gay Dahn announced that sophomore Bob Sample will join the varsity for Friday night's Mississippi Valley Conference finale at Dubuque. Sample, 6-2, holds the Valley scoring title with a 23.9 average and has practiced with the varsity this week to gain experience for the tournament drive.
In YMCA league play at the Y gym Armstrong’s Sporting defeated Woods 83 to 23 with Kray 23 and Gaskill 21 leading. McClintic B.M. beat Hall 82 to 68 led by Meskimen 36 and Bowen 10. Eby’s forfeited to McClintic Enterprises. Mall’s Clothes lost 68 to 82 with Toman 25 and Messer 21, while McClintic B.M. topped Hall 82-68.
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