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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1947
Page
20
Parochial and public high school teams square off in Class B action. Solon battles Wilsonites with strong center play while Central hosts a near full slate as Solon eyes a fevered chase for the belt.
Xavier and St. Patrick's clashed in a tight season finale with Xavier edging ahead late. Jim Link scored the decisive corner shot to put the Cardinals ahead as time expired, while Carl Westmeyer and Link led Xavier with 11 points apiece and Strouse and McEachron each had seven for St. Patrick's in a hard fought defensive battle.
DES MOINES UP. Jack Mc Clelland aged 27 was named Drake baseball coach and Bob Friedland aged 29 was appointed assistant to head Bulldog football coach Al Ka wal. Russell Cook Drake athletic director said the football assistant will report later this week while McClelland will check in March 15. Another varsity assistant will be announced later.
Iowa State college wrestling defeated the University of Nebraska 20 to 6 in Lincoln. The feature match saw Nebraska captain Glenn Brand edged 5 to 4 by Mike Di Biase, the defending national AAU champion.
Lyle Seydel from Cedar Rapids advances to the Tournament of Champions quarterfinals after two decisive bouts in Chicago. The 112-pound fighter opened with a third-round knockout of Gene York and followed with a second-round knockout of Fred Mason, while Cedar Rapids teammates and other lightweights faced mixed results.
Chicago report states Murrell Jones signed a provisional 1947 contract with the Chicago White Sox after a Louisiana federal court suspended sentence for theft of government property. Commissioner Chandler must reinstate him before returning to baseball.
Notre Dame defeated New York University 64 to 60 while Maryland edged Army 57 to 49. Furman beat Clemson 50 to 45 and Ohio State topped Cincinnati 63 to 58. Oregon State 51 Washington State 50 and several other teams posted results across the country.
Chicago hosts a record Golden Gloves event with 39 teams. Arch Ward notes judges may be Chicago or out of town to satisfy visiting teams. Des Moines boxers led by Bobby Carew and brother Bill Mason rival Cedar Rapids contenders. Reports detail quit smoking by Jack Scanlan and family ties, plus Nissers’ Des Moines training and plans to turn pro.
Sectional boys basketball opens with top A teams drawing early tests as B schools trim fields. Le Mars faces Akron. Carroll meets Glidden. Atlantic plays Anita. Webster City meets Clarion while Danbury faces Arthur Livermore and Dayton meets Boxholm amid opening night results at 17 centers.
Scores from multiple games in Iowa include Quimby 36 over Washta 28, Galva 32 over Cherokee Immaculate Conception 29 in overtime, and other results at Fairfield Goose Lake and Plymouth area venues. Notable tallies: Elwood 43 over Andrew 24, Bellevue 35 over Delmar 27, Sabula 55 over Baldwin 26, and Mt Ayr Diagonal 72 over Beaconsfield 22. Local teams such as Nevada 35 over Ankeny 32 and Manchester 41 over Half 22 reflect a busy round of Class A and regional play with several overtime decisions and close margins.
Calumet Farm's Armed, recent winner of the Widener handicap worth 50,000 dollars, departed Miami by air Monday night for Burbank California to contest the 100,000 dollar Santa Anita handicap the following Saturday.
In Chicago Stadium the Golden Gloves tournament opened with multiple rings and buzzing crowd. Keith Nuttall stopped Horace Kirk in the second round after Kirk swooned to the mat. Lyle Seydel knocked out Omar Stein in the first bout. Galento won a decision over Alexander after mouth guard snafu.
Notre Dame won at New York University 64 to 60 in a close night game. John Foley and Jim O Halloran combined for nine points in the final three minutes to lift the Irish as they extended their series lead. Oregon State claimed the Pacific Coast Conference northern division title with a 51 30 win over Washington State. Oklahoma Aggies, defending champions, fell 37 34 to Kansas and remaining win total 20 with seven losses.
Sammy Angott of Washington Pa former lightweight champion defeated John Snooky Bryant of Massillon in Canton Ohio by technical knockout after one minute of the fifth round to score his second welterweight comeback win.
Northwestern University trustees plan a meeting to choose a new head football coach after Lynn Waldorf. Reports say Bob Voigts, a former Wildcat tackle, is the favored candidate of athletic director Ted Payseur.
Mildred “Babe” Zaharias and Peggy Kirk won the second Women’s International Four-Ball Golf Tournament in Hollywood Florida by beating the defending champions Louise Suggs and her partner 3 and 2 in a playoff after Zaharias faced ongoing troubles during the match.
Morningside claimed the North Central conference crown by defeating Augustana 59 to 50 on Monday night. The victory solidified Morningside as the preseason favorite in the league.
Dodgers manager Leo Durocher ordered all poker and card playing halted for the 1947 season. The ban comes after past large bets by players and moves were influenced by Branch Rickey’s limit on gambling stakes.
Me morial coliseum hosts a wrestling card with Irish Frank Taylor versus Jack Conley in the main bout. Taylor, 6 foot 2, 228 pounds from Denver, is billed as the hero and a former Denver University athlete with 96 straight pro wins. Conley, Boston-born and tagged as evil, faces him while Emil Dusek meets Earl Wampler and Abraham Coleman tangles with Dr Gil Knutson in another prelim. American Legion Hanford Post sponsors the show starting at 8 30 p.m.
University of Iowa swimmers trounced Nebraska 62 to 22 in Lincoln, setting five pool records. Iowa relay teams clocked 300-yard and 400-yard freestyle relays as Dick Huttinger, Duane Draves, Marvin Grimm and Latona and others posted new marks in multiple events, with Grimm equalling the 50-yard freestyle pool record.
Purdue and Wisconsin may face a playoff after a Purdue fieldhouse collapse at Lafayette ended a crucial Big Nine clash. The incident left two Purdue students dead and over 200 wounded, prompting Western Conference Commissioner Tug Wilson to consider canceling the game or resuming it from halftime with Purdue leading by one. Wisconsin still led the race by half a game with one game left, while Illinois and Indiana could vie for the title depending on future results.
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