Parochial Teams Set For Dubuque Diocesan Meet
Three city parochial squads head to the Dubuque diocesan basketball tournament at Columbia college starting Monday. Class B features St Wenceslaus vs St Joseph's Bellevue with the winner advancing to the semifinals Wednesday. Class A night games include Immaculate Conception vs Sacred Heart Oelwein and St Patrick's at Columbia academy with Xavier of Dyersville awaiting the winner.
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Dubuque
Columbia College
Des Moines
St. Wenceslaus
St. Joseph’s of Bellevue
Immaculate Conception
Sacred Heart of Oelwein
Xavier High
Dyersville
Greyhounds
Cedar Rapids
St. Patrick’s
Columbia Academy
Shamrocks
Sacred Heart High of Waterloo
John Barton
Norbert Sedlak
Paul Kopecky
Alvin Oujiri
Robert Bechek
Louis Kacere
Wendl Fiala
LaVerne Fleagle
Adolph Ahrens
Joseph Surovy
Wilson
St. Xavier
Columbia
St. Mary’s of
Marshalltown
Our Lady of Victory Academy of Waterloo
Waterloo
St. Mary’s
Iowa football stars lead Iowa track scorers
Gridiron standouts Homer Harris and Bush Lamb top the University of Iowa track scoring this season. Lamb has 22 points from hurdles and jumps while Harris has 17 from shot put and jumps. Sophomore John Gaves sits third with 16 points as others like Fred Teufel and Robert Nelson also exceed 10 points.
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Iowa City
Homer Harris
Bush Lamb
University of Iowa
Lamb
Harris
John Gaves
Fred Teufel
Robert Nelson
Carl Teufel
Milton Billig
Paul Nelson
Anamosa Hosts Sectional Cage Tourney Schedule
Anamosa prepares for a sectional basketball tournament March 4 to 6 featuring Hopkinton Monticello Olin Central City Springville Wyoming Morley Onslow Martello Oxford Junction Lost Nation Monmouth Coggon Anamosa. Lost Nation holds a perfect 14-0 record. Monticello leads Class A with 13-2. Anamosa stands 8-4.
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Anamosa
Hopkinton
Monticello
Olin
Central City
Springville
Wyoming
Morley
Onslow
Martello
Oxford Junction
Lost Nation
Monmouth
Coggon
Center Junction
Invitations Out For Mechaniscville Relays
Invitations are mailed to about 100 high schools in eastern and central Iowa for the third annual Mechanicsville relay carnival. The meet pairs similarly sized schools and adds junior varsity teams from larger schools. Non invited schools can request full details by writing relay manager D. C. Gemberding in Mechanicsville.
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Mechanicsville
Iowa
D. C. Gemberding
Abe Coleman to Meet Middlekauff in Memorial Coliseum Bout
Winter tops are set as Abe Coleman known for the dropkick faces Bill Middlekauff, a former heavyweight boxer, in a Memorial Coliseum match Thursday night. Coleman, five feet tall and over 200 pounds, relies on his famous move to topple bigger foes. The card also lists two additional bouts to be announced.
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Eddie Jennings
Memorial Coliseum
Bill Middlekauff
Abe Coleman
Abie Coleman
Madison Square Garden
Jew Matman
al Smith
New York
Coleman
Middlekauff
William “Young
Stribling
Middlekauf
Dick Raines
Texas
Raines
Cornell Track Schedule Shows Busy Season Ahead
Mount Vernon reports Cornell University announces an eleven meet schedule for the Purple track squad. The season opens March 14 at Naperville indoor meet, with events in Indianapolis and Des Moines among others, culminating May 28 at Beloit relays.
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Mount Vernon
Cornell
Naperville
Ill
Butler
Indianapolis
North
Iowa
Kansas
Lawrence
Drake
Des Moines
Iowa State Teachers
Cedar Falls
Cornell- Coe
Cedar Rapid
Northfield
Minn
Coe-Cornell
Mountain
Beloit
Wis
Quaker Oats team wins from C.Y.O. 25 to 22
The Quaker Oats basketball team rallied to beat Immaculate Conception C. Y. O. 25 to 22 Saturday night. Forrestal led C. Y. O. with twelve points.
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Quaker Oats
C.Y.O
Immaculate Conception C. Y. O
Forrestal
Northwestern Wins Triangular Track Meet In Chicago
Northwestern University indoor track team clinched first by winning the mile relay in a triangular meet against Purdue and Chicago. Final scores: Northwestern 39, Purdue 36, Chicago 33.
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Chicago
Northwestern University
Purdue
Northwestern
Olivet Presbyterian Pioneer Team Seals West Side Title
The Olivet Presbyterian Pioneer team wins the West Side Pioneer league championship after defeating all rivals. The quintet remains undefeated atop the standings as the season concludes.
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Olivet Presbyterian Pioneer
Greenskeepers Of Towa Meet In Ames For Session
The sixth annual greenskeepers short course at Iowa State College in Ames opens Monday with over 100 attendees. Cedar Rapids greenskeepers Joe Benson Ike Martin C Carter and LeRoy Kling are among expected participants. The two day program covers pests brown patch rust fusarium nivale and other turf problems with experts from Iowa State College and Golfdom.
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Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa Greenskeepers Association
Cedar Rapids
Joe Benson
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Ike Martin
Ellis Park Course
C. Carter
Kenmore
LeRoy Kling
Hamilton Seed and Coal Company
L. S. Dickinson
Massachusetts State College
Herb Graffis
Golfdom
O. J. Noer
Milwaukee, Wis
B. J. Firkins
E. V. Collins
B. S. Pickett
W. E. Loomis
C. J. Drake
Pairings Set For Junior Gold Medal Tournament
Pairings announced for the Junior Gold Medal tournament to be held on the Y floor this week. Monday schedule lists Blue Raiders vs Ramblers at 6:30, Culver Motors Juniors vs West Highlands at 7:30, Central Park vs Kenwood at 8:30, and Oliver vs Vikings at 9:30. Tuesday features First Evangelical vs winner of Blue Raider Rambler, with semi finals Wednesday at 7:30 and 8:30 and finals Thursday at 9. Consolation game Thursday at 7 precedes the 8 p.m. championship between Culver Motors and Light Company.
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Blue Raiders
Ramblers
Culver Motors
West Highlands
Central Park
Kenwood
Oliver
Vikings
First Evangelical
Blue Raider
Culver Motors and Light Company
View the Field Picks Roosevelt to Win Class A Title
High schools enter tournament time as Roosevelt faces Franklin in Class A as the Rough Riders show power with top scorers and size. Mechanicsville favored in Class B, with Alburnett or Lisbon possible finalists, and Columbia seen as Catholic front runner in Dubuque.
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Marion
Wilson
Mount Vernon
McKinley
Roosevelt
Franklin
Rust
Webster City
Washington High
Cedar Rapids
Rough Riders
Gopher Gymnasts Top Hawkeyes by Narrow Margin
Minnesota defeated Iowa 956.12 to 951.12 in Minneapolis as Eugene Wettstein led scoring with 225 points and George Nissen totaled 152 for Iowa. Event winners included high bar Johnson and parallel bars Shawbold for Minnesota and Wettstein second in several events.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Iowa
Hawkeyes
Iowa City
Eugene Wettstein
George Nissen
Oemn
Towa
Stuart
Condh
Lynam
Johnson
Wettstein
Dech
Russell
McCloy
Shawbold
Triton Club Bowlers Take National Meet Second
The Triton club of the local Y M C A won second place in the national tele graphic bowling tournament held February 19 to 22. About 15 states entered in class C. Team members were Larry Hauskins Art Hauskins Howad Kurtz Paul Van Morn and M O Hagerman.
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Triton Club
Larry Hauskins
Art Hauskins
Howad Kurtz
Paul van Morn
M. O. Hagerman
Lahman the Raiders Flychaser Emerges as Northern League Star
Cal Lahman, 24, transformed from pitcher to power hitter, leading the Northern league in batting with .391 for the Jamestown Jimmies last season. He set four new league records including 48 home runs and 162 RBIs while tying the hits mark at 182, drawing praise as a Tris Speaker-type slugger with defense to match.
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Cal Lahman
Cedar Rapids Raiders
San Francisco
Lahman
San Francisco Seals
Frisco Missions
Mission Board of Strategy
Tucson
Arizona-Texas
Cal
Missions
Sacramento
Seattle
Decatur
Jamestown Jimmies
Tris Speaker
Grey Eagle
Speke
Odd Fellows
Thornton
Calif
Iowa Plans Western Conference Gym Meet at Iowa City
The Western conference gymnastics championship will be held at the University of Iowa on March 13 with two sets of judges. Complete teams from Illinois Iowa Chicago and Minnesota will compete along with individual entrants from other schools. Events include the horizontal bar side horse parallel bars flying rings and tumbling. The meet also crowns the individual all around title and should run about two and a half hours.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Illinois
Iowa
Chicago
Minnesota
Work Progressing On New Rifle And Pistol Range
The Cedar Rapids rifle and pistol club will move to Lincoln hotel quarters in about two weeks per secretary David Thomas. The Seadan pistol club scored 447 of 500 in a meet with Burlington, which forfeited the event.
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Cedar Rapids
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