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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Jan 07, 1945

Page

6

Madigan Denies Detroit Coaching Tale Amid UCLA Hires Talk

Iowa City coach Slip Madigan rejects west coast rumor of coaching Detroit in 1945. He states there is no basis for the story. UCLA's coaching search includes Madigan Buck Shaw Jimmy Phelan Ray Richards and Bronko Nagurski after Horrell resigns.

Iowa City E P Madigan University of Iowa West Coast University of Detroit Detroit LOS Angeles UCLA Edwin C Babe” Horrell Slip Madigan St. Mary’s Buck Shaw Santa Clara Jimmy Phelan University of Washington Ray Richards Bronko Nagurski Bruin Horrell

YMCA Notes Commercial League Leads Tell Story

Keystone and LaPlant Choate share the Commercial league lead after Keystone defeated Y Dorm 56 23 and LaPlant Choate beat Collins 67 26. Armstrong strong with three wins, idle on Friday. Schedule lists Jan 12 games and victory handball matches with multiple pairs listed. Swimming tests for Minnows Fish and Flying Fish groups are noted along with intramural basketball fixtures for Jan 8.

Armstrongs Colonial Keystone Universal LaPlants Dorm Becks Collins No Iona Mfg LaPlant Choate Y Dorm LaPlant Collins Armstrong Beck Universal Engineers Powers Newell Feuerbach High Boddicker Thompson Colonial Bread Iowa Mfr Cauros Lucas Kemme Fay Iowa Mix Armstrones 930 Colling Bye Y.M.C.A. Victory Handball League Kriz Day Schenefelt Gaines Zenisek Colander Moss Maresh Heath Allen Walker Nissen Cormack Fickinger Hiltbrunner Schimberg Thiersch Gage Olerich Perry

Benefit basketball doubleheader at YMCA on Jan 9

Capt Dick Stusak battles Capt Don Wilson in a benefit game at the YMCA Tuesday night January 9. Iowa Manufacturing men and girls teams will appear with a shop team challenge for the men and Center Point visiting the Iowa Manufacturing girls. The girls start at 8 and the feature at 9.00.

Y.M C.A Iowa Manufacturing Company Lloyd Nagels Iowa Manufacturing Towa Manufacturing

Arthur Rink Qualifiers Reach Silver Skates Finals

Twenty two young racers from Arthur Rink advanced to the Silver Skates finals next Sunday after a Saturday meet. Top Arthur finishers Dick Hanson Greta Hanson Glen Chadima and Jim Grissel lead the field with double victories. Five best in each Roosevelt preliminary today at 1 30 p m advance to the Roosevelt finals January 14 at Roosevelt rink.

Arthur Rink Roosevelt Rink Arthur Dick Hanson Greta Hanson Glen Chadima Jim Grissel Roosevelt Tom Davis Bob Engler Jim Bowman Jimmy Smith Bob Steele Beverly Grafton Bill Steele Denny Hanson Bob Oberbrackling Jerry Ryan Pete Marshall Robert Hobbie Jim Davis Bill Ulch Kay Engler Walker Smith Don Scott Norman Robertson Bill Ulich Greta Hanser Hoys Glen Chadiman

Michigan State Football End Fraleigh Killed in Action

Royden G. Fraleigh of Detroit, left end for Michigan State College football in 1941 and 1942, was killed in action at Leyte on November 24, the college athletics department said Saturday.

East Lansing Mich Royden G. Fraleigh Detroit Michigan State Leyte

Coe College Extension Service Listing Cedar Rapids Iowa

Department listings include Accounting Principles by Henry, Language courses Elementary French by Dr. Eil ertson and Elementary Spanish by Dr. Carter, Western Civilization by Prof. Page, International Politics by Dr. Koenig, Meteorology by Dr. Wilson, The Family by Prof. Garwood, Constructive English by Prof. Speech Lambert, Speech Problems for Elementary School by Dr. Churchill Welsc. For further information call Coe College Cedar Rapids extension 3-2611 ext 11.

Page Koenig Wilson Garwood Lambert Churchill Welsc Coe College Cedar Rapids Iowa

Chicago Scribes name Bill Voiselle 1944 rookie of year

The Chicago chapter of the Baseball Writers Association will honor New York Giants pitcher Bill Voiselle next Tuesday at their annual banquet. He will receive the Lou Comiskey award for being the top freshman of the 1944 major league season.

Chicago INS Bill Voiselle New York Giants Baseball Writers Association The Scriveners Voiselle Lou Comiskey

Bresnahan Starts 24th Track Season at Iowa

Iowa City coach George Bresnahan begins his 24th year leading the Iowa track program by naming light workout candidates. The season opens February 17 with six indoor meets planned, featuring several high school record holders among the squad.

The Gazette Iowa City George Bresnahan Iowa

Crossword Puzzle AORC 1-Young we 4-Icy rain 9-Downcast

Puzzle reads a long list of across and down clues with fragmented word fits and numbers, including entries like Wing, Pasture, Deadly pols, A deity, and Hebrew letter, suggesting a themed crossword from a periodical page.

Upset Drops LaPlant Girls as Allied League Nears Tie

In the first round of the Allied Industrial Basketball league girls division, LaPlant Collins and Iowa Mfg. each stood at four wins and one loss after LaPlant’s defeat by Towa Mfg. The Quaker Oats club remained undefeated in boys play by beating Iowa Mfg. Thomas tops girls scoring, Vesey from Collins inactive. Dolan leads boys with 74 points, Lucas 58, Kitch 52.

LaPlant Girls Towa Mfg Allied Industrial Basketball League LaPlant, Collins Iowa Mfg Quaker Oats Thomas Vesey Collins Dolan Speeder Boys Lucas LaPlant Choate Kitch Quaker Speeder Nese Lucas LaPlant Oe Hogan Mfr Seen Hendryx Quaker Oe Fauerback Speeder Collins Oe Forrey Miller LaPlant Mfe Reynolds Andes Beckford Wuson

Luncheon Club Olympics Planned for January 24

Fourteen members from Inter-Service Club Council Rotary Lions Kiwanis and Canopus met to organize the 1945 Luncheon Club Olympics. The five clubs will compete in 15 events on Wednesday January 24 starting at 5 PM. The Lions hold the current Little Brown Jug trophy from 1944.

Inter-Service Club Council Rotary Lions, Kiwanis Canopus Lions Club Elmer Ferriter

Towa Fairs Racing Believed Untouched By Shutdown

DES MOINES AP The Byrnes ban on horse racing should not affect Iowa racing says Cecil F Rooks field secretary of the Iowa Horse and Mule Breeders assoc There is no betting and profits go to charity He notes fairs run races to promote better breeding with local residents owning the horses.

Des Moines James F. Byrnes Iowa Cecil F. Rooks Iowa Horse and Mule Breeders Association Rooks

Echoes from the Great Outdoors on winter wildlife care

Forest Field and Stream notes a cold winter stressing birds, urges feeders, suet, gravel and warm water. It cites duck hunting limits, fox and rabbit hunts, and a Cedar Rapids group's fox attempt with a humorous nickname. It forecasts growing hunting and fishing postwar interest and mentions Colorado trout and sage grouse, deer and elk, plus Mississippi pike angling.

Cedar Rapidian Ted R. Schwein Colorado Fish and Game Department Colorado

High School Basketball Tournaments Excluded From Ban

Washington AP reports that a government plan to ban meetings of 50 or more people will not apply to high school basketball tournaments. The Office of Defense Transportation says most midwest events are local affairs with lodging in private homes or gymnasiums, not conventions or trade shows.

Washington Midlands Office of Defense Transportation Byrnes Iowa Indiana

Ban on Animal Racing Distinct From Transport Measures

An ODT source notes that the government ban on animal racing is a separate issue from transport facilities and other major factors, indicating distinct policy domains and implications beyond transportation.

ODT

Youth YMCA Church League Forms Two Cage Divisions

Two church leagues form youth basketball for boys 17 and under in Class A and 15 and under in Class B. Nine teams join Class A with Tuesday Central Park games and Thursday First Evangelical games. Coaches include Bell, Steele, Newport, Thompson, Haag, and Havlik among others.

Y.M.C.A Harley Steele Y Committee Central Park Presbyterian Church First Evangelical Church First Presbyterian Church First Lutheran Carl West Community House Carl Neufeldt Westminster Presbyterian Merle Bauchamp Trinity Methodist George Youtz First Evangelical and Reformed F. H. Haag First Presbyterian Oliver Presbyterian Bill Cohen Central Park Va Calvary Baptist Central Park Vm Trinity Leaders Lutheran Evangelical Reformed Foursquare First Evangelical Oliver Presby Westminster First Presby Terlane

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