Iowa Seeks Michigan Links as Evashevski Staff Expands
Iowa prepares to add three assistants to coach Forest Evashevski including Alton Kircher, Bob Flora, and Dan Stavely. Kircher declined Washington State head coaching offers, while Flora and Stavely bring Michigan and Denver ties. Remaining Iowa staffers and candidates from the Pacific coast are discussed amid staffing speculation.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Washington State
Forest Evashevski
Alton Kircher
Washington State Board
Evashevski
Kircher
Michigan State
Washington State Athletic Board
WSC
Biggie Munn
Bob Flora
Michigan
Dan Stavely
Denver University
Denver
Tack Hubbard
Flora
Seahawk
Navy Aviation Cadets
Arends and Engler Set Ice Skating Marks at Iowa Open
Dave Arends shattered juvenile city records in 220 and 440 events at the Iowa Open ice speed skating derby on the Roosevelt rink. Charles Thomas and Bob Engler also set Open records, with Engler winning multiple junior events and Ann Cooper leading girls from juvenile to Open class. The Hogan Brothers won the team title as upcoming races are scheduled for the Playground derby midweek.
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Engler
Russ Wiley
Dave Arends
Roosevelt
Little Speedster
Arends
Charles Thomas
City
Ocle Trimble
George Shimek
Karrell Cherry
Bob Engler
Ann Cooper
JoAnn Dunlop
Playground and Recreation Commission
Gazette
Laird Adkins
Joe Ieee
Dan Hallenbach
Dennis Buckner
Terry Walters
Herb Knudten. Jr
Robert Ramsdall
Larry Vavra
Dave Cook
Inal Sati
Buckner
Walters
Rawedall
Ramsdall
Vavra Cesk
Timisat Oh Tin Eee
Russell Siena
Vavra
Eat
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Bruce Trimble
Larry Lambert
Lea
Warren Chadima
Gary Lindsey
Pratt
Trimble
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Rimble
Lom Rt
Jim Caviness
Russell Pidima
Pidima
Richard Jensen
Ee Karr
Art Bowen
Les Ford
Lat Cherry
Bowen
Sarraie
Fitt Morrison
Jim Keyoth
Davenport
Omas
Morrison
Keyoth
Thomas
Omes Walters
Sea Sandra Av
Parochial Scoring Leader Trosky Tops Cedar Rapids
Hal Trosky of St. Patrick's leads Cedar Rapids public parochial scoring with 15.5 points per game across 10 contests. Gordon Stoddard of McKinley sits third in total public scoring, while Bob Scroggs of Franklin and Paul Foster of Don Jenning's vie for high averages. Don Jennings tops Immaculate Conception with 12 points per game.
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Hal Trosky
St. Patrick’s
Cedar Rapids
McKinley
Gordon Stoddard
Franklin
Paul Foster
Bob Scroggs
Stoddard
Foster
Scroggs
Bob Kazimour
St. Wenceslaus
Immaculate Conception
Don Jennings
Public
Poster
Scroges Prankli
Hensch
Wilson Eens
Thenhaus
Prankns
Wilson
Mitchell
Roosevelt
Lodge
Wilsonsley
Randolph
AL Trosky
St. Pat's
Kazimour
Iowa Officials Praise Raffensperger in Coaching Shakeup
Iowa City reports surprise appointment of Forest Evashevski as head football coach effective Feb 1 1952. The athletic board and faculty rep defend the decision while players and students split between hope for innovation and loyalty to Raffensperger.
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Iowa
Raffensperger
Iowa City
Iowa Athletic Board
Paul Blommers
Forest Evashevski
University of Iowa
Wayne Foster
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Board
State University of Iowa
State Board of Education
Leonard Raffensperger
Evashevski
Marian
Jim
Forest
Forest, Jr
Cage results and college score updates across teams
Cage results show B Elkader St Joe 43 over Ryan St Pat 36 and St Joe 38 over Ryan St Johns G Monticello S H 39. Cascade St Marys 36. B Monticello S H 80 over Cascade St Marys 37. B Elma I C 49 over Ossian DeSales 47. G Ossian DeSales 66 over Elma 1 C 42. College St Marys Minnesota 62 over Leras Lewa 58.
Hawkeye Pro Football League to Merge with Central States
In Des Moines AP reports the Hawkeye pro football league approves a merger with the Central States league for the 1952 season. Members who met in Des Moines Sunday night will meet with Central States affiliates in February to finalize details.
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DES Moines
Hawkeye
Central States
Commercial League Gameday Schedule At Cedar Rapids Y.M.C.A.
The Cedar Rapids Y M C A Commercial basketball league lists six games this week with Monday 6:45 p.m. Lapes vs Uptown and Troy vs Kutehera's, and Wednesday 6:45 p.m. Selon vs lona National 7:45 Alburnett vs Troy 8:45 Ced Rel vs Hall's. Art Wall leads scorers with 153 points in seven games for a 22 point average. Norm Barnes 20 point average and Jim Redel 19 points follow.
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Alburnett
Troy
Hall
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Names Evashevski Youngest Big Ten Head Coach
Forest Eva s hevski is 33 and the youngest head grid coach in the Big Ten as Iowa announces his appointment. He joins assistants Alton Kircher Bob Flora and Dan Stavely while promising a new single wing offense for 1952.
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Dusty Rice
John Towner
Oelwein
Raff
Evashevski
Towner
Boland
Andy Houg
Sopphomore
St. Ansgar
Bob Fitch
University of Iowa
Forest Evashevski
Bob Voigts
Northwestern
Iowa
Washington State
Ray Eliot
Big Ten
Illinois
Stanford
Eliot
Clyde Smith
Indiana
Benny Oosterbaan
Michigan
Clarence “Biggie” Munn
Michigan State
Wes Fesler
Minnesota
Stu Holcomb
Purdue
Ivy Williamson
Wisconsin
Woody Hayes
Ohio State
Alton Kircher
Bob Flora
Dan Stavely
Cedar Rapids Basketball Roundup Highlights
Franklin McKinley 36 Wilson 11 led Cedar Rapids action as R. Wilson faced C. R. McKinley and R. Roosevelt played at Iowa City on Friday.
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Roosevelt
R. Wilson
C. R. McKinley
R. Roosevelt
Iowa City
Franklin
McKinley
Roosevelt Franklin
C.R. McKinley
W.L. W. L. Daven
R. Franklin
C.K. Wilson
C.R. Roosevelt
B—Clinton
Dubware
Parochial School Basketball Games Schedule
Local fixtures list multiple parochial and high school boys games across Cedar Rapids Dubuque Iowa City Waterloo and neighboring towns. Matches span Monday Tuesday Wednesday Friday and Saturday with venues including St. Pat's St. Wene Xavier and Chene. Standings show W L counts for several schools.
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St. Columbkille
St Pat's
R. St. Pat's
St. Mary's
Oo Xavier
C.R. St. Wene
Dryersville Xavier
Cedar Rapids LC
M .R. St. Pat's
Dubuque
St. Columb
FRIDA
Iowa
St. Pat's
Bettowa City
Van Cleave Out Again For Cyclone Basketball
Iowa State coach Clayton Sutherland said forward Carl Van Cleave may be sidelined for a period after aggravating a prior shoulder injury in the third period of the Missouri game. The injury occurred Saturday night but a return date has not been determined.
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Ames
Iowa State
Clayton Sutherland
Carl van Cleave
van Cleave
Cyclones
Sutherland
New National Prep Football Rules To Cut Confusion
The National Federation of State High School Associations in Chicago adopted several football rule changes for next season. Revisions include substitution rules, reduced 5 yard penalty for roaming from the coach’s area, limits on option play changes by captains, and expanded fair catch signaling. Additional 1953 night play enforcement reduces lineman strings to two.
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Chicago
SNS
National Federation of State High School Athletic
Connolly Named Athlete of the Year for 1951
Maureen Connolly, 16 year old tennis prodigy from San Diego, named 1951 Female Athlete of the Year by AP. She edged Florence Chadwick the swimmer and Babe Didrikson Zaharias in the annual poll. Connolly won eight first place votes and led with 366 points to Chadwick 287 and Zaharias 333.
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Maureen Connolly
Monday
Associated Press
San Diego
Forest Hills
Florence Chadwick
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Little Mo
Chadwick
Stene
Grossinger
Ny) Country Club
Zaharis
Babe Didrikson Peharsns
Patty Bere
Betsy Rawls
Pat McCormick
Marion Ladewig
Er Detoe Hart
Inch Ae
Nancy Chaffee
Rer
Dot Kirby
Loyola Coach to Seek New Post at NCAA Meetings
Jordan Olivar, whose Loyola football program was dropped last week, will fly to Cincinnati for the NCAA meetings to pursue a new coaching position. He faces a tough market with several openings and limited NCAA opportunities.
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Los Angeles
INS
Jordan Olivar
Loyola University
Cincinnati
Big 10 Rebranded as the Three I Basketball League
New York dispatch notes that the Big 10, still named in the Midwest, is increasingly called the Three I league across the country. Authors explain the nickname reflects Illinois Indiana and Iowa, not a slight to the traditional conference.
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Fred Down
New York
Middlewest
Illinois
Indiana
Ilowa
Unbeaten Powerhouses Eye 9-0 Starts In Early Big 10 Night
Illinois scores a 52-43 upset over Minnesota and faces Wisconsin as Indiana tackles Ohio State and Iowa meets Michigan. Northwestern and four Big 10 games loom with Fordham and St Francis shocking New York fans and St John’s, NYU dulling the Garden crowd.
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Illinois
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Indiana
Ohio State
Iowa
Michigan
Michigan State
Northwestern
Fordham
St. Francis
New York
Villanova
Muhlenberg
St. John’s
N.Y.U
St. Joseph's
Lafayette
Madison Square Garden
LaSalle
St. Louis
Murray
Dayton
Suggs Wins Jacksonville Open With 750 Prize
Louise Suggs of Carrollton Georgia won the Jacksonville Women's Open over 54 holes in Jacksonville Florida. She posted a final round 79 to finish 227 total one under par and earned 750 dollars. Betty Jameson of San Antonio Texas was second with 234 while Babe Zaharie and Marlene Bauer tied for third at 236.
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Jacksonville, Fla
INS
Louise Suggs
Carrollton
Jacksonville
Miss Suggs
Betty Jameson
San Antonio
Texas
Babe Zaharie
Marlene Bauer
Record Entries Set For Women's Bowling Tournament
Des Moines report shows a record enrollment for the Iowa Woman's Bowling Association trial with 549 team entries, up 65 squads. The tournament is scheduled for February 23 in Waterloo.
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Des Moines
INS
Billy Lindelof
Iowa Woman’s Bowling Association
Waterloo
Globe Trotters Beat Mercuries In Exhibition Tilt
A crowd of 7,549 watched the Harlem Globetrotters defeat the Toledo Mercuries 59 to 50 in an exhibition basketball game Sunday night in Waterloo.
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Waterloo
Harlem Globetrotters
Toledo, Ohio
Globetrotters
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