Week's Prep Card Promises Seven Local Basketball Games
The schedule covers seven Cedar Rapids games including St Wenceslaus at Immaculate Conception Tuesday and Franklin at Roosevelt Friday. St Patrick's and St Wenceslaus each play twice with other matchups involving Monticello McKinley Wilson Iowa City Xavier Dyersville Conroy and local parochial squads shaping a tight week.
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Wenceslaus
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Xavier
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Perry
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Davenport
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Sacred Heart of Waterloo
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Von Cramm Beats Budge In Triangular Tennis Meet
Baron Gottfried von Cramm of Germany defeated Donald Budge 6-4 8-10 12-10 as Germany won the triangular series with the United States and Australia. Adrian Quist beat Gene Mako 6-3 7-5 and teamed with Jack Bromwich to beat Von Cramm and Heiner Henkel 6-2 6-1. Germany led the series with four matches, ten sets, and 95 games. the United States was second on games won.
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Baron Gottfried von Cramm
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Donald Budge
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United States
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Budge
von Cramm
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Adrian Quist
Gene Mako
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Tigers Set 27 Exhibition Games For Spring Training
Detroit Tigers unveil a 27 game exhibition schedule with 20 against major league foes and seven vs minor league clubs. The camp opens in Lakeland Florida March 6 for pitchers and catchers with the full squad reporting March 13 and the first game March 20 against the Washington Senators at Lakeland.
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Youthful Outfielder Elvin Adams Purchased by Cardinals
Elvin Buster Adams a 21 year old outfielder from Sacramento farm club was purchased by St. Louis. The Cardinals did not disclose the purchase price. Adams led the Pacific Coast league in doubles in 1937 and is six feet tall, 190 pounds, bats and throws right handed, with a home in Los Angeles.
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Elvin
Buster” Adams
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Cardinal
Los Angeles
Riggs Meets Grant Today in Net Finals
In Coral Gables Florida Bobby Riggs seeded No 1 and Bisy Grant of Atlanta reach the Miami Biltmore tennis final. Riggs beat Frank Kovacs 6 3 10 8 6 0 to advance while Grant defeated Elwood Cooke to reach the final. Semis doubles saw Cooke and Buxby beat Hardie and Pero.
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Pinder Meets Plummer In Mud Match At Memorial Coliseum
Milwaukee matchmaker Eddie Jennings wires that a Hindu mud match between Prince Pinder and Lou Plummer will headline next Thursday night at Memorial Coliseum. The bout is one fall in a sixty minute limit with two prior undercards, and bids are being taken for the referee.
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Rasslers
Slingin Sam Baugh Heads To Frisco For West Coast Clash
Slingin Sammy Baugh arrives in San Francisco to prep for the Redskins versus Johnny Blood's Pacific Coast All Stars next Sunday. Most Redskins already arrive. Baugh drove a new car from Texas as fans gifted him the ride. The team has been idle for three weeks while the Coast squad practices in Golden Gate Park.
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First Sacker Of Giants Draws Fine On Speeding Charge
LaSalle Illinois report says John McCarthy first baseman for the New York Giants admitted speeding at sixty miles per hour and paid five dollars plus costs to Oglesby police on Saturday.
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Hawkeye wrestlers pin Northwestern to open 1938 Big Ten
Iowa posted a 22 to 8 win over Northwestern as Clarence Kemp pinned Lew Sarett in 50 seconds at 155 pounds and Wilbur Nead pinned Joe Warrus in 5 minutes 21 seconds. Other decisions and pins were listed for each weight class.
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Waterloo
Lew Sarett
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Iowa
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Joe Warrus
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Fred Apostoli to Box Young Corbett in San Francisco
New York AP reports Fred Apostoli, who upset middleweight champion Freddie Steele, agreed to a February 22 bout against Young Corbett III in San Francisco. Apostoli, a southpaw, will fight at the San Francisco ballpark after knocking out Steele in the seventh round of a 12 round non title match Friday night.
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Central City Edges Alburnett High 22 21 in Close Clash
Central City high school boys beat Alburnett 22 to 21 with Pike and D Thomas each scoring 11. The girls team fell 22 to 12 as Daryl led Central City with 8 and Stick led her squad with 11.
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Cedar Rapids Visit to Webster City Opens New Hockey Season
The Cedar Rapids hockey team travels to Webster City to face the Leafs on Sunday afternoon in the season opener. Cedar Rapids players include Lou Trefny, Tony Vynanek, Morry Gutovinozzi, Bill Wood, Ted Trefny, Tom McGregor, Ed Klinger, Bill Avedovich, and Gus Pesek. Webster City already boasts a strong, regionally tested lineup. Intra-city action follows Monday with Cedar Rapids Knitters vs Drew's.
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Webster City Leafs
Webster City
Lou Trefny
Tony Vynanek
Morry Gutovinozzi
Bill Wood
Ted Trefny
Tom McGregor
Ed Klinger
Bill Avedovech
Gus Pesek
Golden Gloves Entries Grow With Regional Interest
Entries for the Cedar Rapids Golden Gloves rise as organizers expect over 90 entrants, with teams from Des Moines Ottumwa Fairfield Anamosa Iowa City and Dubuque anticipated. The event leads to a Chicago Tournament of Champions and offers bronze miniature gloves jackets and other prizes to winners. A Des Moines prelims show and Fairfield display are planned as part of the lead up with U S First Round Awards and prep at the Y M C A under Tommy Caldwell.
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Bradley entry to be missing from Kentucky Derby
Idle Hour farm owner Edward R Bradley will not have a Derby contender in the 1938 Kentucky Derby on May 7. After four Derby wins, Bradley has no three year old horses of Derby quality for the first time in over twenty years.
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Edward R Bradley
Idle Hour Farm
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