Hawkeyes Rise in Big Ten Race Surprise Turnaround
Iowa's surprising form in the Big Ten has them tied for the conference lead with Northwestern and Purdue after a string of conference wins. The Iowa lineup features captains Vic Siegel and Rudy Soderquist with forward trio Tommy Chapman Ben Trickey and center Milt Kuhl as they head to Iowa City to face Minnesota Gophers in a key clash.
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Rudy Soderquist
Tommy Chapman
Ben Trickey
Milt Kuhl
Cooper Leads Field in Los Angeles Open
Harry Cooper of Minneapolis holds a two stroke lead entering the final round of the $10,000 Los Angeles Open at Hillcrest Country Club after a 70 in Sundays play to total 210. Ben Hogan sits two back at 212 with a Sunday par 72.
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Parochial Girls? No, Cedar Rapids basketball action tonight
Parochial high school teams visit Cedar Rapids with three games on tap Immaculate Conception hosts St Patrick s of Iowa City in a battle against the Irish rookies St Wenceslaus seeks a tenth straight win at St Mary s of Marshalltown Rev Albert Zachar St Wenceslaus alumnus coaches at Marshalltown St Patrick s rehab program begins at St John s of Independence Shamrocks had five straight wins before last week s loss to St Mary s Iowa City Cascade game moved to Cedar Rapids from Cascade per Gazette error
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Bierman May Have To Leave But His Jobll Be Waiting
Minnesota coach Bernie Bierman, a 10 year Gophers leader, is recalled to Marine service. University officials say he will be loaned to the government for a year if he passes the required physical and technical tests, with no immediate replacement planned. The team continues its 17 game winning streak as other coaches cover duties.
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19 Local Teams In State Bowling Meet
Cedar Rapids teams will compete in the Iowa State Bowling tournament opening Jan 24 in Des Moines. City Secretary Carl Kirwin said 19 local teams enter, with 24 doubles teams and 48 singles competitors. State schedules to be mailed to team captains about a week before start.
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Cage Card This Week In Iowa
Schedule of college basketball games across Iowa with matchups including Minnesota at Tow s Cornell at Carleton Iowa Wesleyan at Penn Yankton at Buena Vista Loras at St Ambrose Paliliios 66 at Morningside Southern Normal at Buena Vista Gentral at Parsons Eastern Normal at Buena Vista Midland at Western Union St Ambrose at Iowa Wesleyan Grinnell at Stipon Cornell at Coe Parsons at Simpson Dubuque at Luther Wartbure at Penn Southern Normal at Western Union St Norbert at Loras Iowa at Ohio State Washington at Drake Illinois Teachers at North Dakota State at Morningside Dubuque at Upper Iowa
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Busy week for Iowa cage teams in Big Ten and beyond
Iowa Hawkeyes seek to stay with leaders after a 49 45 win over Wisconsin as they host Minnesota in Iowa City. Other regional notes include Iowa State’s seven game surge ahead of Kansas in Ames, Drake’s attempts to end a skid, and several intercollegiate clashes across the Midwest this week with multiple conference games and key matchups listed.
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Postville Cagers Lead Conference With Three Wins
Postville tops West Union for its third straight win to seize first in the Upper Iowa conference. Elkader upsets the favorite as Waukon and Fayette also rise, making a four team race with Postville.
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Black Hawks Rally Past Red Wings 6-5 in NL Hockey
The Chicago Black Hawks beat the Detroit Red Wings 6-5 to close within six points of second place, in a high scoring National League game. Montreal Canadiens defeated the Brooklyn Americans 2-0 before 10,138 at Madison Square Garden, avenging a previous 2-0 loss.
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Ridgeway Dominates Waterville In 1a Meet
Ridgeway tops Waterville at Ridgeway 5, Waterville 33 with high marks by Waterville-Collins 1a and Ridgeway-McQueen 3. Waterville girls fall to Ridgeway 22 13 as Ridgeway wires Hovden 18 and Mish 12 for Waterville Glynn.
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Iowa Hawks and Louis under fire in fall sports note
A veteran sports columnist reviews coaching changes and team form. He argues coaching merit, cites Iowa and Illinois schools, and recalls the Buddy Baer Joe Louis fight as a contrast to expectations. Iowa's basketball under Rollie Williams impresses with high gear, team unity, and crowd-pleasing play led by Vic Siegel.
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Bombers rout Quakers 63 to 42 in Oxford Junction gym
Oxford Junction Blue Bombers led by Merl Muhl 25 and Bud Myatt 22 routed Cedar Rapids Quaker Oats 63 to 42. Quaker top scorer John Kitch had 15 points, Dave Floyd 11, as the hosts opened fast and built a 32-14 halftime margin.
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Two Title Bouts On Week's Fifth Card
New York AP reports two title holders who relinquished belts to fight heavier opponents join an ex-champion on the week's national boxing program. Billy Conn meets Henry Cooper after meeting him previously in Toledo, Ohio. Billy Soose faces Jimmy Bivins in Cleveland in a 10 rounder. Fritzie Zivic meets Ray Robinson in a 12 round return at Madison Square Garden.
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Chicago Cops Enforce Curfew on Bowling Alleys
Chicago police under Commissioner James P. Allman ordered the enforcement of an old ordinance closing bowling alleys at 1 am. Hundreds of alleys that had operated 24 hours or into the early morning were surprised by the ban.
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Helen Baldwin Captures Singles Title at Missouri Valley Open
Helen Baldwin of Des Moines won the women's singles and teamed with Johnny Tatum of Omaha to take the mixed doubles trophy in the Missouri Valley Open table tennis tournament held Sunday.
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Snavely Tops List for Husker Vacancy
University of Washington weighs successors to Jimmy Phelan amid wartime uncertainty. Carl Snavely of Cornell leads a four man field as factors shift clubs and fan limits, with guardrails like age and willingness to work for board and room shaping the choice. The Huskers also plan a spring coach debut.
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Louis Likely To Aid Army Morale Work
Joseph Louis Barrow known as Louis enters army induction after a physical at 9 am and will go to Camp Upton Long Island for six weeks of basic training. He may join the army morale division while keeping the world heavyweight title. Officials did not disclose exact stationing details.
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Columbus Community Donkey Basketball Game Planned
The Columbus Community club sponsors a donkey basketball game in Columbus High School gym Tuesday night. Team captains are D. R. Martshall and Clinton Greene.
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Survey Shows Heavy Sports Cut from War
War drains sports talent from baseball to boxing with top stars in navy army or awaiting service. Minors and college athletics lose players. major events like Rose Bowl and Indy 500 shift locations or cancel. Dodgers defer contracts to gauge costs. sport faces manpower cuts but urges continued attendance and resilience.
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Restore Order In Big Six as Favorites Win
AP reports Oklahoma gains momentum as Gerald Tucker returns Jan 28 and faces five conference games starting Feb 7. Sooner scoring improves with Heap Reich and Roberts fueling a 47 20 win over Kansas State while Nebraska beats Kansas State and Iowa State extends its conference win streak. Four Big Six games loom this week Missouri hosts Nebraska and Kansas at Columbia with Kansas at Nebraska and Oklahoma at Kansas State.
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Play Progresses In Billiards Tourney
Ralph Greenleaf of New York faces John Fitzpatrick of Los Angeles in a final first round match of the world three cushion billiard championship. The 45 game schedule runs through January 23 with Monday’s second leg pairing Earl L. Nbaugh of Chicago versus Joe Chamaco of Mexico City. Arthur Rubin of Brooklyn meets Jake Schaefer of Chicago, Otto Resselt of Philadelphia plays Arthur Thurnblad of Chicago, and champion Willie Hoppe of New York, who won his first game Saturday, is set to play again.
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