Four High School Basketball Games On Local Floors Friday
Cedar Rapids area high schools schedule four Friday games on Roosevelt McKinley Wilson and St Patrick floors. Roosevelt faces Franklin in a tough matchup while Monticello visits McKinley. Wilson hosts Iowa City and St Pat’s meets Xavier High in Dyersville in a busy parochial and public slate.
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Murcuay
McKinley
Monticello
Wilson
Iowa City
Ramblers
St. Pat’s
Dyersville
St. Patrick’s
Roosevelt
St. Pat's
Corin Rapids Prep
Ossian Teams Defeat Protovin In Boys and Girls Wins
Special to The Gazette Ossian high school girls and boys defeated Protovin on Tuesday by scores of 40 to 26 and 35 to 25 respectively.
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Ossian
Ossian High School
Protovin
Wellman Wildcats Defeat Kinross 39 25 in Cager Showdown
The Wellman Wildcats avenged an early loss by beating Kinross 39 to 25. Russell Ross led scoring with 19 points, followed by Carol Yoder with 10 and Moothart with 8. Hotchkiss topped Kinross with 12 points.
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Spreetal
The
Gazette
Wellman
Wellman Wildcats
Kinross Cagers
Kinross
Russell Ross
Carol Yoder
Wildcat
Moothart
Hotchkiss
Howell Named Baton Rouge Football Coach at LSU
Edward E Blue Howell was appointed berch field coach at Louisiana State University succeeding Joel Hunt who resigned to head Georgia. Howell, 33 former Kansas State Teachers head coach for nine years, starred as Nebraska fullback in 1926 27 28 and takes over after Hunt left LSU.
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Pella Earns Overtime Win Over Sigourney
In Sigourney Iowa Pella high defeated Sigourney 25 to 24 in an overtime thriller decided in the final seconds. Pella led 14 to 8 at halftime and 19 to 12 after the third, with Sigourney tying 21-21 to force overtime.
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Gazette
Sigourney
Pella High
Sigourney High
Pella
Davenport Blue Devils Impress In Weekend Showdown
Davenport high school basketball gains praise from Roosevelt coach Don Wolfe who calls the Blue Devils the best he has seen. The team has won margins of about 30 points over Clinton and Roosevelt and 52 points against Central, with strong depth and improving play noted by observers.
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Don Wolfe
Roosevelt
Blue Devils
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Davenporters
River City
Davenport
Iowa City
Dubuque
St. Ambrose Academy
Clinton
Moline
Iowa
Paul Moon
St. Ambrose College
Bees
Central
Traer High Falls To Cedar Falls 40 To 30
Traer high school basketball team lost to Cedar Falls on their home court, 40 to 30. The Traer quintet trailed most of the game, aided by a confusing large college arena as Cedar Falls dominated the second meeting 18 to 8.
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Maynard and Clermont Divide Double Header
Maynard and Clermont split a Tuesday double header in Maynard Iowa. Maynard boys lost 26 to 19 with Miehe scoring 16 for Maynard and H Greff 11 for Clermont. Maynard girls fell 39 to 18 as Clermont stretched its season winning streak. Arp led Maynard with 11 and Moen scored 27 for Clermont.
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H. Greff
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Moen
Keswick Sweeps Delta Teams On Keswick Floor
Keswick first team beat Delta first team 33 23 while Delta won the second match 29 18. Delta junior high edged 14 to unknown in their game. Princess Juliana is described as a redhead in the text.
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Delta
Iowa Teams Headed for Midwest Contest and Wisconsin Meet
Coach Armbruster's swimming squad and Coach Howard's wrestling team depart Iowa City for weekend events. Eight Hawkeyes swim in Omaha for the Mid-Western AAU team title with prelims Saturday and finals that night. The wrestling lineup, aiming to improve Iowa's 9-1-1 Big Ten mark, faces Wisconsin in Madison after a 22-8 win over Northwestern.
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Munger Named Head Football Coach at Pennsylvania Univ
George A. Munger, former freshman coach and Penn graduate of 1933, was named head football coach at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
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Pennsylvania Univ
Philadelphia
George A. Munger
University of Pennsylvania
Luther To Open Its Conference Cage Race
Decorah Iowa Luther starts defense of the Iowa conference title by hosting Western Union in a Saturday cage game. Captain Dusty Hanson anchors a guard trio while Ton Hougard and Les Anderson hold forward and pivot roles as Luther seeks offensive consistency against a veteran Golden Eagle lineup.
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Cedar Rapids Reconsiders Move to Three Eye League
The Cedar Rapids writer asserts support for dissolving the class A Western league to join the class B Three Eye. He notes the retained Western nucleus will form the core of a stronger Three Eye team, with losses in Western due to finances and outcomes. He cites eight-city plans, current Three Eye affiliations, and cost gaps between A and B clubs as context for the shift.
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Three Eye
Sioux City
Davenport
Des Moines
Harry Johnson
The
Raiders
Riverside St. Mary's Falls to Conesville in City Match
Riverside St. Mary's high school basketball team lost 42 to 21 at Conesville. Riverside meets undefeated Riverside in the intra-city series opener on January 18 at the public school gym, after beating Durant Springdale Nichols and Conesville this season.
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St. Mary's High School
Conesville
St. Mary's
Riverside High School
Durant
Springdale
Nichols
Upper Iowa Clashes With Western Union in Iowa Conference
Coach Dorman plans two complete lineups for the Friday Iowa conference game with Western Union. Starters include Tate and Miehe at forwards Rimmer at center and Spatcher and Hanson at guard. The substitute group features Hamauist Kim port Brady Waldron Timm and Eiffler with Earl Bellis out due to a back injury.
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Fayette
Dorman
Upper Iowa
Iowa
Western Union College
Tate
Miehe
Rimmer
Spatcher
Hanson
Hamauist
Kimport
Brady
Waldron
Timm
Eiffler
Earl Bellis
Randalia
Martelle Takes Twinbill From Viola In Iowa Clash
Viola hosts Martelle in a two game set with the reserves losing 17 to 11 and the varsity falling 46 to 36. Fisher scored 16 and Robertson 13 for Martelle while Armstrong and Stewart led Viola.
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Gazette
Viola
Viola Cagers
Martelle
Varsity
Fisher
Robertson
Martello
Armstrong
Stewart
Viola to Host Central City on Friday Night
Viola hosts Central City on its home floor Friday night in a crucial basketball matchup. The teams will vie for conference positioning and a potential win could affect playoff seeding.
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Viola
Central City
Lost Nation Cagers Win Triple Victory
Lost Nation basketball teams won their second triple victory on the new gym floor defeating Goose Lake teams Tuesday. The Lost Nation first team beat Goose Lake 68 to 11. second team 28 to 9. Independents beat Hopkinton 49 to 24.
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Goose Lake
Lost Nation
Lost Nation Independents
Hopkinton Cagers
Detroit Releases Clifton and Sullivan to Toronto
Detroit announces the outright release of infielder Herman Flea Clifton and southpaw Joe Sullivan to the Toronto International League club. The move comes from the Detroit American League baseball club on Wednesday.
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Detroit American League Baseball Club
Herman
Flea) Clifton
Joe Sullivan
Toronto
Rosemont Withdrawn From Santa Anita Race
Rosemont the 1937 Santa Anita Handicap winner and a favored entrant for the $100,000 race on March 5 was withdrawn Wednesday due to a soft hoof. The decision came from the owner to protect the colt amid concerns over a lingering hoof issue.
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Rosemont
Edgewood Trails Greeley Teams In Twin Losses
Greeley defeated Edgewood in junior high 28 to 15 as Bach tel led with two baskets and Smith had 8 for Edgewood. The high school game ended 28 to 13 in favor of Greeley with Beatty scoring 6 for Edgewood and Culbertson and Ferguson tying for high for Greeley. Greeley remains undefeated.
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Greeley
Bachtel
Smith
Beatty
Culbertson
Ferguson
Parnell Beats North English 33 to 13 in Home Victory
Parnell High dominated North English on their home floor Tuesday evening winning 33 to 13. The Shamrocks led from early, 19 to 7 at halftime, with Joe Lower scoring 11 points and Donohue strong on defense. Newberry led North English with 7 points. Parnell extends its win streak to eight.
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Parnell High
Shamrock
North English High
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Parnells
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Shamrocks
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Newberry
Parnell Seconds
Center High Defeats Shueyville 25 to 17
Center High School routed Shueyville 25 to 17 in a loosely played game at the focal court. Center's Swartzen druber and Palmer led the scoring while Hahn stood out for Shueyville. Washington township youths won 36 to 2 in a curtain-raiser against Jefferson township, marking their first local midget game.
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Shueyville
Center High
Stanley Swartzendruber
Palmer
Hahn
Washington Township
Jefferson Township
Stanwood-Olin Girls and Boys Play Key Wapsie Eight Games
The Stanwood girls and boys basketball teams travel to Olin Friday for two league games in the Wapsie Eight. The girls contest may decide the conference winner while the Olin boys need a victory to stay in second place.
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The
Gazette
Olin
Stanwood Girls
Boss
Olin High School
Boston Bees decline Davenport as farm club
Boston Nationals owner Bob Quinn refused to consider Davenport as a farm club for the Three Eye league. He indicated Evansville Indiana would be the fourth club, and a telegram to local officials turned over a proposal for a reduction of municipal stadium concessions.
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Davenport
Bob Quinn
Quinn
Evansville Ind
Oourth
Drew's Hockey Team Beats Kenwood 4-1 in Debut
The Drew team defeated the Kenwood Merchants 4 to 1 on Wednesday. Bill Wood scored and Tom MacGreeor assisted on the winner as the squad showed strong defense and goalkeeping. Next game details and lineups were listed for fans planning Friday night action.
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Drew
Kenwood
Kenwood Merchants
Bill Wood
Tom MacGreeor
Martin
Cee
Rapids
Kenwood Vlerchats Ab
Drews Bronwhoe
Saat Tomes
Marty St - Shimek
Gree
Bennett Nelson Lead Weekly Rifle Scorers
Cedar Rapids Rifle club members submitted scores led by Bennett and Nelson. Scores show county and regional totals with multiple participants listed, highlighting top shooters and overall performance across the week.
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