Six High School Basketball Teams In Action This Weekend
Six area teams set to play over the weekend as St Wenceslaus Conroy double header opens before Franklin visits McKinley for a conference clash. Wilson journeys to Monticello and Immaculate Conception hosts St Marys Marshalltown while St Patricks travels to Waterloo for Sacred Heart. Roosevelt retires a long layoff to host Mount Vernon next Tuesday.
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Wenceslaus
Conroy
Wilson
Monticello
St. Pats
Waterloo
S. C
Marshalltown
Eginning
Roosevelt
McKinley
Franklin
Immaculate Conception
St. Mary’s
St. Patrick’s
Sacred Heart High
St. Wenceslaus
Mississippi Valley
West Waterloo
Bears
Marion Ast
St. Pat's
Dubuque
Columbia Academy
Mount Vernon
Graduation Cuts Deep at Local High Schools
Midyear graduation thins prep hoops rosters as Franklin McKinley and Roosevelt face eligibility loss for key forwards and Diehl jokes about a coaching change. Davenport adds two nonconference games to fulfill conference rules, ensuring each team plays two Cedar Rapids foes for title eligibility.
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East Side
Franklin
Orville Rust
Don Kinch
John Hallenbeck
McKinley
Marion
Iowa City
Dubuque
East Waterloo
Davenport
Cedar Rapids
Blue Devils
Yost Plans Western Conference Hockey League Proposal
University of Michigan athletic director Fielding H. Yost announced plans to propose a Western conference hockey league at the March meeting. Michigan Minnesota Illinois and possibly Wisconsin would participate, with each team to play four times in a double home and home schedule. Wisconsin had withdrawn from hockey in 1935 due to weather. Illinois has strong facilities but few trained players.
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Fielding H. Yost
University of Michigan
Michigan
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Wisconsin
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Alburnett Tops Central City In Two Basketball Games
Alburnett’s boys and girls defeated Central City teams on Alburnett floor. Girls game 33–11 with 11-point leaders McCalla Stick Hense and Fishel captain. boys 32–24 led 20–15 at half. Caryl led Central City with 14. Tritle hit 14 for Alburnett with seven long-range baskets. Coggan’s teams visit Friday.
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Gazette
Alburnett
Central City
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Fishel
McCalla
Stick
Hense
Alburnett Boys
Caryl
Carl Tritle
Coggan's Boys
Keystone Basket Teams Beat Belle Plaine Twice
Keystone high school freshmen and regulars won two basketball games by 10 points. Freshmen led Belle Plaine junior high 19 to 9 while regulars, debuting in new purple and gold jackets, led Blairstown 24 to 14 with solid ball handling. Blairstown pep band played. next opponents are Chelsea and Cosine here Friday.
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Gazette
Keystone
Keystone High School
Belle Plaine Junior High
Dardis
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Blairstown
Chelsea
Cosine
Farmersburg Sweeps Garnaville In Twin Victory
Farmersburg High School defeated Garnaville in both games on Tuesday night. The girls won 33 to 29 with Schultz anchoring defense and Vogt adding 16 points for Farmersburg while Garnaville’s Stickfort shone. In the boys game Farmersburg dominated 34 to 9, with Klingenberg scoring 14 points as the bench played most of the action.
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Farmersburg High School
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Chelsea High Dominates Home Victory Over Toledo Juvenile
Chelsea High School basketball defeated the State Juvenile Home squad of Toledo 41 to 12 on Tuesday. C Boyer led Chelsea with sixteen points, Allee added fourteen, while Mallet scored six for the visitors. The second team played most of the game for Chelsea.
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Raiders Acquire Columbus Pitcher Jack Krupski in Deal
Columbus will trade Pitcher Jack Krupski to the Raiders for outfielder Marvin Pelton. Pelton, previously with Mitchell of the Nebraska State league, was an option to the Mitchell club last season. Krupski, 21, 6-1 190, began pro ball in 1934 with Huntington and Martinsville, led the Kentucky league in strikeouts in 1935, and played with Columbus in 1936 before being optioned to Asheville.
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Cedar Rapids Baseball Association
Columbus
American Association
Raiders
Jack Krupski
Marvin Pelton
Mitchell Club
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Mitchell
Krupski
Huntington
W. Va
Martinsville
Asheville
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Silver Skates Promise Excellent Racing At Cedar River
The Silver Skates races at Ellis Park Cedar River shore open Sunday with favorable weather. Over eighty entrants across eight age classes including Cedar Rapids skaters. notable competitors include Larry and Bob Dennis George Shimek and Art McGuire in the senior men’s group. Coggon Marion Keystone Iowa City Ely entries also appear. the track uses a six lap mile format with early 2 am start.
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Gazette
Cedar River
Ellis Park
Cedar Rapids
Larry
Bob Dennis
George Shimek
Art McGuire
Marion
Keystone
Iowa City
Ely
Delta Loses Double Header To Keswick
Special to The Gaz Delta drops both ends of a basketball double header to Keswick. In the first game Keswick wins 23 to 21 with a halftime 12 11 edge and Delta led 15 14 after three quarters. Utterback scores 11 for Delta and Hartzell 10 for Keswick. Keswick second team also wins 22 to 21.
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Utterback
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Calmar Drops Two Games To Lawler High School
Calmar High School basketball teams lost to Lawler on the home floor with the first team 41 to 20 and the second team 28 to 18. Calmar boys and girls teams are set to host Waterville Friday.
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Lawler High School
Gazette
Calmar High School Cagers
Lawler High
Lawler
Waterville
McGregor Basketball Triumph Over Marquette 29 to 11
McGregor high school extended its winning streak by defeating Marquette 29 to 11 on Wednesday night. The team prepares for a tougher test Friday hosting Waukon in a follow up matchup.
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McGregor High School
Marquette
Waukon
Olin Captures Twin Bill From Wyoming
Wyoming high school teams fall to Olin as girls lose 25 to 14 and boys drop 24 to 21 on the local floor.
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Olin
Twin Bill
Wyoming
Gazette
Grimm Signs To Manage Cubs For 1937 Season
Chicago owner Phil Wrigley confirmed Charles John Grimm will again manage the Cubs for 1937. Grimm praised returns and trades, naming starters Tex Carleton Curt Davis Bill Lee Larry French and LeRoy Parmelee as key rotation pieces while noting the reduced roster of 28 and a March 7 departure for Catalina Island training.
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Charles John Grimm
Chicago Cubs
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Len Warneke
St. Louis Cardinals
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LeRoy Parmelee
Woody English
Brooklyn
Linus Frey
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Warneke
Parmelee
St. Louis
Tex Carleton
Curt Davis
Bill Lee
Larry French
Wrigley
Catalina Island
Whittier Defeats Cedar Rapids 47 to 26 in Home Victory
Whittier rolled to a 47 26 win over Cedar Rapids Community House. Verticko led visitors with seven points while Carl Rockwood scored 15 for Whittier. Ivan Hoge was the locals high scorer with nine points.
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Whittier
Cedar Rapids Community House
Verticko
Carl Rockwood
Ivan Hoge
Fayette Loses Close Fray To Maynard Team
Fayette high school dropped a tight game to Maynard 24 to 22 after Maynard staged a late fourth quarter rally. L. Timm led Fayette with scoring, Miller controlled the floor play, while G. Miche starred for Maynard. Maynard also won the junior high prelim 28 to 10.
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Fayette High School
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State High School Indoor Meet Set for April 3 in Iowa City
The annual state indoor track and field meet will be held April 3 at the University of Iowa field house with about 400 athletes from 50 high schools. Clin ton High, led by Everett Scherich, defends its title against top state programs. Events include sprints, distance races, hurdles, relays, pole vault, jumps, and shot put.
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University of Iowa Field House
Hawkeye Athletic Department
Iowa High School Athletic Association
Clinton High School
Everett Scherich
Clinton alumni back Moray Eby for Iowa athletics post
The Iowa alumni club of Clinton endorsed Moray Eby, then Coe College sports chief, for director of athletics at the State University of Iowa. The resolution calls for separating athletics director duties from the football coach and urges sending formal copies to university president Gilmore and the faculty board in control of athletics.
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Iowa
Iowa Alumni Club
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Coe College
State University of Iowa
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Gilmore
Parnell Irish extend win streak in 30-19 victory
Parnell's Irish beat Webster 30-19 on their ninth straight win of the season. Niman led Webster with 17 points while Lower and Ward starred for Parnell. The Shamrocks face North English in a conference game Friday at North English.
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Kohawks Face Ripon and Lawrence In Midwest Tilt
Monmouth and Carleton lead the Midwest in the chase as Carleton hosts Monmouth Friday with Cowls favored on their home floor where they haven’t lost since 1930 to any conference foe. Ripon, Coe, Beloit and Lawrence also feature in tight race standings and title games through the weekend.
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Carleton Colleges
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Beloit
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Purple Wrestlers Prep For Meet With Illinois Team
Cornell faces Illinois at Champaign Friday night in a wrestling meet. Senior 145 pounder Ward Miller competes with Alden Young as Dick Barker seeks points. Undefeated sophomore Bob Crumbauga at 118 could be favored if illness eases, others listed include Miller 126 Sieben 135 Watson 155 Kunz 165 Freeman 175 and Mickey heavyweight.
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Ward Miller
Alden Young
Cornell
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Champaign
Dick Barker
Illinois
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Young
Bob Crumbauga
Gene Hopkins
Illini
John Miller
Dale Sieben
James Watson
Ralph Kunz
Dick Freeman
Edward Mickey
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