I. C. Cagers Top Oelwein Sacred Heart 48 to 26
I. C. Cagers defeated Oelwein Sacred Heart 48 to 26 as Mike Thomas led with fourteen points. Rozek and Russell added eleven and twelve, while Bellingier had ten for Oelwein. I. C. improves to seven wins in eight games and extends their win streak to five.
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Dick Rozek
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Red Pepper Chatter on Esquire Polls Greatest Living Sports Figure
The column weighs in on Esquire's February poll naming Babe Ruth the greatest living sports personality. It weighs candidates like Ty Cobb Bobby Jones and Nile Kinnick and questions poll representativeness noting 96.4 percent support for wartime morale may overstate public opinion. It endorses Bobby Jones personally while praising Nile Kinnick as an ideal figure.
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Babe Ruth
Jack Dempsey
Jim Thorpe
A. A. Stagg
Connie Mack
K. M. Landis
Joseph V. McCarthy
New York Yanks
Ty Cobb
Bobby Jones
Hans Wagner
Red Grange
Bill Tilden
Nile Kinnick
Nile
Kinnick
Third Avenue
Cedar Rapids
Cornell Five Set For Drake Game
MT VERNON IOWA The Hill toppers prepare for a return matchup with Drake Saturday night at Cornell. After a loss to Simpson the Purple reshuffles the lineup to balance shooting and ball handling with Bryce Hubbard back at forward. Swaney and Warren hold forward and guard spots while center and the second guard spots remain unsettled between Stevenson Weiss Soper and Hillman.
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Tobacco Kid Norman Elberfeld Dies After Long Baseball Career
Norman Elberfeld known as The Tobacco Kid died in Chattanooga Tennessee from lobar pneumonia on Thursday night. His baseball career lasted over three decades across major and minor leagues with notable stints in both levels.
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Chattanooga
Wilson Teams Win Two in Industrial League Cage Race
The Wilson girls and boys cages swept two wins in the Allied Industrial league. Berniece Crozier led the girls with 18 points in a 24 14 opener, while the boys edged past La Plant 23 18 as Eaton led with eight. Iowa Manufacturing defeated Iowa Engineering 33 12 with Shorty Larson and Ed Pierson scoring 11 each.
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Iowa Engineering
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Great Lakes Navy trounces Fort Custer 63 to 38
Great Lakes Naval Training Station basketball team defeated Fort Custer Michigan 63 to 38 for its 13th win in 15 games. Paul Armstrong led scoring with 27 points while Howard McCarty former Wayne University star topped Fort Custer with 14 points.
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Kohawks to Host Upper Iowa in Coe Gym Showdown
Coe College and Upper Iowa University meet at 7 30 p m Saturday January 15 in the Coe gym for the Kohawks second start of the season after a 35 30 win over Aircrew officers. Upper Iowa seeks rebound from a defeat to Cornell Preflight and brings a larger squad. Coe starters include Leo Cabalka Dave Birch Bob Greene Marve Doschadis and Dietz Newland with reserves Hammy Bell Bill Riley John Neff Ed Birch George Donnelly and Wayne Goldsmith.
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Boxing Results From New Brunswick Card
A flawed entry lists multiple bouts with knockouts and decisions across cities including New Brunswick Philadelphia and Boston. Names such as Joe, Buddy Holmes, Tommy York, James, Pope, Camp Fall River and Dusty Wilkerson appear amid scattered scores and locations signaling a disordered fight-night recap.
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Babe Nugent
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Purdue poised to seize Big Ten lead this weekend
CHICAGO UP Purdue aims to move atop the Big Ten by facing a below par Minnesota in two games. Northwestern rides two straight wins toward No 3 over Chicago while Iowa and Ohio State join the chase with Indiana. Michigan seeks title talks at Wisconsin as Purdue eyes a 4-0 mark if form holds.
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Hawks to Play Augustana Five Saturday Night
Iowa City. Iowa will host Augustana college in a six game win versus six game loss contest at the field house Saturday. Iowa coach Pops Harrison plans to use reserves but will start his regulars. Probable lineups list Johnson, Felheimer, Weslindex, Engstrom, Spencer, Rolander for Iowa and Augustana with players listed by surname. Officials: Batuen and Kearns. Time: 2:00 p.m. broadcast on WSUI.
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Bob Feller Leads 9-0 Victory on Christmas Day
In Rochester Indiana a letter from Yeoman Hugh Holman Jr. reports that Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Feller, formerly of the Cleveland staff, pitched and managed his team to a 9-0 win at a naval base on Christmas Day. Feller also batted cleanup.
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Basketball Scores From Midwest AP Roundup
AP Midwest scores list teams and results including Will Rogers Field 51 over Euid Army Flying School 37, Wartburg 35 over Luther 30, Western Union 76 over Buena Vista 46, Wheaton 54 over Concordia 41, Indiana State 40 over Eastern 33, Great Lakes 63 over Fort Custer 88, Olathe Naval Air Base 56 over Fort Leavenworth Flyers 37, plus East Field 40 over Bendix Aircraft Detroit 40 and other regional games with Johns Hopkins, Duke, Connecticut, Maine, Dartmouth, Camp Thomas Richmond results among the scattered line scores.
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Cochran Gains On Hoppe in Matches
Welker Cochran staged a dramatic rally in Chicago to erase a 25 point deficit against Willie Hoppe in the exhibition, moving into a three point lead late in the tenth block. Totals across Kansas City and Chicago show Hoppe 947 Cochran 892.
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Welker Cochran
Willie Hoppe
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Amateurs Help Red Wings in Hockey
The Detroit Red Wings played with three Canadian amateurs Thursday night and held league-leading Montreal to a 2 to 2 tie. Bill Mosienko scored for Detroit as the club regained some spark from last season’s championship form.
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Bill Mosienko
Blackhawks Top Rangers 5 2 at Madison Square Garden
Chicago scored three goals in the second period two within 32 seconds to beat the New York Rangers 5 to 2 before 13 493 fans at Madison Square Garden.
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Madison Square Garden
Drake to Test Seahawk Five
Iowa City AP report says the Iowa Seahawks defend a nine game win streak Friday night at home against Drake University. Drake has two straight wins and faces three weekend opponents, while Iowa State and St Ambrose loom after. Starting for the Seahawks are Murphy Wilcoxen Shirley Nelson Burk with Nordly coaching and Truelson Morriss officials. Tip is 8 p.m.
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Luther Cagers Lose Conference Opener to Wartburg
Luther college fell 35 to 30 at Wartburg in the 1944 league opener in Waverly. Luther center Johnson led the Norse with 12 points as Wartburg built a 23 12 halftime edge and withstood a late Luther rally. Western Union defeated Buena Vista 70 to 46 at Storm Lake in the other conference game.
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Illini Publicists Director Mike Tobin Dies
Louis Michael Mike Tobin director of publicity for the University of Illinois athletic association died of coronary thrombosis at University McKinley hospital late Thursday night.
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Mike) Tobin
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Pro League Holds War Era Plans. Buffalo Bid Under Review
Chicago AP reports the National Football League delayed expansion due to postwar player shortages. Bowing to wartime limits, owners set a Philadelphia session for April 19 to vote on Buffalo, N Y franchise, draft 30 college players, and craft the 1944 schedule. Boston remains an 11th club while Los Angeles and San Francisco see their bids returned.
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Steelers Eagles Split in Pro Grid League Move
Philadelphia and Pittsburgh end their joint NFL team as they separate to different paths in the National Football League next season. The split ends a cooperative effort and sets up two independent franchises for the 193? season.
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Thunderbolt Sophs Outpoint McKinley In Overtime
The Franklin sophomores defeated the McKinley second-year men 29 to 28 in overtime after a 25 all tie at the end of regulation. Roy Sorenson led McKinley with nine points while Philliy Acked added eight for Franklin.
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