Raiders Bomb Bombers Eye Denver Pros
Cedar Rapids Raiders upset the Chicago Brown Bombers 48 36 in Coe gym as they prep to host the Denver Nuggets in a 815 pm Tuesday game at Coe fieldhouse. LaPlant Choate and Bervid's DX play first tourney game at 7 pm with 14 amateur teams in Raider tournament.
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Gdne Kovarik
Chicago Brown Bombers
Coe Gym
Cedar Rapids Raders
Raiders
Denver Nuggets
Coe Fieldhouse
LaPlant-Choate
Bervid
C.R
Bervid DX
Armatrong
Bonn
Olmstead Leads Area Scoring With 140 Points
Cedar Rapids and Marion high school basketball totals show eight players over 100 points this season. Marion star Lloyd Olmstead tops the race with 140 points driving the Indians to nine straight wins. McKinley’s Gardiner Dutton McKinley trails with 187 points after more games. Parochial leader Walt Hanson from St Patrick’s is the top area scorer among private schools.
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Cedar Rapids
Marion
Lloyd Olmstead
Indians
Gardiner Dutton MccKinley
McKiney
Walt Hanson
St. Patricks
Dutton McKinles
Franklin Ramsey
Wilson
Culver Franklin
Keith McKinley
Pickerill Roosevelt
Ie Berger
Hlanson &T Patricks
Eck
Dracoral St Wen
Cedar Rapids Baseball Efforts Meet 1949 Roadblocks
Cedar Rapids delegates toured the Western Three-I and Central Association leagues seeking 1949 membership but found no vacancies. The Central Association already set with Clinton Keokuk Fort Madison Burlington Ia and Kewanee Rockford Ill. Western and Three-I also full. A semipro/National League drift and Girls All-American softball link are proposed options along with a traveling northeast Iowa team.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Baseball Committee
Western
Central Association
Kewanee
New Park
Iowa City
Chicago
Racine
Wis
Hammond
Ind
Rock Island
Waukegan
Aurora
Peoria
Rockford
Kenosha
South Bend
Fort Wayne
Iowa
American Legion
Clinton
Keokuk
Fort Madison
Burlington
Ill
Cubs
Reds
Browns
Pirates
Indians
Athletics
Adam Pratt
Quaker Girls Top Gasoline Alley Six
The Quaker Oats girls defeated Gasoline Alley 43 to 27 in a Central Iowa girls league basketball game Sunday night in Marshalltown.
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Quaker Girls
Gasoline Alley
Marshalltown
Quaker Oats Girly
Central Iowa
Iowa Gridders To Speak at Legion Show
University of Iowa football stars from last season will attend the American Legion sports night in Memorial Coliseum at 830 pm Tuesday. Speaker Bill Blake the football official is joined by Tack le Bill Kay Center Dick Woodard and Quarterback Al DiMarco with other Cedar Rapids players as honor guests.
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Iowa
American Legions
Memorial Coliseum
Bill Blake
Hawkeye Grid
Bill Kay
Dick Woodard
al DiMarco
Cedar Rapids
Ralph Doran
Lou Ginsberg
Bob Hoff
Bob Cohrs
McIntyre
University of Iowa
Cedar Rapids Open purse discussed at 4 p.m. meeting
A Cedar Rapids meeting at chambers of commerce will decide whether to raise the Open golf tournament purse from 2500 to 5000 dollars. Dr. Harold W Olmsted, chair of the 1949 event, says the increase could extend the tournament beyond one day and attract top events.
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Chamber of Commerce
Professional Golfers Association
Harold W Olmsted
Young Men's Bureau
Hogan Captures Crosby Tourney at Pebble Beach
Ben Hogan won the Bing Crosby invitational at Pebble Beach finishing eight under par at 208 to collect 2500. Trailing Hogan were Jim Ferrier 210 Jim Demaret 211 Nat 213 Emery Zimmerman 214 and Joe Brown 214 in front of more than 10 000 fans.
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Pebble Beach
Calf
Ben Hogan
Los Angeles
Hogan
Jim Ferrier
Jim Demaret
Nary
Emery Zimmerman
Portland
Ore
Joe Brown
Des Moines
Minnesota Invades Iowa For Big Nine Clash Tonight
Minnesota brings an 11 0 record to Iowa City to face Iowa in a Big Nine game. The Gophers boast a tough defense and speed on the fast break after a 67 52 win over Purdue, aiming to extend their winning streak.
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Pat Harmon
Gazette
Minnesota
Iowa City
Iowa
Gophers
Midwest
Purdue
Minnesota Star Player Jim McIntyre Faces Career Crossroads
Minnesota center Jim McIntyre spoke to 200 Iowa City attendees about pursuing ministry after college. He plans to enter a theological school and join Youth for Christ, eyeing Central America for youth camps, after Minnesota’s basketball season ends.
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Herb Nipson
Iowa City
McIntyre
Jim McIntyre
Minnesota
Church of the Nazarene
Hawkeyes
Meyer Skoog
First Church of the Nazarene
Central America
Youth For Christ
Chicago
Navy
Open Sale of Ducats For Prep Cage Finals
IOWA CITY AP Ticket orders are being accepted for the boys state finals basketball tournament at the Iowa Fieldhouse March 15 19. Orders should go to the Iowa High School Athletic Association at Boone with 15 cents extra for mailing and insurance. Reserved seats are 150 dollars for all sessions and general admission is 1 dollar for afternoon sessions Tuesday and Wednesday and 120 dollars for all night sessions.
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Iowa City
Iowa Fieldhouse
Iowa High School Athletic Association
Boone
Saddler Defeats Young Finnegan In Panama City Bout
World featherweight champion Sandy Saddler of New York stopped Young Finnegan in a five round non-title bout in Panama City, sustaining a visible cut but dominating the scrap before leaving for the United States days later.
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Panama City. C. A
Sandy Saddler
New York
United States
Young Finnegan
Panama
Saddler
Iowa Freshman Wins Eastern Dash Crown
Iowa freshman Marcel Lus Boston captured the sprint series title at the Washington Star indoor track invitational in Washington DC. He scored 13 points with wins in the 70 and 80 yard dashes and a third in the 100 yard dash.
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Washington
Marcellus Boston
University of Iowa
Boston
Mt. Vernon Linn Legion Winner
The Mt. Vernon Legion basket ball team held an 8 0 first half Linn county record as Sunday action ended with no overall winner declared. Legion results show Marton 51 Ely 36 Albarnett 33 Coggon 30 Walker 23 Toddville 19 and Fairfax 32 Palo 23. Town results list Marton 50 Ely 32 Coggon 38 Barnett 20 Walker 38 Toddville 2 Palo 46 Fairfax 28.
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Mt. Vernon Legion
Legion
Linn
Marion
Walker
Marton
Ely
Albarnett
Coggon
Toddville
Fairfax
Palo
Barnett
Simpson on Coe Slate For Saturday Midwest Conference
Grinnell and Beloit remain unbeaten in the Midwest conference with Grinnell atop the standings at 4-1. Coe College, edged by Lawrence, heads into a return game next Saturday against Simpson. The Kohawks sit near the bottom with a 1-4 mark while the league’s leading offense is credited to Grinnell and Beloit and Coe defense remains the weakest with 297 points allowed.
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W.L Grinnell
Knox Beloit
Oriipon
Grinnell
Beloit
Lawrence
Coe College
Simpson
Iowa
Kohawks
Midwest
Ripon
Cornell
Coe
Syndicate Takes Over Pro Grid Eagles
James P Clark new president of the Philadelphia Eagles heads a 100 member Philadelphians syndicate that bought the team from Alexis Thompson for 250000 last Saturday Clark pledged an active organization both on the field and in the front office and questioned how the Eagles won the National League title yet lost money.
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Philadelphia
SNS
James P Clark
Philadelphia Eagles
Clark
Thomas of Burlington Elected President of Central Baseball
Thomas of Burlington was chosen president of the Central Baseball Association in Kewanee after defeating Dr. Charles N Logan of Keokuk 4-2 following a 3-3 first ballot deadlock. Frank Hearn, longtime president from Moline, did not seek re election.
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Kewanee, I
l—Lee Thomas
Burlington
Central Baseball Association
Charles N Logan
Keokuk
Mississippi Valley League
Frank Hearn
Moline
Association
Cage Results High School Scores and Local Contests
High school cage results show City I 40 to 34 over St. Marys and Walk St. Anns 89 to 81 over Dunlap. College games include St. Francis 103 over Steubenville 49. Professional and independent listings cover Tri Cities 83 to 172 Syracuse and Cedar Rapids 48 over Chi Bombers 36.
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Cage
Egmerten
City I
Bascroft &J
Marshalltown
St. Mary's
Waterloo Sacred Heart
St. Ann's
Dunlap
Joe
College
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Steubenville
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Hammond
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Alley
R. Cedarhaw
Lowden
Alli
Andy Btrial
LaPianttiniy
Wilson
Century Eng
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