Senators to Begin Work On March 7
Major league clubs select spring training sites with Indiana as favorite hosting six teams. Opening dates begin March 7 for Washington Senators pitchers and catchers at College Park Maryland with rest of squad March 14. Other teams set camps in New Jersey New York Indiana and Illinois.
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Monona Hosts Double Clayton Cage Tournament
Monona hosts a four night Clayton county girls and junior high boys tournament with early round pairings set for Wednesday. Wednesday matchups include Volga City vs Guttenberg boys and Edgewood vs Moriana boys. Norway hosts Benton county girls bracket opening Thursday with Bilairstown vs Norway in the first round at 8 pm.
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Elkader
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Garnaville
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Farmersburg- Marquette
Norway
Benton County
Bilairstown
Newhall
Atkins
Urbana
Y M C A Notes Tie In Commercial League Standings
Armstrong s Keystone and La Plants share first in the Commercial league at five wins and one loss. Lions beat Y M C A in volleyball 15-13 10-15 15-7. Waterloo Y visits Tuesday at 8 pm. Friday Marshalltown trip for a three way with Des Moines. Chicago White Sox 1944 home record notes.
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Manchester Racing Club Elects Plans Six Track Events
The Hawkeye Racing Club, Inc. held its annual stockholders meeting in Manchester electing officers Lee Bebee Amamosa as president and Harry Fee Waterloo as vice president with Thomas B. Armstrong Manchester as secretary treasurer. Directors include Tom Eden Monticello O E Palmer Marshalltown Joe Herard Cascade and A J Fish Manchester.
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Hawkeye Racing Club, Inc
Lee Bebee
Anamosa
Harry Fee
Waterloo
Thomas B. Armstrong
Tom Eden
Monticello
O. E. Palmer
Marshalltown
Joe Herard
Cascade
A. J. Fish
Five Vets Lead Iowa Baseball Hopefuls
Iowa City Iowa University of Iowa baseball hopefuls begin practice with five veterans returning from last season. Veterans include Bill Anderson Jim Dunfrund and Wilmer Hokenson along with Jack Spencer and Dick Ives. Newcomer Paul Fagerlind a former football star is praised as a top pitching prospect.
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Gazette
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Bill Anderson
Jim Dunfrund
Wilmer Hokason
Jack Spencer
Dick Ives
Redhot Hawkeye Court
S. Davis
Paul Fagerlind
Waterloo
Fagerlind
St. Louis Cardinals
Prep Dash Champ Joins Iowa Track Team
Wally Peterson, former Iowa prep 100 yard dash champion from Davenport, joins the University of Iowa track squad after Navy discharge. Peterson won the 1942 state 100 yard dash and indoor high hurdles titles, with a coast meet 100 yard dash under 10 seconds noted as his best record.
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University of Iowa
Iowa Prep
Wally Peterson
Davenport
Navy
Peterson
Forest Field and Stream: Hunting and Fishing Tales Grow
Lt. Safronek sends word of gazelles and wild boars hunted in India and Persia, plus pheasants on return. Storm Lake seining nets 15,300 pounds of carp and buffalo from three hauls, while game fish totals rise. Linn County Fish and Game Club holds elections and plans a fox hunt. 1944 contest winners listed.
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John Safronek
Cedar Rapids
Army Engineers Corps
Ledo Road
India
Persia
Storm Lake
Emporia Teen Sets World Sit-Up Record at 5666
Roy Woodward a 17 year old Emporia high school athlete is described as the world s unofficial sit up champion after completing 5 666 repetitions. His coach Alfred Smith notes the record surpassed Bill Forelig of the Great Lakes naval training station who held 5 555. It took five hours and one quart of milk to finish.
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Alfred Smith
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Bill Forelig
Naval Training Station
Great Lakes
Roy
Outdoor boxing shows planned at Polo Grounds this summer
New York promoter Mike Jacobs will stage major outdoor boxing at the Polo Grounds after a three year lapse. Weekly cards are set for Fridays beginning June 1, featuring outdoor bouts in the summer schedule.
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Polo Grounds
Mike Jacobs
Elkader Basketball Team Extends Win Streak
Elkader’s unbeaten cagers, led by Don Bandow Jack Dittmer and Roger Kriebs, push a seventh straight victory in the Upper Iowa conference. They’ve outscored opponents 226 to 152 and share the lead with Maynard while Dittmer is the standout football scorer on the grid squad.
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Ellkader
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Lawrence Miller
Milton Kramer
L. Henning
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Army
Foreign Athletes Affected by U.S. Manpower Policies
Washington AP report notes foreign baseball players from Cuba Mexico and other nations may be drafted under stricter wartime manpower rules for the 1945 season. Aliens employed in the United States are considered residents and subject to the draft with 90 days to file for residence. The Washington Senators could be hardest hit with 12 Cubans on their roster.
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Baptists Lead Class A Church Basketball Race
Calvary Baptist stayed ahead in Class A with a second win while Four square Gospel tied for first after an earlier victory. Class B leaders First Reformed and Westminster Presbyterian won their first two games as Lutheran, First Presbyterian and others vie for spots.
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Flores Holds Draft Board Date Keeps Mexico Offer
Philadelphia Athletics pitcher Jess Flores is 4-F and must return to Los Angeles within two weeks for reclassification, delaying any offer to play in the Mexican league. Flores says he hopes to pitch one more season for Philadelphia and aims for a World Series with the A's, citing their strong pitching staff.
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Mexico City
Jess Flores
Philadelphia Athletics
Flores
Los Angeles
Becks Leads YWCA Bowling. First Trust Triumphs in Volleyball
Becks tops Woolworth Tigers two of three to move to 9 3 while Tigers stand 8 4 Collins takes two of three from Cherry Burrell in bowling. In volleyball First Trust defeats Schaefer Jewelry 42 33 Becks bests Barlow Maney 60 25 Pioneer Litho beats Honeymead 64 32 Girls urged to join YWCA basketball on Tuesdays at 7 p.m for scheduled games
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Tigers
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