Red Peppers by Pat Harmon sports quirks and moves across games
A humorous column notes a prison football center who fears playing between two guards and recounts coaches benching players for shots, a coon hunter tale, Piggy Lambert antics, Minnesota Hamline game chatter, John Maher moving to Cedar Rapids, Moline Optimists profit from Joe Louis exhibition, Barney Poole’s pro prospects, and a preview on Dike Eddleman in the Saturday Evening Post.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Hamline
University of Minnesota
John Maher
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Moline Optimists Club
Joe Louis
Iowa Faces Northwestern on Chicago Stadium Showdown
Iowa travels to Chicago stadium for a Saturday night doubleheader with Northwestern, the Big Ten foe in a rebuilding season. Northwestern mixes three sophomores in a veteran lineup while Iowa eyes a midseason boost before exams. Kentucky and DePaul square off in the late game with DePaul aiming to contain a storied Wildcats foe.
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Linn county girls basketball semis set after round Thursday
Toddville led by Checker with 20 and Jolinger 19 propelled a 46 12 win over Troy Mills as Walker Lisbon Coggon and Toddville advanced to the Linn county tournament semifinals Friday night in a bid to reach the final rounds.
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Water loo 5 12th Defeat Wene Hands Waterloo St Marys
St Wenceslaus won its eighth game in 13 starts beating St Marys of Waterloo 47 to 26. Al Sattler led the Red Hawk scorers with 15 points as Sulentic and Diller added seven each for Waterloo parish. The loss marked St Marys 12th straight.
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Northwestern's Record and lineup notes for upcoming game
Northwestern's season shows wins and losses against Western Michigan Notre Dame and others with key players Bill Sticklen and Chet Strumillo returning. Iowa features Dick Riecks and Charle Mason as undersized forwards likely to split minutes against a bigger opponent. Saturday's game will be the final meeting of the current stretch.
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Flash
Fort Dodge Leads NW Iowa In AP High School Poll
Fort Dodge tops the Northwest district in the AP high school basketball poll with 62 points, ahead of Webster City 49 41 earlier in the week. Iowa City Mason City Shenandoah, and others hold lead spots in their districts as Immaculate Conception Cedar Rapids climbs.
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Don Thomas May Replace Brand at 175 in ISU–Minnesota Match
Marion’s Don Thomas of Maron likely fills 175 pound spot for Iowa State against Minnesota in Minneapolis on Saturday night following Indiana vs Minnesota basketball game. Don is brother of Dale Whitey Thomas. He lost last Saturday to Clarence Self as Wisconsin beat Iowa State 16 to 11.
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Don Thomas
Glen Brand
Iowa State
Minneapolis
Minnesota
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Dale
Whitey” Thomas
Clarence Self
Badger
Wisconsin
Hawks Rally Fades as Cedar Rapids Wins Big
Cedar Rapids seized a 10-5 lead early, led 18-11 at halftime, and maintained control as the Hawks scored mainly in the second half. Cedar Rapids outpaced their opponent with 16 points in the third and 13 in the fourth while the losers could only muster nine in the third quarter.
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Cedar Rapids
Hawks
Coe College Freshman Joan Claassen Named Ski Queen Candidate
Miss Joan Claassen of Wellsburg a Coe College freshman has entered the Cedar Rapids Young Men’s bureau of the Chamber of Commerce race for ski queen of the Dubuque tournament Sunday. The 17 year old dark eyed brunette was Eastern Iowa band queen last spring and holds a Coe scholarship won in the queen contest. She is active in Kappa Delta dramatics Rifle club WWCA AWS and Associated Women Students.
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Hader Substitutes on Pro Mat Card at Memorial Coliseum
Hader replaces Rudy Kay as Chief Don Eagle's rival in the co main event at the Memorial Coliseum armory Tuesday. Ed Lewis, former world heavyweight champ, referees a feature bout while Lewis is named national commissioner of pro wrestling. A plan to revive the sport at Madison Square Garden is noted, with another main event and a prelim bout to be announced Saturday.
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National Wrestling Alliance
Rudy Kay
Don Eagle
Memorial Coliseum Armory
Ed “Strangler” Tewis
Lewis
Pro Wrestling
Madison Square Garden
New York
Franklin Beats Roosevelt 25 17 In Freshman Basketball
Franklin defeated Roosevelt 25 to 17 in a freshman game at Franklin. Elliott Day led the Bolts with 12 points while Russell Blood scored eight for the Riders.
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Montreal Beats New York 2 to 1 in NHL clash
Montreal wins 2 to 1 over New York in National League hockey action. The result snaps a short skid for the Canadiens and gives them a narrow margin victory against the visiting Rangers.
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New York
Aggies Edge St Louis In Overtime Thriller
In Stillwater Oklahoma the Oklahoma Aggies rallied to beat undefeated St Louis 29 27 in overtime after a 25 25 tie. Jack Shelton and Joe Bradley scored late to seal the win as Hank Iba adjusted the offense to slow the Bills. The game marked one of the lowest scoring modern basketball matches.
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Joe Bradley
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Boxers Set for Forest City Golden Gloves Finals
Forest City hosts the final round with five Cedar Rapids amateurs joining the show. Don Dochtermann faces Jack McGinnis in a feature bout while Keith Carder meets Billy Fairbanks in the 112 pound class. Kelly Darling meets a Forest City opponent as other winners advance toward Cedar Rapids finals.
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Gazette
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Forestty Fight
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Iowa
Keith Carder
Billy Fairbanks
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McKinley Freshmen Rally To Beat Marion 29 22
Eldon Kanellis led the McKinley Bears with 15 points as the freshman team defeated Marion 29 to 22 Thursday night. The win put McKinley ahead in the early season standings.
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Memorial Commission to discuss Cedar Rapids stadium use
A 2 p.m. Tuesday meeting will review Cedar Rapids new baseball park for 1949. Adam Pratt denied a Springfield Three-I league franchise move and backers a semipro team to play locally.
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Morley Girls Fall 62 57 to Wilson Packer Cedar Rapids
Wanda Barger's 30 points and Ruth Vernon's 21 could not lift Morley as Cedar Rapids Wilson Packer defeated them 62-57. Kathy Waterbury led Cedar Rapids with 29 and Dolores Zobl added 24. The Alumni beat Morley 58-35 in the boys' portion.
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Wanda Barger
Ruth Vernon
Morley High School
Wilson Packer
Cedar Rapids
Kathy Waterbury
Dolores Zobl
Quaker and Marshalltown Games Start At Eight Thirty
The twin basketball doubleheader at the Quaker gym starts at eight thirty with the Quaker Oats girls meeting Marshalltown. The Marshalltown VFW squads arrive late delaying tipoff. The boys play at nine forty five as the schedule moves forward.
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Yank Dodgers Merger Cuts NFL Circuit to Seven
The All America pro football conference will operate with seven teams in 1949 after Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Yankees merge to form a New York based club at Yankee Stadium. A new Chicago franchise with strong finances and players from Brooklyn is approved.
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Marion Novices Oust Toddville in Community House Tourney
Marion First Presbyterian and St Patrick s win second round games to reach the semifinal round. Marion defeats Toddville 28 to 17 while St Patrick s outs Salem Evangelical 28 to 24 and First Presbyterian tops Central Park 42 to 20.
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Foster to Fight Fusari at Madison Square Garden
Vince Foster, a promising welterweight from Omaha, will fight Charley Fusari of Irvington, New Jersey, at Madison Square Garden on February 18, as announced by the 20th Century Club on Friday.
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