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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1949
Page
8
Day dog owners and prospective owners can watch obedience demonstrations at the Cedar Rapids Coliseum armory show. The event begins at 2 pm with the Cedar Rapids Kennel Association praising entries from Des Moines Mason City and other points. Tickets cost 50 cents.
Allied-Industrial league basketball heads into midweek games that could seal the second half title. Century Engineering leads at 5-0 while Iowa Steel LaPlant Choate and Link Belt Speeder sit 4-1 as key matchups loom. Frank Stastny tops LaPlant with 114 points, Melichar of Iowa Steel is second with 89.
The IGHS A U reports state girls basketball tournament tickets are on sale at IGHSAU headquarters Des Moines for season and general admission. General seats available for all sessions. finals reserved seats sold out to member schools. Saturday night reserved seats still open through season ticket purchases.
The score details list players with points for Jackson 9 and 3, Hilton 4, Murray 3, Noida 2, Palumbo 2, Tyler 21, Becicka 11, Gates 8, Cummins 2, Sullivan 3, and other names like Jackson Jefferies and Trimble. Reliable totals appear fragmented with several OCR errors.
Puzzle text lists multiple Across and Down clues with scattered garbled phrases and partial answers. It references borders snare border states oats and mythic figures while mentioning numbers and symbols. The block includes various misspelled terms and nonstandard phrases from a crossword grid transcription.
Carl Hogendorn recounts South English and Newhall high school girls teams from the 1920s and 1930s state tournaments. He notes players such as Eva Smith and Helen Boddicker, details 1921 undefeated runs, Audubon 1922-23 state berth, and later life notes for several players now married and living in South English, Fairfield, and North English.
Dooley Nevada and Anderson Bloomfield share the lead with 388 of 400 in the 22 caliber rifle postal matches eight match winter tour. Ottumwa’s Ottumwa leader Russell Allen trails by one point after the second set. In NRA classifications Campbell Jr Dexter leads marksman with 382 while Anderson Nevada Andrew Nevada Adams Mason City Baldwin Hawarden all sit at 367.
Iowa City reports Wally Ris of Towar and Keith Carter of Purdue will clash in the 100 yard freestyle at the University of Iowa pool on February 7. The race features Ris, the Olympic 100 meter champion, and Carter, a top breaststroke and sprint competitor, in a high profile matchup expected to draw strong crowds.
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