Minnesota vs Kentucky Preview Shows Rugged National Talent
The piece compares Minnesota and Kentucky with focus on center McIntyre and Groza, guards Beard and Skoog, and overall styles. It notes Kentucky's edge in speed and height, Kentucky's 56 45 win over DePaul, and Rupp's calm approach amid veteran experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gophers
Wildcats
Kentucky
DePaul
Groza
Beard
Minnesota
Os Cowles
Grant
Adolph Rupp
London
Cowles
Rupp
Dartmouth
Norwegian Has Longest Jump in Dubuque Meet
Norwegian Olympic champion Petter Hugsted dominated the Dubuque ski meet. He won with the longest jump of 158 feet and led form with 7 55 points, totaling 1555 points. Sverre Fredheim of the Dubuque Longview Ski Club was second with 153 and 144 foot jumps and 1464 points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubuque
Dubuque Sk
Petter Hugsted
Hugsted
Sverre Fredheim
Dubuque Longview
Arthur Tokle
Norway
Matti Pietikainen
Finland
Leo Laakso
Crumes to Box on D M Show in Des Moines
Des Moines welterweight champion Louis Crumes will clash with Adolphus Edwards in an overweight six round bout at the Des Moines Coliseum Thursday night Promoter Pinkie George announced Crumes Rangy Ottumwa will face the Des Moines Negro The card also features Del Cockayne vs Billy Cornwell and Jackie Parks defending the state middleweight title against Bob Rossie Cedar Rapids
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
INS
Louis Crumes
Iowa
Adolphus Edwards
Des Moines Coliseum
Pinkie George
Crumes
Bob Rossie
Cedar Rapids
Frank Kovacs Retains Pro Clay Court Crown
Frank Kovacs of Oakland, California, defeated Welby Van Horn of Philadelphia to win the national professional clay court title in St. Augustine. Kovacs dropped the first two sets, then rallied for a 2-6 4-6 7-5 6-3 3-? victory amid his trademark humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Augustine
Fla
Frank Kovacs
Oakland
Calif
Kovacs
Welby van Horn
Philadelphia
Raiders Postpone Home Game Due To Icy Roads
The Cedar Rapids Raiders cancel their National League matchup with the Sheboygan Redskins because icy roads prevented the visiting team from arriving. The Raiders will play two games this week against the Philadelphia Sphas at Coe Fieldhouse. The Sphas, led by Abe Saperstein, are South Philadelphia Hebrew Athletic Association players and have a notable history against the Harlem Globetrotters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids Raiders
Sheboygan Redskins
Jay Finn
Cedar Rapids
Raiders
Philadelphia Sphas
Coe Fieldhouse
Sphas
Chicago
Harlem Globe Trotters
Trotters
Coe
Abe Saperstein
Globe Trotters
South Philadelphia Hebrew Athletic Association
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Spiras
CAGE
Raster i Western
Anders
Tri-Cities Am
Racuse
Oshkosh m1
Hammond
Sheboygan
Ayton
Waterloo
Denver
Syracuse
Eboysan
Tri-Cities
Four College Teams Unbeaten in Early Week Action
Four college teams remained unbeaten Monday: Hamline Western Kentucky Minnesota and Villanova. Minnesota visits Illinois while Western Kentucky battles Eastern Kentucky and Villanova plays Georgetown. Hamline faces city rival St Thomas as two notable recent results highlighted Oklahoma A and M over St Louis and Kentucky over De Paul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hamline
Western Kentucky
Minnesota
Villanova
Illinois
Eastern Kentucky
Georgetown
St Thomas
Oklahoma A & M
St Louis
Kentucky
Hogan Trails Burke by One In Final Round
In Long Beach California Jack Burke Jr. led the final round of the 10000 dollar Long Beach Open with a five under par 66 after 68 and 69. Ben Hogan sat one stroke back while Jimmy Demaret stood three behind the leader in a Texas trio pursuit at Lakewood Country Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hogan
Burke
Long Beach
Calif
Jack Burke, Jr
Ben Hogan
Jimmy Demaret
Lakewood Country Club
Demaret
Texas
Jim Ferrier
San Francisco
Chick Harbert
Marty Furgol
Lloyd Mangrum
Fred Haas, Jr
New Orleans
E J
Dutch" Harrison
Bob Hamilton
Evansville
Ind
Champs Crowned At Forest City Boxing Tournament
Forest City finals crown eight Golden Gloves champions as Don Elvebak 135, Jerry Rohrer 147, Marvin Elman heavyweight lead a talented group. Fricke Boschma sparkled in 175 with a floor-starting attack. Other winners include Duchert 112, Larson 118, Melrose 126, Shipman 160. Cedar Rapids meets set for February 8-10. four Cedar Rapids boxers appeared in the finals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest City
Cedar Rapids
Don Elvebak
Jerry Rohrer
Clarion
Marvin Elman
Foresteet E Lad
Fricke Boschma
Holland
Boschma
Bob Duchert
Mason City
Guy Larson
Larry Melrose
Bob Shipman
Corwith
Don Dochterman
Jack McGinnis
Kelly Darling
Billy Fairbanks
Three I League Baseball Sets April 24 Opener
Three I league baseball will open on April 24. President Tom Fairweather announced a opening day slate featuring Springfield at Decatur Waterloo at Evansville paranpar at Terre Haute and Quincy at Danville. A committee to select the league's most valuable player includes Al Ney of the Waterloo Courier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Tom Fairweather
Loop
Springfield
Decatur
Waterloo
Evansville
Paranpar
Terre Haute
Quincy
Danville
Fairweather
al Ney
Courier
Local Sports Schedule Highlights Varsity and Reserves
The Tuesday lineup lists varsity action at Gee against Memley and reserves playing at komy 'ah Gite with KORG broadcasting. Details are incomplete but indicate regional state events and broadcast coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memley
Gee
KORG
Ris Named on All America Swimming Team 1948
The Amateur Athletic Union lists seven 1948 Olympic champions on its All-America men’s swimming team. Members include Walter Ris of Chicago Iowa, Bill Smith of Ohio State, Jim McLane of New Haven, Allen Stack of Yale, Joe Verdeur of Philadelphia, Bruce Harlan of Ohio State, and Capt Say Lee of the U S Army. The squad set a World and Olympic record of 8 minutes 46 seconds in the 880-yard freestyle relay at the Olympics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amateur Athletic Union
AAU
Iowa
Walter Ris
Chicago
Bill Smith
Ohio State
Jim McLane
New Haven
Conn
Allen ,Stack
Yale
Joe Verdeur
Philadelphia
Bruce Harlan
Capt
Say Lee
U. S. Army
Ris
Wallace Wolf
Smith
Po Yard
Robert Anderson
Stantashed
Tlustrle
Williams Smith
Ohio
Tale
Ners Grrettrie
Semen McLane
Newil Tel
Arey
Orbes Norris
Ta Universita
Gli
McKinley and Marion Set Tossup at Coe Fieldhouse
McKinley trials Marion in a near tossup tilt at Coe Fieldhouse Tuesday night with both teams boasting 9 0 records or better. The game follows a Roosevelt vs McKinley intra city doubleheader Saturday with tickets priced for adults 1 and 50 cents for students and Roosevelt and Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Aron Ison
Coe
Wilson
Franklin
Roosevelt and
Death linked to high school game injury in Providence
In Providence Rhode Island police report a 16 year old student Jos Clemente died after sustaining head injuries in a high school intra mural basketball game. Officials said he collided with another player and was knocked to the floor last Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence, R. I
Jos Clemente
Louis OKs Chicago bout in June under Democratic promotion
A Cook county Democratic spokesman said Joe Louis verbally accepted a defense of his heavyweight title at Soldier Field next June as a national Democratic promotion. Promoter Mike Jacobs may try to stop the agreement. The opponent would be the winner of the Maxim Charles bout in Cincinnati February 28. Louis seeks 40 percent of net gate, $600,000 guarantee, 50 percent of film and radio revenue, and all TV money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cook County Democratic Committee
Joe Louis
Soldier Field
Joseph Plunkett
Democratic Committee
Jacobs
Plunkett
Joe Maxim-Ezzard Charles
Cincinnati
Jack Dempsey
Gene Tunney
Tunney
Dempsey
Louis
Cage Results GAMES SUNDAY High School Scores
Cascade St Marys and Patents entries highlight a weekend slate. Montleeffe S H posted 52 while Cascade St Marys entieelle 8 H 401 Cascade 81 and Pat s 58 reflect mixed results across towns including Mason and Dubuque Greene New Hartfo ath City Trinity South Sioux City and Omaha Tech in varied matchups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montleeffe S.H
Cascade
St. Mary's
Entieelle
Wildcats Edge Hawks With Hot Shooting In Big Nine
Northwestern overwhelmed Iowa 65 44 as the Hawkeyes shot 176 percent from the field and fell to the Big Nine cellar amid a 16 day layoff after exams. Purdue looms Feb 7 while Minnesota visits Illinois for a pivotal undefeated clash this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated
Northwestern
Wally Horvatich
George Maddock
Iowa
Dick Riecks
Chicago
Floyd Magnusson
Roger Finley
Hawks
Hawkeyes
Wildcats
Iowa Fnally
Dutch Lonborg
Wilkinsons
Ives
Danner
Metcalfe
Wier
Spencer
Purdue
Iowa City
Minnesota
Illinois
Patty Berg Wins Tampa Open Crown
Patty Berg captured the Tampa Women's Open in Tampa Florida earning 900 dollars after finishing 295 for the 72 hole event at the Palma Ceia course. The score tied the national record for women’s medal play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patty Berg
Tampa
Fla
Palma Cela
Industrial League Basketball Benefit Games at Quaker Oats Arena
Wednesday schedule features Wilson versus Iowa Mig and Quaker Oats against Cherry Burrell in the Industrial League. Proceeds from Wednesday and Saturday doubleheader at Quaker Oats go to the March of Dimes polio fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quaker Oats
Wilson Ve
Iowa Mig
Cherry-Burrell
Stallant
Regents may choose new football coach today
Wisconsin board of regents personnel committee in Milwaukee received President E B Fred's recommendation for a new football coach. If the committee decides, the full board will meet to announce the name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madison, Wis
Wisconsin Board of Regents
Milwaukee
E. B. Fred
University
Fred
Chicago bowler Joe Linke leads Petersen classic after day one
Chicagoan Joe Linke topped the field with 1,682 points as the $57,600 Petersen bowling classic began its second day. The event attracts top bowlers competing for a major prize pool and title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Exams Curb Iowa College Cage State Games This Week
Iowa college basketball schedules set this week as exams limit play. Friday features Iowa Teachers vs North Dakota Mate Knox at Coe in Cedar Rapids. Saturday actions include Morningside at Augustana, Drake at Bradie, Luther at Augustana, Parsons at Tarkio, Wartburg at Dubuque, and Penn at Central.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Colorado
Iiewa State
Westmar
Buena Vista
Quincy
Parsons
North Dakota
Mate Knox
Coe
Iews State
Oetebein
Drake
Bradie
Morningside
Augustana
Knox
Cornell
Luther
Tll
Tarkio
Wartburg
Dubuque
Penn
Central
Iowa and rivals grip college hoops amid exam disruptions
Iowa Hawks idle until Feb 7 as exams test players while Purdue visit La Fayette in a return game. Iowa State suffers a 39-38 loss to Missouri, faces two games this week. Drake hosts Bradley after a 57-47 win at Wichita with John Pritchard scoring 23. Grinnell idle, Luther leads the Iowa Conference after a 61-57 OT win over Upper Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DES Moines
Iowa
Hawks
Purdue
Lafayette
Iowa State
Cyclones
Missouri
Drake
Bulldogs
Rugged
Bradley
Peoria
Fordy Anderson
Wichita
Big John Pritchard
Cornell
Lawrence
Knox
Illinois
Coe
Grinnell
Luther
Upper Iowa
Augustana
Rock Island
Also Mentioned on This Page
Red Peppers
Pat Harmon
Minnnesota
Chicago Stadium
Jim McIntyre
Alex Groza
McIntyre
Bud Grant
Wallace Jones
Jones
Mitchell
Olson
Barnstable
Barker
Meyer Skoog
Ralph Beard
Skoog
Bath
Raider
Strangler
L Lewis
Tony
Uptown Village
Chief Eagle
Jack Hader
Billy Goelz
Pete Bartu
White Plains
N. Y
Houston
Jack .Burke, Jr
She
Louis OK
Thurman Gibson
Miami
Mike Jacobs
Wate
Fiser Lakeese
Latresse
Aquinas
Greene
New Hartsoath City
Trinity
Sioux City
Bluffs A.L
Council
Omaha Tech
Keokuk County Girls
Coation
Thernbare
Buchan West
Wnt Haasleton
Lament
Binturen
Minnesota Ichiga
Marenette
Nadthwis Ohble
Wanierie Bt
Turday
Wrishls Ean
al Ah Hilfnelstern
Minnesotat
Rald MelIntyser
Ohio State Yré
Grinsscots Arenes Eaeoner Eecepeere
Ch Erichsen Gurowakil
Wy Nets
Watson
Indiana
Homs
Owa
Ansas Son WA
Luther Ai Rr Asteend Imps Wests Ar
Pover
Lewa Ubueue
Wartbure
Ausustane
Dakota Aghry Daketake
Neese SE Noonan
Goollooking
Vlach Motor CO
Second Avenue SE
Gazette-Shipton
Jean Hauser
Immaculate Conception
Mike Walsh
S.C
Greyhounds
Acquinas
LaCrosse
Wis
Basketball Industrial League
Yowa Miz
Dra
Aries Slarady
Dvorak i Gearhart
Cherry Burrell Hall Towa Steeren
Straus
Springer
Wilson Quaker Oats & Co
Wisconsin Board
L. E. Shelley
Ames
Oklahoma
Casey
Custom Body Shop
Avenue N.W
National Guard
Scheel
National Guard Training Center
Ave. NE
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!