Diocesan Tournament Draws Nine Class A Entries
The Diocesan boys basketball tournament at Loras College in Dubuque draws nine Class A teams and twelve Class B teams. Notables in Class A include Sacred Heart St. Marys Our Lady of Victory and Xavier with St. Columbkille's Dubuque joining, while Class B features Holy Family Mason City and St. Joseph's Bellevue among others. Pairings will be announced February 1 for both divisions.
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Dubuque
Loras College
Our Lady of Victory
Waterloo
St. Joseph’s
Mason City
Sacred Heart of Ocelwein
Xavier
Dyersville
St. Columbkille’s
Holy Family of
St. Joseph’s of
Bellevue
Intra City Hoop Race Sees Golden Bears Battle Friday
Golden Bears hold first in city standings after beating Roosevelt on Jan 8 and aim to extend lead with Friday night return game against McKinley. Parochial race could shift if Immaculate Conception beats St Patrick's Monday on the Shamrocks home court.
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Roosevelt
McKinley
Golden Bears
St. Patrick’s
Immaculate Conception
Shamrocks
St. Pat’s
Greyhounds
St. Wenceslaus
Loras Academy of Dubuque
Immaculate Concept
Wilson
Waterloo West
Cedar Falls
St. Patrick's
Wawi
Wees Geluponilie’s of
Dubuque
Leaders Face Stiff AIL Tests This Week
Quaker Oats and Speeder, the top teams, square off with Collins Radio Thursday and Wilson Packers next Wednesday. Johnny Kitch leads the scoring with 91 points while Lockstead tops the girls’ race with 60. Standings show KITCH ahead in the co division and Collins, Speeder, and Owen among others in late week matchups.
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Quaker Oats
Speeder
Quakers
Collins
Wilson Packers
Johnny Kitch
Lockstead
Wilson's
Gehringer Retires After 18 Tigers Seasons
Detroit veteran Charley Gehringer, aged 42, announced retirement from baseball after 18 years with the Tigers and three World Series appearances. He plans to devote time to business interests and watch the 1946 season from the stands. Known as Old Reliable and the Mechanical Man, he posted a .321 career batting average with 2839 hits in 8858 at bats, and led the league as second baseman in seven seasons.
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Detroit
Charley Gehringer
Detroit Tigers
George Trautman
Tigers
Navy
Gehringer
Grandstand
Tiger
Fort Dodge Golden Gloves Team Joins Cedar Rapids Fight Card
A growing Fort Dodge boxing squad joins Cedar Rapids for the Golden Gloves event set for February 20 21 and 22 at the Memorial coliseum. Trainer Lew Dochterman notes rising turnout with 30 fighters needed. local sponsors include Co-Op daily Hanford Post American Legion Jerry Clift's Quaker Oats and FoxHead Tavern. Over 500 tickets sold as seating is announced at Beck's Armstrong's Beeson's and 312 Grille with seats on west east north and south sides.
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CYO Gym
Cedar Rapids Golden Gloves
Memorial Coliseum
Lew Dochterman
Co-Op Daily
Hanford Post
American Legion
Jerry Clift
Quaker Oats
FoxHead Tavern
Dochterman
Community House
Earl Carr
Beck’s
Armstrong’s. Beeson’s
Anamosa Golden Gloves Tourney Set For Feb 4–5
Anamosa hosts the Golden Gloves tournament February 4 and 5 in the high school auditorium. Trainer Farris Biggart says nearly a score of local scrappers will compete, including the midget panel opening. Boxers from Cascade, Maquoketa, Monticello, Mount Vernon, Iowa City and nearby towns join the field. Anamosa also returns to Cedar Rapids Gloves, where the Jones County team won two titles.
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Fort Dodge
Joe Falco
Cedar Rapids
Ralph Hayes
Council Bluffs
Lenox
Southern Iowa
George Hayes
Martin Frederickson
Lawrence Gatzke
Anamosa
Farris Biggart
Cascade
Maquoketa
Monticello
Mount Vernon
Iowa City
Jones County
Heavyweight Darwin Hardeson Expected to Defend Title
Don Joslin, winner of the 112 pound duke, may not compete as heavyweight champion Darwin Hardeson is expected to defend his title.
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Darwin Hardeson
Don Joslin
Duke
Drake football player joins Marines after Raisin Bowl
Forrest Westering of Missouri Valley Iowa, a Drake University football team member, who played in the Raisin Bowl in Fresno California on New Year’s Day, enlisted in the Marines this Saturday.
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Omaha
Forrest Westering
Missouri Valley
Drake University
Fresno
Calif
Marines
Ben Hogan Leads Phoenix Open After Two Rounds
Ben Hogan of Hershey Pa. shot 68 to post a one stroke lead at the Phoenix Open as the halfway mark arrived. George Schneiter Salt Lake City 135 and Herman Keiser Akron 135 held second with Keiser closing strong. Leland Gibson Kansas City 137 sat in fourth as a pack of players chased the leaders.
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Little Ben Hogan
Hershey
George Schneiter
Salt Lake City
Utah
Schneiter
Herman Keiser
Akron
Ohio
Leland Gibson
Kansas City
Jimmie Hines
Chicago
Vic Ghezzi
Knoxville
Tenn
Chandler Harper
Portsmouth
Dick Metz
Arkansas City
Kan
Bob Hamilton
Lloyd Mangrum
Los Angeles
Arcaro Guides Buzfuz to Palm Beach Handicap Victory
Eddie Arcaro rode Buzfuz to an easy win in the second division of the Palm Beach Handicap at Hialeah. The Sunshine Stable entry prevailed by six lengths over Sciv as Buzfuz paid $0.40 to win. Fighting Don, the favorite in the first division, faded to finish behind Gustave Ring's Happy Buckie and Statesman. This marked Eddie Arcaro’s third win of the afternoon.
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Miami, Fla
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Palm Beach
Hialeah
Sunshine Stable
S. Buzfuz
Sciv
Fighting Don
Gustave Ring
Happy Buckie
Statesman
Buzfuz
Eddie Arcaro
Eddie
Sailors Defeat Illinois 67 to 42 Behind Riebe’s 23
Great Lakes Naval Training Station basketball team toppled the University of Illinois 67 to 42. Mel Riebe scored 23, fueling a 39-16 halftime lead as the Sailors outshot Illinois 37 to 18 percent. Pfeiffer and White paced Great Lakes defense on rebounds.
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Great Lakes, Ill
Mel Riebe
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
University of Illinois
Riebe
Bluejackets
Illinois
Great Lakes
Jack Pfeiffer
Sammy White
Illini
Knox Defeats Grinnell in Lown Invasion Sweep
The Knox Smashers beat Grinnell 46-34 on Saturday night as Cornell players Heéerde and Jacot each scored nine. Sig Dietz fouled out late after collecting seven points, and Westerdahl sealed Knox’s win with the final Knox point.
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Heéerde
Chuck Jacot
Purple
Sig Dietz
Cornell
Westerdahl
Knox
Grinnell
Linn County boys meet opens week with crowded tourney
Linn County high school basketball heads into a busy week with Springville and Mount Vernon favorites. Four first round games Wednesday night kick off a bracket including Lisbon and Central City, plus byes for Auburnette and others as Semis Friday and finals Saturday.
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Gazette
Springville
Center Point
Mount Vernon
Lisbon
Linn County
Walker E. Fale
Weametee
Ayes
Central City
Wednes
San Francisco Buys Hoover from Tigers
JOE HOOVER SAN FRANCISCO, the 20 year old Detroit Tiger shortstop, was purchased Saturday by the San Francisco Seals. The deal between Charlie Graham and George Trautman was for a nominal price. Hoover played in one World Series game last season and had a .249 average in 70 games with Detroit. He had previously starred in the Pacific Coast League with the Hollywood Stars.
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San Francisco
INSS
Joe Hoover
Detroit Tiger
San Francisco Seals
Charlie Graham
Seals
George Trautman
Tigers
Hoover
Hollywood Stars
Cedar Rapids sports roundup spans boxing, baseball and boxing legends
Wier averages 4.8 points in five games hindered by a bad leg while Iowa struggles at the line as a club has made 152 free throws and missed 126. The note mentions R. R. Rush of Elgin in a Cedar Rapids collision, Fidelia club boxing at 1902 ABC with Peter Schultz, Marty Marion’s back set for next season, Billy Conn’s weight in 1941, and All America grid talk with Bulldog Turner. Larry MacPhail expands Yankee farm system to 14 clubs as boxing and baseball legends like Schmeling, Uzcudun eye comebacks. The Cedar Rapids area hosts Golden Gloves Feb 20–22 with many Iowa cities listed. Mel Ott’s NL selections spark debate. Yankees blamed for minor-league hype. Ted Williams aims to homer beyond the stadium wall.
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Wier
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
R. R. Rush
Elgin
Bob Rush
Iowa U
Great Lakes
Rush
St. Luke’s Hospital
Fidelia Club
New York City
A.B.C
Peter Schultz
Marty Marion
St. Louis
Billy Conn
Joe Louis
Louis
Chicago
Bulldog Turner
Chicago Bears
Larry MacPhail
New York Yankees
Yanks
Max Schmeling
Pauline Uzcudun
Lenox
Fort Dodge
Mason City
Des Moines
Burlington
Iowa City
Waterloo
Dubuque
Anamosa
Cascade
Monticello
Maquoketa
Keswick
Webster
Alburnett
Marion
Howard Millard
Decatur
Mel Ott
Bill Terry
Pie Traynor
Ott
Carl Hubbell
Dizzy Dean
Dazzy Vance
Gabby Hartnett
Bob O’farrell
Walker Cooper
Rogers Hornsby
Frankie Frisch
Travis Jackson
Mel
Honus Wagner
Paul Krichell
Ted Williams
Yankee Stadium
Tigers Expect Mullin To Play This Season
Detroit Tigers expect outfielder Pat Mullin to return for 1946 after army service as he meets with General Manager George Trautman. Trautman cited no signing obstacles while Wakefield and McCoskey are already signed. An outfield of Mullin, Wakefield and McCoskey is hailed as hard to beat.
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Detroit
Detroit Tigers
Pat Mullin
Mullin
George Trautman
Trautman
Dick Wakefield
Barney McCoskey
Wakefield
McCoskey
Tiger
Truck Driver Leads In Petersen Bowling Classic Standings
In Chicago, Frank Sospirato of Cleveland posted 1,627 to hold the Petersen Classic lead as Stan Wojciak of Minneapolis moved to 1,587 for second. Minneapolis players Hugh Young and Louis B Kosanky tied for fourth at 1,552, with Albert C Ahrens at 1,534 linking a four way group for ninth as Bart Cook Cincinnati and other clusters chase.
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Chicago
Frank Sospirato
Cleveland
Stan Wojciak
Minneapolis
Hugh Young
Louis B. Kosanky
Eldorado
Kan
Albert C. Ahrens
Stan Woserk
Minneapolis Ysis
Charles Wilkinson
Muncie
Ind
Hush Younszy
Inities
Cows
B. Kosanky
Landesanto
Bart Cook
Cincinnati
Albert C. Ahi
Leo Strugarek
Toledo
Kaphus
Racine
Rens
Ieee Acine Alvio Giovanelli
Kenosha
Wis
Iowa State to Open Northwestern Schedule in Illinois
Iowa State college will open the Northwestern football schedule at Evanston on September 28. The Cyclones trail Northwestern two wins to one in their four meetings, with the latest result a 18 to 6 defeat last year to Lynn Waldorf's Wildcats.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Northwestern University
Wildcats
Evanston
Ill
Cyclones
Lynn Waldorf
Iowa State
Northwestern
Hoosiers crush Chicago in steady conference win
Indiana dominates Chicago 61 to 32 as the Hoosiers lock down defense and push ahead of Ohio State in the standings. Coach Harry Good uses all players while Chicago struggles to mount any offense in Bloomington.
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Bloomington
Ind
Indiana
Parole Ride Aims to Free Roxborough for Louis Conn Fight
Detroit parole board weighs reducing John Roxboroughs two and a half to five year sentence so he can be in heavyweight champion Joe Louis corner for the June 19 New York bout with Billy Conn. Everett Watson, implicated in the vast policy racket, also seeks parole eligible next October with good behavior time off.
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INS
John Roxborough
Jackson
Joe Louis
Joe
Billy Conn
New York
A. Ross Pascoe
State Parole Board
Roxborough
Everett Watson
Louis
Parole Board
Watson
Roscoe Toles
Detroit Heavy
Local Volleyball Club Beats Dubuque Y Varsity
A mixed team of Y varsity and veterans won three of five games against Dubuque Y varsity on Saturday 15-8 15-7 15-11 12-15 and 16-18. Players included Henry Gundling Leonard Dvorak Gerald McClure Rev C V R De Jong James W Bell Fred Taylor and Lee Winterberg.
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Y Varsity
Dubuque Y Varsity
Henry Gundling
Leonard Dvorak
Gerald McClure
C. V. R. de Jong
James W. Bell
Fred Taylor
Lee Winterberg
Gilmer Voted MVP By Atlanta Touchdown Club
Harry The Arm Gilmer of Alabama was named the Southeastern Conference's most valuable player by the Atlanta Touchdown Club after Saturday night performances.
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Atlanta, Ga
Harry
Gilmer
Alabama
Atlanta Touchdown Club
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