Jeffords Repeats Sets Record in Shooting Contest
Ben Jeffords won the Cedar Rapids junior high shooting contest again last week setting a record high with 11 of 17. Norman Lewis was second and Fred Ampey third in a close elementary division where Louis Davis Bobby Mitchell and John Mick tied. Davis won a later shoot-off while next events moved to Kenwood and Franklin schools with junior high at 9:30 a.m.
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Norman Lewis
Fred Ampey
Louis Davis
Bobby Mitchell
John Mick
Davis
Mitchell
Arthur
Kenwood School
Franklin
Fidler To Work 17th Golden Gloves Referee
Alex Fidler will referee the Cedar Rapids Golden Gloves 17th annual tournament at Memorial Coliseum on February 12 13 and 14 His long career includes nearly 16000 boxing matches begun while he sold newspapers in Des Moines Ralph Thornton tournament manager for the 1952 event will name judges when Cedar Rapids host the tourney observer notes Fidler remains active in boxing circles and the sponsors are The Gazette KCRG Charities Inc and the Young Men's Bureau.
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Golden Gloves
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Memorial Coliseum
Des Moines
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Mac McKead
Manchester
Cascade
McKead
Jeep Callahan
Life-Saving Class Opens at Y on FrIday Night
A new life-saving class for non-YMCA members starts Friday night at the Y pool. Minimum age is 12. Both junior and senior certificates issued, with YMCA and Red Cross certification on completion. Eight weekly sessions Fridays 7 to 9. Contact John Snider at 2-1138.
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YMCA
Red Cross
John Snider
YMCA Cage Leagues Class A Basketball Summary
In a chaotic typed snippet, church league results from Central Park and Evening Park areas are listed. Trinity, First Baptist Marion Pres and several Methodist and Lutheran teams show scores such as Trinity 52 and 86 for other games, with First Covenant and Salem posting decisive wins. Ordered partial results include Greene, Four Square and Immanuel contexts with scattered scores like 35 to 10 and 38 to 6.
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First Lutheran
Acm
First Covenant
Uss
Salem
Top C R Teams to Determine City Champ
Invitations for entry in the city championship basketball tournament to be held at the YMCA will be given Tuesday. The tourney will bring together the top four teams from the YMCA Commercial league, the top three in the Industrial league, and the champion of the Men's Church league. The meet will begin Monday, Feb. 4. Club Ced Rel won the tourney last year.
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YMCA
Ymca Commercial League
Ced Rel
Belle Plaine Teams To Host Legion And Marines
The undefeated Belle Plaine semi pro team faces Independence Legion and the Belle Plaine town team meets Cedar Rapids Marines in a 2 p.m. twin bill at the high school gym here.
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Dyersville Meet Draws 13 Entries
Eastern Iowa teams compete in the Dyersville independent basketball tournament at Xavier High School gym starting Monday with 13 entrants including Lipp's Grill, the Blue Devils, and the Knights. Father R. M. Hirsch announced pairings. semifinals and finals set for Sunday with consolation games.
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Cedar Rapids
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Friday Cage Results Close In High School Leagues
Friday results from Benton to Floyd counties show numerous close margins and high scorers. Notable scores include Independence St Johns 38 over Oelwein 8, Davenport 64 over Clinton 46, Fort Madison 49 over Mount Pleasant 45, and Postville 49 over Waukon 82 with sophomores in play.
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Upper Iowa
Few Seats Left For Indian Dinner
The Cedar Rapids Indians welcome dinner for Jimmy Bloodworth at the Crystal ballroom Montrose hotel Tuesday at 630 pm. Jim Meaghan announced 230 tickets sold but a few seats remain at Enzler's luggage shop through Monday. Bloodworth arrives Tuesday morning and will stay several days before returning to Florida. He has multiple speaking engagements lined up.
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Cedar Rapids Indians
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Postville Beats Calmar In 88 57 Hoops Showdown
The Postville independent basketball team defeated Calmar 88 57 this week. Schultz led Postville with 23 points while Roy Snyder scored 29 for Calmar. Calmar hosts St Lucas on Feb 4.
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Schultz
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St. Lucas
Oelwein Posts Nine-Game Football Schedule
Oelwein high school released a nine game football slate for next fall with five home games. The opener at home is against arch rival Waverly on September 26, a traditional season finale. Remaining games include Decorah and Cresco among others.
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Oelwein
Oelwein High School
Waverly
Fillmore Wins Grade School Ice Derby at Roosevelt rink
Fillmore school claimed the traveling team trophy in the second annual Grade School ice skating derby with a six-member team led by R Moss D Waldron T Potter W Atkins on W Johnson and D Bucker. Eight schools competed. Fillmore won the only team event 660 yard shuttle relay in 1 30.4. Individual winners across grades included Iris 110 yards and Jimny Haberie among others with multiple seconds and thirds listed in the scattered event results.
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Preps To Hear Talks by Ward Hamilton at Coe
Plans were completed for the annual dinner at Voorhees hall on the Coe campus where the Coe C club will entertain senior football players from four Cedar Rapids high schools. About 75 will attend, including 35 seniors named to the all city team. Talks by Harold Ward and Doug Hamilton will highlight the program after dinner.
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Bill Dallas
R. A. Koehn
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Dick Buresh
Howard Helscher
J. A. Wessler
Bill Whipple
Art Swarzentruber
Ralph Martin
Harold Hall
Lee Winger
Marengo Rises to Second in Cedar Rapids Dartball Standings
Marengo climbed to second place after upsetting Atkins II as the Cedar Rapids league standings shifted. Van Horne held the lead by sweeping two from Keystone while Atkins I dropped, and other matches featured Bethany C R Luzerne Marion Newhall and Belle Plaine at various sites.
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State Prep Swim Meet At Iowa State Feb 16
Boone The 1952 Iowa high school swimming championships will be held at the Iowa State pool on February 16, as announced by the IHSAA board of control. Clinton and Des Moines Roosevelt tied for 1951 title and are among leading contenders. Entries must be filed by February 7.
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Board of Control
Iowa High School Athletic Association
Clinton
Des Moines
Roosevelt
IHSAA
Open Forum Letters From Gazette Sports Column
Readers may send brief sports letters with signature and address for publication. Gus Schrader, Gazette sports editor, handles comments and forum coordination to keep content concise and in good taste for general readers.
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Gazette Sports Department
Aoe
Gus Schrader
Gazette
Springville seeks rating in Eastern Iowa conference
Springville readers question why last two Sunday editions did not rate the basketball team in the Eastern Iowa conference. The letter notes Springville has 10 wins and 3 losses and defeated Mt. Vernon University High and Wilton Junction, asking why Mt. Vernon is rated as undefeated and Springville is not ranked. The writer explains Springville is not yet a full member but expects to join next season if scheduling requirements are met.
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Gus
Springville
Kennedy
Dear Gus: Dubuque asks correction on standings and records
A Dubuque reader urges Gus to fix misreported high school basketball standings especially Clinton vs Dubuque and the missing Dec 29 Iowa City win, noting Dec 14 weather postponement and promising to watch Cubs in ’52. Gus defends past corrections and affectionately replies through readers.
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Iowa City
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Mississippi Valley
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New Leader Emerges in Northeast Iowa Catholic League
A Saturday record recheck names Immaculate Conception Cedar Rapids as the top team in the Northeast Iowa Catholic conference, with a 9-4 mark. Iowa City St. Pat's sits 7-4 after a latest loss, while St. Wenceslaus had a Friday surge helping St. Wenceslaus to upset Iowa City St. Mary’s 48-45. Top six standings include IC 9-4, IC St. Mary’s 8-4, IC St. Pat’s 7-4, Dyersville Xavier 6-4, St. Wene 6-5, CR St. Pat’s 7-6.
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Cedar Rapids
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Greyhounds
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St. Wenceslaus
St. Wene
Iowa
Jesup-Town Basketball Pair Sets Charity and Rematch
Friday night features a home and a return game at Jesup, with proceeds from the latter going to the March of Dimes. In a prior reserve matchup between the same town teams Jesup won 36 to 27.
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March of Dimes
Catholic Grade School Cage Leaders With Weekend Wins
Immaculate Conception, St Patrick's, St Wenc, St Matthew's led the Catholic grade league with decisive wins over St Ludmila and All Saints. Palumbo of St Matthew's scored 19 to pace high scorers, while Cramer of St Charities 15 and Cunningham of St Pat's 8.
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All Saints
Palumbo
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Cramer
S.C
Cunningham
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Colbert
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Loesel
Happ
Eike Leads Peacocks With 15.5 Scoring Mark At UIU
Wendell Eike dominates Upper Iowa scoring at 15.5 points per game while shooting .456 and collecting 137 rebounds. Center Paul Sir follows with 12.7 points and 102 rebounds as UIU sits 8 4 overall with a 62 6 team scoring average and 60 6 defense.
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Upper Iowa
Gazette
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Wendell Eike
George Brown
Iowa
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White Sox Unveil 1952 Home Schedule With 65 Dates
Chicago White Sox release their 1952 home calendar featuring 65 games and 12 doubleheaders. The season includes 10 Sunday twin bills plus July 4 and Labor Day doubleheaders, with many night games marked (N) across opponents such as St Louis Boston Philadelphia Washington New York Cleveland and Detroit.
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Washington
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Wall's Lipp's Wins YMCA Commercial League Title
Art Wall of Lipp's set a league scoring record with 21.5 points per game and 236 points in 11 games to lead Lipp's to the Commercial league crown. Lapp's top standings show five clubs in strong runnerup contention as four games remain. Playoffs for second and third possible if upsets don’t alter the tight race.
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Lipp’s
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Hall’s
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Oes
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Fred
Gaer to Speak at Waukon Athletic Banquet
Warren Gaer Drake football coach will be the speaker at the annual athletic banquet sponsored by the Quarterback club in Waukon on February 11.
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Warren Gaer
Drake
Quarterback Club
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