Qualifiers Named for Cedar Rapids Open at Kenmore
Four Kenmore players advance to the Cedar Rapids Open at Ellis after a 36 hole qualifying. Joe Knowles Francis Damon Grant Maples and Bob Stephenson posted the low rounds Saturday and Sunday. Bernie Stieger leads with 151 while heavy rain prompted a seven day extension for qualifying.
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Kenmore
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Francis Damon
Grant Maples
Bob Stephenson
Bowles
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Maples
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Stephenson
Kirkland
Knowles
Ellis
Bernie Stieger
Zill Diehl
Iowa University
George Shimek
Gordon Brousard
al Stieger
AAU Trackmen Picked for Tours
Two all star teams were chosen from the National AAU championships. Nine men head to Europe led by Bob Fitch of Minnesota who set a world discus mark of 179 feet 1/8 inch. Six men go to Jamaica headed by Herb McKenley of Illinois and Lloyd LaBeach of Wisconsin. Harrison Dillard of Baldwin Wallace also stars on the West Indies squad.
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Illinois
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Wisconsin
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Baldwin-Wallace
Vern Elslager Signs as Coach at Boone Junior College
Vern Elslager, a 1940 Coe College graduate and former Mechanicsville coach, has accepted the role of basketball coach at Boone Junior College. A Cicero Illinois native, he played two years at Paton before military service and was discharged in December 1945 to take the Mechanicsville post.
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Ted Allen Sets Shoe Record at Centennial
Des Moines Iowa Centennial horseshoe tournament qualifier leader Ted Allen of Boulder Colo set a new world mark breaking Fernando Isais 532 with 540 points. Allen who held the crown 1933 to 1940 finished second to Isais in 1941 and leads the top 24 qualifiers into today’s match play for the title to be decided July 4.
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Omaha Brothers Reach Centennial Net Final
In Des Moines AP reports two Omaha brothers advanced to the Centennial men's singles final. John Mullaney defeated Lt. Cmdr. Warren Angstadt 6 3 6 0, while his brother Jerry downed John Fletcher 6 2 6 3 to set the championship matchup.
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Warren Angstadt
Iowa
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John Fletcher
Tennis Match Postponed By Weekend Rain
Weekend rains forced the postponement of Sunday's Eastern Iowa Tennis league match between Clinton and Cedar Rapids on local courts. No future date has been set for the duel.
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Cedar Rapids Open Promoted Despite Sparse Fields
The Cedar Rapids Open gains momentum from organizers and backers led by Johnny Vavra, with aims to host an 18-hole public links tourney and a possible national public links event in Cedar Rapids. Local rustlers lament small turnout as two pitchers from Iowa showcase strong form in Des Moines trials.
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U.S. Golf Association
Durocher's Savvy Keeps Dodgers At Top of Heap
New York dispatch notes Leo Durocher, known as The Lip, shaping the Brooklyn Dodgers toward another National League pennant. In eight seasons, he has only one subpar year, 1944, when war shortages hit. The piece also contrasts the Cardinals’ stagnant run as observers doubt their bid to challenge Brooklyn.
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Lip” Durocher
Brooklyn Dodgers
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Durocher
St. Louis Cardinals
John Beck Legion Team Loses in Iowa Centennial Tourney
In Des Moines the Cedar Rapids John Beck Junior American Legion squad fell 11-1 to Davenport after a 10-0 win over Guttenburg in a Saturday playoff halted by rain. Waterloo and Chamber Motors of Des Moines advanced. Waterloo beat Van Meter 8-0 and Davenport edged Allison 3-1.
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All-Star NL Picks Lean Heavy on Red Sox and Cardinals
United Press reports the National League all star squad for the Boston game includes 14 of 25 players tied to the pennant race. Key selections include Red Sox stars Rudy York Bobby Doerr Johnny Pesky and pitchers Mort Cooper Ewell Marion and Phil Cavarretta from Chicago.
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