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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1947
Page
11
The conservation commission calls all sportsmen to join a minnow conservation program amid a severe shortage. Minnows are crucial as bait and as part of game fish diet with walleye needing 1,800 to 3,000 minnows per year. Take only needed minnows and return unused ones.
The article reviews new state rules banning shooting at trains and along railroads, prohibiting aircraft hunting, and giving the conservation commission power to set seasons and fish size limits. It notes minnow seiners rules, lake closures, quail releases, and a noted catfish sugar-bait trick along the Wapsi. It also warns of risks from ticks and lists lakes affected.
Decorah of the Northeast Iowa league defeated the visiting Ossian team of the Upper Iowa league by 5 to 0 in a Fourth of July baseball game.
The article warns about woodticks and spotted fever and urges yearly vaccination. It advises prompt tick removal, hot compresses, turpentine avoidance, and iodine or silver nitrate aftercare. It notes 1944 as a high year for spotted fever deaths and contrasts it with drownings and car accidents.
Des Moines AP reports fisheries biologist Harry Harrison details channel catfish behavior in Iowa. The piece notes daytime shelter choices from drifts and submerged shelves to boulders and limestone crevices, with feeding peaking at night and twilight in deep then shallow waters.
The city hosts a week of summer playground track and field events across 13 locations led by Cedar Rapids Officials Association. Highlights include Wednesday’s 2 p.m. meet at Coe college with events for four age groups and separate girls and boys divisions, medals for top three, and a traveling trophy for the top scoring playground team.
The Lisbon Junior Legion nine defeated Oxford Junction 6 to 5 on the visitors field Friday. Ralph Burrows led with three singles and Bill Sailor added two. Lisbon hosts Marion Sunday in a home game.
Embassy Club takes team honors by blanking the Eagles 8-0 in the fourth round of the Business Men's golf league at Kenmore. Individual low scores of 39 were shot by J. Kehrer and H. Helscher of Rotary, Hartrum of Embassy Club, and Rogers of Moore's Insurance. Rotary beat Moore's Insurance 26-2, while Jaycees defeated Lions 26-2. All teams should field full squads by 5 15 p.m. Wednesday.
The Monticello Boosters beat the Reformatory Snappers 6-3 at Anamosa to extend their win streak to six. Bob Siebels earned the victory with nine hits allowed and nine strikeouts. Monticello had 12 hits led by Furrino, Siebels, and Mullen, while Rose led the Snappers with three singles. The win clinches at least a share of the Maquoketa Valley league title, pending Sunday showdown with Epworth.
Frank Nye laments Iowa's neglect of minor sports despite potential star players like Dick Hainline and Wayne Anderson. He notes lack of courts, cancelled matches, and poor funding under athletic policy, urging Brechler to build a year round program and better treatment for all teams including golf and track.
Benefit games at St. Ludmilla's Frolic field feature the Eagles girls facing Quaker girls at 6 p.m. and the Major Open team meeting Jan Hus J C C F from the Minor Open circuit at 8 p.m. to aid Clarence Youghy Trimble after his ankle injury.
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