Beavers and Beavers Dam Up Iowa Streams and Fences
Eastern Iowa anglers boast big lake and river catches with Sid Biencoe Charles Sellers and Mason Gramling among names. Beavers and willows are highlighted as flood control helpers while tips cover nylon line care and minnows shining methods for solo fishers.
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Cedar
Wapsle
Sid Blencoe
Charles Sellers
Iowa
Mason Gramling
Mississippi
Sid Biencoe
John Franta
Wapsie
Ralph Miller
Bud Miller
Carl Tarkington
G. A. Wiliams
Roach and Affif Sign for Forbes Field Bout
Promoter Jack McGinley announced that La Verne Roach of Plainview Texas and Charlie Affif of Pittsburgh have signed for a ten round middleweight bout at Forbes Field Pittsburgh on August 3. It will be the first Forbes Field show since 1946. Roach, Rookie of the Year in 1947, beat Aaron Perry in his last fight while Affif drew with Owen Bell recently.
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Pittsburgh
INS
Jack McGinley
LaVerne Roach
Plainview
Texas
Charlie “Zivic
Affif
Forbes Field
Forbesfield
Roach
Texan
Ring Magazine
Aaron Perry
Owell Bell
Don Fowler to Lead Cedar Rapids Tennis Clinic Monday
Don Fowler, famed tennis promoter and Spaulding official, arrives in Cedar Rapids to lead a citywide clinic at Roosevelt High School courts at 2 p.m. Monday. The event includes a round robin for ages 12-14 and 18-17, with prizes from Spaulding. fellow promoter Bill Murphy will assist, and local stars Ali Noury-Esfandiary and John Palmer will compete.
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Don Fowler
United States
Cedar Rapids
The
Playground Commission
Fowler
Roosevelt High School
A. G. Spaulding Company
John Beck
Athletic Goods
Bill Murphy
Michigan
Spaulding Company
Spaulding
University of Chicago
Murphy
Ali Noury-Esfandiary
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Adams State Coach Seeks Husker Post
Adams State athletic director Neal Mehring, also head football coach, asked to be relieved of duties Sept. 1 to return to the University of Nebraska as an assistant coach. Mehring is at Colorado University summer session.
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Manchester
William Hughes
Strawberry Point High School
Wartburg Collee
Hughes
Wartburg
Alamosa
Colo
Ins
Adams State College
Neal Mehring
Alamosa School
Mehring
Colorado University
University of Nebraska
Torch Starts Olympic Trek Amid Attack
The Olympic torch begins a 2000 mile drive to London as Greek guerrillas shell Katakolon killing a policeman. Hastings destroyer carries the flame to Corfu before continuing to Wembley on July 29, with the torch to light the Games from July 29 to August 14.
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Torch
Olympia
Greece
INS
London
Katakolon
Hastings
Corfu
Wembley Stadium
Calais
France
English Channel
Dover
George
Stranahan Wins Canadian Amateur Title in Hamilton
Frank Stranahan of Toledo Ohio defeated Joe Stoddard of Hamilton 9 and 7 to win the Canadian Amateur golf championship for the second straight year. Stranahan built a 3 up lead at the halfway point and was five under par through 11 holes of the Saturday afternoon round and finished under broiling sun before about 2,000 spectators.
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Hamilton
Ont
Frank Stranahan
Toledo
Ohio
Joe Stoddard
Stranahan
Airlines to Aid Repair of Olympic Shell in London
New York based American Overseas Airlines promised cooperation to expedite air shipment of vital wood needed to repair California's Olympic shell damaged aboard the S S America while en route to the London games. The timber will reach London before the crew disembarks at Southampton.
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New York
INS
Californnia
Olympic
S.S. America
Nen Carthe
London
American Overseas Airlines
Southampton
First Softball Televised Tilt in Utah
In Salt Lake City KDYL telecast the opening softball game of Fresno Rockets at Pinney Shamrocks. The Rockets won 2 to 0 marking an early television broadcast of a softball game under a contract to televise all Shamrocks home games.
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Salt Lake City
INS
KDYL
Fresno Rockets
Pinney Shamrocks
Rockets
Shamrocks
Ackerman Heads to London for 1948 Olympics Flight
UCLA graduate manager William C. Ackerman departed Los Angeles for London to cover the 1948 Olympic Games. He traveled with Ralph O. Chick, executive secretary of the Southern California committee, to report on European track and field conditions and file a technical report after the trip.
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Los Angeles
INS
William C. Ackerman
UCLA
London
Ackerman
Ralph O. Chick
Tennis Topics Preview of Cedar Rapids Open Finals
The column previews the Iowa Open final matches at the Cedar Rapids Country Club and details the backstage efforts of organizer Carl Kirwin and the Cedar Rapids Tennis Association. It notes funding pressures, hospitality goals, and the teamwork of Nye Gundling McAndrews and others in staging the event.
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John Palner
Cedar Rapids Tennis Association
Frank Nye
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Kirwin
Carl
Henry Gundling
Henry
Jean
Jim McAndrews
Les McAllister
Young Men's Bureau
Mt. Vernon
Coe College
Ken Cline
Iowse City
Franklin and
Kenmore
Country Club
Major Open Softball Week Promises Busy Schedule
A hectic three to four day slate hits Major Open Softball with four big games Tuesday through Friday after last week’s tourney limited play. Local leagues report standings. Industrial A and B lead, Commercial A weathered rainouts, and church and YMCA leagues push toward titles.
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The
Gazette
Danceland
Sharon A.B
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