Guldahl Tops Open Odds in Historic Favorite Claim
Ralph Guldahl, the 1930s great, opens as the shortest priced favorite in U S Open history at 6-to-1 for the Philadelphia Spring Hills event. Bookmakers Jack Doyle and Tom Watterson rate him ahead of Sam Snead Henry Picard and a crowded field as he seeks a third straight Open title.
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Tom Watterson
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Watterson
Boppy Jones
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Detroit
Sam Snead
Henry Picard
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Ed Dudley
Byron Nelson
Dick Metz
Harry Cooper
Ben Hogan
Jimmy Demaret
Gene Sarazen
Craig Wood
Olin Dutra
Lawson Little
Horton Smith
Jag McSpaden
Paul Runyan
Jimmy Hines
Johnny Goodman
P.G.A
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Fresh Meadows
Metz
Picard
Cooper
Snead
America
Willie Anderson
Evans
Ouimet
Hagen
Sarazen
Football and track shine as local schools close season
The article recalls a strong year in local sports with Wilson football beating Franklin 21-12, Cedar Rapids producing top quarterbacks Al Eddy and Tom Farmer, Roosevelt basketball reaching Des Moines state tourney, and Coe winning the Midwest Conference track title. Earl Carr captured three state indoor championships, and McKinley and Franklin led track with new city marks.
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Barnard
al Eddy
Tom Farmer
Roosevelt High
Des Moines
Rough Riders
Creston
Immaculate Conception
Roosevelt
Wolfe
McKinley
Franklin
Earl Carr
Iowa City
Bob Nicholson
Bob Albright
Ames
Western Auto Contest Seeks Big Black Bass in Iowa
Western Auto sponsors a national big bass fishing contest open to all ages through Cedar Rapids store. The event runs in 37 states with five prizes per state for the largest black bass. Entry is free and closes September 30. details available at the Cedar Rapids Western Auto store.
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Cedar Rapids
Western Auto Supply Company
Iowa
Western Auto
Philadelphia Driver Reaction Test Capsule Device
Traffic officials in Philadelphia installed a device on cars that fires a paint loaded capsule downward. A second capsule is fired when the first capsule fires, and the distance between marks measures the driver’s reaction speed.
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Philadelphia
Mahanna Sets New Mark in Northwest Open Half Mile
Roy Mahanna of Des Moines former Drake runner won the college division half mile at the University of Minnesota meet in one minute 58.6 seconds setting a new Northwest Open meet record.
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Minneapolis
Roy Mahanna
Des Moines
Drake University
University of Minnesota
Coe Trackmen Dominate With Ten Year Trophy Run
Rutgers legends and Coe athletes shaped a decade of track success. Maurice Ford set a Lawrence meet 440 mark, Lowell Wedgbury broke it at Appleton, and stars like Rudolph Hurka, Ben Sebern, Eugene Arnett, Norman Stookey, Walter Pack, Bill Whipple, Ralph Martin, and Charles Claypool propelled the program. The 1939 squad featured a dozen scorers, with Ralston leading in points as others stepped to the fore, shaping a period of sustained dominance in conference track events.
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Beloit
Cedar Falls
Cornell
Charles Ralston
Ralston
Maurice Ford
Rutgers
Lawrence
Appleton
Lowell Wedgbury
Rudolph Hurka
Ben Sebern
Eugene Arnett
Hurka
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Arnett
Norman Stookey
Walter Pack
Bill Whipple
Bill
Crimson
Ralph Martin
Martin
Charles Claypool
Gene Carson
Bob McKinley
Wedgbury
Carson
McKinley
Walt Kinch
Walt Nash
Eldon Levis
Lloyd Patterson
Carl van Evera
Harley Moore
Vernon Elslnger
Jim McFadden
John Prasch
Leighton Mangels
Wayne Baden
Wade Wehmeyer
Ritt
Kohawks
Keith Petch
Mount Vernon
Forest
Big Six Football Preview Highlights Strength and Leaders
A brisk look at next fall in the Big Six previews teams from Rutgers to Kansas and Missouri. Mentions coach quotes on effort and spirit, spring drills insights, standout players like Don Griswold, Merle Osborne, Jack Jacobs, and Elmer Hackney, and notes on key positions and potential stars across Nebraska Oklahoma Kansas and Missouri.
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Osborne
Bill Taylor
Arnold Krekow
Yeager
Nebraska
Maj. L. M
Biff” Jones
Mike Francis
Sam
Oklahoma
Sooners
Jack Jacobs
Kansas
Gwinn Henry
Missouri
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Lawrence
Lindsay
Henry
Paul Christman
Bennett Champ Clark
Lloyd C. Stark
Don Faurot
Kansas State
Elmer Hackney
Muscle
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Hackney
Harness Races At Hawkeye Downs See Local Interest
A Hawkeye Downs afternoon harness meet draws varied fans as Scotty McLeod guides the sulky in two heats of the 2:14 trot and Tony the Great, driven by Ed Keith, looks strong but skips today’s program. The column explains racing terms and invites readers to return next Sunday with McLeod back in action.
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Eastern Iowa Racing Club
Iowa
Tony the Great
Ed Keith
Central City
Tony
Mcleod
Arthur Huntington
Kentucky
Scotty
Independence meets feature strong trotting field this afternoon
The opening meet at Independence last Sunday showed strong crowd enthusiasm. A fine field of trotters and pacers is set for this afternoon. Starter Pat Bacon leads the card and is famed across the middle west for his ability and popularity.
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Independence
Pat Bacon
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Middle West
Patsy Binville Stuns at Hawkeye Downs in 2:14 Trot
Patsy Binville posted a 2 minute 14 second trotting win at Hawkeye Downs this afternoon. The horse, trained and driven by Joe Codner of Eldora, marked a fast 2:1412 time on the Independence track last Sunday.
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Hawkeye Downs
Patsy Binville
Patsy
Independence Track
Joe Codner
Eldora
Bruce Erickson Wins Two Events At Open Northwest Track Meet
Bruce Erickson son of Tracr won the high school discus and javelin at the Northwest Open Track Meet held at the University of Minnesota. He threw the discus 144 feet 3 inches and the javelin 187 feet 14 inches, with both marks set as records as the high school division is new this year. Beck of Denison won the pole vault at 12 feet 6 inches and took second in the broad jump.
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Gazette
Minneapolis
Bruce Erickson
Tracr
University of Minnesota
Beck
Denison
Canadian golfer Charles G. Howard dies at 59
Toronto AP reports Charles G. Howard a famed Canadian tournament golfer in his younger days died Saturday after a brief illness. He lived for years in the Niagara on the Lakes district where he won several trophies.
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Toronto
Charles G. Howard
Niagara-on-the-Lakes District
Houke Leads Allied League with 72 in Thursday Round
Tom Houke shot a par 72 to top the Thursday division scoring in the Allied Industrial golf league. La Plant-Choate Scrapers posted the week’s low net of 283 to win the Thursday division team prize, with members K Turner H Adams D Cripps and V Svenksen earning two golf balls each.
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Northwestern names Shinkevich captain of 1940 baseball team
Evanston Ill AP Fred Shinkevich of Kewanee NL was elected captain of Northwestern university baseball for 1940. The junior right fielder batted .333 last season. Bill Syring of New York City was chosen most valuable player after going 5 of 6 in Big Ten games and pitching a no hitter against the University of Chicago.
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Fred Shinkevich
Kewanee
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Shinkevich
Bill Syring
New York City
Syring
Iowa
University of Chicago
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