Iowa Amateur Open to Top 200 Entrants at Waterloo
The combined Iowa Open and Amateur golf tournaments move to Sunnyside Country Club Waterloo June 27 and 28 with more than 200 entries anticipated. Johnny Jacobs unavailable. Pat Willcox defends open title. prizes in defense bonds and stamps. entry fee about 125. two man team event Friday. dinner and dance Saturday night.
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Johnny Jacobs
Pat Willcox
Aterloo
Sunnyside Country Club
Waterloo
Davenport Country Club
Ralph McElroy
Iowa Amateur Golf Association
C. K. Cropper
Waterloomainder
Akter
Sam
Cedar Rapids
cElroy
Ty Ae Commins
Odell Named Yale Grid Coach Seen Favorably by Penn Friends
Penn associates expect Odell to perform well as Yale's football coach adopting a single wing system echoing George Munger. He begins by July practice and faces Lehigh Penn Navy Dartmouth Brown Cornell Princeton and Harvard. Friends say his key task is selling football to Yale students amid limited spring drills.
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Philadelphia
INS
Howard Odell
University of Pennsylvania
Yale
New Haven
George Munger
Penn
Odell
Lehigh
Navy
Dartmouth
Brown
Cornell
Princeton
Harvard
Elis
Notre Dame
Eg Rm
Steve Juzwik
Bob Hargrave
Bernie Crimmins
Jim Brutz
Bob Maddock
Ray Ebb
Fort Monmouth
Phils
Yanks
Frank Crosetti
Buddy Hassett
Boston Braves
Whirlaway
Ark Park
Chicago
Roger Wolff
Roger
Ernie Lombardi
Californians Ted Duel Looms In Collegiate Tennis
The national intercollegiate tennis championship at Tulane starts Monday with two Californians named Ted Schr oeder of Stanford and Ted Olewine of Southern California in the field. Other notable entrants include Lord and Ralph Hart of Grinnell from Notre Dame.
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New Orleans
Ted
Ted—Schroeder
Stanford
Olewine
Southern California
Tulane University
Notre Dame
Curling Lord
Ralph Hart
Grinnell
Lay Off Joe Louis Pleads NEA Scribe
NEA reports pressure on Joe Louis amid tax issues and a looming Louis Conn bout promoted by Mike Jacobs. Army officials weigh restrictions as rumors swirl, while Louis faces public scrutiny over finances and war-time fundraising.
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Joe Louis
NEA Scribe
M and J League Five Games This Week Across Several Parks
The M and J League schedules five games this week with most teams playing twice. Universal Crusher and Lona Light reschedule their May 6 postponement at Daniels y. Wilson's and Man clash to cover the June 12 rainout on the same diamond.
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Raider Park
la Plant-Choate
Quaker Oats
Universal Crusher
Lona Light
Wilson's
Man
Hitting Leader Ron Nieueler Faces Narrow Margin
Ron Nieueler of Iowa Manufacturing leads the league with a .571 pace after a week of .42 point gains. Don Ludeman trails as his closest challenger, dropping from .571 to .529, while Schueler slides from .571 to .474 after an off week. Pinky Fuller and Wilson contribute three hits in four tries against Guy Bruce as the Quakers clash with the league leaders.
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Ing
Schueler
Don Ludemann
Reid
Guy Bruce
Quakers
Wilson
Pinky
Two More Lighters to Join Armed Forces
Iowa Light will send two players into service as Third Baseman DeWayne Krumm leaves for an army physical in Des Moines on Monday while Pitcher Ken Reid joins the navy on July 6. Krumm, a former Wilson high school star, won the league batting title in 1940. Reid debuted for the Lighters two weeks ago in a game described as a no contest with Universal Crusher.
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Iowa Light
DeWayne Krumm
Des Moines
Ken Reid
Navy
Krumm
Wilson High
Lighters
Reid
Light Company
Universal Crusher
White Sox
Joe
New York
Harry Grayson
NBA
Louis
Grayson
Iowa Anufacturing
M and J
Don Kinch
Bill Currell
Mike Nemec
Ronnie Schueler
Mickey Owen
Dodgers
University of Michigan
Pete Reiser
Iowa U
Kinnick
Ben Kinnick
Nile
St. Mary’s
California
Rogers ‘Hornsby
Redbirds
Naval
Sandy Michaels
Gene Bishop
Quakers
Aillian’s
Penick
Ford
Quaker Oats
Purdue
Indiana A
Hoosiers
Big Ten
Boilermakers
Sports Chatter Highlights From Baseball and Golf Skits
A collage of notes on players, teams, and events from baseball and golf. Mentions include Joe DiMaggio, Dizzy Dean, Mickey Owen, Roger Wolff knuckleball, Tex Carleton, and Charlie Kinnick. Indiana and Purdue Big Ten ties reviewed. Hale America golf memories recalled. Fort Monmouth soldiers joke and Red Sox attendance noted.
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Howard Pollet
Texas
Joe DiMaggio
Elden Auker
Browns
Tommy Henrich
DiMaggio
Chicago Cub
Jimmy Wilson
Cubs
Ridgemoor Club
Red Cross
Jock Hutchinson
Crowley
Naval Preflight
Chapel Hill
N.C
Boston Red Sox
Ray Starr
Cincy Reds
Danville
Mickey Owen
Dizzy Dean
Tex Carleton
George Sisler
Asheville
Jack Dempsey
Marine Corps
Hand Healed Chirps Conn Claims Mended Hand
Pittsburgh AP Private Billy Conn on furlough from an army hospital says his broken left hand is completely healed and he will be ready to fight in six weeks. He references his kitchen scrap with his father-in-law and notes Secretary Stimson’s plan for Louis to make public appearances.
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Louis
War Department
Billy Conn
Mike Jacobs
Conn
Army
Jacobs
Navy
Louis-Buddy Baer
Madisonne Garden Corporation
Jo Army
Pittsburgh
Joe Louis
Jimmy Smith
Secretary of War
Stimson
Corporal Louis
All-Negro softball team seeks out-of-town benefit games
The team managed by Clarence Baldy Wilson seeks out-of-town softball games to aid army or navy relief. Managers interested may call Wilson at 8436 or write him at 1104 Fifteenth Street SE.
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Clarence “Baldy
Wilson
Army
Navy
Fifteenth Street
Budge and Riggs Advance in Pro Net Matches
Don Budge and Bobby Riggs seeded first and second won their opening matches at Forest Hills in the sixteenth annual national professional tennis tournament. Both stars showed top form as they moved through the first round.
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Forest Hills
N. Y
INS
Don Budge
Bobby Riggs
Riggs
Service Stars Eye Victory In Annual All Star Showdown
New York hosts the tenth annual clash between American and National League service stars. Rapid Robert Feller leads pitching with potential six to seven innings, backed by Hank Greenberg, Buddy Lewis, Cecil Travis, Johnny Sturm and others. The winner faces Lieut. Mickey Cochrane’s Cleveland squad in a follow-up game.
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New York
INL
Cleveland
Mickey Cochrane
Rapid Robert Feller
Nationals
Feller
Papoose
Cleveland Indians
Mickey Harris
Boston Red Sox
John Rigney
Chicago White Sox
John Grodzicki
St. Louis Cardinals
Hugh Mulcahy
Philadelphia Phils
Hank Greenberg
Buddy Lewis
Cecil Travis
Don Padgett
Sam Chapman
Benny McCoy
Johnny Sturm
Pat Mullin
Frank Pytlak
Ken Sylvestri
Orphan Jogs Home Ahead of Shut Out in Dwyer Stakes
In a fast mile and a quarter at Aqueduct, Valdiia Orphan defeated Shut Out by two lengths as Jockey Carroll Bierman drove Emerson Woodward's colt to victory in 2 2/5. Valdiia Orphan set a new track record for the distance with a 2 0/5 effort, as 23,833 spectators watched the upset.
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YORK
Valdiia
Emerson Woodward
Aqueduct
Equipoise
Carroll Bierman
Des Moines boxers Basler and Anderson turn pro
Vance Basler and Bob Anderson both from Des Moines signed five year professional contracts with John Sarcone. Basler held multiple titles including Golden Gloves 175 pound champion and two time AAU winner, with a boxing career spanning Cedar Rapids and Des Moines competitions. Anderson also earned Golden Gloves and AAU honors before turning pro under Sarcone.
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Des Moines
Vance Basler
Bob Anderson
John Sarcone
Basler
Wash
Sarcone
Ann Casey Entered In Western Open
Hale America Open spectators at Ridge Moor Club watch weather hinder practice for the Western Women’s Open starting Monday at Elmhurst. More than 100 girls from 17 states enter a six day event with Eleanor Dudley and Patty Berg out due to an accident. Ann Casey of Mason City and Carolyn Aan of Indianapolis are among the state champions competing.
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Chicago
Ridgemoor Club
Elmhurst
Patty Berg
Eleanor Dudley
Iowa
Indiana
Ann Casey
Mason City
Carolyn Aan
Indianapolis
Harness racing set for Cedar Rapids Hawkeye Downs
Harness fans in eastern Iowa will see nine heats at Hawkeye Downs as Cedar Rapids hosts a program featuring drivers and horses such as Vigortone Dark Watt Golden Gate and Danny Gano. The event aims to revive memories with races at 2 p.m. and a closing collectible on Sunday June 28 at Central City.
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Cedar Radios
Iowa
Hawkeye Downs
Anamosa Livestock Auction
Anamosa
Watt
Golden Gate
Danny Gano
Clarence
Monticello
Towaseason
Collestine
Central City
Track stars shine at indoor A A U meet with multiple records
Warmerdam and Berst set meet records in weight throw and shot put while Davis Brown Rice lead sprints and distance events. De Fielc, McDonald, Bourland and Lyda claimed titles as Ohio State Minnesota Nebraska Illinois Wisconsin teams scored in a lively indoor meet.
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Gil
Mac Mitchell
Warmerdam
Jack de Fielc
Minnesota
Frank Berst
New York A. C
Pat McDonald
New York
Harold Davis
Billy Brown
Rice
Davis
University of 7Fornia
San Francisco Olympic Club
Brown
Louisiana State University
Norfolk, Va
Naval Training Station
Art Cazares
San Francisco
Big Ten
Ohio State
Nebraska
Illinois
Wisconsin
Indiana Hoosiers to wear white and black uniforms
Indiana's 1942 football players may appear in several color combinations with the Hoosiers tipped to wear white and black uniforms.
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Bloomington, Ind
Nea
Indiana
Hoosiers
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Roosevelt Hotel
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Chrysler Corporation
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Het Sport
Tait
Ruddy Bassett
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Service All Stars
Bob Feller
Texas Flier
Lochinvar
Jimmy Davidson
America
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Jackie Davis
Fred White
Fred Tie
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Fredee
Gil Dodds
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