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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 01, 1940

Page

2

Creston and Mason City Win Narrow Openers in Cage Battles

Creston and Mason City each edged rivals in opening basketball games. Defending champions survived a scare as Afton pushed to the end, 27 25, in a tight season debut. Ike Skelley reports.

Creston Mason City Nose Out Afton

Sectional Basketball Results From Fairfield and Surroundings

District round results compiled from Fairfield and surrounding towns show Chiss TE advancing to the second round and various teams such as Birmincham Batavia Brighton Farmasion Packwood Libertyville Pleasant Ye and Stockport posting scores in first rounds across multiple classes and regions. Notable matchups include Martinsburs Rose Hill Cedar Fatson Delta and Morava Moniron with numerous second round and semifinal pairings listed by location and class.

Fairfield Chiss Birmincham Batavia Brighton Farmasion Packwood Libertyville Pleasant Ye Stockport Cha Pairfield Mount Pleasant Bloomfield Broomfield Eldon Selma Fatson Delta Cesteraille Chissot Morava Moniron Voxertime Certersine Cincingett Rathbun Numa Burlington Salem Yarmond Sperry Chaiss Fort Madison Burhungtan Imameston Afiswtounh Cotter An Lens Crawfordsgile Waylind Mount Unio

Loras Defeats Luther 30 25 In Iowa Conference Race

Loras College topped Luther 30 to 25 in Decorah as the winners rallied in the final eight minutes to stay in the Iowa conference title chase. Luther led 18 to 11 at halftime, but Loras surged ahead late.

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Coe and Cornell In Final Of Season

The Coe and Cornell basketball teams close their seasons on Mount Vernon floor. Coe can tie for second only by winning tonight and Grinnell must falter in one of its two remaining games. A freshman game precedes the varsity with 6:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. tipoffs.

Coe Cornell Mount Vernon Grinnell Knox Monmouth

Demaret Wins $3,000 St Petersburg Open

Jimmy Demaret of Houston won the St Petersburg Open gold tournament with a 54 hole score of 211. Byron Nelson of Toledo was second with 212 and Stantes Horne of Montreal was third with 213. First prize was $700, boosting Demaret's yearly earnings to over $6,000.

ST. Petersburg Fla Jimmy Demaret Houston Tex Byron Nelson Toledo Stantes Horne Montreal Demard

Local College Basketball Scores From Horizontal Swirl

AP recap shows scattered results with Northern Teachers and River Falls games. Teams like LaCrosse Teachers, Phillips, Eminoria, Hebron St. Luther and Macalester appear with varying point totals.

Associated Press Sherdeen Northern Dakota Westesan LaCrosse WIS Oklahoma Gitv Kansas Westesan River Falls Phillips Oy New Mealoo Southwestern Rats Eminoria Hebron St. Luther Net St. Maes’s Ayeshure Loras Luther Madlup Macalester

Roosevelt crushes Franklin 43 to 19 in McKinley clash

Roosevelt over Franklin 43 19 in a McKinley sectional feature game. Roosevelt dominates with 14 5 first quarter and 27 12 halftime edge as Emory Sample and Joe Wall combine for 21 points. Wilson upsets Marion 32 22, Viola edges Palo 19 16. schedule sets Oxford Alburnett and Wilson Springville semis with Roosevelt tougher for Saturday.

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Armstrong Fights Garcia for Title at Gilmore Stadium

Henry Armstrong aims to become the first boxer to hold four world titles by defeating Ceferinga Garcia for the middleweight belt at Gilmore stadium Friday night. The 10 round bout draws about 30,000 fans with gate receipts near $100,000. Garcia as 6 to 3 favorite.

Los Angeles JINS Henry Armstrong Gilmore Stadium Ceferinga Garcia New York-California Garcia Armstrong

Davenport Swimmers Meet Y Team Tonight

Coach Leo Baughman will lead the Davenport Y M C A swimming team against the Davenport Y mermen at the local pool tonight at 7 30. John Stark, 1934 Midwest AAU diving champion and 1938 state Y champion, heads the divers while 14 year old Kenneth Marsh paces the Cedar Rapids swimmers. Other local competitors include George Henry Bob Gibson Jim Zoller John Condon Dick Sheehey and Junior Griffith.

Leo Baughman Y. McA Davenport Y Mermen John Stark University of Town Kenneth Marsh Cedar Rapids George Henry Bob Gibson Jim Zoller John Condon Dick Sheehey Junior Griffith

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