Hawks Win 51 to 48 Over Purdue in Classic
Iowa toppled Purdue 51 48 in a hectic Saturday clash at Iowa City. Ives led Iowa with 19 points in his final appearance, while Wilkinson impressed on defense. The Hawks erased the season point and free throw records, finishing with 1 080 points and 260 free throws.
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Big Six Renames Itself Midwest Conference Adds Colorado
Kansas City AP reports the Big Six voted to rename as the Midwest conference and admit the University of Colorado at Boulder effective December 1 1947. Current members Missouri Kansas Kansas State Nebraska Oklahoma and Iowa State plus Colorado will form the new lineup with Drake Grinnell Ripon Monmouth added later after meetings.
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Sam Shirkey
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C. Ward Macy
Cornell Keeps Mat Laurels
Cornell college retained its Midwest conference wrestling title by dominating the meet winning all but one match. Carleton edged Beloit for swimming honors by six points with Carleton and Beloit exchanging places in the top spots.
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Bears Advance With Victory Over Indians
McKinley beat Marion 53 to 37 to reach the district meet on Saturday night. Navratil led with 17 points, Broulik 11, Delbridge 11 as the Bears built a 20 11 halftime lead and pulled away in the final period. Whittemore and McConaughy led Marion with 10 and 8 points. In B class Alburnett defeated Walker 37 29 led by Sloan with 15 points.
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Hawaiian Quint Tops All-Stars In Cedar Rapids Exhibition
The Hawaiian quint swiftly defeated the All-Stars 61 to 50 in Coe Gym Cedar Rapids as three regulars rested with flu. Tony Morse led visitors with 24 points while Milt Kuhl paced the locals with 16. Emory Sample and Bob Tvrdik added nine and seven respectively.
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Cresco wrestlers win Northeast Iowa district meet scoring 46
Cresco's team topped the district wrestling meet with 46 points on Saturday. Oelwein and New Hampton tied for second with 22 points each, while Osage totaled 13 points.
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Kramer Wins Net Match With Ease
New York city report says Jack Kramer defeated Nathan Goldstein of Brooklyn in the delayed second round of the national indoor tennis championship. Kramer dominated and won in straight sets 6-1 and 6-0, marking his first east appearance since the Davis Cup revival.
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Youth coaches and tough rookies in Big Nine football
Big Nine schools push for youthful coaches Wes Fesler at Ohio State Bob Voigts at Northwestern and Stu Holcomb at Purdue head the trend with limited head coaching experience Bernie Bierman Fritz Crisler Harry Stuhldreher Bo McMillin and Dr Eddie Anderson may resist The piece recalls Lyle Seydel’s hip injury in the Chicago Golden Gloves and quotes a Notre Dame guard story about Knute Rockne and Bert Metzger A note on Burke Smith Eddie Lara as boxing semi finalists in Chicago and a Bougainville memory rattle
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Fritz Crisler
Harry Stuhldreher
Lyle Seydel
Iowa City
Gary Battler
Seydel
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Bert Metzger
South
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Eddie Lara
Oklahoma City
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Okiama
George A. Brown Dies Former IHSAA Leader
George A. Brown longtime executive secretary of the Iowa High School Athletic Association died Saturday at his son Robert Browns Joliet Illinois home. Survived by widow and another son George Jr of Des Moines burial to be in Des Moines. Brown helped found the association in 1906 and served 18 years as secretary. He had been associated with Shenandoah Grinnell and Burlington Iowa and Denver Colorado public schools.
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Joliet, Ill
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Iba and Holman Named Coaches for All Star Game
Henry Iba of Oklahoma A and M and Nat Holman of CCNY were named to coach the West and East squads for the Madison Square Garden all star game on March 29. Each will select 10 players for his team and a week of practice precedes the game.
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Henry Iba
Oklahoma A
Nat Holman
City College of New York
Madison Square Garden
Pioneers Rally To Beat Coe 57 45 In Final Half
Grinnell overturns a 25 17 halftime deficit to topple Coe 57 45 in a late season clash. Earl Peisner scores 17 with six late field goals, Carlson adds five, Bowers four, while Jim Gallagher leads Coe with 12.
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Illini Lose but Retain Title Hopes
Wisconsin lost to Minnesota 58-55 and Illinois fell to Indiana 48-41, leaving the Big Nine race unsettled. Wisconsin must finish the interrupted game with Purdue to decide the title, while Illinois still has a share of the crown if Wisconsin falters. Andy Phillip ends his college career with a 516-point three-year Big Nine scoring record.
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Upper Iowa Hands Loras Second Loss in Narrow Conference Game
Fayette AP report: Upper Iowa defeated Loras 37 to 36 in a close Iowa conference showdown. Loras played without center Mickey Marty who was injured in Friday’s loss, marking the Duhawks second straight conference defeat.
Kentucky Wins SEC Basketball Crown Over Tulane 55–38
Kentucky clinched its fourth straight Southeastern Conference title with a 55 to 38 victory over Tulane in Louisville. The Wildcats overcame tough defense from the Green Wave to seal the championship on Saturday night.
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