Immaculate Conception Heads to Fort Dodge State Meet
Immaculate Conception basketball, 43 of 45 wins and 23-0 this season, leaves Monday for Fort Dodge to join 11 other parochial teams in the state Catholic high school tournament. The Greyhounds, with a first round bye, meet the winner of St Josephs Dunlap and Sacred Heart Pocahontas Tuesday at 2 45 PM.
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Anoach
Phil Seghi
Immaculate Conception
Fort Dodge
Greyhounds
St Joseph's of
Dunlap
Sacred Heart of Pocahontas
Roosevelt and Wilson Shaped By Roose velt.s Big Scorer In Sectional
Roosevelt and Wilson faced strong showings as the sectional finals wrapped. Roosevelt’s top scorer poured in 16 points and Bob Multhaup added 11 while Don Konigsmark sparked late moves for Wilson. Alburnett edged Viola in Class BR with Hense leading Viola and Peterson scoring for Alburnett amid a tight contest.
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Roosevelt
Bob Multhaup
Don Konigsmark
Wilson
Ramblers
Alburnett
Toddville
Oxford
Lang
Marshall Hense
Harold Thomas
Merle Peterson
Orville Weislagel
Jim Wild
Viola
Ken Condit
Bob Smith
Peterson
Twild
Thomas
Sm Condit
Hense
Hose
Sterist
Weislagel
Larson
Newlin
Clarke
Roosevelt (Ag
District 1 and 2 Basketball Finals Across Iowa Districts
Class B and A finals reported from Burlington Fairfield Centerville and other towns with scores including Montrose over Danville 31 15 and Fairfield over Donnellson 20 The results span Districts 1 8 with multiple class finals and numerous school matchups across towns such as Melrose Rathbun Centerville Seymour Oskaloosa Eddyville Wellman Washington Mediapolis Wayland Diagonal Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln Shenandoah and Mt Ayr among others.
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Burlington
Montrose
Danville
Fort Madison
Keokuk
Fairfield
Packwood
Brighton
Donnellson
Centerville
Melrose
Rathbun
Seymour
Bloomfield
Pulask
Cantril
Ottumwa
Mediapolis
Wayland
Shenandoah
Randolph
Coin
Esses
Mount Ayr
Benton
Redding
Anita
Wilota
Massena
Atlantic
Cumberland
Lenox
Conway
Stanton
Corning
Glenwood
Henderson
Wales-Lincoln
Red Oak
Council Bluffs
Thomas Jefferson
Venzke Tops Cunningham In Catholic U Mile Race
Gene Venzke of the New York Athletic Club won the Maki mile at Catholic University defeating Glenn Cunningham of Kansas in four minutes 22 seconds tying the meet record. Archie San Romani of Boston finished third as about 1500 spectators attended. Proceeds supported the Finnish relief fund.
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Washington
INS
Gene Venzke
New York Athletic Club
Glenn Cunningham
Kansas
Catholic University
Archie San Romani
Boston
Venzke
Finland
Dyersville Leads as Cedar Rapids Stages State Bowling
Leaders in the Iowa Knights of Columbus state bowling tourney at Dyersville face a Sunday finish after top teams roll high scores. Gross dominates singles doubles and all events with 623 pins, 1207 in doubles, and 1784 in all events as Cedar Rapids teams join Cascade contenders in a tight chase for the traveling trophy.
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Dyersville
Cedar Rapids
Knights of Columbus
Urban Ament
Nic Gross
Herb Keffler
Butch Grawe
Ralph Meyer
Gross
Keffler
Ament
Dyersville Sinclairs
Frank Less
E. Moran
Cascade
Gross-Keffler
Jack Link
Charlie Lippert
Kegler
Les Weiser
Doc McCloskey
Dubuque
College Gymnastics and Track Scores From Midwestern Meet
Minnesota 407.0 Iowa 968.3 leads in gymnastics while other teams Nebraska Wisconsin Northwestern Michigan mix of indoor track results Michiana Notre Dame Indiana Purdue Wisconsin Ohio State Nebraska and more are listed with scattered scores across events and teams. The brief summary notes multiple institutions competing in gymnastics indoor track and wrestling.
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Chicaxe
Bradley Tech
M. Gustavus Adolphus
St. Thomas
Michicana
Northwestern
Armour Tech
Releit
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michican
Notre Dame
Indiana
Pourdne
Marouette
Hitnels
Ohio State
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Iowa
Chicago
Wisconsin JL
Upset Primes in Iowa High School District Play
Harlan and T-Jays fall as Creston dominates Murray 88 to 14 and Mason City defeats Sheffield 72 to 11. Davenport Blue Devils beat DeWitt 50 to 19 while Muscatine Muskies top Wilton Junction 47 to 39. Other Class A teams eye district bids as 16 tournaments may be set this week. Des Moines AP report notes plan to form sites and pairings after 64 sectional finals on Saturday.
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Landis Weston
Sharp Ros
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Eruntifeldseberene
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Aninton
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Fee Schirm
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Monmouth Routs Grinnell in Narrow Midwest Uprising
Monmouth erased a halftime deficit to edge Grinnell 47 to 46 in a Midwest Conference game. Grinnell failed to pull even with Coe for second place as Monmouth preserved a late lead amid measured scoring and free throw struggles.
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Grinnell
Coe
Pioneers
Nash
Plunkett
Okendall
Mannen
Ol Pelsner
Wilson
Fort
Berstead
Zahdler
Schmidt
Backerrach
Schneider
Petterson
iHamann
Squire
Offtctals
Crabbe
Towa
Lewis
Knox
Moose Members Bowl At Red Crown Alleys This Afternoon
This afternoon at 2 o clock Moose members from Iowa City Davenport Clinton Dubuque and Moline along with five local Moose teams will bowl. After the meet they will dine at the Moose lodge rooms at 5 p.m. Hal Forman's orchestra will play for a dance from 8 to 12 p.m.
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Red Crown
Iowa City
Davenport
Clinton
Dubuque
Moline
Moose
Moose Lodge
Hal Forman
Coe Finishes Fifth In Naperville Meet
In Naperville, Butler University and Pittsburg Teachers shared top honors with 42 points each in the Midwest intercollegiate indoor meet. North Central hosted, finishing third with 20.14 points as Loyola of Chicago added 19 and Coe 15.123. Schrader set a shot put record 45 feet 6 inches, while Bill Southworth of Butler clocked 4:25 in the mile to break Archie San Romani’s 1937 mark.
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Dave Schrader
Pittsburg
Bill Southworth
Butler
Archie San Romani
Southsworth
Schrader
Kan
Jones
Lawrence
Knell
Northern Illinois
Behan
Karlors
Milwaukee
Tetzlaff
Miwaukee
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Verink. Coe
Finch. Grinswell
Keyes
Iowa
Southworth
Lenover
Loyola
Sowers
Knofczynski
van Evera
Coe
Wondy Kramer
Pittseburg
Mielke
Pittsborg
Danskin
Carleton
Taro
Grinnell
Elson
Arlen
North Central
Abe Hilisch
Kincaid
Riley
Northern
Revell
Marshall
Porter
Elkins
Lancaster
Schultz
McCauley
Cornel
Debrowski
Graber
Pittsboro
Ted
Shrtzer
Verink
Abell
Carsrhekeen
Cornell
Loyol
Paulos
Colvin
Beauregard
George Bink Signs Raider Contract
George Bink of Chicago ended Raider holdouts by signing a contract that adds a small raise to the original deal. He drove in 114 runs in 1939 and batted .329, making him one of the league's top paid Raiders and a top run producer.
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Raider
George Bink
Chicago
Bink
Quaker Floor Hosts Two Monday Games
Two games are set for the Quaker floor Monday night. At 7:30 the Community House faces Walford Independents, and at 8:30 the Quakers take on the Davenport Central Rockets. This is the last home game of the season, following a 52 to 48 loss to the Rockets in the first meeting.
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Community House
Walford Independents
Quaker Oats
Central Rockets
Davenport
Quakers
Quaker
Rockets
Cedar Rapids Club Faces Costs and Booster Drive Ahead
The Cedar Rapids baseball club operated in 1939 with about 57,000 paid admissions and a $7,000 loss on gate receipts but earned $7,050 from non admission sources. Revenue came from Cleveland partnership, spring ticket drive, Roger Wolff sale, and ads and concessions. total gifts left about $50 profit after all bills. Major costs include training at $2,500, $1,200 guaranty fund, $1,000 park rent, and park repairs.
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Johnson
Cedar Rapids
Cleveland
Roger Wolff
Raiders
del Jones
Lou Roggino
Mike Naymick
Riggs Fabyan Win National Indoor Titles
In New York Bobby Riggs of Chicago and Mrs. Sarah Palfrey Fabyan of Boston won the men's and women's National Indoor Tennis championships. Riggs defeated Don McNeill in five sets 3-6 6-1 6-4 2-6 6-2, while Fabyan beat Pauline Betz 6-4 1-6. Riggs becomes the first native to win indoor and Forest Hills titles since 1920.
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New York
INS
Bobby Riggs
Chicago
Sarah Palfrey Fabyan
Boston
Riggs
U. S
Don McNeill
Oklahoma City
Fabyan
Hicks Annexes Southeast Women’s Golf Title
Elizabeth Hicks of Long Beach California defeated Betty Jameson of San Antonio Texas 3 and 2 to win the Southeast Women’s Golf tournament in Daytona Beach Florida. Hicks who upset Patty Berg of Minneapolis Friday played strong on the front nine and held the lead to the end. The 19 year old also holds the women’s western title.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Elizabeth Hicks
Long Beach
Calif
Betty Jameson
San Antonio
Tex
Miss Hicks
Patty Berg
Minneapolis
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