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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1960
Page
15
Iowa hosts the Big Ten fencing preliminaries at the Iowa Fieldhouse with five conference schools competing. Openings at 9 a.m. Saturday lead to finals at 1 p.m. as Indiana Michigan and others vie for top finishes in a multi sport conference meet.
The AP announces the 1960 All American basketball team led by Oscar Robertson of Cincinnati and Jerry West of West Virginia. Jerry Lucas and Darrall Imhoff join the first team, with Rich details on voting tallies and other honorees across multiple colleges.
More than 60 grapplers from 7 schools compete in Wartburg Knights gym for the first Iowa conference wrestling tournament in 6 years. Teams from Dubuque Luther Upper Iowa Simpson Buena Vista Wartburg attend with favorites Dubuque Luther and Upper Iowa. Weigh ins start 9 a.m. with two sessions at 1 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.
Des Moines AP John Carle of Central College broke the Iowa conference scoring record with 470 points in 16 games, including 177 field goals and a 29.4 point average per game. The previous record was 451 points by Don Gibbs of Iowa Wesleyan in 1957.
The Dy ersville Commercial club has set the annual Dyersville baseball tournament for August 7 to 16 with Queen's night on August 15 and the finals on August 16.
MARSHALLTOWN AP A new Iowa AAU basketball champion was decided when Home Federal of Des Moines, the 1959 titleholder, was knocked out in the first round Thursday night.
Marshalltown's 1956 state champions defeated Home Federal 79 to 74 in quarterfinal action. In the opening game Sanitary Dairy of Cedar Rapids set a scoring record by routing Kaye's 134 to 56.
Jerry Hastie poured in 37 points Thursday night as the Trojans overwhelmed El lis Y in Cedar Rapids YMCA high school basketball. Gary Dvorak added 24 for the winning team, which led 25-9 after the first quarter.
March 4 1960 edition of the Cedar Rapids Gazette features local news, brief items, and community updates. Highlights likely include municipal reports, weather notes, and regional briefs affecting Cedar Rapids and surrounding Linn County communities.
George Robb led Johnson School shooters in the Playground Commission basketball skills tests on Thursday scoring 115. Two Jackson shooters followed Randy Cuchl with 95 and Craig Swope with 80. In the Trinity Lutheran shooting, Steve Ebsen scored 60, Paul Halvorson 55, and Terry Marks 45.
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