Three Cedar Rapids Teams Open at Coe in Class A
Cedar Rapids enters Thursday’s district eliminations with Roosevelt Immaculate Conception and St Wenceslaus remaining in Class A and B contention. Roosevelt faces Immaculate Conception while St Wenceslaus meets Bellevue in the nightcap. outcomes affect Cedar Rapids’ statewide presence. Final rounds set for Saturday with tight competition among Cedar Rapids entries and Keystone.
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Roosevelt
Immaculate Conception
St. Wenceslaus
Mason City
Marshalltown
Iowa City
Ottumwa
Des Moines
Sioux City
Roosevelts
St Wenceslaus
Bellevue
Red Hawks
Keystone
Springville
Waterloo East
Dubuque
Iowa AAU Boxing Candidates Selected for Des Moines Meet
A list of 31 Iowa amateurs was finalized for eight state AAU boxing championships in Des Moines on March 21. The hand-picked squad includes athletes from Cedar Rapids, Davenport, Fort Dodge, Lake City, Newton, Nashua, Lamont, and others, with winners advancing to the national AAU tournament in Boston next month.
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Des Moines
INS
Iowa
Burlington
Davenport
Felix Buono
Manly
Bill Heath
Fort Dodge
Joe Keema
Harbur Welter
Julian Bowers
Dave Horn
Archie Richardson
Lake City
Cedar Rapids
Ray Martinez
Newton
Harry Demers
Rockwell City Bantam
Cecil Bradley
Jefferson
Bob Anderson
Washington
Gene Scott
Iowa City
Gordon Hassler
Lamont
Felton Cleveland
Nashua
Junior Cross
Fort Madison
Diego Hidalgo
Bantam
Ronald Haight
Oakville
Feather
Walley Wells
Ottumwa
Ralph Wilkerson
Welter
Bill Earle
Jim D'Antonio
Donald Fuller
WHO
Bill Cornwell
Morton Graves
Lupe Rivas
Ozze Lewis
al Winfrey
Don Turner
Bob Martinez Newton
Vance Basler
Big Ten Gymnasts At Iowa Saturday
The Western conference gymnastic meet at the University of Iowa will decide individual event titles the all around championship and team honors. Four league schools entered 31 competitors with Minnesota defending. Iowa Chicago and Illinois also field teams.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Minnesota
Iowa
Chicago
Illinois
Draft Gets Gedeon, Cleveland
Elmer J Gedeon a 23 year old rookie first baseman and outfielder for the Washington Senators will be inducted into the army under the selective service act Wednesday He will report to Fort Thomas Kentucky for service.
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Cleveland
Elmer J Gedeon
Washington Senators
Army
Fort Thomas
Hansell Faces Mallard in Upper Bracket Title Bid
Hanson’s defending champions Hansell meet Mallard in the Iowa girls high school basketball championship upper bracket first round. Mallard, with 23 wins and a 2L point per game star Margaret Stafford, aims to extend its five tournament appearances. Clutie faces Centerville in the other upper bracket game. Havelock meets Lenox in another upper bracket clash as Dorath Hacker anchors a strong backcourt. Merengo challenges Sheldahl while Marengo’s Margaret Madison eyes Bottling Pauline Lunn as Sheldahl pursues a scoring record. Seymour tangles Seneca in the lower bracket as Viota faces Waterville, with Lillian Giefle and Loretta McGeough leading Waterville.
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Des Moines
Hansell
Mallard
Iowa
Margaret Stafford
Clutie
Centerville
Clutter
Havelock
Lenox
Ankeny
Sheldahl
Seymour
Lois Cole
Anna Beth Darrah
Gwen Merrit
Seneca
Viota
Waterville
Lillian Giefle
Loretta McGeough
Tiny Thornhill Weds in Reno Marriage
Claude E. Tiny Thornhill, 47, former Stanford football coach, and Miss Jean C. Liedloff, 25, of Palo Alto, Calif, married Tuesday by Judge William McKnight. The bride moved to Palo Alto from Philadelphia where she was assistant manager of the secretaryal exchange.
Roosevelt Faces Tough Schedules In Close-Race Talk
Roosevelt and St. Wenceslaus loom as top contenders as 1921 season highlights show Rough Riders facing 13 opponents with seven later winning class A sectionals. Roosevelt beat Davenport Town City and Dubuque while losing to Burlington, Marshalltown, Waterloo East, and Grinnell as Cedar Rapids survivors field stars Emory Sample and Gene Dorsey.
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Cedar Rapids
St Wenceslaus
Keystone
Iowa City
Davenport
Franklin
Roosevelt
McKinley
Wilson
Trojans
Bob Lynn
Dick Kelley
Dubuque
Rams
Greyhounds
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Rough Ridger
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Emory
St Mary's
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Coe
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Bellevue
Springville
St. Wenceslaus
Don Wolfe
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Grinnell
Emory Sample
Gene Dorsey
Bob Wilson
Dick Taylor
Chuck Zobl
Orlyn Feuerbach
Bert Cooper
Iowa Daily Press Association
Dick Hoerner
Bob Bailey
Demaret Resigns at Brae Burn to Join Wee Burn
Jimmy Demaret resigns from Brae Burn Country Club in Houston to take a similar pro job at Wee Burn Country Club in Noroton Connecticut. Born as a Houston caddy at age ten, he rose to top ranks in golf before this move.
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Ins
Jimmy Demaret
Houston
Brae Burn
Wee Burn
Noroton
Conn
Quinn Succeeds George A. Brown In S H S A R Job
George A. Brown resigns as executive secretary of the Iowa High School Athletic Association and is replaced by Lyle T. Quinn of Boone, effective immediately. Brown receives an 85000 cash settlement to satisfy the remaining contract term. Quinn has served in the office for about a year.
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Iowa High School Athletic Association
Lyle T. Quinn
Boone
Brown
Association Board of Control
Quinn
Cubs Face Pitching Problems and Poor Morale in 1941
The Chicago Cubs amid free advice and fan chatter confront turmoil around Bill Lee and Dizzy Dean contracts. Jim Gallagher's policy praised by critics, Lee faces pay cuts while Dean remains overpaid. Jimmy Wilson, new manager, inherits a fractured staff including Lee Leiber Dean Novikoff and several minor leaguers. Uncertain prospects for a pennant season.
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Chicago Cubs
Cub
Bill Lee
Lee
Jim Gallacher
Tama High Rounds Out Preparations For District Meet
Tama high school gym will host the district basketball tournament with about 2000 capacity. Officials include Bob Austin and R S Underhill from Davenport. scorer Ray Allen. timekeeper E C Carnal. assistant Bud Brice. KFJB Marshalltown will broadcast. Tickets: adults 50 cents per session, students 25 cents for Thu Fri. 35 cents Sat. allSessions 75 cents.
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Tama
E. Nelson
Bob Austin
R. S. Underhill
Davenport
Ray Allen
E. C. Carnal
Hawkeye Grapplers May Compete In Nationals
University of Iowa coach Mike Howard said three wrestlers likely will go to the national college championship in Bethlehem Pennsylvania March 21 and 22. The tentative lineup includes Bill Sherman 121 pounds Lou Julius 128 pounds and Art Johnson 175 pounds.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Bethlehem
Mike Howard
Tuesay
Howard
Bill Sherman
Lou Julius
Art Johnson
Phog Allen Earns Revenge With Kansas Victory
Lawrence Kansas AP Phog Allen finallyensed revenge as Kansas Jayhawks co champions of the Big Six beat Oklahoma A and M 34 31. Howard Engleman Kansas ace led Kansas with five field goals including a late one hander that gave the lead in the closing minutes.
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Kan
Phog Allen
Kansas
Jayhawker
Oklahoma A
Henry Iba
Howard Engleman
Engleman
Italy’s 1870 Start in Building Its Colonial Empire
A brief note recalls Italy beginning in 1870 its efforts to expand into colonies as part of its imperial ambitions. The historical move set the stage for later territorial claims and overseas ventures in Africa and the Mediterranean.
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Italy
Red Sox Acquire One Man Ball Club
Sarasota reports Mike Ryba arrives in Red Sox camp as a pitcher and as a former multi position player and manager. The 13 year veteran with 24 wins 8 losses in Rochester International league last year is under evaluation as the club needs pitchers and Ryba has played every position at times. He describes a 1934 Springfield Mo season where he managed drove three cars and played all positions with a .342 batting average. He notes past stars mentored and trophies earned across leagues.
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Sarasota
Fla
Mike Ryba
Boston Red Sox
Red Sox
Mike
Rochester
Springfield
Bill McGee
St. Louis Cardinals
Oscar Judd
Joe Orengo
New York Giants
Final Iowa Teams Beaten In Tourney
In a National Intercollegiate tournament roundup Iowa saw both Morningside and Simpson fall in the first round. Dubuque was routed by West Texas 77 to 39. The Superior Viscage squad defeated Morningside 51 to 42 while Simpson lost 64 to 50 to Stephen F. Austin Teachers of Nacogdoches Texas.
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Iowa
Morningside
Simpson
Dubuque University
West Texas
Sioux City
Indianola
Stephen F. Austin
Nacogdoches
Tex
Intercollegiate tournament round two games listed
Kansas City report lists round two N I C tournament matchups with times and campuses from 1 30 p m to 10 15 p m Western teams such as Santa Barbara Galliarate Minnesota State Teachers Fort Worth and San Diego State appear against state colleges and teachers colleges in various locations including Cleveland Miss Canton Minn Bemidji Murrey Alma Nacogdoches and Canton Missouri.
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Uperior
Wise
Teachers
Delta State
Cleveland
Miss
Texas State
Canton
Mary's College
Winans
Min
Santa Barbara
Galliarate
Minnesota State Teachers
Bemidi
Kentucky State
Murrey
Alma
Mich
College
Baltimore
University
Appalachian College
Boone
Maryville
Stephen F. Austin College
Nacogdoches
Louisiana Normal Eteniyachesi
Texas Wesleyan
Fort Worth
San Diego State
Culver- Stockton
Final Winter Golf Tourney Opens In Florida
The national prosamateur best ball tournament begins in St. Augustine with Horton Smith defending last year’s title won with Marvin Ward. Smith recently won the Florida West coast open at Belleair by one stroke over Byron Nelson after an 18 hole playoff, earning $700 with Nelson taking $450. Ward did not enter this year.
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ST. Augustine
Fla
Prosamateur
Horton Smith
Oak Park
Ill
Marvin Ward
Spokane
Wash
U.S
Smith
Belleair
Byron Nelson
Toledo
Nelson
Florida
Chuck Smith
Miami Beach
Ward
Elizabeth Hicks Leads Belleair Women’s Championship Medal Play
Elizabeth Hicks of Long Beach California posted the top medal score as match play started in Belleair Florida. Dorothy Kirby Dorothy Gardner and Mary Agnes Wall tied for second with 80 in women’s par after Hicks’ 41 38 79.
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Belleair, Fla
Elizabeth Hicks
Long Beach
Calif
Belleair
Miss Hicks
Dorothy Kirby
Atlanta
Dorothy Gardner
Steubenville
Mary Agnes Wall
Menominee
Mich
Engel Champions Rough-Road Pitchers From Pennsylvania
Joe Engel recalls scouting two hitchhiking hopefuls who asked for a tryout with his Chattanooga Southern League team in Beach Florida. He dreams aloud of Walter Johnson and explains Johnson’s rise from Idaho to Washington. Engel praises Johnson’s unique speed and recollects how fans once mocked Cantillon, while noting those two hopefuls may not become Johnsons but deserve a chance.
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Pennsylvania
Joe Engel
Chattanooga
Engel
Yames
Beach, Fla
Idaho
Washington
Walter Johnson
Greenhorn
Johnson
Walter
Joe Cantillion
New York
Cantillion
Grid Outlook Brightens At Hawkeye Camp
Iowa City report says quarterback prospects improve with the return of Jack Kennedy and Henry Miller. Kennedy, back after a brief quit, is a top right halfback candidate while Miller enhances the end lineup alongside veteran lettermen Jack Mayer Bill Harkett and Bill Parker. Ory Thompson, a 204 pound freshman, joins the wing area as plans grow for a larger end group.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Jack Kennedy
Kennedy
Eddie Anderson
Henry Miller
Miller
Jack Mayer
Bill Harkett
Bill Parker
Letterman
Ory Thompson
Four Catholic Teams Invited To National High School Cage Title
Four schools accepted bids to the 18th National Catholic high school basketball tournament at Loyola University starting March 26. Central Catholic Fort Wayne 1940 champion led bids, joined by Leo Chicago St George Evanston and St Johns Cathedral Paterson to form a 32 team field.
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Loyola University
Central Catholic
Fort Wayne
Ind
Leo
St. George
Evanston
St. John's Cathedral High
Paterson
N. J
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