Predictions for Eight State Tourney Teams to Repeat
The article forecasts substate winners this week across classes A B and AA with teams like Davenport Ottumwa West Waterloo Sioux Center Waverly Winfield Diagonal Ankeny and Readlyn among repeat contenders. It notes last year’s top 16 still active and outlines the Iowa high school pairing method for the state finals March 21 25 at the Iowa Fieldhouse.
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Iowa
Davenport
Ottumwa
West Waterloo
Sioux Center
Waverly
Winfield
Diagonal
Ankey
Iowa High School Athletic Association
Substate Basketball Broadcasts On KCRG This Week
KCRG 1600 Cedar Rapids will air eight substate tournament games from the Iowa Fieldhouse in Iowa City. Bob Brooks will handle play by play for matches including Sareen-McKinley-Wilson, Marion-Washington, Ottumwa-Osceola, Burlington-Keokuk, and the Class B, Class A, and Class AA finals with scheduled times across Wednesday to Saturday.
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Clinton
Cedar Rapids
Wilson
Ottumwa
Oskaloosa
Burlington
Marion
Les Hipple
Bob Williams
Wash
Mighty Little Keota
B—Winfield
KCRG
Iowa
Iowa City
Bob Brooks
Suai Aimee
Sareen — McKinley-Wilson
Marion-Washington
Ottumwa-Oskaloosa
Burlington-Keokuk
Monday Games Schedule Across Cities
A compact list of Monday high school games across Des Moines Town City Sioux City Waterloo and Iowa City with pairings including Holy Family Forest City Ogden Westside Diagonal Moorhead Melrose State Center North Des Moines Newton Davenport Clinton Sanborn Rockwell City Sioux Center Cresco Independence Bancroft St Johns Dallas Center Keystone Des Moines Dowling East Des Moines Douds Elwood McKinley Danbury Newkirk Albert City Mapleton Winthrop Montezuma Waverly and others.
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Sioux City
West Waterloo
Melrose
Ames
She City
Holy Family
Forest City
Ogden
Atlantic
Ste
Westside
Diagonal
Moorhead
State Center
Sanborn
Rockwell City
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Dinsfaie
McGregor
Cresco
Independence
Chura Coth
Ankeny
Bancroft St. John's
Dallas Center
Keystone
Dowling
Iowa City
Douds
Elwood
C. R. McKinley
C. R. Wilson
Danbury
Newkirk
Albert City
Mapleton
Winthrop
Montezuma
Waverly
Iowa City Swimmers Fourth in AAU Meet
Iowa City finishes fourth with five points at the Midwest AAU opening swim meet. Sioux City Mariners win team title with 25 points. Daryl Jean Braunger places second in junior women's one meter, Ruth Ashton takes third, and Margaret Nicholson sets a meet record in the 100 yard backstroke. Judy Richards wins the 100 yard breast stroke.
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Sioux City
Ruth Ashton
Iowa City
Mary Mallan
Sioux City Mariners
Margaret Nicholson
Miss Braunger
Judy Richards
Monmouth High Teams Defeat Alumni in Season Finals
Monmouth high school capped the 1949 50 season with double wins over alumni. The girls won 57 48 led by Peterson 23 points while Bal ster and Buck each had 22 for the alumni. The boys edged the alumni 36 34 as Buch holtz scored 25 and Brown 11 for the alumni.
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Monmouth High School
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A. Brown
Dye Only C. R. Champion in Table Tennis
Des Moines players dominated the Iowa table tennis tourney at Quaker Oats with Cedar Rapids taking only the junior boys title. Top seed Dick Dye beat Bob Moorman for CR’s sole crown while Wayne Losh led Des Moines to mixed doubles and men’s singles titles and Helena Spahn swept the women’s division.
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Cedar Rapids
Dick Walters
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Dye
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Linn County
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Homer Freeman
Herb Smith
Helena D.M
Audrey Richards
Jack Wallace
Phil Beach
Losh
Freeman
Jack Gad
Wands D.M
Indian council names gymnasium after Jim Thorpe
The St Augustine Indian tribal council in Winnebago Nebraska on Monday decided to name its projected mission school gymnasium after Jim Thorpe the renowned Indian athlete.
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Ins
St. Augustine
Mission School
Jim Thorpe
Gussie Moran Explains Black Shorts Choice in Cairo Match
California tennis player Gertrude Moran known as Gorgeous Gussie says she wore black shorts in Cairo because she gained 13 pounds. She noted regulation white shorts wouldn’t cover her curves and that the choice was due to fit, not fashion.
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Egypt
California
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Gussie” Moran
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Gussie
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England
Cedar Rapids Women Hold 2nd in Bowling
Fox Mowers of Cedar Rapids clung to second in the class A team standings after the second weekend of the Iowa women s bowling tournament in Sioux City. The Fox team rolled 2256 in the opening firing last week. Leta Smith sits fourth in class A singles with 522, 24 pins behind leader Jean Rauterkus of Council Bluffs. Leta Smith and Georgia Umphrey of Cedar Rapids are second in class A doubles with 996.
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Fox Mowers
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
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Jean Rauterkus
Council Bluffs
Georgia Umphrey
Guzowski Sparkles in State VFW Cage Final
Swea City won the state VFW basketball tournament with a 62 to 57 victory over Iowa City Sunday night in Clear Lake. Tony Guzowski led the champs with 19 points and was named the tournament MVP.
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Iowa City
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University of Iowa
Dog Sledder Sets North American Championship Record
Gareth Wright, 21, of Nenana Alaska, piloting 10 huskies, won the dog racing title in Fairbanks. He completed 30 miles in 2 hours 27 minutes 10 seconds on a grueling cross country course.
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Gareth Wright
North America
Nenana
Alaska
Rickey Frets Dodgers Show Complacency
Brooklyn Dodgers president Branch Rickey voiced concern at camp in Vero Beach noting an air of complacency after 10 days of workouts. He warned repeating as pennant winners is unlikely and cited Jackie Robinson as overweight and juggling off field duties, stressing extra effort is needed.
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Montreal Beats New York Five to One in NHLMatch
National Hockey League results show Montreal defeating New York 5 to 1. Boston notched 2 while Toronto scored none. Detroit won 4 to 2 against Chicago.
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Philadelphia
Red Peppers on July Fourth Fight Memories
An account recalling the Dempsey Gibbons bout of July 4 1923 with city crowds in Fort Madison reading round stories from Shelby Montana and Shelton. Notes on Gibbons merit and future appearances by Gibbons and other boxing figures in Cedar Rapids Illinois Athletic Club and Chicago events.
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Cleveland
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Toledo
Ohio
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Nashville
Ticket Sale Brisk for National Wrestling Championships
Ticket sales for the national collegiate wrestling championships are brisk, according to Philip C. Jennings business manager at Iowa State Teachers College. The meet will be held in Cedar Falls March 24 and 25.
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Philip C. Jennings
Iowa State Teachers College
Parkersburg wins Dyersville Legion tourney final 81-53
Parkersburg defeating the Dubuque Knights of Columbus 81 to 53 in the final. Gisel scored 14 for Parkersburg while King added 18 for Dubuque. Lipp's Grill Cedar Rapids won consolation 65-59 led by Kuchan with 18. One star Art Wall was ill and did not play. capacity crowd of 400 attended.
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Snead Wins Miami Beach Open By Three Strokes
Sam Snead, golf star from White Sulphur Springs, WV, won the Miami Beach Open by three strokes. He fired a final one under par 71 to finish 72 holes at 273, 15 under. Lawson Little settled for second at 276 and $1,400, while E. J. Harrison took third with 280 and $1,000.
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Parnell Shuts Out Phils As Red Sox Win 3 0
Sarasota report says left hander Mel Parnell pitched five innings allowing two hits and no runs. The Boston Red Sox defeated the Philadelphia Phils 3 to 0 in spring action. Parnell, a 25 game winner last season, looked like an advanced hurler in training.
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Boston Red Sox
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Sox
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Bradley, Syracuse Clash In NIT Opener Tonight Five-Point Favorite
Top seed Bradley faces upset-minded Syracuse in the National Invitation tournament opener. Bradley, 27-3, relies on All-American Paul Unruh and Gene Melchiorre as they defend a No. 1 AP ranking while Syracuse seeks an upset win.
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Portland Triumphs Over Montana 48 47 in NAIB Opener
The University of Portland edged Montana 48 to 47 in the opening game of the NAIB basketball tournament in Kansas City. Portland led at half and held on for the slim win over the Grizzlies.
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Montana
Kansas City
University of Portland
Montana’ University
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