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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 15, 1940

Page

16

Earl Gillicks 288 735 Series Sets League High

Earl Gillick of Full-O-Pep in the Quaker Oats league at Lincoln up Stairs alleys rolled 288, 247, 200 for 735, the season high. He had 21 strikes in 30 frames and his team won three games as 946 high single and 2740 high series totals were posted. Jack Lockwood led Red Crown Merchants with 267, 186, 191 for 644. Hamilton Seed and Coal took high single and total with 970 and 2654.

Earl Gillick Lincoln Up Stairs Gillick Jack Lockwood Hamilton Coal Quaker League Pep Oo Quakers Alz Ana Hick Gillick Banners Space High Thenhaus Nelson R. C. Merchants Newman's Iowa Hamilton Seed & An Seareboard High Lockwood R. Gas Peter Pan Pracek

Only Two Unbeaten Men In Three-Rail Billiard Tourney

In Chicago Willie Hoppe of New York and Joe Chamaco of Mexico City remained unbeaten in the world championship three cushion billiard tournament. They compete Friday in the $20,000 round robin lineup with Chamaco facing Rubin and Hoppe meeting Schaefer while Layton, Thurnblad, Reiselt and Denton also square off in other matches.

Chicago Willie Hoppe New York Joe Chamaco Mexico City Chamaco Rubin Layton Thurnblad Reiselt Denton Hoppe Schaefer

Four Cornell Men In Armour Relays in Chicago

Cornell will enter four runners at the Armour Tech relays in Chicago Saturday. Art Behl and Allen McKean run the half mile, Phil Carspecken competes in the high jump, and William Bell enters the shot put.

Mount Vernon Cornell Armour Tech Chicago Art Behl Allen McKean Phil Carspecken William Bell

Viewing the Field at Iowa City Tournament Night

Eight games unfold with Mason City McGregor lifting the crowd. McGregor's solid performance boosts Ben Kammer’s crew as Iowa City hosts the state tournament drawing praise for crowd comfort and organization. Individual standouts include Bill Colloton Bob Goodson Orlyn Feuerbach and Beymer with Sergeant Bluff making a notable upset against Muscatine.

Bill Colloton Mason City Guard Bob Goodson Creston Centerville Orlyn Feuerbach Keystone Lynnville Beymer Hinton Sergeant Bluff Western Iowa Muscatine Purdue Lauren Snyder Francis Miller McGregor Kinnan Iowa University Iowa

Ossian Girls Defeat All-Stars to Claim Turkey Valley Crown

Ossian girls defeated the All-Stars at Waucoma on Tuesday night by 36 to 34, earning the Turkey Valley conference championship. The win secures the title for Ossian in a closely fought matchup.

Ossian Ossian Girls Waucoma

39 Letters And Numerals Given To Cornell Men

Mount Vernon reports 39 Cornell athletes awarded letters and numerals by the college athletic board. Varsity basketball letterwinners include Howard Schneider Russell Lynch Jim Sprague Art Boettcher Jack Paul and seniors Leslie Bishop Harold Weed Jack Sainsbury juniors, plus Jim Bailey and Wallace Tripp sophomores. Freshmen earning numerals: Bob Anderson Bob Bailey Lloyd Bishop Don Fish Charles Hill John Hoie Dick Houden Dwayne Howard George Jares Don Wilson. Varsity wrestling letters went to John Klousia Jim Taylor seniors Russell Anderson Marc Daley Bill Lyman Gene Tornquist juniors Bob Birch Clarence Hosford and Quentin Joy sophomores Francis Gregory a sophomore awarded a numeral. Francis Baker also received a numeral.

Mount Vernon Cornell College Athletic Board Dick Barker Howard Schneider Russell Lynch Jim Sprague Art Boettcher Jack Paul Leslie Bishop Harold Weed Jack Sainsbury Jim Bailey Wallace Tripp Bob Anderson Bob Bailey Lloyd Bishop Don Fish Charles Hill John Hoie

Freshmen and upperclassmen named in roster fragment

The fragment lists freshmen Frank Preston Fred Bishop Walter Halopeck Eugene Juhrend Charles Voyce and Ted Stotler, a junior Lloyd Ellison, and sophomore Russell Whitford. Names indicate a mixed class roster segment for a college team or class grouping.

Frank Preston Fred Bishop Walter Halopeck Eugene Juhrend Charles Voyce Ted Stotler Lloyd Ellison Russell Whitford

Play Finals Tonight In Gold Tournament

The C. R. Electric Supply Co. and the Pick-Ups will decide the junior Gold basketball tournament championship at the Y M C A tonight at 8. A consolation game for third place features Quaker Oats and Toddville at 7. Winners will be measured for jackets, runners up receive miniature silver basketballs, and the outstanding player earns a gold basketball medal chosen by judges for leadership ability and sportsmanship.

C. R. Electric Supply Co Y. M C.A Quaker Oats Toddville

Coe Freshmen Award Numerals For 1939 40 Basketball

Sergeant Francis Pugh, freshman coach, announced Friday that Coe College awarded numerals to its 1939 40 basketball recruits. David Connell of Elgin and Tl. Vernon are among the honorees.

Coe Sergt Francis Pugh David Connell Elgin Vernon

Roster of 12th Member Eligible at Semester End

The list includes Pilcher Elgin Siesseger Schneider Thom as Sebben Corbett Myers Teague Noble Zimmer and Myers among others. The twelfth member will not be eligible for consideration until the end of the first semester of next school year due to late entry.

Pilcher Elgin John Siesseger Clear Lake Robert Schneider Cedar Rapids William Thomas Chicago Frank Sebben Seymour William Corbett Ila Samuel Myers Columbus Junction Keith Teague Council Bluffs William Noble Oelwein Robert Zimmer Ida Grove

Elkader Hosts Amateur Boxing Eight Divisions Tonight

Elkader will host its first Golden Gloves amateur boxing event tonight featuring nine bouts in eight divisions. Trainers Cecil Chilson and promoters highlight local fighters from Elkader Decorah Waterloo Guttenberg and Gunder with several having prior Golden Gloves experience. The 118-pound bout pairs Ray Farrell of Elkader against Joe Pirillo of Decorah and continues with matchups across weight classes.

Fercial Elkader Golden Gloves Cecil Chilson Oclwein Waterloo Guttenberg Gunder Boys Ray Farrell Joe Pirillo Qelwain

Local wrestling bouts chart 135 to heavyweight classes

In a set of wrestling matchups Joe Noble meets Merl Shinneman and Clemens Loftsgard faces Bill German in 135. Other pairings include Bob Meyer versus Ray Dickinson in 147 and Jack Meyer against Herman Gusse in 160. 175 sees Art Latta vs Ed Farrell with Merlin Ball awaiting opponent. heavyweights pair John Ehrhardt and Bill William. Whitey Freeman meets an Oelwein opponent in paperweight. Guy Hughes next. judges are Mayor Davidson and Coach Shroyer with Dr Knutson timekeeper. The article also notes industrial water use at 4 billion gallons daily, four times New York City’s.

Joe Noble Merl Shinneman Oelwein Clemens Loftsgard Gunder Bill German Waterloo Bob Meyer Ray Dickinson Jack Meyer Elkader Herman Gusse Merlin Ball Ed Farrell Art Latta Guttenberg John Ehrhardt Bill William Lloyd ‘Whitey

Attorney Suspended by Three Judges in Des Moines

Three district judges suspended Des Moines attorney Charles P Howard for one year after the Polk County Bar grievance committee accused him of taking money for legal or other services without accounting for it. The notice mentions lead poisoning from swale lowing shotgun pellets as a common ailment among wild ducks.

DES Moines INS Charles P Howsard Howard Polk County Bar Association

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