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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1952
Page
1
Davenport and coach Paul Moon steamrolled McKinley 80-32 as Carl Widseth scored 23 points. Keokuk topped Ottumwa 36-31, while Davenport pursues a 50th straight win over Iowa foes and its 10th state championship since 1912.
Keokuk improved to 23 2 on the season and 18 9 at halftime in a coaching led victory over Ottumwa. Center Bill Logan held to nine points by Tom Casady but earlier scored 32 in the substate win over Fairfield. Bob Williams stepped up with 11 points to help seal the win as Keokuk reached the final for the third straight year.
Sueppel Insurance of Iowa City defeated Iowa Manufacturing 61-49 to win the YMCA Gold Ball tournament in the Y gym Friday night. Cunningham scored 22 for Sueppel while Mel Collins led Iowa Manufacturing with 18. Rinderknecht and Cooper had 18 and 21 for Club Ced-Rel in the consolation over Towa Steel 61-57.
Tiny Danville with a 450 population faces Davenport the defending class A champion in the first round of the state finals at Iowa City. Davenport has won 46 straight Iowa contests and two straight state titles.
Drake announces twelve players earned varsity letters for the 1951 52 basketball season led by seniors six juniors two sophomores and a freshman. A Drake athletic director Jack McClelland confirmed the list includes Fred De Armond and other named players.
San Francisco report says Jay Bozeman of Vallejo defeated Herb Hardt of Chicago 50 to 44 in the world ton billiard tournament final rounds held Friday. Bozeman surged late to secure the victory amid a tense matchup in the event.
Dan Dowd of the New York Boxing Commission opened an investigation into the disqualification of welterweight Les ter Felton a television substitute at Madison Square Garden. Felton's purse about 4700 dollars was held up after Dusky Felton of Detroit was disqualified in the sixth round for holding and disobeying the referee. The boxing board seeks to learn why Felton repeatedly clinched and whether the promoters anticipated such a weak performance for a coast to coast telecast.
Substate match results list Ames defeating Newton 69 to 41 with Oarden scoring 47 in OT Chariton over A overtime 45. Glenwood 36 to Manning 28 in Atlantic Davenport 80 over McKinley 32 Keokuk 36 Ottumwa 31 Rolfe Spencer 41 Boone 38 Waterloo Dubuque 54 Mason City 53 Grundy Center 53 West Union 45.
Wrestling try-outs will be held at Iowa Teachers College from April 10 to 12 with entry blanks mailed to possible competitors. Coach Dave McCuskey said any amateur in the United States is eligible to enter, though most entrants will come from Iowa, South Dakota, and North Dakota.
Ken Reidenbach a 260 pound Drake tackle from Kenosha Wisconsin said Friday he has signed a professional football contract with the Chicago Bears. No terms were disclosed.
Grundy Center remained undefeated by defeating West Union 53 to 45 to reach the state tournament. Orville Allen scored 25 points while Delbert Kell added a fast-break basket to seal the comeback.
Iowa City reports Chuck Darling star center of the Hawkeyes will join Look magazine’s all American team on CBS Toast of the Town from New York City. Darling departs Iowa City Saturday at 2 05 p.m. and arrives in New York at 8 50 p.m. The one hour show begins at 7 p.m. Iowa time and includes Dick Groat Mark Workman Walter Dukes Rod Fletcher among other team members.
The Brooklyn Dodgers plan to send pitching veterans Preacher Roe Ralph Branca and Carl Erskine to the minor league base at Vero Beach next week. They will work with Montreal and St Paul clubs while manager Charley Dressen tests rookie hopefuls, stating the move is not a demotion but to give the veterans needed work and a clearer view of prospects.
Milwaukees Don Gehrmann pulled out of the Knights of Columbus indoor track mile in Cleveland citing his wifes illness. That leaves Fred Wilt as the principal challenger with Bill Mack also in contention for the win. Gehrmann had previously beaten Wilt in 16 of 21 meetings, though Wilt won their last two encounters. Mack, from Lansing, Mich., beat Gehrmann in their last meeting and holds the national indoor title.
In New Orleans a boxing match ended with Joe Benson winning by decision over Walter Haines after six rounds. The venue was the arena in New Orleans and the event was reported by The Associated Press.
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