Raiders Booster Drive Ready To Push 6000 Tickets
Cedar Rapids campaign head Rockey Newton announced the booster drive will begin Monday March 31 with a reformed eighty man unit across two leagues. The plan includes a kickoff dinner March 31 at the Montrose hotel and a victory dinner a week later. The drive focuses on selling 6000 one dollar tickets to fund spring training, uniforms, and league dues for Cedar Rapids baseball's Three-Eye League team.
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Rockey Newton
Newton
Montrose
Judge Landis
Neil Montgomery
John W. Beck
Cedar Rapids
Bob Vesely
Vesely
National League
Byron Anderson
Dick Jones
Bill Glassgow
Lee Winterberg
Hillis Hauser
Barney Morrison
M. B. Loomis
Reuben Smith
Mother Hubbard
Hill Park
Y M and Y W Plan City Badminton Tournament
A joint committee of the YWCA and YMCA announces the third annual city badminton tournament to be held in the second week of April. The committee, led by Dorothy Svee, includes Hugh DeWees, Bob Moody, John Palmer, Christine Bjornsen, Leona Serbousek, Gurney Day, and Mari Helen Williams. New this year are advanced and beginners events with entrant classification. Entry blanks available at the YWCA or YMCA.
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Dorothy Svee
Hugh DeWees
Bob Moody
John Palmer
Christine Bjornsen
Leona Serbousek
Gurney Day
Mari Helen Williams
Y.W.C.A
Y.M.C.A
Cedar Rapids Y M C A Tops Marshalltown in Swimming Meet
Cedar Rapids Y M C A edging Marshalltown 47 to 28 as Cedar Rapids swept a majority of events. Ken neth Marsh set a junior B state record in the 40 yard freestyle 19.1 seconds. George Henry beat Bill Boswell in the 100 yard backstroke. Dave Brockway won the diving title.
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Marshalltown
Cedar Rapids
Kenneth Marsh
Mikas
George Georges
Hager
Brockway
Boswell
Langland
Eliott
Rompet
Henry
Howland
Marsh
Georges
Elliott
Stevenson
Chown DA
Drake
Hank Greenberg faces medical review on foot condition
Detroit report says Hank Greenberg may be sent to a medical advisory board to decide if his flat feet bar him from military service. Floyd Smith, draft board member, says deferment may be warranted due to public interest. Greenberg could be examined on return with the team in April and induction not delayed if found fit.
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Detroit
INS
Hank Greenberg
Baseball Player
Greenberg
Hank
Floyd Smith
Ray Blackwell
Berkley American Legion
Legion
Smith
Detroit Talk Centers on Hank's Feet and Timing
In Detroit chatter, the focus is on Hank and the timing of his chance, with conversations circling the question of when his number will be up. The remark suggests anticipation of a decisive moment for Hank.
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Detroit
Hank
Globe Trotters to Face Sioux Travelers at Coe Gym
The Original Famous Globe Trotters return March 28 at Coe fieldhouse to meet the Sioux Travelers Indians from Rosebud Reservation South Dakota. The Indians boast nine-year teamwork and a 90 win 8 loss record with lineup Speck Blacksmith Sambo Sitting Bull Homer Moran Doc Brave Bird Chris Yellow Roche. The Trotters hold 127 victories and five defeats with four losses by one or two points.
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Globe Trotters
Coe Fieldhouse
Sioux Travelers Indians
Rosebud Reservation
St. Francis
South Dakota
Trotters
YMCA
Redskins
Michigan
Illinois
Minnesota
Nebraska
Montana
North Dakota
Indians
Speck Blacksmith
Sambo Sitting Bull
Homer Moran
Doc Brave Bird
Chris Yellow Roche
New World Triumphs Highlighted as Discovery’s Fine Son
New York notes New World, a two year old in 1940, as a promising progeny of Discovery. He captured three races, placed twice more, with only one non money finish. Major wins include Grand Union Stakes and Maryland Futurity.
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New York
NEA
New World
Discovery
Maryland
Conservation supper highlights Cedar Rapids area efforts
About fifteen sportsmen attended a Buchanan County Wildlife group supper in Independence on March 13, drawing roughly 500 attendees. Highlights included Charles Jones’s leadership, a report stocking 52,000 game fish in Buchanan County, and plans for a Palisades dam parking area for 150 to 200 cars. The Linn County Fish and Game club plans a March 21 showing of The Heritage We Guard, and the 1940 fisheries department report summarizes Iowa’s five fisheries districts and past lectures on soil and water conservation.
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Cedar Rapids
Buchanan County Wildlife Group
Independence
Charlie Jones
Jones Boys
Spark Plugs
Buchanan County
Iowa
Clear Water
Fred Payneer
Palisades
Loufek
Solon CCC
Linn County Fish and Game Club
Soil Conservation Service
Fisheries Department
E. B Speaker
Phelan era boxing boss recalls license fights and double talk
A reminiscence on General John J. Phelan as New York boxing chief recalls his license veto of a Dempsey title fight, his 1937 push toward Schmeling Louis clash, and his iron-handed style. Anecdotes spotlight Phelan's temper, speech, and influence on early sport politics.
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John J. Phelan
New York Boxing Commission
Phelan
James A Farley
Jack Dempsey
Manassa Mauler
Harry Wills
Philadelphia
Chicago
James J. Braddock
Max Schmeling
Braddock
Schmeling
Joe Louis
Madison Square Garden Corporation
Germany
Garden Bowl
Measles Delay Stalls Elk Hart YMCA Swim Meet
Elkhart Indiana AP report notes Jim Warrick coach of a South Bend team postponed a meet with the Elk Hart YMCA squad for a week due to measles. On Friday he postponed again indefinitely saying the other half of his squad has the illness.
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Elkhart
Ind
Jim Warrick
South Bend
Elkhart Y.M.C.A
City Bowling Meet Faces March Start At Lincoln Alleys
The annual city bowling tournament opens March 29 at Lincoln Alleys and runs weekends through April 20. Entries close March 22 with Secretary Frank Stanck. Four classes for teams A to D set entry fees from 8 to 10.50 and bowling included. Doubles and singles fees and guidelines detailed. champions from last year expected but not assured.
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Lincoln Alleys
Frank Stanck
Stanek
Three Teams Enter YMCA Younger Boys Gold Basketball Tourney
Three teams I. C. Juniors Marion Presbyterian and Pepsi Cola have entered the Younger Boys Gold Basketball tournament at the YMCA. Open to city teams with players not over 14 as of Jan 1. Entry fee 1.50 per team. Play starts next Friday with prizes for first second and third.
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I. C. Juniors
Marion Presbyterian
Pepsi-Cola
Gazette's All City Team Names Nine Men
The Gazette features a nine man All City basketball squad selected from local seniors including players from Immaculate Conception McKinley Roosevelt St Wenceslaus Wilson and Wilson. Standouts like Sample Harger Tyvrdik Thomson and Schwinn headline the lineup with several other top scorers noted.
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Theron Thomson
Immaculate Conception
Wilbur Gregor
McKinley
Pete Schwinn
Franklin
Emory Sample
Roosevelt
Vernon Harger
Bob Tvyrdik
Wilson
Bob Wilson
Dick Taylor
St. Wenceslaus
Carol Thenhaus
Chuck Zobl
Mike Bisch
Bill Folkers
Gene Dorsey
Mississippi Valley
Taylor
Thomson
Gazette
Sample
Thenhaus
Harger
Tyvrdik
Thomsen
Gregor
Schwinn
Schwinn Sample
Lke Wilson
Tajlol1
Marengo Girl Sets Free Throw Record at Tourney
Dorothy Brown of Marengo set a new free throw record by sinking 24 of 24 in the final competition during the girls state high school basketball tournament. Marvel Halverson of Ledyard was runner up with 21 of 25. Brown previously led prelims by making all 15 qualifiers, and only one miss in the final 10 shots.
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Des Moines
Dorothy Brown
Marengo
Miss Brown
Marvel Halverson
Ledyard
Mildred Smith
Hillsboro
Maxine Arbogast
Numa
Marjorie Olson
Leland
Margaret Macomber
Olin
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