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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 17, 1938

Page

7

Kohawks Enter Armour Relays With Seven Track Men

Coe College track squad prepares for the Armour relays in Chicago the oldest indoor invitational meet. Seven runners under Coach Forest Rutgers will compete in six college events and the high jump at the Chicago University Fieldhouse. Elsinger Wedgbury and Ralston lead sprints and hurdles while Lowell Wedgbury enters the 440. The mile relay features Moore Zimmerman Wedgbury and Lowell Wedgbury. the medley includes Lowell Wedgbury Elslager Wedgbury and Moore.

Chicago Forest Rutgers Chicago University Vernon Elsinger Harley Wedgbury Lowell Wedgbury Dwight Harley Charles Ralston Harley Moore Gordon Zimmerman Nenank Hief COE College Juss Naperville Rutgers Armour Elsinger Harley Ralston Elslager Larley Wedgbury Moore Kohawks Grinnell Iowa State Teachers College

Plan Tavo New Cars To Seek Speed Record

Indianapolis based Al Jenkins announces two new speed cars to chase records on the Bonneville salt flats this summer. Under Augie Dusenberg, one short distance car may be the fastest ever built, powered by Curtis-Wright airplane motors delivering 3,000 to 4,000 horsepower. The endurance car will be lighter with a single motor and no multi drive, aiming to improve Jenkins own long distance marks.

Indianapolis Ind al Jenkins Salt Bonneville Utah Jenkins Augie Dusenberg George KE. T. Eyerton

Cornell Mat Squad Set for Nebraska Dual Meet

Mount Vernon Cornell will face Nebraska in Lincoln to close the dual wrestling season. Despite two absences Jim Watson and Tike Miller, Cornell on 155 returnee Bumper Cole boosts a lineup with Crumbaugh 118 Murray 126 Taylor 165 Mickey heavyweight and either Watson or Bell at 175 with Brand at 135 or 145 and Knight Klousia or Stotler at the other weight.

Gazette Mount Vernon Cornell Grapplers U of Nebraska Lincoln Cornell Dick Barker Nebraska Cornhuskers Jim Watson Tike Miller Bumper Cole Minnesota Barker Bob Crumbaugh Bob Murray Jim Taylor Ed Mickey Bill Watson Bill Bell Dale Brand Brand Miles Knight John Klousia Don Stotler Klousia Stotler

Pairings Set for YMCA Church League Basketball Tournament

The YMCA Church League announces pairings for the Senior and Comrade divisions. First and second round games begin next week at the YMCA floor and local high school gyms. Semi finals occur March 28 at the YMCA and finals March 31.

Franklin, Roosevelt, and McKinley High School Central Park Church of Brethren Community House Bre Marion Presbyterian Second Evangelion Saron Lutheran Fairfax ME Sinclair Memorial Westminster Presbyterian United Presbyterian Calvary Baptist Cassan Presbyteraan First Christian Trinity Methodist Comrade St. Paul's M. EB Bethel A M. E First Evangelical It All Stars First Reformed Trinity Methodist Mount Zion Comets Oliver Presbyterian Trinity Lutheran Kenwood Presbyterian

Two Colorado Stars Show Shift of Times

Colorado stars Dutch Clark and Whizzer White illustrate changing gridiron times. Clark negotiates a $7500 playing coach role with the Detroit Lions while White weighs a $15000 one season deal with Pittsburgh, possibly pausing Rhodes study at Oxford.

Colorado Denver Earl Harry Dutch” Clark Byron Raymond Pittsburgh Rhodes Oxford Clark Colorado University Pueblo Dutchman Detroit Vernon Huffman Indiana Boulder C. U White Harvard Bunny Oakes Red Grange Bunny Ilinois

Coe looks to track season as McKinley recovery could decide

A quiet post basketball period shifts prep and college athletes to track and baseball as weather allows. Coe College aims for Armour Relays in Chicago with seven men, but McKinley’s ankle injury threatens their points haul and overall prospects. Mississippi Valley indoor meet in Iowa City on March 26 leads to outdoor developments and the city relay and championship meets, shaping the spring track schedule.

Coc Forest Rutgers Bill Davis Chicago University of Chicago Coe Bob McKinley Bob McWinley McKinley Iowa City

Lighters Reach Semi-Finals With Quarterfinal Win

Cedar Rapids Lighters defeated Yarmouth 29 to 24 in Muscatine to advance to a semifinal against Fort Madison. The halftime 19-4 Cedar Rapid lead grew as they held Yarmouth to a single point in the second quarter and maintained the margin through the final half.

Muscatine Yarmouth Cedar Rapids

Red Grange Recovering From Second Bladder Operation

Chicago ex football star Harold Grange is recovering at West Suburban Hospital from the second operation to treat a bladder ailment linked to an old gridiron injury.

Chicago Sns Harold “Red” Grange Illinois U

Iowa Freshmen Swim Team Defeats Illinois 49 to 26

Des Moines report says the University of Iowa freshman swimming team beat Illinois 49 to 26 in a postal meet. Times in each event were exchanged by winners.

DES Moines INS University of Iown University of Illinois

Four Iowa City high schools enter indoor track meet

Cedar Rapids Franklin Roosevelt McKinley and Wilson will join 37 schools for the 17th annual state indoor track meet at the University of Iowa on April 2. About 500 athletes are expected for 14 events with preliminaries in the afternoon and finals in the evening. Francis Cretzmeyer will pace both Hawkeye meets as starter.

Coe Ilinois Iowa City Cedar Rapids Franklin Roosevelt McKinley Wilson University of Iowa George Bresnahan Bresnahan East Des Moines Clinton Hawkeye Little Six Mississippi Valley Francis Cretzmeyer Newton Vinton Willisea Garner Keota Thomas Jefferson Council Bluffs Valley West Des Moines Grinnell Fairfield Oskaloosa Fort Madison Oelwein Britt Davenport Winterset New London Dubuque West Liberty Brighton Des Moines East Waterloo West Chester Washington Mechanicsville Jyons Storm Lake Mount Pleasant Monticello Carroll Lincoln North

Adam Vogel named gym captain of Iowa team

Iowa University announces Milwaukee sophomore Adam Vogel as captain of the Hawkeyes gymnastics squad. Vogel excels on side horse rings and bars and succeeds Eugene Wettstone as all around star, despite a shoulder injury delaying him in two late contests. Iowa finished second to Minnesota in a triangular meet, and dropped two conference duals while placing fourth in the league championships.

Iowa City Adam Vogel Milwaukee Wis University of Iowa Albert Baumgartner Vogel Eugene Wettstone Des Moines Hawkeyes Wettstone Iowa Minnesota Gophers Nebraska

Biography ready if Little and McLemore win golf tournament

In St Augustine Florida a $3 000 golf tournament opens with attached biographies of William Lawson Little and Jenny McLemore. Little, a San Francisco amateur-turned-pro, has won British and U S amateur titles and the Canadian Open. McLemore of Macon Georgia is noted for distance faults and odd quirks.

ST. Augustine Fla Lawson Little Henry McLemore William Lawson Little San Francisco U. S Jenny McLemore Macon Jimmy Thomson McLemore Minneapolis Pinehurst Francis Ouimet Pant Ouimet Maureen Orcutt Maureen

Dizzy Dean Remains Confined To Bed In St Petersburg

AP reports Dizzy Dean, St Louis Cardinals pitcher, remains in bed in St Petersburg Florida after a cold develops into a sinus infection. He says nothing is wrong with him, but doctors order continued rest for another day as he protests.

St, Petersburg Fla Dizzy Dean St. Louis

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