Packers Win Gold Ball Final In Rough Victory
Wilsons beat Kaderas 38 to 32 in the Gold Ball final as Zobl Sample and Len Novak helped build a 20 to 13 halftime lead. Lehr led Kadera's with 12. Pruess scored 14 to pace Mechanicsville in overtime as they defeated Solon 43 to 41 for the consolation title. John Kitch of Windsor's was named outstanding player and Gurrey Day awarded sportsmanship.
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Packers
Kadera’s
Bob Tourdik
Iowa City
Wilson
Kadera
George Gable
Chuck Zobl
Emory Sample
Len Novak
Sample
Zobl
Frank Stastny
Kennedy
Lehr
Herwig
Iowa Citians
LaVerne Pruess
Mechanicsville Maroons
Solon
Maroons
Mechanicsville
Upmeyer
Pruess
Zenisek
B. Jackson
Husky
John Kitch
Windsor’s
Gurney Day
Kitch
Cedar Rapids
Quaker Oats
Chicago
South Siders
Draker
Collins
Hendryx
Howard
Tow
Norway
Shedek
Fisher
la Plants
Kruchenberger
Keystone
L. Novak
Wilson’s
Kitch and Quinn
Boyer
Shellsburg
Wilson's
Twig
Es Lemons
Stastny Howard
Nova
Gable
Telske
M.jackson
Zenisek L.pruess
Stahie
J Roushek
B.jackson
H.kroul
Y.M.C.A
Vernon Elslager
Bob Feuerbach
Dick Novak
Bob Wilson
Windsor Tavern
Skip Herwig
Aldrich Drahos
Iowa Manufacturing
Benny Stephens
Collins Radio
Jack Shay
Stephens
Novak
Stastny
Feuerbach
Drahos
Shay
Elslager
Notre Dame Announces Nine Game Schedule With USC
Notre Dame sets a nine game 1959 schedule including Southern California. Athletic director Frank Leahy released the plan detailing the 58th Irish season with a strong historical record. The list includes Illinois at Champaign and other marked opponents amid a disrupted listing.
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South Bend
Ind
Notre Dame
Southern California
Frank Leahy
Illinois
Champaign
Titteburgh
Fg SA
New York
New Orleans
Distinguished Company on Beloit All Opponents Team
Beloit named an all opponents basketball team led by George Mikan DePaul at center while Wilbur Gregor of Coe was moved to guard. Jack Cawood Western Michigan Kenny Merritt Hamline and Jack Allen DePaul joined the five man unit. Gregor's style and speed stand out amid a season of fouls.
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Roy McHugh
Wilbur Gregor
Army Air Force
Coe
Beloit
Gregor
George Mikan
DePaul
Blue Devils
Mikan
Jack Cawood
Western Michigan
Kenny Merritt
Hamline
Jack Allen
Cawood
Merritt
Allen
Iowa
Chicago
Hawks
Waverly
Cascade
Jack McNally
Clair
Star Pilot
Maine Chance Farm
Bill Dickey
New York
Mikan Turned Pro After Starling DePaul Cage Career
Joliet high school standout George Mikan signed a five year $60 000 contract with the Chicago American Gears making him the highest paid player in pro basketball at 22 He averaged 23 plus points per game this season led De Paul to strong showings and earned Helms foundation All American honors He will play his first Gear game Tuesday in Chicago and later headline the world championship tourney starting March 23 in Chicago Stadium
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Davenport Hi School
St. Louis
Fred Buck
Roosevelt High
Davenport
Jimmy Jordan
Chicago
George Mikan
Joliet
Ill
DePaul University Law
Chicago American Gears
National Basketball League
de Paul
Big Mike
DePaul
Helms Foundation
Los Angeles
Gears
Anderson
Ind
Chiefs
de Paul University
Dick Tri
Bobby Ney
Stan Szuk
Chicago Stadium
14 Pro Teams to Play For World Cage Title
The 14 team field for the world championship professional basketball tournament opens at Chicago Stadium March 23. First round matchups will be drawn later. Teams listed include Anderson Chiefs Detroit Mansfields Dayton Bombers Oshkosh All-Stars Fort Wayne Zolmers Sheboygan Redskins Midland Dows Baltimore Bullets Indianapolis Kautskys New York Rens Chicago American Gears Cleveland Allmen Pittsburgh Raiders and Youngstown Bears. Fort Wayne is the defending champion.
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Chicago
Chicago Stadium
Anderson
Ind
Chiefs
Detroit Mansfields
Dayton
Ohio
Bombers
Oshkosh
Wis
Fort Wayne
Zolmers
Sheboygan
Redskins
Midland
Mich
Big Ten Faculty Men Meet Today
Chicago AP report says Big Ten faculty representatives will gather in Tug Wilsons office to discuss the revised athletic code adopted last December. They will also act on Chicago Universitys resignation and study a successor at Champaign Illinois, May 30 31.
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Chicago
Big Ten
K. L
Tug” Wilson
Chicago University
Champaign
Ill
Y Cage Team Selected For Waterloo Tourney
Cedar Rapids joins the YMCA basketball roster for the Waterloo tournament on March 22 and 23 with players listed as Ben Stephens and Frank Stastny among the team.
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Waterloo
Cedar Rapids
Ben Stephens
Frank Stastny
Mercy Hospital Nurses Meet Mt Mercy Alumnae In Rematch
Mercy Hospital Nurses and Mt Mercy junior college Alumnae prepare to meet for the second time in the Mercy basketball league this Thursday at 8 15 pm on the YWCA floor. In last week’s game the Nurses beat Mt Mercy varsity 43 to 11 with Heiring scoring 11 and Shoemaker 5 for the losers.
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Mercy Hospital
Mt. Mercy Junior College
Mercy
Y.W.C.A
Mt. Mercy
Heiring
Shoemaker
Iowa Places Second In Triangular Meet
Indiana won six firsts and tied for another to defeat Iowa 65 to 44 in an indoor triangular track meet at the University of Chicago fieldhouse. Chicago finished third with 14 points.
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Chicago
Indiana
Iowa
University of Chicago
Wevard Bisa
Mitchell
Meeeene
Iee
Johnson
Owa
Sorte
Rernee
Davis
Lewis
Iows
Adams
Ethene
Ana
Wilison
Lippon Ban Triumphs In Lincoln State Title Game
Unde feated Lippon Ban captured the Class A state basketball championship by edging Omaha Benson 36 to 30 in Lincoln Nebraska.
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Lincoln
Neb
Omaha Benson
Segura Captures Indoor Tennis Title In New York
Francisco Pancho Segura of Guayaquil Ecuador won the United States indoor singles championship at the Seventh Regiment Armory defeating Don McNeill of Orange New Jersey 1-6 6-3 6-4 7-5. McNeill and Frank Guernsey later beat Segura and Alejo Russell to salvage the doubles title for the United States.
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New York
Francisco
Pancho) Segura
Guayaquil
Ecuador
United States
Don McNeill
Orange
N. J
Seventh Regiment Armory
U. S
McNeill
Segura
Frank Guernsey
Garden City
N. Y
Oklahoma City
Alejo Russell
Buenos Aires
Champaign Wins Illinois Prep Final 54 to 48
Champaign high school captured the 1946 Illinois tournament title by beating Centralia 54 48 in Champaign. Earlier Champaign edged East Rockford 53 47 in the semifinals while Centralia narrowly defeated Dundee 45 44.
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Champaign
Illinois
Champaign, Ill
Champaign High School
Centralia
East Rockford
Dundee
Sixty Four AAU Teams Open National Tourney in Denver
In Denver 64 top college age teams begin a week long national AAU basketball tournament. Pre tournament favorite Phillips 66 Oilers of Bartlesville Oklahoma are defending champions. Twelve Monday and twelve Tuesday games reduce the field to 16 for Wednesday with the title game set for Saturday night.
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Denver
Phillips “66” Oilers
Bartlesville
Okla
Roster of sports gossip and idle chatter from a busy era
Fragmented column notes on wrist watches at a bureau, celebrity reads, and sports chatter. Mentions Claude Buddy Young returning to Illinois, Buddy Young and the UCLA link, Bill Zuber, Skeeter Webb, Johnny Vander Meer, and others. References M-1 league opening day, Iowa basketball, and various pro teams with a light, humorous tone.
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Champaign
Claude
Buddy” Young
Illlnois U
Los Angeles
Bill Robinson
Buddy
UCLA
Iowa Manufacturing
Anamosa
LaPlant-Choate
Fruehauf
George O’brien
Florida
Skeeter Webb
Detroit
Bill Zuber
Amana
Yankees
O’brien
Bob Stastny
Iowa U.ace
Jimmy Conzelman
Chicago Cards
Pat Harder
Paul Christman
Jimmy Reynolds
Track Ace Here Saturday at Coe
Gil Dodds holder of the world indoor mile record at 4 06.4 is slated to speak in Cedar Rapids next Saturday. He will appear at 730 p m in Sinclair Memorial chapel at Coe campus the meeting is open to the public with no admission charge. Dodds won the Sullivan trophy in 1943 and later retired in January 1945 to preach the gospel and has since worked with Youth for Christ International in the United States and Canada.
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Gil Dodds
Cedar Rapids
Youth For Christ Movement
Dodds
Sinclair Memorial Chapel
Coe
Sullivan
Jack Ryder
Boston
United States
Canada
Youth For Christ International
Snead Fires 66 To Lead Jacksonville Open
Sam Snead shot six under par 66 to extend his lead to six strokes at the halfway point of the Jacksonville Open. He opened in 31 and closed in 35 for a 36-hole total of 130, with Henry Picard in second at 136 and Lawson Little and Pete Cooper tied at 138.
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Jacksonville
Fila
Sam Snead
Hot Springs
Henry Picard
Oklahoma City
Lawson Little
Monterey
Calif
Pete Cooper
Gainesville
Fla
Eddie Miller Best Fielder Says Whitney
The article profiles Eddie Miller of the Cincinnati Reds as a top defensive shortstop cited by peers like Leo Durocher and Joe Cronin. It praises his smooth, reliable fielding, notes his 13 errors and .983 fielding average in 1942, and suggests he could be highly valued if he could hit for more power.
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Tampa
Fla
Eddie Miller
Cincinnati Reds
Bill McKechnie
Leo Durocher
Brooklyn Dodgers
Peewee Reese
Miller
Phil Rizzuto
Marty Marion
Mr. Sharpstop
Marion
Detroiters Lead Doubles Charge in ABC Bowling
Detroit pair Harry Starbuck and Andy Lychalk surged to the doubles lead at ABC Bowling with a 1245 set. Starbuck’s scores were 202 233 218 and Lychalk posted 178 222 192 for 592. Meyer Larsen of Morgan New Jersey led singles with 674 as over 1,000 out-of-town players converged for the weekend event.
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Buffalo
N. Y
INS
Harry Starbuck
Andy Lychalk
Detroit
Starbuck
Lychalk
Meyer Larsen
Morgan
N. J
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the Conservation Commission
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GI Gazette
Johnny Vander Meer
Cincinnati
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Emil Leonard
St. Louis Browns
Vernon Stephens
Max Morris
Northwestern U Grid
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Frank Menke
Churchill Downs
Santa Anita
City High
American Bowling Congress
ABC
Sparky Mallarky
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Ray Fisher
Michigan
Standard
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