Red Peppers Forecasts Pennant Races and Budgets
Eastern Iowa notes cover Willie Wilfong parole turnaround and Cubs farm stint, Waterloo baseball plans for a Three Eye league season with priced bleachers and 60 cent seats. It also surveys Phillies and Red Sox spending, with Tommy Troy’s NL and AL predictions and a Notre Dame game ticket contest for Iowa readers.
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Iowa
Anamosa Reformatory
Willie Wilfong
Cubs
Wilfong
California
Los Angeles
Willie
Waterloo
Nanks
Notre Dame
Towa City
Red Peppers
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids
Tfere
Red Sox
Ernie Pyle Jeep Feature At Cage Meet In Iowa
Iowa City report on high school cage tournament opening round. Waverly, Wiota, Danbury, Clinton, Ames, Harlan, LeMars and others compete for 1946 class B state title with notable players and coaches, including Rob Armstrong and Phyllis’s relation, amid crowd excitement and autograph seeking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dottie Ireland
Iowa City
Waverly
Wiota
Matt Brandes
Go-Hawks
Franklin
Cedar Rapids
J. J. O’conner
Iowa
Bob Armstrong
Little Giants
Phyllis
Wlota
Harlan High School
Ernie Pyle
Africa
Dunkerton
Melrose
Diagonal
Danbury
Maroons
Clinton
Roaring River Kings
Ames
River Kings
Harlan
LeMars
Roger Davey
Crawfordsville
Davey
Schuyler
Veterans Fives Lead In Cage Meet Quarterfinals
The National AAU basketball tournament moved into the quarterfinals with eight teams. Pacific Fleet Marines from Honolulu fell to Phillips Lee Tires of Bartlesville 55 to 51 in overtime, while Bartlesville's Phillips club and Alpine Dairy of Seattle advanced with solid wins.
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Denver
INS
A.A.U
American Basketball League
Phillips
Marines
Alpine Dairy
Seattle
Phillips Club
Casper
Wyo
Oil Toolers
Pacific Fleet Marines
Honolulu
Andy Phillip
Wlineis U
Phillips Lee Tires
Bartlesville
Oklahoma
Lee Tire
Phillips Oilers
Team Draws Denver Ambrose in Thursday Contest
The team selects Denver Ambrose as Thursday opponent after Denver’s 68 to 44 rout of Los Angeles Cliftons. The win shows Denver’s smooth coordination amid a season of tough league games with San Diego Dons, San Francisco Cardis, Hollywood 20th Century Fox, and Salt Lake City Deseret Simplots.
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Denver Ambrose
Denver
Cliftons
Los Angeles
San Diego Dons
San Francisco Cardis
Hollywood 20Th Century-Fox
Salt Lake City Deseret Simplots
Iowa State College Announces 16 Game Baseball Schedule
Iowa State College will play a 16 game baseball schedule in 1946 including ten Big Six conference games. The slate lists matches against Oklahoma Nebraska Kansas State Missouri and others with dates and sites, noting one conference caveat regarding Kansas.
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Iowa State College
Ames
Kanesas
Five Track Meets on Schedule for Grinnell
Grinnell college lists five track meets in April and May including April 20 Town State Teachers relays at Cedar Falls April 26 27 Drake relays at Des Moines May 11 Coe at Grinnell May 25 Triangular meet at Cedar Rapids with Coe Cornell and Grinnell plus the 87th annual interscholastic meet in Grinnell on May 4 with over twenty Iowa high schools expected to send teams
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Grinnell
Grinnell College
Town
Cedar Falls
Drake
Des Moines
Coe
Ney
Cedar Rapids
Coe-Cornell-Grinnell
Iowa
Two Elkader Players Named to All-Star Loop
West Union coaches in the Upper Iowa conference named the first and second all-star basketball teams for the season just closed. First team includes Patridge Maynard Dittmer Elkader Ludeman Drahn Schulz Postville. Second team lists Fosums Smith Ruechert Marston Lechner. Honorable mentions include Rose Krebs Johnson Buenneke Walker Bandow Williams Livingood.
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West Union
Upper Iowa
Patridge
Maynard
Dittmer
Elkader
Ludeman
Waukon
Drahn
Blkader
Schulz
Postville
Fos
Sum
Smith
Fayette
Ruechert
Center
Marston
Lechner
Sumner
Rose
Krebs
Elka
Morningstar Leads Atomics to Narrow Win Over Collins Radio
Laverne Morningstar scored 13 points Wednesday at the Y M C A to lift the YMB Atomics to a 30 to 24 victory over Collins Radio in the Old Timers league. The Atomics sit in second place and can tie for first by beating their brother YMB TNTs next Thursday night.
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Laverne Morningstar
Y.M.C.A
YMB Atomics
Collins Radio
Atomics
YMB Tnt
Oklahoma Aggies Favored In West Regional Tourney
Oklahoma A&M led by Coach Hank Iba arrives in Kansas City for workouts before the Western regional games at Municipal Auditorium. The field includes California Colorado Baylor with top seed status due to 7 foot Bob Kurland as local bookmakers list the Aggies as odds-on favorites to reach New York.
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Kansas City
N.C.A
T0 Wade
New York
Irish May Resume Grid Warfare with Nebraska
Notre Dame Athletic Director Frank Leahy asked the faculty board to resume football relations with Nebraska after severing ties in 1925. He is arranging schedules for 1947 and 1948 and recommended Nebraska be included.
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South Bend
Ind
Gup
Notre Dame
University ‘of Nebraska
Frank Leahy
Trish
Cornhuskers
Leahy
Nebraska
Butternut Bakers Junior Legion Seeks Players for Roosevlt Practice
Manager Russ Schamberger invites all Roosevelt High School district boys to open practice Saturday at 3 PM on the Roosevelt skating rink area. Eligible players are urged to report for the session.
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Russ Schamberger
Butternut Bakers
Junior Legion
Roosevelt Skating Rink
Roosevelt High
Exhibition baseball scores amid cold conditions
Washington A defeated Brooklyn N 13 to 1 in a tie innings stoppage. Philadelphia N and Baltimore A tied 4 to 4. Detroit A beat Buffalo 8 to 5. Boston N beat Philadelphia A and Cleveland A 10 to 8. New York A defeated Bradenton squad 13 to 10 in 10 innings. Cincinnati N edged 3 13 in 10 innings.
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Tommy Troy
Phillies
Tommy
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Chicago
New York
Boston
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Detroit
Cleveland
Washington
Jimmy Dykes
White Sox
Baltimore
Boston Basie
Buffalo
Bradenton
Local Retail Directory of Ames Businesses Listed
A compact listing of shops and stores in Ames including Armstrongs Abram s Furniture Al s Furniture Ames Apparel Baker s Shoe Baldridge Studio Barker Shoe Cedar Rapids Hardware Clark s Cotton Shop Dixie Shops Dolly Dee Hat Eton Jewelry Family Shoe Garmoe Jewelry Gift Land Liggetts Drug Lober s Shoe Morgan Bros Bicycles Neisner s Co Three Sisters.
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Met Sport
Philadelphia Phils
Tom Yawkey
Boston Red Sox
Jimmy Foxx
Joe Cronin
Lefty Grove
Ted Williams
Bobby Doerr
Jim Tabor
Boston Millionaire
Carpenters
Phils
duPont
Bob Carpenter
Phillie
Yawkey
Boston Braves
Jeep
Cage
le Mars
Livermore
Bulldogs
Cyclones
Little Cyclones
Montour
Lansing
Cardinals
Harold Burshton
Preston
Sioux City
Danbury-Crawfordsville
Dick Reicks
Viota
City High
Jona
Otto Vogel
Hawk
Marshalltown
Carey
Dark Horse
R. T. Moore Agency
Guaranty Building
Sioux City Ave
MSU
Gazette
Jims
Jim van Duesen
Jim Protsman
AAU
Riff Pri
Cedoree
Norman
Jamesota
Morningstar
YMB Atomics Annex
Collins
Vernon Lawrence
Feweil
Harrison
Platte
Lowdere
Popek
Gabby
Oklahoma Aggies
Butternut
Armstrong
Abram’s Furniture
Big Shoe Store
Boyson Jewelry Co
Smulekoff Furniture Store
S.S. Kresge Co
Montgomery Ward & Co
Cartwright Decorating Store
Higbee
Al’s Furniture
Me Too Food Store
Ames Apparel, Inc
Baker’s Shoe Store
Hughes
Jack
Baldridge Studio
Barker Shoe Store
Hardware Store
K & M Pharmacy
Kaybee Store, Inc
Katz Jewelry & Loans
Clark’s, Inc
Dixie Shops
Kinney’s Shoe Store
Klinger Paint Co
Dolly Dee Hat Shop
Krall Shoe Co
Eton Jewelry
Kratchmer Furniture Co
Family Shoe Store
Garmoe Jewelry Gift Land
Ginsberg’s
Jewel Box
Greenberg, Furrier Hall
Bicylee Co
Hat Land
Krebs Flower Shop
Rubias Hardware Co
John E. Lapes
Leibsohn Furniture Co
Liggetts Drug Store
Lober’s Shoe Store
Hat & Shirt Shop
Holly, Shop Home Specialty Store
Morgan Bros. Bicycles
Neisner Bros. Co
Neumade Hosiery Shop
McLellan Stores Co
Newman
Sears Roebuck & Co
J. C. Penney Co
Patsy
Paramount Prescription
People’s Furniture Co
Plastica Jewelers
R. M. Schaefer & Son
West Iowa Jewelry & Loan
Sutton’s Appliances & Paints
Star Jewelry Co
Toman
Tinker Shop
Woerderhoff
Wall’s Firestone Store
Yager’s Store
Wye Iver Fy
Canada
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