Hed Peppers and Pro Golf Tips Highlight Williamsburg Visit
Jack Shields, new Cedar Rapids Country Club pro, urges practice and 100 yard targets over long drives during a Rotary talk. Williamsburg, a town of 1400, showcases strong schools, athletic facilities, and Virgil Von Ahsen, a standout student and athlete, as it plans for a future football basketball coach opening.
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Jack Shields
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Shield
Canson
Ellsworth Vines
Ben Hogan
Jimmie Demaret
Kentucky Wins 85 to 72 in NCAA Eastern Final
Duke of basketball Adolph Rupp frets over defense after Kentucky tops Villanova 85-72 at Madison Square Garden. Illinois edges Yale 71-67, with Illinois advancing to meet Oklahoma A&M in Seattle for the western regional final.
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Oscar Fraley
New York
Adolph ‘Rupp
Sidney Greenstreet
Wildcats
Illinois
Villanova
Madison Square Garden
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Wlini
Oklahoma A & M
Seattle
Wash
Wesleyan and Sanders Win In Girls AAU First Round
Two Iowa sextets advance in the 1949 national AAU women’s basketball tournament. Iowa Wesleyan downed Omaha Smith Mo 50 to 20 led by Helen Cortick and Marjorie Gast with 17 points apiece. Des Moines Sanders beat McAlester Kin 33 to 19 with Joey Crowell scoring 14. Davenport AIC and Des Moines AIB also won to reach the second round while Quaker Oats eliminated Gasoline Alley in consolation play.
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ST Joseph
Iowa
Helen Cortick
Keswick
Marjorie Gast
Iowa Wesleyan
Omaha Smith Motors
Des Moines Sanders Lassies
Joey Crowell
McAlester Kin
Davenport Aic
Des Moines Aib
Quaker Oats Girls
Cedar Rapids
Quaker Girls
Gasoline Alley
Marshalltown
Kansas City
Gold Medal Tourney Continues at Y M C A
The Gold Medal basketball tournament resumes at the Cedar Rapids YMC A with second round games and the start of third round play. Meridiths of Vernon face Happy Hour at 8 45 p.m. on Monday, with three more third round games Friday.
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LaVilant
Boate
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Meridiths
Vernon
Happy Hour
Cedar Rapids
YMC A
Sugar Offered Bout with Foster in Chicago This June
Promoters Irv Schoenwald and Jack Began offered Ray Robinson a 100000 guarantee to defend his welterweight title in a Chicago ball park this June. Robinson's schedule was unclear, with possible engagements against the Kid Gavilan or Marcel Cerdan for different titles under various promotional plans.
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Chicago
INS
Joe Louis- Wirtz-Norris International Boxing Club
Ray Robinson
Vince Foster
Irv Schoenwald
Jack
Robinson
Kid Gavilan-t Ke Williams
20Th Century Sporting Club
Marcel Cerdan
France
State Track Go Saturday For B Preps
Iowa City hosts the annual state indoor track and field meet for class B schools at the Iowa Fieldhouse. Entries limited to midweek, with 14 events and 312 points total. five places scored per event and two sections in the quarter and half mile. Notable marks include a 50 yard dash and mile relay records. Harlan last won the title in 1948.
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Francis Cretzmeyer
Iowa High School Athletic Association
Boone
Harlan
Dranoval
Cedar Rapids
Wilson
Darnell Winterset
van Cura
Dabner Fairfield
Deuel
Cherokee
Eee Tun
Castor Corsdon
Peterin
Higgins
Marion Nota Tun
Anderson
Atlantic
LeMare
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Cedar Hapids
Denison
McDonnell
Oelwein
Ata Peer School For
Council Bluffs
Phillis
Top Ring Talent In CA Wednesday
A major Golden Gloves and A A U boxing card highlights Memorial Coliseum Armory on Wednesday night featuring top amateur talent from eastern Iowa and western Illinois. Mel Barber faces Russell Tague at 126 pounds while LeRoy Thompson meets Jack McGinnis at 147, and Jim Ampy clashes with Mickey Hagerman at 118.
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Memorial Coliseum Armory
Chet Gralund
Bob Hughes
Iowa
Illinois
Mel Barber
Chicago
Russell Tague
Clinois
Irish, Southern Cal To Keep Grid Series
Notre Dame and Southern California will play each other through 1951, per coach Frank Leahy. The series began in 1926, paused for the war, and resumes with the 1950 and 1951 contracts. Next meeting at Notre Dame on November 26, after a 14-14 tie last December. The series record stands 12 Irish wins, six for USC, two ties.
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South Bend
Ind
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Southern California
Frank Leahy
Leahy
Parochials Win Cage Letters At KC Meet
Basketball letterwinners from Immaculate Conception St Patrick’s and St Wenceslaus were honored Monday night at the Knights of Columbus hall. Speakers included Johnny O’Donnell and Alex Fidler. Letters were awarded to seniors and juniors with managers and cheer leaders named for each school.
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O'Donnell
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Davenport Democrat
Knights of Columbus Hall
Cedar Rapids
Walt Hanson
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al Sattler
St. Wenceslaus
Jack Kuhn
Immaculate Conception
KC Meet
Alex Fidler
One Rapids
St Patrick's
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Jack Hayes
Jack Hiegel
Bill Maher
Herman Meis
Ronnie Peck
Mike Walsh
John Ileox Jim
Rochbitz
Neville Boyle
John Haum
Jack Knowles
al Moore
Jerry Mahoney
Carol Tauber
Katie O'Donnell
Williamsburg Awards Letters to Ten Boys
Ten Williamsburg high school basketball players received letters from Coach Paul Loving at a Commercial club banquet. Letter winners include Capt Earl Doehrman Virgil Von Ahsen Louis Sandersfeld Harlan Doehrman Carl Evans Milford Heitman Duane White Kenneth Oakes Bud Chandler and Manager Larry Lortz. James Bryson Keith Halverson Sam Osborne and Morgan Driscoll were introduced. Dinner was served by Methodist church ladies. L W Vanderlinden presided as toastmaster and Pat Harmon sports editor of The Cedar Rapids Gazette spoke.
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Williamsburg
Williamsburg High School
Paul Loving
Commercial Club
Earl Doehrman
Virgil von Ahsen
Louis Sandersfeld
Harlan Doehrman
Carl Evans Milford Heitman
Duane White
Kenneth Oakes
Bud Chandler
Larry Lortz
James Bryson
Keith Halverson
Sam Osborne
Morgan Driscoll
Ladies of the Methodist Church
L. W Vanderlinden
Pat Harmon
Cedar Rapids Gazett
Gonzales Reaches Indoor Quarters Amid Close Win
Top ranked Richard Pancho Gonzales of Los Angeles survived a scare from Dr Reginald S Weir of New York to advance to the quarterfinals of the 46th National Indoor Tennis championships in Oaks New York. Irvin Dorfman defeated Pablo Eisenberg 6 3 6 1 to join the late round of 16.
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New York
Richard “Pancho” Gonzales
Los Angeles
Reginald S. Weir
Gonzbles
Oaks
N. Y
Irvin Dorfin
Dorfman
Pablo Eisenberg
Maplewood
N. J
Cedar Rapids High School Coaches Association Formed
The Cedar Rapids school board revealed the creation of the Cedar Rapids High School Coaches Association. The 32 public school coaches are eligible, with an executive board of athletic coordinator plus one coach from each of four schools. Leonard Paulu, Lloyd Wilson, Orville Rust, Lloyd Goettel, Don Wolfe, Sam Cooper, Bill Barnard, and Don Carey named to the executive council with Paula as chairman and Rust as vice chairman. Fred Winter serves as secretary.
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Cedar Rapids High School Coaches Association
Cedar Rapids
LENG
Aunul Ua
Ecxxaclua Tive
Leonard Paulu
Lloyd Wilson
McKinley
Orville Rust
Lloyd Goettel
Frankin
Don Wolfe
Sam Cooper
Roosevelt
Bill Barnard
Don Carey
Wilson
Paula
Rust
Fred Winter
Cedar Rapids coaching staff eyed for tenure based raises
The executive board proposes two recommendations to boost coaching quality and retention. First, new male teachers receiving coaching contracts must show ability in their field. Second, coaches could gain $60 raises every third year for up to 15 years in Cedar Rapids schools. Currently head coaches earn $500 and assistants $250, with baseball head coaches getting $100 spring and $400 summer. no separate coaching raises exist.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids baseball club fan nickname contest
The Cedar Rapids professional baseball club received 327 nickname suggestions. General Manager Jim Meaghan said processing will take several days and the winner will be announced later this week. Don Hunt chaired a Belle Plaine Lions meeting where a film of the 1948 World Series was shown.
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Cedar Rapids
Jim Meaghan
Seseien
Adam Pratt, Jr
Belle Plaine Lions Club
Don Hunt
Maglie Seeks Jumpers' Suit Entry
Former New York Giants pitcher Sal Maglie attempted to join Max Lanier and Fred Martin in their damage suit against organized baseball. The trio, under five-year suspensions for jumping to the Mexican league in 1946, seek restitution for loss of livelihood. The motion adds Maglie as a plaintiff. a federal hearing on injunctions and reinstatement was postponed to Wednesday.
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NEW York
New York Giant
Sal Maglie
St Louis Cardinals
Max Lanier
Fred Martin
John L Flynn
Lamer
Martin
Federal District Court
Lanier
Ray Ellefson to play with Globe Trotters in Des Moines
The Globe Trotters announced Ray Ellefson former Oklahoma Aggie and Cedar Rapids Raider will face Drake All-Stars in Des Moines at Drake Wednesday night.
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Des Moines
Bobby Grund
Globe Trotters
Ray Ellefson
Oklahoma Aggie
Cedar Rapids Raiders
Drake
Legion Presses for Early Baseball Boost in Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids board of education heard calls to start a full spring high school baseball program as Legion officials warned they would drop their spring round robin unless schools expand baseball. A committee was formed to study finances and a May 16 spring start was proposed with major league summer play to follow.
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Cedar Rapids Board of Education
Charles Penningroth
Sandoe Jordan
Athletic Council
Carl Kesler
E. F. Moorman
Hanford Post
American Legion
Legion
Wold
Legionnaires
Cedar Rapids
Roy Saylor
Joe Stephan
Iowa High School Athletic Association
Clyde Parker
Middlecoff Tops Golf Money Men
Cary Middlecoff, a 29 year old Memphis dentist, leads the 1949 money standings on the PGA winter tour with $8,056.66 after winning the Jacksonville Open. Mangrum sits second with $7,207.50 and E. J. Harrison is third at $6,425 following his $1,000 third-place showing.
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Cary Middlecoff
Middlecoff
Jan Il Mangrum
E. J. Harrison
Albuquerque
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