Softball Association Lays Plans for 1946 Season
Four dozen representatives from Cedar Rapids teams map 1946 softball with new national rules to standardize play. Open league organizers select officers, set meeting dates, and plan entry fees, grounds upkeep, and league structure. Ed Stefan notes park labor for diamond maintenance and backstop repairs.
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Softball Association
Aes Si
Cedar Rapids
Mel Wessel
Bud McGuire
Lefty Jameson
Hope Hibben
al Stewart
Eddie Horak
Chet Gralund
Ed Stefan
Parks
Jack Delbridge
Peterson
City Hall
Plant+Choate
Bud Janda
Dearborn Brass
Association
Senators seek Ken Keltner to fix third base weakness
In Orlando, AP reports Washington manager Ossie Bluege pressed owner Clark Griffith to pay up for Ken Keltner, Cleveland Indians third baseman. Bluege argued Keltner has been the best at the position and would shore up a weak point for the Senators.
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Orlando
Fla
Washington
Ossie Juege
Clark Griffith
Ken Keltner
Cleveland Indians
Keltner
Bluege
Richard Jones Announces Section 1 Page 5 Ad
Political advertisement outlines a candidate named Richard Jones and a campaign message. The notice appears as a page five section one insert with typical campaign themes and call to vote.
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Richard Jones
Linn County Fish and Game Club pushes river access and safety
George Svee reports the Linn County Fish and Game Club urges public river access at the west Palisades state park, backs a Cedar Rapids dam fishway, and promotes safety tips after spring floods and a recent drowning at Ivanhoe bridge. The club cites carp fishing as winter recreation and calls for reporting stranded fish to conservation officers.
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Oe Club
Palisades
State Conservation Commission
Cedar Rapids Dam
Harry Rector
Linn County Fish and Game Club
Ivanhoe
Second annual Anamosa fish fry set with prizes
About 350 people are expected to attend the Anamosa Isaak Walton league fish fry to be held in the Legion and Firemen halls Tuesday evening. More than 100 prizes have been donated by local businesses and professionals, and a Labrador retriever is among the giveaways.
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Anamosa
Anamosa Isaak Walton League
Legion and Fireman’s
Paris Team Caps 9-1 Season In YWCA League
Paris Academy tops standings after Peoples Savings forfeited to Paris. Becks edged Iowa Steel 30-29 and Armstrongs beat Killians 41-16 as Tow led scoring with 149 points, followed by Hazel Miller 143 and Margaret Etzel 138. Armstrongs and Becks vie for the title with one game left.
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Paris Academy
Cagers
Glenn Beatty
Beatty
Mazel Miller
Bernice Miller
Steverne Schaefer
Donna Patten
Marguerite Etzel
Lorraine Young
Botton
Jessie Schulte
Marilyn Freeman
Marilyn Brambieth
Helen Crotty
Adine Beauregard
Betty Madden
Paris
Ione Bacon
Killian’s
Evelyne Sorenson
Beck’s
Bernice Martinez
Iowa Steel
Loretta Gerhold
Armstrong's
Amadea Rawson
Peoples Savings
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Sek
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Sattiaceansacgecesunes
Bethevere Piers
Seebee Savings
Tole
Armstrong’s
Moose
Beck
Kutchera
First Trust
Good Housekeeping
Ck’s
M J Board Supports New Stadium Project
The M J baseball league backs the municipal stadium proposal on Monday's ballot with a $215 000 bond issue to build and equip an all activities stadium. League secretary treasurer H A Woite reports a motion was unanimously adopted to pledge full support and assist the stadium committee in its undertaking.
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M. and J. Baseball League
Municipal Stadium
Citizen’s
H. A. Woite
Will Three All-Staters on 45 Team Repeat?
DES MOINES IDPR reports whether three members of the 1945 all-state high school basketball cadre can return in uniform this season. Guard Don Ferguson Ottumwa. forward Sylvester Wilhelmi LeMars. center Gene Gettys Harlan. Announcement of the 1946 teams comes March 29 by 37 Iowa Daily Press association newspapers.
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DES Moines
IDPR
Don Ferguson
Ottumwa
Sylvester Wilhelmi
LeMars
Gene Gettys
Harlan
Iowa Daily Press Association
Svendsen Named Hamilton College Football Coach
Earl G. Svendsen, former Minnesota center, named head coach at Hamilton College as football resumes after wartime lapse. He is recently discharged from the navy and has coached at Missouri State Teachers College and the University of Connecticut.
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Clinton
N. Y
Earl G. Svendsen
University of Minnesota
Hamilton College
Svendsen
Navy
Missouri State Teachers College
University of Connecticut
Central Park Presbyterians Take Third in Class B League
Central Park Presbyterian edged St. Pauls Methodist 19 to 11 to finish third in the Class B division of the MCA Church basketball league. First Evangelical defeated First Lutheran for the Class B championship. Class A playoffs start Tuesday at the YMCA gym with Calvary Baptist vs Sinclair Memorial at 7 p.m. and Foursquare Gospel vs Central Park Presbyterian at 8.
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Central Park Presbyterian
St. Paul’s Methodist
First Evangelical
First Lutheran
Y.M.C.A
Calvary Baptist
Sinclair Memorial Presbyterian
Foursquare Gospel
Aggies Bowl Schedule Cuts Five Teams From 1946 Slate
Stillwater Oklahoma NEA reports five teams that played in bowl games last New Year’s Day are dropped from Oklahoma A and M’s 1946 schedule. The list follows in order of appearance: Denver, Texas, Georgia, Tulsa, Drake.
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Aggies
Stillwater
Okla
NEA
Oklahoma A
Denver
Texas
Georgia
Tulsa
Drake
Big Leaguers Show Hustle Down South
In Sarasota Florida the Yankees and Red Sox hold a Grapefruit league exhibition amid heat and a light breeze. Ted Williams impresses with sharp hits before an onlookers crowd of about 600, while banded trailer-camp musicians and circus-hired vendors add to a carnival atmosphere.
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Sarasota
Fla
Sarasota Park
New York Yankees
Boston Red Sox
Red Sox
Ted Williams
Yankees
Keller
DiMaggio
Rizzuto
Gordon
Heinrich
Yankee Stadium
Fenway Park
Widener Day Purses Top Hialeah History at Eight Races
In Miami Florida the Hialeah track awarded a total of 74500 dollars across eight races marking a high point in Florida racing history.
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Miami
Rice
Chicago
Fla
Hialeah
Florida
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