Davenport Hopes to Repeat as State Finals Bring Tough Tests
Davenport stands as the team to beat in the boys state high school basketball tournament finals. Defending champions suffered a sub-state setback 30 to 25 against Dubuque due to overconfidence, but are expected to survive first round with New Hampton, Spirit Lake, Ottumwa, and Nevada.
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Davenport
Blue Devils
Dubuque
D* Moines
Brit Lake
Ottumwa
Nevada
Spirit Lake
Atlantic
Chariton
New Hampton
Livermore
Iowa
Chickasaws
Tom Sharples
Simpson College
Gene Davis
Bob Lenox
Estherville
Spirit Ake
North Des ‘Moines
Armed Forces
O. J. Cayou
Des Moines AIB advances to AAU basketball third round
In Nashville the second-seeded Des Moines AIB moved into the third round by defeating the Kansas City Katz 31 to 13. Des Moines AIB Typists were eliminated, 36 to 14, by Nashville, the top seed.
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ST. Joseph
Des Moines Aib
Kansas City Katz
AIB
Des Moines Aib Typists
Nashville
Experts Won’t Name Garden Cage Winner
In Madison Square Garden 18 000 fans anticipate the college basketball final as Western Kentucky State and West Virginia challenge for the national title. West Virginia enters as a slight favorite after beating Long Island and Toledo, while Western Kentucky, seeded seventh, has risen as a dark horse in a tourney famed for upsets.
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New York
INS
Madison Square Garden
Western Kentucky State
West Virginia
Rockly
Mountaineers
Long Island University
Toledo University
Western Kentucky
Kentucks
Rock Island Pair Tops ABC Doubles
Rock Island labor pair Walker Selle and Joe Spinach led 1342 entrants in the American Bowling Congress marathon in Columbus Ohio by finishing seven pins ahead of rivals. They are from Rock Island Illinois and work as a draftsman and welder respectively. California teams will compete, with a push to move the 1944 tournament to Los Angeles.
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Columbus, O
INS
Rock Island
Los Angeles
MacMitchell Dodds Renew Feud At Navy Benefit Meet
New York University senior Leslie MacMitchell and Boston A. A. athlete Gil Dodds renew their famed mile duel, third clash in a Navy Relief Society benefit program at the Bronx Coliseum.
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New York
Leslie MacMitchell
New York University
Gil Dodds
Boston A. A
Falls City
Bronx
Navy Relief Society
Pat Boland Leaves For Naval Training
Iowa City AP Pat Boland University of Iowa intramural director left Tuesday for Annapolis Maryland to begin a month long indoctrination course for duty at a Navy pre flight training school He may return to Iowa to coach or instruct naval cadets at the local preliminary training center joining about 200 other coaches and instructors at Annapolis for the instruction work.
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Iowa City
Patrick H
Pat” Boland
University of Iowa
Annapolis
Boland
Iowa
Four Iowa State Tankers Set for National Meet at Harvard
Iowa State college swimming coach Jack McGuire prepares his team for the eastern trip to Harvard for the National Intercollegiate championships. Ward Lear captain along with John Slater Thornton Wilson and Brian Brown will represent the Cyclones at the meet Friday and Saturday.
Eastern Iowa Racing Club Announces Spring Rules
Eastern Iowa Racing Club president Lee Bebee of Anamosa outlines spring rules and dates. Eight racing classes replace six with pace and trot divisions, entry closes April 8, and postmarked late entries will be returned. Purses last year were 125 dollars. this spring purse figures are not yet announced.
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Lee Bebee
Anamosa
Eastern Iowa Racing Club
EIRC
Bebee
Minnesota
Illinois
Wisconsin
Iowa
Club
Independence
Central City
Monticello
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Cedar Rapids Cage Fives in Benefit Game for Milk Fund
Two Cedar Rapids independent teams meet Iowa City quintets in a charity basketball program at the old City high gym. Sidwell's of Iowa City faces Standard Oilers of Cedar Rapids, while Miller's Truckers meet Quaker Oats. Key players include Vic Siegel Rudy Soderquist Bernard Duffe and local standouts Ray Sullivan Tony Brack and Bill Bock.
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Gazette
Iowa City
Cedar Rapids
Old City
Sidwell's
Standard Oilers
Miller's Truckers
Quaker Oats
Vic Siegel
Rudy Soderquist
Hawkeye
Bernard Duffe
Ray Sullivan
City High
Tony Brack
St. Mary's
Bill Bock
St. Mary’s
Critics Clash Over Girls District Basketball Pairings
Letters from Des Moines and Clermont residents debate district lines and seeding in Iowa girls basketball. They argue whether pairings unfairly move teams, with Clermont and Clutier as focal points, and call for consistency and transparency in selecting state finalists.
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Clermont
Ossian
Waterville
Clermont Girls
Clutter
Iowa
Des Moines
O.K
M. D. Burgess
Marshalltown Sports
Also-Rans
AAU in Dutch with Army Sports Head
Baltimore officials report a clash between the AAU and the Army over suspending soldier athlete Marty Passalia for playing with a service team against a pro squad. Army officers label the move as persecution and urge by law changes to allow soldiers to seek games against any opponents.
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Baltimore
INS
Amateur Athletic Union
Army
AAU
Richard O’connell
Third Corps
A. K. Punnell
Special Services
Aberdeen
Marty Passalia
San Francisco
Santa Clara University
Cumberland
Cedar Rapids Softball Executive Meeting Set Thursday
President Archie Baker urges all executive committee members to attend a 30 pm meeting in the city hall playground on the fifth floor. A official ball and ground rules for Ellis park diamonds will be discussed. At 7 30 p m the Fraternal league meets to elect officers then join the executive committee session.
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Cedar Rapids Softball Association
Archie Baker
City Hall
Ellis Park
Hawkeyes reveal 20 game spring baseball schedule
University of Iowa coach Otto Vogel announced a 20 game spring slate for the Hawkeyes with no southern road trip. The schedule includes home games against Luther Bradley Tech Northwestern Western Michigan Chicago and Michigan State plus road trips to South Bend Bloomington Evanston Madison and Madison.
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University of Iowa
Otto Vogel
Hawkeyes
Luther
Bradley Tech
Minnesota
Notre Dame
South Bend
Indiana
Bloomington
Northwestern
Evanston
Western Michigan
Chicago
Michigan State
Wisconsin
Madison
Ohio State
Naval Air Training Station
Iowa Stadium
Navy
Aeet
Kansas
Minneapolis
Michigan
Ann
Iowanre Dame
South Be
Ware
Nebraska
Miassouri
Exhibition Baseball Scores From Florida Cities
Record of multiple spring exhibition games in Florida with teams including Washington St Louis Detroit New York Brooklyn Cincinnati Cleveland and players listed such as Leonard Cathey Allan Biscan Swift Fuchs Mueller Parsons Unser Rutting Bonham Branch and others. Scores and innings are partially shown with batting and pitching notes.
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Fla
Washington (A
St. Louis
Leonard
Cathey
Eerleys
Allan Biscan
Swift
ST. Retersburg
Detroit
Dew York
Fuchs
Mueller
Parsons
Unser Yy Rutting
Bonham
Branch
Ckey
Not So Bad Bowling Feat by E J Station Tops Scores
Dallas AP reports E J Station rolled 27 straight strikes and a 794 series across three games. He started with six in the first game for 216, then a perfect 300 in the second with 12 consecutive strikes, and closed with nine plus a spare for 278 in the third.
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Dallas
E. J. Station
Service Grid Teams Adopted by Big Ten
Big Ten football adopts service teams for wartime play. Great Lakes naval training station and University of Iowa Naval Aviation cadets join as unofficial members with schedules shaping to meet the wartime needs. Notre Dame and three Big Six schools join in expanding schedules for the season.
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Chicago
Big Ten
Great Lakes
Ing
Naval Aviation Cadet Unit
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Notre Dame Big Ten Grid Card Schedule
Notre Dame schedule lists games at home and away with dates opponents including Purdue Ohio State Iowa Northwestern Minnesota Georgia Tech Stanford Navy Army Southern California and Great Lakes Naval Station Also noted Minnesota Pittsburgh Michigan homecoming and Iowa Wisconsin at Madison
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Great Lakes
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Iowa
Wisconsin
Purdue
Northwestern
Flying Cadets
Bernie Bierman
Minnesota
Bierman
Michigan
Ohio State
Indiana
Ten
Notre Dame
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
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Navy
Iowa Naval Cadets
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Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Town
Camp_ Grant
Soldier Field
Chicago
Naval
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St. Louia
Columbia
Naval Cadets
Marquette
Milwaukee
Mlllinois
Iowa City
Iowa Naval
Chiof State
Grant
Milnoils
Iowa Naval Gacets
Lafayette
Ind
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Georgia Tech
Stanford
Ilinois
California
Great Lakes Naval Station
South Bend
Iowa Naval Base
Illinois
Urbana
Lincoln
Madison
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Butch) Kaltenbach
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