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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1949
Page
5
The town hosts a weekly adult recreation night at the high school gym featuring volleyball basketball and ping pong. John Jacobs the Cedar Rapids golf champion advances to district supervisor while remaining eligible for the state amateur.
Cedar Rapids Rockets announce two contract signings on Friday. William Struharik of St Louis a 6 foot 2 right hander with 185 pounds arm trouble corrected and Mark Crimmins of Fond du Lac a 5 foot 1 catcher who hit .295 in the Wisconsin State League brief pro exposure.
The Young Men's Bureau program at Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce showcased amateur wrestling demonstrations by grapplers from the University of Iowa Cornell College and McKinley High School before about 160 attendees. Officials and players discussed AAU rules, the upcoming national tourney in Cedar Rapids in April, and Rockets baseball plans led by Jim Meaghan and Adam Pratt Jr.
In a spring training exhibition at Wrigley Field the Cleveland Indians beat the Chicago Cubs 7-4. Satchel Paige allowed only three innings of work in his 1949 debut and Lou Boudreau fueled the rally with leadership and key plays. Cleveland broke a 3-3 tie with a homer in the eighth and added another in the ninth to seal the win.
Two sharp shooting Tennessee teams meet in St Joseph for the 21st annual national AAU women’s basketball final. Goldblumes defend title, Business College of Nashville seeks upset after a semifinal win over Hanes Hosiery. Championship set for 9:30 p.m. with semifinals earlier in the day.
The Iowa Daily Press Association named eight players to its all-state first team from Iowa high schools including Lloyd Olmstead of Marion and Gene Hettrick of Iowa City. Repeats from 1948 include Herb Thompson of Forest City. Marion and Ilown City both fell one game short of the state tourney last season.
Des Moines fighter Dick Witt has a contract to box Ralph Thornton of Keokuk in Thornton's first pro bout. The debut date is not set, but Thornton is ready to turn pro soon after winning Cedar Rapids Golden Gloves titles two years in a row.
A long roster of players by school and position is listed, naming dozens of seniors and juniors from Cedar Rapids, Des Moines, Iowa City, Ottumwa, Waterloo, and surrounding towns. The compilation includes heights and weights for many players along with their high schools and hometowns, spanning guards, forwards, and centers.
Sophomores lead the Iowa Hawkeyes as they form the top group under Coach Don Klotz for the first meet with Purdue. Don Lewis heads the squad alongside Al Pierce Bill Ball Bud Newnam and Bill Lewis in the initial lineup with other contenders Eugene Cathcart and Bill Crain. The spring schedule lists meets from April 22 in Ames to late April in Evanston, with clashes at Minnesota Northwestern Indiana and Iowa City competitions.
The Chicago Hornets of the AFL signed Bo Molenda as backfield mentor. Molenda, former Michigan fullback and 1927 New York Yankees back, joins head coach Ray Flaherty and staff Jim Barber and Wayne Millner in the reshuffled Hornets coaching group.
Fred Kovaleski of Detroit upset Earl Cochell of San Francisco to reach the semifinals of the national indoor championships. He won 3-6 6-4 8-6 7-5, setting up a semifinal against Billy Talbert as top seed Richard Gonzales and Don McNeill awaited in the opposite bracket. Moran and Chafee advanced to the women's final.
Dwight Dike Eddleman captain of Illinois 1948-49 basketball champions has been named the Big Nine conference most valuable player. The versatile athlete starred for the Illini in both football and basketball during the era.
Grinnell Cage Coach John A Pfitsch Friday named seniors George Kessel Ottumwa forward and Verne Hull Mitel guard as honorary co-captains. The all opponent squad lists First team Armstrong Monmouth Eisken Ripon Bontemps Ory Beloit Johnson and Second team Schlaffer Carleton Jones Beloit Lundeen Knox Boya Lawrence Holmstrom Cornell.
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