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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1939
Page
7
Cedar Rapids Softball association adopts Goldsmith ball for Ellis park season opening May 1. A general meeting for managers players April 12 at city hall is planned. Debate on a lighted Ellis park diamond continues with funding possible but night games may conflict with Raiders.
Ames Iowa State athletic director George F Veenker told a six man football and baseball clinic on Saturday that about four thousand six man teams may exist nationwide next fall. He spoke to a six man clinic audience and discussed future play and program development.
Iowa City schedule adds 48 events from April 3 to June 17 with 25 baseball games nine tennis meets eight golf matches and six track meets. Twenty contests occur in Iowa City while baseball opens April 3 at Millsaps in Jackson Mississippi marking a southern trip and the Kansas Relays April 22.
In Des Moines IDPA reports a record 27 teams entered the state DeMolay basketball tournament to be played at Cedar Falls March 30 to April 1, forcing use of two gyms for early rounds. Boone defends title and opens vs Atlantic. rest of first round pairings listed with byes for several squads.
The second annual city tournament will be held at the Y W C A from April 5 to 8 with events in men's singles mixed doubles women's singles and women's doubles. Entries close at noon April 1 registrations available at the Y and drawings April 1 evening. All matches on the Y W C A floor. public welcome free of charge.
Special to The Gazette Iowa City Iowa With 64 athletes from 14 schools already entered coach George Bresnahan awaits a last minute flood of entries for the state indoor interscholastic track championships to be held at the University of Iowa Saturday April 1 More than 50 schools are expected to file entries before the Tuesday night deadline Recent entrants include Pella 5 Marion 5 Washington 8 Indianola 6 Cedar Falls 1 Toledo 5 and West Chester 1
Elfie Magnusson notes surprising scores in city tournaments with two bowlers over 600 and many 500 plus games among women. Inter-City Grotto league features Cedar Rapids Oxus and Davenport Mohassen clubs meeting monthly. Standouts include Mike Simitz and Herbert Montillon with high totals, Leta Nezerka and Georgia Frasinger among top women, while Red Crown Sweepstakes sees Cedar Rapids teams placing in Class C.
The seventh annual Inter mediate Gold Medal basketball tournament begins Monday at the YMCA with eight teams including Wilson Hi Y state champions and Toddville, the 1937 titlist. First round games run two each day with semifinals Wednesday and finals Friday.
Shellsburg led by center Rob Bins with 14 points won the junior high basketball tournament at Belle Plaine Thursday by beating Vinton 17 to 13. In the consolation, Belle Plaine defeated Blairstown 30 to 12. Other teams competing included Atkins Norway Newhall Keystone Garrison and Van Horne.
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