Mississippi Valley Indoor Track Meet set for Thursday in Iowa City
Cedar Rapids four high schools will send a large contingent to the Mississippi Valley Conference indoor meet at Iowa City Thursday night starting at 7. Franklin, Roosevelt, Wilson and McKinley detail lineups with multiple entrants in each event as coaches push for points.
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Mississippi Valley Conference
Iowa City
Orville Rust
Thunderbolts
Franklin
Rust
Sabford
Ewart
Nolan
Pinch
Hamel
Sorenson
Littell
Holloway
Battin
Ellingson
Westrom
Phelan
Caldwell
Naxera
Lewis
Pickford
Dorman
Peterson
Brownbridge, Krebs, Heusingveld, Vermeersch and
Cohrs
Roosevelt High School
Sam Cooper
Muir
Jim Edmunds
Dale
Krohn
Marks
Yeakle
Hinton
Nelson
Bob Edmunds
Barnes
McDonald
Drew
Dawson
Kephart
Parker
Gaskill
McKinley
Leonard Paulu
Paula
Navratil
Brookner
Delbridge
Dutton
Clayton
Richard Jones
Kacena
Locatell
Lorenc
Prybil
Sedlacek
Roy
Ray Sorenson
Sundberg
Tresnak
Salzbrenner
Thousand
Williams
Wilson
Bill Barnard
Ramblers
Wilbur Miller
Gaines
Fikejs
Anderson
Bundy
Brown
Barnard
Wilbur
Thad Miller
Levi
Keith Brown
Anderle
Prochaska
Steen
Ipson
Clinton
Davenport
Swanson
Island
Tuefel
Ofaa
Baxter
Machael
Schiebel
Rendelman
Devonport
Ge” Pu Bi
Exhibition Baseball At Anaheim RHE Chicago vs St Louis
Readable box score fragment shows Chicago and St Louis games at Anaheim with multiple pitchers listed. The garbled text includes innings totals and player names such as Kra mer, Shirley, Helf, At San Diego and Lakeland Florida matches, along with other club matchups and a note on a 30 caliber cartridge production cycle.
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Calif
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St. Louis
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Dunker
Livingston
Kramer
Shirley
Helf
Foxworth Shines in Golden Gloves Intercity Duel
In Madison Square Garden a 20 year old Negro amateur light heavyweight Bob Foxworth impressed in the 19th annual inter city Golden Gloves. Foxworth battled Robert Isler of New York before delivering a decisive knockout in the third round to boost his prospects among the 1946 contestants.
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Bob Foxworth
Joe ‘Louis
Barney Ross
Madison Square Garden
Foxworth
Robert Isler
East St. Louis
Asuncion Llanos
Heet
Sit Nuttall
Bob ‘Oxworth
West
Gabby Marek
Tony Frucci
Weat
Chandler Exonerates Phils in Basinski Deal
Baseball Commissioner Albert B Chandler absolved the Philadelphia Phillies of charges they tampered with infielder Eddie Basinski of the Brooklyn Dodgers during his holdout. Brooklyn had claimed the Phillies made a definite offer to Basinski.
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Albert B. “Happy” Chandler
Philadelphia Phillies
Eddie Basinski
Brooklyn Dodgers
Brooklyn
Phillies
Basinski
Danbury Maroons Lose Key Players But Return Strong Core
Roy McHugh notes Danbury loses George Schuyter and Jack Barry to graduation, but Elton Tuttle Dick Reichs and Skip Sexton return as stars. Tuttle dominates rebounding, Reichs praised as a top dribbler beside Clinton’s Dean Burridge, with mixed crowd reactions at Clinton and Iowa City. A proposed all tournament lineup includes Burridge, Reichs, Tuttle, Brandt, Carey, with coaching advice urging Tuttle to master free throws to lift Danbury toward a state title bid.
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Roy McHugh
Danbury
George Schuyter
Jack Barry
Elton Tuttle
Dick Reichs
Skip Sexton
Tuttle
Dean Burridge
Clinton
Reichs
Schuyler
Sexton
Burridge
Bob Freeman
Iowa City
Duane Brandt
Waverly
Dick Carey
LeMars
Eldon Clement
Roger Davey
Crawfordsville
Sylvester Wilhelms
Leroy Watts
Bob Norris
East Sioux City
Wayne D. Beery
Sporting News Names Wilkinson All American
IOWA CITY AP Herb Wilkinson star guard of the University of Iowa basketball team was named on the Sporting News all American team. Wilkinson joins guards Charlie Black of Kansas and the others at forward Leo Klier of Notre Dame Wyndel Gray of Harvard and center Pants Kok of Arkansas.
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Herb Wilklkinson
University of Iowa
Sporting News
Wilkinson
Iowa
Charlie Black
Kansas
Leo Klier
Notre Dame
Wyndel Gray
Harvard
Pants Kok
Arkansas
Minnesota Prep Final Draws Nation's Largest High School Crowd
Minnesota officials reported a record crowd of 16,091 at the Austin Lynch finals of the state high school tournament in Minneapolis. An estimated 3,000 more were turned away as the eight team event drew intense attendance, part of a weekend total near 61,264.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
University of Minnesota
United States
Iowa City
Illini and Hoosiers draw crowds at small meets
Seven sessions drew Illinois 48000 fans while Indiana hosted a four team event for about 30000. Both meets were 16 team affairs signaling modest attendance at major college gatherings this season.
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Illinois
Indiana
Two More Des Moines Teams Win at St. Joe
In St Joseph Missouri the 18th annual Women's National AAU tournament entered its second round with seeds intact. Chatham Blanketeers the third seed defeated Kansas City Missouri 39 to 14 and Des Moines Dr Swetts the fourth seed beat Follett Hopefuls 50 to 28. Phillips 66 beat Denver Dry Goods 40 to 29 and Des Moines Service Opticals defeated Jacksonville Florida Fletchers 51 to 14.
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Chatham
Kansas City
Dr. Swetts
Follett
Phillips 66
Denver Dry Goods
Des Moines Service Opticals
Jacksonville
Fla
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Joyce defeats Zollo to snap welterweight streak in Boston
Willie Joyce of Gary Indiana, 138 pounds, stopped Bobby Zollo of Providence, Rhode Island, 145 pounds, in a bout at Boston Garden Monday night. Zollo entered with 24 straight victories. the near-capacity crowd watched Joyce end the run.
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Willie Joyce
Gary
Ind
Bobby Zollo
Providence
Boston Garden
Zollo
Debate Over Class B Schools In Iowa Basketball Finals
In Iowa City Ernest Prehn Northwood superintendent argues for expanded Class A rights, noting small schools struggle to reach state finals against large enrollments. He cites Northwood Anamosa LeMars and others, urging a bracket that guarantees 100 to 250 student schools a fair shot while preserving top tier access.
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Ernest Prehn
Northwood
Prehn
Naviess
Contro
Mason City
Vinton
Anamosa
Monticello
Manchester
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Mt. Vernon
Tipton
Elkader
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Dubuque
Waterloo
Preha
Davenport High
LeMars
Sioux City East
Central
Sioux City
Harlan
le Mars
Town City
Marshalltown
Waverly
Ames
Beloit Relays Return Set for May at Strong Stadium
Beloit College officials announced the seventh annual Beloit relays will resume with the meet held on May 25 at Strong Stadium in Beloit Wisconsin. The event marks the relays continuation after a hiatus and involves college track and field athletes from the Beloit campus.
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Ins
Beloit College
Strong Stadium
Cedar Rapids Gazette March 26 1946 event item
The Cedar Rapids Gazette dated Tuesday March 26 1946 reports local news items and notices from the city. The readable fragments indicate community happenings and public notices typical of a mid‑1940s newspaper page.
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Cedar Rapids
Mikan's Team Opens with First-Round Victory in World Championship
In Chicago, the Chicago American Gears led by George Mikan, DePaul star ex All-American, defeated Pittsburgh 69 to 58 to secure a quarter-final berth in the eighth annual world championship basketball tournament. Anderson Chiefs beat Cleveland Allmen 59 to 46 and Dow Chemical toppled Kautsky's 72 to 59 to reach the knockout stage.
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Chicago American Gears
Anderson
Ed Stanczak
Cleveland
Allmen
Dow Chemicals
Indianapolis Kautsky’s
Phillies Acquire Catcher Rollie Hemsley From Yankees
New York Yankees announced the sale of Rollie Hemsley to the Philadelphia Phillies for an undisclosed sum. The 39 year old catcher had joined the Yankees in 1942 and spent the past two years in the Navy. His departure leaves nine other catchers at the Yankees training bases.
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New York Yankees
Rollie Hemsley
Philadelphia Phillies
Yanks
Brasdenton
New Yorkers
Softball meeting for Cedar Rapids clubs in Fraternal league
Fraternal organizations and clubs interested in fielding a softball team are invited to attend a meeting of the Fraternal league. The gathering will decide eligibility rules and elect officers, set for Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the Playground and Recreation Commission office at City Hall.
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Cedar Rapids Softball Association
Fraternal League
Playground and Recreation Commission
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