Masters Legends Jones Hagen At 50 To 1 In 1939 Field
Henry McLemore notes Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen at 50 to 1 as the Masters field opens after a postponement. He recalls their dominance with 24 national titles between them, and muses that time has dimmed their odds while newer players rise.
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Bobby Jones
Walter Hagen
Sam Snead
Henry Picard
Ralph Guldah
Byron Nelson
Horton Smith
Paul Runyan
Revolta
Hogan
Jones and Hagen
Bobby
Walter
St. Andrews
Holyoke
Muirfield
Bob
Oakmont
Marion
Prestwick
Scioto
U.S
Hagen
Jones
Augusta
Yesteryear
Bookie
Marion Huss Teams Win Church League Titles
The Marion Presbyterians defeated Trinity M. E. 39 to 21 on Wednesday to win the Senior Church league basketball title. The John Huss M. E. Pioneers defeated First Re formed 29 to 16 to claim the west side Pioneer title.
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Marion Presbyterians
Trinity M. E
John Huss M. E. Pioneers
First Reformed
Marion Presey
Trinity
Q ‘ Garoutte
Milier Coffman
Outay Urban
Aes
Totels
Pioneers
John Huss M. FE. Eneers
Ripe Stastny
Chukas Andrews Arrie Baker Man Ennis
Hellmernderson
Covelli and Kelly in 10 round match tonight
Featherweight main event features Frankie Covelli returning to Australia facing Cowboy Jimmy Kelly in a ten round bout at the coliseum promoted by Johnny Fryrear. Both fighters earned knockouts in recent battles and critics say the match could be even as fans pack ringside for a night of six and four round bouts with local and regional contenders.
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Frankie Covelli
Cowboy Jimmy Kelly
Johnny Fryrear
Coliseum
Covelli
Australia
Henry Armstrong
Kelly
Johnny Wallace
Kansas City
George Heston
Washington
Don Mculligan
Des Moines
Haston
Cedar Rapids
Howard Strand
Cedar Falls
Jim Tate
Iowa City
Clarence Aldrich
Monticello
Burdette Lackman
Golden Gloves
Aldrich
Lackman
Don McGrew
Young Paychek
Tex Pancho
Harold Johnson
Alex Fidler
Wyoming names Hunt and Shelton as new coaches
The University of Wyoming hired Joel Hunt to lead football and Everett Shelton to coach basketball for the next season. S. C. Calhoun will assist Hunt as line coach. all three signed one year contracts. Willard Witte resigns as athletic director and coach to enter private business in Fremont Nebraska.
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Laramie
Wvo
University of Wyoming
Joel Hunt
Texas A
M. College
University of Georgia
Louisiana State
Texas
Everett Shelton
Phillips University
Enid
Oxhla
Missouri Valley A. A. U
S. C. Calhoun
Mississippi State
Hunt
Willard A. (Dutch) Witte
Fremont
Neb
Tigers Nose Out Bees 9-2 in Palm Beach Comeback
In Lakeland Florida Detroit catcher Rudy York homered twice and hit a single in five trips as the Tigers edged the Boston Bees 9-2. Rowe started, Lynn won in relief, with York driving in four and scoring three while Fleming delivered the eventual ninth inning run.
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Lakeland
Fla
Rudy York
Boston Bees
Detroit Tigers
York
Detroit
Les Fleming
Hank Greenberg
Schoolboy Rowe
Tigers
Jim Lynn
Columbus
Beusa
Agis
Sholier
Key
Masi
Rowe
Lynn
Lefty Grove Delivers Three Scoreless For Red Sox
Thompson returns from an arm ailment to start for Boston but Cincinnati wins 6 5. Grove hurls three scoreless innings as Lombardi Wilson and sautels contribute.
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Thompson
Boston Sox
Lefty Grove
Boston
Cincinnatii
Iivencoes
Lombardi
Grove
Wilson
Sautels
Cardinals rout Senators 6 to 2 in Orlando game
The St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Washington Senators 6 to 2 in an Orlando exhibition. John Weis contributed a homer and several players logged runs as the lineup featured Davis, McGee, Owen, Kelley and Ferrell among others in a high scoring display. The Senators managed limited offense with solid pitching from their staff despite the setback.
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Orlando
Fila
St. Louis Cardinals
Washington Senators
John Weis
Homer
St. Louis
Weakinston
Davis
Mcgee
Owen
Seathe
Char Kelley
Rly
Ferrell
Phillies rout Indians in exhibition game
Lou Finnney and Frank Hayes led a Cleveland error prone attack as Philadelphia shellacked the Indians 6 to 5 in an exhibition. Jeff Heath contributed a four bagger for Cleveland, with Drake Hemsley Nelson and Brucker also factoring in the late play.
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Lake Cha . la
INB
Lou Fpinney
Frank Hayes
Lettine
Philadelphia Themics
Shellac
Cleveland Indians
Jeff Heath
Indians
Eland
Drake
Hemsley
Nelson
Brucker
Hayes
Pirates blank Seals in exhibition game
San Francisco Seals 1 Pittsburgh Pirates 0 in an exhibition. Kenneth Heintzelman, rookie right hander for Pittsburgh, allowed five hits. Final score Pittsburgh 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 5. Seals 1, Pirates 0. Heintzelman and Mueller. Shores and Leonard.
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Pirates
San Francisco
INS
Kenneth Heintzelman
Pittsburgh Pirates
San Francisco Seals
Pittsburgh
Heintzelman
Mueller
Shores
Leonard
White Sox Top Cubs in Exhibition Clash in Arkansas
Los Andes Arkansas saw the Chicago White Sox defeat the Chicago Cubs 8 to 4 in an exhibition game. Marty Owen hit a three run homer in the fifth, Eric McNair doubled with two on, Luke Appling connected for a four bagger in the fourth, and Kenny Sylvestri added a ninth inning homer. Brown and Sylvestri pitched for Chicago while French, Kimball, Mancuso and Baker appeared for the Cubs.
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Los Andes
Chicago White Sox
Chcagco Cubs
Marty Owen
Eric McNair
Luke Appling
Kenny Sylvestri
Chicago
T Brown and
Sylvestri
Kimball and
Phillies beat Browns 14 13 after homer rally on hits
Phillies defeat St Louis Browns 14 to 13 in a high scoring game. Charles Klein and Harland Clift each hit two home runs for the clubs. Browns outhit the Phillies 16 to 12 as five total round trippers were recorded by Philadelphia versus four by St Louis.
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Sock
Homprs
Cuero
Tex
Indelphia Phillies
St. Louis Browns
Browns
Phillies
Smith
Beck and Davis
Millies Marcum
Cole
Pyle and Sullivan
Spindel
Annual Bowlers Banquet Carded For April 12 At Y
The sixth annual bowlers banquet will be held at the Y.M.C.A. Wednesday evening April 12 at 6 o'clock. The committee includes Larry Haskins Emery Freeman and Homer Sivers. Dieman Dancing studio will present a program Milo Sedlacek and Elmer Young will lead community singing. A prominent sports figure will be principal speaker and trophies will be presented to league winners. Tickets available from team captains.
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Y.M.C.A
Larry Hauskins
Emery Freeman
Homer Sivers
Dieman Dancing Studio
Milo Sedlacek
Elmer Young
Spillville Baseball Team Prepares for Northeastern Iowa League
Spillville announces a 25–4 record last year and reorganization with Clarence Herold as president and Bill Nesseth of Decorah as manager. Key pitchers Balik Leuenberger Kovarik return with 14–2, while Nesseth Wenthold Johnson and Forde headline the batting order. The team joins the Northeastern Iowa league this season.
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Specifice Gazette
Sp Lle
Spillville
Clarence Herold
Bill Nesseth
Decorah
Balik
Leuenberger
Kovarik
Nesseth
Wenthold
Johnson
Forde
Herman Franks Emerges as Cards Top Catcher Candidate
St Louis Cards spring camp in St Petersburg touts Herman Franks a dark skinned Italian who arrived as a stranger but left with the inside track on the No 1 catching job Veterans Len Warneke and Bob Weiland praise his receiving and game sense Manager Ray Blades supports him as his likely starter Franks rose from minor leagues to Class A and Class B before breaking into Sacramento and earning the top catching job in two days at Sacramento lead-in to his major league stint.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Joe
St. Louis Cardinals
Herman Franks
Tom Sunkel
Ken Raffensberger
Bob Bowman
Morton Cooper
Franks
Ray Blades
Blades
Johnny Bassler
Oscar Vitt
Hollywood
Vitt
Houston
Sacramento
Bill Killefer
Rough Riders and Quaker Oats Juniors Meet For Gold Medal
The Rough Riders and the Quaker Oats Juniors advance to the intermediate Gold Medal basketball final to be played Friday at 8 30 p m. On Wednesday the Riders beat the Toddville Trojans 23 11 after a late rally while the Quaker juniors defeated the Gazette Newsies 41 1. A consolation game between Toddville and the Newsies follows at 7 30.
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Quaker Oats
Rough Riders
Toddville Trojans
Quaker
Gazette Newsies
Toddville
The
Newsies
Boxing Results From Miami Corpus Christi and West Palm Beach
By the Associated Press results show Fritzie Zivic defeating Bobby Britton in Miami while Manuel Villa edged Ted Garcia in Corpus Christi and Carl Sibers bested Joey Treen in West Palm Beach. Other bouts listed include Las Vegas and Washington matchups with uneven scores.
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Associated Press
Miami
Fla
Fritzie Zivic
Pittsburch
Bobby Britton
Corpus Christi
Tex
Manuel Villa
Mexico City
Ted ‘Mustanee) Garcia
Las Vegas
West Palm Beach
Carl Sibers
Jacksonville
Joey Treen
Washington
All-State basketball teams to be honored in Iowa City
An all star high school basketball day and a noon banquet in Iowa City will cap IDPA honoring the three all-state teams. Four first, four second, and four third team players form two 12 man squads with Ben Trickey and Richard Van Dieters among forwards and Joe Healey at guard.
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Iowa City
IDPA
University of Iowa
Iowa Daily Press Association
the Gazette
Iowa Daily
Karl Melcher
Marshalltown Times Publican
Iowa
Rollie Williams
Eddie Anderson
G. Schroeder
Williams
Louis E. Menze
Iowa State
Ben Trickey
Marshalltown
Max Ives
Diagonal
Melvin Wagner
Fort Madison
Bob Lauterbach
Dick Jensen
Davenport
Jim Thynne
Sac
Ira Lund
Clinton
Rodney Vandenberg
Newkirk
Maurice Cooper
Mason City
Bill Stauss
Creston
Eugene Zisko
Cedar Rapids
Roosevelt
Jim Dickens
Dean DeWitt
Gumpert Spiked In Crash With Caster
Randall Gumpert Athletics pitcher was spiked during practice by George Caster. He suffered a foot injury and will miss ten days to two weeks of the Athletics game against Cleveland.
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Lake Charles
Randall Gumpert
Philadelphia Athletics
Athletics
Cleveland
Gumpert
George Caster
Caster
Bowling Scores in Lincoln Commercial and Cedar Rapids Leagues
Readable snippets show multiple bowling leagues with individual scores for Bransen Eagles Hills Culver Motors and others. Names like Novotny Tearton Schrader and Zachar appear amid team listings and handicaps, reflecting a compiled scorecard from several regional leagues.
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Lincoln Commercial League
Bransen
Sh Eagles
Brink
Rland
Bereer Aoe Wen
Edwards
Ovotny
Gilkerson
Als
fLeckwood
Sturdiv van
Sia
Guaranty
Rankah
Hills
Rogers
Arhart
Watson
Janeba
Novotny
Scannell
Brearton
Abram
Tearton
Hensely
Culver Motors
Pose’ S
Wasner
Stoddard
Culver
Schrader
McMeeken
Borensen
Dan Hus
Lincoln
Alles
McAllen
L. Jan VanCura
I Ihite
Shope
Unzeilig
Sedenka
Zachar
Frasinger
Handicap
Votroubek
Cedar Rapids
Roper Raggie Chefs
Hahn
Accnacen
Canaday
Rennekamp
Jerm
Lowry Life
Asburn
Larson
Borsche
Équist Imerda
Rawson
Cc. A. League
Merchants Bank
Weaver
Brein
McAvoy
Purdy
Ene
Verett
Ebelski
iMelsha
Petranek
Charipar
Einre Electric
Quaker Oats Co
Einze Ofectager
Womacke
Vickroy
Rankinen
Loveless
Wag
Hagenstein
A.buchan
Vanous Lattner
Rook
Wilson and Coe
Lincoln Er Ab Schneider
Baker McArtor
MacGregor
Brown
Sargeant
Russett
Hanson
Fatka
Hefner
Oe Et Attiere
Wilfone
Wilfong
Checker Electric
Lawrence Press
Lawrence
Pryor Inger Eermer Ial Ee
R. Hultberg
Greeks & Strait
Deny Pat Boland To Join Chicago Cardinals Staff
Iowa City reports Pat Boland former University of Iowa line coach was considered for a university physical education post. Ernie Nevers of the Chicago Cardinals denied hiring Boland as line mentor. Boland, a former Minnesota star, was linked to freshman coaching before Bill Osmanski signed.
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Iowa City
INS
Pat Boland
University of Iowa
Chicago
Ernie Nevers
Boland
Iowa
Ira Ira Tubbs
Chicago Cardinals
Nevers
State DeMolay Cage Tourney Opens At Cedar Falls Today
Cedar Falls AP 27 Iowa teams from as many cities begin state DeMolay championship play at Iowa State Teachers College gymnasium. The 2 p.m. opener features Boone versus Atlantic with two games on opening day. Tournament runs to Saturday night’s final. Teams list Atlantic Boone Burlington Carroll Cedar Falls Decorah Denison Dubuque Emmettsburg Estherville Fort Dodge Iowa City Harlan Keokuk Mapleton Marion Monticello Muscatine Osage Ottumwa Red Oak Sioux City Shenandoah Washington Webster City Woodward.
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Cedar Falls
Iowa
Iowa State Teachers College
Boone
Atlantic
Burlington
Carroll
Decorah
Denison
Dubuque
Emmettsburg
Estherville
Fort Dodge
Iowa City
Harlan
Keokuk
Mapleton
Marion
Monticello
Muscatine
Osage
Ottumwa
Red Oak
Sioux City
Shenandoah
Washington
Waterloo
Webster City
Woodward
Nesseth Elected President Of Winneshiek County League
Bill Nesseth was elected president with Otto Koenig as vice president and Leo TeKippe as secretary, in a reorganization of the Winneshiek cow pasture league at Decorah. A meeting to arrange the schedule is set for April 8.
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Decorah
Bill Nesseth
Otto Koenig
Leo TeKippe
Winneshiek Cow Pasture League
Broadcasts for Missing Relatives Help Reunions
Report notes that 5OS broadcasts to locate relatives of ill persons succeed in about 54 percent of cases, aiding families in finding loved ones.
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5OS
Cubs Send Rip Collins To Los Angeles Club
Chicago Cubs sold first baseman James Rip Collins to the Los Angeles Angels of the Pacific Coast League in a cash deal. The 34 year old, who played in three World Series and hit .267 in 143 games last season, is set to join the Angels Thursday after salary talks. Glen Russell, 29, newly with Los Angeles, is seen as a strong backup but unlikely to unseat Collins or Phil Cavaretta.
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US Angeles
James “Ripper
Collins
Chicago Cubs
Los Angeles Angels
David P. Fleming
Los Angeles
Ripper
St. Louis Cardinal
Cubs
Phil Cavaretta
Glen “Rip” Russell
Cavarretta
Russell
Fleming
Rochester
N. Y
the Ripper
Chicago
Len Warneke
Cardinals
Leroy Parmalee
Chicago Beats New York Golden Glovers in Boxing Meet
Chicago area boxers claim their seventh win in twelve years over New York rivals 9 to 7 amid strong showings by New York heavies. Buddy Moore defeats Tony Novak in a one-sided slugfest while lighter classes spark the major action.
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Chicago
New York
Buddy Moore
Tony Novak
Kansas City
Moore
Novak
Willie Poen
Basil Jones
Forte
Iladelphia
Viceccla
Detroit
Earl Reid Mton Harbor
Oned Peterton
Jamars
Ester Ellis
Homer Williams
Lou Valentine
Robinson
Ton
Ancene
Willie Smith
Roy Lewis
Muncie
Ind
Gee Troopent
Poltage
John Ace
del Mee Poun
Verner Williams
Cairo
Tami Mauriello
Corky Culgarian
Newburgh
N. Y
Altus Allen
Enzo Avondoglio
Monticello DeMolay Faces Marion In State Tourney Opener
Monticello DeMolay basketball coached by Bud Bone meets Marion in the first round at Waterloo on Thursday night. A win advances Monticello to play the Muscatine Osage winner in the next round.
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Monticello
de Molay
Bud Bone
Marion
Waterloo
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