Raiders Face Injury Wrecked Start and Weather Delays
Cedar Rapids Raiders suffer injuries to Gehrke and Marquardt while Arntzen contracts a cold, delaying opening day plans. Weather cancels an exhibition with Hopkinsville, and coach Marquardt eyeing Johnson Poat or Embree for starting pitcher.
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Ollie Marquardt
Olie Arntzen
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Evansville
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Embree
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Auto Races Planned At Hawkeye Downs On Memorial Day
Eastern Iowa prepares for a major dirt track race program at Hawkeye Downs on Memorial Day May 30. International Motor Association sanctioning. star drivers include Gus Schrader of Cedar Rapids and Emory Collins of LeMars with new cars. Moore says purse races will attract top national racers and generate statewide excitement.
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Charles Moore
Ali Iowa Fair
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Alburnett Triumph Highlights Rural Sports Roundup
Alburnett captured the Linn county baseball title with an 8-2 win over Troy Mills as Marshall Dense allowed five hits in the final. Troy Mills beat Coggan 2-0 in the semi and Center Point fell 7-6 in the last inning. Winton High dominates Tri-Valley track with six titles in eight meets since 1932, with Wilson favored to repeat. In Nebraska, Omaha Tech runner Herb Clark quit the track early then finished after disqualification, while Iowa district meets shape state selections. Franklin hosts district track May 11 at Cue track, and Beloit relays lure Knox and Monmouth with large entries. Alburnett’s county crown preceded a 16-0 loss to Center Point, with Don Van Dura aiming for Marion meet, and the Franklin-Roosevelt dual meet postponed awaiting ground thaw.
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Coggan
Gerald Heefner
Winton High
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Marion
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Town City
First Round Wins in Iowa County Tourney See Upset Numbers
The Gazette reports first round results with North English defeating Conroy 11 to 1 Amana beating Victor 5 to 2 Par nell crushing Millersburg 15 to 2 and Williamsburg overcoming Marengo 13 to 11. Matches feature several player pairings and scoring notes across the day.
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Goodman
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Lawler
Marenro
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Merle von Ahrens
Cedar Rapids Y Weight Lifters Win State Title
The Cedar Rapids YMCA weight lifting team won the Mississippi Valley and Iowa State championships in Davenport. The Cedar Rapids squad led with a team total of 2897.15 pounds, far ahead of Davenport’s 2284 pounds in second place. Tony Vynanek led the 165 pound class with a top total.
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Cedar Rapids
Boxing Roundup of Fights Across Cities and Upsets
The report lists multiple boxing results in cities including Toronto Montreal Los Angeles New Orleans and Jersey City. Castillons outpoints Maranart in a Montreal bout while Blanks and Castro register notable knockouts in Los Angeles and New Orleans respectively. Other entries mention Seatzn and Lombard with various outcomes and stamping in Jersey City.
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Dave Castillons
Montreal
Bily Maranart
Los Angeles
AL Selth
Bith
Jersey City
Frankie Reese
New York
Mayes McClain Tops Mat Card For Thursday
Wrestling fans expect fireworks at the Memorial Coliseum on Thursday night with a main event pitting Mayes McClain against Abe Kashey. Local hero Jimmy Bear faces Stanley Myslajek in a top bout as Ed Virag of Budapest tangles with Alf Johnson in the semi final. Virag recently won a Midwest tournament in Minneapolis.
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Mayes McClain
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Johnson
Jimmy Bear
Coliseum
Stanley Myslajek
Tri Valley Teams In Meet Next Saturday
WINTON high of Cedar Rapids defends Tri Valley conference track title at Marion. Returning champions include Lawrence Welbes in discus and javelin Don Van Cura in high hurdles and Davis and Van Curva in high jump. Marion’s Highns tops 440 dash and Marion mile relay. Vinton holds several records.
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Don van Cura
Davis
van Curva
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Wilson
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Garth Munter
Wae
Art Dash
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Vinton Track Stars Date Back To Early Records
Fragmented OCR lists Vinton athletes with high hurdles 12d yards by Harold Hite and 200s hurdles by John Hensley. Mentions George Rowe Wanton, Jack Grant, Lawrence Welbes, and records in long jump, pole vault, and mile relay. References Cedar Falls, Marion, and Hare Mann with distances and years 1929 1992.
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Vinton
Yuard High Hurdies
George Rowe
Hare Mann Vinton
Iowa State Netmen Beat Kohawks 6 9 in Tight Contests
Iowa State tennis team defeated Coe on local courts Tuesday by 6 to 9 in a sequence of singles wins. Buren toppled McAllister 4 6 2 6 0. Garigaore beat Smith 6 1 6 2. Owens edged Ball 6 3. Menze and Griffin won doubles 6 1 6 3. Buren and Owens claimed doubles 6 16 6 16.
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