M and J Baseball Opens Season in Cedar Rapids
The M and J league begins its fifteenth pennant race with Iowa Light and Power as heavy favorites. Opening games at Daniels Park feature Light and Power against Quaker Oats, plus Cedar Rapids Engineers vs Plant Choate and Light and Power versus Wilson's. Newcomers Benedict Louner and Pack join, while Oscar Theisen returns as ace pitcher. The league plans booster ticket sales to cover expenses.
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Light and Power
Quaker Oats
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Joe Bailey
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Eddie Benedict
Don Louner
Norfolk
Lowell Pack
U. S. Navy
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Bailey
Ed Kvach
Kvach
Oscar Theisen
Frankie Sturm
Bob Stastny
Junior Legion
Louner
Ducky Holmes
Gene Bishop
Don Shaffer
Quakers
Bishop
Don Martin
Marion CCC
Ivan Reid
Don Kinch
Riverside
Cities Service
Smulekoff
Armstronc
Bupane Gas
Hubbard Ice
Roosevelt Hotel
Raiders To Be Rotary Guests At Monday Lunch
Cedar Rapids baseball club members including President Harry Johnson and Manager Cap Crossley will attend a Rotary luncheon Monday at noon. Johnson will present all team members. Members of other service clubs have been invited and a large crowd is expected to welcome the reorganized team.
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Cap Crossley
Cedar Rapids Baseball Club
Rotary Club
Johnson
Michigan State Golf Team Defeats Northwestern
Michigan State college golfers posted their fourth straight win by beating Northwestern 91 to 82 at East Lansing. The victory keeps MSU atop the Big Ten early in the season with strong scoring from the lineup.
Ralston Injured. Coe Hurdler Out Before Conference Meet
Coe College hurdler Charles Ralston sprained an ankle warming up for the broad jump at Beloit relays, the third hurdler eliminated this season. His absence likely costs points in shuttle hurdle, medley relay, high jump, and broad jump as the conference meet nears.
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Charles Ralston
Coe
Beloit
Bob McKinley
Dwight Harley
Ralston
Vinton Wins Tri-Valley Meet at Marion in Track Sweep
Vinton high school's track team won the Tri-Valley conference meet at Marion with 72 3/4 points. Cedar Rapids Wilson placed second with 54 1/2 points, Marion third with 28, Manchester fourth with 18, and Independence did not compete. New meet records were set in multiple events including the 880 yard relay and pole vault with several Vinton athletes named for records in 220 and 440 dashes and other hurdles.
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Y Swimmers Awarded as Season Closes at YMCA Dinner
Tigenbys eight members of the YMCA swimming team received Shark club emblems at a dinner honoring the season's end. Cedar Rapids-YMCA team dominated the district meet with records broken by Kenneth Marsh John Condon and teammates. Coach Leo Baughman was recognized with a certificate of appreciation.
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Tigenbys
Shark Club
Shark’s Club
Shark
John Condon
Kenneth Marsh
Junior Griffith
Billy Foushee
Don Palmer
Chester Geiger
Frank Howland
Dick Sheehey
George Ross
George Henry
Raymond Rompet
John Krabbenhoff
Bob Woolghan
Junior Mikas
Gerald Ard
Charles Gibson
Ned Sheehey
Louis Keller
LeRoy Wolfe
Don Ross
John Stark
Robert Sweitzer
Walton Keller
Robert Gibson
Robert Faulkes
Cyril Noon
James Zoller
Ralph Kropnenske
Tanksters
Cedar Rapids
Waterloo
Clinton
Iowa City
Women Bowlers to Form City Association
Women bowlers will organize a city women’s bowling association at a meeting set for Thursday at 7 30 p m at the Y W C A Invitations go to every woman bowler in the city Officers will be elected and plans made for next year
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Women's Bowling Association
Boone Golf Team Wins Franklin Invitational Meet
The Boone high school golf team led by Max Hall E Updegraf R Allender and Hugh Powers won the Franklin Invitational at Kenmore with 334 strokes. Roosevelt Des Moines was second 338 and Davenport third 342. Max Hall was medalist with 74. he is Billy Hall’s brother the 1936 Iowa state amateur champion.
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Boone High School
Max Hall
E. Updegraf
R. Allender
Hugh Powers
Kenmore
Roosevelt
Des Moines
Davenport
Franklin
Cedar Rapids
Lincoln
Boone
Billy Hall
Iowa
Waterloo East
Waterloo West
Belle Plaine
Muscatine
Cedar Falls
Teachers High
Clinton
Hall
American Association details unclear court docket
Ambiguous OCR text lists names Willis Boone Prenderga Holbrook Gay Hartle and numbers 620 010 023-2814 6 030 100 000 4100, with Louisville and Kansas City references, but no coherent event or action emerges for a concise summary.
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Holbrook
Gay
Washist and Hartle
Athletic Conference For Girls Planned At Iowa City Saturday
Fifteen Iowa high schools will send representatives to the first girls athletic conference at the University of Iowa on May 14. The event includes discussions of girls athletic problems demonstrations and a model play day with various sports. Represented schools include McKinley Roosevelt and Wilson Cedar Rapids Clinton Mediapolis Monticello Burlington Donnellson Fairfield Muscatine Oskaloosa Wapello Danville University high and St Patrick's Iowa City.
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Iowa City
Iowa
University of Iowa
Iowa State College
State Teachers College
Ellen Mosbek
Iowa State High School Girls' Athletic Association
McKinley
Roosevelt
Wilson
Cedar Rapids
Clinton
Mediapolis
Monticello
Burlington
Donnellson
Fairfield
Muscatine
Oskaloosa
Wapello
Danville
University High
St. Patrick’s
Rowley Tops Quasqueton in Friday score line
Quasqueton high school fell to Rowley by 8 percent Friday in a game noted by scattered scores. The record lists players Sloan Wilson Franck Sead Hekel and others from the Bensateton and Sloan lineups.
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the Gazette
Quasqueton
Quasqueton High School
Rowley
Wle
Legion Schedule resumes after week of inactivity
Cedar Rapids Junior Legion standings remain led by Smulekoff Furniture with Roosevelt Hotel second. Smulekoff’s pitcher Red Kenney anchors two wins, three rainouts leave their start schedule uncertain. Roosevelt Hotel shows balance with Hurych on a runless innings streak and Tvrdik’s club rebounded after a rough opener. Armstrong last contains Len Novak a strong first baseman.
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Cedar Rapids Junior Legion
Smulekoff
Furniture Company
Roosevelt Hotel
Jack Carter
Red Kenney
Red
Kenney
Legion
Frank Tvrdik
Hubbard Ice
Bob Hurych
Hurych
Armstrong
Len Novak
Big Novak
Nine I awards eyed for Iowa star Erwin Prasse
Erwin Theodore Prasse, Iowa football basketball baseball standout, pursues nine major Hawkeye I letters. The Chicago prep product and two-sport choice maker earned his first major I in basketball this year and starred in the Michigan Iowa series driving in five of Iowa’s seven runs. He has toured nearly 10,000 miles this year as a three sport athlete representing the Old Gold.
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OWA
Erwin Theodore Prasse
Chicago
University of Iowa
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Prasse
Illinois
Carl Schurz
Iowa
Jake Townsend
Erwin
Prass
Hawkeyes
Puget Sound
Louisiana
Ohio
Jockey Arcaro Heads Home After Derby Win Bubble Water Feud
Eddie Arcaro, rider of Lawrin, left Churchill Downs Saturday night for New York to bring back bubble water for his wife Ruth after the Kentucky Derby triumph. He joked that the owners dictated the race and he could not influence the stretch run.
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Louisville
Eddie Arcaro
Lawrin
Churchill Downs
New York
Ruth
Arcaro
Luther Norsemen blank Columbia in chilly seven inning win
Luther College Norsemen shut out Columbia 6 to 0 on a four hit effort from pitcher Anderson. The game ended early in the seventh due to cold weather with Columbia held to no runs. Batteries Columbia Reed and Paul Luther Anderson and Skale.
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Decorah
Luther College Norsemen
Columbia
Anderson
Luther
Reed
Paul Luther
Skale
Nebraska Wins Big Six Tri Meet Over Kansas State
Nebraska edged Kansas State 64 54 to 61 2 in a Big Six triangular meet. Kansas State lost to Nebraska 65 63 while Kansas ran up 79 49 over Kansas State. Nebraska won seven firsts in 15 events.
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Lawrence
Kan
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Kansas State
University of Kansas
Nebraska
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