Eastern Iowa baseball sectionals kick off with notes on schedules
Eastern Iowa spring state baseball sectionals begin Thursday at 64 sites with 688 teams. Dysart hosts opening night games featuring Hudson versus Garwin and Vinton versus Dinsdale, some under lights. Norway and Winthrop host daylight rounds leading to May 18 finals at Watkins and Thornburg respectively.
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Dysart
Hudson
Garwin
Vinton
Dinsdale
Belle Plaine
Norway
Watkins
Winthrop
Iowa
Minor Facts AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Standings and Monday Results
The standings show St Paul 16 and Milwaukee 116 games with various win losses. Kansas City 10, St Paul 4 and Toledo at Louisville with rain. Minneapolis at Milwaukee in cold weather. Western League leaders Pueblo 15 3 and Omaha 9 11 with Sioux City at .500. Lincoln and Des Moines meet. Three-I League results include Danville 4 Davenport 3 and Decatur 3 Waterloo 2 with rain in several matchups.
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Dittmer Leads Hawkeye Hitters With .352 Average
Iowa nine posts a team .277 average after 16 games with four regulars at or above .300. Elkader’s Jack Dittmer leads at .352 with 16 RBIs, Dale Erickson .310 and 10 RBIs, Ed Browne .304, Bob Primrose .300, and George Hand driving in nine runs.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Jack Dittmer
Elkader
Dale Erickson
Ed Browne
Bob Primrose
George Hand
Rockford Tops Kewanee 9 to 4 to 9 in CSA clash
Rockford Box wins a fourth straight CSA game by beating Kewanee 14-9. Rockford homered three times led by Jerry Cline with two long balls and helped by timely hits to seize first place. Clinton suffers fifth straight CSA loss, bowing to Burlington 11-5, with Burlington opening an 11-0 lead in the ninth.
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Jerry Cline
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Burlington
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O B Nelson Named Parsons Grid Coach
Fairfield AP O B Nelson former Kelly Green football star was named head football coach at Parsons college succeeding athletic director Philip E Young. Young remains athletic department head as Nelson also continues as head basketball coach and changes take effect immediately.
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O. B. Nelson
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Parsons College
Philip E. Young
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College Baseball Results Across Several Matches
Cornell defeated Hobart and LaFayette edged Army Wake Forest lost to North Notre? Ohio State? Kansas State beat Nebraska 4 0 Butler and Wabash tied 6 6 then joint state 12 Detroit swept Cincinnati 2 games Carleton crushed Minnesota 16 2 High School scores including Stanhope Stratford Anthen Ili Ote 1 Brooklyn 1 Toledo 2 Alburnett 7 Toddville 5 Indianola 8 Osceola 7 Battle Creek 4 Galva 2 Jezgon State 7 Washington 2 verly 6 Arnolds Park 9 0 fe Albert City 3 Iowa City 4 Davenport st Ambrose 3 Som e Brooklyn 11 Toledo 2 Monona 4 Postville 3 6 Marlon 1 eGregtor 2 Luana 1 Martelle 4 Anamosa VFW 3 Softball Marion Shamrocks 15 Marion Cardinals 1 Tennis Rollins 5 Orton GOLF Yale 4 Akron Northwestern Cah Northwestern 15 Iowa 3 Oklahoma 3
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Southern conferences plan to secede over NCAA sanity code
Atlanta editors predict the Southern, Southeastern, and Southwestern conferences will exit the NCAA over the code. John Bradberry of the Atlanta Constitution and Bill Keefe of the New Orleans Times-Picayune forecast a May meeting to map a plan toward scholarships and possible dismissal from the NCAA.
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Atlanta Constitution
Bill Keefe
New Orleans Times-Picayune
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Louisville Player Loses Leg After Explosion
Charles Koney, 22, second baseman for the Louisville Colonels, had his right leg amputated at South Shore Hospital after a hot water tank explosion in his basement Saturday night. He also suffered a shattered right leg left leg fracture and a broken nose in the incident.
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South Shore
Charles Koney
Louisville Colonels
Omission Errors In Northeastern Iowa Sectional Tourney List
The Avon tournament should be listed with 2150 attendees and Supt Burton North noted as manager. Arlington was omitted from the northeastern Iowa sectional basketball tourneys in the recent edition, and only six of 25 sectionals in this part of the state drew more than 2000.
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Iowa
Supt
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Illinois Throws Out Rule That Halted Rocky
The Illinois athlete commission invalidated its old rule 52 which suspended Rocky Graziano for a prior dishonorable army discharge. The panel ruled the rule unconstitutional as ex post facto and moved to reinstate Graziano in Illinois. The New York suspension was lifted last Friday, clearing the way for reinstatement in Illinois.
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Illinois Athlete Commission
Rocky Graziano
New York
Illinois
Graziano
New York State
Mangrum Tops 1949 Money Winners in PGA Race
Chicago report shows veteran Lloyd Mangrum leading the 1949 money winnings with $9,707.50 as Cary Middlecoff and Sam Snead follow with $9,459.57 and $9,110.83 respectively. The PGA statistics come as pros prepare for the summer swing.
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Lloyd Mangrum
Professional Golfers’ Association
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Cary Middlecoff
Memphis
Sam Snead
Ezzard Charles Plans Training Start for Walcott Bout
Chicago AP reports heavyweight champion Ezzard Charles will begin training for his title fight with Jersey Joe Walcott on May 20 at the Sunset Hills Country Club near Momence Illinois about 50 miles south of Chicago.
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Ezzard Charles
Jersey Joe Walcott
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Mirror Lounge Caps Major Open With 7-0 Win
Mirror Lounge defeated Crebons 7-0 as Bill McGuire tossed a two hit game and Al Cherry homered in the first inning. Park standings moved the club up in the Major divisions Monday night. Iowa Citys Cochrane Roofing set to meet Iowa Steel at 7:52 Tuesday while Eagles face Wilsons.
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Cubs Release Veteran Pitcher Cooper
New York AP reports veteran right hander Mort Cooper was released by the Chicago Cubs on Tuesday. Cooper had previously pitched for the St. Louis Cardinals Boston Braves and New York Giants and sought a comeback after a sore arm shelved him.
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Cooper
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Mort Cooper
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Tea room owner loses $6400 on Derby long shot
Mrs. Ella Kurth of Marshalltown operated a tea room and reportedly wagered 6400 dollars on Ponder the Kentucky Derby long-shot winner, placing her faith and 400 cash on the horse.
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McPartland Discusses Umpiring at Delaware Clinic
Cedar Rapids observer McPartland outlined umpire problems at a Delaware County baseball league clinic. Rev V Hoverman league president and Sec Jim McElliott presided. Umpires Bond, Wilson, Decker, Peterson, Wessells, Dozark Lamont Baskerville Adkins Michael and others attended as the league plans a two umpire service for all games this season.
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Independence
Max Decker
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Winthrop
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Delaware League
Trucks Faces Suit for $25,000
Virgil Fire Trucks, Detroit Tigers pitcher, is sued in Cuyahoga county common pleas court for 25000 in assault and battery by hotel night manager Charles F. Heidler. Heidler alleges a 40 foot battering at the Hotel Statler and a 430 a.m. Sept 20 1946 incident. Trucks says the injury if any came from Heidler invading a guest’s room and acted in self defense.
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Scattered Boxing Notes From Newark and New York City
Fragmentary AP dispatch reports boxing results and names including Johnnie De Fario Bayonne outpointing Roberto Omez 132 in Newark and references to fighters in Havana Milwaukee and Cy City. The tidbit mentions locations Cincinnati Milwaukee and Newark with sparse results and comments.
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Doran Fans 20 Strikeouts as Hawks Win 4 3
Iowa City right-hander Dick Doran struck out 20 of 21 in a 4-3 win over St Ambrose. The rally included a Jerry White home run and Gene Hettrick triple in the sixth. Hettrick also used a hidden ball trick in the seventh to check the Ambrose spurt.
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Sumner Romps Past Tripoli 17 to 6
Sumner trounced Tripoli 17 to 6 as Don Borcherding homered, singled, and tripled in four at bats. Dean Sowers and Ganske held Tripoli to four hits in the high school game played Monday. Sumner improves to six wins in eight starts.
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Helms Hall of Fame honors Bresnahan and others
The Helms Hall of Fame in Los Angeles elected 46 track and field figures for notable contributions. The group includes coaches such as George Bresnahan and Edwin Hamilton and athletes like Glenn Cunningham and Barney Ewell, announced at an AAU banquet Monday night.
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Helms Hall of Fame
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George T. Bresnahan
University of Iowa
Wemnet Christie
Boyd Comstock
Dean B. Mwell
Edward Brutus Hamilton
Harry Hillman
Charles H. Thomas
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Hen Schul Larry Snyder
Jane L. Tensileton
Emil von Elling
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