Tickets On Sale For Cedar Rapids Des Moines Amateur Boxing Show
Tickets are on sale at Curry's cigar store Cedar Rapids for a May 23 amateur boxing show at the Memorial Coliseum. The event features Cedar Rapids and Des Moines boxers in 16 bouts to benefit youth boxing facilities with affordable seats and guaranteed refunds for out of town patrons. Notables include Lawrence Gatzke Don Turner Little Buddy Boyle Bob Foster Chuck Sampica Jr Elton Ross and Walter Frisch as potential ring entries.
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Lawrence Gatzke
Buddy Boyle
Bob Foster
Newsboy Ross
Chuck Sampica, Jr
Jimmy Hamilton
Tait Cummins
Lys
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Memorial Coliseum
Curry's
Second Avenue SE
Iowa
Curry’s
Curry'’s
Lenox
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Gatzke
Chicago
Don Turner
Des’ Moines
Sampica
Elton
Ross
al Wagner
Oclwein
Walter Frisch
Sumner
Frisch
Golden Gloves
Mason City
Mayes M'Lain Tops Thursday Mat Card
Walter Podolak of Syracuse will debut on the Memorial Coliseum card Thursday night. The 208 pounder meets Alf Johnson in the semi final while Mayes McLain faces Saunooke in the main event and Jimmy Bear meets Gabe Zoller in the opener. Tickets are at Curry's cigar store.
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Walter Podolak
Syracuse
N. Y
Memorial Coliseum
Alf Johnson
Mayes McLain
Osley Saunooke
Jimmy Bear
Gabe Zoller
Podolak
Saunooke
McLain
Haskell
University of Iowa
Hawkeyes
Minneapolis
Curry
Y M C A Plans Free Swim Classes This May
The Y M C A offers annual free swim classes for boys and girls aged 8 to 13. East side boys attend May 13 to 17, west side boys May 20 to 24, and girls May 27 to 31.
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East Side
West Side
Official State Horseshoe Tourney at All-Iowa Fair
The state championship horseshoe pitching tourney, sanctioned by the National Horseshoe Pitchers Association and Iowa association, will be held during the All-Iowa fair on August 12 to 14 in Cedar Rapids. Cedar Rapids clubs lead with players such as Russell Sheetz and Bill Grafton, while John Paxton of Fairfield and Guy Zimmerman from Sac City are noted competitors. The tournament uses permanent courts at the exhibition hall with daily play from 9 am for about four hours. inquiries go to W R Grafton of the Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
National Horseshoe Pitchers Association
Iowa State Horseshoe Pitchers Association
Dobbin
Dubuque
Des Moines
Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Davenport
Washington
John Paxton
Fairfield
Guy Zimmerman
Sac City
Stoney
Grafton
Sheetz
Dale Dizon
Harry Mullin
W R Grafton
Thompson
Horeshoe
Ellis Park
Russell Sheetz
Ed Stefan
Mullin
Independence
Hawkeye Downs
Charley Moore
Boxing reminiscences from memories scrapbooks
A collage of boxing anecdotes recounts prefight hype by Kearns and Igoe around Dempsey Tunney, ghostwriting, and a disputed winner. Tales include Delaney’s glove remark, Schmeling Louis odds, McCurley’s dramatic broadcast, and the Marx Brothers managing Canvas Back Cohen with unexpected win followed by disownment.
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Jack Dempsey
Jack Kearns
Tunney
Philadelphia
Kearns
Igoe
Lanse McCurley
McCurley
Yours
Cohen
Marx
Plan Automobile Races At Grinnell On May 19
Promoter Earl Mitchell of Sportsmen's Park announced Gus Schrader and Emory Collins would race on Sunday May 19 as part of a benefit program. Half of proceeds support Arbor lake recreation center development. Also appearing are Pete LeClare and Ed die Anderson of Grinnell.
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Grinnell
Earl Mitchell
Sportsmen's Park
Gus Schrader
Emory Collins
Arborlake
Pete LeClare
Toddville
Eddie Anderson
Raiders Open Season Host Decatur In City Opener
Raiders host Decatur in an opener as Ollie ponders a hill corps shakeup before May 20. New infield includes Hershey at first Dwyer at second Semczak at short Fiore at third with Mike Blaze catching and Power in the outfield.
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Ollie
P.m
Marquardt
Bob Hershey
Walter Walsh
California
Paul Dwyer
Henry Semczak
Short
Carl Fiore
Mike Blaze
George Bink
Charley Workman
Middle Garden
Decatur
Buck Frierson
Wilson Grant
Industrial League Horseshoe Preparations Reported
The Allied Industrial league committee plans for this season's horseshoe competition. Members include William Grafton of Quaker Oats Co and other executives from Wilson and company Penick and Ford Light company City Water Works and Link Belt Speeder among others.
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Allied Industrial League Committee
William Grafton
Quaker Oats Co
L. Fifield
Penick and
Ford
Charles Mraz
Wilson and Company
William Starkweather
Light Company
William Pulda
la Plant-Choate
Earl Cherry
City Water Works
Homer — Sivers
Quaker Oats
Ernie Groth
Hubbard Ice Company
John Myers
Louis Soukup
H. R. Dicus
H. L. Nost
Harness racing thrills beat Derby as Hawkeye Downs stalls
A newspaper column contrasts the harness racing scene at Hawkeye Downs with the Kentucky Derby. It questions Derby field unity and praises harness racing’s appeal, cites upcoming meetings at Independence and Hawkeye Downs, notes barriers and classing debates, and mentions Lady Gold Sign arriving for training ahead of the EIRC opening.
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America
Hawkeye Downs
Churchill Downs
B. E. Donisthorpe
Wiggins
Colo
Wolcott Sets American Record in 120 Yard Hurdles
Fred Wolcott of Rice dominated the Southwest conference meet by winning the 100 yard dash 120 yard high hurdles and 220 yard low hurdles. He set a new American record of 13.9 seconds in the high hurdles, though Rice Owls lost the team championship to Texas.
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Houston
Tex
Ins
Fred‘die Wolcott
Rice Owls
University of Texas
Wolcott
Melrose Dairy Triumphs 37 to 2 Over Melrose
The Gazette correctly lists Melrose Dairy as the winner of the Cedar Rapids Softball Association game, defeating Linkbelt Speed er 37 to 2 in the Y. W. C. A. league. The Saturday news lead misattributed the winner to Linkbelt Speed er while the summary reflects the proper result.
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Cedar Rapids Softball Association
Linkbelt Speeder
Melrose Dairy
Prof Bryant Leads Midwest Track History at Galesburg Meet
The veteran professor George W. Bryant of Coe, a 40-year track figure, is honored as the Midwest conference staple and will preside at next Saturday’s meet in Galesburg. Vinton relays shift to night to suit late spring weather, while high school to college hurdles rules draw debate as top runners like Russ Ferguson adapt.
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Decatur
Springfield
Hill Park
Marquardt
Art Scharein
Joe Grace
Tony Kaufman
George W. Bryant
Coe
Galesburg
Bryant
Vinton
Waterloo East
Mississippi Valley Conference
Leonard Paulu Af MacKinley
Russ Ferguson
McKinley
Titcher Poock
Atkins
Shellsburg
Poock
George Gast
Osage
Waterino
Knox
Reavy
Carleton
Z.C.B. J Softball Team Plays Fairfax Sunday
The Z C B J softball team is scheduled to meet a Fairfax team on the Fairfax diamond at 2 p.m. Sunday.
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Z.C.B. J
Fairfax Today
Fairfax
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Mayes M
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AW Boxing
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Tiger Flowers
Walk Miller
Tiger
Delaney
Miller
Georgia Deacon
Twe
Max Schmeling
Joe Louis
Tom O’rourke
Schmeling
O'Rourke
Louis
Jack Wurley
Cedar Valley Racing Association
Harold Ammons
Fifth Avenue
Plan Automobile
Raiders
Orie Arntzen
Stanley Gehrke
Eddie Marteaux
Industrial League Horseshoe Group
With Scotty McLeod
Matt Winn
Eastern Town Racing Club
Fred Wolcott
Melrose
By Leo Lucas
O'Meara
Waldes Rover-Zip
O*meara Clothing Company
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