District Track Meet Here Saturday Draws 200 Athletes
Sixteen area high schools including Roosevelt Franklin Clinton Iowa City and Muscatine send 200 athletes to Coe Field for a district track and field meet Saturday. Prelims run in the morning with finals starting at 2 00 p m and field events beginning at 1 30 p m.
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Franklin
Clinton
WO Hundred
Coe
Wilson
McKinley
Iowa City
University High
Belle Plaine
Lyons
Muscatine
Tipton
de Witt
Anamosa
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Marion
Mount Vernon
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Ryerson
Hammill
Mrkvicka
Carr
Person
King
Eddy
Tharp
Gillen
Miller
Saur
Siebert
Schnoeberen
Barger
Industrial Loop Teams Win From Open League Clubs
Industrial league action at Ellis park opened with two Open League teams losing to Industrial foes. Wilson and company dropped a 4-3 decision as Bill Driscoll, town’s top pitcher, allowed two risky runs while relieving. Iona Steel routed Armstrong 7-4, Blaul’s edged Merchants Bank 1-0 on a third base overthrow, and Jack Curley pitched well for Chevrolet despite weak outfield support.
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Ellis Park
Bill Driscoll
Wilson and Company
Chevrolet
Armstrong's
Iona Steel
Blaul’s
Merchants Bank
Bill Jones
Jack Curley
Bud Wilkinson Awarded Top Minnesota Scholar Athlete
Charles Bud Wilkinson, tied to three Minnesota national football championship crews, was named outstanding student in scholastic and athletic ability and received the Western conference medal. He earned three letters in football hockey and one in golf and will join Ossie Solem at Syracuse as backfield coach next fall.
Des Moines Releases Catcher Carl Rebuman
Des Moines released catcher Carl Rebman by manager Del Bissonette. He was replaced in the Rock Island game by John Menke, brother of Walter Menke, from Bancroft Iowa, who played semipro with Forest City Collegians last season.
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DES Moines
Carl Rebman
del Bissonette
Rock Island
John Menke
Walter
Menke
Bancroft
Iowa
Forest City Collegians
Real Estate Taxes in U S Highest of Major Nations
The University of California real estate division reports U S real estate taxes are heavier than those charged in the 12 leading nations, highlighting the nation's tax burden on property across states and markets.
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LOS Angeles (Lp
University of California
United States
Drivers Ready for Indianapolis Tests
Eight drivers prepared for the fastest qualifying trials in the Detroit to Indianapolis 900 mile race history. Predicted speeds reach 125 miles an hour with trials starting Saturday as drivers chase pole for the May 31 classic. Names include Cummings Shaw Snyder Stapp Roberts Mays Horn Winn Meyer Hepburn and others.
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Indianapolis
Wild Bill” Cummings
Wilbur Shaw
Glendale
Calif
Jimmy Snyder
Chicago
Babe Stapp
Los Angeles
Floyd Roberts
van Nuys
Ted Horn
Billy Winn
Detroit
Cummings
Boyle
Shaw
Mays
Roosevelt Raceways
Snyder
Stapp
Winn
Roberts
Louis Meyer
Huntington Park
Ralph Hepburn
Meyer
Clinton Baseball Players Injured In Hit And Run
Clinton Three I league players Vernon Voegier Snyder Neb and Bert Haas Naperville Ill were hospitalized after a hit and run crash. Manager Clyde Sukeforth filed charges against Gilbert Brown 43 for leaving the scene without aiding the injured players who stepped from Sukeforth’s car at a street corner. Voegier a pitcher, has severe head injuries and possible skull fracture Haas a first baseman suffers shock and superficial injuries.
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Clinton
INS
Vernon Voegier
Snyder
Neb
Bert Haas
Naperville
Ill
Clyde Sukeforth
Gilbert Brown
Sukeforth
Voegler
Haas
Amana Beats Williamsburg 11 to 5 in Baseball
Amana high school defeated Williamsburg 11 to 5 on Tuesday. Pegump pitched for Amana while Seifert caught. Evans and Romberg played as Williamsburg pitcher and catcher.
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Amana High
Williamsburg
AMANA
Pegump
Seifert
Amana Evans
Romberg
Correcting a golfer's stance to reduce overreach
The article discusses how overreaching at address causes leftward slice. It urges players to move feet four inches closer to the ball and stand more erect. A revised stance with proper form can alter swing path, preventing clubface from opening and slicing ball.
Raiders seek five wins in opening road stretch
Cap Crossley aimed for five victories in eleven away games to start the Western league season. Cedar Rapids won five of the first nine, with two Davenport games left. a .500 finish would position the Raiders for a stronger 14 game home stand. Injuries slow Cal Lahman and Russ De Forest, while Frank Howard may return soon.
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Cap Crossley
Raiders
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Hill Park
Crossley
Cal Lahman
Russ de Forest
de Forest
Frank Howard
Howard
Mickey Chartak
Brandon High Beats Quasqueton 8-3 in Baseball
Brandon high school defeated Quasqueton 8 to 3 in Tuesday afternoon baseball here. The Brandon girls team lost to Quasqueton 9 to 1.
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Brandon
Brandon High
Dizzy Dean Admits Lost Zip But Aims For 30 Wins
Sports writer Pat Robinson reports Dizzy Dean in a candid interview in a New York hotel lobby. Dean says his fastball has slowed but he adjusted by throwing more curves and slow stuff, claims a stronger team with Pepper Martin Brown Bordagaray and Medwick, names the Pirates as favorites, criticizes Giants rotation, and notes arm stiffness between innings while aiming for 30 wins.
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Pat Robinson
New York
Dizzy Dean
Dean
Pepper
Martin
Brown
Bordagaray
Gutteridge
Medwick
Durocher
Pirates
Giants
Cubs
Reds
Dizis
Davis
Scalpers Target Indiana High School Tournament Tickets
The piece notes scalpers in Indiana charging up to 50 for high school tournament tickets at Butler Fieldhouse while predicting close meets in Coe College track and noting past champions Mohawks and Kohawks. It recounts Joe Severa leading Columbia College baseball to a 12-3 win and summarizes Indianapolis 500 trials where Rex Mays Babe Stapp and Chet Miller led before Miller won the race.
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Indiana
John Beck
Chamber of Commerce
Hoosier State
Butler University
Iowa
Joe Severa
St. Wenceslaus
Columbia College
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Severa
Columbia
Quasqueton and Palo Open Valley League Season
Quasqueton hosts Palo in the Valley league opener as Ockie Thiesen of Cedar Rapids is set to pitch for Quasqueton after the team won the 1936 championship and brings back a strong lineup this season.
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Quasqueton
Palo
Gazette
Ockie Thiesen
Cedar Rapids
Practical Joker John Phoenix Honored in UC Lecture
Berkeley California UP George H Derby known as John Phoenix editor and humorist famed for praising the common flea was hailed as the world's champion practical joker during a University of California lecture.
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Berkeley
Calif
George H. Derby
John Phoenix
California
University of California
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