Race Begins With 2 Tilts This Evening
Softball entries surged posting an eight team Open league and an enlarged YWCA girls division. 34 teams total hit the fields this week. Opening doubleheader at 7 30 features Collins Radio vs Iowa Steel. Open league 8 30 game John Becks vs Iowa Manufacturing headlines balanced play.
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Y.M.C.A
Collins Radio
Iowa Steel
John Becks
Iowa Manufacturing
Armstrongs
Becks
Eagles
Cherry Burrell
Wally Hollingsworth
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Les Lawrence
Ned Postels
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Knights of St. George
Don Clemmer
Joe Hidder
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Major League Averages Eight-Team Schedule Friday Games
An eight-team league titled Major League Averages will play all games on Friday evenings. Teams include Sanitary Dairy, John Becks, Collins Radio, LaPlant Choate, Iowa Manufacturing offices and factory teams, Turner Company, and WMT. The week’s schedule lists Sunday May 14 and 15 games across Major, Minor, Bush, Girls, and Open leagues with matchups such as Collins Radio versus Iowa Tech and John Becks versus Iowa Mfg Open, plus multiple cross-league pairings and venue notes.
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Co-op Dairy
Iowa Steel
Iowa Manufacturing
Allen Nelson
Collins Radio
First Trust and Savings Bank
LaPlant-Choate
Quaker Oats
Diamond No. 4
Universal Engineering
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Dodgers Catcher Owen Says Draft Status Refined
Mickey Owen of the Brooklyn Dodgers disclosed on Saturday that he had been reclassified as 1A in the draft but had not yet received notice to report for pre induction physical examination. He had an agricultural deferment during winter due to farm work near Springfield Missouri.
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New Mutuel Record At English Track
In Ascot England AP reports a wartime mutuels record set at the 1944 Easter opening attracting 45 000 fans. The Windsor to Ascot services ran full and crowds packed the course wagering $500 700 as the season began amid invasion prep atmosphere.
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Windsor
Boxing Roundup From AP Pelts Several Wins Across Cities
Sport briefs from AP report multiple welterweight bouts across cities. Garner outpointed Denson in Indianapolis, Dawson stopped Fatham in Chicago, Tordiglione outpointed Belanger in Worcester, Blond Tiser stopped Jackson in Norwich, and Burley edged Gilbert in San WeNo.
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Bob Garner
Loeisville
Johnny Denson
New Orleans
Freddie Dawson
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Charley Fatham
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Echoes from the Great Outdoors on trout fishing and rifle creed
Frank Powers recounts opening trout fishing on Spring Branch creek near Manchester with humorous tales of a double hooked trout and a pheasant moral. The piece covers fishing results, gear like red squirrel tail streamers, camp meals of trout and beans, cold weather, and a promotion of a Marine rifle creed and a rifle marksman guidebook from Mossberg.
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Federal Hatchery
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Nova to Battle Denson in Omaha
Lou Nova's comeback continues with an eight fight knockout streak as he heads to Omaha on May 22 for ten rounds against Johnny Denson of Indianapolis. Denson, ranked in the top ten heavyweights, is slated to challenge Nova during his midwest tour.
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College Grid Rules Boss States Views
Lieut. Col. William J. Bingham, chairman of the NCAA football rules committee and editor of the official guide, says any rule changes must start with him and the panel. He argues the game has abnormal conditions during the war and favors careful, deliberate discussion over hasty edits to avoid penalizing good teams or rushing to match pro football trends.
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NEW York
William J. Bingham
Col. Bingham
Col Bingham
Milwaukee Brewers Beat Indianapolis for Tenth Straight Win
Milwaukee, Wis. The Brewers defeated Indianapolis 8-2 to extend their American Association lead to ten straight victories. Reserve first baseman George Bink drove in five runs with two home runs and a single, part of a lingering Jackets run as Indianapolis suffered a fourteenth consecutive loss. Bink, a former Cedar Rapids Raider, contributed a stellar night in the batter’s box.
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Indianapolis
George Bink
Bink
Cedar Rapids
Allied Golf League Opens Play Tuesday
The Allied Industrial Golf League begins play this week with two divisions. On May 16 at 4 30 p m sixteen teams meet at Kenmore including Town Electric Light and Power vs Colling Engineers Universal Pacemakers vs Wilson Corded Hams Link-Belt Zephyrs vs Iowa Manufacturing Moroks and several other matches. On May 18 fourteen teams tee off in the Thursday division with Universal Gravelmasters against Link-Belt Engineers and other clashes among Collins 8 Collins Production Collins Test and more.
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Kenmore
Town Electric Light and Power Va
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Universal Pacemakers
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Zephyrs
Iowa
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Spanignermead Company
Reptnt Roadsers
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Pein Wholesale Market
Wilsonackers
Gue Onaunee Oats Co
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LaPlant Trailbuilders
Cherry-Burrell Corp
Y M C A Notes Golf league opens with ten teams
The Business Men's Golf league starts Wednesday at Kenmore with ten teams teeing off between 4 30 and 5 15. Wednesday's schedule lists Kiwanis against Lions No 2, Ontimist against J C C No 1, JCC No 2 versus Shell Oil Co, Moore Ins Agency against Navy, Inspectors Unnamed Bureau vs tion No 1. Life saving and swimming tests results and YMCA activities follow with names of passing swimmers and life savers and a note on a later make up course.
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Ontimist
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Badger Netmen Lose to Evanston in Big Ten Meet
Michigan tennis team swept Wisconsin 9-0 to extend its dual match win streak to three in the Big Ten. Evanston, Illinois, provided the venue and the opponent was Wisconsin. The Wolverines dominated all six singles and three doubles matches with decisive play.
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