Open Softball Season Opens Across Cedar Rapids Circuits
Culver Motors leads the Open league with a spotless record while Armstrong's Parkson's struggle early. Wilson and Chevrolet split wins as Culver, Wilson, and Len Eye pace pitching. Fraternal and CCF leagues feature upsets and close battles as girls league debuts with tentative power from St Pauls.
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Cedar Rapids Softball Association
Culver Motors
Armstrong’s
Parkson
Wilson's
Wilson and Company
Harold White
Bill Driscoll
Armstrong
Len Eye
Charley Michalek
Next Mat Show Set This Summer at Cedar Park Arena
Matchmaker Eddie Jennings will present the outdoor wrestling card at Cedar Park on Thursday night June 3 after outdoor arena construction. He has lined up an all-star opening with potential nationally known matmen and will continue weekly Thursday shows at Cedar Park with no gate charge.
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Cedar Park
Eddie Jennings
Cedar Rapids
Jennings
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Macy And Bryant Of Coe Elected Midwest Officers
The Midwest conference at Carleton college named officers J S Millis of Lawrence College as president C W Macy of Coe as vice president and George W Bryant of Coe as secretary treasurer. It adopted a round robin football schedule and set field meet dates for fall and spring with cross country at Coe College on November 6 and track golf and tennis at Lawrence Appleton Wisconsin on May 21 1938.
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Northfield
Lawrence
Appleton
Wis
Ely Annexes Fourth Victory Of Season
Ely high baseball team wins its fourth game of the season by defeating Viola 12 to 5. Pitchers Stahle and Sladek keyed Ely's win while Viola used Butler Stewart Armstrong and Hayden. Ely tallied twelve hits as Stahle recorded nine strikeouts.
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the Gazette
Ely
Ely High
Viola
Stahle
Sladek
Butler
Stewart
Armstrong
Hayden
Calmar Defeats Ossian 4 to 2 in Tight Baseball Match
Calmar defeated Ossian 4 to 2 on Friday as Elisart, Ossian’s star pitcher, fanned fourteen. Reisner hurled good ball for Calmar in a close game.
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the Gazette
Calmar
Ossian
Elisart
Reisner
Looking Back on Cedar Rapids Star Athletes
In a Cedar Rapids feature, Dr. Fred W. Bailey recalls early Iowa sports history. He describes being Iowa's first university basketball coach in 1900, rough play, and gymnastic feats by players. Bailey discusses his varied athletic career including boxing, swimming, and life saving work with the Red Cross.
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Cedar Rapids
Fred W. Bailey
Iowa University
Iowa
Minnesota
Dr. Bailey
Minneapolis
State Agricultural School
Liberal Arts
Wallace Brothers Circus
Moray Eby
Coe
Bailey
Lake Geneva
Wis
Iowa City
University
Red Cross
Snead Holds Lead in Metropolitan Open Golf Tourney
Sam Snead of White Sulphur Springs West Virginia shot par 70 in the second round to maintain a one stroke lead at the Metropolitan Open in Bloomfield New Jersey. He stands 138 overall after a 68 and a rain-shortened 65 canceled earlier, with Jimmy Hines of Garden City New York at 139 after 68 and 71.
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Jimmy Hines
Garden City
N. Y
Hines
Airways Gun Club To Hold Shoot Today
The Cedar Rapids Airways Gun Club will hold its regular shoot today with skeet and 16 yard traps open. Everyone is welcome to attend and participate.
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Cedar Rapids Airways Gun Club
Forty East Side Boys Complete Y M C A Swim Class
Forty East Side junior boys finished their fourth period in the city wide YMCA swim school. A total of 180 boys were taught and forty passed the American Red Cross beginner’s award by swimming fifty feet in deep water without touching the pool side. Names of the successful swimmers include Donald Schmidt Dean Frisch Roslan Omar Byron Morehead Armand Brown Paul Schloss Howard Trump Keith Hale John Neff Jimmy Cook Willard Owens Jimmy Hamiston Melvin Perd Robert Franta Herbert Brooks Jimmie Santie Daley Reynolds Robert Wood Herbert Thome Edward Porter Daniel Brust Edward Madison Dale McDaniel Junior Speake Lee Gripp Kenneth Kraus John Martin Sandy Marson Warren Johnson Wilber Cornthwaite Donald Gunn Jack Duffy Richard Dochterman Billy Prenasil Calvin Prenasil Keith Cantwell Dennis Pierce Ray Engham John McNabb Marvin Smith.
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East Side
American Red Cross
Donald Schmidt
Dean Frisch
Roslan Omar
Byron Morehead
Armand Brown
Paul Schloss
Howard Trump
Keith Hale
John Neff
Jimmy Cook
Willard Owens
Jimmy Hamiston
Melvin Perd
Robert Franta
Herbert Brooks
Jimmie Santie
Daley Reynolds
Robert Wood
Herbert Thome
Edward Porter
Daniel Brust
Edward Madison
Dale McDaniel
Junior Speake
Lee Gripp
Kenneth Kraus
John Martin
Sandy Marson
Warren Johnson
Wilber Cornthwaite
Donald Gunn
Jack Duffy
Richard Dochterman
Billy Prenasil
Calvin Prenasil
Keith Cantwell
Dennis Pierce
Ray Engham
John McNabb
Marvin Smith
Shellsburg High Nine Defeats Newhall 11 to 2
Shellsburg edged Newhall 11 to 2 in a Friday game. Holmes and Kibbie led the attack for Shellsburg with strong hitting and pitching as Holmes pitched a near no hitter until the seventh. Newhall’s Husted allowed multiple runs while Schirm and Kruetner contributed defensively for Newhall.
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Shellsburg High
Newhall
Shellsburg
Newhall Husted
Holmes
Kibbie
Shellsbrug
Husted
Schirm
Kruetner
Grinnell Gridiron Prospects Look Strong for Fall
Grinnell coach Lookabaugh expects deep talent at every position with at least two good men per role. spring drills show progress as the team adjusts the double wing to fit players, led by veterans and lettermen at guard and tackle while backs remain plentiful though lighter. Nine-game schedule includes Creighton, Drake, Washburn, and St. Louis with key home games at Grinnell.
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the Gazette
Grinnell
Grinnell College
Guy Lookabaugh
Pioneer Institution
Lookabaugh
Grimes
Shelton
Husky
Ed Vaughn
Spence
Osborn
High
Ralph West
West
Bob Fuchs
Tschirley
Lamberson
Moore
Wittrock
Ed Woodward
Shephard
Jones
Harris
Powers
Boller
Hayward
Baldly
Joe Woodward
Crossman
Blank
Hultgren
Berg
Evans
Snow
Sampson
Schlotterbeck
Homann
Welton White
Wallace
Robinson
Harry Livermore
McFarlin
Sears
Crabb
Nash
Weed
Harry Barker
Pioneer
Tills
Creighton
Washburn
Drake
St. Louis
Cornell
Iowa State Teachers
Wrerelahton
Omahes
Wash
Calmar High School Basketball Schedule Released
Calmar High announces its 1927 basketball schedule with key games highlighted. Look for full listing under Want Ad section classification 10 for details and dates.
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Calmar
Calmar High School
Big Ten Golf Tourney Sees Open Field This Year
Michigan and Illinois push to end long dominance as 72-hole event at Kildeer Country Club opens with five players per team for scoring. Northwestern Minnesota Iowa and others loom with key amateurs and veterans in pursuit of team and individual titles.
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Eee
Johnny Fischer
Michigan
Big Ten
Wolverine
Blond Fischer
Chuck Kocsis
Fischer
Kocsis
Wolverines
Kildeer Country Club
Illinois
Northwestern
Woody Malloy
Bill Barclay
Allan Saunders
Karpinski
Bill Warren
Emery
Wilbur Kokes
Johnny Hobart
Ralph Carlson
Edgar Hutchinson
Jock Hutchinson
Chicago
Sid Richardson
Creston
Kostelecky
Jim Marek
Frank Perpich
Paany- Ave
Wally Taft
Minnesota
Ed Shellady
Iowa
Wisconsin
Indiana
Ohio State
Purdue
Troy Mills Pitcher To Join Charles City
Lorin Frasher, a Troy Mills High School graduate, has accepted a pitching contract with the Charles City team in a new regional league. He closed his high school career with a 12 to 3 win over Marion last Friday.
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Troy Mills
Charles City
Lorin Frasher
Frasher
Marion
Coe Golfers Defeat Cornell in Opening Match
The Coe golf team opened the season with a win at Kenmore, defeating Cornell by a score of 912 to 813 in a morning match. The margin reflects Coe’s strong start and individual performances contributing to the team victory.
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Coe
Cornell
Kenmore
Rain Stops High School Net Meet at Iowa City
The fifth annual district high school tennis meet at the University of Iowa courts was continued to Tuesday after early rounds. Singles saw Burling defeat Cohen and Muscatine players advance, with Keokuk and Iowa City contenders moving on in second round play. Doubles featured Roe and Stanton beating Joy and Grimpe, while Roe and Blanton advanced for Oskaloosa in second-round action.
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University of Iowa
Bingles
Lord of Burling
Cohen
East Des Moines
Pan
Muscatine
James
Kaloosa
Covert
Her
Keokuk
Blandin
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Heller
Dubuque
Denying
Jacatine
Kilpatrick
Kalosa
Wellehwe
East Dess
Roe
Blantonuskaloosa
Dant
Parks
Iscatine
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Tad Me Zoller Brewin
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Cedar Rapids Distributing Company
4Th Ave
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Chandler NY
Birketer
Smith
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Philo
Rowe
Henshaw
Ann
Makosky
Chi Ravers
I Wicker
Moore Cina
Sam Snead
Agurvu
Postville
Hawkeye
Elgin
Is—Lawher
Fort Atkinson
Dodge
Plymouth
Company
Second Avenue SE
Northwestern Strong
Wilson Bros
Skipper Sportwear
First Avenue SE
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