Iowa prep track stars gather for state meet at Ames
Eight district champions and numerous individuals travel to Iowa State College for the annual high school track meet at Clyde Williams field. Records in 18 events loom as qualifiers from Des Moines Roosevelt and East, Ames, Council Bluffs Jefferson, Davenport, Ottumwa, Dubuque, and others pursue marks and state honors.
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Iowa
Clyde Williams
Dick Hoerner
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Sioux
Indianapolis 500 field grows as drivers qualify
Eighteen drivers qualified for the Memorial Day race with seven more days of trials to reach the 33 car field. Mauri Rose earned the pole with 128.691 mph, Rex Mays followed at 128.301 and Wilbur Shaw at 127.836 as contenders race toward a third straight title. Additional qualifiers span drivers from Indianapolis Glendale Hollywood Detroit and Huntington among others.
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INS
Mauri Rose
Rex Mays
Glendale
Calif
Wilbur Shaw
Shaw
Dork Withteane
Franklin
Ron Clif
Hollywood
Devore
Berle Ie Steyberse
Jon
Detroit
George Reine George
Robeon
Huntington
Sioux City Leads New Western Loop Ahead In Standings
Sioux City, Te., opened the second week of the Western league season by beating Pueblo, Colo., four straight to take the lead. Denver, Cheyenne, Sioux Falls, and Norfolk each split two games. Robert Perry pitched a no hitter against Sioux Falls in a 2-0 win.
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Colo
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Norfolk
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Robert Perry
Faaie Ae
Chiozza Retires From Baseball
Infielder Lou Chiozza has given in to a weak leg and asked the New York Giants to place him on the voluntary retired list after nearly two years with the team.
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Memphis
Bob Hershey Returns as Raider First Baseman in 1941
The Raider baseball team welcomes Bob Hershey back for another year. Hershey, a University of Pittsburgh graduate, is 23, six feet tall, 185 pounds, bats left, and throws left. He hit .318 with 99 RBIs in 1940 and is praised for fielding, hitting against lefty pitchers, and team spirit.
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Hershey
Cedar Rapids
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh
Charley Workman
Coe Teams Set for Weekend Tennis and Golf Meets
Coe College schedules tennis at Grinnell this Saturday and golf against Cornell and Grinnell at Ellis Park. Freshman tennis faces Cornell frosh at Mount Vernon Tuesday, while golf hosts Purple Yearlings. Crimson lineup features McAllister McDermott Benbow Ball and Schuey Brice Dunlop Trickey Gallager Smith Eddy with Woodward Rayson Budde Niggemeyer among others.
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Grinnell
Kohawk
Cornell
Ellis Park
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Bob Shuey
Marshalltown
Thomas Brice
Cedar Rapids
Don Dunlop
Orange City
Maurice Trickey
Iowa Falls
James Gallager
Maywood
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Kirby Smith
Burt
al Eddy
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Lee Rayson
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Dick Budde
Anamosa
Donald Niggemeyer
Fort Madison
Crimson
Rift Develops In Basketball World
The Eastern Basketball Coaches association rejected the national rules committee push for new backboards and a stitched ball. They decide to keep standard rectangular backboards and the traditional leather ball for next season. The group cites unproven efficiency and requires direct college coaches representation on the rules panel.
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INS
Eastern Basketball Coaches Association
National Basketball Rules Committee
Woman Bowler Siegel Tops W I B C Singles With 628
Catherine Siegel a 25 year old Kansas City housewife rose to first in the Women's International Bowling Congress singles with a 628 series on the festival’s fourth day. Her score beats last year’s 626 by Sally Twyford and is expected to stand against the field of about 6000 competitors from the United States Canada Honolulu and the Panama Canal Zone across 26 days and nights of play.
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Women Players Shine In Independent League Golf Standings
The Independent League scores feature numerous players including Phyliss Suttner and Marthe Merie Boileau among a mixed roster. Standings show Beck's Athletic Goods leading Beck's over Standard Glass and Wuins with 19-11 and 16-8 records, respectively, as Virginia Martin and Gen McIntyre contribute notable points.
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Ethel Campvell Giedys Helcheriditinn Hefner
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Neilson
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Jane Karn
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C. McBurney
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Beck's Athletic Goods
Louis Baer Title Fight and Other Boxing Cards This Week
New York AP reports heavy weight champion Joe Louis defends the crown for the sixth time in a monthly title bid against Buddy Baer in Washington Friday. The card also features Gus Lesnevich vs Anton Christoforidis for the light heavy title at Madison Square Garden Thursday and Petey Scalzo meeting Phil Zwick in Milwaukee Tuesday. Sammy Angott meets Lenny Mancini in Cleveland in a 10 round non title bout and Freddie Steele faces Jimmy Casino in Hollywood Friday.
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Mpion
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al McCoy
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Abe Simon
Tony Musto
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Cliffside
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Anton Christoforidis
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Freddie Steele
Jimmy Casino
Los Angeles
Hollywood
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Iowa Expects Stastny Back for May Big Ten Dates
Iowa coach Otto Vogel said ace pitcher Robert Stastny should be in shape for the Big Ten games May 30 and 31 against Wisconsin. The team will take exams this week and resume the schedule May 26 and 27 against Luther College. Wisconsin visits Iowa the following weekend as the title drive continues.
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Iowa
Northwestern
Wisconsin
Otto Vogel
Luther College
Belle Plaine Wins League Golf Title
Belle Plaine high school tops the Iowa Cedar league golf championship at Tama with a 524 team score led by Marvin Shellenberger who scored a hole in one on a 212 yard par three. Iowa State Teachers High and Tama finished 542 and 571 for 27 holes. Jim Denny of Iowa State bag high was medalist.
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Gazette
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Marvin Shellenberger
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Jim Denny
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Alburnett and Center Point Lead Wapsie Valley
Alburnett beat Central City 10 to 3 and Center Point edged Marion 10 to 7 as both teams stay tied for first in the Wapsie Valley league. Sunday results also include Manchester 8 Walker 5 and Springville 8 Toddville 6 with Estling and Andrews belting homers.
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Springville
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Andrews
Kon
Quaker Oats Baseball Team Seeks Sunday Games
The Quaker Oats nine defeated La Plant Choate 7 to 5 on Sunday and seeks additional Sunday games. Interested managers may contact Gene Suace at the Quaker Oats plant or by dialing 5733.
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Dizzy Dean Struggles as Cubs Coach in New Role
AP reports Dizzy Dean is lost in his coaching duties with the Cubs and questions how to react to Wilson's jokes. The piece ties in a plastic surgery note for Lew Jenkins’ map damage by Dr. Bob Montgomery, plus night fight results and other sports tidbits.
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Dizzy Dean
Cubs
Cholly Grimm
Wilson
Lew Jenkins
Bob Montgomery
Philadelphia
Petey Scalzo
Phil Swick
Milwaukee
Turkey Thompson
Tony Musto
Los Angeles
Sammy Angott
Lenny Mancini
Cleveland
Big Day For Louie Golad Leads Cedar Rapids Win
Cedar Rapids A Z A edged Waterloo 9 to 8 at John Deere field. Louie Golad went 5 for 5 with seven RBIs including two homers and played short catcher and pitched the final inning as a reliever. Waterloo made 16 errors to Cedar Rapids 11.
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Archery Jamboree Draws Large Field At Ellis Park Range
About 100 archers from eastern Iowa participated Sunday in the Ellis Park range event sponsored by the Waltonian Archers Playground Commission and John W. Beck Goods. Archers competed in four divisions including men women and juniors with the men’s division attracting the most entries. Winners listed include a “Duke of Cedar Rapids” in the boys division and top placers in the men’s divisions from Cedar Rapids and other towns.
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Catholic University Cancels 1941 Football Schedule
Washington AP report says Catholic University will drop its seven game 1941 football slate as defense cuts reduce roster to 13. Rev Dr James Maener, procurator, explained many men have been drafted and the school could not foresee the impact on the schedule.
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Radio music boosts opera stars to fame in homes
Radio era shifts taste as opera tenor Richard Crooks performs on WHO tonight at 6 30 p m. Barbara Luddy debuts as Janet Munson in Woman in White on WMT. A mixed broadcast schedule lists True or False contest with Dr Harry Hagen, film gossip, and farm and home nutrition talks across stations WENR WMT WGN and more.
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Helena, Mont
William Powell
Needle Point
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Harry Hagen
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Paul V. MecNutt
M. L. Wilson
United States Department of Agriculture
Radio Program Schedule May 1 1941 Across Stations
A detailed listing of radio programs and times for May 1 1941 and early May 2 across WMT WGN WLS WHO WENR and other stations. The timetable includes music programs Hit Tunes Mystery Melton Sings Slater Orch and news segments with stations swapping hosts and artists throughout the day.
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Orch
Wenr Records
Program Highlights from Iowa Educational Stations
Iowa U Iowa City listings show a May 19 1941 schedule on WSTT with Palm News Dinner Mus programs and sports coverage. Additional times include news and book segments, plus broadcasts from Iowa State College Ames and Wells stations, detailing daily airtime blocks and highlights.
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Iowa U
Iowa City
Ames
Teesdar
Ty Wells
Landon critiques war pledge breaking and defense policy
Alf Landon denounces claims of war without consequences and accuses New Deal forces of steering the nation toward war through indirect actions. He warns against relying on England for security and argues against going to war over economic concerns, stressing risk and moral questions.
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Roosevelt
Kansas
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England
Openers Shine as Delhi, Winthrop, Lamont Win Sunday
In Delaware county league play Delhi crushed Silvercreek 13 to 0 on 14 hits while Winthrop routed Quasqueton 19 to 2 and Lamont beat Delaware 7 to 2. Pitcher Connant starred Sunday as Ryan had no game scheduled.
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Fielding Yost Rests After Heart Attack
Fielding H. Yost 70, director of athletics at the University of Michigan, suffered a heart attack while visiting relatives in Nashville Tennessee. Attendants at Vanderbilt hospital said he was resting very quietly and held for observation with diagnosis not complete but not necessarily serious.
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Exams Crimp Hawk Sports Schedule At Iowa
The University of Iowa athletics schedule tightens around final exams with two minor sport contests. The golf team hosts Minnesota as exams approach, and the track team travels to Minnesota for a dual meet after exams begin. The baseball team is idle all week.
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University of Iowa
Minnesota
U S Justice to Continue Aliens Roundup
The justice department will press on with raids to detain aliens of dubious status. Over the weekend more than 200 aliens, mostly seamen, were arrested in port-area sweeps to determine their status. officials say the policy targets those violating the law while protecting loyal lawful residents.
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Jackson
America
Bees Seek Sunday and Night Games
The Colored Bees softball team managed by C Baldy Wilson seeks out of town opponents for Sunday and night games. Managers may contact Wilson at 8436 to arrange dates and details.
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