Two Franklin Runners Loom as Top Entries
Franklin of Cedar Rapids Anamosa Davenport Sigourney Mt. Vernon and other eastern Iowa schools field strong entrants at the state high school track finals in Ames. Franklin stars include Chuck Hopkins Howard Cole and John McKay with two strong relay teams while East Des Moines is the top favorite in longer relays and Shorty Larson of Anamosa is the best pole vaulter in the state.
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Ames
Iowa
Franklin
Cedar Rapids
Anamosa
Davenport
Sigourney
Mt. Vernon
Witte
East Des Moines
Chuck Hopkins
Howard Cole
John McKay
Hopkins
Cole
Vesely
Orville Rust
Des Moines
Fairfield
Burlington
Larson
Burke
O’brien
Vinton
Ray Struble
Struble
Marion
Oxley
Shorty Larson
Midwest
Fred Eno
Willisea
Softball Night Lights Ellis Park With Pro Games
Under sunny skies Ellis Park hosts a full evening of softball events led by pro games. At 6:45 the YWCA girls league and a Loftus company versus AF of L men’s match precede the main program featuring Wilsons against Universal Engineers at 7 and Cherry Burrell versus Collins Radio at 8.
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Ellis Park
Y.W.C.A
Loftus Company
AF. of L
Wilson
Universal Engineers
Cherry-Burrell
Collins Radio
Red Pepper Sports Roundup and Notes From Ames
Mt Vernon rivals Coppock and Oxley shine this season while Cedar Rapids McKinley trains under Len Paulu with four potential scorers. Womacka from a New Guinea base sends tributes to Ray Duthbert, Jay Vogel reports antics in Los Angeles, and Minnesota football loss reshapes Iowa and Midwest prospects as Dizzy Dean and Al Todd mix in a Texas tale.
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New Guinea
Ladd Womacka
Ray Duthbert
Ray
Cedar Rapids
Womacka
Badgers and Buckeyes battle for Big Ten baseball crown
Wisconsin closes its Big Ten season with a home series against Purdue Friday and Saturday. If weather halts play, Ohio State gains championship chances. Wisconsin needs two wins to reach 6-2, while Ohio State eyes a 6-1 record after hosting Chicago and visiting Purdue.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Purdue
Ohio State
Boilermakers
Badgers
Buckeyes
Fishing Good at McGregor Shows Strong North East Iowa Run
Unusually fine fishing in the Mississippi reported from numerous north east Iowa points. Big strings of pike pickerel crappies and sunfish brought in to McGregor over the last few days.
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Mcgregor
Mississippi
Iowa
Tennis Match Sunday Rescheduled Between Local Clubs
Cedar Rapids Tennis association and Iowa City naval Preflight school renew a postponed match this Sunday at Cedar Rapids Country club. Four singles and two doubles are set to start at 3 p.m. announced by H. Y. Simmons on Friday.
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Cedar Rapids Tennis Association
Iowa City Naval Preflight School
H. Y. Simmons
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Iowa grid star Ray Murphy Jr returns from eight months convoy duty
Iowa City report says Ray Murphy Jr former Iowa fullback from 1938 to 1940 is back in the United States after eight months on Atlantic convoy duty as a junior grade lieutenant. He made trips to Murmansk and served on troop convoys to North Africa.
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Iowa City
INS
Ray Murphy
Iowa
United States
Grid
Murmansk
North Africa
Weather Wrecks American League Schedule
Weather postponed all Monday Tuesday and Wednesday games forcing reshuffled slate across the American League. Four eastern series with the West now face crowded itineraries as open dates used or games played on separate trips. Washington, Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, St. Louis, Cleveland all affected with multiple postponements.
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Chicago
Will Harridge
Harridge
Philadelphia
Washington
Boston
Cleveland
Featherweight crown split as Pep to defend vs June winner
Willie Pep, champion, agreed to defend the New York style featherweight title against the winner of the Chalky Wright Phil Terranova bout on June 4. The plan would crown three world champions in the division if Bartolo wins in Massachusetts and Callura remains as NBA champ, creating overlapping crowns.
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New York
Willie Pep
Hartford
Collins Radio Manager Seeks Out-Of-Town Sunday Games
Collins Radio manager John Bunting seeks to book Sunday games with out-of-town teams. Interested parties can write to Bunting in care of Collins Radio company.
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John Bunting
Collins Radio
Bunting
Collins Radio Company
Prasch Commissioned Ensign In Navy
John Prasch, longtime Coe College athlete and Marion coach, has been commissioned an ensign and will report May 29 in Hollywood Florida to begin Navy training. A 1940 Coe cum laude graduate in physical education, he starred in football basketball and track and held numerous campus honors. He and his wife Dorothy Yeager will reside with her Fort Madison grandparents for the present.
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Coe
John Prasch
Marion
Navy
Hollywood
Fla
Prasch
Belmond
Delta Phi Epsilon
Cosmos
Sachem
Interfraternity Council
Weather Delays Junior Legion Game Rescheduled Again
Director Nels Lee announced a junior league baseball reschedule. The Armstrongs versus Iowa Manufacturing game, first moved to June 8, is now set for Saturday at 4 p.m. at Daniels Park due to weather.
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Junior Legion
Nels Lee
Armstrong’s
Iowa Manufacturing
Daniels Park
Big Six Looks to Keep Grid Sport Active
Kansas State professor W W Davis says the Big Six plans to sustain intercollegiate football with proposals for summer practice and an earlier September start. He notes Kansas has seven-game schedule with non conference games at Denver and Washington University but international games are canceled and travel may force postponement of two non league games.
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Big Six
W W. Davis
Kansas
Davis
Denver
Washington University
St. Louis
Jayhawks
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Myron
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Cedar Rapids McKinley
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Len Paulu
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Audrey Blakey
Bill Davenport
Roy Lee
Red Peppers
Hot Sport
By Tait
Otto Vorel
Iowa WU
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Hittler
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Gopher
Marine Reserve
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al Todd
Diz
Todd
Dean
Dizzy
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Johnsonians
Portage Monarchs
Woerderhoff
First Avenue East
Chase
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Kenmore
35Th Street
Collins
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Commando Trio
Cologne
Ivory
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Reveille Trio
Northwoods
North Woods
Ilsan’s
Dobbs
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