Bruce's Game Is Tied Up a Second Time
Bruce's Game Is Tied Up a Second Time in a seven inning M-1 tie at Daniels Park between Wayne Bruce of LaPlant and Fred Melichar of Quaker. LaPlant stranded nine and had bases loaded twice as Bruce and Melichar matched perfect pitching amid a scoreless duel.
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LaPlant
Fred Melichar
Quaker
Daniels Park
Bruce
Elias
Thenhaus
Jelinek
Gillen
Melichar
Roger Dietz
Carrie
Upper Iowa Nips Luther in Tenth
Darwin Hopkins scored the winning run in the tenth as Upper Iowa edged Luther 5 to 4. Hopkins reached on an error and scored after a wild throw on Bill Murphy’s ball. Luther piled 13 hits led by Randy McDowell’s triple but could not plate enough runs. Upper Iowa hosts St Ambrose and Winona Teachers next.
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Upper Iowa
St. Ambrose
Winona
Ee Cele
Meilem
Emer
Carson
Heefner
D. Hopkins
District doubles final crowns two high schools in tennis
In a crowded district doubles final at Wilson, Carl Donald and Norman Barnes of McKinley upset the favored Franklin duo Bud Hollander and Bill Ball 6-2 8-6 to claim the crown and earn a place in the state finals at Ames. Fletcher defeated Wasta 6-4 6-1 in a notable semifinal win.
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Franklin
Wilson
Jack Fletcher
Jimmy Wasta
McKinley
Matt
Jeff
Carl Donald
Norman Barnes
Bud Hollander
Bill Ball
Ames
Barnes
Fletcher
Donald
Buddy Kovar
Country Club
Dick Ludwig
Loras
Dubuque
Wasta
Iowa City
Bill Jenna Downing
Jack Skafi
Franklin High
Jim Wasta
Hollander
Ball
Tennis tournament results highlight multiple college players
Joéure defeats Ed Duncan of Iowa City. Waste beats William Tesler of Loras. Oe over Ed Spacek of Wilson 6-0 in semi finals. Pletcher beats Waste 6-4 6-1 in doubles with Bill Ball and Bud Hollander pairing against Philip Oakes and Don Marek. Henry Rate and Keithle beat Jum Miller. Bill Hilbore and Kremer of Loras face Carr and Donald Norman Barnes of McKinley in final set. Barnes defeats Ball Hollander in final.
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Joéure
Ed Duncan
Iowa City
Waste
William Tesler
Loras
Ed Spacek
Wilson
Bill Ball
Bud Hollander
Franklin
Deoeag
Philip Oakes
Don Marek
Henry Rate-Keithle
Jum Miller
Bill Hilbore
Fat Bilteethon
Pet Kremeran
Loras Carr
Donald-Norman Barnes
McKinley
Rate-Bogie
Oll peseld-Barnes
Ball-Wollander
Soos win 15-inning Western clash 5-4 over Bears
Sioux City edged Denver 5-4 in 15 innings to keep the Western league lead as Omaha beat Pueblo 9-6 in extras. Des Moines at Lincoln postponed by wet grounds. a doubleheader set for Wednesday. Frank doubled for Sioux City in the 15th to drive in Metkovich after a three hour, 48 minute marathon.
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Associated Press
Sioux City
Soos
Denver Bears
Omaha
Cardinals
Pueblo
Dodgers
Des Moines
Lincoln
Denver
Bears
Bob Cherry
Frank
John Metkovich
al Kluttz
Midget Autos Will Race at Tipton Sunday
Midget auto racing in Iowa shifts from Davenport to Tipton’s half mile Cedar county fairgrounds this Sunday. Cedar Rapids racer Dick Hobel plans to compete, likely in another driver’s car, while Art Jacobson of Omaha will race the white No. 33. Entry list includes Kettering, Yates, Newkirk, Johnson, Williams, Wheeler, Ward, Gersich, Singer, Smith and Fitch among others.
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Iowa
Davenport
Cedar County Fairgrounds
Dick Hobel
Cedar Rapids
Dri
Art Jacobson
Omaha
Johnny Hobel
Johnny
Midwest
Racing Association
Kettering
Willard Yates
Paul Newkirk
Cliff Johnson
Earl Williams
Art Wheeler
L. G. Shelley
Jim Ward
Joe Gersich
Corky Singer
Joliet
Jimmy Smith
Des Moines
Harold Fitch
Muscatine
Weather Washes Out Three-Eye League Games
All games in the Three-Eye League were washed out by rain. The eight teams will resume the same matchups on the next scheduled day, with Danville hosting Davenport, Waterloo at Quincy, Decatur at Springfield, and Terre Haute visiting Evansville.
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United Press
Danville
Daven
Waterloo
Schedu
Quincy
Decatur
Springfield
Terre Haute
Evansville
Records May Fall At School Track Finals At Ames
Iowa track experts eye a potential record year at the 1947 state finals in Ames. Dean Pieper of Clinton has twice been over the 20 year mile mark, Bill Conrardy of Loras Academy posted a new mile pace, and North Des Moines hurled fast relays. Joe Paulsen of Davenport seeks three titles after stellar performances in the shot put discus and football throw.
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INS
Iowa High
Orville Rust
Franklin Cedar Rapids
Dean Pieper
Clinton
Bill Conrardy
Loras Academy
North Des Moines
Conrad Jones
Reggie Kaiser
Gray Scott
George Nichols
East Des Moines
Joe Paulsen
Davenport
Paulsen
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