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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1959
Page
8
Ralph Trimble received Jefferson's athlete of the year medal at the spring awards. The senior distance star set a state mile run record at the class AA track meet in Ames and helped the Trimble medley relay to another mark. The J-Hawks finished second in the state meet and Trimble was unbeaten in the spring track season.
Collins No 1 moved into first place in the Allied Industrial golf league's Tuesday division this week by scoring 20 points. Collins posted a low team net of 144, Bob Stephenson had the low 9 hole gross with 40, and George Rowe of United Fire and Casualty posted the low net with 34.
Two Ohio athletes at Northwestern earned honors. Andy Cvercko of Campbell received the Big Ten medal for athletics and scholarship. Willmer Fowler of Mansfield was named Northwestern’s athlete of the year.
Ralph Tiger Jones of Yonkers New York will face Victor Salazar of Argentina in a 10 round middleweight bout at Madison Square Garden on June 26. The fight will be televised and broadcast nationally.
Regis and St Patrick's stars lead 1959 Cedar Rapids high school baseball season. Mike Ruzicka 472 batting average tops, Dave Novotny 4 0 pitching record leads. Regis wins team title and team hitting crown. Notable stats include Wilson 20 hits and 36 total bases, Hoyt 23 RBIs, Hawk 7 wins, Willenborg 68 strikeouts, Philips 0.37 ERA.
Cedar Rapids trapshooting gains rapid growth as the infant Cedar Rapids Trapshooting League reaches 236 members with 33 teams playing three nights weekly at Collins Gun Club grounds. President Irv Hartrum credits the Collins club efforts and WWII firearm familiarity for the boom.
The United States Golf Association announced the 1960 women’s open championship will be held at Worcester Country Club in Worcester, Massachusetts, from July 21 through July 23. The event features the nation’s top female golfers in a major national contest.
Taft Cleaners led with 2028 team series and 700 high game. Individual tops include Clark Haddy 240 for men and Rose Palumbo 188 for women. Men’s series leader Haddy 634 and women’s 547 Mary Ann Farrington. Cannons topped team series with 1940 and Jokers claimed best team game 408.
Cedar Rapids schools announce summer junior high baseball schedules for 9th 8th grade and 7th 8th grade groups. Freshman games begin June 16 with 4:50 pm starts at home fields Arthur Hayes Roosevelt Jefferson and Roosevelt.
Freshman football and wrestling schedules for the 1959 60 season were approved listing Franklin Roosevelt McKinley Wilson Roosevelt and Mee games. Key dates include September 24 Franklin at Wilson and Roosevelt at Franklin, October 15 Wilson at Franklin and McKinley at Roosevelt, with December and January matchups continuing the Franklin Roosevelt Wilson and McKinley rivalries.
Former middleweight Cham pion Bobo Olson cancels the June 8 bout with Sonny Ray of Chicago citing federal income tax problems. Matchmaker Benny Ford says the government would have taken Olson’s entire purse, with a settlement on about $48,000 IRS claim possible.
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