Early season gains mark Iowa prep basketball night
Eastern Iowa high schools opened their season with overtime thrillers and strong showings. Norway beat Van Horne 44 22 as Dave Schinker scored late in overtime, while Maynard edged Hazelton 40 38 in OT after Trower’s five second winner. McGregor girls rolled past Elgin 43 20, and Keswick girls beat Webster 51 28 led by Helen Carrick with 34 points. Aurora girls sped to a 49 19 win over St. John’s Independenc.
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Dave Schinker
van Horne
Dean Alberts
Bill O’brien
Maynard
Adams
Trower
Hazelton
McGregor
Waterville
Elgin
Eunice Gearing
Helen Carrick
Keswick
Webster
Helen
Mary Lou Martin
Calmar
Lime
Watch & Ae
Aurora
St. John’s of
Independence
Kohawk Cage Start Nov. 27 At Simpson
Coe College announces a 22 man basketball squad led by four lettermen Squid Collins Bob Greene Car Pisel and Jim Sachell with several promising sophomores. The Kohawks open the season November 27 at Simpson then travel to Iowa State before hosting Monmouth December 11. Coach Willis D Lamb emphasizes fundamentals and experimenting with lineups for Coe’s fast breaking offense.
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Coeidge
Kohawks
Simpson
Iowa State
Monmouth
Squid Collins
Ottumwa
Bob Greene
Columbus Junction
Car Pisel
Gilmore City
Jim Sachell
Oak Park
Anamosa seeks Jan. 21 basketball game
Anamosa high school basketball returns with only letterman George Beardsley back for coach Wayne Brady as the team seeks a January 21 game. Anamosa opens the season in the Wamac conference jamboree on November 23 and invites interested teams or observers to contact Coach Brady.
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the Gazette
Anamosa
George Beardsley
Wayne Brady
Grady
Loras Schedules 20 Basketball Contests
Loras announces a 20 game men's basketball schedule including seven Midlands conference games and eight Iowa loop games for the season. The plan is released by Rev. Daniel B. Coyne, Loras athletic director, listing opponents such as Platteville Teachers, Luther, St Ambrose, Buena Vista, Norbert's and Western Illinois among others.
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Loras
Daniel B. Coyne
Platteville Teachers
Joseph
Biomas
Haca College
Cleveland Honoring Tribe Pitcher Gene Bearden
Gene Bearden, rookie southpaw who helped Cleveland win the World Series, will be named Cleveland's baseball man of the year at a January testimonial banquet. He was chosen Thursday by the Cleveland chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
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Prep Scores From Across Iowa Schools
A compiled list shows varied outcomes for multiple teams across Iowa. Marys Marshalltown 3, St. Wen 66, John Deere Waterloo 57. Low Wyoming 23. Lowden Wyoming 42. van Horne 28. Olin 33 Lisbon 29. Maynard 36 Minschen 14. Calmar Lime Springs 32 32. West Union Clermont 28. Valley Johnston 26. Newton 37 12. Manilla 57. Prairie City 48 Mitchellville 100?. Guthrie Center 54 Casey 27. Garden Grove 32 Leroy 28. Wellsburg 49 Beaman 24. West Bend 39. Center Point 25. Vancoms 42. De Soto 55 Earlham 26. State Center 30 Clemons 28 38 Clemons 35. Cresco 12 McIntire 26. Parson 42 Packwood 46. St Johns Independence 52 30. Sacred Heart Monticello. Notre Dame details sparse.
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Eatees
Sacred Heart of
Monticello
Gaston
Missing Czech Hockey Team Plane Still Unfound
Paris AP reports Mercure officials have no news on November 8 plane missing with six Czech world championship hockey players bound for London. Rumors say the aircraft may have diverted south toward Spain or Portugal as search efforts continue.
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Mercure
London
Spain
Portugal
Veeck Fails To Lure Hurler from Mack
Bill Veeck president of the world champion Indians tried to buy a top pitcher from Connie Mack but Mack refused. Mack said none of his pitchers are for sale and he has money to spend if Veeck offers players in return.
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Bill Veeck
Cleveland Indians
Philadelphia Athletics
Connie Mack
Connie
Williams Promises Homer to Sick Boy
The AP reports Ted Williams pledged his first homer of the coming year to 14 year old polio sufferer Bob Peterson of Stanton. Peterson proudly showed the inscription to friends while Williams signed the ball with Lots of luck, Ted Williams.
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Homer
Omaha
Ted Williams
Bob Peterson
Stanton
Rocky Graziano Reappears Then Vanishes Amid California Trip
Rocky Graziano, former middleweight champion, arrived in New York then vanished again after a California training stop. Manager Irving Cohen said Graziano had briefly been at his home before leaving without a stated destination. The fighter had been in the West for a December 1 bout with Fred Apostoli in Oakland.
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Rocky Graziano
California
Irving Cohen
Rocky
Graziano
West Coast
Fred Apostoli
Oakland
Graceland College among top six for Junior Rose Bowl bid
Graceland College is named as one of six top contenders to represent the East in the third annual Junior Rose Bowl game at Pasadena California. The announcement came Saturday.
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Lamoni
INS
Graceland College
Pasadena
Calif
Decorah Delwein Shine in Conference Jamboree
New Hampton hosts the Northeast Iowa conference jamboree with eight squads. East rivals Decorah Osage Oelwein Cresco win 69 49 over the West foursome Cedar Falls Charles City Waverly. Notable performers include Dusty Rice Jim Butler Leikvold Peterson May Meyers and Finch as teams show promise for the 1948 49 season.
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Oelwein
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Cedar Falls
Osage
Charles City
Waverly
West Hope
Fred Shadle
Vikings
Harvey Finch
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Roger Hendrickson
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Yale Studio
Dave Leikvold
Grid Results Across Teams From Various Colleges
Summary of recent grid scores featuring multiple colleges. Alcorn Ags crushed Leland 50 to 0 while Arkansas Ags beat College of Ozarks 19 to 12. Fresno State lost 41 to 6 at San Jose State. Rollins topped Tampa 35 to 6. Mississippi Southern routed S E Louisiana 27 to 0. Other results include Austin Peay 24 Athens 7 and Tennessee Tech 35 Union 0.
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Leland
Atlantic Christian
G. E. Carrel
Ottawa
Erc. Parcel Sound
Pacific Lutheran
San Jose State
Fresno State
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Austin Peay
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Youngstown
Baldwin Wallace
St Mary's Edges St Wenceslaus 39 36 In opener
St Mary's edged St Wenceslaus 39 to 36 in Marshalltown Friday night. Dick Duffy led scoring with 16 points for the Irish while Ray Norton had 13 for St Wenceslaus, as the Irish held a halftime lead and held off a late Red Hawks rally.
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St. Wenceslaus
Cedar Rapids
St. Mary’s
Dick Duffy
Ray Norton
Duffy
al Sattler
Red Hawks
Don Wilschutz
Chuck Mead
Norton
Francis O’rourke
Wilschutz
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Byttler
Joe Seda
Ed Drahozal
Seda
Redhawks
Mead
Louis in Easy Exhibition Go Louis in Easy Exhibition Go
Detroit AP reports heavyweight champion Joe Louis earned 9000 dollars as his share of a hometown exhibition against Vern Mitchell. The bout drew 12 531 fans paying 34 755.60 with no judges or decision. Louis weighed 220 and knocked Mitchell down for a two count and a nine count.
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Joe Louis
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Vern Mitchell
Joe
Mitchell
Class A Clubs Start Draft in Columbus
Class A clubs selected 37 players in the minor league draft in Columbus Ohio. National Association president George M Trautman said class A drafts will continue until Saturday midnight. Several clubs made picks including Springfield Illinois and Terre Haute selections.
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Ohio
George M. Trautman
National Association of Professional Baseball Clubs
Ronald =yton
Central
Keatela
Springfield
Tll
James Hornell
Pony Rkley
Eatee
Gils Weynern
Rober Tripp
Rere
Haute
Marty Furgol Wins Delayed Santa Anita Open
Marty Furgol of Albuquerque defeated Cary Middlecoff of Memphis in a belated playoff for the $500 first prize at Santa Anita open in Arcadia California. Furgol shot 69 while Middlecoff finished 72 after a late trouble on the 17th hole as the 54 hole event ended with a tie on 202.
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Arcadia
Calif
Marty Furgol
Albuquerque
N. M
Cary Middlecoff
Memphis
Furgol
Middlecoff
Happy After Leo Over Fitz Deal
Baseball Commissioner A B Chandler probes Leo Durocher era actions and the Freddy Fitzsimmons signing with the New York Giants while Fitzsimmons was under contract to the Boston Braves. Chandler seeks the circumstances surrounding the coaching arrangement under Durocher, now Giants manager.
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A. B. Chandler
Leo Durocher
Durocher
Freddy Fitzsimmons
New York Giants
Fitzsimmons
Boston Braves
Fitz
Braves
Calmar High Names 15 Letter Winners in Football
Calmar high school awarded fifteen football letters this week under Coach Hillard Torgerson. Senior co-captains Harvey Hillesland and Michael Shanahan led the list, followed by seniors George Bucheit Reginald Slebiska Richard Kalec. Juniors Donald Hanson Carl Don Meyer Larry Ries Linus Rothmeyer. sophomores Ronald Moudry Sherald Sluka Darryl Wangsness Floyd Bucheit also received letters. Alan Russett earned a manager's letter and Lester Schneberger a trainer's numeral.
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Calmar
Calmar High School
Hillard Torgerson
Harvey Hillesland
Michael Shanahan
George Bucheit
Reginald Slebiska
Richard Kalec
Donald Hanson
Carl Don Meyer
Larry Ries
Linus Rothmeyer
Ronald Moudry
Sherald Sluka
Darryl Wangsness
Floyd Bucheit
Alan Russett
Lester Schneberger
Pirates Won't Back Western League Entry
Colorado Springs learned the Pittsburgh Pirates will not back a Western league entry for next season. Traveling secretary Bob Rice said the organization lacks sufficient ball players to man another class A team. The note came after Rice met with J Roy Hamey and followed a chamber meeting.
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INL
Pittsburgh Pirates
Pikes Peak
Bucs
Bob Rice
Pirates
Charles Stone
Chamber of Commerce
Rice
J. Roy Hamey
Denver U Withdraws Valley Membership Bid
Denver University decided to pass up joining the Missouri Valley Athletic conference. Chancellor A C Nelson said DU will stay in the Mountain States conference Skyline Six to keep a unified and strong loop that will bring athletic prestige to the region. Nelson told alumni DU investigated Valley membership.
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Denver University
A. C. Nelson
D.U
Skyline
Nelson
Knee Operation for Giants' Walker Cooper
St. Louis says catcher Walker Cooper of the New York Giants will enter a St. Louis hospital early next month for an operation on his left knee. Dr. Robert F. Hyland will perform the surgery to remove a growth on the knee cap after Cooper was examined last week and then left for a hunting trip.
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Hyland
Skiing Season Opens in Colorado West of Denver
Ski areas west of Denver open this weekend as winter starts. St Mary's Glacier reports skiing with no tow rope. Berthoud Pass area has 16 inches of snow and one tow operating on Saturday.
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McCormick Signs to Manage Quebec Alouettes in C A Leauge
Quebec AP reports Frank McCormick, veteran first baseman of the pennant-winning Boston Braves last season, has signed to manage the Quebec Alouettes in the Class C Canadian American baseball league next season.
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Frank McCormick
Boston Braves
Quebec Alouettes
Danville Man Seeks Presidency Of Three-I Baseball League
Fred Robison of Danville announces his candidacy for president of the Three-I baseball league. The league will elect officers at its annual meeting on December 7 in Minneapolis.
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Fred Robison
Danville
Minneapolis
Iowa Conference Plans Split Into Two Divisions
Faculty and coaches decide to divide the Iowa conference into north and south divisions for 1950 with Penn and Iowa Wesleyan potentially withdrawing over subsidization issues. North: Luther Upper Iowa Loras Wartburg Buena Vista Westmar. South: Parsons St Ambrose Central Simpson Dubuque Iowa Wesleyan Penn. Championship playoffs to determine football base ball and basketball titles after each season.
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G. D. Robbins
Dick Crayne
Elmer Hertel
Robert D. Cass
Hamlet Peterson
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Quaker Oats Girls Clinch 66 57 Victory Over Waterloo
Cedar Rapids Quaker Oats girls basketball team beat John Deere of Waterloo 66 to 57 on Friday night. Lucy Kurt scored 36 points to lead Cedar Rapids, while Peg Fisher top-scored for Waterloo with 20. Cedar Rapids held a 38 25 halftime lead and stayed ahead throughout.
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Quaker Oats
John Deere
Lucy Kurt
Cedar Rapids
Peg Fisher
O'Neill Tables Minor League Proposals After Meetings
Steve O'Neill the former Detroit Tigers manager will table all minor league proposals until after the major league meetings next month. The plan follows a Cleveland stadium meeting with Indians vice president Hank Greenberg amid rumors he was offered the San Diego Padres manager post connected to Cleveland.
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Steve O'Neill
Detroit Tigers
Cleveland Stadium
Yale Captain’s Father Falls Ill En Route Game
Tim Conway Jr aged 63 father of Yale football captain Bill Conway was taken ill while traveling to see his son play Harvard. He was reported in good condition in a Buffalo hospital.
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N. Y
Tim Conway, Jr
Yale
Bill Conway
Harvard
Fight Results AP Report Sparse Boxing Headlines
Bridgeport Conn Sandy Saddier New York knocks out opponent in a brief report. Worcester Mass Johnny Pete wins a decision over Joey Peralta with other bouts listed, including Indianapolis Indiana Cartwright and Spokane Washington Harry Kid Matthews prevailing by points.
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Joey Peralta
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