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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Nov 22, 1954

Page

12

Marion and Indees Lead Looming Wamac Race

Article by Jack Ogden outlines top contenders in the Wamac conference for the upcoming season. Marion Indians return three veterans and rely on a strong freshman-sophomore group to push for February contention. Independence led by Coach Fred Deines fields a tall starting unit and multiple veterans, while Anamosa shows depth with six lettermen and tall forwards.

Cedar Rapids Gazette Independence Marion Anamosa Marion Indians Les Hipple Indians Dallas Fairly Darrell Failor Geri Smith Smith Fairly Failor Fred Deines Deines Mustangs Marion Oonce Ted Lawrence Don Roger Norton Lou Teymer Keith Raiders Tipton Vinton Manchester Maquoketa Monticello Rex Hester Dwight Belknap Leroy Hough Marvin Hite Darrell Kerkman Wayne Demmel Wamac Jim Reaugh Wilbur Schrader Dayton Leek Fred Overman Neil Davis

Prep Basketball Results From Saturday and Sunday Play

East 50 Ankeny 38 TlInten 77 Fulton 41 kmes 55 Mason 82 Souncil Bluffs A-L 68 Villisea 51 Council Bluffs T-J 51 Harlan 40 Forest City 58 D M Tech 48 Cedar Rapids 11 C 69 Mason City 54 Marion 56 Garnavillo 43 Oxford Jet Reon Rate 82 m-Qauford Jet 54 Seaine 46 DeSales 56 Cresco 47 Desee Cresco 25 Elk St Joe 44 St Lukes 39 Elkader St Joe 18 St Luke s 17 College basketball results listed for various teams and scores across Saturday and Sunday with multiple matchups and regional teams.

DM. East Ankeny Tlinten Fulton Kmes Mason Souncil Bluffs A-L Villisea Harlan Forest Ty D.M. Tech Cedar Rapids Mason City Marion Mag T. Garnavillo Peivin Oxford Reon Rate

Eastern Town Prep Roundup Schedule Gathers Week Games

Schedule of high school basketball games across towns with matchups on Tuesday Wednesday Friday and Saturday including Belle Plaine McKinley Roosevelt Marshalltown Marion Wilson Dubuque Platteville Vinton Owa City Burlington Waverly Anamosa West Waterloo Dubuane Keokuk Davenport Jesup Winthrop Center Point Fairbank Aurora Lamont Hazleton St. John's Waterville Strawberry Point Guttenberg Mar Mac Luana Monona Colesburg Garnarville Edgewood Delhi Garnaville at Strawberry Point shows a dense regional slate.

Belle Plaine McKinley Univ Hici Roosevelt Wilson Newton Dubuque Platteville Wis Towa City Vinton Owa City Burlington Ranklin Waverly Anamosa Marshallstown Marion Coe West Waterloo Dubuane Keokuk Davenport Jesup Winthrop Quasqueton Center Point Fairbank Aurora Brandon Lamont Hazleton Fairbank 1.C Ind St. John's Waterville Strawberry Point Guttenberg Mar-Mac Luana Monona Colesburg Garnarville Edgewood Delhi Garnaville Monticello Monona L Straw Edgewood Orange Dysart Edgewood Garnaville Dike Hudson Colesburg Esbu : Genese Dunkerton Waterville trawsGeneseo Dike Uttenbergange Denkertes Mar-Mae Sart Hudson

Games Tuesday and Wednesday High School Basketball Slate

The schedule lists Elkader at Manchester Marion at Mt Vernon DeWitt at Maquoketa Town City at Vinton Anamosa at C R McKinley Tipton at Univ High Marion versus Wilson Coe. The brief reads like a compact district lineup with multiple matchups for the week.

Elkader Manchester Marion Mt. Vernon DeWitt Maquoketa Town City Vinton IDAY Anamosa C.R. McKinley Colesburg Monticello Tipton Univ. High Wilson Coe

Local school games listed for Monday Tuesday and Wednesday

The schedule lists Wat at Cedar Rapids St Wen and St. Columb at Wat for Monday. Xavier at St Pat's and St. Mary at LC for Tuesday. Wat at OLVA and St. Marys at LC for Wednesday with several additional matchups including Xavier at St. Pat’s and Wat at Cedar Rapids St. Marys on different days.

Wat S.A C.R. St. Wen Cedar Rapids Sc Mary's Cosgrove St. Pat St. Columb OLVA St. Aes Oelwein Xavier St. Pat's Gotee St. Mary St. Mary’s C.R. St. Cedar Rapids LC Gunton St. Mary's S.H

Local High School Schedule for Week

Game slate lists Traer at Toledo Monday and Grundy Center at Eldora Tuesday. Friday sections show Eldora at Hampton and Reinbeck at Dinsdale with additional matchups including Clutter at Eldora and Keystone at LaPorte City.

Grundy Center Eldora Clutter Reinbeck Wellsburg Keystone LaPorte City Hampton Clemons Dinsdale

Wednesday high school football matchups listed

The schedule lists games including Waverly at Cedar Falls, Charles City at Osage, Oelwein at West Union, Oelwein at Cresco, Decorah at New Hampton, Mason City at Cedar Falls, Charles City at Clear Lake, New Hampton at Sumner, and C R Franklin at Waverly.

Waverly Cedar Falls Charles City Osage Oelwein West Union Cresco Decorah New Hampton Mason City Clear Lake Sumner C.R. Franklin

Local Matchups Roundup

Beaman plays Dinsdale and Whitten. Conrad faces Garwin. Gladbrook meets Montour in a sequence of area high school football or basketball pairings.

Beaman Dinsdale Conrad Garwin Gladbrook Montour Reinbeck Whitten

Local Prep Football Schedule Aligns Teams Across Towns

The week’s lineup lists Wilton Junction versus Springville, Durant against Mt. Vernon, Roosevelt meeting Univ. High, West Liberty facing West Branch, Bennett clashing with Durant, Mt. Vernon at Central City, and Tipton visiting Univ. High. Matches occur across multiple venues including West High, Liberty Tree Branch, and Roosevelt fields.

Durant Wilton Lone Tree Springville Marion Mt. Vernon Roosevelt Univ. High West Liberty West Branch Bennett Central City Tipton

Amana and Hartwick Face Open Round of Matches

Reading lists show games scheduled for Monday with Amana at Parnell Hartwick at Conroy Ladora at Chelsea Millersburg at Victor and Toledo at Chelsea. Also Toledo Juvenile at cuen Parnell at Cosgrove game codes marked g matchups listed.

Wie Victor Pemorsbars

Wilton Jet and Durant Lane Address Notes

A terse notice lists Wilton Jet and Y 5 Durant Lane along with Tree 6 West Branch and West Liberty 6 in a fragmented address reading. The readability is limited. no clear event or action is stated.

High School Football Schedule Listing

Elkader at West Union Waukon Sumner Postville Maynard Fayette 6 Cler Elgin Stanley at Maynard Clermont Elgin Randalia Volga City at Fayette Elkader at Manchester Postville at Fayette Sumner at Nashua Waukon at New Albin Maynard at Clermont Elgin GAME FRIDAY.

Elkader West Union Waukon Sumner Postville Maynard Fayette Elgin Stanley Maynard Clermont-Elgin Randalia Volga City Fayette Manchester Postville Sumner Nashua Oelwein New Albin New Hampton

Local Girls and Boys Scores From Central City Area meets

Fragmented lines show multiple school teams including Center Point Alburnett Viola Troy Mills Morley and Center City with results and matchups listed. Reads like a scheduled sports roundup with games spread across Wednesday and venues such as Viola and Troy Mills.

Centre City Walker Ola Center Point Alburnett Central City Center Point Alo Walker Alburnete Palo Ree Mills Troy Mills Viola Jueeday Entral City Viola Alo Gonauaiten Troy Mills Morley Mt. Vernon Central City Cogeon

Local Matchups Listed For Tuesday Games

Tiffin at Walford and Norway at Van Horne headline a slate of Tuesday high school games. Urbana faces Blair and Shelisburge hosts Newhall with Garrison meeting Keystone, LaPorte, and Oxford on the schedule.

Van Norway Heilsbure Garrison Arrison van Horne Ewhall Shelisbure Blairstown Bana Atkins Gampfs Tiffin Walford van Ene Urbana Blair N Shelisburge Newhall Garrison Keystone LaPorte Oxford

Local High School Games Schedule Mixed Results

Listings show Belle Plaine at C R McKinley and Marengo at Lone Tree while Montezuma visits Brooklyn and Sigourney travels to Toledo. Tama hosts Clutter and Chelsea hosts Toledo in the day’s matchups.

Brooklyn Victor St. John's Ames Belle Plaine C.R. McKinley Marengo Lone Tree Clutter Tama Montezuma Sigourney Toledo Chelsea Arengo

Local High School Boys and Girls Schedule Recap

An annotated lineup lists Cresco N D facing Chae City Lc and Oelwein matchups. Ridgeway meets Lime Springs while Ft Atkinson clashes with Chester and Ossian plays Cresco N D. DeSales faces Ridgeway as Protivin plays Rud. Friday games include Cresco N D at Chae City Lc and Sunday games feature Oelwein at Cresco N D.

Cresco N

High School Soccer and Basketball Schedule Highlights

Teams listed include Cosgrove at S C St Pat s Oxford at Shueyville Riverside at Ainsworth Salon at SC St Mary s Parnell at Salatore Crawfordsville at Riverside Game Saturday Norway at Oxford.

Cosgrove S.C. St. Pat's Oxford Shueyville Riverside Ainsworth Tiffin Walford Salon St. Mary's Parnell Salatore Crawfordsville Norway

Local baseball matchups listed for upcoming week

Schedule shows Clermont Elgin at Randalia Aurora at Oran Lamont at Artinston Hawkeye at Wadena Dundee at Stanley Maynard at Elgin Clermont Alpha at Stanley.

Stanley Maynard Clermont-Elgin Randalia Aurora Oran Lamont Artinston Hawkeye Wadena Dundee Elgin-Clermont Alpha

High School Football Pairings Listed for Friday

Wellman faces Williamsburg and North English plays Kalona while Keota travels to West Chester as part of the week schedule.

Local Prep Schedule Mixes Cities and Games

Readable lines list Wednesday games including Lisbon at Wyomin Oxford Junction of London, Olin at Stanwood, Monmouth at Onslow, Viola at Morley, Delhi at Monti, S.H. Lost Nation at Oxford Junction.

Lisbon Wyomin Oxford London Olin Stanwood Monmouth Onslow Delhi Monti S.H Oxford Junction Olin O'Oxford Morley Mont Wyoming Olin Oxford Jet Wyoming Monti S.A Mortey Martelle Martelle Onslow Onslow MeVille Clarence Lowden Wheatland

Death Toll Rises in Pan American Road Race

In Mexico City the Pan American race enters its fourth day with six dead and many injured. The 1,908 mile event runs from Mexico’s southern border to Ciudad Juarez opposite El Paso, Texas, amid continuing dangers for drivers and spectators. Leading the sports car field is Umberto Maglioli of Italy in a Ferrari, six minutes ahead of Phil Hill of Santa Monica, California. Ray Crawford of Long Beach and Walter Faulkner, also of Long Beach, trail in the big stock car class.

Mexico City Mexico Ciudad Juarez el Paso Texas Rio Grande Umberto Maglioli Italy Phil Hill Santa Monica Calif Ray Crawford Long Beach Walter Faulkner

Rice Excludes Two Players for Training Rules Violation

Houston Texas Mac Taylor full back and Larry Lundstedt reserve center were expelled from the Rice football team for breaking training rules before last Saturday's game.

Houston Texas Mac Taylor Larry Lundstedt Rice

Upper Iowa Opens Iowa College Basketball Season

Des Moines AP notes Upper Iowa takes the season opener at Platteville Wisconsin Tuesday night. Five other Iowa teams start action Saturday while Iowa Iowa State and Drake wait until next month. Highlight is St Ambrose at St Thomas with Davenport's Bees led by 6'6" Bob Cannady averaging 26 points last season.

Upper Town Platteville State Westmar Morningside Buena Vista Creighton Central Hope, Mich St. Ambrose St. Thomas DES Moines Upper Iowa Plattevill Wis Iowa Iowa State Drake I Bees Davenport Bob Cannady

Mawson Johnston Agree to $10,000 Winner Take All Race

In Las Vegas John Mawson and George S Johnston agreed to a winner take all race worth 10000 dollars. The match will feature their champion quarter horses next Sunday at the Las Vegas track.

Las Vegas Nev John Mawson George S. Johnston

Browns and Giants Set for Key Eastern Division Showdown

The Cleveland Browns visit the Polo Grounds in New York to clash with the New York Giants in a crucial NFL Eastern division contest. The game follows recent mixed results as Detroit and Green Bay jockey for Western hopes, with strong defensive teams highlighted.

Cleveland Detroit New York San Fran Philadelphia Los Angeles Pittsburgh Ochee Bears Washington Green Bay Baltimore San Francisco Cuicase Bears Chicago Cards Associated Press Cleveland Browns New York Giants Polo Grounds Jim Lee Howell Hampton Pool Los Angeles Rams Giants Rams Browns Ben Agajanian Bobby Layne Packer Max McGee Tobin Lions

Buckeyes Top UCLA In INS Voting For No 1

Ohio State, 9-0, unseats UCLA as the nation’s No 1 college football team after nine straight wins. The Buckeyes collect four first place votes and two seconds for 58 points, with UCLA second, followed by Oklahoma and Notre Dame in the INS ranking.

Howard Sigmond New York INS Ohio State Buckeyes UCLA International News Service Bucks U.C.L.A Oklahoma Notre Dame

Fragmented Sports Listings From Multiple Cities

Readable names and numbers appear scattered across cities including Miami Waterbury Worcester and Havana. Entries mention Wallace Bud Smith Arthur Persley George Curly Monroe Merman Gary Chico Varona and Charley Salas with ages and locations.

Miami Fla Wallace Bud Smith Cincinnati Arthur Persley Red Cross Waterbury Conn George Curly Monroe Worcester Mass Merman Gary Havana Chico Varona Cuba Opspelaces Charley Salas Phoenix Aris

Catholic Grade School Basketball Opens With Big Wins

In the league opener Immaculate Conception and St. Matthews dominated. Dave Hundley and Larry Wagner each scored ten as Immaculate Conception beat St. Wenceslaus 52 to 19, while St. Matthews rolled past St. Ludmila 49 to 21 led by Joe Toman's eight field goals and Jack Havlicek's 11 points.

Immaculate Conception St. Matthews Dave Hundley Larry Wagner

Garnavillo Girls fall to Holstein 53 43 in Spencer clash

Garnavillo, two time state champion, lost its second game of the season to Holstein 53 43 in Spencer. In the clinic opener Melvin defeated Rodman 59 55 with Dorothy Stevens scoring 30 for the winners. Sandy Fiete had 19 for Garnaville and Lois Schroeder led Holstein with 26.

Spencer Garnavillo Holstein Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union Melvin Rodman Dorothy Stevens Sandy Fiete Garnaville Lois Schroeder

Ohio State Receives 12800 Rose Bowl Tickets

Ohio State has been allocated 12,800 tickets for the Rose Bowl showdown against Southern California. The Buckeyes, Big Ten champions, prepare for the marquee game in Pasadena.

Columbus Ohio State i Buckeyes Southern California

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