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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1948
Page
11
Massachusetts Institute of Technology students booby trapped Harvard Stadium with holes and dynamite to spell MIT on the field. A caretaker uncovered the setup and police stopped the plan before the game. The incident sparked debate over student antics and rivalry in college football.
Tipton and Marion led the all conference selections in the Wamac after Tuesday night voting. First team includes Tipton stars End Roger Ruchotzke Tackle Ray Crock Guard George Heick and Backs Hilbert Ford and Jim Williams along with Marion picks Tackle Larry Yauslin Guard Jerry Jeffrey and Backs Ken Otting and Dave Rathje. Maquoketa also placed two on the starting squad.
Georgia Fox topped the second round with 621 pins as the WIBC National Sweepstakes narrows to the top 12 in major and minor groups. Parlor City in Cedar Rapids hosts third round bowling on December 5, with Kathy Buchan leading the minor qualifiers and a long list of major qualifiers and non qualifiers from Tuesday’s results.
The second week of play will be run off in the Y M C A Commercial league Wednesday night. Schedule lists Gazette versus panedinns at 6 15 and Searles Dairy versus D X at 7 45. Iowa Steel faces Me Too at 6 45.
Norman Oklahoma members of the University of Oklahoma football squad disclosed that the Sooners voted to turn down an Orange Bowl bid and split on whether to accept a contingent Sugar Bowl bid.
The West sixteenth team defeated the East quartet 34 26 in Anamosa with Independence Manchester Marion and Vinton on the winning side. Monticello led by Leo Cabalka tied Marion 7 7 as Marion star Lloyd Olmstead struggled to score in the opening event.
Franklin High of Cedar Rapids beat Oelwein 55 38 in the season opener. Offringa scored 20 for Franklin while Dusty Rice and Jim Butler added 13 and 10. Culver added 13 for the Bolts as Franklin dominated the third quarter to pull away.
Chuck Fulton named honorary captain for the season by Wilson football players. Coach Bill Barnard announced 26 letterwinners for 1948, as the Ramblers went seven wins and two losses. Names include Fulton Namiten Pospishil Roy Lavere Milton Miller, Zamarova Halevacek Bernard Berger Cilek Fitch Moe Dorland Louvar Pulton Shonka Walker and others.
Pitcher Joe Haynes, a standout for the Chicago White Sox, is traded to the Cleveland Indians for catcher Joe Tipton. The deal, announced in Chicago by Indians president Bill Veeck, ends Haynes 10 year major league career with a 66 win 61 loss record.
Cedar Rapids high schools schedule three basketball games Wednesday evening. Roosevelt faces Marshalltown in its opener at 8:30 after a reserve curtain-raiser. Immaculate Conception hosts St Martin's of Cascade. Wilson hosts Center Point with the sophomores at 6:45 and the varsity at 8:15.
Don Kolloway predicts the Boston Red Sox or the Detroit Tigers will win the American League pennant next season, surpassing the Cleveland Indians. He cites Cleveland veterans Joe Gordon and Ken Keltner as likely to taper off in 1949 while speaking at a Wilson and Company banquet in Roosevelt Hotel.
A fragmented roster list outlines participants across bowling and basketball events including Speeber, Georgia Papacek, Dolores Zobl, Gary Wilson’s Beef team, George Stewart, Alien McGregor, Wood ee Virgilichardson, Vernon rett Certified team, Ralph Briles, Clarence Gregory, Rudopn Stroud, Hubert McCormick, Charles Powell, Vincent Triska, and other players. Notable women’s figures include Clare Croker, Peggy Meredith, Delores Dvorak, Rose Marie Welton, Evelyn Sorenson, Velma Plait, Clara Schmidt, and Marion Safely. The document also references Wilson Company and a long list of team members and managers across men’s and women’s squads plus a Bat Boy Ray Sturm.
Elias C. Vail, renowned dog exhibitor and trainer, will address the Cedar Rapids Kennel Association next Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the YMCA. Films showing field and obedience dog work will be screened. The event is free and open to the public.
Lee Winterberg and L. Henry were elected co chairmen of the Cedar Rapids delegation for the minor league meeting in Minneapolis December 6 to 10. Delegates to accompany them will be announced later, with Cedar Rapids seeking a 1949 franchise backing by a major league or backer. The group will discuss Western and Three I league options at Minneapolis. Three I vacancies are expected to be two in 1949.
Harry Szulborski of Purdue claimed the Big Nine rushing title for 1948 with 631 yards. Final Big Nine totals ranked by rushing yards, placing Ralph Doran of Minnesota 12th and others from Iowa in subsequent spots. The report also names leaders in passing, receiving, interceptions, punting and kickoff returns.
Billy Fox a 22 year old Philadelphia boxer lay unconscious in a Buffalo hospital early Wednesday after a brutal 10 round split decision defeat to Ted Lowry of New Bedford Mass Tuesday night at Memorial auditorium. A physician said Fox appeared to have suffered a head injury though the hospital stated his condition was not critical.
Army's unbeaten football team sits atop the Lambert trophy standings Wednesday night and seems set to win the prize for the fourth time in five years.
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