Irish Regain Top Ranking From Wolves
Notre Dame has reclaimed the No 1 position in the weekly AP college football poll from Michigan after a two team battle. Michigan finished the season with a 21 0 win over Ohio State while Notre Dame prepares for a December 6 game with Southern California to determine final rankings. Southern Methodist remains third with votes extended to Southern California and North Carolina, among others, in the top 15.
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Muhlenberg
St Wenceslaus Triumphs In Tight Overtime Victory
St Wenceslaus edged Sacred Heart with a 26 23 lead at end of regulation and pulled ahead in overtime as Panek and Claes sparked the Red Hawks. Sacred Heart’s Gallo exited on fouls, Stiles hit key baskets, and Oelwein chased from behind in a closely fought contest. The St Wenceslaus reserves later won 18 17 in overtime.
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Oelwein
Claes
Red Hawks
Panek
Gloede
Top Girls Play At North English
The Hanes Hosiery Dreamettes of Winston Salem N C face Davenport AIC in the first game of a double feature at North English Iowa Saturday night. Also on the bill are North English and Ladora Legion game with Jackie Swain leading the Dreamettes and Luverne Stokte guiding the AIC squad.
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Ladora Legion
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Luverne Stokte
London
Clutier Girls Dominate LeGrand 72-28 On Monday
Ardella Knoop scored 39 points and Mary Olson added 20 as Clutier's girls rolled to a 72-28 victory over LeGrand. The Clutier boys were defeated by LeGrand 45-25, with Bean scoring 17 for LeGrand and Melvin Dostal adding nine for the losers.
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Ardella Knoop
Nets
Mary Olson
Clutter Boys
Melvin Dostal
Bean
Sacred Heart Teams Of Monticello Win
Monticello basketball doubleheader results as Sacred Heart girls beat Monmouth 61 48 led by Jean Marie Howie with 23 points and Peterson 24 for Monmouth. Sacred Heart boys crushed Monmouth 55 20 with Heimshis 22 and Miller 11 for Monmouth.
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Jean Marie Howie
Sacred Heart
Monmouth
Peterson
Heimshis
Miller
Ossian Sextet Tops Waucoma Girls 34 33
Ossian girls win 34 33 over Waucoma as Strand and Schultz pace with 12 points each while Gabriel leads Waucoma with 21. Ossian boys fall 34 9 to Waucoma.
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Waucoma Girls
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Waucoma
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Schultz
Gabriel
St Mary’s Rambers Win Fourth In Narrow 40-29 Victory
Iowa City St Mary’s Ramblers rallied to beat St Paul’s Burlington 40-29 for their fourth straight win. Trailing 14-12 at halftime, Paul Flannery and Charles Boyd each scored eight to lead a 12- point third quarter and 16-point final as the Rambers sealed the win.
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Sacred Heart beats Newhall in high school basketball
Sacred Heart defeated Newhall 37 to 27 in a local high school basketball game. Oelwein and LeGrand teams also played, with reserves noted for Sacred Heart and other squads competing in amateur roundups.
Fieldhouse Drive Gains For Cornell
National campaign moves to fund a 500000 dollar alumni memorial fieldhouse for Cornell college Mt. Vernon. The project honors 37 Cornell men who died in World War I with an endowment for war education and athletics. Campaign leaders and Cedar Rapids figures attended the Roosevelt hotel meeting Monday night.
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National Committee
Roosevelt Hotel
Otto A. Kohl
Cedar Rapids
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Cornell
Charles E. Hedges
Vernon
Orrie Lawrence
Cornell Alumni Association
Russell Landis
Robert L. Gardiner
P. F. Keehn
Orville Rennie
Wallace S. McClenahan
Joseph T. Meade
Lee Halts Smith in Sixth Round
COUNCIL BLUFFS AP Lee Halts Smith in the sixth round of their 10 round main event. Don Lee of Edison Nebraska shocked Smith of Oklahoma City with a technical knockout at 1 12 of the sixth. Referee Alex Fidler Cedar Rapids stopped the bout.
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Don Lee
Edison
Neb
Dick Smith
Oklahoma City
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Smith
Alex Fidler
Cedar Rapids
Orville Birney
Omaha
Harold Alle
St. Paul
Booker Ellis
Eugene Brown
Jimmie Watson
Emil Evans
Lynch
Minn
Elmer Davis
Estherville
Manuel Segobia
Charley Martin
Kansas City
Eeree McGuire
Des Moines
Notre Dame Places Three on Paramount All American
Paramount News lists the 1947 all-American eleven with three Notre Dame selections: George Connor tackle John Lujack quarterback and Bill Fischer guard. Other picks include Barney Poole Mississippi ends and Davis Georgia Tech tackle and Chappuis Michigan halfback among others.
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John Lujack
Bill Fischer
Barney _ Poole
Mississippi
Real Cleary
California
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Georgia Tech
Joe Steff
Army
Charles Teenak
Pennsylvania
Harr Zlmer
Ana
Bob Chappuis
Layne
Texas
Steamboat Rock Girls Win At Monona Clinic Event
Steamboat Rock girls defeated Monona 57 to 45 at Monona venue with the Davenport A.S.C. team beating the all star high school squad 30 to 0 in a basketball clinic report from Monday’s Gazette.
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Davenport
Cedar County Sports Banquet to honor Legion youths
More than 150 youths from Cedar county will assemble at the Evangelical church at 7 30 p m Friday for the annual American Legion junior baseball league banquet. Eight league teams from eight Legion posts will attend with Otto Vogel of the University of Iowa as speaker. The Clarence squad, 1947 county title and county fair diamond crown holders, will be honored. Towns include Mechanicsville Stanwood Lowden Tipton Bennett Durant and West Branch. Tipton won the county title last year and Lowden in 1945.
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American Legion
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Clarence Legion
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University of Iowa
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Mechanicsville
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Lowden
Tipton
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Durant
West Branch
Wayzgoose Gazette mockery targets editor with baby photo
Iowa City publication shows Chad Brooks Daily Iowan managing editor holding a baby whose image is Eddie Anderson. The caption claims Brooks aged 23 explains football to Anderson aged 47, reflecting campus satire by Sigma Delta Chi.
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Iowa City
Wayzgoose Gazette
Sigma Delta Chi
Chad Brooks
Daily Iowan
Eddie Anderson
Iowa
Elgin Takes Two Cage Victories from Volga
Elgin defeated Volga twice at Volga Monday night the varsity loss 39 20 and the reserves 14 13 Gordon Pollock of Elgin scored 20 points to top the night while Taylor led Volga with eight points.
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Norway Independents Sweep Newhall Outscores in Two Wins
In a Big Seven conference doubleheader, Norway Independents defeated Newhall 29-11 in the girls game and 37-27 in the boys clash. Mary Ann Roettgers led the girls, limiting Newhall to two field goals, while Bob Erger scored 10 for the boys and Rhoades tallied 16 for Newhall.
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Newhall
Mary Ann Roettgers
Bob Erger
Rhoades
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