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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1957
Page
2
Hawkeye football readiness is tested by a battle with Wisconsin before a 58,000 crowd in Iowa City. A strong showing could keep Iowa in the Big Ten title chase. a poor showing could threaten a first-division berth with tougher games ahead.
The Cedar Rapids Playground and Recreation Commission sponsors a football skills contest at the Coe practice field on Saturday for junior and senior high students not on school football squads. Dave Marshall of Cleveland led with 1,613 points on Wednesday as 22 Wright performers trailed. Richard Hutchins, 10, scored 1,600 for second place. Saturday's events start at 9:30 a.m. with eligible non squad students invited to compete.
Wisconsin and Iowa prepare for a Saturday 1:30 p.m. CST kickoff at Iowa Stadium. The Badgers travel with a full backfield of Williams and Nocera plus backfield depth, while Iowa relies on Randy Duncan at QB and a strong rushing defense. Attendance expected near sellout, with 58,000 tickets sold. teams legibly listed include Gibbons and Teteak for Wisconsin and Duncan and West for Iowa.
Imps in C R Davenport's unbeaten Blue Devils seek to extend a 28 game string as they meet winless Jefferson at Kingston stadium in Cedar Rapids at 7 45 tonight. KCRG radio will broadcast the game with Bob Brooks handling play by play. Marion sits idle this week while Washington pursues a first division berth in the Mississippi Valley conference at East Moline.
In New York AP reports the United States Olympic Association shows a surplus of 1,563,302.78 dollars, a stark contrast to the precarious finances of 1920 to 1948 when teams sometimes traveled to the Games underfunded. Russia's entry into global athletic competition is cited as a contributing factor to the improved position.
Pirates dismiss Bill Bell from their Lincoln Nebraska farm club and sell pitcher Jackie Brown to Columbus Ohio farm club in a personnel shakeup.
The Collins Gun Club avenged a 1956 defeat by Wilson shooters in the annual contest at the Collins grounds. Collins swept team and individual honors led by Norm Rahe who hit 45 of 50 targets. Bob Schumacher was second with 44 as Schumacher and Wilson’s Sheldon Lane shared the high run with 18 straight. Collins team of Par sons, Schumacher, Seibert, Draker and Eidemiller won with a 204 total, ten points ahead of Wilson, 575 birds to 559.
Bob Hazle, late-season hitting sensation for the Milwaukee Braves, will be honored Friday when he returns to Woodruff South Carolina, the city where he grew up, in a recognition of his role with the world champions.
Wisconsin, once a Big Ten underdog, has become a strong contender this season. Iowa and Wisconsin sit undefeated after three games, with Wisconsin impressing in recent wins over West Virginia and Purdue. The two rivals are closely matched, as last year’s only six-point separation hints.
After a 49 18 3 mark this season Peppers predicts Big Ten results Town Wisconsin Minnesota Illinois Ohio State Indiana Michigan Northwestern Michigan State Purdue Missouri Iowa State Colorado Kansas Kansas City Syracuse Nebraska and others with various scores and upsets across conferences including a 46 6 Oklahoma over Kansas and 27 7 Colorado over Kansas State regional matchups noted along with Midwestern teams Coe Grinnell St Olaf Knox Ripon Lawrence and others in Iowa and neighboring states.
Coe and Cornell meet in Mt Vernon for the 67th grid clash with Homecoming for Cornell and a Kohawks’ squad hoping to stun the Rams on their turf. Key changes include four Coe sophomores starting, Stan Miller moving to left half, and Bruce Houdek returning from pneumonia as Coe seeks to rebound after injuries. The long rivalry began in 1891, with Cornell holding their last win in 1949 and Coe aiming to snap a slide while defending home field.
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