Skish Promises Fun At Walton State Field Meet
The Izaak Walton League sponsors an all day event on Sunday September 26 featuring skish. Earl J. North and RK A Greenawalt explain skish covers fly and ball casting with three classes for boys under 16 men and ladies. Targets lie 40 to 80 feet away on a pond. Fly casting uses dry flies with no weight and a filed hook. bait casting allows nine pound test line and 54 ounce weight with any rod or reel.
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Izaak Walton League
Keokuk Fined for Signing Prep Star
Cincinnati based story reports Baseball Commissioner A B Chandler fined Keokuk of the Class C Central Association 500 dollars for violating the high school rule by signing Lloyd James of Windsor Ontario.
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A. B. Chandler
Keokuk Club
Lloyd James St. Louis
Windsor
Ontario
Stag Day to Honor George Taylor at Cedar Rapids Club
A stag day at Cedar Rapids Country Club honors George Taylor who retires after 26 years as club golf professional. The event on Wednesday features golf including a blind bogey tournament starting at 1 p.m. followed by dinner.
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George Taylor
Cedar Rapids Country Club
Taylor
Marion Tries Passes as Mt Vernon Game Looms
Marion football held Monday practice focusing on passing as the squad aims to improve a low success rate after a 32-0 win over Belle Plaine. Coach Les Hipple warned of possible poor results if the Marion aerial attack does not improve before Friday’s game at Mt. Vernon.
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Dunkerton edges Winthrop 6-5 after late rally
Dunkerton defeated Winthrop 6-5 as Winthrop trailed 3-1 before a late four-run seventh inning. McIntosh led Dunkerton with three singles, while Wellner and Holdimar handled the relief duties as the Redskins rallied past the Eagles at Winthrop.
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Holdimar
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Keswick High Backs Kinross in 17-5 Five Inning Win
Keswick high school routed Kinross 17 to 5 in a five inning baseball game on Monday. Dent and R Dent, Sterratt and Col Ss contributed to Keswick’s decisive victory as Kinross struggled early and could not respond.
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Indiana names Parker kicker Polce center on squad
Bloomington Indiana coach Clyde Smith announced George Parker as regular placekicker and Joe Polce as first string center for the Indiana football team on Tuesday.
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Clyde Smith
George Parker
Joe Polce
Indiana Gridron
Morley Orioles Become Tigers
Morley Morley high school will rename its athletic teams from Orioles to Tigers as part of a new program. The squad features eight veterans, including Switzer, Ricklefs, Gombert, Jackson, Tallman, Van Antwerp, and the Austin twins, with several promising rookies such as Hoppe, Jurgensen, Horn, Miller, and the Thomas brothers.
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Morley High School
Orioles
Tigers
Washington High Tigers
Cedar Rapids
Marley
Jack Switzer
Gayland Ricklefs
Claire Gombert
Bill Jackson
Marvin Tallman
Arlo van Antwerp
Austin Twins
Leland
Leonard
Clayton Hoppe
Duane Jurgensen
Bob Horn
Dick Miller
Ernest Thomas
Halliburton Scores 50 Yard TD in Iowa Practice
Iowa City Des Moines Halliburton halfback tore off a 50 yard touchdown run in a Monday practice with reserves. He teamed with Mearl Naber Art ONeill and Jerry Nordman in the backfield as second string players. Punting standouts included Bob Reynolds Bob Longley and Max Sowers.
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Jim Halliburton
Des Moines
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Mearl Naber
Tipton
Art O’neill
Council Bluffs
Jerry Nordman
St. Louis
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Bob Reynolds
Pacific Palisades
Calif
Bob Longley
Davenport
Max Sowers
Ames
Dubuque Elks Crush Reformatory Nine 16-3
The Dubuque Elks defeated Reformatory Nine 16 to 3 on the Reformatory diamond. Neifert hit a home run for the Snappers and Beck connected for the Elks. Next Sunday Reformatory hosts Monticello, another Maquoketa Valley entrant.
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Dubuque
Iowa State Diab Out For Season With Knee Injury
Len Diab the 230 pound Iowa State center is out for the season after a knee cartilage break found by X rays following Saturday scrimmage. Trainer Berry Taylor announced the diagnosis on Tuesday.
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M J Loop Stars Cancel Tilt Plan For All-Star Games
The Cedar Rapids M J Loop Stars cancel two tentatively scheduled games for the league all-stars due to conflicts with championship playoff dates. The team had negotiated games against the Delaware County league and East Central Town league all-star aggregations, but both plans are dropped.
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Cedar Rapids
M-J Baseball League
Illini Changes Shake Up Team After Reserve Victory
In Champaign Illinois coach Ray Eliot reorganized the Illini squad after reserves defeated the varsity 25 to 6 in a recent scrimmage. The shake up followed the upset showing by the reserve unit against the main lineup.
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Gater of Vinton Wins Fly Casting
VINTON Cedar Rapids Marshalltown and Royal provided the first place winners in the sixth annual Benton county sportsman's day Sunday. A crowd of 1500 watched the Bernard Bergan farm event four miles north of Vinton. Gater won junior bait casting while Oliver brothers placed second and third. Logan Urice Jr led adults with Linde and Blattler following. Other results include greyhound racing with Mickey and Dotty among top dogs, retrievers and bird dogs in trials, and a 300 yard speedboat race won by Roy Gaddis at Prairie Lake.
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Tommy Gater
Wallace
Wendell Oliver
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Charles Blattler
Shellsburg
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