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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Sep 24, 1944

Page

8

Midwest Grid Faces Season of Reckoning in War-Era Football

Chicago AP report notes war reshapes Midwest football with Notre Dame Ohio State Illinois Indiana looming as fire wagons. Veterans fade to inexperienced or officer players fill rosters as Purdue Great Lakes match wits under new coaches Cecil Isbell Carroll Widdges Ed McKeever and Jack Meagher. Names like Culligan Rifenburg Bray Young Dimancheff Girard Horvath Keane Cannady Kelly Gasparella Rudan appear as rising stars.

Chicago Midwest Notre Dame National Te Chumsoft Ohio State Illinois Indiana Otre Dame Marquette Michigan State Purdue Great Lakes Cecil Isbell Green Bay Packer Paul Brown Bluejackets Fort Sheridan Carroll Widdges Buckeye Brown Ed McKeever Frank Leahy Navy Jack Meagher Aiakocon Poly Iowa Otto Graham Northwestern Bill Daley Elroy Hirsch Michigan Creighton Miller Tory Butkovich Bill Culligan Dick Rifenburg Eddie Bray Claude “Suddy Boris Dimancheff Earl Girard Wisconsin Les Horvath Tom Keane Johnny Cannady Bob Kelly Joe Gasparella Johnny Rudan

Y M C A Golf Leaders to Meet for League Championship

The Lions No 1 and Shell Oi Co Nos 1 and 2 will clash for the Y M C A Business Men's Golf league title after first round standings. Lions roster Jacobs Canaday Holscher Kinderknecht To men McPartland with handicaps. Shell roster Kirkland William Estes Wicks Mefford C Rodgers. Pairings by foursomes to be announced Tuesday.

Lions Shell Oi Co Lions—Jacobs Canaday Holscher Kinderknecht Tomen McPartland Shell

Hawkins Leads Iowa Major Bowling With 635 High Score

Hawkins of the Iowa Manufacturing quintet posted the top 635 in the Major league last week, matching the best in the BC Major loop and Classic outfits. Teammate Major-Kurtz 621 Driscoll 618 Hoppe 611 G Garden 611 Tvrdik 608 Rebelski 601 R C Major Mike Scott 618 Classic Tvrdik 617 Charipar 600 plus Jackie Kuhn 403 in prize photo. A fish story closes the item with Kuhn landing a six pound cat off Sheftie's best house.

Jackie Kuhn Tenth Street Sheftie Jackie

Bears Get Luckman For Green Bay Tilt

Sid Luckman veteran Chicago Bears quarterback signed with the National League champions for the 1944 season and will report to the team Saturday. He is to play against the Green Bay Packers in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Sunday while on leave from the merchant marine as an ensign and will stay with the Bears until recalled for sea duty.

Chicago INS Sid Luckman Chicago Bears Ralph Brizzolara Bears Luckman Packers Green Bay Wis Merchant Marine

Clayton County Cage Tourney Dates Set

McGREGOR Ia at Guttenberg the Clayton County School Masters association set junior high and girls basketball tourney in Monona January 25 to 27. Boys tournament scheduled January 31 to February 3 in Elkader. Tentative spring speech and music festivals planned.

Mcgregor Clayton County School Masters’ Association Guttenberg Monona Elkader

Duck Season Opens with Light Teal Haul on Mississippi

Ww I opens the duck hunting season near Sabula on the Mississippi with light teal activity amid rain and wind. The muskrat crop is down due to June and July floods and high water, with fewer pelts expected though some kits will appear. Fly fishing on the Wapsi yields a deformed seven and a half pound northern pike, and a Cedar Rapids reader shares a trusted home canning recipe for wild game that preserves meat for years.

Mississippi Sabula Iowa The Conservation Commission Paul Errington Iowa State College Wapsie R. A. Greenawalt Cedar Rapids Doc Dave Gould

Tipton High 13 Maquoketa 0 in opener

Tipton High defeated Maquoketa 13 to 0 at Tipton Friday night. Dale Peterman scored on an eight yard run in the second quarter and Bob Hostler added the extra point. Peterman also returned a Maquoketa kickoff for a long gain in the third quarter as Tipton opened the season with scoring drive set and suffered from fumbles and errant passes.

Tipton Tipon High Eleven Maquoketa Dale Peterman Bob Hostler Peterman

Decorah Men to Sell Harness Race String

Decorah at the close of the race meeting 5 P M Graham and A Baker will dispose of their stable of harness horses. They have already sold Beviwin. Others in their string include Court Order Pay-up and Miss Janice M. The horses have raced on eastern tracks most of the season and won in most events entered.

Decorah Graham Rge A. Baker Beviwin Janice M

Washington Wins 19-0 Over Columbus Junction

Washington high school football beat Columbus Junction 19 to 0 on Friday night in Columbus Junction. Columbus Junction next faces Lone Tree Friday.

Columbus Junction Washington Hi Lone Tree

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