Muscatine high school opens football era with 30 candidates
Muscatine high school launched its new dual coaching era this morning at 9 o clock as about 30 players reported for the first practice. Coaches Walt Kochneff and Earl Gantenbein led a lengthy pre season meeting and the squad began rugged calisthenics and two a day workouts ahead of the Sept. 9 opener against Roosevelt of Cedar Rapids.
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Muscatine High School
MHS
Little Musky
Heinz Field
Roosevelt High
Cedar Rapids
Muskies
Walt Kochneff
Earl Gantenbein
Muscatine
Kochneff
Gantenbein
Glenn Towers Back In 1955 Iowa Softball Finals
Glenn Towers of Des Moines the defending champions will face Harbeck's Champs of Sioux City Thursday at 8 p.m. in the Iowa Softball final. Both sides won shutout semifinals Tuesday night with Glenn Towers beating Tony's Fort Dodge 1-0 and Harbeck's topping Craft Cochran Waterloo 2-0. Jack Kitch pitched a no hit bid for Harbeck's with 11 strikeouts and one walk. Sioux City scored twice in the fifth while Des Moines tallied once in the fourth. Towers' Lee Carlson held hits until the sixth and ended with a two hitter and 14 strikeouts.
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Boone
Glenn Towers
Des Moinnes
Harbeck
Sioux City
Iowa
Tony’s
Fort Dodge
Craft Cochran
Waterloo
Jack Kitch
Des Moines
Towers
Lee Carlson
American Association scoreboard shows mixed results
Minneapolis beat Omaha 16 to 13 while St. Paul topped Denver 7 to 3 and Indianapolis defeated Charleston 7 to 1. Toledo won 8 to 3 over Louisville with Fort Worth in Riojas lead at 134 percent as he outpointed Cesar Saavedra at 131 percent, Mexico 10.
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American Assn
Minneapolis
Omaha
St. Paul
Denver
Indianapolis
Charleston
Toledo
Louisville
Fort Worth
Tex
Ray Riojas
Cesar Saavedra
Mexico
Drake 7 5 Choice In Video Tussle
New York boxing card at Madison Square Garden features Ray Drake a 7 5 favorite in a 10 round headliner against Danny Giovanelli ABC TV to telecast at 9 p.m. Drake 20 4 as a pro while Giovanelli 26 4 1 comes off five straight without a loss and a KO over Jimmy Martinez. Also notes four players hit bases loaded homers in World Series history and Don Mueller as son of Walter Mueller who played for the Pirates.
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New York
Ray Drake
Madison Square Garden
Brooklyn
Danny Giovanelli
ABC
E.s.t
Drake
Floyd Paterson
Patterson
Giovanelli
Jimmy Martinez
Denmark
Chris Christensen
Earl Smith
The
Indians
Tony Lazzeri
Yanks
Gil McDougald
Mickey Mantle
Kell Swimming Narrowly Survives Wisconsin Lake Incident
White Sox star George Kell and his two children nearly drowned at Silver Lake near Salem Wisconsin while outing with White Sox coach Ray Berres. Kell 33 described blacking out as a wave struck his daughter Terry 5 while he towed son George Jr 9. He regained strength to reach a raft as Baltimore loss followed.
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Chicago
George Kell
White Sox
Wisconsin
Silver Lake
Kell
Terry
George Jr
Ray Berres
Salem
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Georgie
Sox
Baltimore
New York Yankees
Detroit
Limit Girls to 18 Cage Contests
An executive session of the Girls' Union Board of Directors adopted schedule limits effective September 1, 1956. All basketball schedules are capped at 18 games after the first Thursday of September with no games before the first Friday of November. Tournament and clinic games do not count against the limit. teams may not participate in more than one teleinic.
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Girls’ Union Board of Directors
Board of Directors
Secor
Talbert weighs Richardson move for Davis Cup singles
Forest Hills N Y Bill Talbert U S Davis Cup captain considers replacing Vic Seixas with Hamilton Richardson in the challenge round against Australia as draws near Richardson impressed in a three set showing against Seixas and could win one of the singles if selected Seixas near 32 would also impact doubles duties Talbert expects committee backing if he chooses Richardson while acknowledging Seixas age and stamina factors
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Forest Hills
N. Y
Bill Talbert
U. S
Hamilon Richardson
Australia
Vic Seixas
Talbert
Richardson
Seixas
Tulane University
Fove
Ken Rosewall
Swaps Nashua Showdown Sparks Jockey Opinions
Promoters file a $100,000 winner take all race between Swaps and Nashua at Washington Park set for next Wednesday. Jockeys Shoemaker and Arcaro weigh in on the contenders, with Swaps unbeaten at three and Nashua fresh from a string of major wins including the Arlington Classic.
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Charles Chamberlain
Chicago
Nashua
America
Capet
Coaltown
Pimlico
Washington Park
Swaps
Traffic Judge
Willie Shoemaker
Shoemaker
Eddie Arcaro
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Count Schilowsky
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