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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1952
Page
2
A rough club score page outlines standings for a men's major league with teams such as Coca Cola and Brownbilt. Notable stats include Mike Jensen and Art Stanley leading with high series and games, and Coca Cola posting top team figures in series and game scores.
Roy Yeater topped the 1952 Future Farmers of America grain show at Muscatine Seed and Supply with 648 points to claim the exhibition trophy. Thirty four Muscatine high students entered 197 exhibits judged by farm crops class members with instructor Lindley B Hoopes and Lee McKee assisting. Top ten totals include Marlin Eichelberger 637 Harlan Ziegenhorn 565 Charles Harper 412 John Yeater 386 Loren Braun 385 David Pace 379 Marlin Kramer 323 Clarence Toyne 322 and Harlan Pace 304.
The Muscatine area hosts multiple leagues with teams like Meadow Gold Wilton Electric and Idlehour Lanes taking part. Notable results include high series by Betty Randle and Leo Salemink, and top team marks by Muscatine Cafe and Letts Legion.
A long OCR fragment lists winners by name for oats varieties and other crops. It names Len Sterner, Jim Battenhagen, John Hoopes, Roy Yeater, Harlan Pace, Richard Lane, Marlin Kramer, and others as top finishers across oats, peas, wheat, rye, red clover, timothy, navy beans, potatoes, onions, and related categories with multiple placements per item. The text reads like a county fair results tally with numerous firsts through tenth place mentions and several combined entries.
Philadelphias Turner Turner and Bobby Dykes will not meet on November 18. Promoter Herman Taylor said Dykes suffered an eye injury during a loss to Jester Felton in Louisville last Monday, delaying the bout to December 1.
Vancouver bout saw Eddie Cotton stop Frankie Crane in 168 1 2 pounds as Seattle win. Waterville Maine saw Larry Griffin stop Evan Roy in 144 pounds. New York Ralph Tiger Jones outpointed Mike Koballa in Yonkers at 153 pounds. Separately, U S steel industry uses about 4.6 billion gallons of water daily for cooling.
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