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Newspaper
Oelwein Daily Register
Location
Oelwein, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1946
Page
6
Oelwein Huskies defeated Waverly 34 to 6 on Waverly floor. Individual results list Downing, Walker, Adams, Aversa, Trocino, Caballero, Lau, Lenius, Ohl, Leverington as winners or decisive matches over Waverly opponents in eight of ten bouts.
Oelwein High School hosts Manchester quintet in a likely tight game. Manhawks led by Gebhardt transfer from Davenport and Whitcomb from last season scored 19 and 15 points in recent wins. Huskies aim to repeat past dramatic finish as Reed’s 45 foot shot failed to seal last year, game at 7 15 p m precedes Husky Cups vs Manhawklers with balanced records and strong lineups.
Vets, minus four, lose to Aurora 39 to 33 on Aurora floor. Half time stood 21 to 13. Jim Deyo led Vets with 15 points, Otto Munn added nine. Allen and Knapp led Aurora scoring.
The Coliseum team hosts Waverly Amvets tomorrow night at the Oelwein high school gym with a 7 15 start. Am Vets, a tall five-man squad, recently beat Wartburg College. Coliseum holds three wins and no losses. The second game pits Uptown Tap against Hawkeye Steel of Waterloo.
Sacred Heart quintet meets O L V A of Waterloo on the local floor tonight. Pudgy Webber, touted star averaging 24.5 points per game, is their chief opponent. Webber scored 32 in a recent win over Marshalltown. A large crowd is expected.
Wadena notes list students across grades who earned 100 percent in spelling this week. Names include Eugene Aylsworth Joyce DeCook Gregory Everett Keith Everett Karen Hinton Jimmy Murphy Raymond Pritchard Russell Walker Roger White Marie Stade Terry Whittenbaugh for 3rd grade. Delmar Cousins Elwood Rubens Stanley Yearous Robert Corbin Patricia Jones for 4th. Shirley Hall Donna Hinkle Frances Larson Lois Gage Dorina Cook Donna Lu Murphy Stanley Shaffer for 5th. Jane Corkery Robert Whittenbaugh Sixth Grade names Helen Pritchard Lyle Thomas Marvin Welsh.
Detroit southpaw Hal Newhouser led the American League with a 1.94 earned run average for 1946, while Dave Ferriss of Boston captured the best won loss percentage at .806 with 25 wins and 6 defeats. Newhouser totaled 26 victories, tied with Bob Feller for most in the league, as Cecil Hughson won 20 and Sturgeon Chandler logged 20 wins. Feller topped the circuit in no other major stat, and Waddell’s 348 strikeouts set a 42-year-old record stoppage.
Alvin Paris, Broadway gambler nicknamed Slim, was indicted in New York on two counts of bribery tied to an alleged attempt to fix a professional football championship game. Testimony from Frank Filchock and Merle Hapes aided prosecutors as Paris was held without bail while awaiting arraignment. Chicago won 24 14. In Hershey Pa, Clair W Groffe won top honors in a potato growing contest with a yield of 21% pounds from one tuber.
A program titled The Star Lighted Path will be presented at Wadena Presbyterian Church Monday evening December 23 at 8 p.m. The event features a church program for the community with musical and dramatic elements crafted for the season.
MAYNARD Special The Arlington Brotherhood were entertained Monday evening by the Maynard Lutheran Brotherhood. A scheduled dartball game.
The Litt League held a Sunday evening devotional and business meeting. Officers elected for 1947: President Howard Weitz, Vice-president Martin Pipho, Secretary Eleanor Schlegel, Treasurer Velda Pipho, Editor Kenneth Bencke. A sick member Mrs Susann Has was moved to her daughter’s home in Waterloo and is recuperating. Police report 358 turkeys stolen in Henry and Rush counties.
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