Richard "Dick" IVES

IVES, CHAPMAN, HAMILTON, HARRISON, VARNER, NEWTON, CAMP, BROWN

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 6/10/2010 at 19:59:02

The Milwaukee Journal
Milwaukee, Wisconson
January 30, 1944

DICK IVES PACES
Iowa to Sixth Victory, 52-40
Pours In 14 Field Goals Against Indiana;
Mates Maintain Perfect Slate in Conference Play

BLOOMINGTON, IND. (AP) -- With Dick IVES pouring in 14 field goals and engineering an attack that kept Iowa in front all the way, the Hawkeyes maintained a perfect Big Ten basketball record by defeating Indiana Saturday night, 52-40. It was Iowa's sixth consecutive conference victory.

Iowa defeated the Hoosiers Frinday night 43-42.

The victors grabbed an early six point advantage and fought off every Hoosier rally. Iowa led, 26-19, at halftime.

Ives spread his 28 point total equally over the two periods, getting seven field goals in each half. He was followed in the individual scoring tabulations by his running mate, Dave DANNER, who flipped 10 points.

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Chicago Daily Tribune
Chicago, Illinois
January 30, 1944

IVES SPARKS HAWKEYES to SIXTH STRAIGHT

Led by Dead-Eye Dick IVES' 28 points, unbeaten Iowa dealt Indian its second defeat in as many nights, 52 to 40, here last night to pull up even with Purdue at the top of the Big Ten standings with six victories. It was the fifth straight conference defeat for the Hoosiers.

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The Eugene Register-Guard
January 29, 1944

FRESHMAN CAGER BREAKS IOWA SCORING RECORD

IOWA CITY IA -- Dick IVES played only 22 1/2 minutes against Western Illinois State Teachers yet made 37 points for the new Iowa individualand field house records. IVES hit 16 field goals and five of eight free throws as the Hawkeyes smothered the visitors, 82-34, for a new record team total. Records broken by the 17-year-old freshman forward were Tom CHAPMAN'S Iowa mark of 29 and the 31 made by Ralph HAMILTON, Indiana forward, last season.

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The Des Moines Register
Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa
January, 1990

IVES' 43 POINTS in '44 SHOCKED THE NATIONS

Because of the manpower shortage brought on by World War II, college freshmen were eligible for varsity athletic competition during the 1943-44 season. In the fall of 1943, a 17-year-old from Diagonal turned down a scholarship offer from Drake University to dribble after his dream. Dick IVES enrolled at the University of Iowa, paid his $65 tuition fee and joined Coach Pops HARRISON'S basketball team.

On the night of Feb 5, 1944, just 12 games into his rookie season, the 6-foot 1-inch Ives gained national attention when he scored a Big Ten record 43 points against the University of Chicago. IVES, who made 19 field goals and five free throws, did his damage in just 31 minutes of play.

The Hawkeyes' 103-31 victory in Iowa Fieldhouse that night set 17 school or Big Ten records, including the first 100-point game. It wiped out Iowa's previous single game total against a league foe by an eye-popping 39 points, and it was a record that stood for 21 seasons.

He also became the first freshman to lead the Big Ten in scoring.

Iowa won the Big Ten title in IVES' sophomore season. He again led the team in scoring. He was the Hawkeyes' leading scorer for a third straight season as a junior. He left Iowa a three-time all-American.

After that record-setting February night, IVES was known as the "Diagonal Deadeye" the rest of his career.

As one might imagine, Dick IVES is a well known name in athletic circles.

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DICK IVES

Richard "Dick" IVES was born on April 26, 1926, Diagonal, Iowa, the son of Oscar Raymond "Pete" and Faye IVES. He attended Diagonal High School from 1939 to 1943, and, with the help of O. C. "Pop" VARNER'S coaching, he became on of the State of Iowa's most prolific high school basketball scorers of the time. Both Dick and his older brother Max were members of Diagonal's 1938 state tournament championship team.

Although Dick was offered a full scholarship at Drake University in Des Moines, he had always wanted to be a Hawkeye. In 1943, he paid his own tutition and enrolled at the University of Iowa, a seventeen-year-old fresham. Dick played under coach Pops HARRISON who had an overall winning percentage of .700 during his years there, 1943-1950.

As a freshman, Dick had an immediate impact upon the team and was on the starting line-up. Dick's 43 points scored in a single game against the University of Chicago in 1943 remained intact in the record books for the next quarter of a centery. To date, Dick's achievement remains #3 on the team's all-time list for the single game scoring.

During the 1943-44 season, Dick's total scores of 327 points in an 18 game schedule, including non-conference games, set a new school record. Dick was named to the 1944 All-American Basketball Team. He would be honored as such two more times in his sophomore and junior years.

Dick was named on Iowa University's all-decade team of the 1940's, and was the 90th member of the Des Moines Sunday Register's Iowa Sports Hall of Fame. Upon graduating from the University of Iowa in 1947 with a degree in physical education, Dick was drafted by Pittsburg [Ironmen] to play in the NBA.

Dick coached basketball and baseball for a time at Parsons College. He married Joan NEWTON and they lived in Cedar Rapids where Dick had a hardware business. The IVES moved to Florida in 1954 and had a daughter, Susan.

NOTE: Oscar Raymond IVES, the son of U. Grant IVES (1865-1911) and Maude (CAMP) IVES (1871-1951), was born March 30, 1891, and died at Diagonal at the age of 92 years in May of 1984. Edna "Faye" (BROWN) IVES was born August 14, 1892, and died in January of 1974, Diagonal, Iowa. Richard "Dick" IVES was born April 29, 1926 at Diagonal, and died at the age of 71 years, May 5, 1997, Miami, Florida.

SOURCE: FETTY, Jack. Rings of Gold Pp. 46-49. Palindrome Pub. Co. Iowa. 2001.

Transcriptions and note by Sharon R. Becker, June of 2010

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