City WPA Basketball League Organized With Eight Teams
A city WPA basketball league has eight teams and opened games this week. Games are on Tuesday and Thursday at the high school gym. Directors Clarence Certano and Gordon Erickson plan a split season with a championship after the two halves. Teams include Firemen, Heralds, Demons, Kelto Velins, Hendricksons, Rex Coffee Shop, Ippolites, and Geno's with listed players.
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WPA
Clarence Certano
Gordon Erickson
Firemen
Paul Contratto
Pete Contratto
J. Gotta
R. Moncher
A. Hautala
Heralds
A. Ponte
J. Lalich
J. Lucas
O. Carlson
A. Puskarich
E. Mascotti
A. Korpi
J. Maki
L. Maki
M. Erickson
J. Bonovetz
E. Niskanen
A. Hoffman
A. Ippolite
H. Ippolite
J. Pertile
C. Regoni
F. Marconert
Geno
s—Geno Mattella i. J. Novascone
R. Hasbrook
F. Certoni
J. Sofia
G. Filippi
J. Marchello
Opening games set hectic schedule for local teams
Scores show Hendrickson's 28 Rex Coffee Shop 12 Ippolites 27 Geno's 7 with Bessemer Heralds 35 Firemen 8 Kelto-Veling 24 Demons 13. The first half slate lists multiple dates with matchups including Heralds Rex Coffee Shop Ippolites Genos Firemen Demons and Kelto-Velins through January with various 7 to 8 p.m. starts.
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Bessemer Heralds
Firemen
Kelto-Veling
Demons
Heralds
Kelto-Velins
Hendricksons
S— Rex Coffee Shop
Ippolites
Genos
Rex Coffee Shop
Gateway Gets Ready For Winter Sports
The Gateway Inn owned by John King at the state line between Michigan and Wisconsin prepares for winter sports. Plans include a large ski slide, power conveyors for skiers, toboggan slides, outdoor skating on an artificial lake, a huntsmen lodge with skeet rifle ranges, and an archery court and 18 hole golf course. The gateway hotel 63 rooms now open with dining, lobby, lounge and suites.
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John King
Land O' Lakes
Cgagenic County
Michigan
Vilas County
Wisconsin
Mosquito Hill
Gateway Hotel
All-Big Ten guard selection highlights 1938 sports
Western Conference coaches name Ralph Heikkinen of Ramsay to the all-Big Ten team for 1938. Michigan praises him as a candidate for 1938 All-American after a tackle’s key play against Ohio State. Additional notes mention Zig Turoski’s liver operation and various high school coaches and players from Iron River Rhinelander and Rhinelander.
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Ralph Heikkinen
Ramsay
Ann Arbor
Michigan
Ohio State
Heikkinen
WJR
Detroit
Bessemer
Zig Turoski
Iron River
University Hospital
Local Basketball Scores From Area Games
Scores list shows Stumbaugh 27 Ishpeming 26 and Rhinelander 39 Ironwood 36. Other results include Crystal Falls 28 Vatlean 10 Ashland 396 Washburn 17 Kurles 24 Mellen 18 Trout Creek 29 St Ambrose 11 Kurley 16 Saxon 13 Bergland 30 Rockland 20 Wakefield St Marys 37. Helen Svephome Gols 15.
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Stumbaugh
Ishpeming
Rhinelander
Ironwood
Crystal Falls
Vatlean
Ashland
Washburn
Kurles
Mellen
Trout Creek
St. Ambrose
Kurley
Saxon
Bergland
Rockland
Wakefield St. Mary's
Helen Svephome Gols
Knights of Pythias Shrine and School House Record
At Kavi Harbor in Keweenaw County stands the Knights of Pythias shrine and an old schoolhouse. The teacher Justus H. Rathbone wrote the order’s ritual during the winter of 1860.
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Kavi Harbor
Keweenaw County
Knights of Pythias
Justus H. Rathbone
Conference Cage Race Opens Today
Two Michigan Wisconsin conference basketball games hit the hardwood this evening. Bessemer greens host Ashland to start their season, Hurles visits Ironwood, and Wakefield opens with a non conference game against Stambaugh.
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Michigan
Turkal Freeman Named To Upper Peninsula All Star Team
Turkal and Freeman from Bessemer joined nine other players on the 1938 Upper Peninsula high school all star team chosen by coaches and sports writers. The selection highlights Turkal Alberti Roggeman Freeman etc with honorable mentions Romeo Bessemer Wedenoja Wakefield Ebb Martorelli Ironwood.
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Paul Freeman
Upper Peninsula High Schoo
Bessemer
Paul Ced
Le—Turkal
Lt—Roggeman
Norway
LG Marks
Ironwood
Henry Escanaba
Rg—Nilson
Escanaba
Rt—Freeman
Re—Alberti
Barrons
Calumet
L.h-Gelina
Marquette
McCarney
Kingsford
Capoz
Houghton National Bank Turns 73 in Copper Country
The Houghton National Bank on Copper Country's old street marks its 73rd anniversary as Michigan reports 57,000 households using fuel oil and 2,700 business buildings relying on it for heat and power.
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Houghton National Bank
Copper
Michigan
Gogebic Cagers Report To Moorhead For Tryouts
Three Gogebic range boys report for Moorhead State Teachers College basketball practice. Gerald Gossen of Bessemer seeks a regular berth amid 21 newcomers including Ferdinand Sofia and Fred Kellett. Moorhead, led by 1937 seniors like John Selmini, finished with a rough football season and released a 1938 basketball slate with mixed results.
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Moorhead State Teachers College
Gerald Gossen
Bessemer
Ferdinand Sofia
Fred Kellett
Ironwood
Dragons
Gophers
Moorhead
John Selmini
Charles Balzarini
Frank Torreano
Ramsay
North Dakota
Detroit Hunter Bags Buck With 21 Point Antlers Near Kenton
Carl W. Rouse of Ferndale Michigan shot a buck south of Kenton Iron County featuring 21 points and a 26 inch spread. It may be the largest Michigan buck on record. Other reports note a 12 point deer near Mink Lake in Gogebic County and the Michigan deer season closing midweek.
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Carl W. Rouse
Ferndale
Detroit
Kenton
Iron County
Michigan
Nelson Morris
Ironwood
Mink Lake
Gogebic County
Elk Family Reported Near Heart Lake in Michigan
Conservation district supervisor N H Raesg and Bert Livingston report a family of elk in Meverisco township near Heart Lake. They saw a large bull and signs of at least five adults and two calves feeding on moss in a swamp. The Pigeon River forest is thought to be Michigan's main elk range with several hundred animals believed present.
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Heart Lake
Meverisco Township
N. H. Raesg
Bert Livingston
Pigeon River Forest
Michigan
Four Hunters Drown Near Mercer In Turtle Flowage
Four men including guide Ed Polaceck of Park Falls died when their outboard capsized on Turtle Flowage southwest of Mercer on November 21. Bodies of Mangold and Bleiel recovered last Friday, Dreyer on Tuesday. It was the second drowning in Iron and Vilas counties that month after four Wausau men perished on Island Lake.
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Turtle Flowage
Mercer
C. C. Bleiel
Kaare Dreyer
Wauwatosa
Steve Mangold
Kaukauna
Ed Polaceck
Park Falls
Mangold
Bleiel
Dreyer
Iron and Vilas
Wausau
Island Lake
US-45 Club Aims to Surface Mobile to Ontonagon Route
The US-45 Club formed by Michigan and Wisconsin men at Land o' Lakes Wisconsin seeks to pave the highway north of the state line from Mobile Alabama to Ontonagon Michigan with hard surface pavement.
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Mobile
Ala
Ontonagon
Mich
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Wisconsin
Land O' Lakes
Wis
State Line
Michigan hosts Barbour scholars from many nations since 1917
Since 1917 the Barbour scholarship began bringing about 200 women from China Japan the Philippines India Turkey Korea Siam Hawaii Arabia Bulgaria and Syria to study at Michigan offering opportunities in higher education and cross cultural exchange.
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China
Japan
Philippines
India
Turkey
Korea
Siam
Hawaii
Arabia
Bulgaria
Syria
Michigan
Heikkinen Repeats as Michigan's Best Player
Ann Arbor reports name Ralph Heikkinen Wolverine's most valuable player for a second straight year. Coach Clarence Munn calls him the greatest guard seen and notes Heikkinen's playmaking from bench and on field. Archie Kodros named captain for 1939 Michigan team.
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Ann Arbor
Clarence Munn
Minnesota
Wolverine
Heikkinen
Michigan
Northwestern
Ohio State
Archie Kodros
Alton
Ill
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