Bessemer Hosts Iron River In Home Basketball Opener
Bessemer High meets Iron River in the season opener at home. Iron River, district champions last year, features Zyskowski the six foot center who scored 34 points in a 50 12 win over Alpha. Other vets include Guzowski Kempa Lawnik and Povich. Bessemer, missing key returnees Bradley and Erickson, responds strong with Lucas Maki and a skilled supporting cast including Gray Rooker Blaha Michelli Sandquist Rice Ellis Hill and Kosmicki.
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Bessemer High
Iron River
Zyskowski
Redskins
Alpha
Guzowski
Kempa
Lawnik
Povich
Bessemer
Bradley
Erickson
Ashland
Lucas
Maki
Bob Caldwell
Gray
Rooker
Blaha
Michelli
Sandquist
Rice
Ellis Hill
Kosmicki
All-Conference football team picked for 1940
Michigan-Wisconsin coaches select 1940 All Conference team with first and second teams, honors for players by position. Notables include ends George Augustyniak Ironwood and John Drolson Ashland, backs Maki Wakefield and Gurski Ashland, full backs Wrench Ironwood and Moselle Hurley, with several others receiving honorable mention.
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Michigan - Wisconsin
George Augustyniak
Ironwood
John Drolson
Ashland
John Babic
Hurley
Fritz Kovach
Emil Hoeft
Jose Sanchez
Wakefield
Joe Bugni
Robert Maki
Bessemer
Walter Curik
Leo Sendek
William Taylor
Local Scores Highlight Narrow Wins Across Regions
Basketball results feature Bessemer beating Ashland 39 to 17 and Ironwood defeating Hurley 41 to 19. Other close matches include Stambaugh 34 over Ishpeming 19 and Rhinelander 37 over Ironwood 20. Marquette High unveils plans for a new athletic park with football, baseball, and running track facilities.
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Bessemer
Ashland
Ironwood
Hurley
Wakefield
DePadua
St. Ambrose
Ontonagon
Trout Creek
Bergland
Mercer
Watersmeet
Marenisco
Ewen
Rhinelander
Stambaugh
Ishpeming
Iron River
Alpha
Marquette High School
Rival Pacers From Early Season Pace M W Conference Race
Bes semer and Ironwood look set to pace the Michigan Wisconsin conference basketball race with one sided opening wins. Hurley and Ashland underperformed while Wakefield’s DePadua win hints at strong bid this season. First standings list Ironwood and Bessemer atop with 1 0 1 records.
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Bessemer
Ironwood
Hurley
Ashland
DePadua
Wakefield
Bessemer High School Squad Honored at Lions Elks Dinner
The Bessemer High football squad was guest of honor at a dinner hosted by the Lions Club and Elks lodge at the Elks hall last Thursday. About 150 attended with John Sartoris as toastmaster. Pearce Graham and William F. Peilow spoke, joined by Coach Robert Reihsen and player Mark Jurakovich. Superintendent E J Oas led singing as motion pictures of the Michigan Northwestern game were shown.
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Bessemer High School
Elks Hall
Lions Club
Elks Lodge
John Sartoris
The
Elks
Pearce Graham
Lions
William F. Peilow
Robert Reihsen
Mark Jurakovich
Supt. E. J. Oas
Michigan Northwestern
Loop Elects Officers for Michigan Wisconsin Conference
The Michigan Wisconsin conference loop re elected its officers for the coming year. Roy Melvin of Hurley serves as president Clyde Shields of Ashland as vice president and Harry Sutter of Wakefield as secretary treasurer.
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Michigan-Wisconsin
Roy Melvin
Hurley
Clyde Shields
Ashland
Harry Sutter
Wakefield
Bessemer Opens Season With 39 17 Victory Over Ashland
Bessemer High School defeated Ashland 39 to 17 to open the season. William Lucas led scoring with 11 points as coach Bob Caldwell used 11 players, with newcomers impressing. Ashland’s size provided initial challenge before Bessemer pulled away in the second half.
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Bessemer High School
Eam
Ashland
Ore Dockers
Bob Caldwell
Cagers
Bessemer
Caldwellites
Badgers
William Lucas
Caldwell
Winter Sports Clinic Held in Upper Peninsula
The first winter sports clinic runs December 9 to 20 in Ishpeming and Marquette with free sessions starting 10 a.m. at Mather Inn Ishpeming. George Grenholm of Marquette leads sessions on skiing tobogganing skating and festival organization with demonstrations and social events. Over 150 participants from the U P and beyond have registered for classes on planning slides rinks festivals and winter sports activities including hockey curling and figure skating.
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Ishpeming
Marquette
George Grenholm
WPA
Upper Peninsula
Mather Inn
Six Teams Enter City WPA Cage League in Bessemer
Six teams joined the WPA basketball league in Bessemer. Games run Tuesday and Thursday evenings at the high school gym led by Clarence Certano. Teams include CYO Underwood Puritan City Team Colby and Fighting Italian. City Team will challenge outside squads on Thursdays. First games Tuesday saw City Team win 29 to 8 over Puritan and Underwood defeat CYO 17 to 9. Lucas of City Team led scorers with 15 points. A wind study noted wires swaying six inches between poles 100 feet apart and about 40 inches across 260-foot spans.
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Bessemer
Clarence Certano
Cyo
Underwood
Puritan
City
Colby
City Team
Lucas
Director Frank Curtis Named Head of Customer Relations
Frank Curtis of Michigan Bell, with the company since 1914, is named director of customer relations effective December 1. George M. Welch, the president, announced the wage. The board accepted Curtis resignation as assistant secretary and merged that role with assistant treasurer, assigning James A. Berry to the dual post. Berry has served as assistant treasurer since 1928.
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Frank Curtis
Michigan Bell Telephone Company
George M. Welch
James A. Berry
Berry
Ski Team Plans Training Trip To Iron Mountain
The University of Wisconsin ski team will train at Iron Mountain from December 15 to January 5. St Louis and Kansas City hockey squads funded sessions at Pallar artificial ice rink in Sault Ste Marie and plan to return next year with possible additional teams. The first county health unit in the state began in Oakland county in 1927. In 1940 Cass county created a health unit and Benzie county joined the Mason Manistee unit.
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University of Wisconsin
Iron Mountain
St. Louis
Kansas City
Pallar
Sault Ste. Marie
Oakland County
Cass County
Benzie County
Mason-Manistee
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Donald Dick
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