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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1934
Page
11
Gogebic Range officials are listed among Up standings as the U P basketball ratings cover referees and associations. The section highlights scoring leaders, team totals, and notable performances across leagues. Eagles star shines with a 693 series as another squad posts a high total.
Washington beat Ramsay 23 to 22 in a tight junior high league tally. Puritan notes Harding reaching 11 in a separate scoreboard entry.
The WFAK B. HS five posted two thrilling trims amid a week of heavy league play. Highlights include a 2,798 to 12k score from the Blatz team and a standout 65 point performance by Wrine. Preseason results also feature Menomines, Siemens Shs, and Bessemer Mid in tense late‑game finishes with River and Stambaugh suffering due to injuries and eligibility issues.
Bessemer High basketeers, after two opening losses, enjoy an open date as coach Bob Reihsen plans a tough test against Ironwood next Friday in Ironwood. Other Gogebic range teams hit the road with Ironwood Red Devils chasing wins and Wakefield Cardinals traveling to Tron River.
A field of scores from recent games lists teams such as Iron Mountain, Gladstone, Munising, and Houghton with results varying from narrow margins to wide leads. Notable entries include Independent Hlurtey Collegians 40 over Minocqua 27 and Iron River 14 over Bessemer 13.
Arnovich, a top Superior baseball player drafted by Johnston in the Middle Atlantic league, has been purchased by the Baltimore Orioles of the International league. He is well known throughout the Upper Peninsula.
Michigan State 26 Texas A and M 13 and Notre Dame 14 Southern California fall to the Giants 30 Bears 12 in a championship game. Sally jokes about writers and lovers while a courtroom of lines ends with ads and local notes.
Rec director and coach R P Williams at Fort Ancient Ohio shares his 1934 All American picks including End Hutson and Larson and Guards Bevan Hiartwig, Center Shotwell, quarterbacks Grayson, and fullback Lund. Minor Alabama and Minnesota players noted.
Raldo Bartelli of Bessemer fought Soldier Boy McCoon of Sault Ste Marie and Ironwood to a five round draw in Ironwood Memorial building last Friday night. Al Gamache won by technical knockout in the second over Danny Endrizzi. Knockout Brown stopped Joe Lempi in the third. Gregory Scratch stopped Onni Kangas in the second. Merle Sands beat Kid Thomas by technical knockout. Several preliminaries were draws and the wrestling match was called off when Ketonan failed to appear. Also notes: nearly 750000 fishing licenses for 1935 go on sale in Michigan by Jan 1. U S Navy enlisted strength to reach 92500. 1000 more to Marine Corps.
Herald Sports Editor postpones full coverage of the Wisconsin Michigan Coaches and Officials meeting held at Washington School to next Friday. The editor cites desire to preserve the event's significance and asks readers’ indulgence.
The Wolf Name basketball team lost the season opener 14 to 12 in the first game, then trailed 27 to 19 at Washington gym as Frankie and Johnnie from Tan wood defeated them in a later matchup.
Edward Hockstead of Traverse City bagged a freak deer during the 1924 season, a doe with six point velvet antlers. The horn spread 11 inches and extended 12 inches above the skull, with several other abnormal features noted by conservation officer Zene Blackmer. Two more freak deer were reported from Mio, including a partial albino and a doe with a full antler set.
Edward Chambers of Wakefield repeated as top basketball official in the Upper Peninsula as state ratings list him first among 26 schools. William Wood of Wakefield is second, with Lars Thue of Marinette third. Frank Judish of Stamteach and John Sartoris of Bessemer tied for fourth in the 1954 55 officer ratings and along with other officials named in the extended list.
The new road warehouse in Menominee was formally opened December 1. The brick and cement block building measures 16m by f and includes a garage and machine shop with ample truck storage. Commission offices will move from the Spies building to the first floor of the Spy outlet downtown.
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