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Newspaper
Bessemer Herald
Location
Bessemer, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1938
Page
6
Ironwood hosts Wakefield in a key conference game while Marquette travels to Bessemer for a long awaited meeting. The midweek doubleheader features Hurley and Ashland in sequence with a winter carnival and local events planned around the holiday stretch.
The Bessemer Bowling League outlines its intercity cage league ties and season plan with president Ray Smethowt and secretary Tyeosttien Pes leading the administration. Directors Roch team carries Po players and the five tout rule guides play as the season starts in December with a complete schedule listed to date, including venue pairings and expected league champion contest.
Bessemer High School edged Tron River 17 to 14 in a tight home opener as Reto Reotoe scored the lone basket in the final quarter. Romo led Bessemer with three field goals and two put shots while visitors were paced by Mamacher with five points amid injuries to Iron River players Peterson and Povich.
Detroit veteran second baseman Charley Gehringer signed his 1939 contract with the Tigers, marking his fourteenth deal with the club as announced by management.
Thirty six Wisconsin hunters reported killing whitetail deer weighing over 300 pounds last season. First land surveys in Michigan were made in 1807.
Stambaugh athlete Mert Iazardic, a three sport standout from Stambaugh, set a new Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association record this month. He has played halfback on football teams and starred in basketball, earning All Star honors, as Hillsdale seeks to surpass Tim Meullenberg of Kalamazoo who previously held the MIAA honor.
Nordling and Stambaugh elected co captains of Hillsdale College football. Gordon Pratt and Grand Rapids halfback Jack Nording named among juniors. Tribute paid to Coach Dwight Harwood for undefeated 1928 team at annual dinner.
Bessemer 17 Tron River 14 Hurley 17 Wakefield 13 Bauraga Parochial 21 St. Ambrose Lu Ishpeming 62 Munising 1s Negaunee 28 Newberry 14 Iron Mountain 20 Escanaba 14 Crystal Falls 38 Kingsford 23 Norway 22 Niagara 21 Lake Linden 29 Hancock 16 Painesdale 35 Dollar Bay 12 Sacred Heart 20 Ontonagon 13 Bergland 45 Greenland 1% Gladstone 19 Manistique 13 Marenisco 43 Ewen 15.
Wakefield manager Louis Mezzano says St. Mary's basketball team is in excellent condition for a Sunday game at the Wakefield Memorial Building Gym against Holy Trinity from Ironwood. Tip at 2:30 with a 1:30 preliminary, Saints face their first regular foe after three strong traveling teams.
The Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor, a 5000 seat venue gifted by Arthur Hill, hosts the Choral Union and May Festival and serves education, science, and religious events. Known for acoustics praised as a triumph, it has featured artists like Lawrence Tiboett Kirsten Plaxsian Yehudi Menuhin Jose Murbi and the Budapest University Caeias during 1935 39 concert series.
Ohio State University song Carmen Ohio was written by Fred Cornell after hearing Michigan’s Yellow and the Blue in Ann Arbor. He felt loneliness after a Michigan victory and composed the tune that endures as the school anthem.
At the University of Michigan the intramural program sees 1000 to 1500 student visits daily with over 7000 men enrolled in competitive activities during the last school year.
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