Iowa Opens Baseball Campaign With Four Game Junket
Iowa head coach Otto Vogel names a seventeen man squad for a four game road trip in Illinois to open the season. The Hawkeyes play Illinois College in Jacksonville and Macomb Teachers in Macomb then two games with Bradley Tech in Peoria. Notable names include Dick Bowlin and Wendell Winders sharing catching duties with a veteran roster at all other positions.
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Owa City
Otto Vogel
University of Iowa
Hawkeyes
Illinois
Iowa
Illinois College
Jacksonville
Macomb
Bradley Tech
Peoria
Vogel
Dick Bowlin
Chicago
Wendell Winders
Gilman
Marion Clausen
Oxford Junction
John Stephens
St. Louis
Robert Mason
Wilton Junction
Don Gugler
Council Bluffs
David West
Onawa
Martin Underwood
Ryan
Edmond Kadell
Mapleton
Oliver Kirkeby
Waukon
Lawrence Haltom
Creston
Francis Pickerill
Avoca
Edwin Bisenius
Cascade
Charles Blackman
Sewal
Lowell Gosser
Manson
Eugene Hinrichs
Rockwell City
Howard Miller
Bennett
Manchester Fans Consider Summer Baseball Team
Manchester fans meet Friday to gauge backing for a summer baseball team. Last year’s independent club officials plan a season and finances, gear, and equipment purchases will be discussed. Residents inquired about county league support and distant fan involvement, with Everett E. Leighton named to possibly manage if plans mature.
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Gaz Solan
Chester
Manchester
Everett E. Leighton
Fraternal League Plans Special Reorganization Meeting
A special meeting of the Fraternal League will be held at the Central fire station Thursday at 7 30 p m. Fraternal groups wishing to enter a team this year should attend with a representative.
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Central Fire Station
Jesup Nine Set to Open Season April 16
Jesup Iowa announces its baseball schedule with first game April 16 against Fairbank on the home field. Other dates include April 21 Quasqueton, April 24 La Porte City away, April 28 Manchester at home, May 1 Hazleton away, May 5 La Porte City at home, May 8 Dunkerton away, May 15 Dunkerton at home, and May 19 Oranec at home.
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Fairbank
Quasqueton
Bert
la Porte City
Manchester
Hazleton
Dunkerton
Oraneec
Real estate transfers and odd notes from a bygone era
A collage of facts and anecdotes spans air travel origins from Sydney to London Australia, historical clock use, poultry breeding shifts, Wingfield Wiltshire no new houses in 50 years, Jerusalem artichoke sugar findings, halibut liver vitamin A, scholarships in the U S, copper clad German houses, traffic dangers to children, salt monopolies in Italy, peasant salt penalties, a cask laying millions of eggs, Cordova coffee essence, and scattered oddities about goats and soil erosion.
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Sydney
Australia
Wingfield
Wiltshire
Eng
Germany
United States
Italy
Cordova
Mexico
Mechanicsville Relays to Feature Twenty Schools This Week
Mechanicsville prepares for the relays with twenty schools entered, an increase from last year. Newcomers Belle Plaine and West Chester join Monticello Clarence Vinton and others. Notables include Luwe and Travis in hurdles, Reynolds in pole vault, Schank in half mile, Busk in sprints, and strong squads from Toledo Marion and University High Iowa City.
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Mechanicsville
Belle Plaine
West Chester
Monticello
Clarence
Vinton
Toledo
Marion
St. Patrick’s
Iowa City
DeWitt
University High
Lyons
Clinton
Stanwood
Tipton
Mount Vernon
Eight clubs to compete in East Iowa League 1936 season
The Eastern Iowa Amateur league settled on eight teams for 1936 after Dyersville withdrew to join Maquoketa Valley. Holy Cross sought entry but nine teams were opposed. remaining clubs include Worthington New Vienna Farley Bankston Pleasant Grove Peosta Epworth and Colesburg. Officers elected Otto Hess president Jim Naber vice president and R H Willenberg secretary treasurer. The 20 man roster will stay in place with room for one outside player.
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Gazette
Dyersville
Holy Cross
Worthington
New Vienna
Farley
Bankston
Pleasant Grove
Peosia
Epworth
Colesburg
Delaware County
Dubuque County
Otto Hess
Jim Naber
R. H. Willenberg
Louis May Tour 11 European Nations
Promoter Jeff Dickson outlines a plan to take Joe Louis on an eleven country exhibition tour starting October if he defeats Schmeling and Braddock and becomes champion. Jacobs approves. Baer comeback talks include London Paris Madrid bouts with Farr Lenglet and others. Dickson stays two weeks.
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New York
Joe Louis
Max Schmeling
James J. Braddock
Jeff Dickson
Jackson, Miss
Paris
Europe
Mike Jacobs O.K
Joe
Dickson
Louis
England
France
Portugal
Spain
Denmark
Switzerland
Sweden
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
Austria
Poland
Jacobs
Brown
Schmeling
Braddock
Max Baer
Max
London
Madrid
Tommy Farr
Wales
Jack Peterson
Andre Lenglet
Baer
Palais Des Sports
Cornell Track Squad Not Ready For Iowa Meet
Wretched weather hampers workouts at Cornell University so coach Judd Dean plans an abbreviated squad for the trip to Iowa City to face Iowa and Coe College. Five lettermen, no times yet, mainly relays and a few possible entries in the mile and hurdles.
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Mount Vernon
Cornell
Judd Dean
Iowa City
Coe
Iowa
Dean
Rhode Twins
Ralph
Richard
Robert Cline
Harold Still
Ralph Rhode
Barclay MacGregor
Ronald Courson
Joe Fink
Cline
Fink
Courson
Still
Richard Rhode
Eldon Coffman
William Schroeder
Coffman
MacGregor
Boxing Roundup From AP Highlights Narrow Decisions
In Baltimore Lew Raymond 142 outpointed Jose Allen 137. Detroit’s Charley Belanger 180 beat Stanley Evans 181 by points. Oakland Andre Lenglet 220 defeated Frankie Hammer 179 on a 10 round decision. Anaconda bout Clem Lonbright 136 tied Kid Rappatoe 136 in eight rounds.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Lew Raymond
Jose Allen
Camden
Detroit
Charley Belanger
Winnipeg
Stanley Evans
Highland Park
Mich
Akland
Calif
Andre Lenglet
France
Frankie Hammer
Oakland
Anaconda
Mont
Clem Lonbright
Portland
Ore
Kid Rappatoe
Billings
Drew
Western league six clubs loom over Cedar Rapids fans
The Western league will operate with six clubs this year, easing fears of ticket sales resistance in Cedar Rapids. Book sales rose to 825 of twenty games, signaling strong fan interest in quality baseball.
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Cedar Rapids
Harry Johnson
Raiders
Forty-Seven Gridmen Report At Grinnell
Grinnell Iowa April reports one of the largest spring practice turnouts as Guy Lookabaugh begins his first season as Grinnell College football coach. The squad numbers forty five with twelve letter men. Lookabaugh introduces a double wingback style and unbalanced line and starts intensive drills focusing on fundamentals over four weeks of spring training.
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Grinnell
INS
Guy Lookabaugh
New Grinnell College
Lookabaugh
Phillies Beat Crackers 9 to 6 In Atlanta Stopover
Philadelphia manager Jim Wilson brings the Phillies to Atlanta and defeats the Crackers 9 to 6. The piece mocks Connie Mack and his Athletics while praising Phillies prospects and mentioning Lou Chiozza Byket and pitcher Curt Davis among others.
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Jimmy Wilson
Philadelphia Phillies
Atlanta Crackers
Crackers
Phillies
Cornelius McGillicuddy
A’s
Connie
Bowes
Curt Davis
Lou Chiozza Byket
Jimmy
Military counts by caps in MHsin Chiang China
Military authorities in MHsin- Chiang tally troops by headgear claiming cap counts may double the number of men.
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Mhsin- Chiang
China
North English Cagers To Receive Letters
Ten North English basketball players receive letters for the past season. Seniors Butler Coxe Blair Thomas Evans. juniors Glenn Reed Billy Thomas. sophomores Coffman Miller Newberry. Reed may be next year’s captain. Miller or Coffman expected to lead reserves.
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North English. Inc
Butler
Coxe
Blair
Thomas
Evans
Glenn Reed
Billy Thomas
Coffman
Miller
Newberry
Deep River
Reed
Budge Opens Campaign Against Mexican Cup Team
Don Budge, 20, from California, begins US Mexico Davis Cup push to unseat No. 1 Wilmer Allison. He and Bitsy Grant will handle singles at River Oaks in Houston Friday as Budge notes Mexico's young players ahead of other rivals.
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Houston
Tex
Don Budge
California
Wilmer Allison
Budge
Bryan “Bitsy” Grant
Atlanta
River Oaks Club
Oakland
Texas
Barron von Cramm
Bunny Austin
A. K. Quist
Australia
H. Henkel
Germany
Crawford
Quist
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