Fifty Six Teams Ready To Open Softball Season
Cedar Rapids forms huge softball push with fifty six men’s teams already entered and a planned four team women league at the Y W C A. Opens May 3 at Ellis Park. Industrial and church leagues expanding include eighteen industrial and eighteen church teams with a dozen plus in other leagues and a push for two more park diamonds.
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Church League
Harry Hall
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Coe Tennis Opens Season Against Iowa U On Local Courts
The Coe college tennis team begins its season by hosting the University of Iowa on Tuesday afternoon in a postponed match. This is the first of two meetings that week with the Hawkeyes, the second to be played at Iowa City on Thursday.
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University of Iowa
Hawkeyes
Iowa City
Cruel punishment law for Crusader robbers in 1189
An English statute from 1189 imposed severe penalties on robbers joining the Crusaders. Offenders faced shaving of the head, boiling pitch poured over it, and a feather cushion emptied on the head as punishment.
Iowa Teams Face Active Week on Hawkeye Schedule
The University of Iowa faces its heaviest schedule in a month with a two game baseball series against defending Michigan, golf against Minnesota and Northwestern, tennis opening the Big Ten season versus Northwestern, and Drake relays participation. The tennis team beat Grinnell to start, while baseball needs two wins over Michigan to stay in the conference title chase.
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Chicago
Javelin and track feats highlighted in Iowa Texas and Chicago
Alton Terry of Hardin-Simmons sets a javelin mark of 226 feet 2 inches while Robert Peoples breaks with a 210 foot mark at the prep level. Temple star Eulace Peacock covers vast mileage in track and competes against Jesse Owens. Local table tennis and football notes include Ollie Adelman representing Northwestern in an oratorical contest. May 2 features Cedar Rapids Raiders versus Columbia Dubuque and Notre Dame concedes a potential appearance by Columbia coach Neimec in the O'Brien Memorial game.
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Hardin-Simmons College
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Robert Peoples
Oklahoma City
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Columbia College of
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O’brien
Neimec
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Horace Hedges’ official renomination fuels fall assignments
Horace Cap Hedges again earns prominent football officiating duty with fall slate led by the Iowa Washington game in Seattle on Sept 25. Early list includes Minnesota Nebraska in Lincoln and Notre Dame Illinois in Champaign among others.
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Cap
Orm
Iowa
Freshening Chiffons and Flowers by Steam
Instructions note that delicate items like chiffon gowns and artificial blooms can be refreshed by holding them over the steam of a kettle for a brief period. The method relies on gentle heat to restore fullness and remove wrinkles.
White Sox Purchase Berger From Indians
The Chicago White Sox acquired Louis Berger from the Cleveland Indians in a cash deal to bolster infield depth. Berger, 25, will serve as a utility infielder after splitting time at second, shortstop, and third. He is noted for fielding but hit .173 in 52 major league plate appearances last season.
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Chicago White Sox
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Cleveland Indians
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Kenmore Tennis Courts to Open Early for Season
Kenmore courts at Cedar Rapids Tennis Association near readiness for play by Saturday with six extra weeks of tennis before official May 1 opening. Merwin Woodward of Coe College to supervise. Club to organize junior and ladies divisions and extend lower membership rates to attract new and returning players.
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Kenmore
Merwin Woodward
Coe College
City
Dwight Miller
Dwight Lupton
Athletic Banquet At Y May 10 With Iowa Figures
An athletic banquet planned for May 10 at the local Y is sponsored by the Y men’s club and the Young Men’s Council. Iowa football coach Irl Tubbs and assistants Ernie Nevers and Pat Boland will speak, with photos of the Temple game shown. Expected attendance ranges from three hundred to four hundred young men fathers sons and Iowa alumni. Committee includes Warren McAllister general chairman John Heidel tickets Dean Miller west side schools B Jackson east side schools Harry Bean Marion schools McAllister Bean Junior Chamber of Commerce Art Birney luncheon clubs.
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Young Men’s Council
John Heidel
Dean Miller
West Side
B. Jackson
East Side
Harry Bean
Marion
McAllister and Bean
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Art Birney
Maquoketa Dominates Monmouth Nine 13 to 0
Maquoketa high school baseball team earned a spot in the county tournament at Bellevue next Saturday by defeating Monmouth 13 to 0. Monday Red Henton pitched for Maquoketa and struck out the first nine batters he faced, recording 16 strikeouts in the game. He allowed only three hits, with the first coming in the sixth inning.
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Maquoketa
Bellevue
Monmouth
Red” Henton
Baseball Game Slow to a Heap of Errors
Maquoketa committed one error and Monmouth seven as locals scored three runs in one inning on errors. Monmouth allowed 12 hits. Mailliot pitched for Monmouth with Streets catching, Romer catching for Maquoketa.
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Mailliot
Streets
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Wrestling Aral Boxing On Waukon Sports Card
Two boxing bouts and three wrestling matches headline the Waukon program at the opera house arena Tuesday night. Mae Myers and Babe Wagner are slated for one wrestling bout. The show starts at 8 15.
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the Gazette
Waukon
Opera House
Mae Myers
Babe Wagner
Colesburg Baseball Schedule Announced
COLESBURG The spring baseball schedule lists games at Edgewood April 23 and Manchester April 7 May 11 Qreeley and Guttenbere May 14 Delhi May 21 with a county tournament at Earlville April 29 May 1.
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Layden Welcomes Third Child at Notre Dame
Notre Dame athletic director and football coach Elmer Layden became a father to a 7% pound baby boy. Mrs. Layden presented him with their third child on Monday in South Bend Indiana.
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Ind
Elmer Layden
Notre Dame
Nagurski to Star in Memorial Coliseum Wrestling
Nagurski the No. 1 attraction on Eddie Jennings' show at Memorial Coliseum Thursday night against Al Mercier of Springfield Mass. Nagurski brings a power charging style while Mercier uses a veteran old school approach. Also advertised Kampfer vs Wampfer, Marrs vs Reeder in the undercard. Congress passed the first corporate tax in 1909 taxing corporations over $5 000.
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Eddie Jennings
Memorial Coliseum
al Mercier
Springfield
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Nagurski
Mercier
Hans Kampfer
Earl Wampfer
Johnny Marrs
Jack Reeder
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