Vinton High Wins Tri-Valley Meet Despite Rain
Vinton High tops Tri-Valley track meet with 44 points on a muddy home field as Marion place 2 with 37 and Manchester 3 with 24. Freeman and Hunter split high marks 1614 points. Vinton takes seven firsts led by Freeman in the 440 and broad jump and Hunter wins sprints for Marion.
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Independence
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Kittenball Tilt Opens ColumBUS Summer Schedule
Special to The Gazette outlines thirty kittenball games at Columbus chautauqua park this summer. The schedule lists matchups and dates from May 1 to August 10 featuring Fredonia East Side Northwest Southwest Columbus City and contacts across the five teams.
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Columbus Chautauqua Park
Fredonia
East Side
Northwest
Southwest
Columbus City
Clayton County League Expands to Eight Teams
George Scofield of Strawberry Point will head the Clayton county baseball league with A Robinson of Edgewood as secretary. Scofield replaces Thomas Thomson and Robinson replaces W W Phelps. The season opens next Sunday with eight clubs Elkader Edgewood Farmersburg Garnav ille McGregor Littleport Strawberry Point and Volga. The 1932 champion was Volga with Elkport absent this year. Three others sought membership Clayton Luana Osterdock but eight clubs were chosen to avoid a longer schedule.
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George Scofield
Strawberry Point
Clayton County Baseball League
A. Robinson
Edgewood
Scofield
Thomas Thomson
Robinson
W W Phelps
Littleport
Elkport
Elkader
Farmersburg
Garnaville
McGregor
Volgade
Volga
Clayton
Luana
Osterdock
Eastern Iowa League Opens Season Next Sunday
The Eastern Iowa baseball league starts its season next Sunday with Lowden meeting Clarence in the opener. Clarence replaces Oxford Junction, which left for the Northeastern Iowa circuit. Lowden players include A Koch, E Kruckenberg, C Richmann, H Dein inger, L Hamdorf, E Meier, A Meier, H Hamdorf, G Hoffmeiier, R Reid, F Wieber, D Ballard, G Rug ger and W Mente.
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Eastern Iowa Baseball League
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Oxford Junction
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Wheatland and Dixon to Open Season Today
Wheatland baseball opens its season today at home against Dixon. Manager Charles Patterson will select a lineup from Harold Zeller Lloyd Endorf Alfred Ronald Lester Smith Franklin Smith George Hansen Newell Carver Harlin Freese Louis Witte Ludwig Klahn Vernon Laschanzky Norwin Porth Elmer Horstman.
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Charles Patterson
Harold Zeller
Lloyd Endorf
Alfred Ronald
Lester Smith
Franklin Smith
George Hansen
Newell Carver
Harlin Freese
Louis Witte
Ludwid Klahn
Vernon Laschanzky
Norwin Porth
Elmer Horstman
C. R. Gun Club To Hold Shoot Today
The Cedar Rapids Gun Club will hold a shooting event today starting at 9 a.m. Members and spectators are invited to attend at the club grounds.
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Ray Caldwell Quits Mound After 23-Year Career
Ray Caldwell, veteran pitcher and 1920 Cleveland World Series ace, has been released by the Birmingham Barons and will join a barnstorming tour at age 45. Poor knee and better salary bids ended his Barons tenure after a 23-year organized baseball career, highlighted by a 1920 twenty-win season and a no-hit, no-run legacy.
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Captain Kettle Wins Maryland Hunt Cup
Captain Kettle owned by Charles E. Cheston of Philadelphia won the fortieth running of the Maryland Hunt Cup Saturday afternoon before a crowd of 25 000 spectators.
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Maquoketa Loop Opens Flag Race May Fourteen
Maquoketa Valley league selects three new umpires John Savel Sylvanus Hanscom and Smoky Johnson by mail vote with Johnson praised as a long time top official. Opening day May 14 features Cascade at Monticello Guttenberg Giants at Dyersville Independence at Manchester with a 20 man roster for three weeks then 15 for the rest of the season.
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John “Crabby” Savel
Cedar Rapids
Sylvanus Hanscom
Marion
Smoky” Johnson
Parkersburg
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Dyersville
Cascade
Monticello
Guttenberg Giants
Independence
Matmen Headline Show At Decorah This Week
Decorah hosts a sixty round card of wrestling and boxing featuring Calmar’s George Harms at 220 pounds and Cresco’s Pete at 195 pounds. The program includes Otto Rovang 195, Herman Stegen 198, Jim McAndrews 178, Chaf Sires 180, with Ping Boddie vs Ernie Aske in boxing. Bill Mullaney and Ed Youmans present a vintage gloves exhibition.
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Slip Madigan Signs Five-Year Pact At St. Marys College
Edward Patrick Slip Madigan, 37, longtime coach of the St. Marys Gaels, signed another five-year contract signaling his thirteenth season. He built a program from minimal resources to national recognition and All-American players.
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Ideal Backfield In Prospect For World Fair Game
Northwestern coach Dick Hanley plans a formidable Midwest All-Stars backfield for a World’s Fair game on August 24. Expected stars include Michigan's Harry Newman at QB Pug Rentner Gil Berry Marchy Schwartz Roy Horstmann and Jack Manders with Jack Riley and Dal Marvis as tackles. Southern California counters with Ernie Smith and Tay Brown under coach Howard Harding Jones.
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Northwester
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Illneis
Marchy Schwartz
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Ernie Smith
Tay Brown
Howard Harding Jones
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Marion Country Club Stag Party Slated for Tuesday
Marion Country Club officials announce the opening stag party of the season to be held Tuesday at 6 30. The event is open to members and guests with elaborate plans to entertain a large crowd.
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Colored Giants seek berth in M. and J. league
The Colored Giants baseball team organized for the season and plans to apply for a berth in the M. and J. league, according to Manager Clarence Wilson. Also mentioned are golf club bargains and tennis racket restring ads in the Want Ad section.
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Nagurski And Richthoff Add Color To Mat Show
Former all American football star Nagurski meets Frank Buresh in a finish encounter at the coliseum. John Richthoff the Olympic heavyweight champion 1924 28 32 faces Jack Vincent in the semi final. Firpo Kriz prep for a debut with Bud Calvin as Jimmy Bear and Skinny Grooms close the card.
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University of Minnesota
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Lincoln
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Sweden
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Oklahoma
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Cedar Rapids
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Council Bluffs
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Firpo
Jimmy Bear
Marion
Skinny Grooms
Iowa State College
Arnold May Pilot Jinx Machine Again
Indianapolis AP report notes Billy Arnold may return to drive the famed Jinx speedster in races on May 30. Fred Frame owns the battered car. Arnold previously won $20,000 in prizes and suffered injuries in 1931.
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Tipton Gridiron Schedule for 1933 Reveals Seven Games
Tipton high has arranged seven of nine 1933 grid games. Planned home game September 29 and a nonleague tilt September 22, with contests at Mechanicsville Mount Vernon Monticello Lyons and West Branch plus home dates against Weat Liberty Mascatine.
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Eastern Iowa Amateur League Organized With Eight Teams
The Eastern Town Amateur league has been formed for the season with eight clubs: Greeley New Vienna Dyersville Holy Cross Pleasant Grove Dundee Cascade and Epworth. Jack Williams will manage the league club and hold drills Tuesday and Thursday nights at the Greeley school diamond. Leonard Wiley will captain the team and El as Kuhlman will act as secretary.
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Loreal
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Trinity and TM TM Volleyball Teams Triumph
Trinity beat the Independents 54 to 24 and TM TM defeated Which Way 55 to 18 in YMCA league play Friday night. Officials were Mrs Louise Tiffany and Miss Lucille Ladd. Reports say Which Way meets Badgers Monday at 7 p.m. Inter Ocean faces TM TM at 7:45 p.m. Mickey Mouses play Independents.
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Cascade Opens At Home With Pleasant Grove
Cascade Reds begin the home season with a game against Pleasant Grove at Cascade. The contest is set for 2 30 in the afternoon at home against the Eastern Iowa and Senate member.
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Wenceslaus Five Iowa Champs Entertained At Dinner
St Wenceslaus Red high school champions were entertained by Miss Tillie Balik at 1124 Sixth St SE. Attendees included Rev Hlubek athletic director, Coach Van Deusen, and team members Captain George Pisarik Charles Balik Gerald Olmstead Lester Moucha William Popek Emil Proskovec Joseph Severa. After Iowa state title Des Moines the team went to Chicago for the National Catholic meet and were eliminated in the first round by a St Paul team.
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Tillie Balik
Carrie Balik
Sixth Street
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George van Deusen
George Pisarik
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Gerald Olmstead
Lester Moucha
William Popek
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Six Teams Included In Iowa Valley League Inaugurates Season
The Iowa Valley League forms with six clubs Riverside West Liberty Ainsworth Lone Tree Hills and Nichols. Riverside will open the season next Sunday at Hills after a practice game against Ainsworth today.
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Iowa Valley League
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Ainsworth
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Hills
Cow Pasture Loop In Winneshirk County Baseball Opens
The Cow Pasture baseball association in Winneshirk county begins its second season next Sunday with sixteen teams in two leagues. Organized last year to promote rural district baseball, the season will culminate in a championship series between the two league winners in September.
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Winneshirk County
Cow Pasture Baseball Association
Calamus Defeats Lowden 6-4 In Baseball Meeting
Calamus high school baseball team edged Lowden 6 to 4 last week to claim the win. Calamus plated early runs and held on to secure the victory despite a late Lowden rally.
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Calamus
Calamus High
Lowden
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