Big Week for Cedar Rapids High School Hoops
Wilson and St Patrick’s open the season with a busy week in Cedar Rapids as Coe joins in Thursday and Saturday games. Xavier Dyersville faces St Patrick’s. Immaculate Conception plays St Mary’s Marshalltown. Wilson meets Independence. Wenceslaus girls go to Marengo. McKinley hosts Waterloo East. Franklin visits Mason City. Roosevelt fights Waterloo. St Wenceslaus hosts Cosgrove. details of lineups and injuries noted for Wilson and St Patrick’s squads.
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Coe
Beloit
Cedar Rapids
Xavier
Dyersville
St. Park's
Immaculate Conception
St. Mary's
Marshalltown
McKinley
Wilson
Waterloo
Roosevelt
Franklin
Mason City
St. Wenceslaus Girls
Monticello
St. Patrick’s
Walt Hogan
Joe Kenney
Bill Kinney
Frank Connors
Gayards
Leo Phillips
Ed Naughton
John Shea
Maurice Burke
Jim Little
Joe Dolan
John Flick
Phil Seghi
St. Wenceslaus
Marengo
Cosgrove
Red Hawks
Bears
Dubuque
Leonard Raffensberger
Oelwein
Muscatine
Thunderbolts
Waterloo West
Belle Plaine Honors High School Football Team
Belle Plaine outlines annual tribute events for its football squad including a Monday Rotary and Commerce club banquet and a Tuesday gym mixer featuring Iowa Line Coach Jim Harris with game film. Harris will speak and show footage, with invited Iowa players, while club committees organize a multi-part program and limit Monday dinner to staff and club presidents.
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Belle Plaine
Rotary Club and Commerce Club
Iowa
Jim Harris
Harris
Lincoln Cafe
Wallace F. Snyder
W. D. Visquain
L. G. Woods
H. L. Malcolm
Paul Groszkruger
Commerce Club
J. A. Herring
E. S. Flynn
R. L. Hancock
Rotary Club
Lyle Zigler
Melvin Fisher
Louis Cox
Jack Tatge
Jack Leonard
Howard Snell
William Johnston
Jack Haloupek
Robert Moore
Melvin Shanda
Charles Bevins
Oscar Niebes
Louis Janss
Gene Bloudek
Herbert Blaisdell
James Park
Kenneth Schriner
Bill Entsminger
Nathan Gray
Russell Vaughn
David Trites
Wilbur Sparrowgrove
Bill Lohr
John Geiger
Ivan Dannatt
Jack Tidball
Bill Beem
Gar Lamb
Francis Leng
Roosevelt Football Crowned City Champions in Rio
Roosevelt high school won the city championship and finished third in the Mississippi Valley Conference. They defeated Rock Island, Marshalltown, Franklin, Wilson, and Centerville, tied Grinnell, Waterloo East, and McKinley, with a lone loss to Waterloo West. Front row players include Lehmkuhl, Young, Haddad, Adams, Multhaup, Miner, Goodwin, Wall, Webster, Wharton. Coaches were Don Wolfe and Harold Still with Daryll Pendergraft as assistant.
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Roosevelt High
Rock Island
Marshalltown
Franklin
Wilson
Centerville
Rough Riders
Grinnell
Waterloo
McKinley
Waterloo West
Don Lehmkuhl
Charles Young
Ben Haddad
Bus Adams
Bob Multhaup
Art Miner
Ray Goodrow
Joe Wall
Bernard Webster
Eddie Wharton
Don Wolfe
Jack Andrews
Herb Morrow
Frank Shadid
Frank Ehrenberger
Jim Geiger
Emil Dvorak
Bob Hallquist
Harold Briggs
Bob Bowen
Louis Pazour
DeLane Shaheen
Harold Still
Daryll Pendergraft
Ossie Anderson
Lyle Fuller
Dick Estes
Eugene Dorsey
Bill Taylor
Emory Sample
Lester Monroe
Darrell Carter
Eugene Smith
Bob Hertel
Gene Moes
Wilbur Collister
Louis Akers
Osborn Named To Illini Track Staff
Champaign Illinois Harold Osborn former world high jump champion and originator of the western roll style was appointed assistant track coach at his alma mater the University of Illinois.
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Champaign
Ill
Harold Osborn
University of Illinois
North English Opens With Ladora Team
North English highschool opens the cage season December 12 on the home floor with Ladora. Schedule lists boys games including December 12 Ladora at home, December 15 Mare, December 18 Millersburg at home, December 21 Parnell, January 9 Millersburg, January 7 Seneca, February 9 tournament, February 13 Parnell, December 18 Millersburg at home, January 25 Conroy at home, January 29 Conroy away.
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Ladora
Mare
Millersbure
Parneli Re
Millersbur
Iltamebure
S ‘Onroy
Senvee
Seny
Parnell
Arn
Golden Gloves Open Gym in Cedar Rapids Under Caldwell
Caldwell to run downtown gym for Golden Gloves candidates in Cedar Rapids with 4 pm daily access. The facility includes showers, lockers, a ring, bags, and mats to train boxers for the charity festival co sponsored by the Young Men's Bureau of the Chamber of Commerce and The Cedar Rapids Gazette. Caldwell brings 75 plus pro fights experience and has trained notable Cedar Rapids boxers for Chicago Tournament of Champions.
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Cedar Rapids
Young Men’s Bureau
The
Chamber of Commerce
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Tommy Caldwell
Joe Rivers
Gazette
Third Avenue
Memorial Coliseum
Caldwell
United States Navy
Kid Fisk
la Salle
Ill
Tony Capconi
Rock Island, Ill
Georgie Pabst
Omaha
Lefty van
Chicago
George Wicher
Davenport
Jimmy Travers
Syracuse
N. Y
Jack Fraser
Casper
Wyo
Johnny Fryrear
Frankie Whitney
Carpenter
Max Klemm
Jack Krumbholz
Don Redmond
Bob Gillam
Tommy Eden
Bill Vizal
Red Forrey
Werber Signs 1940 Reds Contract in Cincinnati
Billy Werber, third baseman for the National League champion Reds, topped the wire in Cincinnati with his 1940 contract. The agreement confirms Werber as a key infield play for the coming season, reflecting the club's early bargaining strengths and ongoing roster plans.
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Cincinnati
Billy Werber
Reds
Forest Field and Stream focuses on hunting ethics and pheasants
The piece rails at out of season killing by some farmers and praises responsible stewards protecting pheasants and quail. It notes a recent Butler county pheasant drive that yielded over 6,000 birds and 4,051 dozen eggs for about $10,000 total, and laments future pheasant bounty in Iowa while urging cautious, lawful hunting and better rabbit dressings amid tularemia concerns.
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Butler County
Iowa
Southpaw Gang With Control Set For Alley Match
This afternoon at 4 30 on the Red Crown alleys an all southpaw bowling team will play a special game. The five bowlers are Gregory Maresh Kehm Bartosh and Hauskins. They carry a team average of 901 or about 180 per bowler. A sixth man Olson of the Lincoln Alleys may join later matches.
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Red Crown
Gregory
Maresh
Kehm
Bartosh
Hauskins
Olson
Lincoln Alleys
All American Team of 1939 Named by Schools
The roster lists E Larkkinen Ohio State Finn ish Cornell O Boy le Tulane De Fillipo Fordham G Schultz Oregon State Weiner Kansas State E Anahu Santa Clara Sitka Notre Dame Cafego Tennessee Jacob s Oklahoma Washington UCLA among receivers backs and guards representing diverse schools and ethnicities in a national selection.
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New York
E.—Larkkinen
Ohio State
T.—Drahos
Cornell
O'Boyle
Tulane
C.—De Fillipo
Fordham
G.—Schultz
Oregon State
T.—Weiner
Kansas State
E.—Anahu
Santa Clara
Cafego
Tennessee
Hunrianga
Jacobs
Oklahoma
Washington
Eastern Iowa High School Calendar
A fragmented calendar listing boys and girls schedules across Tama county towns. Key items include county and sectional tournaments, with dates spread from December to March and venues like Lis township towns such as Dysart Victor North English Ladora Monticello Cedar Falls and Independence. The page preserves numerous OCR rough spellings and ambiguous entries.
Trojans Rally to Beat Huskies 9-7 in Rose Bowl Bid
USC edged Washington 9 to 7 as Grenny Lansdell hit End John Stonebraker for a late touchdown with 75 seconds remaining. Washington had pressured USC with punting, especially Dean McAdams, whose coffin corner kicks pinned the Trojans back.
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Grenny Lansdell
Stonebraker
U.S.C
US Angeles
University of Southern California
University of Washington
Trojans
Trojan
Washington
John Stonebraker
Dean McAdams
McAdams
Lansdell
Ernie Steel
Steel
John Mizen
Howard Jones
Southern California
Ambrose Schindler
Bob Peoples
Jack Banta
Doyle Nave
Nave
Husky
Annual Newsie Bouts Feature Tate Joss Go
The fifth annual Newsboy Boxing show at Immaculate Conception gym December 11 features eight bouts headlined by light heavyweights Sid Tate of Roosevelt and Chuck Joss of McKinley. bout pairings include Warren Smith vs Joe Beltram Buddy Boyle vs Jesse Arenas Maxie Golad vs Bill Tvrdik with other matches undecided. Officials include AAU administrators and ring doctors. Alex Fidler will referee.
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Immaculate Conception Gymnasium
Sid Tate
Roosevelt
Chuck Joss
McKinley
Des Moines
Warren Smith
Golden Glove
Joe Beltram
Beltram
Newsboy
Buddy Boyle
Jesse Arenas
Buddy
Maxie
Golad Meeets
Bill Tvrdik
Art Taylor
Association To Keep Play-Off System In 1940
Columbus report says directors of the American Association approved continuing the Shaughnessy playoff format in 1940 after opponents failed to offer contrary resolutions. The decision came Saturday in Columbus as league officials pressed for stability in post season structure.
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Columbus
American Association Baseball League
Baylor Beats Rice 10-7 With late Field Goal
Baylor Bears win 10-7 over Rice as a field goal in the final two minutes seals the upset at Houston Texas. The Bears stave off the Owls with a defensive stand and a late scoring drive led by their offense.
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Baylor Bears
Rice
Houston
Texas
Baylor
Bears
George Washington Dominates West Virginia 13–0 in Rain
In Morgantown, George Washington University Colonial football beat West Virginia 13 to 0 amid heavy rain and muddy field conditions Saturday, underscoring GWU’s strong performance despite the adverse weather.
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Morgantown
W. Va
Colonials
George Washington University
West Virginia
Waukon Basketmen Open Schedule With Oelwein
WAUKON The Waukon high school basketball schedule for the coming season lists games against Oelwein at home on December 5 and Cresco at home December 19, plus matchups with Elkader Independence New Hampton Lansing and Postville throughout December January and February. The list includes several home and away games with dates and opponents such as Elkader Cresco and New Hampton.
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Waukon
Waukon High
Oelwein
Elkader
Independence
Arrange Program For Clinic At Olin
A girls basketball clinic is set for next Saturday in Olin with sessions from 1 30 pm featuring Supt G W Case and others. Speakers include Supt P H Jarman Seymour on rules, Coach Don Faris Olin on fundamentals, and coaches Schultz Davenport A Parker Lenox Manchester Wellsburg Ortale Guttenberg Ewing. Evening games list A I C vs Lenox Sey mour and Olin vs Wells burg with a 4 15 start for Game A I C Lenox.
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the Gazette
OLIN
G. W. Case
Clarence
P. H. Jarman
Seymour
Don Faris
Leo Schultz
Davenport A
K. A. Parker
Lenox
E. V. Manchester
Wellsburg
Loren Ewing
Centerville
Louis Ortale
Guttenberg
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Bob Wessale
Virgil Knake
Bob Hurych
Charles A Letterman
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Pavlik
Don Konigsmark
Letterman
St. Pat's
Thompson Photo
Osborn
Illini
Millersburg
Conroy
Albert's Cleaners
Killien Co
Marion
Cherry Burrell
Inter-Ocean
Killian Co
Knapp and Co
Monarch Finer Foods
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Wilson and Co
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Cherry Jurrell
Angel’ Cleaners
Kna
Firestone
Pane Oo
Firestone Champion
10Th Street
Werber
Minnesota
Middle States
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Eastern Iowa High School
Tama
Mare Ee
Victor
St. John’s of Victor
St. Johns of Victor
Heebe
North English
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Strawberry Point
Vinton
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Sheeeck Creek
Delhire
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TRAER
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Dysart
Grundy Center
Reinbeck
el Dora
Teenas Center
Sharon
Jan Isn Raeyville
Tiffin
Genter
Huskies
Wash
USC
Inter
Avera
Newsie
Tate-Joss Go
Waukon Basketmen
Thorpe
Thorpe Saute
Thorpes
Sli Cook
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Wagner Motor CO
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